Denver kicked off its first season in the WCHA by winning the regular season title and being WCHA tournament co-champions along with Michigan Tech . The WCHA had arranged its tournament to take advantage of the NCAA bid policy that would give automatic bids to tournament champions and because there was no rival western conference the WCHA could guarantee that both of its co-champions would make the frozen four . Denver won both of its NCAA games and captured the 1960 National Title . The Tournament MOP was split for the first time that year and while it was given to three separate players , none of them wore Denver sweaters . The Pioneers followed up their second championship by thoroughly dominating the competition in 1961 . In what is typically ranked among the best seasons ever , the squad began with five victories before dropping a match to Michigan Tech on the road and then never lost another game . The '61 Pioneers scored 242 times in only 32 contests for a rate of just over 7.5 goals per game . Additionally they allowed just 59 goals against in that time ( 1.84 ) . While neither marks were records , the average scoring differential of +5.72 is still an NCAA record . Denver had the second-and third-leading scoring in the nation who were only topped by Phil Latreille scoring an all-time NCAA record of 80 goals in 21 games . Not only did the Pioneers post the first 30-win season in NCAA history but , by playing in every game , George Kirkwood set an NCAA record for wins in a season ( 30 ) . Denver made sure they also did their damage when it counted the most ; in the four playoff games they played ( 2 conference , 2 NCAA ) the Pioneers won each by at least 5 goals and won all four matches by a total of 35 to 6 . In the NCAA championship game against St. Lawrence Denver surrendered the first goal but ended the night by scoring the final nine ( an NCAA record ) and won the game by 10 goals , 12-2 ( also an NCAA record ) and were one short of tying the NCAA record of 13 in the championship game . Denver tied the record by placing 5 players on the All-Tournament Team and set the record with 5 players on the All-WCHA First Team as well as the AHCA All-American Team and swept all 5 individual awards offered that year . Three of the players from that team eventually played in the NHL , a rare occurrence for NCAA teams at the time
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List of NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey