Due to finishing as the WCHA runner-up North Dakota was offered the second western seed and accepted the entry into the 1963 NCAA Tournament , their first appearance since winning the title in 1959 . Ordinarily UND would have played the winner of the ECAC Tournament but because an ongoing disagreement between the NCAA and the Ivy League about post-season participation Harvard declined their invitation . Instead North Dakota was set to face ECAC runner-up Boston College at their home venue . While the partisan crowd hoped that the Eagles would be able to carry the day North Dakota swiftly dispatched BC , winning the game 8 – 2 , and sending them to the championship against Denver
ECAC Tournament
1963 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
1962–63 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season