in the title tilt cc found itself pitted against two-time defending champion michigan who had won five of the six national titles since cc earned its first championship in 1950. the wolverines had utterly dominated the series between the two teams over the previous decade and won all three games the pair played in the ncaa tournament despite every game being played at the broadmoor world arena. none of those losses, however, had come with hay and mccusker on the team and the two sophomores combined to score the first three goals of the contest. showing the championship mettle, michigan responded with three of their own before the first period was over and erased the cc advantage. cc goalie bob southwood settled down in the second period and when the tigers scored three more times the wolverines could only muster one in response. even with a two-goal lead the tigers didn't pull back in the third and after mccusker opened the scoring with his third of the game the rest of the team followed suit and score five more times before michigan got its fifth but by then it was far too late and the tigers eventually cruised to a 13–6 victory, winning their second national title.