| | Date: | March 17, 1972 | Site: | Neutral |
| | Type: | NCAA SF | Attended: | No |
| | OT: |
| |
| | (--) | Denver | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 |
| | (23-5-0) | Cornell | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 7 |
| |
| | Period | 1 |
| | 01:08 | Cor | L. Fullan (Ugolini, Hanson) |
| | 07:15 | Cor | Westner (Higgs) |
| | 17:51 | Cor | McCormick (Stewart, Dunsmuir) |
| |
| | Period | 2 |
| | 13:57 | Den | Krieger (Morenz) |
| | 14:49 | Den | Morenz (Christy, Preston) |
| | 18:53 | Cor | Westner (Fumio, L. Fullan) |
| |
| | Period | 3 |
| | 09:12 | Cor | Westner (Fumio) |
| | 12:51 | Cor | Westner (L. Fullan) |
| | 19:40 | Cor | D. Marrett (Brush, Bi. Murray) |
| |
| | Cor | W | Elenbaas | 60:00 | 32 | x | 34 |
| | Den | L | Grahame | 60:00 | 28 | x | 35 |