1961–62 American college hockey season

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This was the 1961-62 American college hockey season:

This was the premier season for ECAC Hockey which began as a conglomerate of 28 eastern schools among which 8 teams were selected by a committee to participate in a postseason tournament that would determine which university(s) would receive bids to the NCAA tournament. Due to the sheer number of schools and the lack of any scheduling criteria the teams played a vastly unbalanced schedule. As a result, the regular season standings were effectively immaterial in determining the conference tournament participants and the committee based their selections on which teams they felt were the best representatives.

Despite already being in the Tri-State League Clarkson, Rensselaer and St. Lawrence were also founding members of ECAC Hockey and played concurrently in both conferences until the Tri-State League folded in 1972.

This was the first season for Minnesota–Duluth as a university sponsored program.

Standings

1961–62 Big Ten standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan† 4 4 0 0 1.000 24 8 27 22 5 0 150 76
Michigan State 8 3 4 1 .438 24 33 25 13 11 1 98 94
Minnesota 4 0 3 1 .125 9 16 21 9 10 2 95 73
† indicates conference regular season champion

ECAC standings according to the February 28, 1962, edition of the Boston Globe:

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1961–62 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Colby† 19 17 1 1 .921 124 30 27 19 6 2 147 62
Harvard 20 18 2 0 .900 103 30 26 21 5 0 130 56
Clarkson 15 13 1 1 .900 97 28 26 22 3 1 173 55
Williams 20 16 3 1 .825 159 64 20 16 3 1 159 64
Army 19 14 4 1 .763 81 40 24 17 6 1 111 52
Colgate 24 18 6 0 .750 140 57 24 18 6 0 140 57
Rensselaer 16 12 4 0 .750 99 56 23 16 7 0 142 93
Cornell 16 11 5 0 .688 68 45 18 13 5 0 77 45
MIT 15 10 5 0 .667 70 49 15 10 5 0 70 49
St. Lawrence* 15 9 5 1 .633 83 47 27 17 9 1 135 78
New Hampshire 17 10 7 0 .588 100 63 18 10 7 1 103 66
Boston College 25 13 11 1 .540 84 75 28 15 12 1 96 86
Merrimack 13 7 6 0 .539 71 52 13 7 6 0 71 52
Providence 17 8 7 2 .529 74 65 21 11 8 2 110 77
Middlebury 17 8 8 1 .500 83 81 22 11 9 2 107 98
Bowdoin 21 10 11 0 .476 89 73 23 11 11 1 106 84
Massachusetts 18 8 10 0 .444 84 94 18 8 10 0 84 94
Norwich 20 8 11 1 .425 105 103 21 8 12 1 109 110
Princeton 21 8 12 1 .405 60 88 21 8 12 1 60 88
Dartmouth 20 8 12 0 .400 101 122 20 8 12 0 101 122
Yale 21 7 14 0 .333 78 87 24 8 16 0 78 97
Boston University 24 7 16 1 .313 71 119 25 7 17 1 74 123
Northeastern 23 7 16 0 .304 83 136 24 7 17 0 85 149
Brown 24 7 17 0 .292 82 122 24 7 17 0 81 119
Connecticut 9 2 6 1 .278 30 86 12 2 9 1 30 86
American International 19 4 15 0 .211 78 160 19 4 15 0 78 160
Hamilton 15 1 13 1 .100 24 72 16 2 13 1 31 76
Amherst 15 1 14 0 .067 20 143 15 1 14 0 20 143
Championship: St. Lawrence
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
1961–62 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Alaska-Fairbanks – – – – – – – 12 10 1 1 – –
Fitchburg State – – – – – – – 9 3 4 2 – –
Minnesota–Duluth 0 0 0 0 - - - 22 6 14 2 69 109
Salem State – – – – – – – 9 7 2 0 – –
St. Olaf – – – – – – – 13 8 4 1 – –
1961–62 Tri-State League standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson† 4 3 0 1 7 23 12 26 22 3 1 173 55
St. Lawrence 4 1 2 1 3 20 21 27 17 9 1 135 78
Rensselaer 4 1 3 0 2 14 25 23 16 7 0 142 93
† indicates conference regular season champion
1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan Tech†* 20 17 3 0 .850 101 58 32 29 3 0 188 80
Michigan 18 15 3 0 .833 95 48 27 22 5 0 150 76
Denver 18 11 7 0 .611 83 71 30 17 11 2 144 111
Michigan State 16 6 9 1 .406 57 71 25 13 11 1 98 94
North Dakota 18 7 11 0 .389 62 71 26 9 17 0 96 123
Minnesota 16 5 10 1 .344 69 61 21 9 10 2 95 73
Colorado College 18 0 18 0 .000 56 143 23 0 23 0 74 181
Championship: Michigan Tech
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Results

  • 11/17: St. Lawrence - Laval University (QC) 3:1
  • 11/17: North Dakota - Winnipeg Rangers (MB) 9:3
  • 11/18: North Dakota - Winnipeg Rangers (MB) 6:3
  • 11/18: University of Toronto (ON) - RPI 7:6
  • 11/22: Yale - New York St. Nicholas 6:4
  • 11/23: Denver - DU Hilltoppers 10:0
  • 11/23: Michigan State - St. Lawrence 3:2
  • 11/24: Clarkson - Michigan State 3:0
  • 11/24: Yale - Yale Alumni 5:2
  • 11/24: Denver - DU Hilltoppers 10:5
  • 11/25: Michigan State - St. Lawrence 3:2 OT
  • 11/25: Winnipeg Maroons (MB) - North Dakota 4:2
  • 11/25: Colorado College - Colorado College Alumni 12:3
  • 11/25: RPI - McMaster University (ON) 6:5 OT
  • 11/27: Cornell - Pennsylvania 8:0
  • 11/29: Providence - Rutgers 20:0
  • 12/1: Boston University - Providence 6:3
  • 12/1: Denver - Colorado College 9:1
  • 12/1: Clarkson - Yale 8:0
  • 12/1: Bowdoin - Dartmouth 7:6 OT
  • 12/1: Michigan - Michigan Tech 3:1
  • 12/1: Michigan State - North Dakota 5:3
  • 12/2: RPI - Providence 8:6
  • 12/2: American International - Pennsylvania 5:0
  • 12/2: Norwich - Hamilton 4:2
  • 12/2: St. Lawrence - Yale 10:0
  • 12/2: North Dakota - Michigan State 6:4
  • 12/2: Michigan - Michigan Tech 5:3
  • 12/2: Alaska-Fairbanks - Anchorage Eskimos 15:4
  • 12/2: Princeton - Middlebury 3:2
  • 12/2: Colby - Dartmouth 11:0
  • 12/2: Denver - Colorado College 5:4
  • 12/2: Harvard - Bowdoin 6:1
  • 12/2: Colgate - Merrimack 6:2
  • 12/2: Northeastern - Brown 4:3
  • 12/5: Colby - Providence 3:3 OT
  • 12/6: Boston University - Yale 4:3
  • 12/6: Boston College - Brown 9:2
  • 12/6: Dartmouth - Norwich 6:5
  • 12/6: MIT - Massachusetts 5:2
  • 12/6: RPI - Middlebury 8:4
  • 12/7: Clarkson - Harvard 5:3
  • 12/8: St. Lawrence - Boston University 4:1
  • 12/8: Brown - Connecticut 7:0
  • 12/8: Williams - Cornell 8:2
  • 12/8: Michigan Tech - Denver 8:7
  • 12/8: New Hampshire - Sir George Williams 3:3 OT
  • 12/8: Michigan - University of Toronto (ON) 8:3
  • 12/9: Michigan - University of Toronto (ON) 4:2
  • 12/9: Michigan Tech - Denver 8:2
  • 12/9: Clarkson - RPI 5:3
  • 12/9: Winnipeg Maroons (MB) - North Dakota 7:3
  • 12/9: Yale - Cornell 5:1
  • 12/9: Bowdoin - Hamilton 4:3
  • 12/9: Dartmouth - Middlebury 7:3
  • 12/9: Pennsylvania - Massachusetts 4:3
  • 12/9: St. Lawrence - Boston College 5:4 OT
  • 12/9: Rutgers - Villanova 4:1
  • 12/9: Sir George Williams - Norwich 7:4
  • 12/9: Princeton - Army 3:0
  • 12/11: Harvard - St. Lawrence 2:0
  • 12/12: Boston College - Providence 4:3
  • 12/12: Brown - Amherst 12:1
  • 12/12: Cornell - Colgate 4:2
  • 12/13: Army - American International 13:0
  • 12/14: RPI - Boston University 8:0
  • 12/14: St. Lawrence - Middlebury 13:2
  • 12/14: Massachusetts - Amherst 6:1
  • 12/14: Providence - Merrimack 9:0
  • 12/14: New Hampshire - Northeastern 1:0
  • 12/15: New Hampshire - MIT 4:0
  • 12/15: Princeton - Colgate 3:2
  • 12/15: Army - Norwich 5:4 OT
  • 12/15: Brown - Bowdoin 9:3
  • 12/15: Minnesota - Colorado College 10:2
  • 12/15: Michigan - North Dakota 5:2
  • 12/15: Michigan Tech - University of Toronto (ON) 4:1
  • 12/16: Michigan Tech - University of Toronto (ON) 9:1
  • 12/16: Michigan - Morth Dakota 6:1
  • 12/16: Minnesota - Colorado College 7:3
  • 12/16: Bowdoin - MIT 8:0
  • 12/16: Harvard - Army 5:1
  • 12/16: Massachusetts - American International 6:1
  • 12/16: Princeton - Northeastern 7:6
  • 12/16: Merrimack - Pennsylvania 7:3
  • 12/16: Cornell - Yale 2:1
  • 12/16: RPI - Boston College 4:3
  • 12/16: Augsburg - St. Olaf 1:1
  • 12/17: Merrimack - Rutgers 15:1
  • 12/18: Cornell - Ohio University 9:0
  • 12/18: North Dakota - Colorado College 9:4
  • 12/19: North Dakota - Colorado College 8:1
  • 12/19: Ohio University - Rutgers 2:0
  • 12/19; Boston College - Northeastern 10:2
  • 12/19: Boston University - Princeton 6:4
  • 12/20: Army - Ohio University 10:0
  • 12/22: Michigan State - Minnesota Duluth 5:2
  • 12/23: Michigan State - Minnesota Duluth 6:1
  • 12/27: Boston College - Laval University (QC) 3:0
  • 12/27: Augsburg - Ashbach 3:1
  • 12/28: Denver - Minnesota Duluth 3:1
  • 12/29: Denver - Minnesota Duluth 11:2
  • 12/29: Boston College - Queens University (ON) 5:2
  • 12/29: Michigan Tech - Colorado College 9:4
  • 12/29: Minnesota - Harvard 7:2
  • 12/30: Minnesota - Harvard 4:3
  • 12/30: Michigan Tech - Colorado College 7:4
  • 1/1: Harvard - Colorado College 6:5
  • 1/1: Michigan Tech - Denver 8:4
  • 1/1: Des Moines - North Dakota 11:3
  • 1/2: Michigan Tech - Denver 5:4 OT
  • 1/2: St. Lawrence - Princeton 5:1
  • 1/2: Harvard - Colorado College 6:4
  • 1/3: Boston College - Dartmouth 6:3
  • 1/3: Army - Merrimack 4:2
  • 1/3: Colby - Boston University 4:2
  • 1/4: Harvard - Northeastern 6:1
  • 1/4: Yale - Colgate 9:1
  • 1/5: St. Olaf - Macalester 4:3 OT
  • 1/5: St. Lawrence - Boston College 4:0
  • 1/5: Providence - Norwich 7:3
  • 1/5: Denver - North Dakota 4:3
  • 1/5: Massachusetts - Bowdoin 2:1
  • 1/5: Michigan Tech - Michigan 4:2
  • 1/5: Michigan State - Minnesota 5:3
  • 1/5: RPI - Princeton 4:2
  • 1/6: Michigan State - Minnesota 5:2
  • 1/6: Michigan - Michigan Tech 4:2
  • 1/6: Denver - North Dakota 3:0
  • 1/6: Merrimack - American International 11:5
  • 1/6: Boston College - Clarkson 2:1
  • 1/6: Brooklyn College Combination - Rutgers 5:3
  • 1/6: Army - Boston University 4:0
  • 1/6: Brown - Princeton 3:2
  • 1/6: Dartmouth - Yale 6:5 OT
  • 1/7: Bemidji State - Northland 10:0
  • 1/8: St. Olaf - Augsburg 5:3
  • 1/8: Williams - Massachusetts 10:7
  • 1/8: Northeastern - Brown 6:3
  • 1/8: Cornell - Dartmouth 5:4
  • 1/8: Michigan - Colorado College 6:1
  • 1/8: Fairbanks Hockey Club - Alaska-Fairbanks 8:6
  • 1/9: Michigan - Colorado College 8:4
  • 1/9: Harvard - Cornell 5:1
  • 1/9: New Hampshire - Connecticut 13:0
  • 1/10: Augsburg - Ashland 4:2
  • 1/10: Harvard - Boston College 3:2
  • 1/10: Army - Massachusetts 4:1
  • 1/10: St. Lawrence - Clarkson 4:4 OT
  • 1/10: Yale - Middlebury 3:1
  • 1/10: RPI - Boston University 5:4
  • 1/10: Augsburg - Northland 4:2
  • 1/11: St. Thomas - St. Olaf 7:5
  • 1/11: Michigan State - Colorado College 5:4
  • 1/11: Northeastern - American International 11:5
  • 1/12: Michigan State - Colorado College 8:2
  • 1/12: North Dakota - Denver 4:2
  • 1/12: Providence - St. Lawrence 7:3
  • 1/12: Michigan Tech - Minnesota 5:1
  • 1/12: Bowdoin - Pennsylvania 13:2
  • 1/12: Northeastern - Colgate 5:2
  • 1/13: Michigan Tech - Minnesota 4:2
  • 1/13: Denver - North Dakota 5:4 OT
  • 1/13: RPI - Loyola University (QC) 11:5
  • 1/13: Clarkson - Providence 9:1
  • 1/13: MIT - Pennsylvania 4:1
  • 1/13: Norwich - Hamilton 10:1
  • 1/13: Western Michigan - Ohio State 5:3
  • 1/13: Bemidji State - Concordia 11:0
  • 1/13: Harvard - Dartmouth 5:0
  • 1/13: New York St. Nicholas - Army 5:2
  • 1/13: Yale - Brown 4:1
  • 1/13: Colgate - Massachusetts 6:1
  • 1/13: Princeton - Cornell 4:3 OT
  • 1/13: Colby - Boston College 2:1
  • 1/15: Harvard - Boston University 8:1
  • 1/16: Bowdoin - New Hampshire 5:3
  • 1/17: Williams - Army 3:2
  • 1/17: Cornell - Hamilton 3:0
  • 1/18: New Hampshire - Norwich 7:4
  • 1/19: Bemidji State - St. John's 4:1
  • 1/19: Denver - Saskatoon Quakers 3:2
  • 1/19: Michigan Tech - North Dakota 2:1
  • 1/19: Minnesota - Minnesota Duluth 6:1
  • 1/19: Bowdoin - Northeastern 10:2
  • 1/20: Colby - Northeastern 7:0
  • 1/20: St. Lawrence - Loyola University (QC) 6:4
  • 1/20: Minnesota - Minnesota Duluth 6:4
  • 1/20: Michigan Tech - North Dakota 3:2 OT
  • 1/20: Saskatoon Quakers - Denver 6:1
  • 1/20: St. Thomas - Bemidji State 4:0
  • 1/20: Army - Pennsylvania 7:0
  • 1/20: Cornell - Dartmouth 5:3
  • 1/24: Colby - Merrimack 6:1
  • 1/25: Bemidji State - St. John's 4:2
  • 1/25: Boston College - Providence 2:0
  • 1/25: Denver - University of Alberta 4:2
  • 1/26: Denver - University of Alberta 5:5 OT
  • 1/26: Michigan State - Minnesota 1:1 OT
  • 1/26: Michigan Tech - Minnesota Duluth 7:1
  • 1/26: Princeton - Providence 1:1 OT
  • 1/27: Michigan Tech - Minnesota Duluth 4:3
  • 1/27: Michigan State - Minnesota 5:3
  • 1/27: Boston College - Princeton 3:2
  • 1/27: Yale - Northeastern 4:2
  • 1/27: Army - Dartmouth 6:5 OT
  • 1/27: St. Cloud State - Bemidji State 4:3
  • 1/27: Williams - Brown 7:2
  • 1/27: University of Alberta - Colorado College 6:5
  • 1/27: Pennsylvania - Rutgers 9:4
  • 1/27: Colby - Boston University 4:0
  • 1/27: St. Lawrence - McGill University (QC) 6:3
  • 1/29: Bemidji State - Gustavus Adolphus 9:1
  • 1/29: Army - Western Michigan 14:3
  • 1/29: Augsburg - Carleton 9:3
  • 1/30: Boston College - Boston University 3:2
  • 1/31: Army - Yale 3:1
  • 1/31: Colby - Providence 8:5
  • 1/31: Brown - Princeton 3:1
  • 2/1: Macalester - Colorado College Freshmen 4:1
  • 2/1: RPI - Sir George Williams 5:2
  • 2/1: St. Olaf - Hamline 6:2
  • 2/1: Boston University - Dartmouth 9:4
  • 2/1: Massachusetts - American International 7:6
  • 2/2: Bemidji State - Augsburg 6:5 OT
  • 2/2: Middlebury - Northeastern 7:5
  • 2/2: Minnesota - Colorado College 11:4
  • 2/2: Denver - Warroad Lakers 8:0
  • 2/2: Michigan - Michigan State 5:3
  • 2/2: Michigan Tech - North Dakota 6:2
  • 2/3: Michigan Tech - North Dakota 6:2
  • 2/3: Michigan - Michigan State 5:1
  • 2/3: Warroad Lakers - Denver 6:4
  • 2/3: Minnesota - Colorado College 9:3
  • 2/3: Colby - RPI 6:3
  • 2/3: Merrimack - Rutgers 13:1
  • 2/3: Brown - Yale 3:2
  • 2/3: Boston College - Northeastern 4:1
  • 2/3: Cornell - Harvard 2:1
  • 2/3: St. Lawrence - Ottawa University (ON) 5:1
  • 2/3: Colgate - Army 4:1
  • 2/3: Dartmouth - Princeton 6:3
  • 2/6: Bemidji State - St. Mary's 5:2
  • 2/6: Denver - Michigan 4:2
  • 2/6: Colgate - Cornell 4:2
  • 2/6: Colby - Northeastern 11:0
  • 2/7: Carleton - Hamline 3:2
  • 2/7: Middlebury - Dartmouth 10:5
  • 2/7: New York St. Nicholas - Princeton 5:3
  • 2/7: Michigan - Colorado College 12:4
  • 2/7: Army - Providence 4:1
  • 2/7: Massachusetts - Conencticut 9:2
  • 2/7: Boston College - Yale 6:3
  • 2/7: New Hampshire - Amherst 13:0
  • 2/7: Holy Cross - Nichols 3:3
  • 2/7: Harvard - Brown 5:1
  • 2/8: Clarkson - Boston University 7:3
  • 2/8: Merrimack - American International 8:2
  • 2/8: St. Thomas - St. Olaf 4:2
  • 2/9: Clarkson - Boston College 3:2 OT
  • 2/9: Army - Hamilton 2:0
  • 2/9: Connecticut - Rutgers 6:5
  • 2/9: Denver - Michigan 4:1
  • 2/9: Michigan Tech - Michigan State 8:2
  • 2/9: Minnesota - North Dakota 4:1
  • 2/10: North Dakota - Minnesota 5:4 OT
  • 2/10: Michigan Tech - Michigan State 3:2 OT
  • 2/10: St. Lawrence - Queens University (ON) 8:5
  • 2/10: Michigan - Colorado College 7:5
  • 2/10: Colby - New Hampshire 5:0
  • 2/10: MIT - Wesleyan 7:3
  • 2/10: Princeton - Yale 6:5 OT
  • 2/10: Bowdoin - Merrimack 3:1
  • 2/10: RPI - American International 17:2
  • 2/10: St. Cloud State - Bemidji State 2:0
  • 2/10: Harvard - Dartmouth 10:4
  • 2/10: Norwich - Massachusetts 7:5
  • 2/10: Cornell - Brown 7:2
  • 2/10: Army - Middlebury 3:3 OT
  • 2/10: St. Olaf - St. John's 4:3
  • 2/12: Bemidji State - St. Mary's 4:1
  • 2/12: Boston College - Northeastern 4:0
  • 2/13: RPI - Yale 10:2
  • 2/14: Dartmouth - Brown 7:3
  • 2/14: Holy Cross - Worcester JC 5:2
  • 2/14: Warroad Lakers - North Dakota 5:3
  • 2/15: Warroad Lakers - North Dakota 11:6
  • 2/15: Providence - Boston University 6:5
  • 2/15: Massachusetts - MIT 6:3
  • 2/15: New Hampshire - Norwich 7:3
  • 2/15: Denver - Michigan State 6:4
  • 2/15: Hamilton JV - RIT 4:3 3OT
  • 2/16: Denver - Michigan State 6:3
  • 2/16: Michigan Tech - Minnesota 6:3
  • 2/16: Norwich - American International 11:2
  • 2/16: St. Lawrence - RPI 7:4
  • 2/17: Clarkson - RPI 8:0
  • 2/17: Michigan Tech - Minnesota 3:2 OT
  • 2/17: Rutgers - Syracuse 7:4
  • 2/17: Yale - Dartmouth 8:5
  • 2/17: Providence - Merrimack 6:3
  • 2/17: Army - Boston College 5:2
  • 2/17: Cornell - Brown 7:0
  • 2/17: Harvard - Princeton 3:1
  • 2/17: Williams - Bowdoin 3:1
  • 2/17: Fenn College - Ohio Northern 17:0
  • 2/17: MIT - Worcester Polytechnic Institute 11:1
  • 2/17: New Hampshire - Massachusetts 8:4
  • 2/17: Michigan - Denver 5:2
  • 2/18: Alaska-Fairbanks - Fairbanks Hockey Club 11:3
  • 2/19: Michigan - Denver 5:3
  • 2/20: Boston University - Boston College 4:1
  • 2/21: Rutgers - Lafayette 7:3
  • 2/21: Harvard - Brown 5:2
  • 2/21: Cornell - Hamilton 6:1
  • 2/21: Dartmouth - Northeastern 11:3
  • 2/21: Massachusetts - Amherst 10:0
  • 2/21: Providence - New Hampshire 7:1
  • 2/21: Alaska-Fairbanks - Fairbanks Hockey Club 13:3
  • 2/23: Army - Northeastern 7:2
  • 2/21: Princeton - Yale 2:1
  • 2/23: Clarkson - Boston University 10:1
  • 2/23: Denver - Colorado College 7:3
  • 2/23: New Hampshire - Massachusetts 9:4
  • 2/23: Michigan - Michigan State 4:2
  • 2/23: Michigan Tech - Minnesota Duluth 12:2
  • 2/23: North Dakota - Minnesota 3:2
  • 2/24: North Dakota - Minnesota 6:5 OT
  • 2/24: Michigan Tech - Minnesota Duluth 5:2
  • 2/24: RPI - Northeastern 11:0
  • 2/24: Michigan - Michigan State 10:2
  • 2/24: Providence - Bowdoin 3:1
  • 2/24: Denver - Colorado College 6:3
  • 2/24: Dartmouth - Brown 6:5 OT
  • 2/24: Cornell - Princeton 7:5
  • 2/24: St. Lawrence - Boston University 6:2
  • 2/24: Army - New Hampshire 5:3
  • 2/24: Harvard - Yale 2:1
  • 2/24: University of Manitoba - Bemidji State 2:1
  • 2/24: MIT - Wesleyan 8:2
  • 2/24: Hamilton - Pennsylvania 7:4
  • 2/24: Boston College - Colby 6:5
  • 2/26: West German National Team - Boston College 6:2
  • 2/26: Army - Swiss National Team 5:4
  • 2/26: Providence - Northeastern 6:4
  • 2/26: Merrimack - Bowdoin 4:3
  • 2/26: Michigan Tech - Finnish National Team 7:3
  • 2/26: Minnesota - Swedish National Team 3:3 OT
  • 2/27: Michigan Tech - Finnish National Team 15:2
  • 2/27: Harvard - Princeton 10:0
  • 2/27: Swedish National Team - North Dakota 8:2
  • 2/27: Clarkson - St. Lawrence 6:4
  • 2/28: Army - Brown 5:1
  • 2/28: Yale - American International 16:2
  • 2/28: RPI - Boston College 4:0
  • 2/28: Williams - Hamilton 5:1
  • 2/28: Northeastern - Boston University 5:3
  • 2/28: Dartmouth - New Hampshire 7:6
  • 3/1: Colby - New Hampshire 5:0
  • 3/1: Swiss National Team - Bowdoin 4:4
  • 3/2: New Hampshire - New Hampshire Alumni 9:6
  • 3/2: Northeastern - Norwich 12:3
  • 3/2: Colgate - Middlebury 5:4
  • 3/2: Boston University - Bowdoin 5:3
  • 3/2: US National Team - Colorado College 9:3
  • 3/3: Canadian National Team - Colorado College 11:1
  • 3/3: RPI - St. Lawrence 7:5
  • 3/3: Boston College - Brown 6:1
  • 3/3: Army - Royal Military College (ON) 3:2
  • 3/3: Harvard - Yale 9:3
  • 3/3: Merrimack - Norwich 4:3
  • 3/3: Cornell - Pennsylvania 10:0
  • 3/3: Princeton - Dartmouth 7:6
  • 3/3: Williams - Amherst 13:1
  • 3/3: Rutgers - Lehigh 4:4 OT
  • 3/3: Franklin and Marshall - Villanova 6:2
  • 3/3: Middlebury - Hamilton 8:3
  • 3/5: Denver - US National Team 4:4 OT
  • 3/6: Denver - British National Team 11:0
  • 3/8: Providence - Brown 4:1
  • 3/10: Providence - Brown 9:5
  • 3/10: Dartmouth - Dartmouth Alumni 8:6
  • 3/10: Rutgers - Lafayette 4:0
  • Clarkson - Ottawa Glebes (ON) 13:0
  • Clarkson - Laval University (QC) 11:2
  • Clarkson - Loyola University (QC) 17:1
  • Clarkson - University of Montreal (QC) 4:3
  • Clarkson - Sir George Williams 10:0
  • Clarkson - Queens University (ON) 10:1
  • Clarkson - Princeton 8:0
  • Colgate - Rutgers 13:0
  • Bowdoin - Colgate 4:2
  • Colgate - Williams 4:3
  • Colgate - Hamilton 6:1
  • Colgate - Rutgers 13:0
  • Colgate - MIT 8:1
  • Colgate - American International 8:4
  • Colgate - Pennsylvania 8:1
  • Colgate - Hamilton 6:0
  • Middlebury - Colgate 4:3
  • Colgate - Connecticut 13:1
  • Colgate - Pennsylvania 7:2
  • American International - Connecticut 10:5
  • Harvard JV - Connecticut 13:2
  • Williams - Connecticut 9:0
  • Connecticut - Wesleyan 6:2
  • MIT - Connecticut 4:1
  • Connecticut - Pennsylvania 5:5 OT
  • Boston College JV - Connecticut 3:2
  • Pennsylvania - Amherst 5:1
  • Amherst - MIT 4:2
  • Williams - Amherst 12:1
  • Colby - Amherst 14:1
  • Amherst Alumni - Amherst 6:3
  • Norwich - Amherst 13:2
  • Williams - Amherst 13:2
  • American International - Amherst 5:4
  • Hamilton - Amherst 6:0
  • Middlebury - Amherst 13:0
  • Wesleyan - Amherst 5:2
  • Williams - Hamilton 11:0
  • Williams - Pennsylvania 16:2
  • Colby - Williams 10:1
  • Williams - American International 9:3
  • Williams - Norwich 8:8
  • Middlebury - College Royale Militaire (QC) 3:1
  • Middlebury - College Royale Millitaire (QC) 3:3
  • Middlebury - Carleton (ON) 6:3
  • Middlebury - MacDonald 8:3
  • Bishops College (QC) - Middlebury 6:3
  • Middlebury - Hamilton 5:1
  • Middlebury - Norwich 7:4
  • Middlebury - Bowdoin 5:3
  • Williams - Middlebury 12:5
  • Norwich - Middlebury 3:1
  • University of New Brunswick - Colby 4:3
  • University of New Brunswick - Colby 4:1
  • Colby - Hamilton 7:1
  • Colby - Laval University (QC) 4:4
  • Colby - Laval University (QC) 5:4
  • Colby - Bowdoin 2:0
  • Colby - Norwich 8:4
  • Colby - Bowdoin 6:1
  • Swiss National Team - Colby 4:2
  • Nichols - Worcester Junior College 4:4 OT
  • Nichols - Worcester Polytechnic Institute 6:3
  • Nichols - Wesleyan 8:2
  • Nichols - Fitchburg State 2:2 OT
  • Nichols - Leicester Junior College 9:3
  • Nichols - Salem State 3:2
  • Nichols - Dean 3:2
  • Nichols - Babson 9:2
  • Worcester Junior College - Nichols 2:0
  • Nichols - Dean 5:5 OT
  • Minnesota Duluth - Fort William Beavers (ON) 3:2
  • Minnesota Duluth - Fort William Beavers (ON) 3:2
  • Minnesota Duluth - University of Toronto (ON) 4:3
  • Minnesota Duluth - University of Toronto (ON) 5:3
  • Minnesota Duluth - St. Thomas 7:3
  • Fort Frances Canadiens (ON) - Minnesota Duluth 6:1
  • Warroad Lakers - Minnesota Duluth 7:1
  • Warroad Lakers - Minnesota Duluth 8:6
  • Minnesota Duluth - Junior A All-Stars 2:2
  • Minnesota Duluth - University of Manitoba 4:4
  • Minnesota Duluth - University of Manitoba 6:4
  • Norwegian National Team - Minnesota Duluth 5:3
  • St. Mary's - Northland 4:1
  • St. Mary's - St. Olaf 3:2
  • St. Mary's - Carleton 10:0
  • St. Mary's - Carleton 9:1
  • St. Mary's - St. Olaf 4:2
  • St. Mary's - Northland 6:2
  • St. Mary's - Carleton 3:0
  • St. Cloud State - Hamline 6:0
  • St. Cloud State - Carleton 11:4
  • St. Cloud State - Northland 7:1
  • St. Cloud State - St. Thomas 4:3
  • St. Cloud State - Carleton 12:1
  • St. Cloud State - St. John's 5:0
  • St. Cloud State - St. Thomas 2:0
  • St. Cloud State - Gustavus Adolphus 4:1
  • St. Cloud State - St. John's 5:0
  • St. Cloud State - St. Cloud Alumni 2:2
  • Gonzaga - Trail Comerks (BC) 6:5
  • Gonzaga - Notre Dame (BC) 13:5
  • Gonzaga - Montana State 5:3
  • Gonzaga - Montana State 6:2
  • Cranbrook (BC) - Gonzaga 8:2
  • Cranbrook (BC) - Gonzaga 6:4
  • Gonzaga - Montana State 10:4
  • Cranbrook (BC) - Gonzaga 9:6
  • Cranbrook (BC) - Gonzaga 12:7
  • University of British Columbia - Gonzaga 6:3
  • Gonzaga - Victoria College (BC) 6:2
  • Gonzaga - Trail (BC) 9:6
  • Gonzaga - Trail (BC) 13:3

Ohio University was a club team that played in the Ohio Intercollegiate Hockey Association, finishing first. They went 13-4-0 overall on the season.

USAHA Tournament
  • Alaska-Fairbanks - Ft. Wainwright Rangers 7:2
  • Alaska-Fairbanks - Susitna Eskimos 19:2
  • Alaska-Fairbanks - Elmendorf Rockets 14:4
  • Alaska-Fairbanks - Anchorage Merchants 2:2
  • Alaska-Fairbanks - Hohn Plumbers 5:3
  • Alaska-Fairbanks - Anchorage Merchants 8:2 - final
Blefgen Memorial Tournament
  • Alaska-Fairbanks - Ft. Wainwright Rangers 20:4
  • Alaska-Fairbanks - Elmendorf Rockets 6:5
  • Elmendorf Rockets - Alaska-Fairbanks 5:3
  • Alaska-Fairbanks - Elmendorf Rockets 6:4 - final

Brown Holiday Tournament

  • 12/18: Brown - Norwich 5:3
  • 12/18: Colgate - Massachusetts 8:3
  • 12/18: Williams - New Hampshire 6:4
  • 12/18: Bowdoin - American International 8:3
  • 12/19: New Hampshire - Massachusetts 14:2
  • 12/19: Colgate - Williams 6:1
  • 12/19: Bowdoin - Brown 8:3
  • 12/19: Norwich - American International 4:3
  • 12/20: Williams - Brown 8:4
  • 12/20: New Hampshire - Norwich 6:3
  • 12/20: Massachusetts - American International 6:5
  • 12/20: Colgate - Bowdoin 3:2

ECAC Holiday Festival

  • 12/21: St. Lawrence - Boston College 8:1
  • 12/21: Clarkson - Boston University 7:0
  • 12/22: Boston College - Boston University 2:2
  • 12/22: Clarkson - St. Lawrence 6:5 OT

Boston Arena Christmas Tournament

Semifinals
  • 12/26: Michigan State - Northeastern 13:4
  • 12/27: Queens University (ON) - Boston University 5:3
Consolation
  • 12/28: Northeastern - Boston University 9:6
Final
  • 12/28: Michigan State - Qeuens University (ON) 6:1

RPI Holiday Invitational

  • 12/28: Michigan - Yale 4:3
  • 12/28: RPI - McGill University (QC) 6:3
  • 12/29: RPI - Yale 3:2
  • 12/29: Michigan - McGill University (QC) 10:1
  • 12/30: Michigan - RPI 8:3
  • 12/30: McGill University (QC) - Yale 8:2

Beanpot Tournament

Semifinals
  • 2/5: Harvard - Boston College 6:1
  • 2/5: Boston University - Northeastern 5:4
Consolation
  • 2/12: Boston College - Northeastern 4:0
Final
  • 2/12: Harvard - Boston University 5:0

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

  • 1/6: St. John's - Gustavus Adolphus 5:0
  • 1/10: Macalester - Hamline 11:2
  • 1/10: St. John's - Concordia 5:1
  • 1/12: Macalester - Gustavus Adolphus 11:1
  • 1/13: St. John's - Hamline 5:4
  • 1/13: Augsburg - St. Thomas 1:0 Forfeit
  • 1/16: Augsburg - Gustavus Adolphus 11:1
  • 1/17: St. Thomas - St. John's 4:1
  • 1/27: Augsburg - St. Johns 1:0
  • 1/29: Macalester - Concordia 14:0
  • 1/30: Macalester - Augsburg 6:3
  • 2/3: Augsburg - Concordia 6:2
  • 2/5: St. Thomas - Hamline 7:2
  • 2/6: Macalester - St. John's 5:4
  • 2/9: St. Thomas - Macalester 5:1
  • 2/10: Augsburg - Hamline 5:2
  • 2/10: St. Thomas - Concordia 7:4
  • Macalester - St. Mary's 7:3
  • St. Mary's - Concordia 8:1
  • Augsburg - St. Mary's 5:4 OT
  • St. Mary's - Gustavus Adolphus 1:0 Forfeit
  • St. Mary's - Hamline 5:3
  • St. Mary's - St. Thomas 4:3
  • St. Mary's - St. John's 5:4

Macalester won the championship.

1961–62 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Macalester † – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Augsburg 7 6 1 0 .857 – – 12 9 3 0 – –
Concordia – – – – – – – 6 1 5 0 – –
Gustavus Adolphus – – – – – – – 9 1 8 0 – –
Hamline – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Saint John's – – – – – – – 18 3 15 0 – –
Saint Mary's – – – – – – – 16 12 4 0 – –
St. Thomas – – – – – – – 13 6 7 0 – –
† indicates conference champion

ECAC Tournament

The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on conference rankings, qualified to participate in the tournament. In the quarterfinals the first seed and eighth seed, the second seed and seventh seed, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played against one another. In the semifinals, the winner of the first and eighth matchup played the winner of the fourth and fifth matchup while the other two remaining teams played with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game.

  Quarterfinals
March 6 		Semifinals
March 9 		Championship
March 10
                           
  1  Clarkson 6  
8  Providence 3  
  1  Clarkson 4  
  3  Colby 1  
3  Colby 7
  6  Rensselaer 6  
    1  Clarkson 2
  4  St. Lawrence 5
  2  Harvard 2*  
7  Army 1  
  2  Harvard 5 Third place
  4  St. Lawrence 6  
4  St. Lawrence 5 2  Harvard 2
  5  Boston College 3   3  Colby 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

WCHA Tournament

The top four teams in the WCHA, based upon the conference regular season standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 4. The entire tournament consisted of single-elimination games. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched with winners advanced to the championship game and the losers playing in a third place game.

  First Round     Championship
                 
  1  Michigan Tech 5  
  4  Michigan State 1    
      1  Michigan Tech 6
      2  Michigan 4
  2  Michigan 8    
  3  Denver 4   Third Place Game
3  Denver 3
  4  Michigan State 4

NCAA Tournament

Qualifying teams

Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the WCHA tournament champion received automatic bids into the tournament. Two at-large bids were offered to one eastern and one western team based upon both their tournament finish as well as their regular season record.

East West
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Clarkson ECAC Hockey 21–2–1 At-Large 3rd 1958 1 Michigan Tech WCHA 27–3–0 Tournament champion 3rd 1960
2 St. Lawrence ECAC Hockey 17–7–1 Tournament champion 7th 1961 2 Michigan WCHA 21–4–0 At-Large 11th 1957

Results

The tournament was played at the Utica Memorial Auditorium.

Semifinals
  • 3/15: Clarkson - Michigan 5:4
  • 3/16: Michigan Tech - St. Lawrence 6:1
Consolation Game
  • 3/17: St. Lawrence - Michigan 5:1
Championship Game
  • 3/17: Michigan Tech - Clarkson 7:1

Sources


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