1965–66 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season

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The 1965–66 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1965 and concluded with the 1966 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 19, 1966, at the Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was the 19th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 71st year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Minnesota–Duluth joined the WCHA beginning with this season. Pennsylvania promoted their club program to varsity status and began playing as an independent.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
New Brunswick Invitational November 26–27 4
Boston Christmas Holiday Festival December 17–18 6
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival December 19–22 6 Cornell
Great Lakes Invitational December 21–22 4 Toronto
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 27–29 4 Boston University
Yankee Conference Tournament December 28–29 4 New Hampshire
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 28–30 4 Western Ontario
Brown Holiday Tournament December 29–30 4 Brown
St. Paul College Hockey Tournament December 29–30 4 Minnesota
Nichols School Invitational December 31–January 1 4 Yale
Beanpot February 7, 14 4 Boston University

Standings

1965–66 Big Ten standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota† 8 5 3 0 10 34 29 27 16 11 0 117 94
Michigan State 8 4 4 0 8 34 32 29 16 13 0 123 111
Michigan 8 3 5 0 6 25 32 28 14 14 0 125 109
† indicates conference regular season champion
1965–66 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson†* 12 11 1 0 .917 67 28 27 24 3 0 150 70
Boston University 19 17 2 0 .895 105 75 35 27 8 0 178 92
Cornell 18 16 2 0 .889 92 33 27 22 5 0 151 54
Brown 18 12 6 0 .667 86 60 25 16 9 0 114 85
St. Lawrence 15 8 6 1 .567 75 54 24 15 8 1 130 95
Boston College 22 12 10 0 .545 105 80 28 16 12 0 135 101
Colgate 16 8 7 1 .531 79 67 26 14 11 1 137 98
Northeastern 18 9 8 1 .528 80 71 29 16 12 1 140 120
Harvard 19 8 11 0 .421 77 81 23 10 12 1 104 99
Yale 21 8 12 1 .405 82 103 23 10 12 1 86 105
Army 10 3 6 1 .350 34 69 25 17 7 1 132 85
Princeton 19 6 12 1 .342 76 101 20 7 12 1 76 101
Dartmouth 18 2 14 2 .167 55 111 24 5 17 2 80 127
Providence 14 2 12 0 .143 42 77 21 7 14 0 77 93
Rensselaer 13 0 13 0 .000 18 112 22 3 19 0 42 161
Championship: Clarkson
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion


1965–66 Independent College Athletic Conference standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson† 4 4 0 0 8 32 9 27 24 3 0 150 70
St. Lawrence 4 2 2 0 4 22 9 24 15 8 1 130 95
Rensselaer 4 0 4 0 0 4 40 22 3 19 0 42 161
† indicates conference regular season champion
1965–66 NCAA University Division Independent ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Alaska–Fairbanks 0 0 0 0 - - - 7 1 6 0 - -
Ohio State 0 0 0 0 - - - 16 9 7 0 75 65
Pennsylvania 0 0 0 0 - - - 24 16 8 0
Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 - - - 21 12 9 0 105 66
1965–66 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan Tech† 20 15 4 1 .775 77 48 30 23 6 1 141 82
North Dakota 22 13 9 0 .591 97 85 30 17 12 1 135 115
Minnesota 22 13 9 0 .591 92 76 27 16 11 0 117 94
Denver* 20 10 7 3 .575 81 61 32 18 11 3 137 100
Michigan 18 9 9 0 .500 74 72 28 14 14 0 125 109
Michigan State* 20 9 11 0 .450 88 85 29 16 13 0 123 111
Colorado College 18 4 12 2 .278 51 93 29 9 18 2 98 147
Minnesota-Duluth 20 3 15 2 .200 60 100 28 7 19 2 96 137
Championship: Michigan State, Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Independent game results

  • 11/20: Ohio State - Case Tech 11:1
  • 12/3: Ohio State - Oberlin 8:3
  • 12/3: Wisconsin - Macalester 5:0
  • 12/4: Wisconsin - Macalester 12:2
  • 12/4: Ohio State - Denison 7:3
  • 12/10: Superior State - Wisconsin 4:3
  • 12/11: Wisconsin - Superior State 8:2
  • 12/18: Minnesota - Wisconsin 5:1
  • 12/28: Army - Wisconsin 4:2
  • 12/29: Army - Wisconsin 4:2
  • 1/7: Wisconsin - Ohio University 6:1
  • 1/8: Wisconsin - Ohio State 8:1
  • 1/14: Northwestern - Ohio State 5:3
  • 1/15: Lake Forest - Ohio State 6:4
  • 1/22: Ohio State - Dayton 6:3
  • 1/22: Wisconsin - Lake Forest 9:2
  • 1/28: Colorado College - Wisconsin 3:2
  • 1/29: Colorado College - Wisconsin 10:4
  • 1/29: Toledo - Ohio State 5:3
  • 2/4: Ohio State - Air Force 6:2
  • 2/4: Wisconsin - Ohio University 7:5
  • 2/5: Wisconsin - Ohio University 4:3
  • 2/11: Michigan State - Wisconsin 3:1
  • 2/12: Michigan State - Wisconsin 5:3
  • 2/12: Boston State - Ohio State 7:1
  • 2/18: Ohio University - Ohio State 5:3
  • 2/18: St. John's - Wisconsin 4:3 OT
  • 2/19: Wisconsin - St. John's 3:1
  • 2/19: Ohio University - Ohio State 10:2
  • 2/22: Wisconsin - Minnesota 5:4 OT
  • 2/25: Ohio State - Miami 8:1
  • 2/25: Wisconsin - St. Thomas 5:0
  • 2/26: Wisconsin - St. Thomas 12:3
  • 2/26: Ohio State - Illinois 4:1
  • 3/4: Ohio State - Denison 5:3
  • 3/5: Ohio State - Illinois 3:2
Fur Rendezvous Alaska State Hockey Tournament
  • Anchorage Blades - Alaska-Fairbanks 11:7
  • Hohn Plumbers - Alaska-Fairbanks 10:5
  • Alaska-Fairbanks - Elmendorf Rockets 19:5
  • Anchorage Blades - Alaska-Fairbanks 6:5

Whitehorse (Yukon) beat Alaska-Fairbanks in three games.

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 8 		Semifinals
March 11 		Championship
March 12
                           
  1  Clarkson 5  
8  Colgate 2  
  1  Clarkson 2  
  4  Brown 1  
4  Brown 4
  5  St. Lawrence 2  
    1  Clarkson 6
  3  Cornell 2
  2  Boston University 4  
7  Northeastern 1  
  2  Boston University 1 Third place
  3  Cornell 8  
3  Cornell 9 2  Boston University 5
  6  Boston College 0   4  Brown 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

WCHA Tournament

All eight teams in the WCHA were eligible for the tournament. In the first round the schools were matched up based upon regional location, having the schools closest to one another play a single game with the winners advancing to the second round. The two Colorado schools (Colorado College and Denver) met in one match, leaving North Dakota to play their closest geographic rival Minnesota. With the Gophers occupied Minnesota-Duluth's next closest opponent was Michigan Tech, leaving Michigan and Michigan State as the pair in the final First Round game. This format was to be used for the following season as well with each team in the first round matches serving as the home team once. Denver was the only higher seed to play a road game in the first round but was guaranteed to be the home team the following season. After the first round the two eastern-most remaining teams met in the home venues of Michigan Tech (Dee Stadium) while the two western-most schools met at Denver's home building (DU Arena). In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched with the winners being declared as co-conference tournament champions.

First round
  • 3/3: Michigan Tech - Minnesota-Duluth 9:3
  • 3/3: North Dakota - Minnesota 4:3
  • 3/3: Denver - Colorado College 8:2
  • 3/3: Michigan State - Michigan 3:2
Second round
  • 3/5: Michigan State - Michigan Tech 4:3
  • 3/5: Denver - North Dakota 5:4 OT

NCAA Tournament

Qualifying teams

Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the two WCHA tournament co-champions received automatic bids into the tournament. An at-large bid was offered to a second eastern team based upon both their ECAC 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 Boston University ECAC Hockey 27–6–0 At-Large 5th 1960 1 Denver WCHA 17–10–3 Tournament co-champion 6th 1964
2 Clarkson ECAC Hockey 23–2–0 Tournament champion 5th 1963 2 Michigan State WCHA 14–13–0 Tournament co-champion 2nd 1959

Results

Semifinals
  • 3/17: Clarkson - Denver 4:3
  • 3/18: Michigan State - Boston University 2:1
Consolation Game
  • 3/19: Denver - Boston University 4:3
Championship Game
  • 3/19: Michigan State - Clarkson 6:1


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