1967–68 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season

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The 1967–68 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1967 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 4th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

Four of the five members of the Worcester Collegiate Hockey League joined ECAC 2 with only Worcester Polytechnic Institute remaining outside. Because the five schools already held a tournament between themselves at season's end, none of the teams qualified for the ECAC 2 Tournament. This arrangement held until 1972 by which time two teams had left the conference and continuing with three members was not viable.

The NAIA began holding a national tournament in 1968. With ECAC 2 already holding a tournament for the vast majority of eastern schools, the NAIA received most of their bids from western schools with a few exceptions (Boston State and Salem State). The NAIA tournament would be the only national championship for non-Division I programs until the NCAA started holding the Division II Championship in 1978, after which the NAIA division declined until it was dropped as a sponsored sport in 1984.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Codfish Bowl December 21–22 4 Boston State
Yankee Conference Tournament December 27–28 4 New Hampshire
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 28–30 4 Boston University
MIT Tournament February 1–3 4 Connecticut

Standings

1967–68 ECAC 2 standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Merrimack †* 11 10 1 0 .909 56 21 26 18 8 0 132 95
Colby 17 15 2 0 .882 97 37
Hamilton 16 13 2 1 .844 93 45 21 15 5 1
Vermont 18 12 6 0 .667 91 74 23 12 11 0 96 107
American International 15 10 5 0 .667 68 49 19 12 7 0
Assumption 9 6 3 0 .667 25 23 18 8 6 2
Middlebury 13 8 4 1 .654 59 29 22 11 10 1
Bowdoin 15 9 5 1 .633 79 48 21 11 9 1
RIT 5 3 2 0 .600 28 23 18 10 8 0
Boston State 16 9 6 1 .594 71 53 26 16 9 1
Holy Cross 17 10 7 0 .588 78 76 24 16 8 0 128 96
Oswego State 8 4 3 1 .563 62 32 21 10 10 1 143 83
Connecticut 18 10 8 0 .556 95 64 23 13 10 0 120 84
Salem State 11 6 5 0 .545 56 42 18 11 7 0
Williams 14 5 8 1 .393 49 50 16 5 10 1
Massachusetts 15 5 10 0 .333 70 87 20 5 15 0 76 114
MIT 12 4 8 0 .333 35 81 15 6 9 0
Ithaca 12 2 10 0 .167 29 53
Worcester State 6 1 5 0 .167 13 26 11 3 8 0
Babson 7 1 6 0 .143 32 101 14 4 10 0
Amherst 17 2 15 0 .118 52 118 15 2 13 0
Norwich 19 2 17 0 .105 52 111 25 3 22 0 64 146
Nichols 10 1 9 0 .100 24 55 20 4 15 1 59 105

Championship: March 9, 1968
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

1967–68 NCAA College Division Independent ice hockey standings
Overall record
GP W L T GF GA
Illinois-Chicago 17 12 5 0
Iona 16 16 0 0
Lake Forest 14 11 3 0
Lowell Tech 15 7 7 1 85 84
Oberlin
St. Cloud State 19 1 18 0 51 188
St. Olaf 15 5 9 1 – –
1967–68 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pts GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Gustavus Adolphus † 14 12 2 0 24 61 31 21 14 7 0
Augsburg 14 11 3 0 22 60 28 19 13 5 1
Saint Mary's 14 11 3 0 22 67 50 20 12 8 0
Macalester 14 7 7 0 14 42 48 17 9 8 0
St. Thomas 12 4 8 0 8 42 56 18 7 11 0
Saint John's 14 3 9 2 8 32 50 20 7 11 2
Hamline 13 3 9 1 7 27 53 17 6 10 1
Concordia (MN) 12 1 10 1 3 31 61 17 1 15 1
† indicates conference regular season champion
1967–68 Worcester Collegiate Hockey League standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Holy Cross †* 8 8 0 0 1.000 47 12 24 16 8 0 128 96
Nichols 8 2 5 1 .313 24 30 20 4 15 1 59 105
Assumption 18 8 6 2
Worcester State 11 3 8 0
WPI
Championship: March 6, 1968
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
WCHL scores
  • 11/29: Assumption - Nichols 4:5 - became 1:0 Forfeit
  • 11/29: Holy Cross - WPI 8:3
  • 12/4: Worcester State - Nichols 4:3
  • 12/6: Holy Cross - Worcester State 3:2
  • 12/13: Nichols - WPI 3:3
  • 1/8: Nichols - Worcester State 5:3
  • 1/10: Holy Cross - Nichols 6:4
  • 1/15: Assumption - Nichols 6:3
  • 2/5: Holy Cross - Worcester State 8:1
  • 2/7: Nichols - WPI 6:4
  • 2/8: Holy Cross - Assumption 6:1
  • 2/14: Holy Cross - Nichols 4:0
  • 2/22: Holy Cross - WPI 9:0
  • 2/29: Holy Cross - Assumption 3:1
  • Assumption - Worcester State 3:2
  • Assumption - WPI 5:2
  • Assumption - Worcester State 5:2
  • Assumption - WPI 5:0

ECAC 2 Tournament

  Semifinals
March 6–7 		ECAC 2 Championship
March 9
                 
1 Merrimack 6  
4 American International 1  
    1 Merrimack 5
  Hamilton 4
Hamilton 6
Colby 3  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

WCHL Tournament

  Semifinals
March 4 		    Championship
March 6
                 
  1  Holy Cross 8  
  4  Worcester State 5    
      1  Holy Cross 10
      2  Assumption 0
  2  Assumption 3    
  3  Nichols 0   Third Place Game
3  Nichols 5
  4  Worcester State 6*

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


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