1971–72 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season

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The 1971–72 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1971 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 8th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Billerica Forum Thanksgiving Tournament November 25–26 4 Merrimack
North Country Thanksgiving Festival November 25–27 4 St. Lawrence
Merrimack Christmas Tournament December 16–18 4 Merrimack
Codfish Bowl December 26–27 4 Boston State
Williams Tournament December 28–30 4 Massachusetts
Lake Forest Tournament February 25–26 4 Lake Forest

Standings

1971–72 ECAC 2 standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Bowdoin 15 14 1 0 .933 99 44 21 17 4 0 124 78
Buffalo 12 10 2 0 .833 87 46 21 13 8 0 138 66
Vermount 15 12 2 1 .833 110 41 26 17 7 2 152 85
Massachusetts* 18 15 3 0 .833 120 46 26 19 7 0 156 78
Merrimack 16 12 4 0 .750 95 66 25 16 9 0 127 102
New England College 10 6 4 0 .600 48 40 21 16 5 0 152 68
Williams 19 10 8 1 .553 87 89 20 10 9 1 89 93
Boston State 23 13 10 0 .565 120 114 27 14 13 0 136 144
Salem State 20 10 9 1 .525 87 93 23 12 10 1 108 102
Saint Anselm 13 7 6 0 .538 65 48 20 14 6 0 138 66
American International 16 8 8 0 .500 96 84 20 9 11 0 125 118
Colby 21 10 11 0 .476 110 91 23 11 11 1 118 98
Hamilton 17 7 9 1 .441 52 72 19 8 9 2 56 75
Lowell Tech 18 8 10 0 .444 79 78 23 12 11 0 112 91
Middlebury 12 4 6 2 .417 50 52 21 7 12 2 88 89
Amherst 13 3 10 0 .231 44 92 19 7 12 0 76 113
Connecticut 15 4 11 0 .267 48 103 26 11 15 0 103 152
Norwich 17 4 12 1 .265 56 100 23 5 17 1 78 134
New Haven 9 2 7 0 .222 25 63 24 15 9 0 148 100
Oswego State 13 2 10 1 .192 41 71 23 8 14 1 98 122
Ithaca 6 0 5 1 .083 18 34 11 4 6 1 48 49
Holy Cross 13 0 13 0 .000 33 93 20 4 16 0 76 139
Championship: March 11, 1972
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
1971–72 ECAC 3 standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Worcester State †* 16 13 3 0 .813 148 72 24 21 3 0
Wesleyan1 16 9 7 0 .563 53 52 21 9 11 1 107 113
Babson 17 6 11 0 .353 64 96 20 8 11 1
Nichols 13 4 9 0 .308 44 86 18 11 7 0 70 63
Bridgewater State 12 3 9 0 .250 45 86 18 9 9 0
Assumption 9 1 8 0 .111 19 94 15 3 12 0
Lehigh 5 0 5 0 .000 8 29 18 7 11 0 75 105
MIT 10 0 10 0 .000 20 60 17 2 15 0
1Goal totals for Wesleyan's last game (a win) unavailable

Championship: March 8, 1972
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

1971–72 NCAA College Division Independent ice hockey standings
Overall record
GP W L T GF GA
Alaska Methodist
Framingham State 21 7 12 2
Hillsdale
Illinois-Chicago 16 9 7 0
Iona 16 13 2 1
Lake Forest 28 14 13 1 145 122
Mankato State 20 13 6 1 110 64
North Adams State 13 2 11 0
Oberlin
Plymouth State 11 9 2 0
RIT 20 11 9 0
St. Cloud State 16 7 9 0 74 69
St. Olaf 18 2 16 0
1971–72 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 26 118 30 21 16 5 0
Saint Mary's 14 11 3 0 22 94 36
St. Thomas 14 10 4 0 20 98 48 22 12 10 0
Concordia (MN) 14 10 4 0 20 124 47 20 13 7 0
Augsburg 14 7 7 0 14 80 77 21 11 10 0
Hamline 14 3 11 0 6 33 85
Saint John's 14 2 12 0 4 37 128 18 2 16 0
Macalester 14 1 13 0 2 27 170
indicates conference regular season champion
1971–72 Worcester Collegiate Hockey League standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Nichols 6 4 2 0 .667 38 27 21 9 11 1 107 113
Assumption 15 3 12 0
Worcester State †* 24 21 3 0
WPI
Championship: March 8, 1972
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
WCHL scores
  • 12/1: Nichols - Assumption 4:2
  • 1/5: Worcester State - Nichols 7:5
  • 1/10: Nichols - WPI 7:1
  • 1/31: Nichols - Assumption 4:3
  • 2/23: Nichols - WPI 13:4
  • 3/1: Worcester State - Nichols 10:5
  • Worcester State - Assumption 17:3
  • Worcester State - Assumption 17:0
  • WPI - Assumption 7:6
  • WPI - Assumption 7:1

ECAC 2 Tournament

  Quarterfinals
March 4-5
Semifinals
March 7-8
ECAC 2 Championship
March 11
                           
  1  Massachusetts 5  
8  Saint Anselm 3  
  1  Massachusetts 4  
  4  Merrimack 2  
2  Buffalo 9
  7  Boston State 5  
    1  Massachusetts 8
  2  Buffalo 1
  3  Vermont 5  
6  Lowell Tech 0  
2  Buffalo 4
  3  Vermont 0  
4  Merrimack 4
  5  Salem State 2  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

ECAC 3 Tournament

  • 3/8: Worcester State - Nichols 8:5 - also served as WCHL Tournament


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