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

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The 1971–72 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1971 and concluded with the 1972 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 18, 1972 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the 25th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 78th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

This was the first year of play for the CCHA with former independents Ohio State and Saint Louis being joined by new programs from Bowling Green and Ohio.[1]

Notre Dame joined the WCHA.

For the final time the ICAC awarded a trophy to the league champion.[2]

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Christmas City of the North Tournament November 25–27 4 Lake Superior State
North Country Thanksgiving Festival November 25–27 4 St. Lawrence
Cleveland Cup Invitational December 20–21 4 Bowling Green
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival December 20–21 4 Notre Dame
ECAC Christmas Hockey Tournament December 21–22 4 Boston University
Flint IMA Tournament December 28–29 4 Michigan
Great Lakes Invitational December 28–29 4 Michigan Tech
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 28–30 4 Clarkson
Syracuse Invitational December 29–30 4 Cornell
Bowdoin Invitational January 1–2 4
Beanpot February 7, 14 4 Boston University

Standings

1971–72 Big Ten standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Wisconsin† 10 6 4 0 12 48 29 38 27 10 1 170 106
Michigan 10 5 5 0 10 34 44 34 16 18 0 132 186
Michigan State 10 5 5 0 10 39 44 36 20 16 0 154 129
Minnesota 10 4 6 0 8 31 42 32 8 24 0 97 157
† indicates conference regular season champion
1971–72 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Ohio State†* 12 8 4 0 16 44 35 29 24 5 0 154 71
Saint Louis 12 7 3 2 16 64 49 33 15 15 3 194 156
Bowling Green 12 6 4 2 14 60 48 33 21 10 2 172 123
Ohio 12 1 11 0 2 34 70 24 7 17 0 97 132
Championship: Ohio State
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
1971–72 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Cornell† 20 17 3 0 .850 117 58 29 23 6 0 175 82
Harvard 21 16 4 1 .786 118 62 26 17 8 1 127 76
Boston University* 20 15 4 1 .775 88 53 31 26 4 1 155 69
Pennsylvania 21 14 7 0 .667 107 75 25 16 9 0 122 90
New Hampshire 18 12 6 0 .667 82 61 30 20 10 0 140 109
Clarkson 20 12 8 0 .600 96 74 30 20 10 0 158 102
Rensselaer 17 9 7 1 .559 64 62 27 17 9 1 123 84
Providence 17 9 8 0 .529 73 75 24 14 9 1 106 102
Dartmouth 18 9 8 1 .528 81 78 24 13 10 1 120 103
Boston College 21 10 11 0 .476 93 106 30 14 16 0 130 155
Brown 21 9 11 1 .452 70 75 23 10 12 1 78 84
St. Lawrence 18 5 12 1 .306 63 78 26 10 14 2 100 108
Yale 17 5 12 0 .294 70 105 24 10 14 0 108 128
Colgate 19 5 14 0 .263 52 94 26 8 18 0 83 122
Princeton 19 5 14 0 .263 52 108 23 5 18 0 62 127
Northeastern 20 3 17 0 .150 68 118 26 6 20 0 102 145
Army 10 1 9 0 .100 29 44 25 11 14 0 99 88
Championship: Boston University
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
1971–72 Independent College Athletic Conference standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Rensselaer† 4 2 1 1 5 16 15 27 17 9 1 123 84
Clarkson 4 2 2 0 4 17 15 30 20 10 0 158 102
St. Lawrence 4 1 2 1 3 13 16 26 10 14 2 100 108
† indicates conference regular season champion
1971–72 NCAA University Division Independent ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Air Force 0 0 0 0 - - - 31 25 6 0 226 119
Alaska–Fairbanks 0 0 0 0 - - - 11 6 5 0 - -
1971–72 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Denver†* 28 19 9 0 54 148 104 38 27 11 0 205 137
Wisconsin* 28 20 8 0 48 134 87 38 27 10 1 170 106
North Dakota 28 18 10 0 44 130 109 36 21 14 1 161 138
Michigan State 28 15 13 0 42 119 103 36 20 16 0 154 129
Minnesota-Duluth 28 15 13 0 40 129 123 35 16 18 1 148 150
Michigan 28 12 16 0 32 108 163 34 16 18 0 132 186
Michigan Tech 26 11 15 0 30 120 124 34 16 17 1 152 148
Notre Dame 26 10 16 0 28 120 121 34 14 20 0 164 160
Colorado College 28 11 17 0 28 140 165 32 13 19 0 170 184
Minnesota 28 7 21 0 14 83 132 32 8 24 0 97 157
Championship: Wisconsin, Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Independent game results

  • 11/19: Air Force - Lake Forest 8:4
  • 11/20: Air Force - Lake Forest 8:2
  • 11/26: Air Force - Wisconsin-Superior 4:3
  • 11/27: Air Force - Wisconsin-Superior 10:5
  • 12/3: Air Force - St. Thomas 9:2
  • 12/4: Air Force - St. Thomas 4:2
  • 12/10: Air Force - Colorado 10:2
  • 12/11: Air Force - Colorado 7:2
  • 1/1: Dalhousie - Air Force 6:5 OT
  • 1/2: Air Force - Princeton 6:1
  • 1/7: Air Force - Royal Military College 5:2
  • 1/8: Air Force - Royal Military College 6:5
  • 1/14: St. Louis - Air Force 6:4
  • 1/15: Air Force - St. Louis 7:5
  • 1/19: Colorado College - Air Force 12:4
  • 1/21: Air Force - Stanford 16:3
  • 1/26: Denver - Air Force 6:3
  • 1/28: St. Lawrence - Air Force 5:3
  • 1/29: Air Force - St. Lawrence 7:4
  • 2/4: Air Force - Gustavus Adolphus 6:4
  • 2/5: Air Force - Gustavus Adolphus 4:1
  • 2/11: Air Force - Colorado 11:1
  • 2/12: Air Force - Colorado 14:5
  • 2/16: Colorado College - Air Force 11:3
  • 2/18: Air Force - Stanford 14:3
  • 2/19: Air Force - Stanford 14:4
  • 2/25: Air Force - Concordia 5:3
  • 2/26: Air Force - Concordia 9:3
  • 3/5: Air Force - Colorado College 10:5
  • 3/11: Air Force - Iowa State 3:2
  • 3/12: Air Force - Iowa State 7:0

For Alaska-Fairbanks, see Alaska Amateur Hockey (1946-1975).

CCHA Tournament

Semifinals

(1) Ohio State vs. (4) Ohio


(2) Saint Louis vs. (3) Bowling Green


Third place

(3) Bowling Green vs. (4) Ohio


Championship

(1) Ohio State vs. (2) Saint Louis


ECAC Tournament

The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on winning percentage, 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 highest seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game.

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  Quarterfinals
March 7 		Semifinals
March 10 		Championship
March 11
                           
  1  Cornell 11  
8  Providence 1  
  1  Cornell 6  
  5  New Hampshire 3  
2  Boston University 8
  7  Rensselaer 2  
    1  Cornell 1
  2  Boston University 4
  3  Harvard 6*  
6  Clarkson 5  
2  Boston University 3
  3  Harvard 1  
4  Pennsylvania 3
  5  New Hampshire 5  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

WCHA Tournament

The top eight teams in the WCHA, according to their final conference standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8. In the first round the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. After the first round the remaining teams were reseeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to their final conference standings and advanced to the second round. In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds competed in an additional two-game, total goal series with the winners of each being declared as co-conference champions.

First round (3/7-8)
  • Denver - Notre Dame 7:2, 4:2
  • Wisconsin - Michigan Tech 3:5, 6:1
  • North Dakota - Michigan 5:1, 10:2
  • Michigan State - Minnesota-Duluth 4:2, 4:2
Second round (3/10-11)
  • Denver - Michigan State 2:1, 9:3
  • Wisconsin - North Dakota 1:1, 5:1

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 24–4–1 Tournament champion 8th 1971 1 Denver WCHA 27–9–0 Tournament co-champion 10th 1971
2 Cornell ECAC Hockey 22–5–0 At-Large 5th 1970 2 Wisconsin WCHA 26–9–1 Tournament co-champion 2nd 1970

Results

Semifinals
  • 3/16: Boston University - Wisconsin 4:1
  • 3/17: Cornell - Denver 7:2
Consolation Game
  • 3/18: Wisconsin - Denver 5:2
Championship Game
  • 3/18: Boston University - Cornell 4:0

References

  1. ↑ "CCHA Regular Season Standings", College Hockey Historical Archive. 
  2. ↑ "History of the Tri-State League/ICAC", College Hockey Historical Archive. 


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