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The '''1968–69 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season''' began in November 1968 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 5th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

==Regular season==
===Season tournaments===
{| class="wikitable"
! Tournament || Dates || Teams || Champion
|-
| Codfish Bowl
| 
| 4
| [[UMass Boston Beacons|Boston State]]
|-
| Yankee Conference Tournament
| December 27–28
| 4
| [[New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey|New Hampshire]]
|-
| Nichols School Invitational
| January 3–4
| 4
| 
|-
|}

===Standings===
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width=75% 
! colspan="15" style="background-color: #FFE6BD;" | '''[[1968–69 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season|1968–69]] ECAC 2 standings'''
|-
! rowspan="2" width="15%"| 
! colspan="7" | Conference
! rowspan="2" width="5%" |
! colspan="6" | Overall
|-
! width="5%" | GP
! width="5%" | W
! width="5%" | L
! width="5%" | T
! width="5%" | Pct.
! width="5%" | GF
! width="5%" | GA
! width="5%" | GP
! width="5%" | W
! width="5%" | L
! width="5%" | T
! width="5%" | GF
! width="5%" | GA
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|BOW|BOW=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Bowdoin Polar Bears|Bowdoin]] † || 16 || 12 ||3  || 1 || '''{{winpct|12|3|1}}''' || 74 ||45  ||  || 21 || 14 || 6 || 1 || 90 || 68
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|MER|MER=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Merrimack Warriors|Merrimack]] || 9 || 7 || 2 || 0 || '''{{winpct|7|2|0}}''' || 37 || 29 ||  || 21 || 8 || 13 || 0 || 76 || 96
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|AIC|AIC=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[American International Yellow Jackets|American International]] * || 18 || 13 || 5 || 0 || '''{{winpct|13|5|0}}'''||  109|| 83 ||  || 23 || 15 || 8 || 0 ||132  || 117 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|COL|COL=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Colby Mules|Colby]] ||18  || 12 ||6  || 0 || '''{{winpct|12|6|0}}''' || 79  ||  49||  ||21  || 13 || 8 || 0 ||90  || 64
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|SAL|SAL=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Salem State Vikings|Salem State]] ||16  ||10  ||5  || 1 ||'''{{winpct|10|5|1}}'''  || 116 || 67 ||  || 18 || 12 || 5 || 1 ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|NOR|NOR=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Norwich Cadets|Norwich]]|| 16 || 10 || 6 || 0 || '''{{winpct|10|6|0}}''' || 81 || 65 ||  || 22 || 12 || 10 || 0 || 101 || 91
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|CHC|CHC=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Holy Cross Crusaders|Holy Cross]] || 17 || 10 || 6 || 1 || '''{{winpct|10|6|1}}''' || 90 || 99 ||  || 23 || 16 || 6 || 1 || 131 || 113
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|CONN|CONN=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[UConn Huskies|Connecticut]] || 15 || 9 || 6 || 0 || '''{{winpct|9|6|0}}''' || 77 || 61 ||  || 22 || 12 || 10 || 0 || 110 || 100
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|WOR|WOR=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Worcester State Lancers|Worcester State]] || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || '''{{winpct|3|2|0}}'''  || 22  ||  20||  || 11 || 8 || 3 || 0 ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|UVM|UVM=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Vermont Catamounts|Vermont]] || 19 || 11 || 8 || 0 || '''{{winpct|11|8|0}}''' || 79 || 61 ||  || 25 || 13 || 12 || 0 || 91 || 88
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|BSC|BSC=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[UMass Boston Beacons|Boston State]] || 20 || 10 || 10 ||  0|| '''{{winpct|10|10|0}}''' || 140 || 79 ||  || 23 || 12 || 11 || 0 ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|HAM|HAM=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Hamilton Continentals|Hamilton]] ||16  ||8  || 8 || 0 || '''{{winpct|8|8|0}}''' || 105 || 92 ||  || 18 || 8 || 10 || 0 ||116  || 107
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|OSW|OSW=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Oswego Lakers|Oswego State]]|| 12 || 6 || 6 || 0 || '''{{winpct|6|6|0}}''' || 71|| 79 ||  || 21 || 10 || 11 || 0 || 105|| 125
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|RIT|RIT=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[RIT Tigers men's ice hockey|RIT]] || 6 || 3 || 3 || 0 || '''{{winpct|3|3|0}}'''  || 35  ||  41||  || 27 || 17 || 9 || 1 ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|MID|MID=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey|Middlebury]] ||13  || 6 ||7  || 0 || '''{{winpct|6|7|0}}''' || 63 ||51  ||  || 22 || 9 || 13 || 0 || 109 ||  106
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|MASS|MASS=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[UMass Minutemen|Massachusetts]] || 18 || 8|| 10 || 0 || '''{{winpct|8|10|0}}''' || 90 || 66 ||  || 21 || 9 || 12 || 0 || 92 || 84
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|WIL|WIL=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Williams Ephs|Williams]] || 15 || 5 || 9 || 1 || '''{{winpct|5|9|1}}''' || 67  || 85 ||  || 19 || 5 || 13 || 1 ||  73|| 124
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|LTU|LTU=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[UMass Lowell River Hawks|Lowell Tech]] || 12 || 4 || 8 || 0 || '''{{winpct|4|8|0}}''' || 74 || 89 ||  || 13 || 4 || 9 || 0 || 78 || 96
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|ITH|ITH=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Ithaca Bombers|Ithaca]] || 9 || 3 || 6 || 0 || '''{{winpct|3|6|0}}''' || 37  || 55 ||  ||10  || 3 ||7  ||0  || 39 || 60
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|NHV|NHV=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[New Haven Chargers|New Haven]] ||6  ||2  ||4  || 0 || '''{{winpct|2|4|0}}'''|| 36|| 58 ||  || 6 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 36 ||58 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|BAB|BAB=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Babson Beavers|Babson]] || 10  ||  3|| 7 ||0  || '''{{winpct|3|7|0}}''' || 38  ||60  ||  || 15 || 7 || 8 || 0 ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|MIT|MIT=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[MIT Engineers|MIT]] || 7 || 2 || 5 || 0 ||  '''{{winpct|2|5|0}}'''||39  ||45  ||  || 13 || 5 || 7 || 1 ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|NIC|NIC=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Nichols Bison|Nichols]]|| 6 || 0 || 5 || 1 || '''{{winpct|0|5|1}}''' || 15 || 51 ||  || 20 || 8 || 11 || 1 || 74 || 102
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|AMH|AMH=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Amherst Mammoths|Amherst]] ||16  ||  1|| 15 ||0  ||  '''{{winpct|1|15|0}}'''||51  || 135 ||  || 16 || 1 || 15 || 0 ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|ASS|ASS=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Assumption Greyhounds|Assumption]] || 10 || 0 || 9 || 1 || '''{{winpct|0|9|1}}''' ||  17|| 81 ||  || 17 || 4 || 12 || 1 ||  || 
|-
| colspan=15 style="text-align:center;" |Championship: March 8, 1969<br>† <small>indicates conference regular season champion</small><br>* <small>indicates conference tournament champion</small>
|}
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width=75% 
! colspan="7" style="background-color: #FFE6BD;" | '''[[1968–69 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season|1968–69]] NCAA College Division Independent ice hockey standings'''
|-
! rowspan="2" width="5%" |
! colspan="6" | Overall record
|-
! width="5%" | {{Abbr|GP|Games played}}
! width="5%" | {{Abbr|W|Wins}}
! width="5%" | {{Abbr|L|Losses}}
! width="5%" | {{Abbr|T|Ties}}
! width="5%" | {{Abbr|GF|Goals for}}
! width="5%" | {{Abbr|GA|Goals against}}
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|AMU|AMU=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Alaska Pacific University|Alaska Methodist]] ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|UIC|UIC=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[UIC Flames men's ice hockey|Illinois-Chicago]]  || 16 || 12 || 4 || 0 || || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|IONA|IONA=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Iona Gaels men's ice hockey|Iona]] || 17 || 8 || 9 || 0 ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|LFC|LFC=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Lake Forest Foresters|Lake Forest]] || 19 || 9 || 10 || 0 ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|OBE|OBE=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Oberlin Yeomen|Oberlin]] ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|SCSU|SCSU=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[St. Cloud State Huskies|St. Cloud State]] || 20 || 2 || 18 || 0 || 45 || 183
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|STO|STO=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[St. Olaf Oles|St. Olaf]] || 21 || 6 || 15 || 0 || – || – 
|}
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width=75% 
! colspan="15" style="background-color: #FFE6BD;" | '''[[1968–69 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season|1968–69]] Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings'''
|-
! rowspan="2" width="15%"| 
! colspan="7" | Conference
! rowspan="2" width="5%" |
! colspan="6" | Overall
|-
! width="5%" | GP
! width="5%" | W
! width="5%" | L
! width="5%" | T
! width="5%" | Pts
! width="5%" | GF
! width="5%" | GA
! width="5%" | GP
! width="5%" | W
! width="5%" | L
! width="5%" | T
! width="5%" | GF
! width="5%" | GA
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|GAC|GAC=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties|Gustavus Adolphus]] † || 14 || 13 || 1 || 0 || '''26''' ||  ||  ||  ||22  ||17  || 4 ||  1||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|AUG|AUG=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Augsburg Auggies|Augsburg]] || 14 || 11 || 2 || 1 || '''23''' ||  ||  ||  || 19  || 14 ||4  || 1 ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|STM|STM=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Saint Mary's Cardinals|Saint Mary's]] || 14 || 11 || 3 || 0 || '''22''' ||  ||  ||  || 19 ||  15|| 3||  1||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|HML|HML=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Hamline Pipers|Hamline]] || 14 || 7 || 6 || 1 || '''15''' ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|STJ|STJ=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Saint John's Johnnies|Saint John's]] || 14 || 6 || 8 || 0 || '''12''' ||  ||  ||  || 16 || 6 ||10  || 0 ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|CCM|CCM=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Concordia Cobbers|Concordia (MN)]] || 14 || 4 || 10 || 0 || '''8''' ||  ||  ||  ||  17|| 5 || 12 || 0 ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|STT|STT=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies|St. Thomas]] || 14 || 3 || 11 || 0 || '''6''' ||  ||  ||  || 18 || 8 || 9 ||  1||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|MAC|MAC=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Macalester Scots|Macalester]] || 14 || 0 || 14 || 0 || '''0''' ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-
| colspan=15 style="text-align:center;" |† <small>indicates conference regular season champion</small>
|}
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width=75% 
! colspan="15" style="background-color: #FFE6BD;" | '''[[1968–69 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season|1968–69]] Worcester Collegiate Hockey League standings'''
|-
! rowspan="2" width="15%"| 
! colspan="7" | Conference
! rowspan="2" width="5%" |
! colspan="6" | Overall
|-
! width="5%" | GP
! width="5%" | W
! width="5%" | L
! width="5%" | T
! width="5%" | Pct.
! width="5%" | GF
! width="5%" | GA
! width="5%" | GP
! width="5%" | W
! width="5%" | L
! width="5%" | T
! width="5%" | GF
! width="5%" | GA
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|CHC|CHC=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Holy Cross Crusaders|Holy Cross]] †* || 8 || 8 || 0 || 0 || '''{{winpct|8|0|0}}''' || 54 || 17 ||  || 23 || 16 || 6 || 1 || 131 || 113
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|NIC|NIC=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Nichols Bison|Nichols]]|| 9 || 3 || 5 || 1 || '''{{winpct|3|5|1}}''' || 36 || 43 ||  || 20 || 8 || 11 || 1 || 74 || 102
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|ASS|ASS=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Assumption Greyhounds|Assumption]] ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 17 || 4 || 12 || 1 ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|WOR|WOR=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[Worcester State Lancers|Worcester State]] ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 11 || 8 || 3 || 0 ||  || 
|- style="text-align:center;{{#switch:{{{team}}}|WPI|WPI=background-color:#CCFFCC}}"
| [[WPI Engineers|WPI]] ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  
|-
| colspan=15 style="text-align:center;" |Championship: March 13, 1969<br>† <small>indicates conference regular season champion</small><br>* <small>indicates conference tournament champion</small>
|}

;WCHL scores
*12/4: '''Holy Cross''' - Nichols 7:2
*12/9: '''Holy Cross''' - Worcester State 6:0
*12/9: '''Nichols''' - WPI 5:2
*12/16: '''Worcester State''' - Nichols 7:4
*12/18: '''Holy Cross''' - Assumption 6:2
*2/5: '''Holy Cross''' - WPI 7:2
*2/5: Nichols - Assumption 0:0 OT
*2/8: '''Nichols''' - WPI 10:8
*2/12: '''Holy Cross''' - Worcester State 6:5 OT
*2/17: '''Holy Cross''' - Assumption 7:0
*2/19: '''WPI''' - Nichols 5:4
*2/24: '''Worcester State''' - Nichols 3:2
*3/3: '''Nichols''' - Assumption 7:2
*3/4: '''Holy Cross''' - Nichols 9:2
*3/6: '''Holy Cross''' - WPI 6:4
*'''Worcester State''' - Assumption 4:1
*'''Assumption''' - WPI 4:3
*'''Assumption''' - WPI 5:1
*'''WPI''' - Assumption 6:3
==ECAC 2 Tournament==
{{4TeamBracket
| team-width=160
| RD1='''Semifinals'''<br>March 5–6
| RD2='''ECAC 2 Championship'''<br>March 8

| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1=Merrimack
| RD1-score1=3
| RD1-seed2=4
| RD1-team2='''Norwich'''
| RD1-score2='''5'''
| RD1-seed3=2
| RD1-team3= '''American International'''
| RD1-score3= '''10'''
| RD1-seed4=3
| RD1-team4= Colby 
| RD1-score4=3

| RD2-seed1=4
| RD2-team1=Norwich
| RD2-score1=6
| RD2-seed2=2
| RD2-team2='''American International'''
| RD2-score2='''7'''
}}
<small>Note: * denotes overtime period(s)</small>

==WCHL Tournament==
{{4TeamBracket-with 3rd

| RD1='''Semifinals'''<br>March 11
| RD2='''Championship'''<br>March 13
| RD3='''Third Place Game'''

| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1='''Holy Cross'''
| RD1-score1='''5'''
| RD1-seed2=4
| RD1-team2=Nichols
| RD1-score2=2
| RD1-seed3=2
| RD1-team3='''Worcester State'''
| RD1-score3=7
| RD1-seed4=3
| RD1-team4=Assumption
| RD1-score4=6

| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1='''Holy Cross'''
| RD2-score1='''7'''
| RD2-seed2=2
| RD2-team2=Worcester State
| RD2-score2=2

| RD3-seed1=3
| RD3-team1='''Assumption'''
| RD3-score1='''4'''*
| RD3-seed2=4
| RD3-team2=Nichols
| RD3-score2=3
}}
<small>Note: * denotes overtime period(s)</small>
{{1921-1971 College Hockey}}

[[Category:1969 in ice hockey]]