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

The 1965–66 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1965 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 2nd season of second-tier college ice hockey.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament	Dates	Teams	Champion
Amherst College Tournament	December 18–20
Yankee Conference Tournament	December 28–29	4	New Hampshire
MIT Tournament		4	Connecticut
Codfish Bowl		4	Boston State

Standings

1965–66 ECAC 2 standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
American International †	15	11	4	0	.733	104	39		24	14	10	0
Bowdoin	13	9	3	1	.731	74	41		20	11	8	1	96	82
Williams	14	10	4	0	.714	75	52		20	12	8	0
New Hampshire	16	11	5	0	.688	102	52		23	11	12	0	112	94
Colby *	12	8	4	0	.667	70	42		26	13	12	1	113	112
Middlebury	12	7	5	0	.583	59	34		24	12	12	0	100	91
Vermont	15	8	7	0	.533	69	84		19	8	11	0	78	100
Merrimack	9	4	4	1	.500	33	31		19	8	10	1	64	71
Hamilton	12	6	6	0	.500	47	62		15	4	11	0
Amherst	13	5	8	0	.385	46	63		17	7	10	0
Norwich	18	6	12	0	.333	64	112		22	7	15	0	77	132
Connecticut	15	5	10	0	.333	49	120		21	10	11	0	111	143
Massachusetts	16	2	14	0	.125	61	98		19	3	16	0	69	126
MIT	6	0	6	0	.000	10	38		17	4	13	0
Championship: March 12, 1966 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

NCAA College Division Independent ice hockey standings
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Assumption	7	2	5	0
Babson	10	5	5	0
Boston State	20	20	0	0
Lake Forest	9	7	2	0
Nichols	15	9	6	0
Oberlin
Ohio University	20	9	11	0
Salem State	15	11	4	0
St. Cloud State	14	4	10	0	59	47

1965–66 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				18	16	2	0
Saint Mary's	14	11	3	0	22				17	13	4	0
Augsburg	14	11	3	0	22				15	12	3	0
Concordia (MN)	14	0	14	0	0				16	1	15	0
St. Thomas									16	8	8	0
Saint John's									17	9	8	0
Macalester
Hamline
† indicates conference regular season champion

Independent game results

• 11/27: Boston State - Burdette 11:3
• 11/28: Boston State - New Haven 13:3
• 12/1: Connecticut - Nichols 10:1
• 12/3: Wisconsin-Superior - Augsburg 5:2
• 12/4: Boston State - Pennsylvania 9:2
• 12/5: SUNY Oswego - RIT 17:4
• 12/6: Nichols - Assumption 7:1
• 12/7: Minnesota-Duluth Freshmen - Wisconsin-Superior 5:1
• 12/8: Minnesota-Duluth Freshmen - Wisconsin-Superior 2:1
• 12/8: RIT - SUNY Buffalo 7:6
• 12/10: SUNY Canton - RIT 9:6
• 12/11: RIT - Utica 8:2
• 12/12: Boston State - Holy Cross 9:0
• 12/12: Trinity - MIT 5:3
• 12/12: Notre Dame - Northern Illinois 13:2
• 12/12: Ohio University - Port Huron 5:2
• 12/13: Nichols - Lowell Tech 4:0
• 12/15: Nichols - Dean 10:4
• 12/15: Grand Rapids Bruins - Wisconsin-Superior 8:6
• 12/16: Boston State - American International 5:4 OT
• 12/19: Boston State - Notre Dame 16:2
• 12/20: Boston State - Ohio University 4:3 OT
• 12/20: Holy Cross - Notre Dame 9:3 - Worcester College Tournament
• 12/20: Pennsylvania - Nichols 7:2 - "
• 12/21: Pennsylvania - Holy Cross 7:4 - "
• 12/21: Nichols - Notre Dame 9:0 - "
• 12/28: Boston State - Salem State 5:3
• 1/5: Boston State - Pennsylvania 13:1
• 1/5: Salem State - Burdette 7:2
• 1/5: RIT - SUNY Brockport 8:7
• 1/6: Salem State - Lowell Tech 15:0
• 1/6: American International - Pennsylvania 8:1
• 1/7: Pennsylvania - Nichols 7:4
• 1/8: Boston State - Western Michigan 7:3
• 1/9: Boston State - Western Michigan 8:3
• 1/9: Salem State - Holy Cross 7:2
• 1/10: New Haven - Nichols 3:2
• 1/11: Boston State - Lowell Tech 15:0
• 1/11: SUNY Oswego - RIT 14:4
• 1/12: Assumption - Worcester State 6:2
• 1/13: American International - Salem State 6:3
• 1/15: Michigan Tech Freshmen - Wisconsin-Superior 7:5
• 1/15: RIT - Syracuse 8:5
• 1/21: RIT - Ithaca 7:6
• 1/22: Wisconsin-Superior - Wisconsin-River Falls 8:3
• 1/22: St. Mary's - Bemidji State 5:4 OT
• 1/24: Boston State - Vermont 8:2
• 1/26: RIT - Hobart 9:0
• 1/27: Boston State - Lowell Tech 11:0
• 1/30: RIT - SUNY Canton 5:2
• 1/31: Boston State - Vermont 8:3
• 2/2: Wisconsin-Superior - Minnesota-Duluth Freshmen 2:2
• 2/2: Holy Cross - Assumption 6:3
• 2/2: New Haven - Worcester State 9:2
• 2/3: Nichols - Lowell Tech 8:5
• 2/3: Salem State - Vermont 3:2
• 2/6: Boston State - Holy Cross 8:4
• 2/7: Nichols - Worcester State 14:0
• 2/8: Wisconsin-Superior - Michigan Tech Freshmen 3:3
• 2/9: Nichols - Holy Cross 3:2
• 2/9: RIT - Utica 12:3
• 2/9: New Haven - Assumption 7:2
• 2/10: Babson - MIT 6:5
• 2/11: Boston State - Ohio University 5:3
• 2/12: Minnesota-Duluth Freshmen - Wisconsin-Superior 4:3
• 2/13: RIT - University of Rochester 11:1
• 2/14: Bemidji State - St. Mary's 5:4 OT
• 2/15: MIT - Babson 2:1
• 2/15: Boston State - American International 4:3
• 2/16: Nichols - Worcester Polytechnic Institute 7:2
• 2/16: RIT - Hobart 14:4
• 2/17: Lake Forest - Northeastern 5:1
• 2/18: Nichols - Wesleyan 12:3
• 2/18: Boston State - Ithaca 9:4
• 2/19: Salem State - Ithaca 13:1
• 2/19: RIT - SUNY Buffalo 8:3
• 2/20: Boston State - Salem State 5:3
• 2/20: Bemidji State - Concordia-Moorhead 13:1
• 2/21: Worcester Junior College - Nichols 7:5
• 2/23: Salem State - Lowell Tech 14:3
• 2/23: Ithaca - RIT 5:4
• 2/24: New Haven - Nichols 7:5
• 2/25: Pennsylvania - Holy Cross 7:1
• 2/26: Babson - Lowell Tech 7:3
• 2/27: RIT - University of Rochester 11:1
• 2/28: Salem State - Vermont 5:4
• 3/2: Holy Cross - Babson 6:5
• 3/2: RIT - SUNY Brockport 8:5
• 3/5: RIT - Syracuse 9:3
• St. Cloud State - Wisconsin-River Falls 3:1
• St. Mary's - St. Cloud State 3:2 OT
• Gustavus Adolphus - St. Cloud State 3:2 OT
• St. Cloud Alumni - St. Cloud State 2:1
• St. Cloud State - Wisconsin-River Falls 7:2
• St. Cloud State - Air Force 15:2
• St. Cloud State - Air Force 9:1
• Colorado College Freshmen - St. Cloud State 4:3
• Colorado College Freshmen - St. Cloud State 5:3
• SUNY Oswego - RIT 10:5
• RIT - Ithaca 6:5
• Gonzaga - Notre Dame College (BC) 5:2
• Trail Comerks (BC) - Gonzaga 8:5
• Gonzaga - Trail Comerks (BC) 6:3
• Notre Dame College (BC) - Gonzaga 9:2
• Gonzaga - Notre Dame College (BC) 8:2
• Gonzaga - Spokane Americans 8:4
• Gonzaga - Nelson Jr. Maple Leafs 11:4
• Gonzaga - University of Washington 10:3
• Gonzaga - University of Washington 10:2

ECAC 2 Tournament

	Semifinals March 8–9					ECAC 2 Championship March 12
	1	American International	1
	4	Merrimack	4
						4	Merrimack	0
							Colby	5
		Colby	2
		New Hampshire	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

International Collegiate Hockey Association

This was informally the league's first season. The four members formed a conference without a formal conference schedule this year with the Lakehead Norwesters not playing the St. Cloud State Huskies during the season.

Scores

• 1/5: Wisconsin-Superior - St. Cloud State 7:6
• 1/8: Bemidji State - Wisconsin-Superior 5:1
• 1/11: Wisconsin-Superior - St. Cloud State 3:2
• 1/14: Bemidji State - St. Cloud State 2:1
• 1/15: Bemidji State - St. Cloud State 5:4
• 1/29: Bemidji State - Lakehead University 5:1
• 1/30: Bemidji State - Lakehead University 8:7 OT
• 2/4: Bemidji State - St. Cloud State 5:1
• 2/5: Bemidji State - St. Cloud State 4:1
• 2/5: Wisconsin-Superior - Lakehead University 7:1
• 2/11: Bemidji State - Lakehead University 5:4
• 2/12: Bemdiji State - Lakehead University 3:1
• 2/16: Bemidji State - Wisconsin-Superior 4:2
• 2/18: Lakehead University - Wisconsin-Superior 7:2

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Bemidji State Beavers	10	10	0	0	-	-	20
Wiscosin-Superior Yellowjackets	6	3	3	0	-	-	6
Lakehead Norwesters	6	1	5	0	-	-	2
St. Cloud State Huskies	6	0	6	0	-	-	0