1966–67 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season

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The 1966–67 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1966 and concluded with the 1967 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 18, 1967 at the Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse, New York. This was the 20th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 72nd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

New Hampshire returned to a partial University Division schedule but still qualified for the lower-tier ECAC playoffs for this and the following season. They would become a full-time top division program for the 1968–69 season.

Cornell's win was the first by an eastern team since 1954 ending the 12-year dominance of the WCHA.

On June 7 1967, Al Karlander became the first NCAA player to be selected in an NHL Draft.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
ECAC Holiday Tournament December 16–17 4 Cornell
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival December 17–20 6 Boston University
Great Lakes Invitational December 22–23 4 Michigan
Yankee Conference Tournament December 27–28 4 New Hampshire
St. Paul Hockey Classic December 28–29 4 Minnesota
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 28–30 4 Boston University, Cornell
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 28–30 4 Michigan
Brown Holiday Tournament December 29–30 4 Brown
Beanpot February 9, 13 4 Boston University

Standings

1966–67 Big Ten standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan State† 8 5 3 0 10 34 31 32 16 15 1 119 121
Michigan 8 4 3 1 9 44 38 28 19 7 2 150 98
Minnesota 8 2 5 1 5 37 46 29 9 19 1 134 138
† indicates conference regular season champion
1966–67 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Boston University† 20 19 0 1 .975 147 48 31 25 5 1 176 66
Cornell* 20 18 1 1 .925 106 32 29 27 1 1 132 46
Boston College 20 14 6 0 .700 121 60 28 20 8 0 171 91
St. Lawrence 15 9 5 1 .633 66 64 26 17 8 1 122 84
Yale 22 13 9 0 .591 117 112 24 13 11 0 119 112
Clarkson 15 8 6 1 .567 78 65 23 14 8 1 127 84
New Hampshire^ 9 5 4 0 .556 32 34 25 18 7 0 115 71
Brown 16 8 8 0 .500 88 64 24 13 11 0 135 98
Harvard 21 10 11 0 .476 97 86 23 11 12 0 106 88
Army 11 5 6 0 .455 41 47 27 15 12 0 151 104
Northeastern 20 9 11 0 .450 62 79 26 12 14 0 86 95
Colgate 16 5 11 0 .313 41 87 26 11 15 0 88 130
Princeton 20 6 14 0 .300 85 106 22 7 15 0 92 106
Providence 15 2 13 0 .133 37 111 20 3 17 0 46 136
Dartmouth 15 1 14 0 .067 37 115 20 4 16 0 56 130
Rensselaer 15 1 14 0 .067 58 118 24 8 15 1 106 158
Championship: Cornell
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ New Hampshire had been readmitted to the ECAC but played only a partial schedule and still qualified for the ECAC II playoffs
1966–67 Independent College Athletic Conference standings|
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Lawrence† 4 3 0 1 7 28 17 26 17 8 1 122 84
Clarkson 4 2 1 1 5 26 16 23 14 8 1 127 84
Rensselaer 4 0 4 0 0 15 36 24 8 15 1 106 158
† indicates conference regular season champion
1966–67 NCAA University Division Independent ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Alaska–Fairbanks 0 0 0 0 - - - 3 1 2 0 - -
Ohio 0 0 0 0 - - - 19 10 9 0 - -
Ohio State 0 0 0 0 - - - 20 10 10 0 81 106
Pennsylvania 0 0 0 0 - - - 24 13 11 0 - -
Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 - - - 26 16 10 0 158 89
1966–67 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
North Dakota†* 22 16 6 0 .727 84 70 29 19 10 0 106 92
Denver 16 11 5 0 .688 75 47 30 22 8 0 153 89
Michigan Tech 22 14 7 1 .659 96 61 30 18 11 1 125 84
Michigan 18 11 6 1 .639 82 68 28 19 7 2 150 98
Michigan State* 20 8 11 1 .425 72 81 32 16 15 1 119 121
Minnesota-Duluth 23 8 15 0 .348 90 114 28 12 16 0 124 125
Colorado College 18 6 12 0 .333 55 86 29 15 13 1 122 116
Minnesota 23 5 17 1 .239 88 115 29 9 19 1 134 138
Championship: Michigan State, North Dakota
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Independent game results

  • 11/19: Ohio University - Denison 9:1
  • 11/25: Superior State - Wisconsin 5:4
  • 11/26: Wisconsin - Superior State 6:5 OT
  • 11/26: Ohio State - Illinois 4:3
  • 12/2: Colorado College - Ohio University 7:1
  • 12/2: Wisconsin - Augsburg 8:3
  • 12/3: Wisconsin - Augsburg 9:0
  • 12/3: Colorado College - Ohio University 7:0
  • 12/3: Toledo - Ohio State 8:3
  • 12/9: Ohio State - Bowling Green 4:2
  • 12/9: Ohio University - Wisconsin 3:1
  • 12/10: Wisconsin - Ohio University 5:3
  • 12/10: Oberlin - Ohio State 3:1
  • 12/17: Merrimack - Ohio University 6:2
  • 12/17: Minnesota - Wisconsin 7:1
  • 12/19: Ohio University - Boston State 7:6
  • 12/19: Ohio State - Illinois-Chicago 8:3 - Notre Dame Invitational
  • 12/19: Notre Dame - Illinois 3:1 - "
  • 12/20: Illinois - Illinois-Chicago 5:2 - "
  • 12/20: Ohio State - Notre Dame 6:5 - "
  • 12/20: Army - Ohio University 14:0
  • 12/29: Brown - Wisconsin 6:2 - Brown Tournament
  • 12/30: Wisconsin - Providence 5:3 - "
  • 1/2: Wisconsin - Army 1:0
  • 1/3: Wisconsin - Connecticut 8:1
  • 1/6: Wisconsin - St. Mary's 11:2
  • 1/7: Wisconsin - St. Mary's 8:3
  • 1/7: Ohio State - Western Michigan 6:5
  • 1/9: Colorado College - Ohio University 5:2
  • 1/10: Colorado College - Ohio University 8:3
  • 1/13: Ohio University - Ohio State 4:1
  • 1/14: Lake Forest - Ohio State 4:3
  • 1/20: Pennsylvania - Ohio State 8:5
  • 1/21: Wisconsin - Lake Forest 7:1
  • 1/27: Colorado College - Wisconsin 5:2
  • 1/28: Colorado College - Wisconsin 7:4
  • 1/28: Toledo - Ohio State 6:3
  • 2/3: Ohio State - Northwestern 5:3
  • 2/4: Notre Dame - Ohio State 14:4
  • 2/4: Minnesota-Duluth - Wisconsin 6:1
  • 2/10: Wisconsin - Ohio State 10:1
  • 2/11: Wisconsin - Lake Forest 6:3
  • 2/11: Ohio State - Illinois 4:2
  • 2/15: Austrian Nationals - Wisconsin 6:3
  • 2/17: Wisconsin - Western Michigan 15:1
  • 2/18: Wisconsin - Western Michigan 13:2
  • 2/18: Ohio University - Ohio State 9:3
  • 2/24: Wisconsin - Ohio University 15:3
  • 2/24: Ohio State - Denison 6:2 - Oberlin Tournament
  • 2/25: Ohio State - Toledo 5:4 - "
  • 2/25: Wisconsin - Ohio University 7:2
  • 3/3: Michigan State - Wisconsin 7:3
  • 3/4: Michigan State - Wisconsin 4:3
  • 3/4: Notre Dame - Ohio State 6:3
  • 3/5: Ohio State - Boston State 6:5
  • Ohio University - Toledo 5:2
  • Ohio University - Toledo 9:2
  • Ohio University - Western Michigan 7:3
  • Ohio University - Western Michigan 13:2
  • Ohio University - Dayton 10:0
  • Ohio University - Boston State 6:5 OT
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Tournament
  • Sand & Gravel Grizzlies - Alaska-Fairvanks 5:0
  • Alaska-Fairbanks - Ft. Wainwright 13:7
  • Anchorage Blades - Alaska-Fairbanks 8:2

ECAC Tournament

The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on conference rankings, 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 winner of the first and eighth matchup played the winner of the fourth and fifth matchup while the other two remaining teams played with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game.

  Quarterfinals
March 7 		Semifinals
March 10 		Championship
March 11
                           
  1  Boston University 6  
8  Harvard 2  
  1  Boston University 6  
  4  St. Lawrence 2  
4  St. Lawrence 4
  5  Yale 2  
    1  Boston University 3
  2  Cornell 4
  2  Cornell 11  
7  Brown 2  
  2  Cornell 12 Third place
  3  Boston College 2  
3  Boston College 9 3  Boston College 6
  6  Clarkson 2   4  St. Lawrence 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

WCHA Tournament

All eight teams in the WCHA were eligible for the tournament. In the first round the schools were matched up based upon regional location, having the schools closest to one another play a single game with the winners advancing to the second round. The two Colorado schools (Colorado College and Denver) met in one match, leaving North Dakota to play their closest geographic rival Minnesota. With the Gophers occupied Minnesota-Duluth's next closest opponent was Michigan Tech, leaving Michigan and Michigan State as the pair in the final First Round game. Because each of these teams had met under the same circumstances the previous year the home venue that wasn't used the first time was utilized for this tournament, resulting in two higher-seeded teams playing on the road. After the first round the two eastern-most remaining teams met in the home venues of Michigan Tech (Dee Stadium) while the two western-most schools met at Denver's home building (DU Arena). In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched with the winners being declared as co-conference tournament champions.

First round
  • 3/7: North Dakota - Minnesota 7:2
  • 3/7: Denver - Colorado College 6:3
  • 3/9: Michigan Tech - Minnesota-Duluth 6:4
  • 3/9: Michigan State - Michigan 4:2
Second round
  • 3/11: North Dakota - Denver 3:2
  • 3/11: Michigan State - Michigan Tech 2:1 OT

NCAA Tournament

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 At-Large 6th 1966 1 North Dakota WCHA 19–8–0 Tournament co-champion 5th 1965
2 Cornell ECAC Hockey 25–1–1 Tournament champion 1st Never 2 Michigan State WCHA 15–14–1 Tournament co-champion 3rd 1966

Results

Semifinals
  • 3/16: Cornell - North Dakota 1:0
  • 3/17: Boston University - Michigan State 4:2
Consolation Game
  • 3/18: Michigan State - North Dakota 6:1
Championship Game
  • 3/18: Cornell - Boston University 4:1
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