1968–69 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season

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The 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1968 and concluded with the 1969 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 15, 1969 at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 22nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 74th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Wisconsin was admitted into the WCHA beginning with this season. Because they now played each of the other three Big Ten teams they were included into the informal conference standings.

Air Force and Notre Dame both begin to sponsor their ice hockey programs. Both teams start as independents.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival December 20–21 4 Clarkson
Great Lakes Invitational December 20–21 4 Michigan Tech
St. Paul Hockey Classic December 20–21 4 North Dakota
Big Ten Holiday Tournament December 26–28 4 Michigan
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 27–28 4 Boston University
Syracuse Invitational December 27–28 4 Cornell
Yankee Conference Tournament December 27–28 4 New Hampshire
Broadmoor World Tournament December 27–29 3 Denver
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 27–29 4 Waterloo
Centennial Tournament January 3–4 4 Loyola
Beanpot February 3, 10 4 Harvard

Standings

1968–69 Big Ten standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan† 12 7 5 0 .583 42 39 28 16 12 0 124 101
Michigan State 10 5 4 1 .550 25 18 28 11 16 1 91 123
Minnesota 10 4 5 1 .450 25 29 29 13 13 3 113 96
Wisconsin 8 3 5 0 .375 26 32 34 22 10 2 215 98
† indicates conference regular season champion
1968–69 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Cornell†* 20 19 1 0 .950 139 39 29 27 2 0 190 54
Boston College 21 16 5 0 .762 114 72 26 19 7 0 144 91
Harvard 23 16 6 1 .717 135 74 28 19 8 1 157 101
Clarkson 18 12 5 1 .694 94 65 28 19 7 2 158 96
New Hampshire 16 10 5 1 .656 68 56 29 22 6 1 155 77
Boston University 21 13 8 0 .619 107 69 29 19 10 1 154 84
Rensselaer 14 8 5 1 .607 58 54 21 12 8 1 93 77
Brown 20 10 9 1 .525 98 83 22 10 11 1 100 86
St. Lawrence 18 8 8 2 .500 83 76 24 11 11 2 102 96
Army 11 4 6 1 .409 45 48 28 20 7 1 167 104
Yale 23 9 14 0 .391 72 113 24 9 15 0 72 113
Colgate 16 6 10 0 .375 53 68 25 12 13 0 116 110
Dartmouth 21 6 13 2 .333 83 146 23 7 14 2 91 154
Providence 15 4 11 0 .267 43 76 21 7 14 0 67 95
Northeastern 18 4 14 0 .222 56 108 23 7 16 0 74 127
Princeton 23 5 18 0 .217 62 91 24 5 19 0 62 91
Pennsylvania 15 1 14 0 .067 44 116 22 7 15 0 79 131
Championship: Cornell
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
1968–69 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 18 18 21 12 8 1 93 77
Clarkson 4 2 2 0 4 21 18 28 19 7 2 158 96
St. Lawrence 4 1 2 1 3 17 20 24 11 11 2 102 96
† indicates conference regular season champion
1968–69 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 - - - 18 6 12 0 85 100
Alaska–Fairbanks 0 0 0 0 - - - 9 3 6 0 - -
Notre Dame 0 0 0 0 - - - 27 16 8 3 149 117
Ohio 0 0 0 0 - - - 29 11 17 1 - -
Ohio State 0 0 0 0 - - - 29 11 18 0 122 161
1968–69 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan Tech†* 20 14 5 1 .725 86 56 32 21 9 2 144 95
Denver* 20 14 6 0 .700 94 50 32 26 6 0 160 71
North Dakota 22 15 7 0 .682 97 89 29 18 10 1 130 125
Michigan 18 10 8 0 .556 75 63 28 16 12 0 124 101
Minnesota 22 11 9 2 .545 74 60 29 13 13 3 113 96
Michigan State 18 7 10 1 .417 51 57 28 11 16 1 91 123
Colorado College 18 4 14 0 .222 47 94 28 12 16 0 105 121
Minnesota-Duluth 22 3 19 0 .136 64 119 29 6 23 0 91 147
Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Independent game results

  • 11/15: Wisconsin - Pennsylvania 7:0
  • 11/16: Wisconsin - Pennsylvania 11:0
  • 11/22: Wisconsin - Michigan Tech 7:7 OT
  • 11/22: Bowling Green - Ohio State 5:1
  • 11/22: Notre Dame - Ohio University 8:7
  • 11/23: Ohio University - Notre Dame 5:3
  • 11/23: Ohio State - Tennessee 18:1
  • 11/23: Wisconsin - Michigan Tech 4:3
  • 11/29: Wisconsin - Michigan 5:4
  • 11/29: Lake Superior State - Ohio State 20:0 - Lake Superior Tournament
  • 11/30: Cambrian - Ohio State 7:6 - "
  • 11/30: Michigan - Wisconsin 5:3
  • 12/4: Minnesota - Wisconsin 5:1
  • 12/6: Bowling Green - Wisconsin 4:3
  • 12/6: Ohio University - Ohio State 5:3
  • 12/7: Ohio University - Ohio State 8:2
  • 12/7: Wisconsin - Bowling Green 8:3
  • 12/7: Alaska-Methodist - Alaska-Fairbanks 9:5
  • 12/11: Notre Dame - Windsor (ON) 4:4 OT
  • 12/13: Wisconsin - North Dakota 7:5
  • 12/13: Notre Dame - Air Force 8:1
  • 12/14: Notre Dame - Air Force 5:4
  • 12/14: Wisconsin - North Dakota 11:7
  • 12/14: Ohio State - Oberlin 7:2
  • 12/19: Ohio University - Providence 3:2
  • 12/20: Ohio State - Tennessee 6:1
  • 12/20: Notre Dame - Gustavus Adolphus 6:3
  • 12/20: Wisconsin - Michigan State 6:4 - Great Lakes Invitational
  • 12/20: Michigan Tech - Michigan 3:2 - "
  • 12/21: Michigan State - Michigan 4:2 - "
  • 12/21: Michigan Tech - Wisconsin 4:1 - "
  • 12/21: Notre Dame - St. Mary's 4:4 OT
  • 12/21: Ohio State - Tennessee 6:3
  • 12/26: Michigan State - Wisconsin 3:2 - Big Ten Tournament
  • 12/26: Minnesota - Ohio State 10:1 - "
  • 12/27: Wisconsin - Ohio State 10:2 - "
  • 12/27: Michigan - Minnesota 6:4 - "
  • 12/28: Wisconsin - Minnesota 3:3 OT - "
  • 12/28: Michigan - Michigan State 8:3 - "
  • 12/29: Army - Ohio University 9:4
  • 1/3: Colorado College - Wisconsin 5:3
  • 1/3: Ohio University - St. Clair College (ON) 5:4 - Cleveland Invitational
  • 1/3: Bowling Green - University of Windsor (ON) 3:2 OT - "
  • 1/4: Bowling Green - Ohio University 8:5 - "
  • 1/4: St. Clair College (ON) - University of Windsor (ON) 5:3 - "
  • 1/4: Colorado College - Wisconsin 3:2 OT
  • 1/4: Notre Dame - Illinois HC 8:2
  • 1/8: Wisconsin - Minnesota 7:3
  • 1/9: Notre Dame - Ohio University 8:5
  • 1/10: Notre Dame - Ohio University 1:1 OT
  • 1/10: Ohio State - Lake Forest 7:4
  • 1/10: Bowling Green - Air Force 5:2
  • 1/11: Bowling Green - Air Force 11:1
  • 1/11: Ohio State - Lake Forest 3:1
  • 1/11: Wisconsin - Ohio University 11:3
  • 1/11: Notre Dame - Detroit 12:3
  • 1/17: Ohio State - Air Force 6:4
  • 1/17: Notre Dame - St. John's 5:4
  • 1/18: Notre Dame - St. John's 6:1
  • 1/18: Air Force - Ohio State 6:4
  • 1/19: Notre Dame - St. Thomas 7:1
  • 1/20: Notre Dame - St. Thomas 3:2 OT
  • 1/24: Lake Forest - Ohio State 3:2
  • 1/24: Air Force - Illinois 6:2
  • 1/25: Air Force - Illinois 7:0
  • 1/25: Wisconsin - Ohio State 10:1
  • 1/28: Wisconsin - Bowling Green 11:1
  • 1/29: Wisconsin - Ohio State 5:0
  • 1/30: Wisconsin - Notre Dame 10:2
  • 1/31: Wisconsin - Notre Dame 12:0
  • 1/31: Bowling Green - Ohio State 5:0
  • 1/31: Ohio University - Air Force 9:6
  • 2/1: Lake Forest - Air Force 4:2
  • 2/1: Ohio State - Bowling Green 5:4
  • 2/1: Colorado College - Ohio University 12:1
  • 2/1: Alaska Methodist - Alaska-Fairbanks 9:5
  • 2/5: Notre Dame - Lake Forest 5:2
  • 2/7: Wisconsin - Michigan State 2:1
  • 2/7: St. Mary's - Notre Dame 5:1
  • 2/7: Wisconsin-River Falls - Air Force 7:4
  • 2/8: Wisconsin-River Falls - air Force 8:6
  • 2/8: St. Mary's - Notre Dame 9:5
  • 2/8: Michigan State - Wisconsin 4:3
  • 2/8: Ohio State - Oberlin 13:2
  • 2/12: Ohio University - Ohio State 6:4
  • 2/12: Notre Dame - Illinois HC 12:1
  • 2/14: Western Michigan - Ohio State 4:3
  • 2/14: Wisconsin - Notre Dame 5:1
  • 2/14: Bowling Green - Air Force 7:6
  • 2/15: Bowling Green - Air Force 6:4
  • 2/15: Wisconsin - Notre Dame 10:2
  • 2/15: Western Michigan - Ohio State 7:5
  • 2/18: Notre Dame - Lake Forest 7:4
  • 2/19: Bowling Green - Ohio State 5:0
  • 2/21: Ohio State - Air Force 7:5
  • 2/21: Wisconsin - Ohio University 13:2
  • 2/22: Wisconsin - Ohio University 12:0
  • 2/22: Air Force - Ohio State 7:4
  • 2/23: Notre Dame - Purdue HC 14:4
  • 2/28: Gustavus Adolphus - Notre Dame 7:5
  • 2/28: Michigan - Wisconsin 8:5
  • 2/28: Ohio State - Ohio University 5:4
  • 2/28: Air Force - St. John's 6:1
  • 3/1: Air Force - St. John's 8:6
  • 3/1: Notre Dame - Ohio State 7:1
  • 3/1: Michigan - Wisconsin 2:0
  • 3/8: Wisconsin - Lake Forest 5:1
  • 3/8: Western Michigan - Detroit 7:5 - Bowling Green Invitational - consolation
  • 3/8: Bowling Green - Ohio University 4:2 - " - final
  • 3/22: Army - Air Force 12:4
  • 3/23: Army - Air Force 8:0
  • Hohn Plumbers - Alaska-Fairbanks

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 4 		Semifinals
March 7 		Championship
March 8
                           
  1  Cornell 3  
8  St. Lawrence 0  
  1  Cornell 3*  
  4  Boston University 2  
4  Boston University 4
  5  Rensselaer 2  
    1  Cornell 4
  2  Harvard 2
  2  Harvard 4*  
7  New Hampshire 3  
  2  Harvard 8 Third place
  6  Clarkson 6  
3  Boston College 2 4  Boston University 5
  6  Clarkson 4   6  Clarkson 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

WCHA Tournament

All member teams in the WCHA were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to the final conference standings. The eight teams were then divided into two separate groups by placing all three teams from Michigan in the east region, held at the Weinberg Coliseum, and all teams west of Minnesota were placed in the west region, held at the DU Arena. The remaining two Minnesota-based universities were divided so that Minnesota went into the east region and Minnesota-Duluth went into the west region. Once each regional group was set the teams were reseeded No. 1 to No. 4 according to their final conference standings. In the Second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds in each region were matched in a single game with the winners advancing to their regional final games. The winners of the two championship games were declared as co-conference tournament champions.

East Regional

Semifinals
  • 3/7: Michigan Tech - Michigan State 4:2
  • 3/7: Michigan - Minnesota 8:4
Final
  • 3/8: Michigan Tech - Michigan 7:4

West Regional

Semifinals
  • 3/6: Denver - Minnesota-Duluth 4:1
  • 3/7: Colorado College - North Dakota 5:4
Final
  • 3/8: Denver - Colorado College 3:1

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 Cornell ECAC Hockey 26–1–0 Tournament champion 3rd 1968 1 Denver WCHA 24–6–0 Tournament co-champion 8th 1968
2 Harvard ECAC Hockey 18–7–1 At-Large 4th 1958 2 Michigan Tech WCHA 21–7–1 Tournament co-champion 5th 1965

Results

Semifinals
  • 3/13: Denver - Harvard 9:2
  • 3/14: Cornell - Michigan Tech 4:3 OT
Consolation Game
  • 3/15: Harvard - Michigan Tech 6:5 2OT
Championship Game
  • 3/15: Denver - Cornell 4:3
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