1970–71 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season

The 1970–71 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1970 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 7th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament	Dates	Teams	Champion
Merrimack Christmas Tournament	December 17–18	4	Ohio
Codfish Bowl	December 26–27	4	Merrimack
Lake Forest Tournament	February 19–20	4	Cambrian

Standings

1970–71 ECAC 2 standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Bowdoin †*	16	14	2	0	.875	94	34		24	19	4	1
Vermont	16	13	3	0	.813	90	45		26	17	9	0	118	87
Massachusetts	16	12	3	1	.781	112	42		21	14	6	1	129	71
Buffalo	8	5	2	1	.688	45	31		14	7	6	1	76	67
Holy Cross	18	12	6	0	.667	102	104		19	13	6	0	106	106
Nichols	13	8	4	1	.654	62	52		24	16	7	1	132	93
Oswego State	11	7	4	0	.636	51	38		21	9	12	0
Salem State	16	9	6	1	.594	76	64		19	11	7	1
Hamilton	17	10	7	0	.588	89	84		19	12	7	0
Norwich	18	10	8	0	.556	109	84		24	11	13	0	133	129
Worcester State	12	6	5	1	.542	69	62		18	11	6	1
Amherst	13	7	6	0	.538	77	78		16	10	6	0
Saint Anselm	13	7	6	0	.538	70	74		19	10	9	0	106	96
Merrimack	16	8	7	1	.531	68	72		29	12	16	1	112	145
American International	18	8	9	1	.472	99	107		21	8	12	1
Lowell Tech	16	7	8	1	.469	109	112		18	9	8	1	125	112
MIT	10	4	5	1	.450	30	50		17	9	8	0
Boston State	20	8	11	1	.425	93	98		23	9	13	1
Middlebury	17	7	10	0	.412	72	65		24	11	13	0
New Haven	14	5	9	0	.357	46	69		14	5	9	0
Colby	20	7	13	0	.350	93	111		20	7	13	0	93	111
Williams	21	7	14	0	.333	83	95		22	8	14	0
Connecticut	19	5	14	0	.263	50	116		23	7	16	0	62	143
Babson	12	2	8	2	.250	50	69		16	5	9	2
Lehigh	6	1	5	0	.167	14	29		6	1	5	0	14	29
Bridgewater State	7	1	6	0	.143	20	42		7	1	6	0	20	42
Assumption	10	1	9	0	.100	23	64		18	5	13	0
Ithaca	1	0	1	0	.000	1	7		1	0	1	0	1	7
Championship: March 13, 1971 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1970–71 NCAA College Division Independent ice hockey standings
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Alaska Methodist
Buffalo	16	8	7	1	97	72
Hillsdale
Illinois-Chicago	23	10	12	1
Iona	21	13	8	0
Lake Forest	23	14	9	0	141	88
Mankato State	18	15	2	1	90	48
New England College	21	16	5	0
Oberlin
RIT	16	7	9	0
St. Cloud State	17	10	7	0	80	60
St. Olaf	14	3	11	0	–	–

1970–71 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Gustavus Adolphus1 †	13	12	1	0	24	114	23		21	15	6	0
Saint Mary's	14	11	3	0	22	67	40		20	15	4	1
Concordia (MN)2	12	10	2	0	20	67	46		26	19	7	0
Augsburg	14	9	5	0	18	82	52		20	14	6	0
Saint John's	13	4	9	0	8	28	69		22	9	13	0
Hamline	13	3	10	0	6	44	58
St. Thomas	14	3	11	0	6	47	66		20	7	12	1
Macalester	14	2	12	0	4	38	133
1 Gustavus Adolphus finished 13-1 in MIAC play. 2 Concordia finished 11-3 in MIAC play. † indicates conference regular season champion

1970–71Worcester Collegiate Hockey League standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Nichols †*	6	5	0	1	.917	42	24		24	16	7	1	132	93
Assumption									18	5	13	0
Worcester State									18	11	6	1
WPI
Championship: March 13, 1971 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

ECAC 2 Tournament

	Semifinals March 10					ECAC 2 Championship March 13
	1	Bowdoin	8
	4	Norwich	2
						1	Bowdoin	5*
						2	Vermont	4
	2	Vermont	2
	3	Massachusetts	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

WCHL Tournament

• Nichols - WPI 9:2 (3/10), 2:4 (3/13) - 11:9 total goals

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