1971–72 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season

The 1971–72 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1971 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 8th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament	Dates	Teams	Champion
Billerica Forum Thanksgiving Tournament	November 25–26	4	Merrimack
North Country Thanksgiving Festival	November 25–27	4	St. Lawrence
Merrimack Christmas Tournament	December 16–18	4	Merrimack
Codfish Bowl	December 26–27	4	Boston State
Williams Tournament	December 28–30	4	Massachusetts
Lake Forest Tournament	February 25–26	4	Lake Forest

Standings

1971–72 ECAC 2 standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Bowdoin†	15	14	1	0	.933	99	44		21	17	4	0	124	78
Buffalo	12	10	2	0	.833	87	46		21	13	8	0	138	66
Vermount	15	12	2	1	.833	110	41		26	17	7	2	152	85
Massachusetts*	18	15	3	0	.833	120	46		26	19	7	0	156	78
Merrimack	16	12	4	0	.750	95	66		25	16	9	0	127	102
New England College	10	6	4	0	.600	48	40		21	16	5	0	152	68
Williams	19	10	8	1	.553	87	89		20	10	9	1	89	93
Boston State	23	13	10	0	.565	120	114		27	14	13	0	136	144
Salem State	20	10	9	1	.525	87	93		23	12	10	1	108	102
Saint Anselm	13	7	6	0	.538	65	48		20	14	6	0	138	66
American International	16	8	8	0	.500	96	84		20	9	11	0	125	118
Colby	21	10	11	0	.476	110	91		23	11	11	1	118	98
Hamilton	17	7	9	1	.441	52	72		19	8	9	2	56	75
Lowell Tech	18	8	10	0	.444	79	78		23	12	11	0	112	91
Middlebury	12	4	6	2	.417	50	52		21	7	12	2	88	89
Amherst	13	3	10	0	.231	44	92		19	7	12	0	76	113
Connecticut	15	4	11	0	.267	48	103		26	11	15	0	103	152
Norwich	17	4	12	1	.265	56	100		23	5	17	1	78	134
New Haven	9	2	7	0	.222	25	63		24	15	9	0	148	100
Oswego State	13	2	10	1	.192	41	71		23	8	14	1	98	122
Ithaca	6	0	5	1	.083	18	34		11	4	6	1	48	49
Holy Cross	13	0	13	0	.000	33	93		20	4	16	0	76	139
Championship: March 11, 1972 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1971–72 ECAC 3 standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Worcester State †*	16	13	3	0	.813	148	72		24	21	3	0
Wesleyan1	16	9	7	0	.563	53	52		21	9	11	1	107	113
Babson	17	6	11	0	.353	64	96		20	8	11	1
Nichols	13	4	9	0	.308	44	86		18	11	7	0	70	63
Bridgewater State	12	3	9	0	.250	45	86		18	9	9	0
Assumption	9	1	8	0	.111	19	94		15	3	12	0
Lehigh	5	0	5	0	.000	8	29		18	7	11	0	75	105
MIT	10	0	10	0	.000	20	60		17	2	15	0
1Goal totals for Wesleyan's last game (a win) unavailable Championship: March 8, 1972 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1971–72 NCAA College Division Independent ice hockey standings
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Alaska Methodist
Framingham State	21	7	12	2
Hillsdale
Illinois-Chicago	16	9	7	0
Iona	16	13	2	1
Lake Forest	28	14	13	1	145	122
Mankato State	20	13	6	1	110	64
North Adams State	13	2	11	0
Oberlin
Plymouth State	11	9	2	0
RIT	20	11	9	0
St. Cloud State	16	7	9	0	74	69
St. Olaf	18	2	16	0	–	–

1971–72 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	26	118	30		21	16	5	0
Saint Mary's	14	11	3	0	22	94	36
St. Thomas	14	10	4	0	20	98	48		22	12	10	0
Concordia (MN)	14	10	4	0	20	124	47		20	13	7	0
Augsburg	14	7	7	0	14	80	77		21	11	10	0
Hamline	14	3	11	0	6	33	85
Saint John's	14	2	12	0	4	37	128		18	2	16	0
Macalester	14	1	13	0	2	27	170
† indicates conference regular season champion

1971–72 Worcester Collegiate Hockey League standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Nichols	6	4	2	0	.667	38	27		21	9	11	1	107	113
Assumption									15	3	12	0
Worcester State †*									24	21	3	0
WPI
Championship: March 8, 1972 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

WCHL scores

• 12/1: Nichols - Assumption 4:2
• 1/5: Worcester State - Nichols 7:5
• 1/10: Nichols - WPI 7:1
• 1/31: Nichols - Assumption 4:3
• 2/23: Nichols - WPI 13:4
• 3/1: Worcester State - Nichols 10:5
• Worcester State - Assumption 17:3
• Worcester State - Assumption 17:0
• WPI - Assumption 7:6
• WPI - Assumption 7:1

ECAC 2 Tournament

	Quarterfinals March 4-5					Semifinals March 7-8					ECAC 2 Championship March 11
	1	Massachusetts	5
	8	Saint Anselm	3
						1	Massachusetts	4
						4	Merrimack	2
	2	Buffalo	9
	7	Boston State	5
											1	Massachusetts	8
											2	Buffalo	1
	3	Vermont	5
	6	Lowell Tech	0
						2	Buffalo	4
						3	Vermont	0
	4	Merrimack	4
	5	Salem State	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

ECAC 3 Tournament

• 3/8: Worcester State - Nichols 8:5 - also served as WCHL Tournament

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