1967–68 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season

The 1967–68 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1967 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 4th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

Four of the five members of the Worcester Collegiate Hockey League joined ECAC 2 with only Worcester Polytechnic Institute remaining outside. Because the five schools already held a tournament between themselves at season's end, none of the teams qualified for the ECAC 2 Tournament. This arrangement held until 1972 by which time two teams had left the conference and continuing with three members was not viable.

The NAIA began holding a national tournament in 1968. With ECAC 2 already holding a tournament for the vast majority of eastern schools, the NAIA received most of their bids from western schools with a few exceptions (Boston State and Salem State). The NAIA tournament would be the only national championship for non-Division I programs until the NCAA started holding the Division II Championship in 1978, after which the NAIA division declined until it was dropped as a sponsored sport in 1984.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament	Dates	Teams	Champion
Codfish Bowl	December 21–22	4	Boston State
Yankee Conference Tournament	December 27–28	4	New Hampshire
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament	December 28–30	4	Boston University
MIT Tournament	February 1–3	4	Connecticut

Standings

1967–68 ECAC 2 standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Merrimack †*	11	10	1	0	.909	56	21		26	18	8	0	132	95
Colby	17	15	2	0	.882	97	37
Hamilton	16	13	2	1	.844	93	45		21	15	5	1
Vermont	18	12	6	0	.667	91	74		23	12	11	0	96	107
American International	15	10	5	0	.667	68	49		19	12	7	0
Assumption	9	6	3	0	.667	25	23		18	8	6	2
Middlebury	13	8	4	1	.654	59	29		22	11	10	1
Bowdoin	15	9	5	1	.633	79	48		21	11	9	1
RIT	5	3	2	0	.600	28	23		18	10	8	0
Boston State	16	9	6	1	.594	71	53		26	16	9	1
Holy Cross	17	10	7	0	.588	78	76		24	16	8	0	128	96
Oswego State	8	4	3	1	.563	62	32		21	10	10	1	143	83
Connecticut	18	10	8	0	.556	95	64		23	13	10	0	120	84
Salem State	11	6	5	0	.545	56	42		18	11	7	0
Williams	14	5	8	1	.393	49	50		16	5	10	1
Massachusetts	15	5	10	0	.333	70	87		20	5	15	0	76	114
MIT	12	4	8	0	.333	35	81		15	6	9	0
Ithaca	12	2	10	0	.167	29	53
Worcester State	6	1	5	0	.167	13	26		11	3	8	0
Babson	7	1	6	0	.143	32	101		14	4	10	0
Amherst	17	2	15	0	.118	52	118		15	2	13	0
Norwich	19	2	17	0	.105	52	111		25	3	22	0	64	146
Nichols	10	1	9	0	.100	24	55		20	4	15	1	59	105
Championship: March 9, 1968 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1967–68 NCAA College Division Independent ice hockey standings
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Illinois-Chicago	17	12	5	0
Iona	16	16	0	0
Lake Forest	14	11	3	0
Lowell Tech	15	7	7	1	85	84
Oberlin
St. Cloud State	19	1	18	0	51	188
St. Olaf	15	5	9	1	–	–

1967–68 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	61	31		21	14	7	0
Augsburg	14	11	3	0	22	60	28		19	13	5	1
Saint Mary's	14	11	3	0	22	67	50		20	12	8	0
Macalester	14	7	7	0	14	42	48		17	9	8	0
St. Thomas	12	4	8	0	8	42	56		18	7	11	0
Saint John's	14	3	9	2	8	32	50		20	7	11	2
Hamline	13	3	9	1	7	27	53		17	6	10	1
Concordia (MN)	12	1	10	1	3	31	61		17	1	15	1
† indicates conference regular season champion

1967–68 Worcester Collegiate Hockey League standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Holy Cross †*	8	8	0	0	1.000	47	12		24	16	8	0	128	96
Nichols	8	2	5	1	.313	24	30		20	4	15	1	59	105
Assumption									18	8	6	2
Worcester State									11	3	8	0
WPI
Championship: March 6, 1968 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

WCHL scores

• 11/29: Assumption - Nichols 4:5 - became 1:0 Forfeit
• 11/29: Holy Cross - WPI 8:3
• 12/4: Worcester State - Nichols 4:3
• 12/6: Holy Cross - Worcester State 3:2
• 12/13: Nichols - WPI 3:3
• 1/8: Nichols - Worcester State 5:3
• 1/10: Holy Cross - Nichols 6:4
• 1/15: Assumption - Nichols 6:3
• 2/5: Holy Cross - Worcester State 8:1
• 2/7: Nichols - WPI 6:4
• 2/8: Holy Cross - Assumption 6:1
• 2/14: Holy Cross - Nichols 4:0
• 2/22: Holy Cross - WPI 9:0
• 2/29: Holy Cross - Assumption 3:1
• Assumption - Worcester State 3:2
• Assumption - WPI 5:2
• Assumption - Worcester State 5:2
• Assumption - WPI 5:0

ECAC 2 Tournament

	Semifinals March 6–7					ECAC 2 Championship March 9
	1	Merrimack	6
	4	American International	1
						1	Merrimack	5
							Hamilton	4
		Hamilton	6
		Colby	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

WCHL Tournament

	Semifinals March 4					Championship March 6
	1	Holy Cross	8
	4	Worcester State	5
						1	Holy Cross	10
						2	Assumption	0
	2	Assumption	3
	3	Nichols	0			Third Place Game
						3	Nichols	5
						4	Worcester State	6*

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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