1969–70 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season

The 1969–70 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1969 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 6th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament	Dates	Teams	Champion
Merrimack Christmas Tournament	December 17–18	4	Notre Dame
Codfish Bowl	December 27–28	4	Boston State
MIT Invitational	February 5–7	4
Oberlin Tournament	February 20–21	4	Lake Forest

Standings

1969–70 ECAC 2 standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Bowdoin †	13	13	0	0	1.000	77	31		22	19	3	0
Vermont *	16	12	4	0	.750	88	45		24	16	8	0	115	70
Oswego State	11	8	3	0	.727	72	56		23	12	11	0	119	116
Babson	11	8	3	0	.727	53	30		17	11	6	0
Worcester State	9	6	2	1	.722	45	35		16	10	5	1
Buffalo	7	5	2	0	.714	52	25		17	14	3	0
Merrimack	13	9	4	0	.692	72	47		26	13	13	0	119	132
Middlebury	16	11	5	0	.688	93	62		25	15	10	0
Nichols	8	5	2	1	.688	44	29		19	13	4	2	106	52
Massachusetts	15	10	5	0	.667	71	38		18	10	8	0	79	54
Colby	20	12	7	1	.625	103	74
Lowell Tech	14	8	6	0	.571	78	66		17	11	6	0	90	71
Salem State	16	9	7	0	.563	108	70		17	9	8	0
Connecticut	15	8	7	0	.533	61	62		20	11	9	0	81	88
Lehigh	5	2	2	1	.500	18	23
Holy Cross	21	9	11	1	.452	86	94		27	13	13	1	115	110
Boston State	20	9	11	0	.450	126	105		22	11	11	0
Hamilton	14	6	8	0	.429	89	65		18	8	10	0
Williams	16	6	9	1	.406	82	86		19	7	11	1
Norwich	18	7	11	0	.389	82	87		22	9	13	0	110	104
American International	17	5	12	0	.294	80	124		20	5	15	0
Saint Anselm	10	2	8	0	.200	28	56		11	3	8	0	31	58
Amherst	16	3	13	0	.188	53	137		14	3	11	0
Assumption	10	1	9	0	.100	23	73		13	1	12	0
MIT	10	1	9	0	.100	15	71		17	4	13	0
Ithaca	8	0	8	0	.000	17	72
New Haven	6	0	6	0	.000	19	57
Championship: March 14, 1970 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1969–70 NCAA College Division Independent ice hockey standings
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Alaska Methodist
Buffalo	16	13	3	0	121	55
Hillsdale
Illinois-Chicago	17	11	6	0
Iona	16	13	3	0
Lake Forest	20	10	10	0	84	103
Mankato State	14	5	8	1	44	75
New England College	14	10	3	1
Oberlin
RIT	26	9	17	0
St. Cloud State	17	7	10	0	77	70
St. Olaf	15	1	14	0	–	–

1969–70 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	14	0	0	28				23	21	2	0
Saint Mary's	13	9	4	0	18				20	13	7	0
Concordia (MN)	14	9	5	0	18				20	13	7	0
Augsburg	14	6	8	0	12				16	8	8	0
Saint John's	14	2	12	0	4				19	6	13	0
St. Thomas									18	8	9	1
Macalester
Hamline
† indicates conference regular season champion

St. Thomas/Macalester/Hamline scores

• 1/5: Hamline - St. John's 3:2
• 1/5: St. Thomas - Augsburg 5:3
• 1/8: St. Thomas - St. John's 4:1
• 1/12: Augsburg - Hamline 5:4
• 1/12: St. Thomas - St. John's 8:7
• 1/14: St. John's - Macalester 10:4
• 1/16: Gustavus Adolphus - St. Thomas 5:2
• 1/21: Gustavus Adolphus - Hamline 4:3
• 1/22: St. John's - Macalester 8:6
• 1/24: St. Mary's - Macalester 9:1
• 1/26: St. Mary's - St. Thomas 8:3
• 1/29: Hamline - St. John's 5:3
• 1/31: St. Mary's - Hamline 2:1 - called at the end of the first period due to slushy ice
• 2/3: St. Mary's - St. Thomas 5:0 - Thomas 4-5 in conference play
• 2/5: Augsburg - Macalester 6:3
• 2/6: Hamline - Concordia 2:1
• 2/9: St. Mary's - Hamline 4:3 OT
• 2/10: Augsburg - St. Thomas 7:6
• 2/11: St. Thomas - Macalester 10:2
• 2/11: Gustavus Adolphus - Hamline 6:0
• 2/14: Gustavus Adolphus - Macalester 13:1
• 2/16: Hamline - St. Thomas 6:3
• 2/16: Augsburg - Macalester 11:1
• 2/23: St. Mary's - Macalester 8:5
• 2/23: Hamline - Augsburg 6:4
• 2/24: Gustavus Adolphus - St. Thomas 10:4
• 2/25: Hamline - Macalester 11:1

1969–70 Worcester Collegiate Hockey League standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Holy Cross †	8	6	1	1	.813	41	22		27	13	13	1	115	111
Nichols *	8	4	2	2	.625	44	31		20	8	11	1	74	102
Assumption									17	4	12	1
Worcester State									11	8	3	0
WPI
Championship: March 11, 1970 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

ECAC 2 Tournament

	Semifinals March 11					ECAC 2 Championship March 14
	1	Bowdoin	9
	4	Merrimack	1
						1	Bowdoin	1
						2	Vermont	4
	2	Vermont	5
	3	Middlebury	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

WCHL Tournament

	Semifinals March 9					Championship March 11
	1	Holy Cross	3
	4	Nichols	5
						4	Nichols	7
						2	Worcester State	2
	2	Worcester State
	3	WPI				Third Place Game
						1	Holy Cross	7
						3	WPI	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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