1971–72 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||
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Duration | November 1971– March 18, 1972 | ||
NCAA tournament | 1972 | ||
National championship | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts | ||
NCAA champions | Boston University | ||
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1971–72 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1971 and concluded with the 1972 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 18, 1972 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the 25th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 78th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
This was the first year of play for the CCHA with former independents Ohio State and Saint Louis being joined by new programs from Bowling Green and Ohio.[1]
Notre Dame joined the WCHA.
For the final time the ICAC awarded a trophy to the league champion.[2]
Regular season[]
Season tournaments[]
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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Christmas City of the North Tournament | November 25–27 | 4 | Lake Superior State |
North Country Thanksgiving Festival | November 25–27 | 4 | St. Lawrence |
Cleveland Cup Invitational | December 20–21 | 4 | Bowling Green |
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival | December 20–21 | 4 | Notre Dame |
ECAC Christmas Hockey Tournament | December 21–22 | 4 | Boston University |
Flint IMA Tournament | December 28–29 | 4 | Michigan |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 28–29 | 4 | Michigan Tech |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 28–30 | 4 | Clarkson |
Syracuse Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Cornell |
Bowdoin Invitational | January 1–2 | 4 | |
Beanpot | February 7, 14 | 4 | Boston University |
Standings[3][4][5][]
1971–72 Big Ten standings | ||||||||||||||
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Wisconsin† | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 48 | 29 | 38 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 170 | 106 | |
Michigan | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 132 | 186 | |
Michigan State | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 44 | 36 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 154 | 129 | |
Minnesota | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 97 | 157 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
1971–72 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings | ||||||||||||||
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Ohio State†* | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 44 | 35 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 154 | 71 | |
Saint Louis | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 64 | 49 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 194 | 156 | |
Bowling Green | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 60 | 48 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 172 | 123 | |
Ohio | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 70 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 97 | 132 | |
Championship: Ohio State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1971–72 ECAC Hockey standings | ||||||||||||||
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Cornell† | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 117 | 58 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 175 | 82 | |
Harvard | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .786 | 118 | 62 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 127 | 76 | |
Boston University* | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .775 | 88 | 53 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 155 | 69 | |
Pennsylvania | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .667 | 107 | 75 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 122 | 90 | |
New Hampshire | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 82 | 61 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 140 | 109 | |
Clarkson | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .600 | 96 | 74 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 158 | 102 | |
Rensselaer | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .559 | 64 | 62 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 123 | 84 | |
Providence | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .529 | 73 | 75 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 106 | 102 | |
Dartmouth | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .528 | 81 | 78 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 120 | 103 | |
Boston College | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 93 | 106 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 130 | 155 | |
Brown | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .452 | 70 | 75 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 78 | 84 | |
St. Lawrence | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .306 | 63 | 78 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 100 | 108 | |
Yale | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .294 | 70 | 105 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 108 | 128 | |
Colgate | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .263 | 52 | 94 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 83 | 122 | |
Princeton | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .263 | 52 | 108 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 62 | 127 | |
Northeastern | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .150 | 68 | 118 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 102 | 145 | |
Army | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 29 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 99 | 88 | |
Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1971–72 Independent College Athletic Conference standings | ||||||||||||||
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Rensselaer† | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 123 | 84 | |
Clarkson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 158 | 102 | |
St. Lawrence | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 100 | 108 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
1971–72 NCAA University Division Independent ice hockey standings | ||||||||||||||
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 31 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 226 | 119 | |
Alaska–Fairbanks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | - | - |
1971–72 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings | ||||||||||||||
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Denver†* | 28 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 54 | 148 | 104 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 205 | 137 | |
Wisconsin* | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 48 | 134 | 87 | 38 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 170 | 106 | |
North Dakota | 28 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 130 | 109 | 36 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 161 | 138 | |
Michigan State | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 119 | 103 | 36 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 154 | 129 | |
Minnesota-Duluth | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 40 | 129 | 123 | 35 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 148 | 150 | |
Michigan | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 108 | 163 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 132 | 186 | |
Michigan Tech | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 120 | 124 | 34 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 152 | 148 | |
Notre Dame | 26 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 120 | 121 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 164 | 160 | |
Colorado College | 28 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 140 | 165 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 170 | 184 | |
Minnesota | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 83 | 132 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 97 | 157 | |
Championship: Wisconsin, Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1972 NCAA Tournament[6][]
Semifinals March 16–17 |
National Championship March 18 | |||||||||
E1 | Boston University | 4 | ||||||||
W2 | Wisconsin | 1 | ||||||||
E1 | Boston University | 4 | ||||||||
E2 | Cornell | 0 | ||||||||
W1 | Denver | 2 | ||||||||
E2 | Cornell | 7 | Third Place Game | |||||||
W1 | Denver | 2 | ||||||||
W2 | Wisconsin | 5 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats[]
Scoring leaders[7][]
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Dave Skalko | Junior | Air Force | 31 | 27 | 49 | 76 | 33 |
Doug Palazzari | Sophomore | Colorado College | 32 | 32 | 40 | 72 | 42 |
Bob Ross | Senior | Air Force | 31 | 39 | 31 | 70 | 8 |
Tom Peluso | Sophomore | Denver | 37 | 32 | 37 | 69 | 73 |
Mike Bartley | Sophomore | Bowling Green | 33 | 37 | 31 | 68 | - |
Don Thompson | Junior | Michigan State | 35 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 66 |
Peter McNab | Sophomore | Denver | 38 | 27 | 38 | 65 | 16 |
Larry Fullan | Senior | Cornell | 29 | 20 | 43 | 63 | 28 |
John Gray | Senior | New Hampshire | 30 | 29 | 33 | 63 | 44 |
Guy Smith | Senior | New Hampshire | 29 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 75 |
Leading goaltenders[7][]
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Dick Perkins | Freshman | Wisconsin | 13 | 719 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 1 | .940 | 1.92 |
Dan Brady | Senior | Boston University | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.22 |
Bill McKenzie | Senior | Ohio State | 22 | 1280 | 19 | - | - | 48 | 4 | - | 2.25 |
Dave Elenbaas | Sophomore | Cornell | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | .902 | 2.79 |
Jim Makey | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 28 | 1578 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 81 | 0 | .900 | 3.08 |
Terry Miskolczi | Junior | Bowling Green | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.22 |
Lou Reycroft | Senior | Brown | - | 1142 | - | - | - | 63 | 0 | .888 | 3.31 |
Kevin Woods | Junior | Clarkson | 17 | 980 | 11 | - | - | 54 | 0 | .887 | 3.33 |
Eric Gorzelnik | Junior | Army | 25 | 1496 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 85 | 1 | .904 | 3.41 |
Don Cutts | Sophomore | Rensselaer | 21 | 1260 | - | - | - | 72 | 1 | .898 | 3.43 |
Awards[]
NCAA[]
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ECAC[]
WCHA[]
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References[]
- ↑ "CCHA Regular Season Standings", College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.
- ↑ "History of the Tri-State League/ICAC", College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.
- ↑ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide", CCHA. Retrieved on 2014-06-29.
- ↑ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide", ECAC Hockey. Retrieved on 2014-06-29.
- ↑ "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112", WCHA. Retrieved on 2014-06-29.
- ↑ "NCAA Tournament", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 19, 2013.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 1971-72 NCAA Division I Statistics. Elite Prospects. Retrieved on 2016-06-04.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on June 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners", NCAA.org. Retrieved on June 11, 2013.
- ↑ "ECAC Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 19, 2013.
- ↑ "ECAC All-Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 19, 2013.
- ↑ "WCHA Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 19, 2013.
- ↑ "WCHA All-Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 19, 2013.
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