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.[1]

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.[2]

Regular season

Season tournaments

TournamentDatesTeamsChampion
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 †*111010.909562126188013295
Colby171520.8829737
Hamilton161321.8449345211551
Vermont181260.6679174231211096107
American International151050.6676849191270
Assumption9630.667252318862
Middlebury13841.65459292211101
Bowdoin15951.6337948211191
RIT5320.6002823181080
Boston State16961.5947153261691
Holy Cross171070.588787624168012896
Oswego State8431.5636232211010114383
Connecticut181080.5569564231310012084
Salem State11650.5455642181170
Williams14581.3934950165101
Massachusetts155100.333708720515076114
MIT12480.333358115690
Ithaca122100.1672953
Worcester State6150.167132611380
Babson7160.14332101144100
Amherst172150.11852118152130
Norwich192170.1055211125322064146
Nichols10190.100245520415159105

Championship: March 9, 1968
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Overall record
GP W L T GF GA
Illinois-Chicago171250
Iona161600
Lake Forest141130
Lowell Tech157718584
Oberlin
St. Cloud State19118051188
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pts GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Gustavus Adolphus14122024211470
Augsburg14113022191351
Saint Mary's14113022201280
Macalester1477014
St. Thomas124808187110
Hamline143928
Saint John's133917207112
Concordia (MN)1211013171151
indicates conference regular season champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Holy Cross †*88001.000471224168012896
Nichols8251.313243020415159105
Assumption18862
Worcester State11380
WPI
Championship: March 6, 1968
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

See also

References

  1. "Holy Cross men's ice hockey 2017-18 Record Book" (PDF). Holy Cross. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  2. "NAIA history and records". Retrieved September 1, 2017.
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