1970–71 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season
The 1970–71 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1970 and concluded with the 1971 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 20, 1971 at the Onondaga War Memorial in Syracuse, New York. This was the 24th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 76th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
1970–71 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season | |||||
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The Onondaga War Memorial served as the host for the 1971 Tournament | |||||
Duration | November 1970– March 20, 1971 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1971 | ||||
National championship | Onondaga War Memorial Syracuse, New York | ||||
NCAA champion | Boston University | ||||
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Saint Louis begins to sponsor their ice hockey program as an independent.
Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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North Country Thanksgiving Festival | November 26–28 | 4 | Clarkson |
ECAC Christmas Hockey Tournament | December 18–19 | 4 | Cornell |
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival | December 21–22 | 4 | Harvard |
St. Louis Invitational | December 27–28 | 4 | Wisconsin |
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament | December 28–29 | 4 | Boston University |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Michigan Tech |
Nichols School Invitational | January 1–2 | 4 | Dartmouth |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | January 2–4 | 4 | Wisconsin |
Beanpot | February 8, 22 | 4 | Boston University |
Standings
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Michigan State† | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 56 | 47 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 152 | 124 | |
Wisconsin | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 51 | 40 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 180 | 110 | |
Minnesota | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 38 | 42 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 116 | 128 | |
Michigan | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 40 | 56 | 30 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 118 | 147 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Boston University† | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .925 | 139 | 42 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 210 | 60 | |
Clarkson | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .868 | 76 | 38 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 151 | 75 | |
Cornell | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 111 | 44 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 159 | 63 | |
Harvard* | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .738 | 124 | 55 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 146 | 74 | |
Brown | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | .684 | 70 | 63 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 77 | 87 | |
Providence | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .632 | 94 | 70 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 141 | 106 | |
Pennsylvania | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | .579 | 90 | 74 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 129 | 93 | |
Rensselaer | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .571 | 119 | 81 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 125 | 95 | |
New Hampshire | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | .550 | 119 | 92 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 210 | 112 | |
Boston College | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 92 | 112 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 121 | 141 | |
Army | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .318 | 32 | 48 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 81 | 80 | |
St. Lawrence | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .294 | 57 | 73 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 105 | 97 | |
Dartmouth | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | .286 | 76 | 106 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 96 | 114 | |
Yale | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | .250 | 64 | 105 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 74 | 127 | |
Colgate | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .235 | 54 | 111 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 87 | 156 | |
Northeastern | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | .158 | 35 | 122 | 29 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 77 | 175 | |
Princeton | 21 | 1 | 20 | 0 | .048 | 54 | 140 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 56 | 155 | |
Championship: Harvard † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Clarkson† | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 151 | 175 | |
St. Lawrence | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 105 | 97 | |
Rensselaer | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 125 | 95 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 132 | 121 | |
Alaska–Fairbanks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 31 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 116 | 137 | |
Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 29 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 160 | 78 | |
Saint Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PCT | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Michigan Tech† | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 112 | 62 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 173 | 105 | |
Denver* | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .682 | 114 | 92 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 178 | 133 | |
Wisconsin | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .591 | 102 | 77 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 180 | 110 | |
Michigan State | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .545 | 101 | 97 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 152 | 124 | |
Minnesota* | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | .432 | 77 | 88 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 116 | 128 | |
Minnesota-Duluth | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | .417 | 98 | 106 | 34 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 147 | 146 | |
North Dakota | 26 | 10 | 15 | 1 | .404 | 92 | 116 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 123 | 141 | |
Colorado College | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 81 | 100 | 29 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 142 | 168 | |
Michigan | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | .227 | 77 | 116 | 30 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 118 | 147 | |
Championship: Minnesota, Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1971 NCAA Tournament
Semifinals March 18–19 |
National Championship March 20 | |||||||||
E1 | Harvard | 5 | ||||||||
W2 | Minnesota | 6* | ||||||||
W2 | Minnesota | 2 | ||||||||
E2 | Boston University | 4 | ||||||||
W1 | Denver | 2 | ||||||||
E2 | Boston University | 4 | Third Place Game | |||||||
W1 | Denver | 1 | ||||||||
E2 | Harvard | 0 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats
Scoring leaders
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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Louis Frigon | Senior | New Hampshire | 29 | 38 | 48 | 86 | 58 |
Joe Cavanagh | Senior | Harvard | 27 | 22 | 50 | 72 | - |
Steve Stirling | Senior | Boston University | 31 | 27 | 43 | 70 | 20 |
Ray Meyers | Freshman | Ohio State | - | 27 | 39 | 66 | - |
John Danby | Junior | Boston University | 31 | 28 | 36 | 64 | 10 |
Rich Pumple | Junior | Providence | - | 22 | 41 | 63 | 46 |
Bill Munroe | Senior | New Hampshire | 29 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 18 |
Bob Brown | Junior | Boston University | 31 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 38 |
Mike McShane | Senior | New Hampshire | 29 | 15 | 43 | 58 | 90 |
Jerry Kemp | Junior | Clarkson | 32 | 26 | 31 | 57 | 16 |
Bob Collyard | Senior | Colorado College | 30 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 6 |
Don Thompson | Sophomore | Michigan State | 31 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 35 |
Leading goaltenders
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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Joseph Bertagna | Freshman | Harvard | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.60 |
Tim Regan | Junior | Boston University | 14 | 780 | - | - | - | 23 | - | .929 | 1.77 |
Dan Brady | Junior | Boston University | 18 | 1060 | - | - | - | 36 | - | .917 | 2.04 |
Gary Enberg | Senior | Wisconsin | 10 | 498 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | .930 | 2.29 |
Bruce Bullock | Senior | Clarkson | 30 | 1800 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 1 | .920 | 2.37 |
Brian Cropper | Senior | Cornell | 25 | 1410 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 57 | - | .923 | 2.43 |
John Anderson | Senior | Wisconsin | 14 | 750 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 0 | .825 | 2.56 |
Bruce Durno | Senior | Harvard | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 2.60 |
Bill McKenzie | Junior | Ohio State | 24 | 1420 | - | - | - | 65 | 2 | - | 2.74 |
Chad Ramsdell | Freshman | New Hampshire | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.78 |
Awards
NCAA
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ECAC
WCHA
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References
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