# 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 standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 90 | 41 |
| 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 standingsvte :
| | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | 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 standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | 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 | | |
| St. Thomas | | | | | | | | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | | |
| Saint John's | | | | | | | | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | | |
| Macalester | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hamline | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| † indicates conference regular season champion |||||||||||||||
1969–70 Worcester Collegiate Hockey League standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | 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 | | | | | | | | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | | |
| Worcester State | | | | | | | | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | | |
| WPI | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Championship: March 11, 1970 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||

## 1970 NHL Amateur Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
| 6 | 73 | Gerry Bradbury $^†$ | Bowling Green | MCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
† incoming freshman