# 1975–76 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season

The 1975–76 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season began in November 1975 and concluded in March 1976. This was the 12th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

## Regular season
### Season tournaments

| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
| Lowell Thanksgiving Tournament | November 28–29 | 4 | Merrimack |
| Brockport Tournament | December 5–6 | 4 | Ithaca |
| Elmira Tournament | December 6–7 | 4 | Oswego State |
| Codfish Bowl | December 27–28 | 4 | Merrimack |
| Williams Invitational | January 2–3 | 4 | |
| Merrimack Invitational | January 3–4 | 4 | Salem State |
| Wesleyan Invitational | January 15, 17 | 4 | |
| Winter Carnival Tournament | February 27–28 | 4 | Plattsburgh State |

### Standings

1975–76 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 |
| Union | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 106 | 41 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 0 | | |
| Merrimack † | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 157 | 62 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 196 | 111 |
| Bowdoin * | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 107 | 66 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | | |
| Salem State | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .750 | 108 | 54 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 0 | | |
| Army | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 | 108 | 57 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 161 | 101 |
| Buffalo | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .679 | 84 | 67 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | | |
| Oswego State | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .675 | 131 | 75 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 169 | 101 |
| American International | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | .636 | 124 | 103 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | | |
| Massachusetts | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .600 | 89 | 86 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 108 | 132 |
| Hamilton | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .559 | 98 | 76 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | | |
| Norwich | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .525 | 100 | 103 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 119 | 127 |
| Lowell | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | .523 | 116 | 97 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 116 | 97 |
| Boston State | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | .521 | 91 | 99 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 1 | | |
| Williams | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .500 | 90 | 86 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | | |
| New Haven | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .500 | 58 | 68 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | | |
| Saint Anselm | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | .478 | 115 | 113 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 116 | 122 |
| Middlebury | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .467 | 74 | 79 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | | |
| Bryant | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 47 | 56 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | | |
| Brockport | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 43 | 73 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | | |
| Connecticut | 19 | 7 | 11 | 1 | .395 | 81 | 79 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 91 | 102 |
| Holy Cross | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 77 | 78 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 121 | 92 |
| North Adams State | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 36 | 65 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | | |
| Ithaca | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .231 | 49 | 79 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | | |
| New England College | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | 40 | 106 | 23 | 6 | 16 | 1 | | |
| Colby | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | .158 | 54 | 127 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | | |
| Bridgewater State | 14 | 1 | 12 | 2 | .133 | 44 | 84 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | | |
| Babson | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 42 | 90 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 62 | 97 |
| Elmira | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .094 | 51 | 91 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 1 | | |
| Championship: March 13, 1976 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1975–76 NCAA Division II Independent ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Brockport State | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 115 | 125 |
| Chicago State | | | | | | |
| Elmira | 31 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 134 | 161 |
| Geneseo State | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | | |
| Hillsdale | | | | | | |
| Illinois-Chicago | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | | |
| Lake Forest | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 143 | 170 |
| Mankato State | 32 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 152 | 124 |
| Oberlin | | | | | | |
| Plattsburgh State | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | | |
| St. Cloud State | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 95 | 119 |
1975–76 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 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 115 | 50 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 206 | 98 |
| Augsburg | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 105 | 52 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 134 | 113 |
| St. Thomas | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 83 | 61 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 133 | 104 |
| Concordia (MN) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 84 | 51 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 132 | 100 |
| Saint John's | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 76 | 67 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 123 | 130 |
| Hamline | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 58 | 72 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 84 | 101 |
| Saint Mary's | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 110 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 94 | 116 |
| St. Olaf | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 93 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 143 |
| † indicates conference regular season champion |||||||||||||||