# 1974–75 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season

The 1974–75 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season began in November 1974 and concluded in March 1975. This was the 11th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

## Regular season
### Season tournaments

| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
| Lowell Thanksgiving Tournament | November 28, 30 | 4 | Merrimack |
| Elmira Tournament | December 21–22 | 4 | Hamilton |
| Codfish Bowl | December 28–29 | 4 | Salem State |
| Merrimack Invitational | January 4–5 | 4 | Merrimack |
| Wesleyan Invitational | January 10–11 | 4 | Connecticut |

### Standings

1974–75 Central Collegiate Hockey Association Division II 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 |
| Western Michigan† | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 76 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 0 | | |
| Buffalo | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | | |
| Lake Forest | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 69 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 119 | 197 |
| Western Michigan qualified for the CCHA Championship † indicates conference regular season champion |||||||||||||||
1974–75 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 |
| Merrimack † | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 176 | 78 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 200 | 116 |
| Hamilton | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .711 | 99 | 79 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | | |
| Middlebury | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .700 | 81 | 58 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | | |
| Bowdoin * | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 87 | 72 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 0 | | |
| Salem State | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .682 | 111 | 81 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | | |
| Army | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .632 | 99 | 74 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 169 | 119 |
| Lowell Tech | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 89 | 74 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 113 | 73 |
| Oswego State | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .618 | 92 | 75 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 136 | 104 |
| Saint Anselm | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | .568 | 144 | 88 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 147 | 97 |
| Connecticut | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .528 | 76 | 80 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 136 | 118 |
| American International | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .500 | 116 | 99 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | | |
| Massachusetts | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .500 | 90 | 86 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 108 | 131 |
| Buffalo | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .500 | 84 | 66 | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | | |
| Elmira | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .500 | 54 | 54 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | | |
| Norwich | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .474 | 98 | 112 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 148 | 169 |
| Williams | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 | 74 | 82 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | | |
| Ithaca | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .423 | 55 | 61 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | | |
| Boston State | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | .318 | 80 | 132 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 0 | | |
| Holy Cross | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 42 | 75 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 109 | 106 |
| Bridgewater State | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 30 | 73 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | | |
| Babson | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 44 | 70 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | |
| New England College | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 50 | 100 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | | |
| Colby | 17 | 3 | 12 | 2 | .235 | 64 | 93 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 2 | | |
| Brockport | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | 21 | 39 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | | |
| New Haven | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | .059 | 52 | 137 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 0 | | |
| Championship: March 8, 1975 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1974–75 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 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 115 | 68 |
| Chicago State | | | | | | |
| Elmira | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 114 | 79 |
| Hillsdale | | | | | | |
| Illinois-Chicago | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | | |
| Mankato State | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 126 | 93 |
| North Adams State | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | | |
| Oberlin | | | | | | |
| St. Cloud State | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 162 | 129 |
1974–75 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 † | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 30 | | | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | | |
| Augsburg | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 26 | | | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | | |
| St. Thomas | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 24 | | | 27 | 19 | 8 | 0 | | |
| Concordia (MN) | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | | | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | | |
| Saint John's | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | | | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | | |
| Saint Mary's | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 | | | 26 | 7 | 19 | 0 | | |
| St. Olaf | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | | | 24 | 3 | 21 | 0 | | |
| Hamline | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Macalester | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| † indicates conference regular season champion |||||||||||||||