# 1938–39 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season

The 1938–39 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season was the 45th season of collegiate ice hockey in the United States.

## Regular season
### Season tournaments

| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
| Lake Placid Invitational Tournament | December 26–28 | 8 | Williams |

### Standings

1938–39 Eastern Collegiate ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Army | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 19 |
| Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 76 | 80 |
| Boston University | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 80 | 67 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 67 |
| Bowdoin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
| Brown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | – | – |
| Clarkson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 85 | 86 |
| Colgate | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| Cornell | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 21 |
| Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 118 | 51 |
| Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | – | – |
| Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | – | – |
| Massachusetts State | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
| Middlebury | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | – | – |
| MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | – | – |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 26 |
| Northeastern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | – | – |
| Norwich | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | – | – |
| St. Lawrence | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – |
| Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| Williams | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | – | – |
1938–39 Western Collegiate ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Alaska-Fairbanks | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Colorado College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| Illinois | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 45 |
| Michigan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 54 | 63 |
| Michigan Tech | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | – | – |
| Minnesota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | – | – |
1938–39 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 |
| Macalester † | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| St. Olaf † | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| Augsburg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hamline | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Gustavus Adolphus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| Saint John's | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | – | – |
| St. Thomas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – |
| † indicates conference champion |||||||||||||||
1938–39 Pacific Coast 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 |
| California | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Gonzaga | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | – | – |
| Loyola | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| UCLA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| USC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Washington | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| * indicates conference champion ||||||||||||||||
1938–39 Penn-Ohio Intercollegiate Hockey League standings vte :
| | 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 |
| East ||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne † | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 68 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 74 | 20 |
| Pittsburgh ~ | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 43 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 41 |
| Carnegie Tech | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| West ||||||||||||||||
| John Carroll †~* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Western Reserve | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Baldwin Wallace | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Case | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fenn | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| † indicates division regular season champion ~ indicates division tournament champion * indicates conference tournament champion ||||||||||||||||