# 1972–73 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season

The 1972–73 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1972 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 9th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

## Regular season
### Season tournaments

| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
| North County Thanksgiving Festival | November 23–25 | 4 | Clarkson |
| Lowell Thanksgiving Tournament | November 23, 26 | 4 | Merrimack |
| Merrimack Christmas Tournament | December 15–16 | 4 | Merrimack |
| ECAC Christmas Tournament | December 19–20 | 4 | Dartmouth |
| Codfish Bowl | | 4 | Saint Anselm |
| Williams Tournament | December 28–30 | 4 | Williams |
| Nichols School Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | St. Lawrence |

### Standings

1972–73 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 |
| Vermont †* | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 127 | 34 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 190 | 91 |
| Oswego State | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .824 | 98 | 66 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 144 | 108 |
| Saint Anselm | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .789 | 111 | 51 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 125 | 72 |
| Williams | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .737 | 121 | 65 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | | |
| Massachusetts | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .722 | 103 | 58 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 141 | 105 |
| Bowdoin | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .719 | 81 | 56 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | | |
| Merrimack | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .711 | 100 | 63 | 32 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 150 | 131 |
| Norwich | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .632 | 94 | 76 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 129 | 111 |
| Bentley | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 47 | 35 | | | | | | |
| Babson | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 79 | 62 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | | |
| Middlebury | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 60 | 60 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | | |
| Lowell Tech | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | .548 | 92 | 75 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 97 | 81 |
| Buffalo | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 75 | 66 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | | |
| Salem State | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | .526 | 91 | 90 | | | | | | |
| Boston State | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | .524 | 119 | 95 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | | |
| Connecticut | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .500 | 111 | 106 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 118 | 114 |
| Bridgewater State | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 | 110 | 85 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | | |
| Holy Cross | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 112 | 124 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 132 | 135 |
| American International | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | .429 | 96 | 123 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 2 | | |
| New England College | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .421 | 71 | 78 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | | |
| New Haven | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0 | .368 | 71 | 98 | | | | | | |
| Ithaca | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | .333 | 60 | 68 | | | | | | |
| Hamilton | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | .316 | 72 | 108 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | | |
| Plymouth State | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .300 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | | |
| Colby | 21 | 4 | 16 | 1 | .214 | 65 | 114 | 23 | 4 | 18 | 1 | | |
| Amherst | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .176 | 71 | 107 | | | | | | |
| Championship: March 10, 1973 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1972–73 ECAC 3 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 |
| Framingham State † | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 104 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 0 | | |
| Worcester State * | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .571 | 133 | 115 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | | |
| Nasson | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .500 | 24 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | | |
| Nichols | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .467 | 96 | 87 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 127 | 92 |
| Wesleyan | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 104 | 99 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 126 | 109 |
| North Adams State | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 23 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | | |
| MIT | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .231 | 46 | 122 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | | |
| Amherst | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .176 | 71 | 107 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | | |
| RIT | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | 28 | 54 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 145 | 109 |
| Maine at Portland–Gorham | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 20 | 112 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 138 |
| Assumption | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 18 | 118 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | | |
| Lehigh | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 10 | 69 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | | |
| Championship: March 8, 1973 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1972–73 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 | | | | | | |
| Chicago State | | | | | | |
| Hillsdale | | | | | | |
| Illinois-Chicago | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | | |
| Iona | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | | |
| Lake Forest | 36 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 206 | 157 |
| Mankato State | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 112 | 64 |
| Oberlin | | | | | | |
| Plymouth State | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | | |
| St. Cloud State | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 75 | 89 |
| St. Olaf | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0 | – | – |
1972–73 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 | 24 | | | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | | |
| Augsburg | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 26 | | | 25 | 14 | 11 | 0 | | |
| Saint Mary's | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 26 | | | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | | |
| Concordia (MN) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | | | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | | |
| St. Thomas | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | | | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | | |
| Hamline | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Saint John's | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | | | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | | |
| Macalester | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| † indicates conference regular season champion |||||||||||||||