# 1971–72 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season

The 1971–72 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1971 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 8th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

## Regular season
### Season tournaments

| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
| Billerica Forum Thanksgiving Tournament | November 25–26 | 4 | Merrimack |
| North Country Thanksgiving Festival | November 25–27 | 4 | St. Lawrence |
| Merrimack Christmas Tournament | December 16–18 | 4 | Merrimack |
| Codfish Bowl | December 26–27 | 4 | Boston State |
| Williams Tournament | December 28–30 | 4 | Massachusetts |
| Lake Forest Tournament | February 25–26 | 4 | Lake Forest |

### Standings

1971–72 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† | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 99 | 44 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 124 | 78 |
| Buffalo | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 87 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 138 | 66 |
| Vermont | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 110 | 41 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 152 | 85 |
| Massachusetts* | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 120 | 46 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 156 | 78 |
| Merrimack | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 95 | 66 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 127 | 102 |
| New England College | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 48 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 152 | 68 |
| Williams | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .553 | 87 | 89 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 89 | 93 |
| Boston State | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | .565 | 120 | 114 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 136 | 144 |
| Salem State | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .525 | 87 | 93 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 108 | 102 |
| Saint Anselm | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 65 | 48 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 138 | 66 |
| American International | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 96 | 84 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 125 | 118 |
| Colby | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 110 | 91 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 118 | 98 |
| Hamilton | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .441 | 52 | 72 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 56 | 75 |
| Lowell Tech | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 79 | 78 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 112 | 91 |
| Middlebury | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .417 | 50 | 52 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 88 | 89 |
| Amherst | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .231 | 44 | 92 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 76 | 113 |
| Connecticut | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .267 | 48 | 103 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 103 | 152 |
| Norwich | 17 | 4 | 12 | 1 | .265 | 56 | 100 | 23 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 78 | 134 |
| New Haven | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 25 | 63 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 148 | 100 |
| Oswego State | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .192 | 41 | 71 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 98 | 122 |
| Ithaca | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .083 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 49 |
| Holy Cross | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | .000 | 33 | 93 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 76 | 139 |
| Championship: March 11, 1972 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1971–72 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 |
| Worcester State †* | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 148 | 72 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | | |
| Wesleyan$^1$ | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 53 | 52 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 107 | 113 |
| Babson | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | .353 | 64 | 96 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | | |
| Nichols | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .308 | 44 | 86 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 70 | 63 |
| Bridgewater State | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 45 | 86 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | | |
| Assumption | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 19 | 94 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | | |
| Lehigh | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 75 | 105 |
| MIT | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 20 | 60 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0 | | |
| $^1$Goal totals for Wesleyan's last game (a win) unavailable Championship: March 8, 1972 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1971–72 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 | | | | | | |
| Framingham State | 21 | 7 | 12 | 2 | | |
| Hillsdale | | | | | | |
| Illinois-Chicago | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | | |
| Iona | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | | |
| Lake Forest | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 145 | 122 |
| Mankato State | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 110 | 64 |
| North Adams State | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | | |
| Oberlin | | | | | | |
| Plymouth State | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | | |
| RIT | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | | |
| St. Cloud State | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 74 | 69 |
| St. Olaf | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | – | – |
1971–72 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 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 118 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | | |
| Saint Mary's | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 94 | 36 | | | | | | |
| St. Thomas | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 98 | 48 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | | |
| Concordia (MN) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 124 | 47 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | | |
| Augsburg | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 80 | 77 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | | |
| Hamline | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 85 | | | | | | |
| Saint John's | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 128 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | | |
| Macalester | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 170 | | | | | | |
| † indicates conference regular season champion |||||||||||||||
1971–72 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 |
| Nichols | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 38 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 107 | 113 |
| Assumption | | | | | | | | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | | |
| Worcester State †* | | | | | | | | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | | |
| WPI | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Championship: March 8, 1972 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||