# 1968–69 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season

The 1968–69 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1968 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 5th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

## Regular season
### Season tournaments

| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
| Codfish Bowl | | 4 | Boston State |
| Yankee Conference Tournament | December 27–28 | 4 | New Hampshire |
| Nichols School Invitational | January 3–4 | 4 | |

### Standings

1968–69 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 † | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .781 | 74 | 45 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 90 | 68 |
| Merrimack | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 37 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 76 | 96 |
| American International * | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .722 | 109 | 83 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 132 | 117 |
| Colby | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 79 | 49 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 90 | 64 |
| Salem State | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .656 | 116 | 67 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | | |
| Norwich | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 81 | 65 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 101 | 91 |
| Holy Cross | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .618 | 90 | 99 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 131 | 113 |
| Connecticut | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .600 | 77 | 61 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 110 | 100 |
| Worcester State | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | | |
| Vermont | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | .579 | 79 | 61 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 91 | 88 |
| Boston State | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .500 | 140 | 79 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | | |
| Hamilton | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 105 | 92 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 116 | 107 |
| Oswego State | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 71 | 79 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 105 | 125 |
| RIT | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 35 | 41 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | | |
| Middlebury | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .462 | 63 | 51 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 109 | 106 |
| Massachusetts | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 90 | 66 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 92 | 84 |
| Williams | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | .367 | 67 | 85 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 73 | 124 |
| Lowell Tech | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 74 | 89 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 78 | 96 |
| Ithaca | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 37 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 60 |
| New Haven | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 36 | 58 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 58 |
| Babson | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 38 | 60 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | | |
| MIT | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 39 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | | |
| Nichols | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .083 | 15 | 51 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 74 | 102 |
| Amherst | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .063 | 51 | 135 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | | |
| Assumption | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .050 | 17 | 81 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 1 | | |
| Championship: March 8, 1969 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1968–69 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 | | | | | | |
| Illinois-Chicago | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | | |
| Iona | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | | |
| Lake Forest | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | |
| Oberlin | | | | | | |
| St. Cloud State | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 45 | 183 |
| St. Olaf | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | – | – |
1968–69 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 | | | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | | |
| Augsburg | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 23 | | | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | | |
| Saint Mary's | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | | | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | | |
| Hamline | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Saint John's | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | | | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | | |
| Concordia (MN) | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | | | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | | |
| St. Thomas | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | | | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | | |
| Macalester | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| † indicates conference regular season champion |||||||||||||||
1968–69 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 |
| Holy Cross †* | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 47 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 131 | 113 |
| Nichols | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .389 | 36 | 43 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 74 | 102 |
| Assumption | | | | | | | | 17 | 4 | 12 | 1 | | |
| Worcester State | | | | | | | | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | | |
| WPI | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Championship: March 13, 1969 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||

## 1969 NHL Amateur Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
| 7 | 72 | Rick Thompson $^†$ | Bowling Green | MCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
† incoming freshman