# 1940–41 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season

The 1940–41 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season was the 47th 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 | Colgate |

### Standings

1940–41 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 39 |
| Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 48 |
| Boston University | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .536 | 67 | 75 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 67 | 75 |
| Bowdoin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – |
| Clarkson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 45 |
| Colgate | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| Cornell | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 29 |
| Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 43 |
| Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
| Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | – | – |
| Lafayette | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 |
| Lehigh | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Middlebury | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | – | – |
| MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | – | – |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 63 |
| Northeastern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| Norwich | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| Penn State | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 26 |
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | – | – |
| St. Lawrence | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | – |
| Williams | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | – |
| Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | – | – |
1940–41 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| Colorado College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | – | – |
| Illinois | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .806 | 87 | 41 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 112 | 50 |
| Michigan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 37 | 84 |
| Michigan Tech | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | – | – |
| Minnesota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | – | – |
1940–41 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 |
| St. Thomas † | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| Augsburg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Gustavus Adolphus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hamline | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Macalester | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Saint John's | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
| St. Olaf | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| † indicates conference champion |||||||||||||||
1940–41 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 |
| John Carroll † | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 39 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 22 |
| Case * | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Western Reserve | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fenn | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ||||||||||||||||
1940–41 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Loyola | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| UCLA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| USC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| * indicates conference champion ||||||||||||||||