# 1967–68 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season

The 1967–68 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1967 and concluded with the 1968 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 16, 1968, at the Duluth Arena Auditorium in Duluth, Minnesota. This was the 21st season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 74th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
Pennsylvania joined ECAC Hockey beginning with this season.

## Regular season
### Season tournaments

| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
| New Brunswick Invitational | November 24–25 | 4 | Boston University |
| Great Lakes Invitational | December 20–21 | 4 | North Dakota |
| ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival | December 21–22 | 4 | Cornell |
| Broadmoor World Tournament | December 26–30 | 5 | Soviet National Team |
| St. Paul Classic | December 27–28 | 4 | North Dakota |
| Yankee Conference Tournament | December 27–28 | 4 | New Hampshire |
| Big Ten Holiday Tournament | December 28–30 | 4 | Minnesota |
| Boston Arena Christmas Tournament | December 28–30 | 4 | Boston University |
| Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 28–30 | 4 | McMaster |
| Brown Holiday Tournament | December 29–30 | 4 | Brown |
| Nichols School Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Cornell |
| Beanpot | February 5, 12 | 4 | Boston University |

### Standings

1967–68 Big Ten 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 |
| Michigan† | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 45 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 152 | 84 |
| Minnesota | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 132 | 109 |
| Michigan State | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 92 | 111 |
| † indicates conference regular season champion |||||||||||||||
1967–68 ECAC Hockey 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 |
| Cornell†* | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 144 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 187 | 43 |
| Clarkson | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 91 | 68 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 159 | 85 |
| St. Lawrence | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .676 | 86 | 73 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 124 | 90 |
| Harvard | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .667 | 123 | 74 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 139 | 88 |
| Boston University | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | .667 | 116 | 61 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 174 | 89 |
| Brown | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | .650 | 116 | 63 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 135 | 79 |
| Boston College | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .630 | 113 | 79 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 155 | 116 |
| Princeton | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | .587 | 92 | 79 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 93 | 85 |
| New Hampshire^ | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 49 | 50 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 159 | 77 |
| Colgate | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .529 | 67 | 65 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 96 | 83 |
| Rensselaer | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 | 80 | 70 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 109 | 94 |
| Army | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 46 | 50 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 110 | 84 |
| Yale | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | .273 | 43 | 117 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 50 | 120 |
| Northeastern | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .250 | 56 | 89 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 87 | 126 |
| Providence | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | 32 | 114 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 67 | 149 |
| Dartmouth | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | .095 | 55 | 115 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 67 | 120 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .063 | 22 | 154 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 42 | 180 |
| Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ New Hampshire had been readmitted to the ECAC but played only a partial schedule and still qualified for the ECAC II playoffs |||||||||||||||
1967–68 Independent College Athletic Conference 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 |
| Clarkson† | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 159 | 85 |
| St. Lawrence | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 124 | 90 |
| Rensselaer | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 109 | 94 |
| † indicates conference regular season champion |||||||||||||||
1967–68 NCAA University Division Independent 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 |
| Alaska–Fairbanks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - |
| Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 95 | 126 |
| Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 32 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 218 | 92 |
1967–68 Western Collegiate Hockey Association 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 |
| Denver†* | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 84 | 32 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 183 | 65 |
| Michigan Tech | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .750 | 76 | 47 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 131 | 82 |
| North Dakota* | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .614 | 78 | 57 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 113 | 80 |
| Michigan | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 83 | 60 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 152 | 84 |
| Minnesota | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .591 | 98 | 71 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 132 | 109 |
| Michigan State | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | .325 | 57 | 82 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 92 | 111 |
| Colorado College | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | .200 | 40 | 106 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 84 | 108 |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 24 | 4 | 20 | 0 | .167 | 54 | 109 | 28 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 71 | 144 |
| Championship: North Dakota, Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||

## 1968 NCAA Tournament

| Semifinals March 14–15 | Semifinals March 14–15 | Semifinals March 14–15 | National championship March 16 | National championship March 16 | National championship March 16 |
| W1 | Denver | 4 | | | |
| E2 | Boston College | 1 | | | |
| E2 | Boston College | 1 | W1 | Denver | 4 |
| | | | W2 | North Dakota | 0 |
| E1 | Cornell | 1 | W2 | North Dakota | 0 |
| W2 | North Dakota | 3 | Third-place game | Third-place game | Third-place game |
| | | | E1 | Cornell | 6 |
| | | | E2 | Boston College | 1 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Player stats
### Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Delbert Dehate | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 31 | 47 | 30 | 77 | 23 |
| Mike Hyndman | Sophomore | Boston University | 32 | 23 | 44 | 67 | 51 |
| Bob Poffenroth | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 31 | 30 | 34 | 64 | 44 |
| Brian Cornell | Junior | Cornell | 28 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 22 |
| Larry Davenport | Sophomore | Boston University | 31 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 20 |
| John McLennan | Senior | Clarkson | 24 | 32 | 25 | 57 | 16 |
| Tim Sheehy | Sophomore | Boston College | 30 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 6 |
| Jim Wiste | Senior | Denver | 34 | 21 | 36 | 57 | 25 |
| Richard Davis | Junior | New Hampshire | 27 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 50 |
| Michael Ontkean | Sophomore | New Hampshire | 29 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 12 |
| Bob Trembecky | Sophomore | Denver | 29 | 24 | 30 | 54 | - |

### Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Ken Dryden | Junior | Cornell | 29 | 1620 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 6 | .938 | 1.52 |
| Gerry Powers | Junior | Denver | 34 | - | 28 | 5 | 1 | - | 7 | .918 | 1.91 |
| Gord McRae | Sophomore | Michigan Tech | 12 | 721 | - | - | - | 25 | 2 | .926 | 2.08 |
| Mike Curran | Senior | North Dakota | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | .919 | 2.19 |
| Dave Hagerman | Senior | New Hampshire | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | - | .907 | 2.33 |
| Paul Roy | Senior | Providence | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.84 |
| John Went | Senior | St. Lawrence | 17 | 1020 | - | - | - | 51 | 1 | .881 | 3.00 |
| Jim Keough | Junior | Michigan | 25 | 1500 | - | - | - | 77 | 3 | .908 | 3.08 |
| Bob Vroman | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 27 | 1442 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 75 | 1 | .884 | 3.12 |
| Rick Metzer | Junior | New Hampshire | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.13 |

## Awards
### WCHA

| Award | Award | Recipient |
| Most Valuable Player | Most Valuable Player | Keith Magnuson, Denver |
| Sophomore of the Year | Sophomore of the Year | Murray McLachlan, Minnesota |
| Coach of the Year | Coach of the Year | Murray Armstrong, Denver |
| All-WCHA Teams |||
| First Team | Position | Second Team |
| Mike Curran, North Dakota | G | Gerry Powers, Denver |
| Keith Magnuson, Denver | D | Dick Paradise, Minnesota |
| Terry Abram, North Dakota | D | Dick Sieradzki, Michigan Tech |
| Bob Munro, North Dakota | F | Bill Klatt, Minnesota |
| Jim Wiste, Denver | F | Cliff Koroll, Denver |
| Gary Gambucci, Minnesota | F | Al Karlander, Michigan Tech |

## 1968 NHL Amateur Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
| 1 | 9 | John Marks | North Dakota | WCHA | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 2 | 16 | Curt Bennett | Brown | ECAC Hockey | St. Louis Blues |
| 2 | 17 | Herb Boxer | Michigan Tech | WCHA | Detroit Red Wings |