# 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

The 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1974 and concluded with the 1975 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 15, 1975, at the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri. This was the 28th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 81st year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

## Season Outlook
### Pre-season poll

The top teams in the nation voted on by coaches before the start of the season. The poll was compiled by radio station WMPL.
WMPL Poll :
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Michigan Tech |
| 2 | Boston University |
| 3 | Harvard |
| 4 | Minnesota |
| 5 | Michigan |
| 6 | Wisconsin |
| 7 | Notre Dame |
| 8 | Cornell |
| 9 | Minnesota Duluth |
| 10 | New Hampshire |

## Regular season
### Season tournaments

| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
| North Country Thanksgiving Festival | November 28–30 | 4 | Bowling Green |
| Broadmoor International Tournament | December 14–30 | 4 | Czech Nationals |
| Great Lakes Invitational | December 27–28 | 4 | Michigan Tech |
| Syracuse Invitational | December 27–28 | 4 | Vermont |
| Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 27–29 | 4 | Northeastern |
| St. Louis Fireman's Tournament | December 28–30 | 4 | Boston University |
| Blue–Green Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Pennsylvania |
| ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival | January 3–5 | 4 | Cornell |
| Beanpot | February 3, 10 | 4 | Boston University |

### Standings

1974–75 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 |
| Minnesota† | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 46 | 40 | 42 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 187 | 133 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 44 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 174 | 143 |
| Michigan | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 61 | 54 | 40 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 192 | 167 |
| Michigan State | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 54 | 58 | 40 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 191 | 175 |
| † indicates conference regular season champion |||||||||||||||
1974–75 Central Collegiate Hockey Association 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 |
| Saint Louis†* | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 22 | 40 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 201 | 135 |
| Bowling Green | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 200 | 124 |
| Lake Superior State | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 43 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 177 | 144 |
| Championship: Saint Louis † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1974–75 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 |
| Harvard† | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 105 | 23 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 184 | 94 |
| Boston University* | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 137 | 69 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 221 | 126 |
| Vermont | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 | 83 | 63 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 201 | 131 |
| Cornell | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | .705 | 132 | 90 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 157 | 117 |
| New Hampshire | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | .700 | 145 | 87 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 189 | 116 |
| Providence | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .658 | 129 | 75 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 197 | 112 |
| Brown | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .614 | 97 | 88 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 120 | 103 |
| Clarkson | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .500 | 97 | 99 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 142 | 154 |
| Northeastern | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .477 | 100 | 129 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 136 | 147 |
| Rensselaer | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | .447 | 88 | 107 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 133 | 155 |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | 9 | 13 | 1 | .413 | 94 | 112 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 98 | 115 |
| Boston College | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | .350 | 83 | 103 | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 138 | 142 |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | .341 | 88 | 114 | 28 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 115 | 138 |
| Princeton | 20 | 5 | 13 | 2 | .300 | 70 | 114 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 79 | 132 |
| Colgate | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | .227 | 101 | 154 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 133 | 170 |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | .205 | 93 | 147 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 106 | 153 |
| Yale | 20 | 0 | 19 | 1 | .025 | 61 | 136 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 76 | 152 |
| Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1974–75 NCAA Division I 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 |
| Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 195 | 101 |
| Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 30 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 90 | 173 |
1974–75 Western Collegiate Hockey Association 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 |
| Minnesota†* | 32 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 48 | 146 | 102 | 42 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 187 | 133 |
| Michigan Tech* | 32 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 181 | 108 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 243 | 136 |
| Colorado College | 32 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 42 | 165 | 136 | 39 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 196 | 170 |
| Wisconsin | 32 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 138 | 121 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 174 | 143 |
| Michigan State | 32 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 39 | 157 | 136 | 40 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 191 | 175 |
| Michigan | 32 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 158 | 140 | 40 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 192 | 167 |
| Notre Dame | 32 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 23 | 115 | 158 | 38 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 141 | 187 |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 32 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 141 | 166 | 38 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 158 | 192 |
| Denver | 32 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 19 | 116 | 175 | 36 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 138 | 190 |
| North Dakota | 32 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 98 | 173 | 36 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 115 | 192 |
| Championship: Michigan Tech, Minnesota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||

### Final regular season polls

The final top 10 teams as ranked by coaches (WMPL) before the conference tournament finals.
WMPL Coaches Poll :
| Ranking | Team |
| 1 | Minnesota |
| 2 | Boston University |
| 3 | Michigan Tech |
| 4 | Harvard |
| 5 | Michigan State |
| 6 | Vermont |
| 6 | Michigan |
| 7 | Wisconsin |
| 9 | Cornell |
| 10 | Colorado College |

## 1975 NCAA Tournament

| Semifinals March 13 | Semifinals March 13 | Semifinals March 13 | National championship March 15 | National championship March 15 | National championship March 15 |
| E1 | Boston University | 5 | | | |
| W2 | Michigan Tech | 9 | | | |
| W2 | Michigan Tech | 9 | W2 | Michigan Tech | 6 |
| | | | W1 | Minnesota | 1 |
| W1 | Minnesota | 6 | W1 | Minnesota | 1 |
| E2 | Harvard | 4 | Third-place game | Third-place game | Third-place game |
| | | | E1 | Boston University | 10 |
| | | | E2 | Harvard | 5 |
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 |
| Tom Ross | Junior | Michigan State | 40 | 38 | 59 | 97 | 18 |
| Ron Wilson | Sophomore | Providence | 27 | 26 | 61 | 87 | 12 |
| Bob D'Alvise | Senior | Michigan Tech | 42 | 37 | 47 | 84 | 4 |
| Tim O'Connell | Junior | Vermont | 35 | 40 | 39 | 79 | 26 |
| Bob Dobek | Junior | Bowling Green | 35 | 21 | 58 | 79 | 44 |
| Mike Zuke | Junior | Michigan Tech | 42 | 35 | 43 | 78 | 20 |
| John Sturges | Junior | Michigan State | 39 | 20 | 52 | 72 | 93 |
| Vic Stanfield | Junior | Boston University | 32 | 10 | 60 | 70 | 32 |
| Angie Moretto | Junior | Michigan | 38 | 39 | 28 | 67 | 43 |
| Jamie Hislop | Junior | New Hampshire | 31 | 28 | 38 | 66 | 12 |

### 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 |
| Larry Thayer | Junior | Minnesota | 23 | 1408 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 2 | .904 | 2.60 |
| Al Sarachman | Senior | Bowling Green | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.80 |
| Brian Petrovek | Junior | Harvard | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2.85 |
| Peter Reynolds | Junior | Vermont | 13 | 293 | - | - | - | 14 | 0 | .894 | 2.87 |
| Jim Warden | Sophomore | Michigan Tech | 31 | - | 19 | 9 | 1 | 103 | 0 | .911 | 2.96 |
| Lindsay Middlebrook | Junior | Saint Louis | 24 | 1459 | - | - | - | 71 | 1 | - | 2.98 |
| Jeff Tscherne | Sophomore | Minnesota | 11 | 655 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | .905 | 3.30 |
| Mike Dibble | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 30 | 1780 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 105 | 1 | .894 | 3.58 |
| Cap Raeder | Sophomore | New Hampshire | 27 | 1559 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 90 | 0 | .887 | 3.60 |
| Tom McNamara | Junior | Vermont | 32 | 1867 | - | - | - | 112 | 0 | .888 | 3.62 |

## 1975 NHL Amateur Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
| 2 | 19 | Peter Scamurra $^‡$ | Wisconsin | WCHA | Washington Capitals |
| 2 | 22 | Brian Engblom | Wisconsin | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
| 2 | 31 | Russ Anderson | Minnesota | WCHA | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 3 | 39 | John Tweedle | Lake Superior State | CCHA | California Golden Seals |
| 3 | 41 | Alex Pirus | Notre Dame | WCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
| 3 | 50 | Clark Hamilton | Notre Dame | WCHA | Detroit Red Wings |
| 3 | 52 | Pat Hughes | Michigan | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
| 4 | 57 | Greg Smith | Colorado College | WCHA | California Golden Seals |
| 4 | 58 | Steve Jensen | Michigan Tech | WCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
| 4 | 67 | Stu Younger | Michigan Tech | WCHA | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 5 | 75 | Doug Young | Michigan Tech | WCHA | California Golden Seals |
| 5 | 90 | Gary Morrison | Michigan | WCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 6 | 96 | Kevin Campbell | St. Lawrence | ECAC Hockey | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 6 | 97 | Tom Ulseth | Wisconsin | WCHA | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 6 | 99 | Jack Brownschidle | Notre Dame | WCHA | St. Louis Blues |
| 6 | 102 | Randy Koch | Vermont | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
| 6 | 105 | Bob Watson $^‡$ | Bowling Green | CCHA | Vancouver Canucks |
| 6 | 108 | Paul Holmgren | Minnesota | WCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 7 | 117 | Doug Lindskog | Michigan | WCHA | St. Louis Blues |
| 7 | 122 | Gary Carr $^‡$ | Michigan State | WCHA | Boston Bruins |
| 7 | 124 | Tim Burke | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 7 | 126 | Dana Decker | Michigan Tech | WCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 8 | 128 | Joe Baker | Minnesota | WCHA | Kansas City Scouts |
| 8 | 130 | Dean Magee | Colorado College | WCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
| 8 | 132 | Ron Wilson | Providence | ECAC Hockey | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 8 | 133 | Paul Jensen | Michigan Tech | WCHA | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 8 | 135 | Dick Lamby | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | St. Louis Blues |
| 8 | 137 | Bob Sunderland | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | New York Islanders |
| 8 | 141 | Bill Reber | Vermont | ECAC Hockey | Los Angeles Kings |
| 8 | 142 | Craig Norwich | Wisconsin | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
| 9 | 151 | Dave McNab | Wisconsin | WCHA | St. Louis Blues |
| 9 | 155 | Byron Shutt | Bowling Green | CCHA | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 9 | 158 | Paul Clarke | Notre Dame | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
| 10 | 171 | Kevin Nugent | Notre Dame | WCHA | Boston Bruins |
| 10 | 172 | Brian Petrovek | Harvard | ECAC Hockey | Los Angeles Kings |
| 10 | 173 | Bob Ferriter | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 10 | 174 | Len Moher | Notre Dame | WCHA | Buffalo Sabres |
| 10 | 175 | Duffy Smith | Bowling Green | CCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 11 | 176 | Dave Hanson | Colorado College | WCHA | Detroit Red Wings |
| 11 | 178 | Robin Larson | Minnesota | WCHA | Detroit Red Wings |
| 11 | 180 | Jack Laine | Bowling Green | CCHA | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 11 | 184 | John McMorrow | Providence | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
| 11 | 185 | John Glynne | Vermont | ECAC Hockey | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 11 | 186 | Tom Goddard | North Dakota | WCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
| 11 | 187 | Dave Bell | Harvard | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 12 | 191 | Gary Burns | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 12 | 195 | Tom McNamara | Vermont | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
| 12 | 196 | Lex Hudson | Denver | WCHA | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 13 | 200 | Steve Roberts | Providence | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
| 13 | 201 | Paul Dionne | Princeton | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
| 13 | 203 | Chuck Carpenter | Yale | ECAC Hockey | Los Angeles Kings |
| 14 | 205 | Cecil Luckern | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
| 14 | 207 | Bob Fish $^†$ | Minnesota | WCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
| 14 | 208 | Roger Bourque | Notre Dame | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
| 15 | 209 | John Corriveau | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
| 15 | 210 | Dave Taylor | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Los Angeles Kings |
| 15 | 211 | Jim Lundquist | Brown | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 15 | 212 | Tom Funke $^†$ | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | New York Rangers |
| 15 | 213 | Bob Shaw | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Los Angeles Kings |
| 15 | 214 | Don Madson $^†$ | Minnesota | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
| 16 | 215 | Bob Bain | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
† incoming freshman ‡ Watson, Scamurra and Carr had already left school prior to this season.