# 1965–66 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season

The 1965–66 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1965 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 2nd season of second-tier college ice hockey.

## Regular season
### Season tournaments

| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
| Amherst College Tournament | December 18–20 | | |
| Yankee Conference Tournament | December 28–29 | 4 | New Hampshire |
| MIT Tournament | | 4 | Connecticut |
| Codfish Bowl | | 4 | Boston State |

### Standings

1965–66 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 |
| American International † | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .733 | 104 | 39 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | | |
| Bowdoin | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .731 | 74 | 41 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 96 | 82 |
| Williams | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 75 | 52 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | | |
| New Hampshire | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 102 | 52 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 112 | 94 |
| Colby * | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 70 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 113 | 112 |
| Middlebury | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 59 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 100 | 91 |
| Vermont | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .533 | 69 | 84 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 78 | 100 |
| Merrimack | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 | 33 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 64 | 71 |
| Hamilton | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 47 | 62 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | | |
| Amherst | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .385 | 46 | 63 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | | |
| Norwich | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .333 | 64 | 112 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 77 | 132 |
| Connecticut | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | .333 | 49 | 120 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 111 | 143 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 61 | 98 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 69 | 126 |
| MIT | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 10 | 38 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | | |
| Championship: March 12, 1966 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1965–66 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 |
| Babson | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | | |
| Boston State | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Lake Forest | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | | |
| Nichols | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | | |
| Oberlin | | | | | | |
| RIT | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | | |
| Salem State | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | | |
| St. Cloud State | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 59 | 47 |
| St. Olaf | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | – | – |
1965–66 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 | 24 | | | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | | |
| Saint Mary's | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | | | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | | |
| Augsburg | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | | | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | | |
| Concordia (MN) | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | | | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | | |
| St. Thomas | | | | | | | | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | | |
| Saint John's | | | | | | | | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | |
| Macalester | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hamline | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| † indicates conference regular season champion |||||||||||||||