# 1970–71 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season

The 1970–71 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1970 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 7th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

## Regular season
### Season tournaments

| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
| Merrimack Christmas Tournament | December 17–18 | 4 | Ohio |
| Codfish Bowl | December 26–27 | 4 | Merrimack |
| Lake Forest Tournament | February 19–20 | 4 | Cambrian |

### Standings

1970–71 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 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 94 | 34 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | | |
| Vermont | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 90 | 45 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 118 | 87 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .781 | 112 | 42 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 129 | 71 |
| Buffalo | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .688 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 76 | 67 |
| Holy Cross | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 102 | 104 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 106 | 106 |
| Nichols | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .654 | 62 | 52 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 132 | 93 |
| Oswego State | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 51 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | | |
| Salem State | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .594 | 76 | 64 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | | |
| Hamilton | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | .588 | 89 | 84 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | | |
| Norwich | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 109 | 84 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 133 | 129 |
| Worcester State | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .542 | 69 | 62 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | | |
| Amherst | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 77 | 78 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | | |
| Saint Anselm | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 70 | 74 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 106 | 96 |
| Merrimack | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .531 | 68 | 72 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 112 | 145 |
| American International | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | .472 | 99 | 107 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | | |
| Lowell Tech | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .469 | 109 | 112 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 125 | 112 |
| MIT | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | 30 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | |
| Boston State | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .425 | 93 | 98 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 1 | | |
| Middlebury | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | .412 | 72 | 65 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | | |
| New Haven | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 46 | 69 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | | |
| Colby | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | .350 | 93 | 111 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 93 | 111 |
| Williams | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | .333 | 83 | 95 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | | |
| Connecticut | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .263 | 50 | 116 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 62 | 143 |
| Babson | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 50 | 69 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | | |
| Lehigh | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | 14 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 96 | 78 |
| Bridgewater State | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 20 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 42 |
| Assumption | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 23 | 64 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | | |
| Ithaca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Championship: March 13, 1971 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1970–71 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 | | | | | | |
| Buffalo | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 97 | 72 |
| Hillsdale | | | | | | |
| Illinois-Chicago | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | | |
| Iona | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | | |
| Lake Forest | 23 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 141 | 88 |
| Mankato State | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 90 | 48 |
| New England College | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | | |
| Oberlin | | | | | | |
| RIT | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | | |
| St. Cloud State | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 80 | 60 |
| St. Olaf | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | – | – |
1970–71 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$^1$ † | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 114 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | | |
| Saint Mary's | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 67 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | | |
| Concordia (MN)$^2$ | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 67 | 46 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | | |
| Augsburg | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 82 | 52 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | | |
| Saint John's | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 69 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | | |
| Hamline | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 58 | | | | | | |
| St. Thomas | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 47 | 66 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | | |
| Macalester | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 133 | | | | | | |
| 1 Gustavus Adolphus finished 13-1 in MIAC play. 2 Concordia finished 11-3 in MIAC play. † indicates conference regular season champion |||||||||||||||
1970–71 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 |
| Nichols †* | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .917 | 42 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 132 | 93 |
| Assumption | | | | | | | | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | | |
| Worcester State | | | | | | | | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | | |
| WPI | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Championship: March 13, 1971 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||