1969–70 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

The 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1969 and concluded with the 1970 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 21, 1970, at the Olympic Arena in Lake Placid, New York. This was the 23rd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 76th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
In 1969 the NCAA changed their bylaws to permit freshman to play on the Varsity team. Beginning with this season universities were permitted to not only have first-year students play for their teams but to also have said players earn letters for four seasons rather than the previous limit of three. As a consequence the WCHA offered both a Sophomore-of-the-Year and Freshman-of-the-Year awards with the previous being formally retired following the campaign.
Cornell finished the 1969–70 season with an undefeated record of 24–0, only the second flawless campaign in the modern history of Division I ice hockey. The previous unblemished season (Clarkson in 1955–56), however, came with a caveat as 8 Golden Knight players were 4-year seniors (a violation of NCAA regulations at the time). As a result, the Clarkson team declined to play in the NCAA tournament. Cornell's undefeated team had no such issues and was able to compete in, and win, both their conference tournament and the NCAA tournament to become the first and thus far only undefeated NCAA champion (as of 2016).
==Regular season==
===Season tournaments===
Tournament 	Dates 	Teams	Champion
Christmas City of the North Tournament	November 27–28	4 	Michigan Tech
Cleveland Cup Tournament 	December 17–19	6 	Bowling Green
Great Lakes Invitational 	December 19–20	4 	New Hampshire
Big Ten Holiday Tournament 	December 21–23	4 	Wisconsin
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival 	December 22–23	4 	Cornell
St. Louis Invitational 	December 28–29	4 	Wisconsin
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament 	December 29–30	4 	Boston University
Syracuse Invitational 	January 2–3 	4 	Cornell
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament 	January 2–4 	4 	Providence
Beanpot 	February 2, 9 	4 	Boston University
===Standings===
==1970 NCAA Tournament==
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
 	Senior 	Boston College 	24	28	40	68 	20
 	Junior 	New Hampshire 	31	27	36	63 	24
 	Junior 	Brown 	24	26	37	63 	22
 	Senior 	Colgate 	- 	37	25	62 	-
 	Senior 	Cornell 	29	24	37	61 	40
 	Freshman 	Notre Dame 	30	24	35	59 	22
 	Sophomore	Clarkson 	32	35	22	57 	24
 	Junior 	Denver 	32	30	27	57 	12
 	Senior 	Cornell 	28	22	35	57 	32
 	Junior 	Colorado College	30	18	39	57 	36
===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
 	Junior 	Cornell 	29	1710	29	0 	0 	53 	3 	.921	1.86
 	Freshman 	New Hampshire 	– 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	.898	2.00
 	Sophomore	Boston University	23	1340	- 	- 	- 	63 	2 	.897	2.82
 	Junior 	Wisconsin 	21	1250	14	7 	0 	60 	1 	- 	2.88
 	Junior 	Army 	23	1388	13	10	0 	68 	4 	.904	2.94
 	Junior 	Clarkson 	27	1550	19	- 	- 	79 	4 	.897	3.06
 	Sophomore	Ohio State 	25	1500	- 	- 	- 	79 	4 	- 	3.16
 	Senior 	Minnesota 	25	1500	18	7 	0 	81 	2 	.904	3.24
 	Senior 	Brown 	- 	1441	- 	- 	- 	79 	1 	.907	3.29
 	Freshman 	Denver 	30	1800	19	10	1 	103	1 	.883	3.43
==Awards==
===NCAA===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Spencer Penrose Award (Coach of the Year) 	Spencer Penrose Award (Coach of the Year) 	John MacInnes, Michigan Tech
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Dan Lodboa, Cornell
AHCA All-American Teams 	AHCA All-American Teams	AHCA All-American Teams
East Team 	  Position   	West Team
Bruce Bullock, Clarkson 	G 	Murray McLachlan, Minnesota
Dan Lodboa, Cornell 	D 	Ron Busniuk, Minnesota-Duluth
Mike Hyndman, Boston University	D 	John Jagger, Wisconsin
 	D 	John Marks, North Dakota
 	D 	Wally Olds, Minnesota
Curt Bennett, Brown 	F 	Bob Collyard, Colorado College
Joe Cavanagh, Harvard 	F 	Murray Keogan, Minnesota-Duluth
Tom Earl, Colgate 	F 	George Morrison, Denver
Tim Sheehy, Boston College 	F 	
===ECAC===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Player of the Year 	Player of the Year 	Tim Sheehy, Boston College
Rookie of the Year 	Rookie of the Year 	Tom Mellor, Boston College
Most Outstanding Player in Tournament	Most Outstanding Player in Tournament	Bruce Bullock, Clarkson
All-ECAC Hockey Teams 	All-ECAC Hockey Teams 	All-ECAC Hockey Teams
First Team 	  Position  	Second Team
Brian Cropper, Cornell 	G 	Don McGinnis, Brown
Mike Hyndman, Boston University	D 	Tom Mellor, Boston College
Dan Lodboa, Cornell 	D 	Wayne LaChance, Clarkson
Tom Earl, Colgate 	F 	Joe Cavanagh, Harvard
Curt Bennett, Brown 	F 	John Hughes, Cornell
Tim Sheehy, Boston College 	F 	Dave Poile, Northeastern
===WCHA===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Most Valuable Player 	Most Valuable Player 	Murray McLachlan, Minnesota
Freshman of the Year 	Freshman of the Year 	Murray Keogan, Minnesota-Duluth
Sophomore of the Year	Sophomore of the Year	Don Thompson, Michigan State
Coach of the Year 	Coach of the Year 	Glen Sonmor, Minnesota
All-WCHA Teams 	All-WCHA Teams 	All-WCHA Teams
First Team 	  Position  	Second Team
Murray McLachlan, Minnesota 	G 	Wayne Thomas, Wisconsin
John Marks, North Dakota 	D 	John Jagger, Wisconsin
Ron Busniuk, Minnesota-Duluth 	D 	Wally Olds, Minnesota
George Morrison, Denver 	F 	Bernie Gagnon, Michigan
Murray Keogan, Minnesota-Duluth	F 	Murray Heatley, Wisconsin
Bob Collyard, Colorado College 	F 	Tom Gilmore, Denver
==References==
==External links==
*College Hockey Historical Archives
*1969–70 NCAA Standings
 
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