1976–77 NAIA men's ice hockey season

This was the 1976-77 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics season:
==International Collegiate Hockey Association==
See: 1976-77 ICHA season
==NAIA Ice Hockey Championship==
See: 1977 NAIA Ice Hockey Championship
Note: Select teams from the NCAA also competed in the championship.
==NAIA District 5 Championship==
;Semifinals
*3/11: Nasson - Hawthorne 7:2
*3/11: Maine Portland-Gorham - St. Francis 9:6 
;Final
*3/12: Nasson - Maine Portland-Gorham 3:1
==Independents==
===Standings===
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 	Overall record 	Overall record 	Overall record 	Overall record 	Overall record 	Overall record
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ferris State 	22 	17 	4 	1 	 	
Hawthorne 	 	 	 	 	 	
Maine Portland-Gorham 	15 	6 	9 	0 	 	
Michigan-Dearborn 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nasson 	18 	11 	7 	0 	 	
St. Francis 	19 	14 	5 	0 	 	
Wisconsin-River Falls 	26 	18 	8 	0 	 	
Wisconsin-Stout 	25 	6 	19 	0 	 	
===Results===
*11/11: Wisconsin-Stout - Air Force 4:3
*11/12: Air Force - Wisconsin-Stout 6:2
*11/19: Hamline - Wisconsin-Stout 5:1
*11/25: Gustavus Adolphus - Wisconsin-Stout 5:2
*11/26: Wisconsin-Stout - Concordia 6:5
*11/30: Augsburg - Wisconsin-Stout 4:1
*12/3: St. Cloud State - Wisconsin-Stout 6:4
*12/4: St. Cloud State - Wisconsin-Stout 8:3
*12/4: Nasson - Maine Portland-Gorham 5:4 
*12/4: Michigan-Dearborn - Oakland 6:3
*12/5: St. Clair CCC - Michigan-Dearborn 8:1
*12/10: Wisconsin-River Falls - Wisconsin-Stout 7:5
*12/10: Nasson - Gordon College 5:1
*12/10: Ferris State - Michigan-Dearborn 4:2
*12/11: Ferris State - Michigan-Dearborn 8:0
*12/11: Wisconsin-River Falls - Wisconsin-Stout 6:1 (or 8:2)
*12/11: New England - Hawthorne 14:1
*12/14: Northern Michigan - Ferris State 14:1
*12/15: Nasson - Hawthorne 5:2
*12/17: Ferris State - Illinois-Chicago 5:5 OT
*12/18: Ferris State - Illinois-Chicago 10:4
*12/21: Ferris State - Northeast Illinois 19:3
*12/22: Ferris State - Northeast Illinois 19:1
*1/7: Bemidji State - Wisconsin-Stout 3:0
*1/8: Bemidji State - Wisconsin-Stout 6:1
*1/8: Ferris State - Michigan-Dearborn 11:1
*1/12: St. Francis - Bates 6:3
*1/14: Minnesota State Mankato - Wisconsin-Stout 4:2
*1/15: Minnesota State Mankato - Wisconsin-Stout 4:1
*1/15: Ferris State - Lewis 15:3
*1/15: St. Francis - Roger Williams 17:3
*1/16: Ferris State - Lewis 13:0
*1/19: St. Francis - New Hampshire College 13:3
*1/21: Wisconsin-Superior - Wisconsin-Stout 9:7
*1/21: Ferris State - Lake Forest 6:2
*1/21: MIT - Maine Portland-Gorham 5:4 
*1/22: Lake Forest - Ferris State 6:0
*1/22: Wisconsin-Stout - Wisconsin-Superior 6:5
*1/25: Wisconsin-River Falls - Wisconsin-Stout 8:4
*1/25: Ferris State - Chicago State 4:2
*1/26: Nichols - Roger Williams 7:2
*1/26: Ferris State - Chicago State 8:7 OT
*1/29: Nasson - New Hampshire College 6:1
*1/30: St. Clair CCC - Michigan-Dearborn 11:0
*2/1: Augsburg - Wisconsin-Stout 5:3
*2/4: Minnesota State Mankato - Wisconsin-Stout 7:5
*2/4: Ferris State - Illinois-Chicago 3:1
*2/4: St. Francis - Nasson 10:4
*2/5: Illinois-Chicago - Ferris State 4:2
*2/5: Minnesota State Mankato - Wisconsin-Stout 4:2
*2/5: Maine Portland-Gorham - St. Francis 8:6
*2/5: Bowling Green - Michigan-Dearborn 7:6
*2/7: Clark - Roger Williams 8:5 - RW 4-7 on season
*2/8: Wisconsin-Stout - St. Mary's 9:7
*2/8: St. Francis - Nasson 6:5 
*2/9: Nasson - Maine Portland-Gorham 6:3 
*2/10: Roger Williams - Assumption 3:3
*2/11: Nasson - Roger Williams 8:4
*2/11: Ferris State - Lake Forest 4:0
*2/11: Plymouth State - Hawthorne 6:5
*2/12: Ferris State - Lake Forest 3:2
*2/12: Hamline - Wisconsin-Stout 5:4
*2/13: St. Francis - Hawthorne 5:2
*2/14: Plymouth State - Nasson 9:2
*2/15: St. Francis - New Hampshire College 10:3
*2/15: Wisconsin-River Falls - Wisconsin-Stout 6:1
*2/16: Gordon College - Hawthorne 5:4 - Gordon 8-10, Hawthorne 5-8 on season
*2/17: Maine-Orono - Maine Portland-Gorham 5:3
*2/18: Bentley - Nasson 6:1 
*2/18: St. Francis - Plymouth State 6:5
*2/18: Wisconsin-Stout - St. Cloud State 8:6
*2/19: Wisconsin-Stout - St. Cloud State 7:6
*2/19: Nasson - Roger Williams 3:2
*2/19: Ferris State - Lewis 8:1
*2/20: Ferris State - Chicago State 2:1
*2/21: Ferris State - Chicago State 6:3
*2/26: Plymouth State - Nasson 6:4
*3/2: Hawthorne - St. Francis 7:6 
*3/5: Hawthorne - Nasson 7:5 - Nasson 7-3 in NAIA play
*3/8: Nasson - Maine-Orono 6:5 OT
*Maine Portland-Gorham - Maine-Orono 7:5
*Bemidji State - Wisconsin-River Falls 8:3
*Bemidji State - Wisconsin-River Falls 7:5
*Wisconsin-River Falls - Hmline 6:4
*Gustavus Adolphus - Wisconsin-River Falls 8:2
*Wisconsin-River Falls - Augsburg 4:1
*Augsburg - Wisconsin-River Falls 7:2
*Wisconsin-River Falls - St. Scholastica 10:7
*Wisconsin-River Falls - St. Scholastica 9:6
*Wisconsin-River Falls - St. Cloud State 6:2
*St. Cloud State - Wisconsin-River Falls 5:4
*Wisconsin-River Falls - Minnesota State Mankato 5:3
*Wisconsin-River Falls - Minnesota State Mankato 10:3
*Wisconsin-River Falls - St. Mary's 9:2
*Gustavus Adolphus - Wisconsin-River Falls 10:2
*Wisconsin-River Falls - St. Cloud State 14:5
*Wisconsin-River Falls - St. Cloud State 6:3
*Hamline - Wisconsin-River Falls 4:1
*Wisconsin-River Falls - Chicago State 10:2
*Wisconsin-River Falls - Chicago State 6:3
*Wisconsin-River Falls - Minnesota State Mankato 7:6 OT
*Wisconsin-River Falls - Minnesota State Mankato 8:2
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