1961–62 American college hockey season

This was the 1961-62 American college hockey season:
This was the premier season for ECAC Hockey which began as a conglomerate of 28 eastern schools among which 8 teams were selected by a committee to participate in a postseason tournament that would determine which university(s) would receive bids to the NCAA tournament. Due to the sheer number of schools and the lack of any scheduling criteria the teams played a vastly unbalanced schedule. As a result, the regular season standings were effectively immaterial in determining the conference tournament participants and the committee based their selections on which teams they felt were the best representatives.
Despite already being in the Tri-State League Clarkson, Rensselaer and St. Lawrence were also founding members of ECAC Hockey and played concurrently in both conferences until the Tri-State League folded in 1972.
This was the first season for Minnesota–Duluth as a university sponsored program.
==Standings==
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 	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
Michigan† 	4 	4 	0 	0 	1.000 	24 	8 	 	27 	22 	5 	0 	150 	76
Michigan State 	8 	3 	4 	1 	.438 	24 	33 	 	25 	13 	11 	1 	98 	94
Minnesota 	4 	0 	3 	1 	.125 	9 	16 	 	21 	9 	10 	2 	95 	73
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ECAC standings according to the February 28, 1962, edition of the Boston Globe:
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 	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
Colby† 	19 	17 	1 	1 	.921 	124 	30 	 	27 	19 	6 	2 	147 	62
Harvard 	20 	18 	2 	0 	.900 	103 	30 	 	26 	21 	5 	0 	130 	56
Clarkson 	15 	13 	1 	1 	.900 	97 	28 	 	26 	22 	3 	1 	173 	55
Williams 	20 	16 	3 	1 	.825 	159 	64 	 	20 	16 	3 	1 	159 	64
Army 	19 	14 	4 	1 	.763 	81 	40 	 	24 	17 	6 	1 	111 	52
Colgate 	24 	18 	6 	0 	.750 	140 	57 	 	24 	18 	6 	0 	140 	57
Rensselaer 	16 	12 	4 	0 	.750 	99 	56 	 	23 	16 	7 	0 	142 	93
Cornell 	16 	11 	5 	0 	.688 	68 	45 	 	18 	13 	5 	0 	77 	45
MIT 	15 	10 	5 	0 	.667 	70 	49 	 	15 	10 	5 	0 	70 	49
St. Lawrence* 	15 	9 	5 	1 	.633 	83 	47 	 	27 	17 	9 	1 	135 	78
New Hampshire 	17 	10 	7 	0 	.588 	100 	63 	 	18 	10 	7 	1 	103 	66
Boston College 	25 	13 	11 	1 	.540 	84 	75 	 	28 	15 	12 	1 	96 	86
Merrimack 	13 	7 	6 	0 	.539 	71 	52 	 	13 	7 	6 	0 	71 	52
Providence 	17 	8 	7 	2 	.529 	74 	65 	 	21 	11 	8 	2 	110 	77
Middlebury 	17 	8 	8 	1 	.500 	83 	81 	 	22 	11 	9 	2 	107 	98
Bowdoin 	21 	10 	11 	0 	.476 	89 	73 	 	23 	11 	11 	1 	106 	84
Massachusetts 	18 	8 	10 	0 	.444 	84 	94 	 	18 	8 	10 	0 	84 	94
Norwich 	20 	8 	11 	1 	.425 	105 	103 	 	21 	8 	12 	1 	109 	110
Princeton 	21 	8 	12 	1 	.405 	60 	88 	 	21 	8 	12 	1 	60 	88
Dartmouth 	20 	8 	12 	0 	.400 	101 	122 	 	20 	8 	12 	0 	101 	122
Yale 	21 	7 	14 	0 	.333 	78 	87 	 	24 	8 	16 	0 	78 	97
Boston University 	24 	7 	16 	1 	.313 	71 	119 	 	25 	7 	17 	1 	74 	123
Northeastern 	23 	7 	16 	0 	.304 	83 	136 	 	24 	7 	17 	0 	85 	149
Brown 	24 	7 	17 	0 	.292 	82 	122 	 	24 	7 	17 	0 	81 	119
Connecticut 	9 	2 	6 	1 	.278 	30 	86 	 	12 	2 	9 	1 	30 	86
American International 	19 	4 	15 	0 	.211 	78 	160 	 	19 	4 	15 	0 	78 	160
Hamilton 	15 	1 	13 	1 	.100 	24 	72 	 	16 	2 	13 	1 	31 	76
Amherst 	15 	1 	14 	0 	.067 	20 	143 	 	15 	1 	14 	0 	20 	143
Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: St. Lawrence† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion
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 	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
Alaska-Fairbanks 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	 	12 	10 	1 	1 	– 	–
Fitchburg State 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	 	9 	3 	4 	2 	– 	–
Minnesota–Duluth 	0 	0 	0 	0 	- 	- 	- 	 	22 	6 	14 	2 	69 	109
Salem State 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	 	9 	7 	2 	0 	– 	–
St. Olaf 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	 	13 	8 	4 	1 	– 	–
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 	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
Clarkson† 	4 	3 	0 	1 	7 	23 	12 	 	26 	22 	3 	1 	173 	55
St. Lawrence 	4 	1 	2 	1 	3 	20 	21 	 	27 	17 	9 	1 	135 	78
Rensselaer 	4 	1 	3 	0 	2 	14 	25 	 	23 	16 	7 	0 	142 	93
† indicates conference regular season champion	† indicates conference regular season champion	† indicates conference regular season champion	† indicates conference regular season champion	† indicates conference regular season champion	† indicates conference regular season champion	† indicates conference regular season champion	† indicates conference regular season champion	† indicates conference regular season champion	† indicates conference regular season champion	† indicates conference regular season champion	† indicates conference regular season champion	† indicates conference regular season champion	† indicates conference regular season champion	† indicates conference regular season champion
1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings 	1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings 	1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings 	1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings 	1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings 	1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings 	1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings 	1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings 	1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings 	1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings 	1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings 	1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings 	1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings 	1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings 	1961–62 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
 	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
Michigan Tech†* 	20 	17 	3 	0 	.850 	101 	58 	 	32 	29 	3 	0 	188 	80
Michigan 	18 	15 	3 	0 	.833 	95 	48 	 	27 	22 	5 	0 	150 	76
Denver 	18 	11 	7 	0 	.611 	83 	71 	 	30 	17 	11 	2 	144 	111
Michigan State 	16 	6 	9 	1 	.406 	57 	71 	 	25 	13 	11 	1 	98 	94
North Dakota 	18 	7 	11 	0 	.389 	62 	71 	 	26 	9 	17 	0 	96 	123
Minnesota 	16 	5 	10 	1 	.344 	69 	61 	 	21 	9 	10 	2 	95 	73
Colorado College 	18 	0 	18 	0 	.000 	56 	143 	 	23 	0 	23 	0 	74 	181
Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion
==Results==
*11/17: St. Lawrence - Laval University (QC) 3:1
*11/17: North Dakota - Winnipeg Rangers (MB) 9:3
*11/18: North Dakota - Winnipeg Rangers (MB) 6:3
*11/18: University of Toronto (ON) - RPI 7:6
*11/22: Yale - New York St. Nicholas 6:4
*11/23: Denver - DU Hilltoppers 10:0
*11/23: Michigan State - St. Lawrence 3:2
*11/24: Clarkson - Michigan State 3:0
*11/24: Yale - Yale Alumni 5:2
*11/24: Denver - DU Hilltoppers 10:5
*11/25: Michigan State - St. Lawrence 3:2 OT
*11/25: Winnipeg Maroons (MB) - North Dakota 4:2
*11/25: Colorado College - Colorado College Alumni 12:3
*11/25: RPI - McMaster University (ON) 6:5 OT
*11/27: Cornell - Pennsylvania 8:0
*11/29: Providence - Rutgers 20:0 
*12/1: Boston University - Providence 6:3
*12/1: Denver - Colorado College 9:1
*12/1: Clarkson - Yale 8:0 
*12/1: Bowdoin - Dartmouth 7:6 OT
*12/1: Michigan - Michigan Tech 3:1
*12/1: Michigan State - North Dakota 5:3
*12/2: RPI - Providence 8:6
*12/2: American International - Pennsylvania 5:0
*12/2: Norwich - Hamilton 4:2
*12/2: St. Lawrence - Yale 10:0
*12/2: North Dakota - Michigan State 6:4
*12/2: Michigan - Michigan Tech 5:3
*12/2: Alaska-Fairbanks - Anchorage Eskimos 15:4
*12/2: Princeton - Middlebury 3:2
*12/2: Colby - Dartmouth 11:0
*12/2: Denver - Colorado College 5:4
*12/2: Harvard - Bowdoin 6:1
*12/2: Colgate - Merrimack 6:2
*12/2: Northeastern - Brown 4:3
*12/5: Colby - Providence 3:3 OT
*12/6: Boston University - Yale 4:3
*12/6: Boston College - Brown 9:2
*12/6: Dartmouth - Norwich 6:5
*12/6: MIT - Massachusetts 5:2
*12/6: RPI - Middlebury 8:4
*12/7: Clarkson - Harvard 5:3
*12/8: St. Lawrence - Boston University 4:1
*12/8: Brown - Connecticut 7:0
*12/8: Williams - Cornell 8:2
*12/8: Michigan Tech - Denver 8:7
*12/8: New Hampshire - Sir George Williams 3:3 OT
*12/8: Michigan - University of Toronto (ON) 8:3
*12/9: Michigan - University of Toronto (ON) 4:2
*12/9: Michigan Tech - Denver 8:2
*12/9: Clarkson - RPI 5:3
*12/9: Winnipeg Maroons (MB) - North Dakota 7:3
*12/9: Yale - Cornell 5:1
*12/9: Bowdoin - Hamilton 4:3
*12/9: Dartmouth - Middlebury 7:3
*12/9: Pennsylvania - Massachusetts 4:3
*12/9: St. Lawrence - Boston College 5:4 OT
*12/9: Rutgers - Villanova 4:1
*12/9: Sir George Williams - Norwich 7:4
*12/9: Princeton - Army 3:0
*12/11: Harvard - St. Lawrence 2:0
*12/12: Boston College - Providence 4:3
*12/12: Brown - Amherst 12:1
*12/12: Cornell - Colgate 4:2
*12/13: Army - American International 13:0
*12/14: RPI - Boston University 8:0
*12/14: St. Lawrence - Middlebury 13:2
*12/14: Massachusetts - Amherst 6:1
*12/14: Providence - Merrimack 9:0
*12/14: New Hampshire - Northeastern 1:0
*12/15: New Hampshire - MIT 4:0
*12/15: Princeton - Colgate 3:2
*12/15: Army - Norwich 5:4 OT
*12/15: Brown - Bowdoin 9:3
*12/15: Minnesota - Colorado College 10:2
*12/15: Michigan - North Dakota 5:2
*12/15: Michigan Tech - University of Toronto (ON) 4:1
*12/16: Michigan Tech - University of Toronto (ON) 9:1
*12/16: Michigan - Morth Dakota 6:1
*12/16: Minnesota - Colorado College 7:3
*12/16: Bowdoin - MIT 8:0 
*12/16: Harvard - Army 5:1
*12/16: Massachusetts - American International 6:1
*12/16: Princeton - Northeastern 7:6
*12/16: Merrimack - Pennsylvania 7:3
*12/16: Cornell - Yale 2:1
*12/16: RPI - Boston College 4:3
*12/16: Augsburg - St. Olaf 1:1
*12/17: Merrimack - Rutgers 15:1
*12/18: Cornell - Ohio University 9:0
*12/18: North Dakota - Colorado College 9:4
*12/19: North Dakota - Colorado College 8:1
*12/19: Ohio University - Rutgers 2:0 
*12/19; Boston College - Northeastern 10:2
*12/19: Boston University - Princeton 6:4
*12/20: Army - Ohio University 10:0
*12/22: Michigan State - Minnesota Duluth 5:2
*12/23: Michigan State - Minnesota Duluth 6:1
*12/27: Boston College - Laval University (QC) 3:0
*12/27: Augsburg - Ashbach 3:1
*12/28: Denver - Minnesota Duluth 3:1
*12/29: Denver - Minnesota Duluth 11:2
*12/29: Boston College - Queens University (ON) 5:2
*12/29: Michigan Tech - Colorado College 9:4
*12/29: Minnesota - Harvard 7:2
*12/30: Minnesota - Harvard 4:3
*12/30: Michigan Tech - Colorado College 7:4
*1/1: Harvard - Colorado College 6:5
*1/1: Michigan Tech - Denver 8:4
*1/1: Des Moines - North Dakota 11:3
*1/2: Michigan Tech - Denver 5:4 OT
*1/2: St. Lawrence - Princeton 5:1
*1/2: Harvard - Colorado College 6:4
*1/3: Boston College - Dartmouth 6:3
*1/3: Army - Merrimack 4:2
*1/3: Colby - Boston University 4:2
*1/4: Harvard - Northeastern 6:1
*1/4: Yale - Colgate 9:1
*1/5: St. Olaf - Macalester 4:3 OT
*1/5: St. Lawrence - Boston College 4:0
*1/5: Providence - Norwich 7:3
*1/5: Denver - North Dakota 4:3
*1/5: Massachusetts - Bowdoin 2:1
*1/5: Michigan Tech - Michigan 4:2
*1/5: Michigan State - Minnesota 5:3
*1/5: RPI - Princeton 4:2
*1/6: Michigan State - Minnesota 5:2
*1/6: Michigan - Michigan Tech 4:2
*1/6: Denver - North Dakota 3:0
*1/6: Merrimack - American International 11:5
*1/6: Boston College - Clarkson 2:1
*1/6: Brooklyn College Combination - Rutgers 5:3
*1/6: Army - Boston University 4:0
*1/6: Brown - Princeton 3:2
*1/6: Dartmouth - Yale 6:5 OT
*1/7: Bemidji State - Northland 10:0
*1/8: St. Olaf - Augsburg 5:3
*1/8: Williams - Massachusetts 10:7
*1/8: Northeastern - Brown 6:3
*1/8: Cornell - Dartmouth 5:4
*1/8: Michigan - Colorado College 6:1
*1/8: Fairbanks Hockey Club - Alaska-Fairbanks 8:6
*1/9: Michigan - Colorado College 8:4
*1/9: Harvard - Cornell 5:1
*1/9: New Hampshire - Connecticut 13:0
*1/10: Augsburg - Ashland 4:2
*1/10: Harvard - Boston College 3:2
*1/10: Army - Massachusetts 4:1
*1/10: St. Lawrence - Clarkson 4:4 OT
*1/10: Yale - Middlebury 3:1
*1/10: RPI - Boston University 5:4
*1/10: Augsburg - Northland 4:2
*1/11: St. Thomas - St. Olaf 7:5
*1/11: Michigan State - Colorado College 5:4
*1/11: Northeastern - American International 11:5
*1/12: Michigan State - Colorado College 8:2
*1/12: North Dakota - Denver 4:2
*1/12: Providence - St. Lawrence 7:3
*1/12: Michigan Tech - Minnesota 5:1
*1/12: Bowdoin - Pennsylvania 13:2
*1/12: Northeastern - Colgate 5:2
*1/13: Michigan Tech - Minnesota 4:2
*1/13: Denver - North Dakota 5:4 OT
*1/13: RPI - Loyola University (QC) 11:5
*1/13: Clarkson - Providence 9:1
*1/13: MIT - Pennsylvania 4:1
*1/13: Norwich - Hamilton 10:1
*1/13: Western Michigan - Ohio State 5:3
*1/13: Bemidji State - Concordia 11:0
*1/13: Harvard - Dartmouth 5:0
*1/13: New York St. Nicholas - Army 5:2
*1/13: Yale - Brown 4:1
*1/13: Colgate - Massachusetts 6:1
*1/13: Princeton - Cornell 4:3 OT
*1/13: Colby - Boston College 2:1
*1/15: Harvard - Boston University 8:1
*1/16: Bowdoin - New Hampshire 5:3
*1/17: Williams - Army 3:2
*1/17: Cornell - Hamilton 3:0
*1/18: New Hampshire - Norwich 7:4
*1/19: Bemidji State - St. John's 4:1
*1/19: Denver - Saskatoon Quakers 3:2
*1/19: Michigan Tech - North Dakota 2:1
*1/19: Minnesota - Minnesota Duluth 6:1
*1/19: Bowdoin - Northeastern 10:2
*1/20: Colby - Northeastern 7:0
*1/20: St. Lawrence - Loyola University (QC) 6:4
*1/20: Minnesota - Minnesota Duluth 6:4
*1/20: Michigan Tech - North Dakota 3:2 OT
*1/20: Saskatoon Quakers - Denver 6:1
*1/20: St. Thomas - Bemidji State 4:0
*1/20: Army - Pennsylvania 7:0
*1/20: Cornell - Dartmouth 5:3
*1/24: Colby - Merrimack 6:1
*1/25: Bemidji State - St. John's 4:2
*1/25: Boston College - Providence 2:0
*1/25: Denver - University of Alberta 4:2
*1/26: Denver - University of Alberta 5:5 OT
*1/26: Michigan State - Minnesota 1:1 OT
*1/26: Michigan Tech - Minnesota Duluth 7:1
*1/26: Princeton - Providence 1:1 OT
*1/27: Michigan Tech - Minnesota Duluth 4:3
*1/27: Michigan State - Minnesota 5:3
*1/27: Boston College - Princeton 3:2
*1/27: Yale - Northeastern 4:2
*1/27: Army - Dartmouth 6:5 OT
*1/27: St. Cloud State - Bemidji State 4:3
*1/27: Williams - Brown 7:2
*1/27: University of Alberta - Colorado College 6:5
*1/27: Pennsylvania - Rutgers 9:4
*1/27: Colby - Boston University 4:0 
*1/27: St. Lawrence - McGill University (QC) 6:3
*1/29: Bemidji State - Gustavus Adolphus 9:1
*1/29: Army - Western Michigan 14:3
*1/29: Augsburg - Carleton 9:3
*1/30: Boston College - Boston University 3:2
*1/31: Army - Yale 3:1
*1/31: Colby - Providence 8:5 
*1/31: Brown - Princeton 3:1
*2/1: Macalester - Colorado College Freshmen 4:1
*2/1: RPI - Sir George Williams 5:2
*2/1: St. Olaf - Hamline 6:2
*2/1: Boston University - Dartmouth 9:4 
*2/1: Massachusetts - American International 7:6
*2/2: Bemidji State - Augsburg 6:5 OT
*2/2: Middlebury - Northeastern 7:5
*2/2: Minnesota - Colorado College 11:4
*2/2: Denver - Warroad Lakers 8:0
*2/2: Michigan - Michigan State 5:3
*2/2: Michigan Tech - North Dakota 6:2
*2/3: Michigan Tech - North Dakota 6:2
*2/3: Michigan - Michigan State 5:1
*2/3: Warroad Lakers - Denver 6:4
*2/3: Minnesota - Colorado College 9:3
*2/3: Colby - RPI 6:3
*2/3: Merrimack - Rutgers 13:1
*2/3: Brown - Yale 3:2
*2/3: Boston College - Northeastern 4:1
*2/3: Cornell - Harvard 2:1
*2/3: St. Lawrence - Ottawa University (ON) 5:1
*2/3: Colgate - Army 4:1
*2/3: Dartmouth - Princeton 6:3
*2/6: Bemidji State - St. Mary's 5:2
*2/6: Denver - Michigan 4:2
*2/6: Colgate - Cornell 4:2
*2/6: Colby - Northeastern 11:0
*2/7: Carleton - Hamline 3:2 
*2/7: Middlebury - Dartmouth 10:5
*2/7: New York St. Nicholas - Princeton 5:3
*2/7: Michigan - Colorado College 12:4
*2/7: Army - Providence 4:1
*2/7: Massachusetts - Conencticut 9:2
*2/7: Boston College - Yale 6:3
*2/7: New Hampshire - Amherst 13:0
*2/7: Holy Cross - Nichols 3:3
*2/7: Harvard - Brown 5:1
*2/8: Clarkson - Boston University 7:3
*2/8: Merrimack - American International 8:2
*2/8: St. Thomas - St. Olaf 4:2
*2/9: Clarkson - Boston College 3:2 OT
*2/9: Army - Hamilton 2:0
*2/9: Connecticut - Rutgers 6:5
*2/9: Denver - Michigan 4:1
*2/9: Michigan Tech - Michigan State 8:2
*2/9: Minnesota - North Dakota 4:1
*2/10: North Dakota - Minnesota 5:4 OT
*2/10: Michigan Tech - Michigan State 3:2 OT
*2/10: St. Lawrence - Queens University (ON) 8:5 
*2/10: Michigan - Colorado College 7:5
*2/10: Colby - New Hampshire 5:0
*2/10: MIT - Wesleyan 7:3
*2/10: Princeton - Yale 6:5 OT
*2/10: Bowdoin - Merrimack 3:1
*2/10: RPI - American International 17:2
*2/10: St. Cloud State - Bemidji State 2:0
*2/10: Harvard - Dartmouth 10:4
*2/10: Norwich - Massachusetts 7:5
*2/10: Cornell - Brown 7:2
*2/10: Army - Middlebury 3:3 OT
*2/10: St. Olaf - St. John's 4:3
*2/12: Bemidji State - St. Mary's 4:1
*2/12: Boston College - Northeastern 4:0
*2/13: RPI - Yale 10:2
*2/14: Dartmouth - Brown 7:3
*2/14: Holy Cross - Worcester JC 5:2
*2/14: Warroad Lakers - North Dakota 5:3
*2/15: Warroad Lakers - North Dakota 11:6
*2/15: Providence - Boston University 6:5
*2/15: Massachusetts - MIT 6:3
*2/15: New Hampshire - Norwich 7:3
*2/15: Denver - Michigan State 6:4
*2/15: Hamilton JV - RIT 4:3 3OT
*2/16: Denver - Michigan State 6:3
*2/16: Michigan Tech - Minnesota 6:3
*2/16: Norwich - American International 11:2
*2/16: St. Lawrence - RPI 7:4
*2/17: Clarkson - RPI 8:0
*2/17: Michigan Tech - Minnesota 3:2 OT
*2/17: Rutgers - Syracuse 7:4
*2/17: Yale - Dartmouth 8:5
*2/17: Providence - Merrimack 6:3
*2/17: Army - Boston College 5:2
*2/17: Cornell - Brown 7:0
*2/17: Harvard - Princeton 3:1
*2/17: Williams - Bowdoin 3:1
*2/17: Fenn College - Ohio Northern 17:0
*2/17: MIT - Worcester Polytechnic Institute 11:1
*2/17: New Hampshire - Massachusetts 8:4
*2/17: Michigan - Denver 5:2
*2/18: Alaska-Fairbanks - Fairbanks Hockey Club 11:3
*2/19: Michigan - Denver 5:3
*2/20: Boston University - Boston College 4:1
*2/21: Rutgers - Lafayette 7:3
*2/21: Harvard - Brown 5:2
*2/21: Cornell - Hamilton 6:1
*2/21: Dartmouth - Northeastern 11:3
*2/21: Massachusetts - Amherst 10:0
*2/21: Providence - New Hampshire 7:1
*2/21: Alaska-Fairbanks - Fairbanks Hockey Club 13:3
*2/23: Army - Northeastern 7:2
*2/21: Princeton - Yale 2:1
*2/23: Clarkson - Boston University 10:1
*2/23: Denver - Colorado College 7:3
*2/23: New Hampshire - Massachusetts 9:4 
*2/23: Michigan - Michigan State 4:2
*2/23: Michigan Tech - Minnesota Duluth 12:2
*2/23: North Dakota - Minnesota 3:2
*2/24: North Dakota - Minnesota 6:5 OT
*2/24: Michigan Tech - Minnesota Duluth 5:2
*2/24: RPI - Northeastern 11:0
*2/24: Michigan - Michigan State 10:2
*2/24: Providence - Bowdoin 3:1
*2/24: Denver - Colorado College 6:3
*2/24: Dartmouth - Brown 6:5 OT
*2/24: Cornell - Princeton 7:5
*2/24: St. Lawrence - Boston University 6:2
*2/24: Army - New Hampshire 5:3
*2/24: Harvard - Yale 2:1
*2/24: University of Manitoba - Bemidji State 2:1
*2/24: MIT - Wesleyan 8:2
*2/24: Hamilton - Pennsylvania 7:4
*2/24: Boston College - Colby 6:5
*2/26: West German National Team - Boston College 6:2
*2/26: Army - Swiss National Team 5:4
*2/26: Providence - Northeastern 6:4
*2/26: Merrimack - Bowdoin 4:3
*2/26: Michigan Tech - Finnish National Team 7:3
*2/26: Minnesota - Swedish National Team 3:3 OT
*2/27: Michigan Tech - Finnish National Team 15:2
*2/27: Harvard - Princeton 10:0
*2/27: Swedish National Team - North Dakota 8:2
*2/27: Clarkson - St. Lawrence 6:4
*2/28: Army - Brown 5:1
*2/28: Yale - American International 16:2
*2/28: RPI - Boston College 4:0
*2/28: Williams - Hamilton 5:1
*2/28: Northeastern - Boston University 5:3
*2/28: Dartmouth - New Hampshire 7:6
*3/1: Colby - New Hampshire 5:0
*3/1: Swiss National Team - Bowdoin 4:4
*3/2: New Hampshire - New Hampshire Alumni 9:6 
*3/2: Northeastern - Norwich 12:3
*3/2: Colgate - Middlebury 5:4
*3/2: Boston University - Bowdoin 5:3
*3/2: US National Team - Colorado College 9:3
*3/3: Canadian National Team - Colorado College 11:1
*3/3: RPI - St. Lawrence 7:5
*3/3: Boston College - Brown 6:1 
*3/3: Army - Royal Military College (ON) 3:2 
*3/3: Harvard - Yale 9:3
*3/3: Merrimack - Norwich 4:3
*3/3: Cornell - Pennsylvania 10:0
*3/3: Princeton - Dartmouth 7:6
*3/3: Williams - Amherst 13:1
*3/3: Rutgers - Lehigh 4:4 OT
*3/3: Franklin and Marshall - Villanova 6:2
*3/3: Middlebury - Hamilton 8:3
*3/5: Denver - US National Team 4:4 OT
*3/6: Denver - British National Team 11:0 
*3/8: Providence - Brown 4:1
*3/10: Providence - Brown 9:5
*3/10: Dartmouth - Dartmouth Alumni 8:6
*3/10: Rutgers - Lafayette 4:0
*Clarkson - Ottawa Glebes (ON) 13:0
*Clarkson - Laval University (QC) 11:2
*Clarkson - Loyola University (QC) 17:1
*Clarkson - University of Montreal (QC) 4:3
*Clarkson - Sir George Williams 10:0
*Clarkson - Queens University (ON) 10:1
*Clarkson - Princeton 8:0 
*Colgate - Rutgers 13:0
*Bowdoin - Colgate 4:2
*Colgate - Williams 4:3
*Colgate - Hamilton 6:1
*Colgate - Rutgers 13:0
*Colgate - MIT 8:1
*Colgate - American International 8:4
*Colgate - Pennsylvania 8:1
*Colgate - Hamilton 6:0
*Middlebury - Colgate 4:3
*Colgate - Connecticut 13:1
*Colgate - Pennsylvania 7:2
*American International - Connecticut 10:5
*Harvard JV - Connecticut 13:2
*Williams - Connecticut 9:0
*Connecticut - Wesleyan 6:2
*MIT - Connecticut 4:1
*Connecticut - Pennsylvania 5:5 OT
*Boston College JV - Connecticut 3:2
*Pennsylvania - Amherst 5:1
*Amherst - MIT 4:2
*Williams - Amherst 12:1
*Colby - Amherst 14:1
*Amherst Alumni - Amherst 6:3
*Norwich - Amherst 13:2
*Williams - Amherst 13:2
*American International - Amherst 5:4
*Hamilton - Amherst 6:0
*Middlebury - Amherst 13:0
*Wesleyan - Amherst 5:2
*Williams - Hamilton 11:0
*Williams - Pennsylvania 16:2
*Colby - Williams 10:1
*Williams - American International 9:3
*Williams - Norwich 8:8
*Middlebury - College Royale Militaire (QC) 3:1
*Middlebury - College Royale Millitaire (QC) 3:3
*Middlebury - Carleton (ON) 6:3
*Middlebury - MacDonald 8:3
*Bishops College (QC) - Middlebury 6:3
*Middlebury - Hamilton 5:1
*Middlebury - Norwich 7:4
*Middlebury - Bowdoin 5:3
*Williams - Middlebury 12:5
*Norwich - Middlebury 3:1
*University of New Brunswick - Colby 4:3
*University of New Brunswick - Colby 4:1
*Colby - Hamilton 7:1
*Colby - Laval University (QC) 4:4
*Colby - Laval University (QC) 5:4
*Colby - Bowdoin 2:0
*Colby - Norwich 8:4
*Colby - Bowdoin 6:1
*Swiss National Team - Colby 4:2
*Nichols - Worcester Junior College 4:4 OT
*Nichols - Worcester Polytechnic Institute 6:3
*Nichols - Wesleyan 8:2
*Nichols - Fitchburg State 2:2 OT
*Nichols - Leicester Junior College 9:3
*Nichols - Salem State 3:2
*Nichols - Dean 3:2
*Nichols - Babson 9:2
*Worcester Junior College - Nichols 2:0
*Nichols - Dean 5:5 OT
*Minnesota Duluth - Fort William Beavers (ON) 3:2
*Minnesota Duluth - Fort William Beavers (ON) 3:2
*Minnesota Duluth - University of Toronto (ON) 4:3
*Minnesota Duluth - University of Toronto (ON) 5:3
*Minnesota Duluth - St. Thomas 7:3
*Fort Frances Canadiens (ON) - Minnesota Duluth 6:1
*Warroad Lakers - Minnesota Duluth 7:1
*Warroad Lakers - Minnesota Duluth 8:6
*Minnesota Duluth - Junior A All-Stars 2:2
*Minnesota Duluth - University of Manitoba 4:4
*Minnesota Duluth - University of Manitoba 6:4
*Norwegian National Team - Minnesota Duluth 5:3
*St. Mary's - Northland 4:1
*St. Mary's - St. Olaf 3:2
*St. Mary's - Carleton 10:0
*St. Mary's - Carleton 9:1
*St. Mary's - St. Olaf 4:2
*St. Mary's - Northland 6:2
*St. Mary's - Carleton 3:0
*St. Cloud State - Hamline 6:0
*St. Cloud State - Carleton 11:4
*St. Cloud State - Northland 7:1
*St. Cloud State - St. Thomas 4:3
*St. Cloud State - Carleton 12:1
*St. Cloud State - St. John's 5:0
*St. Cloud State - St. Thomas 2:0
*St. Cloud State - Gustavus Adolphus 4:1
*St. Cloud State - St. John's 5:0
*St. Cloud State - St. Cloud Alumni 2:2
*Gonzaga - Trail Comerks (BC) 6:5
*Gonzaga - Notre Dame (BC) 13:5
*Gonzaga - Montana State 5:3
*Gonzaga - Montana State 6:2
*Cranbrook (BC) - Gonzaga 8:2
*Cranbrook (BC) - Gonzaga 6:4
*Gonzaga - Montana State 10:4
*Cranbrook (BC) - Gonzaga 9:6
*Cranbrook (BC) - Gonzaga 12:7
*University of British Columbia - Gonzaga 6:3
*Gonzaga - Victoria College (BC) 6:2
*Gonzaga - Trail (BC) 9:6
*Gonzaga - Trail (BC) 13:3
Ohio University was a club team that played in the Ohio Intercollegiate Hockey Association, finishing first. They went 13-4-0 overall on the season.
;USAHA Tournament
*Alaska-Fairbanks - Ft. Wainwright Rangers 7:2
*Alaska-Fairbanks - Susitna Eskimos 19:2
*Alaska-Fairbanks - Elmendorf Rockets 14:4
*Alaska-Fairbanks - Anchorage Merchants 2:2
*Alaska-Fairbanks - Hohn Plumbers 5:3
*Alaska-Fairbanks - Anchorage Merchants 8:2 - final
;Blefgen Memorial Tournament
*Alaska-Fairbanks - Ft. Wainwright Rangers 20:4
*Alaska-Fairbanks - Elmendorf Rockets 6:5
*Elmendorf Rockets - Alaska-Fairbanks 5:3
*Alaska-Fairbanks - Elmendorf Rockets 6:4 - final
==Brown Holiday Tournament==
*12/18: Brown - Norwich 5:3
*12/18: Colgate - Massachusetts 8:3
*12/18: Williams - New Hampshire 6:4
*12/18: Bowdoin - American International 8:3
*12/19: New Hampshire - Massachusetts 14:2
*12/19: Colgate - Williams 6:1
*12/19: Bowdoin - Brown 8:3
*12/19: Norwich - American International 4:3
*12/20: Williams - Brown 8:4 
*12/20: New Hampshire - Norwich 6:3
*12/20: Massachusetts - American International 6:5
*12/20: Colgate - Bowdoin 3:2
==ECAC Holiday Festival==
*12/21: St. Lawrence - Boston College 8:1
*12/21: Clarkson - Boston University 7:0
*12/22: Boston College - Boston University 2:2
*12/22: Clarkson - St. Lawrence 6:5 OT
==Boston Arena Christmas Tournament==
;Semifinals
*12/26: Michigan State - Northeastern 13:4
*12/27: Queens University (ON) - Boston University 5:3
;Consolation
*12/28: Northeastern - Boston University 9:6
;Final
*12/28: Michigan State - Qeuens University (ON) 6:1
==RPI Holiday Invitational==
*12/28: Michigan - Yale 4:3
*12/28: RPI - McGill University (QC) 6:3
*12/29: RPI - Yale 3:2
*12/29: Michigan - McGill University (QC) 10:1
*12/30: Michigan - RPI 8:3
*12/30: McGill University (QC) - Yale 8:2
==Beanpot Tournament==
;Semifinals
*2/5: Harvard - Boston College 6:1
*2/5: Boston University - Northeastern 5:4
;Consolation
*2/12: Boston College - Northeastern 4:0
;Final
*2/12: Harvard - Boston University 5:0
==Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference==
*1/6: St. John's - Gustavus Adolphus 5:0 
*1/10: Macalester - Hamline 11:2
*1/10: St. John's - Concordia 5:1
*1/12: Macalester - Gustavus Adolphus 11:1
*1/13: St. John's - Hamline 5:4
*1/13: Augsburg - St. Thomas 1:0 Forfeit
*1/16: Augsburg - Gustavus Adolphus 11:1
*1/17: St. Thomas - St. John's 4:1
*1/27: Augsburg - St. Johns 1:0 
*1/29: Macalester - Concordia 14:0
*1/30: Macalester - Augsburg 6:3
*2/3: Augsburg - Concordia 6:2
*2/5: St. Thomas - Hamline 7:2
*2/6: Macalester - St. John's 5:4
*2/9: St. Thomas - Macalester 5:1
*2/10: Augsburg - Hamline 5:2
*2/10: St. Thomas - Concordia 7:4
*Macalester - St. Mary's 7:3
*St. Mary's - Concordia 8:1
*Augsburg - St. Mary's 5:4 OT
*St. Mary's - Gustavus Adolphus 1:0 Forfeit
*St. Mary's - Hamline 5:3
*St. Mary's - St. Thomas 4:3
*St. Mary's - St. John's 5:4
Macalester won the championship. 
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 	Conference 	Conference 	Conference 	Conference 	Conference 	Conference 	Conference 	 	Overall 	Overall 	Overall 	Overall 	Overall 	Overall 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Macalester † 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	
Augsburg 	7 	6 	1 	0 	 	– 	– 	 	12 	9 	3 	0 	– 	– 	
Concordia 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	 	6 	1 	5 	0 	– 	– 	
Gustavus Adolphus 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	 	9 	1 	8 	0 	– 	– 	
Hamline 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	
Saint John's 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	 	18 	3 	15 	0 	– 	– 	
Saint Mary's 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	 	16 	12 	4 	0 	– 	– 	
St. Thomas 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	 	13 	6 	7 	0 	– 	– 	
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==ECAC Tournament==
The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on conference rankings, qualified to participate in the tournament. In the quarterfinals the first seed and eighth seed, the second seed and seventh seed, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played against one another. In the semifinals, the winner of the first and eighth matchup played the winner of the fourth and fifth matchup while the other two remaining teams played with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game. 
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==WCHA Tournament==
The top four teams in the WCHA, based upon the conference regular season standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 4. The entire tournament consisted of single-elimination games. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched with winners advanced to the championship game and the losers playing in a third place game. 
==NCAA Tournament==
===Qualifying teams===
Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the WCHA tournament champion received automatic bids into the tournament. Two at-large bids were offered to one eastern and one western team based upon both their tournament finish as well as their regular season record. 
East	East 	East 	East 	East 	East 	East 	West	West 	West 	West 	West 	West 	West
Seed	School 	Conference 	Record	Berth type 	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School 	Conference	Record	Berth type 	Appearance	Last bid
1 	Clarkson 	ECAC Hockey	21–2–1	At-Large 	3rd 	1958 	1 	Michigan Tech	WCHA 	27–3–0	Tournament champion	3rd 	1960
2 	St. Lawrence	ECAC Hockey	17–7–1	Tournament champion	7th 	1961 	2 	Michigan 	WCHA 	21–4–0	At-Large 	11th 	1957
===Results===
The tournament was played at the Utica Memorial Auditorium.
;Semifinals
*3/15: Clarkson - Michigan 5:4
*3/16: Michigan Tech - St. Lawrence 6:1
;Consolation Game
*3/17: St. Lawrence - Michigan 5:1
;Championship Game
*3/17: Michigan Tech - Clarkson 7:1
==Sources==
*1961-62 - College Hockey News
*Various team Media Guides
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