1965–66 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season

The 1965–66 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1965 and concluded with the 1966 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 19, 1966, at the Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was the 19th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 71st year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
Minnesota–Duluth joined the WCHA beginning with this season. Pennsylvania promoted their club program to varsity status and began playing as an independent. 
==Regular season==
===Season tournaments===
Tournament 	Dates 	Teams	Champion
New Brunswick Invitational 	November 26–27 	4 	
Boston Christmas Holiday Festival 	December 17–18 	6 	
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival 	December 19–22 	6 	Cornell
Great Lakes Invitational 	December 21–22 	4 	Toronto
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament 	December 27–29 	4 	Boston University
Yankee Conference Tournament 	December 28–29 	4 	New Hampshire
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament 	December 28–30 	4 	Western Ontario
Brown Holiday Tournament 	December 29–30 	4 	Brown
St. Paul College Hockey Tournament	December 29–30 	4 	Minnesota
Nichols School Invitational 	December 31–January 1	4 	Yale
Beanpot 	February 7, 14 	4 	Boston University
===Standings===
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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
Minnesota† 	8 	5 	3 	0 	10 	34 	29 	 	27 	16 	11 	0 	117 	94
Michigan State 	8 	4 	4 	0 	8 	34 	32 	 	29 	16 	13 	0 	123 	111
Michigan 	8 	3 	5 	0 	6 	25 	32 	 	28 	14 	14 	0 	125 	109
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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
Clarkson†* 	12 	11 	1 	0 	.917 	67 	28 	 	27 	24 	3 	0 	150 	70
Boston University 	19 	17 	2 	0 	.895 	105 	75 	 	35 	27 	8 	0 	178 	92
Cornell 	18 	16 	2 	0 	.889 	92 	33 	 	27 	22 	5 	0 	151 	54
Brown 	18 	12 	6 	0 	.667 	86 	60 	 	25 	16 	9 	0 	114 	85
St. Lawrence 	15 	8 	6 	1 	.567 	75 	54 	 	24 	15 	8 	1 	130 	95
Boston College 	22 	12 	10 	0 	.545 	105 	80 	 	28 	16 	12 	0 	135 	101
Colgate 	16 	8 	7 	1 	.531 	79 	67 	 	26 	14 	11 	1 	137 	98
Northeastern 	18 	9 	8 	1 	.528 	80 	71 	 	29 	16 	12 	1 	140 	120
Harvard 	19 	8 	11 	0 	.421 	77 	81 	 	23 	10 	12 	1 	104 	99
Yale 	21 	8 	12 	1 	.405 	82 	103 	 	23 	10 	12 	1 	86 	105
Army 	10 	3 	6 	1 	.350 	34 	69 	 	25 	17 	7 	1 	132 	85
Princeton 	19 	6 	12 	1 	.342 	76 	101 	 	20 	7 	12 	1 	76 	101
Dartmouth 	18 	2 	14 	2 	.167 	55 	111 	 	24 	5 	17 	2 	80 	127
Providence 	14 	2 	12 	0 	.143 	42 	77 	 	21 	7 	14 	0 	77 	93
Rensselaer 	13 	0 	13 	0 	.000 	18 	112 	 	22 	3 	19 	0 	42 	161
Championship: Clarkson† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Clarkson† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Clarkson† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Clarkson† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Clarkson† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Clarkson† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Clarkson† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Clarkson† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Clarkson† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Clarkson† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Clarkson† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Clarkson† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Clarkson† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Clarkson† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Clarkson† 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
Clarkson† 	4 	4 	0 	0 	8 	32 	9 	 	27 	24 	3 	0 	150 	70
St. Lawrence 	4 	2 	2 	0 	4 	22 	9 	 	24 	15 	8 	1 	130 	95
Rensselaer 	4 	0 	4 	0 	0 	4 	40 	 	22 	3 	19 	0 	42 	161
† 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
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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 	0 	0 	0 	0 	- 	- 	- 	 	7 	1 	6 	0 	- 	-
Ohio State 	0 	0 	0 	0 	- 	- 	- 	 	16 	9 	7 	0 	75 	65
Pennsylvania 	0 	0 	0 	0 	- 	- 	- 	 	24 	16 	8 	0 	 	
Wisconsin 	0 	0 	0 	0 	- 	- 	- 	 	21 	12 	9 	0 	105 	66
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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 Tech† 	20 	15 	4 	1 	.775 	77 	48 	 	30 	23 	6 	1 	141 	82
North Dakota 	22 	13 	9 	0 	.591 	97 	85 	 	30 	17 	12 	1 	135 	115
Minnesota 	22 	13 	9 	0 	.591 	92 	76 	 	27 	16 	11 	0 	117 	94
Denver* 	20 	10 	7 	3 	.575 	81 	61 	 	32 	18 	11 	3 	137 	100
Michigan 	18 	9 	9 	0 	.500 	74 	72 	 	28 	14 	14 	0 	125 	109
Michigan State* 	20 	9 	11 	0 	.450 	88 	85 	 	29 	16 	13 	0 	123 	111
Colorado College 	18 	4 	12 	2 	.278 	51 	93 	 	29 	9 	18 	2 	98 	147
Minnesota-Duluth 	20 	3 	15 	2 	.200 	60 	100 	 	28 	7 	19 	2 	96 	137
Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan State, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion
===Independent game results===
*11/20: Ohio State - Case Tech 11:1
*12/3: Ohio State - Oberlin 8:3
*12/3: Wisconsin - Macalester 5:0
*12/4: Wisconsin - Macalester 12:2
*12/4: Ohio State - Denison 7:3
*12/10: Superior State - Wisconsin 4:3
*12/11: Wisconsin - Superior State 8:2
*12/18: Minnesota - Wisconsin 5:1
*12/28: Army - Wisconsin 4:2
*12/29: Army - Wisconsin 4:2
*1/7: Wisconsin - Ohio University 6:1
*1/8: Wisconsin - Ohio State 8:1
*1/14: Northwestern - Ohio State 5:3
*1/15: Lake Forest - Ohio State 6:4
*1/22: Ohio State - Dayton 6:3
*1/22: Wisconsin - Lake Forest 9:2
*1/28: Colorado College - Wisconsin 3:2
*1/29: Colorado College - Wisconsin 10:4
*1/29: Toledo - Ohio State 5:3
*2/4: Ohio State - Air Force 6:2
*2/4: Wisconsin - Ohio University 7:5
*2/5: Wisconsin - Ohio University 4:3
*2/11: Michigan State - Wisconsin 3:1
*2/12: Michigan State - Wisconsin 5:3
*2/12: Boston State - Ohio State 7:1
*2/18: Ohio University - Ohio State 5:3
*2/18: St. John's - Wisconsin 4:3 OT
*2/19: Wisconsin - St. John's 3:1
*2/19: Ohio University - Ohio State 10:2
*2/22: Wisconsin - Minnesota 5:4 OT
*2/25: Ohio State - Miami 8:1
*2/25: Wisconsin - St. Thomas 5:0
*2/26: Wisconsin - St. Thomas 12:3
*2/26: Ohio State - Illinois 4:1
*3/4: Ohio State - Denison 5:3
*3/5: Ohio State - Illinois 3:2
;Fur Rendezvous Alaska State Hockey Tournament
*Anchorage Blades - Alaska-Fairbanks 11:7
*Hohn Plumbers - Alaska-Fairbanks 10:5
*Alaska-Fairbanks - Elmendorf Rockets 19:5
*Anchorage Blades - Alaska-Fairbanks 6:5
Whitehorse (Yukon) beat Alaska-Fairbanks in three games.
==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==
All eight teams in the WCHA were eligible for the tournament. In the first round the schools were matched up based upon regional location, having the schools closest to one another play a single game with the winners advancing to the second round. The two Colorado schools (Colorado College and Denver) met in one match, leaving North Dakota to play their closest geographic rival Minnesota. With the Gophers occupied Minnesota-Duluth's next closest opponent was Michigan Tech, leaving Michigan and Michigan State as the pair in the final First Round game. This format was to be used for the following season as well with each team in the first round matches serving as the home team once. Denver was the only higher seed to play a road game in the first round but was guaranteed to be the home team the following season. After the first round the two eastern-most remaining teams met in the home venues of Michigan Tech (Dee Stadium) while the two western-most schools met at Denver's home building (DU Arena). In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched with the winners being declared as co-conference tournament champions. 
;First round
*3/3: Michigan Tech - Minnesota-Duluth 9:3
*3/3: North Dakota - Minnesota 4:3
*3/3: Denver - Colorado College 8:2
*3/3: Michigan State - Michigan 3:2
;Second round
*3/5: Michigan State - Michigan Tech 4:3
*3/5: Denver - North Dakota 5:4 OT
==NCAA Tournament==
===Qualifying teams===
Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the two WCHA tournament co-champions received automatic bids into the tournament. An at-large bid was offered to a second eastern team based upon both their ECAC 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 	Boston University	ECAC Hockey	27–6–0	At-Large 	5th 	1960 	1 	Denver 	WCHA 	17–10–3	Tournament co-champion	6th 	1964
2 	Clarkson 	ECAC Hockey	23–2–0	Tournament champion	5th 	1963 	2 	Michigan State	WCHA 	14–13–0	Tournament co-champion	2nd 	1959
===Results===
;Semifinals
*3/17: Clarkson - Denver 4:3
*3/18: Michigan State - Boston University 2:1
;Consolation Game
*3/19: Denver - Boston University 4:3
;Championship Game
*3/19: Michigan State - Clarkson 6:1
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