1968–69 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season

The 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1968 and concluded with the 1969 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 15, 1969 at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 22nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 74th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
Wisconsin was admitted into the WCHA beginning with this season. Because they now played each of the other three Big Ten teams they were included into the informal conference standings.
Air Force and Notre Dame both begin to sponsor their ice hockey programs. Both teams start as independents. 
==Regular season==
===Season tournaments===
Tournament 	Dates 	Teams	Champion
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival 	December 20–21	4 	Clarkson
Great Lakes Invitational 	December 20–21	4 	Michigan Tech
St. Paul Hockey Classic 	December 20–21	4 	North Dakota
Big Ten Holiday Tournament 	December 26–28	4 	Michigan
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament	December 27–28	4 	Boston University
Syracuse Invitational 	December 27–28	4 	Cornell
Yankee Conference Tournament 	December 27–28	4 	New Hampshire
Broadmoor World Tournament 	December 27–29	3 	Denver
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament 	December 27–29	4 	Waterloo
Centennial Tournament 	January 3–4 	4 	Loyola
Beanpot 	February 3, 10	4 	Harvard
===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† 	12 	7 	5 	0 	.583 	42 	39 	 	28 	16 	12 	0 	124 	101
Michigan State 	10 	5 	4 	1 	.550 	25 	18 	 	28 	11 	16 	1 	91 	123
Minnesota 	10 	4 	5 	1 	.450 	25 	29 	 	29 	13 	13 	3 	113 	96
Wisconsin 	8 	3 	5 	0 	.375 	26 	32 	 	34 	22 	10 	2 	215 	98
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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
Cornell†* 	20 	19 	1 	0 	.950 	139 	39 	 	29 	27 	2 	0 	190 	54
Boston College 	21 	16 	5 	0 	.762 	114 	72 	 	26 	19 	7 	0 	144 	91
Harvard 	23 	16 	6 	1 	.717 	135 	74 	 	28 	19 	8 	1 	157 	101
Clarkson 	18 	12 	5 	1 	.694 	94 	65 	 	28 	19 	7 	2 	158 	96
New Hampshire 	16 	10 	5 	1 	.656 	68 	56 	 	29 	22 	6 	1 	155 	77
Boston University 	21 	13 	8 	0 	.619 	107 	69 	 	29 	19 	10 	1 	154 	84
Rensselaer 	14 	8 	5 	1 	.607 	58 	54 	 	21 	12 	8 	1 	93 	77
Brown 	20 	10 	9 	1 	.525 	98 	83 	 	22 	10 	11 	1 	100 	86
St. Lawrence 	18 	8 	8 	2 	.500 	83 	76 	 	24 	11 	11 	2 	102 	96
Army 	11 	4 	6 	1 	.409 	45 	48 	 	28 	20 	7 	1 	167 	104
Yale 	23 	9 	14 	0 	.391 	72 	113 	 	24 	9 	15 	0 	72 	113
Colgate 	16 	6 	10 	0 	.375 	53 	68 	 	25 	12 	13 	0 	116 	110
Dartmouth 	21 	6 	13 	2 	.333 	83 	146 	 	23 	7 	14 	2 	91 	154
Providence 	15 	4 	11 	0 	.267 	43 	76 	 	21 	7 	14 	0 	67 	95
Northeastern 	18 	4 	14 	0 	.222 	56 	108 	 	23 	7 	16 	0 	74 	127
Princeton 	23 	5 	18 	0 	.217 	62 	91 	 	24 	5 	19 	0 	62 	91
Pennsylvania 	15 	1 	14 	0 	.067 	44 	116 	 	22 	7 	15 	0 	79 	131
Championship: Cornell† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Cornell† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Cornell† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Cornell† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Cornell† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Cornell† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Cornell† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Cornell† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Cornell† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Cornell† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Cornell† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Cornell† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Cornell† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Cornell† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Cornell† 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
Rensselaer† 	4 	2 	1 	1 	5 	18 	18 	 	21 	12 	8 	1 	93 	77
Clarkson 	4 	2 	2 	0 	4 	21 	18 	 	28 	19 	7 	2 	158 	96
St. Lawrence 	4 	1 	2 	1 	3 	17 	20 	 	24 	11 	11 	2 	102 	96
† 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
Air Force 	0 	0 	0 	0 	- 	- 	- 	 	18 	6 	12 	0 	85 	100
Alaska–Fairbanks 	0 	0 	0 	0 	- 	- 	- 	 	9 	3 	6 	0 	- 	-
Notre Dame 	0 	0 	0 	0 	- 	- 	- 	 	27 	16 	8 	3 	149 	117
Ohio 	0 	0 	0 	0 	- 	- 	- 	 	29 	11 	17 	1 	- 	-
Ohio State 	0 	0 	0 	0 	- 	- 	- 	 	29 	11 	18 	0 	122 	161
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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 	14 	5 	1 	.725 	86 	56 	 	32 	21 	9 	2 	144 	95
Denver* 	20 	14 	6 	0 	.700 	94 	50 	 	32 	26 	6 	0 	160 	71
North Dakota 	22 	15 	7 	0 	.682 	97 	89 	 	29 	18 	10 	1 	130 	125
Michigan 	18 	10 	8 	0 	.556 	75 	63 	 	28 	16 	12 	0 	124 	101
Minnesota 	22 	11 	9 	2 	.545 	74 	60 	 	29 	13 	13 	3 	113 	96
Michigan State 	18 	7 	10 	1 	.417 	51 	57 	 	28 	11 	16 	1 	91 	123
Colorado College 	18 	4 	14 	0 	.222 	47 	94 	 	28 	12 	16 	0 	105 	121
Minnesota-Duluth 	22 	3 	19 	0 	.136 	64 	119 	 	29 	6 	23 	0 	91 	147
Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion	Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver† indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion
===Independent game results===
*11/15: Wisconsin - Pennsylvania 7:0
*11/16: Wisconsin - Pennsylvania 11:0 
*11/22: Wisconsin - Michigan Tech 7:7 OT
*11/22: Bowling Green - Ohio State 5:1
*11/22: Notre Dame - Ohio University 8:7
*11/23: Ohio University - Notre Dame 5:3
*11/23: Ohio State - Tennessee 18:1
*11/23: Wisconsin - Michigan Tech 4:3
*11/29: Wisconsin - Michigan 5:4
*11/29: Lake Superior State - Ohio State 20:0 - Lake Superior Tournament
*11/30: Cambrian - Ohio State 7:6 - " 
*11/30: Michigan - Wisconsin 5:3
*12/4: Minnesota - Wisconsin 5:1
*12/6: Bowling Green - Wisconsin 4:3
*12/6: Ohio University - Ohio State 5:3
*12/7: Ohio University - Ohio State 8:2
*12/7: Wisconsin - Bowling Green 8:3
*12/7: Alaska-Methodist - Alaska-Fairbanks 9:5
*12/11: Notre Dame - Windsor (ON) 4:4 OT
*12/13: Wisconsin - North Dakota 7:5
*12/13: Notre Dame - Air Force 8:1
*12/14: Notre Dame - Air Force 5:4
*12/14: Wisconsin - North Dakota 11:7
*12/14: Ohio State - Oberlin 7:2
*12/19: Ohio University - Providence 3:2
*12/20: Ohio State - Tennessee 6:1
*12/20: Notre Dame - Gustavus Adolphus 6:3
*12/20: Wisconsin - Michigan State 6:4 - Great Lakes Invitational
*12/20: Michigan Tech - Michigan 3:2 - " 
*12/21: Michigan State - Michigan 4:2 - " 
*12/21: Michigan Tech - Wisconsin 4:1 - "
*12/21: Notre Dame - St. Mary's 4:4 OT
*12/21: Ohio State - Tennessee 6:3
*12/26: Michigan State - Wisconsin 3:2 - Big Ten Tournament
*12/26: Minnesota - Ohio State 10:1 - " 
*12/27: Wisconsin - Ohio State 10:2 - "
*12/27: Michigan - Minnesota 6:4 - "
*12/28: Wisconsin - Minnesota 3:3 OT - "
*12/28: Michigan - Michigan State 8:3 - " 
*12/29: Army - Ohio University 9:4
*1/3: Colorado College - Wisconsin 5:3
*1/3: Ohio University - St. Clair College (ON) 5:4 - Cleveland Invitational
*1/3: Bowling Green - University of Windsor (ON) 3:2 OT - " 
*1/4: Bowling Green - Ohio University 8:5 - "
*1/4: St. Clair College (ON) - University of Windsor (ON) 5:3 - "
*1/4: Colorado College - Wisconsin 3:2 OT
*1/4: Notre Dame - Illinois HC 8:2
*1/8: Wisconsin - Minnesota 7:3
*1/9: Notre Dame - Ohio University 8:5
*1/10: Notre Dame - Ohio University 1:1 OT
*1/10: Ohio State - Lake Forest 7:4
*1/10: Bowling Green - Air Force 5:2
*1/11: Bowling Green - Air Force 11:1
*1/11: Ohio State - Lake Forest 3:1
*1/11: Wisconsin - Ohio University 11:3
*1/11: Notre Dame - Detroit 12:3
*1/17: Ohio State - Air Force 6:4
*1/17: Notre Dame - St. John's 5:4
*1/18: Notre Dame - St. John's 6:1
*1/18: Air Force - Ohio State 6:4
*1/19: Notre Dame - St. Thomas 7:1
*1/20: Notre Dame - St. Thomas 3:2 OT
*1/24: Lake Forest - Ohio State 3:2
*1/24: Air Force - Illinois 6:2
*1/25: Air Force - Illinois 7:0
*1/25: Wisconsin - Ohio State 10:1
*1/28: Wisconsin - Bowling Green 11:1
*1/29: Wisconsin - Ohio State 5:0
*1/30: Wisconsin - Notre Dame 10:2
*1/31: Wisconsin - Notre Dame 12:0
*1/31: Bowling Green - Ohio State 5:0
*1/31: Ohio University - Air Force 9:6
*2/1: Lake Forest - Air Force 4:2
*2/1: Ohio State - Bowling Green 5:4
*2/1: Colorado College - Ohio University 12:1
*2/1: Alaska Methodist - Alaska-Fairbanks 9:5
*2/5: Notre Dame - Lake Forest 5:2
*2/7: Wisconsin - Michigan State 2:1
*2/7: St. Mary's - Notre Dame 5:1
*2/7: Wisconsin-River Falls - Air Force 7:4
*2/8: Wisconsin-River Falls - air Force 8:6
*2/8: St. Mary's - Notre Dame 9:5
*2/8: Michigan State - Wisconsin 4:3
*2/8: Ohio State - Oberlin 13:2
*2/12: Ohio University - Ohio State 6:4
*2/12: Notre Dame - Illinois HC 12:1
*2/14: Western Michigan - Ohio State 4:3
*2/14: Wisconsin - Notre Dame 5:1
*2/14: Bowling Green - Air Force 7:6
*2/15: Bowling Green - Air Force 6:4
*2/15: Wisconsin - Notre Dame 10:2
*2/15: Western Michigan - Ohio State 7:5
*2/18: Notre Dame - Lake Forest 7:4
*2/19: Bowling Green - Ohio State 5:0
*2/21: Ohio State - Air Force 7:5
*2/21: Wisconsin - Ohio University 13:2
*2/22: Wisconsin - Ohio University 12:0
*2/22: Air Force - Ohio State 7:4
*2/23: Notre Dame - Purdue HC 14:4
*2/28: Gustavus Adolphus - Notre Dame 7:5
*2/28: Michigan - Wisconsin 8:5
*2/28: Ohio State - Ohio University 5:4
*2/28: Air Force - St. John's 6:1
*3/1: Air Force - St. John's 8:6
*3/1: Notre Dame - Ohio State 7:1 
*3/1: Michigan - Wisconsin 2:0
*3/8: Wisconsin - Lake Forest 5:1
*3/8: Western Michigan - Detroit 7:5 - Bowling Green Invitational - consolation
*3/8: Bowling Green - Ohio University 4:2 - " - final
*3/22: Army - Air Force 12:4
*3/23: Army - Air Force 8:0 
*Hohn Plumbers - Alaska-Fairbanks
==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 member teams in the WCHA were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to the final conference standings. The eight teams were then divided into two separate groups by placing all three teams from Michigan in the east region, held at the Weinberg Coliseum, and all teams west of Minnesota were placed in the west region, held at the DU Arena. The remaining two Minnesota-based universities were divided so that Minnesota went into the east region and Minnesota-Duluth went into the west region. Once each regional group was set the teams were reseeded No. 1 to No. 4 according to their final conference standings. In the Second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds in each region were matched in a single game with the winners advancing to their regional final games. The winners of the two championship games were declared as co-conference tournament champions. 
===East Regional===
;Semifinals
*3/7: Michigan Tech - Michigan State 4:2
*3/7: Michigan - Minnesota 8:4
;Final
*3/8: Michigan Tech - Michigan 7:4
===West Regional===
;Semifinals
*3/6: Denver - Minnesota-Duluth 4:1
*3/7: Colorado College - North Dakota 5:4
;Final
*3/8: Denver - Colorado College 3:1
==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 	Cornell	ECAC Hockey	26–1–0	Tournament champion	3rd 	1968 	1 	Denver 	WCHA 	24–6–0	Tournament co-champion	8th 	1968
2 	Harvard	ECAC Hockey	18–7–1	At-Large 	4th 	1958 	2 	Michigan Tech	WCHA 	21–7–1	Tournament co-champion	5th 	1965
===Results===
;Semifinals
*3/13: Denver - Harvard 9:2
*3/14: Cornell - Michigan Tech 4:3 OT
;Consolation Game
*3/15: Harvard - Michigan Tech 6:5 2OT
;Championship Game
*3/15: Denver - Cornell 4:3
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