1970–71 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season
| 1970–71 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season | |||||
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| Duration | November 1970– March, 1971 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 1971 | ||||
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The 1970–71 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1970 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 7th season of second-tier college ice hockey.
Regular season
[edit]Season tournaments
[edit]| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrimack Christmas Tournament | December 17–18 | 4 | Ohio |
| Codfish Bowl | December 26–27 | 4 | Merrimack |
| Lake Forest Tournament | February 19–20 | 4 | Cambrian |
Standings
[edit]| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Bowdoin †* | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 94 | 34 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Vermont | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 90 | 45 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 118 | 87 | |
| Massachusetts | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .781 | 112 | 42 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 129 | 71 | |
| Buffalo | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .688 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 76 | 67 | |
| Holy Cross | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 102 | 104 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 106 | 106 | |
| Nichols | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .654 | 62 | 52 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 132 | 93 | |
| Oswego State | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 51 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Salem State | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .594 | 76 | 64 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Hamilton | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | .588 | 89 | 84 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Norwich | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 109 | 84 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 133 | 129 | |
| Worcester State | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .542 | 69 | 62 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Amherst | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 77 | 78 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Saint Anselm | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 70 | 74 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 106 | 96 | |
| Merrimack | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .531 | 68 | 72 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 112 | 145 | |
| American International | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | .472 | 99 | 107 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Lowell Tech | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .469 | 109 | 112 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 125 | 112 | |
| MIT | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | 30 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Boston State | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .425 | 93 | 98 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Middlebury | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | .412 | 72 | 65 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | |||
| New Haven | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 46 | 69 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Colby | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | .350 | 93 | 111 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 93 | 111 | |
| Williams | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | .333 | 83 | 95 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Connecticut | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .263 | 50 | 116 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 62 | 143 | |
| Babson | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 50 | 69 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | |||
| Lehigh | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | 14 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 96 | 78 | |
| Bridgewater State | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 20 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 42 | |
| Assumption | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 23 | 64 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Ithaca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Championship: March 13, 1971 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
| Overall record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
| Alaska Methodist | ||||||
| Buffalo | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 97 | 72 |
| Hillsdale | ||||||
| Illinois-Chicago | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Iona | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lake Forest | 23 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 141 | 88 |
| Mankato State | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 90 | 48 |
| New England College | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oberlin | ||||||
| RIT | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| St. Cloud State | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 80 | 60 |
| St. Olaf | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | – | – |
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Gustavus Adolphus1 † | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 114 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Saint Mary's | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 67 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Concordia (MN)2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 67 | 46 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Augsburg | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 82 | 52 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Saint John's | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 69 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Hamline | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 58 | |||||||
| St. Thomas | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 47 | 66 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Macalester | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 133 | |||||||
| 1 Gustavus Adolphus finished 13-1 in MIAC play. 2 Concordia finished 11-3 in MIAC play. † indicates conference regular season champion | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Nichols †* | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .917 | 42 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 132 | 93 | |
| Assumption | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Worcester State | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| WPI | ||||||||||||||
| Championship: March 13, 1971 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||