1972–73 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season

1972–73 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season
Duration	November 1972– March, 1973
NCAA tournament	1973
List of NCAA Division II men's ice hockey seasons ← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1972 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 9th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament	Dates	Teams	Champion
North County Thanksgiving Festival	November 23–25	4	Clarkson
Lowell Thanksgiving Tournament	November 23, 26	4	Merrimack
Merrimack Christmas Tournament	December 15–16	4	Merrimack
ECAC Christmas Tournament	December 19–20	4	Dartmouth
Codfish Bowl		4	Saint Anselm
Williams Tournament	December 28–30	4	Williams
Nichols School Invitational	December 29–30	4	St. Lawrence

Standings

1972–73 ECAC 2 standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Vermont †*	16	16	0	0	1.000	127	34		31	24	7	0	190	91
Oswego State	17	13	2	2	.824	98	66		25	18	5	2	144	108
Saint Anselm	19	15	4	0	.789	111	51		23	16	7	0	125	72
Williams	19	14	5	0	.737	121	65		23	16	7	0
Massachusetts	18	12	4	2	.722	103	58		27	14	11	2	141	105
Bowdoin	16	11	4	1	.719	81	56		24	14	8	2
Merrimack	19	13	5	1	.711	100	63		32	18	12	2	150	131
Norwich	19	11	6	2	.632	94	76		26	13	11	2	129	111
Bentley	7	4	3	0	.571	47	35
Babson	16	9	7	0	.563	79	62		17	10	7	0
Middlebury	16	9	7	0	.563	60	60		23	11	11	1
Lowell Tech	21	11	9	1	.548	92	75		23	12	10	1	97	81
Buffalo	13	7	6	0	.538	75	66		22	10	12	0
Salem State	19	10	9	0	.526	91	90
Boston State	21	11	10	0	.524	119	95		26	13	13	0
Connecticut	22	11	11	0	.500	111	106		24	12	12	0	118	114
Bridgewater State	17	8	9	0	.471	110	85		17	8	9	0
Holy Cross	21	9	12	0	.429	112	124		23	11	12	0	132	135
American International	21	8	11	2	.429	96	123		25	9	14	2
New England College	19	8	11	0	.421	71	78		20	9	11	0
New Haven	19	7	12	0	.368	71	98
Ithaca	15	5	10	0	.333	60	68
Hamilton	19	6	13	0	.316	72	108		22	7	15	0
Plymouth State	5	1	3	1	.300	15	23		6	2	3	1
Colby	21	4	16	1	.214	65	114		23	4	18	1
Amherst	17	3	14	0	.176	71	107
Championship: March 10, 1973 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1972–73 ECAC 3 standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Framingham State †	13	12	1	0	.923	104	29		29	24	5	0
Worcester State *	21	12	9	0	.571	133	115		23	13	10	0
Nasson	7	3	3	1	.500	24	27		13	6	5	2
Nichols	15	7	8	0	.467	96	87		19	10	9	0	127	92
Wesleyan	18	7	11	0	.389	104	99		21	10	11	0	126	109
North Adams State	7	2	5	0	.286	23	36		17	10	6	1
MIT	13	3	10	0	.231	46	122		17	5	12	0
Amherst	17	3	14	0	.176	71	107		18	4	14	0
RIT	8	1	7	0	.125	28	54		25	14	10	1	145	109
Maine at Portland–Gorham	10	0	10	0	.000	20	112		13	1	12	0	30	138
Assumption	10	0	10	0	.000	18	118		18	1	17	0
Lehigh	6	0	6	0	.000	10	69		19	8	11	0
Championship: March 8, 1973 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1972–73 NCAA College Division Independent ice hockey standings v t e
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Alaska Methodist
Chicago State
Hillsdale
Illinois-Chicago	22	11	11	0
Iona	16	10	5	1
Lake Forest	36	19	17	0	206	157
Mankato State	20	14	4	2	112	64
Oberlin
Plymouth State	11	5	5	1
St. Cloud State	20	8	12	0	75	89
St. Olaf	19	7	12	0	–	–

1972–73 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Gustavus Adolphus †	14	14	0	0	24				24	18	6	0
Augsburg	14	11	3	0	26				25	14	11	0
Saint Mary's	14	11	3	0	26				20	17	3	0
Concordia (MN)	14	7	7	0	14				22	9	13	0
St. Thomas	14	7	7	0	14				22	9	12	1
Hamline	14	3	11	0	6
Saint John's	14	2	12	0	4				22	5	17	0
Macalester	14	1	13	0	2
† indicates conference regular season champion

See also

• 1972–73 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season

References

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