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| 1971–72 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season | |||||
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 The Boston Garden served as the host for the 1972 Tournament | |||||
| Duration | November 1971– March 18, 1972 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 1972 | ||||
| National championship | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts | ||||
| NCAA champion | Boston University | ||||
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The 1971–72 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1971 and concluded with the 1972 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 18, 1972 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the 25th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 78th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
This was the first year of play for the CCHA with former independents Ohio State and Saint Louis being joined by new programs from Bowling Green and Ohio.[1]
Notre Dame joined the WCHA.
For the final time the ICAC awarded a trophy to the league champion.[2]
Season Outlook
Pre-season conference polls
Conference pre-season polls as voted on by coaches.
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Regular season
Season tournaments
| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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| Christmas City of the North Tournament | November 25–27 | 4 | Lake Superior State |
| North Country Thanksgiving Festival | November 25–27 | 4 | St. Lawrence |
| Cleveland Cup Invitational | December 20–21 | 4 | Bowling Green |
| ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival | December 20–21 | 4 | Notre Dame |
| ECAC Christmas Hockey Tournament | December 21–22 | 4 | Boston University |
| Flint IMA Tournament | December 28–29 | 4 | Michigan |
| Great Lakes Invitational | December 28–29 | 4 | Michigan Tech |
| Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 28–30 | 4 | Clarkson |
| Syracuse Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Cornell |
| Bowdoin Invitational | January 1–2 | 4 | |
| Beanpot | February 7, 14 | 4 | Boston University |
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Standings
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Wisconsin† | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 48 | 29 | 38 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 170 | 106 | |
| Michigan | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 132 | 186 | |
| Michigan State | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 44 | 36 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 154 | 129 | |
| Minnesota | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 97 | 157 | |
| † indicates conference regular season champion | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Ohio State†* | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 44 | 35 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 154 | 71 | |
| Saint Louis | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 64 | 49 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 194 | 156 | |
| Bowling Green | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 60 | 48 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 172 | 123 | |
| Ohio | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 70 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 97 | 132 | |
| Championship: Ohio State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Cornell† | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 117 | 58 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 175 | 82 | |
| Harvard | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .786 | 118 | 62 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 127 | 76 | |
| Boston University* | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .775 | 88 | 53 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 155 | 69 | |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .667 | 107 | 75 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 122 | 90 | |
| New Hampshire | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 82 | 61 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 140 | 109 | |
| Clarkson | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .600 | 96 | 74 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 158 | 102 | |
| Rensselaer | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .559 | 64 | 62 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 123 | 84 | |
| Providence | 17 | 9 | 8 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=1971–72_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season|||||||||||