1972–73 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season
| 1972–73 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season | |||||
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| Duration | November 1972– March, 1973 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 1973 | ||||
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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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 | – | – |
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
