1971–72_NCAA_University_Division_men's_ice_hockey_season
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.
Quick Facts –72 NCAA UniversityDivision men's ice hockey season, Duration ...
| 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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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]
Pre-season conference polls
Conference pre-season polls as voted on by coaches.
More information ECAC Poll, Rank ...
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Season tournaments
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| 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
More information Conference, Overall ...
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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More information Conference, Overall ...
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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More information Conference, Overall ...
| 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 | 0 | .529 | 73 | 75 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 106 | 102 | |
| Dartmouth | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .528 | 81 | 78 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 120 | 103 | |
| Boston College | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 93 | 106 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 130 | 155 | |
| Brown | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .452 | 70 | 75 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 78 | 84 | |
| St. Lawrence | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .306 | 63 | 78 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 100 | 108 | |
| Yale | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .294 | 70 | 105 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 108 | 128 | |
| Colgate | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .263 | 52 | 94 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 83 | 122 | |
| Princeton | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .263 | 52 | 108 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 62 | 127 | |
| Northeastern | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .150 | 68 | 118 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 102 | 145 | |
| Army | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 29 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 99 | 88 | |
| Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
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More information Conference, Overall ...
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Rensselaer† | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 123 | 84 | |
| Clarkson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 158 | 102 | |
| St. Lawrence | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 100 | 108 | |
| † indicates conference regular season champion | ||||||||||||||
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More information Conference, Overall ...
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 31 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 226 | 119 | |
| Alaska–Fairbanks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
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More information Conference, Overall ...
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Denver†* | 28 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 54 | 148 | 104 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 205 | 137 | |
| Wisconsin* | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 48 | 134 | 87 | 38 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 170 | 106 | |
| North Dakota | 28 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 130 | 109 | 36 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 161 | 138 | |
| Michigan State | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 119 | 103 | 36 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 154 | 129 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 40 | 129 | 123 | 35 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 148 | 150 | |
| Michigan | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 108 | 163 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 132 | 186 | |
| Michigan Tech | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 120 | 124 | 34 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 152 | 148 | |
| Notre Dame | 26 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 120 | 121 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 164 | 160 | |
| Colorado College | 28 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 140 | 165 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 170 | 184 | |
| Minnesota | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 83 | 132 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 97 | 157 | |
| Championship: Wisconsin, Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
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| Semifinals March 16–17 | National championship March 18 | ||||||||
| E1 | Boston University | 4 | |||||||
| W2 | Wisconsin | 1 | |||||||
| E1 | Boston University | 4 | |||||||
| E2 | Cornell | 0 | |||||||
| W1 | Denver | 2 | |||||||
| E2 | Cornell | 7 | Third-place game | ||||||
| W1 | Denver | 2 | |||||||
| W2 | Wisconsin | 5 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
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| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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| Dave Skalko | Junior | Air Force | 31 | 27 | 49 | 76 | 33 |
| Doug Palazzari | Sophomore | Colorado College | 32 | 32 | 40 | 72 | 42 |
| Bob Ross | Senior | Air Force | 31 | 39 | 31 | 70 | 8 |
| Tom Peluso | Sophomore | Denver | 37 | 32 | 37 | 69 | 73 |
| Mike Bartley | Sophomore | Bowling Green | 33 | 37 | 31 | 68 | - |
| Don Thompson | Junior | Michigan State | 35 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 66 |
| Peter McNab | Sophomore | Denver | 38 | 27 | 38 | 65 | 16 |
| Larry Fullan | Senior | Cornell | 29 | 20 | 43 | 63 | 28 |
| John Gray | Senior | New Hampshire | 30 | 29 | 33 | 63 | 44 |
| Guy Smith | Senior | New Hampshire | 29 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 75 |
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Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
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| Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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| Dick Perkins | Freshman | Wisconsin | 13 | 719 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 1 | .940 | 1.92 |
| Dan Brady | Senior | Boston University | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.22 |
| Bill McKenzie | Senior | Ohio State | 22 | 1280 | 19 | - | - | 48 | 4 | - | 2.25 |
| Dave Elenbaas | Sophomore | Cornell | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | .902 | 2.79 |
| Jim Makey | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 28 | 1578 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 81 | 0 | .900 | 3.08 |
| Terry Miskolczi | Junior | Bowling Green | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.22 |
| Lou Reycroft | Senior | Brown | - | 1142 | - | - | - | 63 | 0 | .888 | 3.31 |
| Kevin Woods | Junior | Clarkson | 17 | 980 | 11 | - | - | 54 | 0 | .887 | 3.33 |
| Eric Gorzelnik | Junior | Army | 25 | 1496 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 85 | 1 | .904 | 3.41 |
| Don Cutts | Sophomore | Rensselaer | 21 | 1260 | - | - | - | 72 | 1 | .898 | 3.43 |
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WCHA
More information Award, Recipient ...
| Award[12] | Recipient | |
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| Most Valuable Player | Doug Palazzari, Colorado College | |
| Freshman of the Year | Alan Hangsleben, North Dakota | |
| Coach of the Year | Jeff Sauer, Colorado College | |
| All-WCHA Teams[13] | ||
| First Team | Position | Second Team |
| Jim Watt, Michigan State | G | Jim Makey, Wisconsin |
| Alan Hangsleben, North Dakota | D | Bob Boyd, Michigan State |
| Bob Winograd, Colorado College | D | Rick Wilson, North Dakota |
| Jim Cahoon, North Dakota | F | Walt Ledingham, Minnesota-Duluth |
| Doug Palazzari, Colorado College | F | Bernie Gagnon, Michigan |
| Tom Peluso, Denver | F | Don Thompson, Michigan State |
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Main article: 1972 NHL Amateur Draft
More information Round, Pick ...
| Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
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| 3 | 42 | Bob Krieger | Denver | WCHA | Detroit Red Wings |
| 4 | 61 | Tom Peluso | Denver | WCHA | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 4 | 62 | Dave Elenbaas | Cornell | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 5 | 66 | Bill Nyrop | Notre Dame | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
| 5 | 74 | Dennis Johnson | North Dakota | WCHA | Detroit Red Wings |
| 6 | 84 | Mike Usitalo | Michigan Tech | WCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
| 6 | 85 | Peter McNab | Denver | WCHA | Buffalo Sabres |
| 6 | 93 | Rob Palmer | Denver | WCHA | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 6 | 94 | D'Arcy Ryan | Yale | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 7 | 104 | D’Arcy Keating | Notre Dame | WCHA | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 7 | 107 | Monte Miron | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 7 | 112 | Gordie Clark | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | Boston Bruins |
| 8 | 121 | Gary Winchester | Wisconsin | WCHA | St. Louis Blues |
| 8 | 124 | Bob Lundeen | Wisconsin | WCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
| 8 | 125 | Billy Reay | Wisconsin | WCHA | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 9 | 138 | George Kuzmicz | Cornell | ECAC Hockey | Detroit Red Wings |
| 9 | 139 | Pat Boutette | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 9 | 142 | Eddie Bumbacco | Notre Dame | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
| 9 | 143 | Gary Schofield | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 10 | 150 | Dave Arundel | Wisconsin | WCHA | Detroit Red Wings |
| 10 | 151 | Fred Riggall | Dartmouth | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
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