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

Gender:men
Division:university
Year:1972
Duration:November 1972–
March 17, 1973
Champ Stad:Boston Garden
Champ City:Boston, Massachusetts
Champ:Wisconsin

The 1972–73 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1972 and concluded with the 1973 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 17, 1973 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the 26th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 79th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

After the season Denver's participation in the NCAA tournament was vacated due to violations of NCAA regulations.[1]

After the season Army was classified as a Division II squad as part of the NCAA's numerical classification system.[2]

Lake Superior State began to sponsor their ice hockey program and the team was promptly admitted into the CCHA.

Season Outlook

Pre-season poll

The top teams in the nation voted on by coaches before the start of the season.

Bob Olson, owner of radio station WMPL, started compiling a national poll in 1972.

WMPL Poll
RankTeam
1Wisconsin (5)
2North Dakota (1)
3Harvard
4Denver
5Michigan Tech (1)
6Cornell
7Boston College (1)
8Notre Dame
9Boston University
10Clarkson

Pre-season conference polls

Conference pre-season polls as voted on by coaches.

ECAC Poll
RankTeam
1Harvard
2Cornell
3Boston University
4Clarkson
5Pennsylvania
6Rensselaer
7New Hampshire (1)
8Providence
9Brown
10Boston College
11Dartmouth
12St. Lawrence
13Yale
14Colgate
15Northeastern
16Princeton
17Army
CCHA Poll
RankTeam
1Saint Louis
2Bowling Green
3Lake Superior State
4Ohio State
5Ohio
WCHA Poll
RankTeam
1Wisconsin (7)
2North Dakota (2)
3Denver
4Michigan Tech (1)
5Notre Dame
6Michigan State
7Minnesota Duluth
8Colorado College
9Minnesota
10Michigan

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Christmas City of the North TournamentNovember 23–254Minnesota–Duluth†
North Country Thanksgiving Festival November 23–254Clarkson
Cleveland Cup InvitationalNovember 29–304Michigan State
Yale InvitationalDecember 18–194Northeastern
ECAC Christmas TournamentDecember 19–204Dartmouth
ECAC Holiday Hockey FestivalDecember 19–204Saint Louis
Great Lakes InvitationalDecember 27–284Harvard
Williams InvitationalDecember 27–294Bowdoin
Rensselaer Holiday TournamentDecember 28–304Minnesota–Duluth
St. Louis Fireman's InvitationalDecember 28–304Wisconsin
Nichols School InvitationalDecember 29–304St. Lawrence
Syracuse InvitationalDecember 29–304Clarkson
BeanpotFebruary 5, 124Boston University
†Boston University won the tournament but was forced to forfeit each of the three games played after the conclusion of the season.

Standings

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Final regular season polls

The final top 10 teams as ranked by coaches (WMPL) before the conference tournament finals.

WMPL Media Poll
RankingTeam
1Denver (5)
2Wisconsin
3Cornell (2)
4Notre Dame
5Harvard (1)
6Boston University (1)
7Boston College
8Michigan State
9Michigan Tech
10Saint Louis

1973 NCAA Tournament

See main article: 1973 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Note: † Denver's participation was later vacated due to NCAA violations

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Player stats

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

PlayerClassTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Sophomore 38 47 49 96 22
Junior 38 43 47 90 38
Junior 38 37 46 83 6
Junior 38 31 47 78 8
Sophomore - 39 33 72 -
Junior 38 32 40 72 18
Sophomore 38 26 46 72 20
Junior 35 35 34 69 54
Junior 29 25 44 69 18
Junior 30 33 35 68 44
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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

PlayerClassTeamGPMinWLOTGASOSV%GAA
Senior 35 2094 27 7 1 102 2 .921 2.90
Sophomore 27 1612 - - - 79 0 .911 2.94
Junior 29 - - - - - - .905 3.06
Sophomore 17 1031 11 4 1 55 0 .905 3.20
Junior 23 1345 - - - 74 0 .906 3.30
Freshman 20 1200 9 7 2 67 1 .897 3.35
Sophomore 17 1021 - - - 58 2 .892 3.41
Senior 14 789 11 - - 46 2 .893 3.50
Sophomore 20 1180 15 4 1 70 1 .895 3.56
Junior 30 1800 - - - 109 1 .898 3.63
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Awards

NCAA

Award[8] Recipient
Len Ceglarski, Boston College
Dean Talafous, Wisconsin
AHCA All-American Teams[9]
East Team   Position   West Team
Ed Walsh, Boston Universityalign=center GRon Grahame, Denver
Tom Mellor, Boston Collegealign=center DBob Boyd, Michigan State
Keith Smith, Brownalign=center DBill Nyrop, Notre Dame
Gordie Clark, New Hampshirealign=center FPat Boutette, Minnesota-Duluth
Steve Dolloff, Boston Universityalign=center FEddie Bumbacco, Notre Dame
Bob McManama, Harvardalign=center FRob Palmer, Denver

CCHA

No Awards
All-CCHA Teams[10]
  Position   Second Team
Ralph Kloiber, Saint Louisalign=center GDon Boyd, Bowling Green
align=center GDon Muio, Lake Superior State
Roger Archer, Bowling Greenalign=center DChuck Gyles, Bowling Green
Bill Slewidge, Lake Superior Statealign=center DJim Witherspoon, Ohio State
Rick Kennedy, Saint Louisalign=center FJulio Francella, Lake Superior State
John Nestic, Saint Louisalign=center FMike Bartley, Bowling Green
Ray Meyers, Ohio Statealign=center FDave Davies, Saint Louis

ECAC

Award[11] Recipient
Tom Mellor, Boston College
Vic Stanfield, Boston University
Carlo Ugolini, Cornell
All-ECAC Hockey Teams[12]
  Position   Second Team
Ned Yetten, Boston Collegealign=center GDon Cutts, Rensselaer
Tom Mellor, Boston Collegealign=center DBill Murray, Cornell
Vic Stanfield, Boston Universityalign=center DKeith Smith, Brown
Gordie Clark, New Hampshirealign=center FBill Corkery, Harvard
Bob McManama, Harvardalign=center FSteve Dolloff, Boston University
Carlo Ugolini, Cornellalign=center FDave Wisener, Boston University

WCHA

Award[13] Recipient
Ron Grahame, Denver
Mike Zuke, Michigan Tech
Lefty Smith, Notre Dame
All-WCHA Teams[14]
  Position   Second Team
Ron Grahame, Denveralign=center GJim Makey, Wisconsin
Bob Boyd, Michigan Statealign=center DBill Nyrop, Notre Dame
Bruce Affleck, Denveralign=center DJim Nahrgang, Michigan Tech
Rob Palmer, Denveralign=center FIan Williams, Notre Dame
Eddie Bumbacco, Notre Damealign=center FNorm Cherrey, Wisconsin
Peter McNab, Denveralign=center FPat Boutette, Minnesota-Duluth

1973 NHL Amateur Draft

See main article: 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.

Round Pick Player College ConferenceNHL team
3 46 ‡ Notre Dame WCHA New York Rangers
4 53 Wisconsin WCHA Atlanta Flames
4 56 North Dakota WCHA Montreal Canadiens
5 67 Boston University ECAC Hockey Vancouver Canucks
5 69 Lake Superior State CCHA Atlanta Flames
6 81 Brown ECAC Hockey New York Islanders
7 97 Rensselaer ECAC Hockey New York Islanders
7 101 Wisconsin WCHA Atlanta Flames
7 108 Denver WCHA Buffalo Sabres
8 117 North Dakota WCHA Atlanta Flames
8 122 Michigan State WCHA Philadelphia Flyers
8 123 † Michigan Tech WCHA Detroit Red Wings
9 129 Michigan Tech WCHA New York Islanders
9 132 Wisconsin WCHA Toronto Maple Leafs
9 136 Wisconsin WCHA Minnesota North Stars
9 140 Wisconsin WCHA Chicago Black Hawks
9 141 Wisconsin WCHA Chicago Black Hawks
10 144 Clarkson ECAC Hockey Toronto Maple Leafs
10 147 Cornell ECAC Hockey Toronto Maple Leafs
10 154 North Dakota WCHA Detroit Red Wings
10 155 Denver WCHA Detroit Red Wings
10 156 North Dakota WCHA Chicago Black Hawks
11 160 Michigan WCHA California Golden Seals
11 162 Michigan WCHA Atlanta Flames
12 167 New Hampshire ECAC Hockey Montreal Canadiens
† incoming freshman
‡ John Campbell had left school after the previous season
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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship History. NCAA. 2015-03-28.
  2. Web site: Army West Point hockey 2015-16 media guide. Army West Point. 2017-01-14.
  3. News: 2012-13 CCHA Media Guide. CCHA. 2014-06-29.
  4. News: 2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide. ECAC Hockey. 2014-06-29.
  5. News: 2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112. WCHA. 2014-06-29.
  6. News: NCAA Tournament. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  7. Web site: 1972-73 NCAA Division I Statistics. Elite Prospects. 2016-06-04.
  8. News: NCAA Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. June 11, 2013.
  9. News: Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners. NCAA.org. June 11, 2013.
  10. News: CCHA All-Teams. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  11. News: ECAC Awards. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  12. News: ECAC All-Teams. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  13. News: WCHA Awards. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  14. News: WCHA All-Teams. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  15. Web site: 1973 NHL Amateur Draft . Hockey DB . October 25, 2023.

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