1967–68 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season explained

Gender:men
Division:university
Year:1967
Duration:November 1967–
March 16, 1968
Champ Stad:Duluth Arena Auditorium
Champ City:Duluth, Minnesota
Champ:Denver

The 1967–68 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1967 and concluded with the 1968 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 16, 1968, at the Duluth Arena Auditorium in Duluth, Minnesota. This was the 21st season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 74th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Pennsylvania joined ECAC Hockey beginning with this season.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
New Brunswick InvitationalNovember 24–254Boston University
Great Lakes InvitationalDecember 20–214North Dakota
ECAC Holiday Hockey FestivalDecember 21–224Cornell
Broadmoor World TournamentDecember 26–305Soviet National Team
St. Paul ClassicDecember 27–284North Dakota
Yankee Conference TournamentDecember 27–284New Hampshire
Big Ten Holiday TournamentDecember 28–304Minnesota
Boston Arena Christmas TournamentDecember 28–304Boston University
Rensselaer Holiday TournamentDecember 28–304McMaster
Brown Holiday TournamentDecember 29–304Brown
Nichols School InvitationalDecember 29–304Cornell
BeanpotFebruary 5, 124Boston University

Standings

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1968 NCAA Tournament

See main article: article and 1968 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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Player stats

Scoring leaders

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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 31 47 30 77 23
Sophomore 32 23 44 67 51
Sophomore 31 30 34 64 44
Junior 28 29 32 61 22
Sophomore 31 24 35 59 20
Senior 24 32 25 57 16
Sophomore 30 27 30 57 6
Senior 34 21 36 57 25
Junior 27 25 31 56 50
Sophomore 29 30 24 54 12
Sophomore 29 24 30 54 -

Leading goaltenders

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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
Junior 29 1620 25 2 0 41 6 .938 1.52
Junior 34 - 28 5 1 - 7 .918 1.91
Sophomore 12 721 - - - 25 2 .926 2.08
Senior 29 - - - - - 3 .919 2.19
Senior - - - - - 42 - .907 2.33
Senior 19 - - - - - - - 2.84
Senior 17 1020 - - - 51 1 .881 3.00
Junior 25 1500 - - - 77 3 .908 3.08
Sophomore 27 1442 16 9 0 75 1 .884 3.12
Junior 18 - - - - - - - 3.13

Awards

NCAA

Award[5] Recipient
Ned Harkness, Cornell
Gerry Powers, Denver
AHCA All-American Teams[6]
East Team   Position   West Team
Ken Dryden, Cornellalign=center GJim Keough, Michigan
Bruce Pattison, Cornellalign=center DTerry Abram, North Dakota
Skip Stanowski, Cornellalign=center DKeith Magnuson, Denver
Brian Cornell, Cornellalign=center FGary Gambucci, Minnesota
Wayne Small, Brownalign=center FBob Munro, North Dakota
Herb Wakabayashi, Boston Universityalign=center FJim Wiste, Denver

ECAC

Award[7] Recipient
Wayne Small, Brown
Mike Hyndman, Boston University
Ken Dryden, Cornell
All-ECAC Hockey Teams[8]
  Position  
Ken Dryden, Cornellalign=center GKen Leu, Northeastern
Skip Stanowski, Cornellalign=center DThomas Rawls, Princeton
Bruce Pattison, Cornellalign=center DBob Carr, Harvard
Wayne Small, Brownalign=center FMike Hyndman, Boston University
Peter Tufford, Cornellalign=center FBrian Cornell, Cornell
Gary Croteau, St. Lawrencealign=center FHerb Wakabayashi, Boston University
align=center FJohn McLennan, Clarkson
align=center FDale Watson, Rensselaer

WCHA

Award[9] Recipient
Keith Magnuson, Denver
Murray McLachlan, Minnesota
Murray Armstrong, Denver
All-WCHA Teams[10]
  Position   Second Team
Mike Curran, North Dakotaalign=center GGerry Powers, Denver
Keith Magnuson, Denveralign=center DDick Paradise, Minnesota
Terry Abram, North Dakotaalign=center DDick Sieradzki, Michigan Tech
Bob Munro, North Dakotaalign=center FBill Klatt, Minnesota
Jim Wiste, Denveralign=center FCliff Koroll, Denver
Gary Gambucci, Minnesotaalign=center FAl Karlander, Michigan Tech

1968 NHL Amateur Draft

See main article: 1968 NHL Amateur Draft.

Round Pick Player College ConferenceNHL team
1 9 North Dakota WCHA Chicago Black Hawks
2 16 Brown ECAC Hockey St. Louis Blues
2 17 Michigan Tech WCHA Detroit Red Wings
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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide. ECAC Hockey. 2014-06-29.
  2. News: 2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112. WCHA. 2014-06-29.
  3. News: NCAA Tournament. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  4. Web site: 1967-68 NCAA Division I Statistics. Elite Prospects. 2016-12-21.
  5. News: NCAA Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. June 11, 2013.
  6. News: Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners. NCAA.org. June 11, 2013.
  7. News: ECAC Awards. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  8. News: ECAC All-Teams. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  9. News: WCHA Awards. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  10. News: WCHA All-Teams. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  11. Web site: 1968 NHL Amateur Draft . Hockey DB . October 25, 2023.

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