1969–70 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season


The 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1969 and concluded with the 1970 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 21, 1970, at the Olympic Arena in Lake Placid, New York. This was the 23rd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 75th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
In 1969 the NCAA changed their bylaws to permit freshman to play on the Varsity team. Beginning with this season universities were permitted to not only have first-year students play for their teams but to also have said players earn letters for four seasons rather than the previous limit of three. As a consequence the WCHA offered both a Sophomore-of-the-Year and Freshman-of-the-Year awards with the previous being formally retired following the campaign.
Cornell finished the 1969–70 season with an undefeated record of 24–0, only the second flawless campaign in the modern history of Division I ice hockey. The previous unblemished season, however, came with a caveat as 8 Golden Knight players were 4-year seniors. As a result, the Clarkson team declined to play in the NCAA tournament. Cornell's undefeated team had no such issues and was able to compete in, and win, both their conference tournament and the NCAA tournament to become the first and thus far only undefeated NCAA champion.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Standings

1970 NCAA Tournament

Note: * denotes overtime period

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
SeniorBoston College2428406820
JuniorNew Hampshire3127366324
JuniorBrown2426376322
SeniorColgate-372562-
SeniorCornell2924376140
FreshmanNotre Dame3024355922
SophomoreClarkson3235225724
JuniorDenver3230275712
SeniorCornell2822355732
JuniorColorado College3018395736

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
JuniorCornell2917102900533.9211.86
FreshmanNew Hampshire–------.8982.00
SophomoreBoston University231340---632.8972.82
JuniorWisconsin2112501470601-2.88
JuniorArmy23138813100684.9042.94
JuniorClarkson27155019--794.8973.06
SophomoreOhio State251500---794-3.16
SeniorMinnesota2515001870812.9043.24
SeniorBrown-1441---791.9073.29
FreshmanDenver301800191011031.8833.43

Awards

NCAA

ECAC

WCHA

See Also