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


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 78th 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.
After the season Army was classified as a Division II squad as part of the NCAA's numerical classification system.
Lake Superior State began to sponsor their ice hockey program and the team was promptly admitted into the CCHA.

Regular season

Season tournaments

†Boston University won the tournament but was forced to forfeit each of the three games played after the conclusion of the season.

Standings

1973 NCAA Tournament

Note: * denotes overtime period
Note: † Denver's participation was later vacated due to NCAA violations

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
SophomoreSaint Louis3847499622
JuniorNotre Dame3843479038
JuniorSaint Louis383746836
JuniorSaint Louis383147788
SophomoreArmy-393372-
JuniorDenver3832407218
SophomoreSaint Louis3826467220
JuniorNotre Dame3535346954
JuniorCornell2925446918
JuniorOhio State3033356844

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
SeniorDenver35209427711022.9212.90
SophomoreBoston University271612---790.9112.94
JuniorCornell29------.9053.06
SophomoreMichigan Tech1710311141550.9053.20
JuniorMinnesota231345---740.9063.30
FreshmanNew Hampshire201200---670.8973.35
SophomoreWisconsin171021---582.8923.41
SeniorClarkson1478911--462.8933.50
SophomoreBoston College2011801541701.8953.56
JuniorRensselaer301800---1091.8983.63

Awards

NCAA

CCHA

No Awards

ECAC

WCHA

See Also