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.
1972–73 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season | |||||
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![]() The Boston Garden served as the host for the 1973 Tournament | |||||
Duration | November 1972– March 17, 1973 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1973 | ||||
National championship | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts | ||||
NCAA champion | Wisconsin | ||||
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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.
Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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Christmas City of the North Tournament | November 23–25 | 4 | Minnesota–Duluth† |
North County Thanksgiving Festival | November 23–25 | 4 | Clarkson |
Cleveland Cup Invitational | November 29–30 | 4 | Michigan State |
Yale Invitational | December 18–19 | 4 | Northeastern |
ECAC Christmas Tournament | December 19–20 | 4 | Dartmouth |
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival | December 19–20 | 4 | Saint Louis |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 27–28 | 4 | Harvard |
Williams Invitational | December 27–29 | 4 | Bowdoin |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 28–30 | 4 | Minnesota–Duluth |
St. Louis Fireman's Invitational | December 28–30 | 4 | Wisconsin |
Nichols School Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | St. Lawrence |
Syracuse Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Clarkson |
Beanpot | February 5, 12 | 4 | Boston University |
†Boston University won the tournament but was forced to forfeit each of the three games played after the conclusion of the season.
Standings
1972–73 Big Ten standings | ||||||||||||||
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Wisconsin† | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 60 | 40 | 40 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 217 | 139 | |
Michigan State† | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 60 | 44 | 36 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 194 | 149 | |
Minnesota | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 50 | 47 | 34 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 124 | 129 | |
Michigan | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 75 | 34 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 136 | 206 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Saint Louis† | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 116 | 52 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 266 | 162 | |
Lake Superior State | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 82 | 53 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 201 | 129 | |
Ohio State | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 76 | 65 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 179 | 141 | |
Bowling Green* | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 95 | 94 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 193 | 191 | |
Ohio | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 141 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | — | — | |
Championship: Bowling Green † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1972–73 ECAC Hockey standings | ||||||||||||||
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Cornell†* | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .806 | 81 | 60 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 156 | 92 | |
Harvard† | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .806 | 117 | 62 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 141 | 79 | |
Boston College | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .711 | 118 | 88 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 188 | 121 | |
Pennsylvania | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | .636 | 90 | 78 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 115 | 97 | |
New Hampshire | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | .579 | 93 | 87 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 129 | 121 | |
Clarkson | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | .550 | 101 | 82 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 176 | 137 | |
Rensselaer | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | .550 | 87 | 67 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 142 | 124 | |
Boston University^ | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .528 | 100 | 51 | 29 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 174 | 86 | |
Brown | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | .526 | 72 | 75 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 84 | 96 | |
Northeastern | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 93 | 98 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 144 | 125 | |
St. Lawrence | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 87 | 89 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 149 | 131 | |
Dartmouth | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .425 | 74 | 85 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 106 | 93 | |
Yale | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | .367 | 47 | 69 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 102 | 89 | |
Providence | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | .353 | 62 | 79 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 107 | 110 | |
Colgate | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .294 | 58 | 94 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 107 | 165 | |
Princeton | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .143 | 55 | 123 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 66 | 127 | |
Army | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 28 | 64 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 121 | 136 | |
Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Boston University was required to forfeit 11 after the season for using an ineligible player |
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 | - | - | - | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 166 | 190 | |
Alaska–Fairbanks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 25 | 14 | 10 | 1 | - | - |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Denver†* | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 52 | 141 | 85 | 39 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 208 | 116 | |
Notre Dame | 28 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 48 | 150 | 119 | 38 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 199 | 174 | |
Wisconsin* | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 47 | 134 | 101 | 40 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 217 | 139 | |
Michigan State | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 47 | 132 | 114 | 36 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 194 | 149 | |
Michigan Tech | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 135 | 106 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 198 | 139 | |
Minnesota | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 35 | 94 | 102 | 34 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 124 | 129 | |
North Dakota | 30 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 32 | 124 | 131 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 154 | 157 | |
Minnesota-Duluth | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 123 | 131 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 166 | 161 | |
Colorado College | 28 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 103 | 171 | 34 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 150 | 198 | |
Michigan | 30 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 116 | 183 | 34 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 136 | 206 | |
Championship: Wisconsin, Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1973 NCAA Tournament
Semifinals March 15–16 |
National Championship March 17 | |||||||||
E1 | Cornell | 5 | ||||||||
W2 | Wisconsin | 6* | ||||||||
W2 | Wisconsin | 4 | ||||||||
W1 | Denver† | 2 | ||||||||
W1 | Denver† | 10 | ||||||||
E2 | Boston College | 4 | Third Place Game | |||||||
E1 | Cornell | 1 | ||||||||
E2 | Boston College | 3 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
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
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Rick Kennedy | Sophomore | Saint Louis | 38 | 47 | 49 | 96 | 22 |
Eddie Bumbacco | Junior | Notre Dame | 38 | 43 | 47 | 90 | 38 |
John Nestic | Junior | Saint Louis | 38 | 37 | 46 | 83 | 6 |
Dave Davies | Junior | Saint Louis | 38 | 31 | 47 | 78 | 8 |
George Clark | Sophomore | Army | - | 39 | 33 | 72 | - |
Peter McNab | Junior | Denver | 38 | 32 | 40 | 72 | 18 |
Sean Coughlan | Sophomore | Saint Louis | 38 | 26 | 46 | 72 | 20 |
Ian Williams | Junior | Notre Dame | 35 | 35 | 34 | 69 | 54 |
Carlo Ugolini | Junior | Cornell | 29 | 25 | 44 | 69 | 18 |
Ray Meyers | Junior | Ohio State | 30 | 33 | 35 | 68 | 44 |
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
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Ron Grahame | Senior | Denver | 35 | 2094 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 102 | 2 | .921 | 2.90 |
Ed Walsh | Sophomore | Boston University | 27 | 1612 | - | - | - | 79 | 0 | .911 | 2.94 |
Dave Elenbaas | Junior | Cornell | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | .905 | 3.06 |
Rick Quance | Sophomore | Michigan Tech | 17 | 1031 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 0 | .905 | 3.20 |
Brad Shelstad | Junior | Minnesota | 23 | 1345 | - | - | - | 74 | 0 | .906 | 3.30 |
Cap Raeder | Freshman | New Hampshire | 20 | 1200 | - | - | - | 67 | 0 | .897 | 3.35 |
Dick Perkins | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 17 | 1021 | - | - | - | 58 | 2 | .892 | 3.41 |
Kevin Woods | Senior | Clarkson | 14 | 789 | 11 | - | - | 46 | 2 | .893 | 3.50 |
Ned Yetten | Sophomore | Boston College | 20 | 1180 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 1 | .895 | 3.56 |
Don Cutts | Junior | Rensselaer | 30 | 1800 | - | - | - | 109 | 1 | .898 | 3.63 |
Awards
NCAA
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CCHA
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ECAC
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WCHA
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See Also
References
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