1974–75 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
The 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1974 and concluded with the 1975 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 15, 1975 at the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri. This was the 28th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 80th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
1974–75 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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![]() The St. Louis Arena served as the host for the 1975 Tournament | |||||
Duration | October 1974– March 15, 1975 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1975 | ||||
National championship | St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri | ||||
NCAA champion | Michigan Tech | ||||
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Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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North Country Thanksgiving Festival | November 28–30 | 4 | Bowling Green |
Broadmoor International Tournament | December 14–30 | 4 | Czech Nationals |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 27–28 | 4 | Michigan Tech |
Syracuse Invitational | December 27–28 | 4 | Vermont |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 27–29 | 4 | Northeastern |
St. Louis Fireman's Tournament | December 28–30 | 4 | Boston University |
Blue–Green Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Pennsylvania |
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival | January 3–5 | 4 | Cornell |
Beanpot | February 3, 10 | 4 | Boston University |
Standings
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Minnesota† | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 46 | 40 | 42 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 187 | 133 | |
Wisconsin | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 44 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 174 | 143 | |
Michigan | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 61 | 54 | 40 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 192 | 167 | |
Michigan State | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 54 | 58 | 40 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 191 | 175 | |
† 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†* | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 22 | 40 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 201 | 135 | |
Bowling Green | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 200 | 124 | |
Lake Superior State | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 43 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 177 | 144 | |
Championship: Saint Louis † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Harvard† | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 105 | 23 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 184 | 94 | |
Boston University* | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 137 | 69 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 221 | 126 | |
Vermont | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 | 83 | 63 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 201 | 131 | |
Cornell | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | .705 | 132 | 90 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 157 | 117 | |
New Hampshire | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | .700 | 145 | 87 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 189 | 116 | |
Providence | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .658 | 129 | 75 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 197 | 112 | |
Brown | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .614 | 97 | 88 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 120 | 103 | |
Clarkson | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .500 | 97 | 99 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 142 | 154 | |
Northeastern | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .477 | 100 | 129 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 136 | 147 | |
Rensselaer | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | .447 | 88 | 107 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 133 | 155 | |
Pennsylvania | 23 | 9 | 13 | 1 | .413 | 94 | 112 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 98 | 115 | |
Boston College | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | .350 | 83 | 103 | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 138 | 142 | |
St. Lawrence | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | .341 | 88 | 114 | 28 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 115 | 138 | |
Princeton | 20 | 5 | 13 | 2 | .300 | 70 | 114 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 79 | 132 | |
Colgate | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | .227 | 101 | 154 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 133 | 170 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | .205 | 93 | 147 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 106 | 153 | |
Yale | 20 | 0 | 19 | 1 | .025 | 61 | 136 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 76 | 152 | |
Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
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 | - | - | - | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 195 | 101 | |
Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 30 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 90 | 173 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Minnesota†* | 32 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 48 | 146 | 102 | 42 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 187 | 133 | |
Michigan Tech* | 32 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 181 | 108 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 243 | 136 | |
Colorado College | 32 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 42 | 165 | 136 | 39 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 196 | 170 | |
Wisconsin | 32 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 138 | 121 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 174 | 143 | |
Michigan State | 32 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 39 | 157 | 136 | 40 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 191 | 175 | |
Michigan | 32 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 158 | 140 | 40 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 192 | 167 | |
Notre Dame | 32 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 23 | 115 | 158 | 38 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 141 | 187 | |
Minnesota-Duluth | 32 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 141 | 166 | 38 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 158 | 192 | |
Denver | 32 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 19 | 116 | 175 | 36 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 138 | 190 | |
North Dakota | 32 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 98 | 173 | 36 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 115 | 192 | |
Championship: Michigan Tech, Minnesota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1975 NCAA Tournament
Semifinals March 13 |
National Championship March 15 | |||||||||
E1 | Boston University | 5 | ||||||||
W2 | Michigan Tech | 9 | ||||||||
W2 | Michigan Tech | 6 | ||||||||
W1 | Minnesota | 1 | ||||||||
W1 | Minnesota | 6 | ||||||||
E2 | Harvard | 4 | Third Place Game | |||||||
E1 | Boston University | 10 | ||||||||
E2 | Harvard | 5 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
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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Tom Ross | Junior | Michigan State | 40 | 38 | 59 | 97 | 18 |
Ron Wilson | Sophomore | Providence | 27 | 26 | 61 | 87 | 12 |
Bob D'Alvise | Senior | Michigan Tech | 42 | 37 | 47 | 84 | 4 |
Tim O'Connell | Junior | Vermont | 35 | 40 | 39 | 79 | 26 |
Bob Dobek | Junior | Bowling Green | 35 | 21 | 58 | 79 | 44 |
Mike Zuke | Junior | Michigan Tech | 42 | 35 | 43 | 78 | 20 |
John Sturges | Junior | Michigan State | 39 | 20 | 52 | 72 | 93 |
Vic Stanfield | Junior | Boston University | 32 | 10 | 60 | 70 | 32 |
Angie Moretto | Junior | Michigan | 38 | 39 | 28 | 67 | 43 |
Jamie Hislop | Junior | New Hampshire | 31 | 28 | 38 | 66 | 12 |
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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Larry Thayer | Junior | Minnesota | 23 | 1408 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 2 | .904 | 2.60 |
Al Sarachman | Senior | Bowling Green | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.80 |
Brian Petrovek | Junior | Harvard | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2.85 |
Peter Reynolds | Junior | Vermont | 13 | 293 | - | - | - | 14 | 0 | .894 | 2.87 |
Jim Warden | Sophomore | Michigan Tech | 31 | - | 19 | 9 | 1 | 103 | 0 | .911 | 2.96 |
Lindsay Middlebrook | Junior | Saint Louis | 24 | 1459 | - | - | - | 71 | 1 | - | 2.98 |
Jeff Tscherne | Sophomore | Minnesota | 11 | 655 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | .905 | 3.30 |
Mike Dibble | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 30 | 1780 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 105 | 1 | .894 | 3.58 |
Cap Raeder | Sophomore | New Hampshire | 27 | 1559 | - | - | - | 94 | 0 | .887 | 3.60 |
Tom McNamara | Junior | Vermont | 32 | 1867 | - | - | - | 112 | 0 | .888 | 3.62 |
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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- "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- "1974-75 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.