1970–71 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season

August 2023 March 2026 men university 1970 Onondaga County War Memorial side.jpg 250 The Onondaga War Memorial served as the host for the 1971 Tournament November 1970–March 20, 1971 Onondaga War Memorial Syracuse, New York Boston University The 1970–71 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1970 and concluded with the 1971 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 20, 1971 at the Onondaga War Memorial in Syracuse, New York. This was the 24th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 77th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team. Saint Louis begins to sponsor their ice hockey program as an independent. Season Outlook Pre-season poll The top teams in the nation as voted on by coaches. Gary Bender, sports director of WKOW television and radio stations in Madison, Wisconsin, started compiling a national poll in 1970. The poll lasted one season. WKOW PollRankTeam1 Boston University2 Minnesota Duluth3 Michigan Tech4 Colorado College5 (tie) Harvard5 (tie) Wisconsin7 North Dakota8 Denver9 Cornell10 Clarkson Regular season Season tournaments Tournament Dates Teams Champion North Country Thanksgiving Festival November 26–28 4 Clarkson ECAC Christmas Hockey Tournament December 18–19 4 Cornell ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival December 21–22 4 Harvard St. Louis Invitational December 27–28 4 Wisconsin Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 28–29 4 Boston University Great Lakes Invitational December 29–30 4 Michigan Tech Nichols School Invitational January 1–2 4 Dartmouth Rensselaer Holiday Tournament January 2–4 4 Wisconsin Beanpot February 8, 22 4 Boston University Standings 2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide http://www.ecachockey.com/men/history/Summaries-I.pdf ECAC Hockey 2014-06-292008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112 http://wcha.com/pdf/mguide0910/Ybk-97-112.pdf WCHA 2014-06-29 Final regular season poll The final top 10 teams were compiled before the conference tournaments. WKOW Coaches PollRankingTeam1 Boston University (11)2 Michigan Tech (2)3 Denver4 Cornell5 Clarkson6 Wisconsin7 Michigan State8 Harvard9 Brown10 Minnesota Duluth 1971 NCAA Tournament 1971 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament SemifinalsMarch 18–19 National ChampionshipMarch 20 Third Place Game E1 Harvard 5 W2 Minnesota 6* W1 Denver 2 E2 Boston University 4 W2 Minnesota 2 E2 Boston University 4 W1 Denver 1 E2 Harvard 0 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) NCAA Tournament http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 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 PIMLouis Frigon Senior New Hampshire 29 38 48 86 58Joe Cavanagh Senior Harvard 27 22 50 72 -Steve Stirling Senior Boston University 31 27 43 70 20Ray Meyers Freshman Ohio State - 27 39 66 -John Danby John Danby (ice hockey) Junior Boston University 31 28 36 64 10Rich Pumple Junior Providence - 22 41 63 46Bill Munroe Senior New Hampshire 29 21 39 60 18Bob Brown Bob Brown (ice hockey) Junior Boston University 31 17 43 60 38Mike McShane Mike McShane (ice hockey) Senior New Hampshire 29 15 43 58 90Jerry Kemp Junior Clarkson 32 26 31 57 16Bob Collyard Senior Colorado College 30 20 37 57 6Don Thompson Don Thompson (ice hockey) Sophomore Michigan State 31 19 38 57 35 1970-71 NCAA Division I Statistics http://www.eliteprospects.com/league.php?leagueid=NCAA&season=1970 Elite Prospects 2016-06-04 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% GAAJoseph Bertagna Freshman Harvard 13 - - - - - - - 1.60Tim Regan Tim Regan (ice hockey) Junior Boston University 14 780 - - - 23 - .929 1.77Dan Brady Dan Brady (ice hockey) Junior Boston University 18 1060 - - - 36 - .917 2.04Gary Enberg Senior Wisconsin 10 498 5 4 0 19 1 .930 2.29Bruce Bullock Senior Clarkson 30 1800 27 1 1 71 1 .920 2.37Brian Cropper Senior Cornell 25 1410 19 5 0 57 - .923 2.43John Anderson John Anderson (ice hockey goaltender) Senior Wisconsin 14 750 9 3 1 32 0 .825 2.56Bruce Durno Senior Harvard - - - - - - 5 - 2.60Bill McKenzie Bill McKenzie (ice hockey) Junior Ohio State 24 1420 - - - 65 2 - 2.74Chad Ramsdell Freshman New Hampshire - - - - - - - - 2.78 Awards NCAA AwardNCAA Division I Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archives June 11, 2013 RecipientSpencer Penrose Award Cooney Weiland, HarvardMost Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament Dan Brady, Boston UniversityAHCA All-American TeamsMen's Ice Hockey Award Winners http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf NCAA.org June 11, 2013 East Team   Position   West Team Bruce Bullock, Clarkson G Morris Trewin, Michigan Tech Bob Brown, Boston University D Mike Christie, Denver Steve Warr, Clarkson D Bob Murray, Michigan Tech Joe Cavanagh, Harvard F Walt Ledingham, Minnesota-Duluth Kevin Pettit, Cornell F Don Thompson, Michigan State Steve Stirling, Boston University F Vic Venasky, Denver ECAC AwardECAC Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ecac_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 RecipientPlayer of the Year Bruce Bullock, ClarksonRookie of the Year Bob Brown, Boston UniversityMost Outstanding Player in Tournament Dave Hynes, HarvardAll-ECAC Hockey TeamsECAC All-Teams http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ecac_all.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 First Team   Position   Second Team Bruce Bullock, Clarkson G Brian Cropper, Cornell Bob Brown, Boston University D Tom Mellor, Boston College Steve Warr, Clarkson D Ric Jordan, Boston University Joe Cavanagh, Harvard F Jerry Kemp, Clarkson John Danby, Boston University F Brian McCutcheon, Cornell Steve Stirling, Boston University F Kevin Pettit, Cornell WCHA AwardWCHA Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 RecipientMost Valuable Player Bob Murray, Michigan TechFreshman of the Year Mike Usitalo, Michigan TechCoach of the Year John MacInnes, Michigan TechAll-WCHA TeamsWCHA All-Teams http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_all.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 First Team   Position   Second Team Morris Trewin, Michigan Tech G Chico Resch, Minnesota-Duluth Mike Christie, Denver D John Jagger, Wisconsin Bob Murray, Michigan Tech D Wally Olds, Minnesota Walt Ledingham, Minnesota-Duluth F Murray Heatley, Wisconsin Don Thompson, Michigan State F Vic Venasky, Denver Bob Collyard, Colorado College F Mike Usitalo, Michigan Tech 1971 NHL Amateur Draft 1971 NHL amateur draft Round Pick Player College Conference NHL team 1 8 Larry Wright Larry Wright (ice hockey) ‡ Minnesota–Duluth WCHA white Philadelphia Flyers 3 31 Jim Cahoon 1 North Dakota WCHA white Montreal Canadiens 3 34 Vic Venasky Denver WCHA white Los Angeles Kings 4 53 Greg Hubick Minnesota–Duluth WCHA white Montreal Canadiens 4 56 Dave Hynes Harvard ECAC Hockey white Boston Bruins 5 58 Earl Anderson Earl Anderson (ice hockey) North Dakota WCHA white Detroit Red Wings 5 60 Dave Murphy 1 North Dakota WCHA white Pittsburgh Penguins 5 61 Steve Warr Steve Warr (ice hockey) Clarkson ECAC Hockey white Buffalo Sabres 5 62 Gary Crosby 1 Michigan Tech WCHA white Los Angeles Kings 5 67 Mike Busniuk Denver WCHA white Montreal Canadiens 5 68 Dean Blais Minnesota WCHA white Chicago Black Hawks 6 74 Ian Williams 1 Notre Dame Independent white Pittsburgh Penguins 7 86 Jim Nahrgang Michigan Tech WCHA white Detroit Red Wings 7 87 Bill Green 1 Notre Dame Independent white Vancouver Canucks 7 88 Doug Elliott 1 Harvard ECAC Hockey white Pittsburgh Penguins 7 89 Peter Harasym 1 Clarkson ECAC Hockey white Los Angeles Kings 7 91 Bruce Abbey † Michigan Tech WCHA white Minnesota North Stars 8 100 Bob Boyd Bob Boyd (ice hockey) Michigan State WCHA white Detroit Red Wings 8 101 Norm Cherrey 1 Wisconsin WCHA white Vancouver Canucks 8 103 Lorne Stamler Michigan Tech WCHA white Los Angeles Kings 8 106 Jerome Mrazek Minnesota–Duluth WCHA white Philadelphia Flyers 9 113 Mike Antonovich Mike Antonovich (ice hockey) Minnesota WCHA white Minnesota North Stars † incoming freshman‡ Wright had left school the year before 1971 NHL Amateur Draft https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1971a.html Hockey DB October 25, 2023 See also 1970–71 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season References External links College Hockey Historical Archives 1970–71 NCAA Standings NCAA