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

The Onondaga War Memorial served as the host for the 1971 Tournament

Duration

November 1970–
March 20, 1971

NCAA tournament

1971

National championship

Onondaga War Memorial
Syracuse, New York

NCAA champion

Boston University

NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
← 1969–70	1971–72 →

The 1970–71 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in November 1970 and concluded with the 1971 NCAA Division I 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.

Regular season

Standings^[1]^[2]

1970–71 Big Ten standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Michigan State†	12	8	4	0	.667	56	47	31	19	12	0	152	124
Wisconsin	12	7	5	0	.583	51	40	34	20	13	1	180	110
Minnesota	10	5	5	0	.500	38	42	32	14	17	1	116	128
Michigan	10	2	8	0	.200	40	56	30	9	21	0	118	147
† indicates conference regular season champion

1970–71 ECAC Hockey standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Boston University†	20	18	1	1	.925	139	42	31	28	2	1	210	60
Clarkson	19	16	2	1	.868	76	38	33	28	4	1	151	75
Cornell	20	17	3	0	.850	111	44	27	22	5	0	159	63
Harvard*	21	15	5	1	.738	124	55	27	18	8	1	146	74
Brown	19	13	6	0	.684	70	63	24	13	10	0	77	87
Providence	19	12	7	0	.632	94	70	28	17	11	0	141	106
Pennsylvania	19	11	8	0	.579	90	74	25	14	11	0	129	93
Rensselaer	14	7	5	2	.571	119	81	25	16	7	2	125	95
New Hampshire	20	11	9	0	.550	119	92	29	20	9	0	210	112
Boston College	21	9	12	0	.429	92	112	26	11	15	0	121	141
Army	11	3	7	1	.318	32	48	23	8	14	1	81	80
St. Lawrence	17	5	12	0	.294	57	73	24	10	14	0	105	97
Dartmouth	21	6	15	0	.286	76	106	24	9	15	0	96	114
Yale	20	5	15	0	.250	64	105	24	6	17	1	74	127
Colgate	17	4	13	0	.235	54	111	24	7	17	0	87	156
Northeastern	19	3	16	0	.158	35	122	29	7	22	0	77	175
Princeton	21	1	20	0	.048	54	140	23	1	22	0	56	155
Championship: Harvard † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1970–71 Independent College Athletic Conference standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Clarkson†	4	3	0	1	7			33	28	4	1	151	175
Rensselaer	4	2	2	0	4			25	16	7	2	125	95
St. Lawrence	4	0	3	1	1			24	10	14	0	105	97
† indicates conference regular season champion

1970–71 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Air Force	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	28	15	11	2	132	121
Notre Dame	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	31	13	16	2	116	137
Ohio State	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	29	20	9	0	160	78
Saint Louis	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	30	9	19	2

1970–71 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Michigan Tech†	22	18	4	0	.818	112	62	33	25	6	2	173	105
Denver*	22	15	7	0	.682	114	92	36	25	10	1	178	133
Wisconsin	22	13	9	0	.591	102	77	34	20	13	1	180	110
Michigan State	22	12	10	0	.545	101	97	31	19	12	0	152	124
Minnesota*	22	9	12	1	.432	77	88	32	14	17	1	116	128
Minnesota-Duluth	24	10	14	0	.417	98	106	34	16	17	1	147	146
North Dakota	26	10	15	1	.404	92	116	33	14	17	2	123	141
Colorado College	18	7	11	0	.389	81	100	29	11	17	1	142	168
Michigan	22	5	17	0	.227	77	116	30	9	21	0	118	147
Championship: Minnesota, Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1971 NCAA Tournament^[3]

Main article: 1971 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Semifinals March 18-19			National Championship March 20

E1	Harvard	5
W2	Minnesota	6*
			W2	Minnesota	2

			E2	Boston University	4
W1	Denver	2

E2	Boston University	4	Third Place Game


			W1	Denver	1
			E2	Harvard	0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Player stats

Scoring leaders^[4]

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
Frigon, LouisLouis Frigon	Senior	New Hampshire	29	38	48	86	58
Cavanagh, JoeJoe Cavanagh	Senior	Harvard	27	22	50	72	-
Stirling, SteveSteve Stirling	Senior	Boston University	31	27	43	70	20
Meyers, RayRay Meyers	Freshman	Ohio State	-	27	39	66	-
Danby, JohnJohn Danby	Junior	Boston University	31	28	36	64	10
Pumple, RichRich Pumple	Junior	Providence	-	22	41	63	46
Munroe, BillBill Munroe	Senior	New Hampshire	29	21	39	60	18
Brown, BobBob Brown	Junior	Boston University	31	17	43	60	38
McShane, MikeMike McShane	Senior	New Hampshire	29	15	43	58	90
Kemp, JerryJerry Kemp	Junior	Clarkson	32	26	31	57	16
Collyard, BobBob Collyard	Senior	Colorado College	30	20	37	57	6
Thompson, DonDon Thompson	Sophomore	Michigan State	31	19	38	57	35

Leading goaltenders^[4]

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
Bertagna, JosephJoseph Bertagna	Freshman	Harvard	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.60
Regan, TimTim Regan	Junior	Boston University	14	780	-	-	-	23	0	.929	1.77
Brady, DanDan Brady	Junior	Boston University	18	1060	-	-	-	36	0	.917	2.04
Enberg, GaryGary Enberg	Senior	Wisconsin	10	498	5	4	0	19	1	.930	2.29
Bullock, BruceBruce Bullock	Senior	Clarkson	30	1800	28	1	1	71	1	.920	2.37
Cropper, BrianBrian Cropper	Senior	Cornell	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	.923	2.39
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	Senior	Wisconsin	14	750	9	3	1	32	0	.825	2.56
Durno, BruceBruce Durno	Senior	Harvard	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	2.60
McKenzie, BillBill McKenzie	Junior	Ohio State	24	1420	-	-	-	65	2	-	2.74
Ramsdell, ChadChad Ramsdell	Freshman	New Hampshire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.78

Awards

NCAA

Award^[5]		Recipient
Spencer Penrose Award (Coach of the Year)		Cooney Weiland, Harvard
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament		Dan Brady, Boston University

AHCA All-American Teams^[6]
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

Award^[7]		Recipient
Player of the Year		Bruce Bullock, Clarkson
Rookie of the Year		Bob Brown, Boston University
Most Outstanding Player in Tournament		Bruce Bullock, Clarkson

All-ECAC Hockey Teams^[8]
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	John 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

Award^[9]		Recipient
Most Valuable Player		Bob Murray, Michigan Tech
Rookie of the Year		Mike Usitalo, Michigan Tech
Coach of the Year		John MacInnes, Michigan Tech

All-WCHA Teams^[10]
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

References

↑ "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.
1 2 "1970-71 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.
↑ "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.

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