1968–69 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season
The 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1968 and concluded with the 1969 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 15, 1969 at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 22nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 74th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
1968–69 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season | |||||
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Duration | November 1968– March 15, 1969 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1969 | ||||
National championship | Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado | ||||
NCAA champion | Denver | ||||
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Wisconsin was admitted into the WCHA beginning with this season. Because they now played each of the other three Big Ten teams they were included into the informal conference standings.
Air Force and Notre Dame both begin to sponsor their ice hockey programs. Both teams start as independents.
Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival | December 20–21 | 4 | Clarkson |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 20–21 | 4 | Michigan Tech |
St. Paul Hockey Classic | December 20–21 | 4 | North Dakota |
Big Ten Holiday Tournament | December 26–28 | 4 | Michigan |
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament | December 27–28 | 4 | Boston University |
Syracuse Invitational | December 27–28 | 4 | Cornell |
Yankee Conference Tournament | December 27–28 | 4 | New Hampshire |
Broadmoor World Tournament | December 27–29 | 3 | Denver |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 27–29 | 4 | Waterloo |
Centennial Tournament | January 3–4 | 4 | Loyola |
Beanpot | February 3, 10 | 4 | Harvard |
Standings
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Michigan† | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 42 | 39 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 124 | 101 | |
Michigan State | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 | 25 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 91 | 123 | |
Minnesota | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 113 | 96 | |
Wisconsin | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 26 | 32 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 215 | 98 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Cornell†* | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 139 | 39 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 190 | 54 | |
Boston College | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .762 | 114 | 72 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 144 | 91 | |
Harvard | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | .717 | 135 | 74 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 157 | 101 | |
Clarkson | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .694 | 94 | 65 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 158 | 96 | |
New Hampshire | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .656 | 68 | 56 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 155 | 77 | |
Boston University | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 107 | 69 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 154 | 84 | |
Rensselaer | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .607 | 58 | 54 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 93 | 77 | |
Brown | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .525 | 98 | 83 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 100 | 86 | |
St. Lawrence | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .500 | 83 | 76 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 102 | 96 | |
Army | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .409 | 45 | 48 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 167 | 104 | |
Yale | 23 | 9 | 14 | 0 | .391 | 72 | 113 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 72 | 113 | |
Colgate | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 53 | 68 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 116 | 110 | |
Dartmouth | 21 | 6 | 13 | 2 | .333 | 83 | 146 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 91 | 154 | |
Providence | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .267 | 43 | 76 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 67 | 95 | |
Northeastern | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | 56 | 108 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 74 | 127 | |
Princeton | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | .217 | 62 | 91 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 62 | 91 | |
Pennsylvania | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .067 | 44 | 116 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 79 | 131 | |
Championship: Cornell † 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 | ||
Rensselaer† | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 93 | 77 | |
Clarkson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 158 | 96 | |
St. Lawrence | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 102 | 96 | |
† indicates conference regular season 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 | - | - | - | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 85 | 100 | |
Alaska–Fairbanks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 149 | 117 | |
Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 29 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 122 | 161 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PCT | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Michigan Tech†* | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .725 | 86 | 56 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 144 | 95 | |
Denver* | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 94 | 50 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 160 | 71 | |
North Dakota | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .682 | 97 | 89 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 130 | 125 | |
Michigan | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 75 | 63 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 124 | 101 | |
Minnesota | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .545 | 74 | 60 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 113 | 96 | |
Michigan State | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .417 | 51 | 57 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 91 | 123 | |
Colorado College | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | 47 | 94 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 105 | 121 | |
Minnesota–Duluth | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .136 | 64 | 119 | 29 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 91 | 147 | |
Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1969 NCAA Tournament
Semifinals March 13–14 |
National Championship March 15 | |||||||||
W1 | Denver | 9 | ||||||||
E2 | Harvard | 2 | ||||||||
W1 | Denver | 4 | ||||||||
E1 | Cornell | 3 | ||||||||
E1 | Cornell | 4* | ||||||||
W2 | Michigan Tech | 3 | Third Place Game | |||||||
E2 | Harvard | 6** | ||||||||
W2 | Michigan Tech | 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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David Merhar | Senior | Army | 28 | 57 | 50 | 107 | - |
Tony Curran | Senior | Army | - | 25 | 55 | 80 | - |
Brian Cornell | Senior | Cornell | 29 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 26 |
Joe Cavanagh | Sophomore | Harvard | 28 | 24 | 38 | 62 | - |
Delbert Dehate | Junior | Wisconsin | 34 | 36 | 25 | 61 | 50 |
Peter Tufford | Senior | Cornell | 29 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 2 |
Tim Sheehy | Junior | Boston College | 26 | 19 | 41 | 60 | 36 |
George Morrison | Sophomore | Denver | 32 | 40 | 18 | 58 | 12 |
Tom Earl | Junior | Colgate | - | 37 | 20 | 57 | - |
David Conte | Junior | Colgate | - | - | - | 56 | - |
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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Ken Dryden | Senior | Cornell | 27 | 1578 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 3 | .936 | 1.79 |
John Barry | Sophomore | Notre Dame | – | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.00 |
Brian Reynolds | Sophomore | Providence | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.10 |
Gerry Powers | Senior | Denver | 32 | - | 26 | 6 | 0 | - | 5 | .915 | 2.23 |
Rick Duffett | Junior | Michigan State | 16 | - | - | - | - | 42 | - | .916 | 2.74 |
Wayne Thomas | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 17 | 943 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 2 | .901 | 2.80 |
Donald McGinnis | Junior | Brown | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | .919 | 2.83 |
Rick Metzer | Senior | New Hampshire | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .896 | 2.84 |
Gord McRae | Junior | Michigan Tech | 28 | 1680 | - | - | - | 84 | 1 | .897 | 3.00 |
Bob Vroman | Junior | Wisconsin | 18 | 948 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 3 | .884 | 3.10 |
Awards
WCHA
Award[9] | Recipient | |
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Most Valuable Player | Murray McLachlan, Minnesota | |
Sophomore of the Year | George Morrison, Denver | |
Coach of the Year | John Matchefts, Colorado College | |
All-WCHA Teams[10] | ||
First Team | Position | Second Team |
Murray McLachlan, Minnesota | G | Gerry Powers, Denver |
Keith Magnuson, Denver | D | Paul Domm, Michigan |
Terry Abram, North Dakota | D | John Marks, North Dakota |
George Morrison, Denver | F | Dave Kartio, North Dakota |
Bob Munro, North Dakota | F | Tom Miller, Denver |
Al Karlander, Michigan Tech | F | Bob Collyard, Colorado College |
References
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- "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
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