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1961–62 NCAA men's ice hockey season

1961–62 NCAA men's ice hockey season
The Utica Memorial Auditorium served as the host for the 1962 Tournament
November 1961–March 17, 1962
1962
Utica Memorial AuditoriumUtica, New York
Michigan Tech
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1961–62 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1961 and concluded with the 1962 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 17, 1962 at the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York. This was the 15th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 68th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

This was the premier season for ECAC Hockey which began as a conglomerate of 28 eastern schools among which 8 teams were selected by a committee to participate in a postseason tournament that would determine which university(s) would receive bids to the NCAA tournament. Due to the sheer number of schools and the lack of any scheduling criteria the teams played a vastly unbalanced schedule. As a result, the regular season standings were effectively immaterial in determining the conference tournament participants and the committee based their selections on which teams they felt were the best representatives.

Despite already being in the Tri-State League Clarkson, Rensselaer and St. Lawrence were also founding members of ECAC Hockey and played concurrently in both conferences until the Tri-State League folded in 1972.

This was the first season for Minnesota–Duluth as a university sponsored program.

Tournament	Dates	Teams	Champion
Brown Holiday Tournament	December 18–20	8
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival	December 21–22	4	Clarkson
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament	December 26–28	4	Michigan State
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament	December 28–30	4	Michigan
Beanpot	February 5, 12	4	Harvard

1961–62 NCAA Independent ice hockey standingsvte
Minnesota–Duluth	22	6	14	2	69	109
St. Olaf	13	8	4	1	–	–

Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7
SemifinalsMarch 15–16			National ChampionshipMarch 17

E1	Clarkson	5

W2	Michigan	4
	E1	Clarkson	1

		W1	Michigan Tech	7
W1	Michigan Tech	6

E2	St. Lawrence	2			Third Place Game


	W2	Michigan	6

	E2	St. Lawrence	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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
Ron Ryan	Senior	Colby	–	48	56	104	-
Tom Roe	Junior	Williams	20	49	33	82	-
Bob Brinkworth	Sophomore	Rensselaer	22	41	30	71	10
Red Berenson	Senior	Michigan	28	43	27	70	40
Jim Josephson	Senior	Rensselaer	23	25	39	64	66
Jerry Sullivan	Senior	Michigan Tech	32	30	29	59	6
Ron Mason	Junior	St. Lawrence	27	26	31	57	–
Gordon Wilkie	Sophomore	Michigan	–	19	36	55	15
Dave Leighton	Junior	Dartmouth	–	37	15	52	–
Lou Lamoriello	Junior	Providence	–	26	26	52	–

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

College Hockey Historical Archives
1961–62 NCAA Standings

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