The 1972–73 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1972 and concluded with the 1973 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 17, 1973 at the

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in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the 26th

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in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 79th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team. After the season Denver's participation in the NCAA tournament was vacated due to violations of NCAA regulations. After the season

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was classified as a Division II squad as part of the NCAA's numerical classification system.

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began to sponsor their ice hockey program and the team was promptly admitted into the CCHA.

Regular season

Season tournaments

†Boston University won the tournament but was forced to forfeit each of the three games played after the conclusion of the season.

Standings

1973 NCAA Tournament

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Note: † Denver's participation was later vacated due to NCAA violations

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''

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in

goals against average Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on s ...

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% =

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; GAA = Goals against average''

Awards

NCAA

CCHA

ECAC

WCHA

References

External links

College Hockey Historical Archives1972–73 NCAA Standings
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