The 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1986 and concluded with the 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 28, 1987 at the

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. This was the 40th

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in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 93rd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team. Notre Dame and Kent State formed the ACHA with two other schools, however, the two other universities didn't play at the Division I level and its standings are not official.

Season Outlook

Pre-season polls

The top teams in the nation. The WMPL poll was voted on by coaches before the start of the season. The College Hockey Statistics Bureau (CHSB) / WMEB poll was voted on by media after the season started.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Standings

Final regular season polls

The final top 10 teams as ranked by coaches (WMPL) before the conference tournament finals. The final media poll (CHSB/WDOM) was released after the conference tournament finals.

1987 NCAA Tournament

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''

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in

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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

Hockey East

WCHA

1987 NHL Entry Draft

† incoming freshman

1987 NHL Supplemental Draft

References

External links

College Hockey Historical Archives1986–87 NCAA Standings
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