The 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1969 and concluded with the
1970 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1970 NCAA Men's University Division Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season, the 23rd such tournament in National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA history. It was held ...
's championship game on March 21, 1970, at the
Olympic Arena in
Lake Placid, New York
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The village of Lake Placid ...
. This was the 23rd
season
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in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 76th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
In 1969 the
NCAA
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changed their bylaws to permit freshman to play on the
Varsity team
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. Beginning with this season universities were permitted to not only have first-year students play for their teams but to also have said players earn
letters for four seasons rather than the previous limit of three. As a consequence the
WCHA offered both a Sophomore-of-the-Year and Freshman-of-the-Year awards with the previous being formally retired following the campaign.
Cornell
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finished the 1969–70 season with an undefeated record of 29–0, only the second flawless campaign in the modern history of
Division I ice hockey. The previous unblemished season (
Clarkson in
1955–56), however, came with a caveat as 8 Golden Knight players were 4-year seniors (a violation of NCAA regulations at the time).
As a result, the Clarkson team declined to play in the
NCAA tournament. Cornell's undefeated team had no such issues and was able to compete in, and win, both their conference tournament and the NCAA tournament to become the first and thus far only undefeated NCAA champion (as of 2022).
Season Outlook
Pre-season conference polls
Conference pre-season polls as voted on by coaches. The ECAC coaches voted on the top 10 teams instead of the entire conference.
Regular season
Season tournaments
Standings
1970 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
goals against average
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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% =
Save percentage
Save percentage (often known by such symbols as SV%, SVS%, SVP, PCT) is a statistic in various Goal (sports), goal-scoring sports that track Save (goaltender), saves as a statistic.
In ice hockey and lacrosse and association football, it is a sta ...
; GAA = Goals against average''
Awards
NCAA
ECAC
WCHA
1970 NHL Amateur Draft
See also
*
1969–70 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season
The 1969–70 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1969 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 6th season of second-tier college ice hockey.
Regular season Season tournaments
Standings
1970 N ...
References
External links
College Hockey Historical Archives1969–70 NCAA Standings
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NCAA
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