The 1973–74 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1973 and concluded with the 1974 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 16, 1974, at the

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. This was the 27th

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in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 80th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team. In the summer of 1973 the NCAA changed the classifications of the tiers in each of their sponsored sports. The university- and College-divisions were done away with and replaced by numerical designations making this the first official Division I season. The NIT held a competing ice hockey tournament for the first time. The tournament included NAIA champion Lake Superior State, ECAC 2 champion

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and two NCAA Division I schools ( Minnesota–Duluth and Saint Louis). Minnesota–Duluth won the championship but the tournament was not renewed for a second season.

Season Outlook

Pre-season poll

The top teams in the nation voted on by coaches before the start of the season. The poll was compiled by radio station

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Pre-season conference polls

Conference pre-season polls as voted on by coaches. The ECAC coaches voted on the top eight teams instead of the entire conference.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Standings

Final regular season polls

The final top 10 teams as ranked by coaches (WMPL) before the conference tournament finals.

1974 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

WCHA

1974 NHL Amateur Draft

† incoming freshman
‡ Reed, Short and Sundberg had left school before this season before.

References

External links

College Hockey Historical Archives1973–74 NCAA Standings
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