1968–69_NCAA_University_Division_men's_ice_hockey_season
The 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1968 and concluded with the 1969 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 15, 1969 at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 22nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 75th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
Quick Facts –69 NCAA UniversityDivision men's ice hockey season, Duration ...
| 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season | |||||
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| Duration | November 1968– March 15, 1969 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 1969 | ||||
| National championship | Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado | ||||
| NCAA champion | Denver | ||||
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Wisconsin was admitted into the WCHA beginning with this season. Because they now played each of the other three Big Ten teams they were included into the informal conference standings.
Air Force and Notre Dame both begin to sponsor their ice hockey programs. Both teams started as independents.
Season tournaments
More information Tournament, Dates ...
| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival | December 20–21 | 4 | Clarkson |
| Great Lakes Invitational | December 20–21 | 4 | Michigan Tech |
| St. Paul Hockey Classic | December 20–21 | 4 | North Dakota |
| Big Ten Holiday Tournament | December 26–28 | 4 | Michigan |
| Boston Arena Christmas Tournament | December 27–28 | 4 | Boston University |
| Syracuse Invitational | December 27–28 | 4 | Cornell |
| Yankee Conference Tournament | December 27–28 | 4 | New Hampshire |
| Broadmoor World Tournament | December 27–29 | 3 | Denver |
| Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 27–29 | 4 | Waterloo |
| Centennial Tournament | January 3–4 | 4 | Loyola |
| Beanpot | February 3, 10 | 4 | Harvard |
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Standings
More information Conference, Overall ...
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Michigan† | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 42 | 39 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 124 | 101 | |
| Michigan State | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 | 25 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 91 | 123 | |
| Minnesota | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 113 | 96 | |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 26 | 32 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 215 | 98 | |
| † indicates conference regular season champion | ||||||||||||||
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More information Conference, Overall ...
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Cornell†* | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 139 | 39 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 190 | 54 | |
| Boston College | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .762 | 114 | 72 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 144 | 91 | |
| Harvard | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | .717 | 135 | 74 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 157 | 101 | |
| Clarkson | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .694 | 94 | 65 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 158 | 96 | |
| New Hampshire | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .656 | 68 | 56 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 155 | 77 | |
| Boston University | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 107 | 69 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 154 | 84 | |
| Rensselaer | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .607 | 58 | 54 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 93 | 77 | |
| Brown | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .525 | 98 | 83 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 100 | 86 | |
| St. Lawrence | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .500 | 83 | 76 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 102 | 96 | |
| Army | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .409 | 45 | 48 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 167 | 104 | |
| Yale | 23 | 9 | 14 | 0 | .391 | 72 | 113 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 72 | 113 | |
| Colgate | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 53 | 68 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 116 | 110 | |
| Dartmouth | 21 | 6 | 13 | 2 | .333 | 83 | 146 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 91 | 154 | |
| Providence | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .267 | 43 | 76 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 67 | 95 | |
| Northeastern | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | 56 | 108 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 74 | 127 | |
| Princeton | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | .217 | 62 | 91 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 62 | 91 | |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .067 | 44 | 116 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 79 | 131 | |
| Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
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More information Conference, Overall ...
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Rensselaer† | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 93 | 77 | |
| Clarkson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 158 | 96 | |
| St. Lawrence | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 102 | 96 | |
| † indicates conference regular season champion | ||||||||||||||
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More information Conference, Overall ...
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 85 | 100 | |
| Alaska–Fairbanks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 149 | 117 | |
| Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 29 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 122 | 161 | |
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More information Conference, Overall ...
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Michigan Tech†* | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .725 | 86 | 56 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 144 | 95 | |
| Denver* | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 94 | 50 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 160 | 71 | |
| North Dakota | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .682 | 97 | 89 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 130 | 125 | |
| Michigan | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 75 | 63 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 124 | 101 | |
| Minnesota | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .545 | 74 | 60 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 113 | 96 | |
| Michigan State | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .417 | 51 | 57 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 91 | 123 | |
| Colorado College | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | 47 | 94 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 105 | 121 | |
| Minnesota–Duluth | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .136 | 64 | 119 | 29 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 91 | 147 | |
| Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
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| Semifinals March 13–14 | National championship March 15 | ||||||||
| W1 | Denver | 9 | |||||||
| E2 | Harvard | 2 | |||||||
| W1 | Denver | 4 | |||||||
| E1 | Cornell | 3 | |||||||
| E1 | Cornell | 4* | |||||||
| W2 | Michigan Tech | 3 | Third-place game | ||||||
| E2 | Harvard | 6** | |||||||
| W2 | Michigan Tech | 5 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
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
More information Player, Class ...
| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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| David Merhar | Senior | Army | 28 | 57 | 50 | 107 | - |
| Tony Curran | Senior | Army | - | 25 | 55 | 80 | - |
| Brian Cornell | Senior | Cornell | 29 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 26 |
| Joe Cavanagh | Sophomore | Harvard | 28 | 24 | 38 | 62 | - |
| Delbert Dehate | Junior | Wisconsin | 34 | 36 | 25 | 61 | 50 |
| Peter Tufford | Senior | Cornell | 29 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 2 |
| Tim Sheehy | Junior | Boston College | 26 | 19 | 41 | 60 | 36 |
| George Morrison | Sophomore | Denver | 32 | 40 | 18 | 58 | 12 |
| Tommy Earl | Junior | Colgate | - | 37 | 20 | 57 | - |
| David Conte | Junior | Colgate | - | - | - | 56 | - |
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Leading goaltenders
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
More information Player, Class ...
| Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Dryden | Senior | Cornell | 27 | 1578 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 3 | .936 | 1.79 |
| John Barry | Sophomore | Notre Dame | – | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.00 |
| Brian Reynolds | Sophomore | Providence | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.10 |
| Gerry Powers | Senior | Denver | 32 | - | 26 | 6 | 0 | - | 5 | .915 | 2.23 |
| Rick Duffett | Junior | Michigan State | 16 | - | - | - | - | 42 | - | .916 | 2.74 |
| Wayne Thomas | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 17 | 943 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 2 | .901 | 2.80 |
| Donald McGinnis | Junior | Brown | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | .919 | 2.83 |
| Rick Metzer | Senior | New Hampshire | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .896 | 2.84 |
| Gord McRae | Junior | Michigan Tech | 28 | 1680 | - | - | - | 84 | 1 | .897 | 3.00 |
| Bob Vroman | Junior | Wisconsin | 18 | 948 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 3 | .884 | 3.10 |
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More information Award, Recipient ...
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WCHA
More information Award, Recipient ...
| Award[9] | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Murray McLachlan, Minnesota | |
| Sophomore of the Year | George Morrison, Denver | |
| Coach of the Year | John Matchefts, Colorado College | |
| All-WCHA Teams[10] | ||
| First Team | Position | Second Team |
| Murray McLachlan, Minnesota | G | Gerry Powers, Denver |
| Keith Magnuson, Denver | D | Paul Domm, Michigan |
| Terry Abram, North Dakota | D | John Marks, North Dakota |
| George Morrison, Denver | F | Dave Kartio, North Dakota |
| Bob Munro, North Dakota | F | Tom Miller, Denver |
| Al Karlander, Michigan Tech | F | Bob Collyard, Colorado College |
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Main article: 1969 NHL Amateur Draft
More information Round, Pick ...
| Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 30 | Bernie Gagnon | Michigan | WCHA | St. Louis Blues |
| 5 | 57 | Wally Olds | Minnesota | WCHA | Detroit Red Wings |
| 5 | 60 | Mike Baumgartner | North Dakota | WCHA | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 6 | 68 | Lynn Powis | Denver | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
| 6 | 70 | Dale Yutsyk | Colorado College | WCHA | St. Louis Blues |
| 6 | 71 | Dave Hudson | North Dakota | WCHA | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 7 | 73 | Bob Collyard | Colorado College | WCHA | St. Louis Blues |
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- "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
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