1963–64 NCAA men's ice hockey season

1963–64 NCAA men's ice hockey season
DurationNovember 1963–
March 21, 1964
NCAA tournament1964
National championshipUniversity of Denver Arena
Denver, Colorado
NCAA championMichigan
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1963–64 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1963 and concluded with the 1964 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 21, 1964 at the University of Denver Arena in Denver, Colorado. This was the 17th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 70th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

This was the final year where no distinction in classification was made for NCAA ice hockey. The following year saw 14 members of the ECAC drop down to a new College Division to separate teams on a more equal financial footing. While some would resurface at the D-I level in later years most would remain in the lower-tier leagues.

This was the first season of play for both Wisconsin and Ohio State as university sponsored clubs. While both were members of the Big Ten Conference they did not play the other three member schools and thus did not qualify for the informal ice hockey conference.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival December 19–20 4 Clarkson
Lake Placid Holiday Tournament December 20–21 4 St. Lawrence
Boston Christmas Holiday Festival December 20–23 6 Harvard
Yankee Conference Tournament December 27–28 4 New Hampshire
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament January 2–4 4 Rensselaer
Brown Holiday Tournament January 3–4 4 Colorado College
Beanpot February 3, 10 4 Boston College

Standings

1963–64 Big Ten standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan† 8 7 1 0 14 55 22 29 24 4 1 217 80
Minnesota 8 5 3 0 10 33 36 25 14 11 0 105 115
Michigan State 8 0 8 0 0 22 52 26 8 17 1 100 134
† indicates conference regular season champion
1963–64 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Providence†* 19 16 3 0 .842 88 56 26 19 7 0 110 80
Army 21 17 4 0 .810 118 44 28 20 8 0 154 69
Colgate 21 15 6 0 .714 99 48 27 19 8 0 109 59
Harvard 21 15 6 0 .714 95 61 24 17 7 0 108 70
Boston College 24 16 7 1 .688 126 74 28 18 9 1 144 90
Dartmouth 21 14 7 0 .667 106 72 21 14 7 0 106 72
Rensselaer 18 12 6 0 .667 91 50 26 18 8 0 121 69
Clarkson 16 10 5 1 .656 86 48 25 17 7 1 135 76
Northeastern 22 14 8 0 .636 114 81 24 14 10 0 116 92
Vermont 8 4 2 2 .625 45 31 10 5 3 2 54 38
Bowdoin 20 12 8 0 .600 87 66 22 14 8 0 87 66
Brown 22 12 8 2 .591 97 72 24 13 9 2 104 78
Norwich 17 9 7 1 .559 73 65 19 10 8 1 79 74
St. Lawrence 16 8 7 1 .531 61 41 25 13 10 2 91 66
New Hampshire 25 13 12 0 .520 89 112 25 13 12 0 89 112
Cornell 20 9 10 1 .475 55 65 23 12 10 1 64 67
Williams 17 8 9 0 .471 71 100 18 9 9 0 71 100
Merrimack 13 6 7 0 .462 54 56 15 8 7 0 54 56
Massachusetts 16 6 8 2 .438 55 60 17 6 9 2 55 60
Boston University 21 9 12 0 .429 69 63 24 9 13 0 78 74
Hamilton 17 5 12 0 .294 45 90 18 6 12 0 45 90
Connecticut 7 2 5 0 .286 24 54 11 3 8 0 42 74
Colby 20 5 14 1 .275 63 110 19 6 12 1 68 115
Princeton 22 6 16 0 .273 79 113 24 8 16 0 79 113
American International 15 4 11 0 .267 69 97 18 7 11 0 104 103
Middlebury 20 4 16 0 .200 57 125 23 4 19 0 60 136
Yale 20 4 16 0 .200 48 97 22 4 18 0 52 102
Amherst 16 2 14 0 .125 48 94 19 5 14 0 48 94
MIT 10 0 10 0 .000 16 74 16 0 16 0 18 86
Championship: Providence
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
1963–64 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings
Overall
GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota–Duluth 25 11 14 0 95 95
Ohio State 10 2 8 0 27 104
St. Olaf 8 0 8 0 – –
Wisconsin 16 8 5 3 81 69
1963–64 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Saint Mary's † – – – – – – – 15 14 1 0 – –
Macalester – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Hamline – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Augsburg 12 4 8 0 .333 – – 16 7 9 0 – –
Concordia – – – – – – – 11 3 7 1 – –
St. Thomas – – – – – – – 11 4 6 1 – –
Saint John's – – – – – – – 12 3 8 1 – –
† indicates conference champion
1963–64 Tri-State League standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson† 4 2 1 1 5 20 13 25 17 7 1 135 76
St. Lawrence† 4 2 1 1 5 12 7 25 13 10 2 91 66
Rensselaer 4 1 3 0 2 9 21 26 18 8 0 121 69
† indicates conference regular season champion
1963–64 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan† 14 12 2 0 .857 90 37 29 24 4 1 217 80
Denver* 10 7 2 1 .750 33 17 31 20 7 4 141 76
Minnesota 16 10 6 0 .625 65 65 25 14 11 0 105 115
Michigan Tech 16 9 7 0 .563 57 47 27 14 12 1 95 79
North Dakota 14 5 8 1 .393 37 41 25 12 11 2 79 72
Colorado College 16 4 11 1 .281 57 84 26 11 14 1 121 131
Michigan State 14 1 12 1 .107 42 90 26 8 17 1 100 134
Championship: Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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1964 NCAA Tournament

Main article: 1964 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Semifinals
March 19–20 		National Championship
March 21
      
W1 Denver 4
E2 Rensselaer 1
W1 Denver 3
W2 Michigan 6
E1 Providence 2
W2 Michigan 3 Third Place Game
E1 Providence 1
E2 Rensselaer 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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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

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Jerry Knightley Junior Rensselaer 26 33 42 75 33
Bob Brinkworth Senior Rensselaer 26 35 35 70 2
Gary Butler Senior Michigan 29 38 30 68 26
Gordon Wilkie Senior Michigan – 16 51 67 20
Wilf Martin Junior Michigan – 34 24 58 10
Corby Adams Senior Clarkson 29 27 27 54 –
John Cunniff Sophomore Boston College 28 27 25 52 0
Phil Dyer Sophomore Boston College – – – 52 –
Grant Heffernan Junior Providence – 18 30 48 –
Tom Polanic Junior Michigan – 8 38 46 92

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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

Player Class Team GP Min W L OT GA SO SV% GAA
Bob Perani Sophomore St. Lawrence 21 1270 - - - 47 1 .933 2.22
Neil Mieras Senior Army 27 1553 19 8 0 59 5 .901 2.28
Buddy Blom Sophomore Denver - - 19 - - - 4 .934 2.30
Bob Bellemore Sophomore Providence 26 - - - - - - - 2.47
Bill Sack Junior Rensselaer 26 1554 18 8 0 68 4 .920 2.63
Joe Lech Junior North Dakota - - - - - - 1 .900 2.69
Garry Bauman Senior Michigan Tech 24 - - - - - - .912 2.70
Bob Gray Senior Michigan 24 - - - - 65 4 .914 2.70
John Dunham Senior Brown - - - - - - - - 2.78
Errol McKibbon Sophomore Cornell 23 - - - - - - .898 2.83

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Awards

1964 NHL Amateur Draft

Main article: 1964 NHL Amateur Draft
Round Pick Player College Conference NHL team
1 2 Alex Campbell † St. Lawrence ECAC Hockey Boston Bruins
2 7 Brian Watts † Michigan Tech WCHA Detroit Red Wings
3 14 Ken Dryden † Cornell ECAC Hockey Boston Bruins
3 15 Gordie Lowe † Cornell ECAC Hockey New York Rangers
4 21 Syl Apps Jr. † Princeton ECAC Hockey New York Rangers

† incoming freshman
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