1975–76 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

1975–76 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
DurationOctober 1975–
March 27, 1976
NCAA tournament1976
National championshipUniversity of Denver Arena
Denver, Colorado
NCAA championMinnesota
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1975 and concluded with the 1976 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 27, 1976 at the University of Denver Arena in Denver, Colorado. This was the 29th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 82nd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

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 WMPL.

WMPL Poll
Rank Team
1 Minnesota
2 Michigan
3 Boston University
4 Michigan Tech
5 Michigan State
6 Cornell
7 Minnesota Duluth
8 Colorado College
9 Harvard
10 Vermont

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Utica Invitational November 27–28 4 New Hampshire
North Country Thanksgiving Festival November 27–29 4 Concordia
Syracuse Invitational December 26–27 4 Clarkson
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 27–29 4 Providence
Great Lakes Invitational December 29–30 4 Michigan
Blue–Green Invitational January 2–3 4 New Hampshire
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival January 2–4 4 Clarkson
Yale–SAAB Tournament January 9–10 4 New Hampshire
Concordia Invitational January 14–15 4
Beanpot February 2, 9 4 Boston College

Standings

1975–76 Big Ten standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan State† 12 9 3 0 18 57 49 40 23 15 2 193 176
Michigan 12 8 4 0 16 69 52 39 21 18 0 196 176
Minnesota 12 4 8 0 8 42 53 44 28 14 2 190 158
Wisconsin 12 3 9 0 6 49 63 38 12 24 2 153 177
† indicates conference regular season champion
1975–76 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Bowling Green† 16 11 4 1 23 80 44 32 21 9 2 198 90
Saint Louis* 16 10 5 1 21 76 51 41 24 15 2 193 139
Lake Superior State 16 9 7 0 18 59 55 37 20 16 1 185 172
Western Michigan 16 6 10 0 12 62 75 34 18 14 2 176 158
Ohio State 16 3 13 0 6 49 101 34 18 15 1 213 155
Championship: Saint Louis
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
1975–76 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Boston University†* 23 21 2 0 .915 141 77 30 25 5 0 182 108
New Hampshire 28 22 6 0 .786 163 97 31 24 7 0 184 108
Brown 23 18 5 0 .783 149 90 30 23 7 0 186 126
Clarkson 25 16 8 1 .660 135 114 31 18 12 1 170 146
Cornell 23 13 9 1 .587 127 98 29 18 10 1 174 128
Dartmouth 24 14 10 0 .583 123 112 27 16 11 0 140 123
Harvard 20 10 7 3 .575 101 89 26 13 10 3 134 125
Boston College 21 11 9 1 .548 115 96 29 15 13 1 158 135
Providence 25 11 12 2 .480 132 111 31 14 15 2 171 141
Rensselaer 23 9 12 2 .435 123 121 28 13 13 2 153 143
Vermont 22 9 13 0 .409 102 112 32 15 16 1 179 160
St. Lawrence 19 7 11 1 .395 87 102 27 11 17 1 128 144
Colgate 20 6 14 0 .300 88 126 25 9 16 0 117 153
Northeastern 23 6 16 1 .283 93 124 26 9 16 1 117 133
Princeton 23 6 16 1 .283 76 135 24 7 16 1 86 138
Pennsylvania 23 5 17 1 .239 85 141 26 6 19 1 107 163
Yale 21 1 20 0 .048 68 166 25 4 21 0 91 189
Championship: Boston University
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
1975–76 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Air Force 0 0 0 0 - - - 26 16 10 0 160 145
1975–76 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan Tech†* 32 25 7 0 50 190 134 43 34 9 0 255 177
Michigan State 32 20 12 0 40 154 139 40 23 15 2 193 176
Minnesota* 32 18 13 1 37 129 119 44 28 14 2 190 158
Michigan 32 17 15 0 34 157 141 39 21 18 0 196 176
Notre Dame 32 15 15 2 32 143 140 38 19 17 2 171 173
Colorado College 32 15 16 1 31 131 133 38 15 22 1 151 181
Wisconsin 32 11 19 2 24 137 151 38 12 24 2 153 177
Denver 32 12 20 0 24 120 140 39 16 23 0 165 175
Minnesota-Duluth 32 12 20 0 24 132 160 36 15 21 0 159 179
North Dakota 32 12 20 0 24 119 155 36 15 21 0 142 168
Championship: Minnesota, Michigan Tech
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Final regular season polls

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

WMPL Coaches Poll
Ranking Team
1 Michigan Tech
2 Boston University
3 Michigan State
4 New Hampshire
5 Minnesota
6 Brown
7 Michigan
8 Bowling Green State
9 Notre Dame
10 Clarkson
10 (tie) Cornell

1976 NCAA Tournament

Main article: 1976 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Semifinals
March 25–26 		National championship
March 27
      
E1 Boston University 2
W2 Minnesota 4
W2 Minnesota 6
W1 Michigan Tech 4
W1 Michigan Tech 7*
E2 Brown 6 Third-place game
E1 Boston University 7
E2 Brown 8

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
Tom Ross Senior Michigan State 41 51 54 105 28
Mike Zuke Senior Michigan Tech 43 47 57 104 42
Steve Colp Senior Michigan State 39 40 54 94 56
Bruce Allworth Junior Ohio State 34 40 53 93 50
George Lyle Junior Michigan Tech 43 47 41 88 42
Stuart Ostlund Sophomore Michigan Tech 43 34 50 84 18
Darryl Rice Senior Michigan State 41 31 51 82 54
Chuck Delich Junior Air Force 26 44 35 79 45
Bill Gilligan Sophomore Brown 30 25 54 79 10
Jim Mayer Senior Michigan Tech 43 29 42 71 58

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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
Mike Liut Junior Bowling Green 21 1171 13 5 0 50 0 .905 2.56
Tom Mohr Senior Minnesota 12 689 8 3 1 31 0 .905 2.70
Lindsay Middlebrook Junior Saint Louis 30 1767 - - - 88 0 - 2.99
Dan Magnarelli Junior New Hampshire 21 1230 - - - 65 0 .886 3.17
Jeff Tscherne Sophomore Minnesota 29 1766 19 9 1 103 0 .893 3.50
Mark Evans Sophomore New Hampshire 11 562 - - - 37 0 .850 3.95
Kevin McCabe Junior Brown 29 1619 21 7 0 107 0 .879 3.97
Bruce Horsch Sophomore Michigan Tech 31 1860 24 7 0 124 1 .898 4.00
Ernie Glanville Sophomore Denver 19 - 9 - - - 0 .882 4.10
Pat Tims Junior Lake Superior State 22 - - - - - - - 4.13

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Awards

1976 NHL Amateur Draft

Main article: 1976 NHL Amateur Draft
Round Pick Player College Conference NHL team
1 8 David Shand ‡ Michigan WCHA Atlanta Flames
2 21 Steve Clippingdale ‡ Wisconsin WCHA Los Angeles Kings
2 22 Reed Larson Minnesota WCHA Detroit Red Wings
3 39 Don Jackson Notre Dame WCHA Minnesota North Stars
3 41 Mike Fidler Boston University ECAC Hockey California Golden Seals
3 54 Bill Baker Minnesota WCHA Montreal Canadiens
4 56 Mike Liut Bowling Green CCHA St. Louis Blues
4 59 Warren Young Michigan Tech WCHA California Golden Seals
4 61 Paul Skidmore Boston College ECAC Hockey St. Louis Blues
4 63 Dave Debol Michigan WCHA Chicago Black Hawks
4 68 Ken Morrow Bowling Green CCHA New York Islanders
4 70 Bob Miller New Hampshire ECAC Hockey Boston Bruins
5 75 Phil Verchota Minnesota WCHA Minnesota North Stars
5 79 Cal Sandbeck Denver WCHA California Golden Seals
5 85 Rob Palmer Michigan WCHA Los Angeles Kings
5 89 Robin Lang Cornell ECAC Hockey Philadelphia Flyers
6 93 Dave Delich Colorado College WCHA Minnesota North Stars
6 97 Nels Goddard Michigan Tech WCHA St. Louis Blues
6 99 John Peterson Notre Dame WCHA Chicago Blackhawks
6 107 Paul Klasinski † Michigan State WCHA Philadelphia Flyers
7 110 Jeff Barr Michigan State WCHA Minnesota North Stars
7 113 Mike Eaves Wisconsin WCHA St. Louis Blues
7 115 John Rothstein Minnesota–Duluth WCHA Chicago Black Hawks
8 122 Stuart Ostlund Michigan Tech WCHA Vancouver Canucks
8 123 John Gregory Wisconsin WCHA Chicago Black Hawks
9 124 Dave Dornseif Providence ECAC Hockey St. Louis Blues
9 125 Bruce Horsch Michigan Tech WCHA Montreal Canadiens
10 126 Bradley Wilson Providence ECAC Hockey St. Louis Blues
11 128 Dan Hoene Michigan WCHA St. Louis Blues
13 132 Jim Bales Denver WCHA St. Louis Blues

† Incoming freshman.
‡ Clippingdale and Shand had both left school two years prior.
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See also

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