| 1974–75 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season | |||||
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| Duration | November 1974– March, 1975 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 1975 | ||||
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The 1974–75 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season began in November 1974 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 11th season of second-tier college ice hockey.
Regular season[edit]
Season tournaments[edit]
| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell Thanksgiving Tournament | November 28, 30 | 4 | Merrimack |
| Elmira Tournament | December 21–22 | 4 | Hamilton |
| Codfish Bowl | December 28–29 | 4 | Salem State |
| Merrimack Invitational | January 4–5 | 4 | Merrimack |
| Wesleyan Invitational | January 10–11 | 4 | Connecticut |
Standings[edit]
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Western Michigan† | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 76 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Buffalo | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | |||
| Lake Forest | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 69 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 119 | 197 | |
| Western Michigan qualified for the CCHA Championship † indicates conference regular season champion | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Merrimack † | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 176 | 78 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 200 | 116 | |
| Hamilton | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .711 | 99 | 79 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Middlebury | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .700 | 81 | 58 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Bowdoin * | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 87 | 72 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Salem State | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .682 | 111 | 81 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Army | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .632 | 99 | 74 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 169 | 119 | |
| Lowell Tech | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 89 | 74 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 113 | 73 | |
| Oswego State | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .618 | 92 | 75 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 136 | 104 | |
| Saint Anselm | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | .568 | 144 | 88 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 147 | 97 | |
| Connecticut | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .528 | 76 | 80 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 136 | 118 | |
| American International | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .500 | 116 | 99 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Massachusetts | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .500 | 90 | 86 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 108 | 131 | |
| Buffalo | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .500 | 84 | 66 | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | |||
| Elmira | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .500 | 54 | 54 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Norwich | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .474 | 98 | 112 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 148 | 169 | |
| Williams | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 | 74 | 82 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Ithaca | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .423 | 55 | 61 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Boston State | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | .318 | 80 | 132 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Holy Cross | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 42 | 75 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 109 | 106 | |
| Bridgewater State | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 30 | 73 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Babson | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 44 | 70 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | |||
| New England College | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 50 | 100 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Colby | 17 | 3 | 12 | 2 | .235 | 64 | 93 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 2 | |||
| Brockport | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | 21 | 39 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | |||
| New Haven | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | .059 | 52 | 137 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Championship: March 8, 1975 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
| Overall record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
| Brockport State | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 115 | 68 |
| Chicago State | ||||||
| Elmira | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 114 | 79 |
| Hillsdale | ||||||
| Illinois-Chicago | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Mankato State | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 126 | 93 |
| North Adams State | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oberlin | ||||||
| St. Cloud State | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 162 | 129 |
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Gustavus Adolphus † | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Augsburg | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| St. Thomas | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Concordia (MN) | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Saint John's | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Saint Mary's | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 0 | |||||
| St. Olaf | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 0 | |||||
| Hamline | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Macalester | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| † indicates conference regular season champion | ||||||||||||||