1973–74 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
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 Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the 27th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 80th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
Regular season
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Conference |
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Overall |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
PTS |
GF |
GA |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
Wisconsin† | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 55 | 45 | | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 170 | 141 |
Minnesota | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 50 | 47 | | 39 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 171 | 143 |
Michigan State | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 61 | 63 | | 38 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 207 | 177 |
Michigan | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 47 | 59 | | 36 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 147 | 162 |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
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Lake Superior State† | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 40 | 33 | | 39 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 205 | 159 |
Saint Louis* | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 37 | | 40 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 224 | 165 |
Bowling Green | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 37 | | 39 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 217 | 167 |
Championship: Saint Louis † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
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Pct. |
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GA |
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GF |
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New Hampshire† | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .750 | 113 | 71 | | 31 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 171 | 105 |
Harvard | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 166 | 109 | | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 155 | 113 |
Boston University* | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 167 | 89 | | 31 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 190 | 95 |
Cornell | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .675 | 135 | 108 | | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 146 | 110 |
St. Lawrence | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .559 | 79 | 83 | | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 125 | 123 |
Dartmouth | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .545 | 93 | 104 | | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 99 | 100 |
Providence | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .500 | 83 | 103 | | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 115 | 113 |
Rensselaer | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 | 101 | 116 | | 30 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 141 | 142 |
Clarkson | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .452 | 70 | 89 | | 27 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 97 | 115 |
Pennsylvania | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 67 | 71 | | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 75 | 87 |
Boston College | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .421 | 89 | 98 | | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 137 | 138 |
Northeastern | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | .421 | 74 | 88 | | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 116 | 124 |
Brown | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 63 | 69 | | 23 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 87 | 86 |
Princeton | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | .375 | 62 | 100 | | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 87 | 117 |
Yale | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .278 | 60 | 91 | | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 80 | 114 |
Colgate | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | .275 | 73 | 104 | | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 122 | 133 |
Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
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Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | | 27 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 143 | 127 |
Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 166 | 115 |
Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | | 31 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 162 | 123 |
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GA |
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GA |
Michigan Tech†* | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 155 | 95 | | 40 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 218 | 135 |
Minnesota* | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 125 | 100 | | 39 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 171 | 143 |
Denver | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 126 | 122 | | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 171 | 156 |
Michigan State | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 150 | 140 | | 38 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 207 | 177 |
Wisconsin | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 124 | 105 | | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 170 | 141 |
Minnesota-Duluth | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 113 | 126 | | 38 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 167 | 155 |
Michigan | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 107 | 131 | | 36 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 147 | 162 |
Notre Dame | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 125 | 121 | | 36 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 159 | 154 |
Colorado College | 28 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 22 | 120 | 138 | | 32 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 155 | 157 |
North Dakota | 28 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 80 | 147 | | 34 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 103 | 169 |
Championship: Michigan Tech, Minnesota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1974 NCAA Tournament[4]
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats
Scoring leaders[5]
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 |
Colp, SteveSteve Colp | Sophomore | Michigan State | 38 | 43 | 54 | 97 | 48 |
Ross, TomTom Ross | Sophomore | Michigan State | 38 | 37 | 51 | 88 | 32 |
Dobek, BobBob Dobek | Sophomore | Bowling Green | 39 | 44 | 42 | 86 | 40 |
Palazzari, DougDoug Palazzari | Senior | Colorado College | 32 | 31 | 48 | 79 | 71 |
Nestick, JohnJohn Nestick | Senior | St. Louis | 40 | 41 | 35 | 76 | 10 |
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke | Sophomore | Michigan Tech | 40 | 28 | 47 | 75 | 38 |
Rice, DarrylDarryl Rice | Sophomore | Michigan State | 38 | 31 | 38 | 69 | 54 |
Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart | Sophomore | Bowling Green | 39 | 27 | 42 | 69 | 50 |
D'Alvise, BobBob D'Alvise | Junior | Michigan Tech | 40 | 29 | 39 | 68 | 4 |
Delich, ChuckChuck Delich | Freshman | Air Force | 27 | 43 | 24 | 67 | 36 |
Leading goaltenders[5]
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 |
Raeder, CapCap Raeder | Sophomore | New Hampshire | 22 | 1318 | 15 | - | - | 58 | 0 | .908 | 2.64 |
Walsh, EdEd Walsh | Junior | Boston University | 29 | 1633 | - | - | - | 78 | 2 | .911 | 2.86 |
Warden, JimJim Warden | Sophomore | Michigan Tech | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | .910 | 3.01 |
Quance, RickRick Quance | Junior | Michigan Tech | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | .894 | 3.01 |
Shelstad, BradBrad Shelstad | Senior | Minnesota | 34 | 2148 | - | - | - | 111 | 1 | .906 | 3.10 |
LaRose, SylSyl LaRose | Freshman | Clarkson | 23 | 1380 | - | - | - | 83 | 0 | .896 | 3.61 |
Buppert, BarneyBarney Buppert | Sophomore | New Hampshire | 11 | 520 | - | - | - | 32 | 0 | .873 | 3.69 |
Aikens, HarryHarry Aikens | Freshman | St. Lawrence | 12 | 616 | - | - | - | 38 | 0 | .903 | 3.70 |
Hangsleben, GordyGordy Hangsleben | Freshman | North Dakota | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .900 | 3.74 |
Perkins, DickDick Perkins | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 23 | 1381 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 87 | 0 | .891 | 3.78 |
Awards
NCAA
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AHCA All-American Teams[7] |
East Team | Position | West Team |
Cap Raeder, New Hampshire |
G |
Robbie Moore, Michigan |
George Kuzmicz, Cornell |
D |
Norm Barnes, Michigan State |
Vic Stanfield, Boston University |
D |
Jim Nahrgang, Michigan Tech |
Bill Burlington, Boston University |
F |
Steve Colp, Michigan State |
Gordon Clark, New Hampshire |
F |
Doug Palazzari, Colorado College |
Randy Roth, Harvard |
F |
Mike Zuke, Michigan Tech |
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CCHA
No Awards
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All-CCHA Teams[8] |
First Team | Position | Second Team |
Pat Tims, Lake Superior State |
G |
Ralph Kloiber, St. Louis |
Roger Archer, Bowling Green |
D |
Mario Faubert, St. Louis |
Tom Davies, Lake Superior State |
D |
Bill Slewidge, Lake Superior State |
Bob Dobek, Bowling Green |
F |
John Stewart, Bowling Green |
Kim Gellert, Lake Superior State |
F |
Rick Kennedy, St. Louis |
John Nestic, St. Louis |
F |
Charlie Labelle, St. Louis |
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ECAC
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All-ECAC Hockey Teams[10] |
First Team | Position | Second Team |
Ed Walsh, Boston University |
G |
Cap Raeder, New Hampshire |
Vic Stanfield, Boston University |
D |
Levy Byrd, Harvard |
George Kuzmicz, Cornell |
D |
Peter Brown, Boston University |
Bill Burlington, Boston University |
F |
Bob Goodenow, Harvard |
Gordon Clark, New Hampshire |
F |
Tom Fleming, Dartmouth |
Randy Roth, Harvard |
F |
Rick Meagher, Boston University |
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WCHA
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All-WCHA Teams[12] |
First Team | Position | Second Team |
Brad Shelstad, Minnesota |
G |
Rick Quance, Michigan Tech |
Jim Nahrgang, Michigan Tech |
D |
Gord McDonald, Minnesota-Duluth |
Norm Barnes, Michigan State |
D |
Bruce Affleck, Denver |
Doug Palazzari, Colorado College |
F |
Lorne Stamler, Michigan Tech |
Steve Colp, Michigan State |
F |
Tom Ross, Michigan State |
Mike Zuke, Michigan Tech |
F |
Ray Delorenzi, Notre Dame |
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References
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