The 1966–67 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1966 and concluded with the 1967 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 18, 1967 at the Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse, New York. This was the 20th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 73rd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

New Hampshire returned to a partial University Division schedule but still qualified for the lower-tier ECAC playoffs for this and the following season. They would become a full-time top division program for the 1968–69 season.

Cornell's win was the first by an eastern team since 1954 ending the 12-year dominance of the WCHA.

On June 7, 1967, Al Karlander became the first NCAA player to be selected in an NHL Draft.

Regular season

Season tournaments Tournament Dates Teams Champion ECAC Christmas Hockey Tournament December 16–17 4 Cornell ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival December 17–20 6 Boston University Great Lakes Invitational December 22–23 4 Michigan Yankee Conference Tournament December 27–28 4 New Hampshire St. Paul Hockey Classic December 28–29 4 Minnesota Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 28–30 4 Boston University, Cornell Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 28–30 4 Michigan Brown Holiday Tournament December 29–30 4 Brown Beanpot February 9, 13 4 Boston University

Standings

1967 NCAA Tournament

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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 Senior Boston College 28 26 41 67 14 Sophomore Boston University 31 16 51 67 4 Sophomore Rensselaer 24 31 34 65 64 Senior Cornell 29 27 34 64 103 Senior Minnesota–Duluth 28 23 39 62 85 Junior Brown 24 35 26 61 – Sophomore Rensselaer 24 27 29 55 12 Junior Boston College 28 32 23 55 12 Sophomore Boston University 29 29 26 55 21 Senior Boston University 29 13 41 54 32

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 Sophomore Cornell 27 1646 26 0 1 40 4 .945 1.46 Senior Michigan Tech 15 900 - - - 39 0 .916 2.60 Sophomore New Hampshire 17 - - - - - - .916 2.84 Senior Boston University 26 1563 - - - 75 0 .900 2.88 Sophomore Denver 30 - 22 8 0 - 1 .879 2.97 Senior Michigan Tech 15 900 - - - 42 1 .895 3.00 Sophomore Michigan 15 900 - - - 45 2 .907 3.00 Junior St. Lawrence 18 980 - - - 50 2 .903 3.06 Junior New Hampshire 14 - - - - - - .884 3.08 Junior North Dakota 29 - - - - - 0 .889 3.11

Awards

NCAA Award RecipientSpencer Penrose Award Eddie Jeremiah, DartmouthMost Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament Skip Stanowski, CornellAHCA All-American Teams East Team   Position   West Team Ken Dryden, Cornell G Tony Esposito, Michigan Tech G Rick Best, Michigan Tech Brian Gilmour, Boston University D Jerry Lafond, North Dakota Harry Orr, Cornell D Bruce Riutta, Michigan Tech Doug Ferguson, Cornell F Keith Christiansen, Minnesota-Duluth John Morrison, Yale F Bob Lindberg, Colorado College Jerry York, Boston College F Gary Milroy, Michigan Tech F Jim Wiste, Denver

ECAC Award RecipientPlayer of the Year Doug Ferguson, CornellRookie of the Year Herb Wakabayashi, Boston UniversityOutstanding Defenseman Harry Orr, CornellMost Outstanding Player in Tournament Doug Ferguson, CornellAll-ECAC Hockey Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Ken Dryden, Cornell G Wayne Ryan, Boston University Harry Orr, Cornell D Don Turcotte, Northeastern Peter McLachlan, Boston University D Brian Gilmour, Boston University John Morrison, Yale F Dennis Macks, Brown Doug Ferguson, Cornell F Jerry York, Boston College Wayne Small, Brown F Mike Doran, Cornell

WCHA Award RecipientMost Valuable Player Keith Christiansen, Minnesota-DuluthSophomore of the Year Keith Magnuson, Denver Bob Munro, North DakotaCoach of the Year Bill Selman, North DakotaAll-WCHA Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Tony Esposito, Michigan Tech G Rick Best, Michigan Tech Keith Magnuson, Denver D Paul Domm, Michigan Jerry Lafond, North Dakota D Bruce Riutta, Michigan Tech Keith Christiansen, Minnesota-Duluth F Bob Toothill, Michigan Tech Jim Wiste, Denver F Gary Milroy, Michigan Tech Tom Mikkola, Michigan State F Bob Lindberg, Colorado College

1967 NHL Amateur Draft

Round Pick Player College Conference NHL team 2 17 Michigan Tech WCHA

See also 1966–67 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season

References

External links College Hockey Historical Archives 1966–67 NCAA Standings