1975–76 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
1975–76 NCAA champion | Minnesota | ||||
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The 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1975 and concluded with the
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 | |
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Rank | Team |
1 | Minnesota |
2 | Michigan |
3 | Boston University |
4 | Michigan Tech |
5 | Michigan State |
6 | Cornell |
7 | Minnesota Duluth |
8 | Colorado College
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9 | Harvard |
10 | Vermont |
Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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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
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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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 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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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 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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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 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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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 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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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 |
Final regular season polls
The final top 10 teams as ranked by coaches (WMPL) before the conference tournament finals.
WMPL Coaches Poll | |
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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
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)
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Awards
ECAC
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WCHA
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1976 NHL Amateur Draft
Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
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1 | 8 | David Shand ‡ | Michigan | WCHA | Atlanta Flames |
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
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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 | 115 | John Rothstein | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | Chicago Black Hawks
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8 | 122 | Stuart Ostlund | Michigan Tech | WCHA | Vancouver Canucks |
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.
‡ Shand had left school two years prior.
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See also
References
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- ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ a b "1975-76 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "1976 NHL Amateur Draft". Hockey DB. Retrieved October 25, 2023.