NCAA Standings 1996-97
1996-1997
1996-97 NCAA Standings
| # | Team | GP | W | T | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | +/- | TP | PPG | Postseason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCHA | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Univ. of Michigan | 43 | 35 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 242 | 98 | 144 | 46 | 1.07 | Frozen Four  |
| 2. | Miami Univ. (Ohio) | 40 | 27 | 1 | 12 | - | - | 174 | 119 | 55 | 39 | 0.98 | First round loss |
| 3. | Michigan State Univ. | 40 | 23 | 4 | 13 | - | - | 145 | 118 | 27 | 36 | 0.90 | First round loss |
| 4. | Lake Superior State Univ. | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | - | - | 154 | 142 | 12 | 34 | 0.89 | - |
| 5. | Bowling Green State Univ. | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | - | - | 158 | 142 | 16 | 25 | 0.66 | - |
| 6. | Western Michigan Univ. | 37 | 14 | 5 | 18 | - | - | 125 | 134 | -9 | 25 | 0.68 | - |
| 7. | Ohio State Univ. | 39 | 12 | 2 | 25 | - | - | 135 | 190 | -55 | 20 | 0.51 | - |
| 8. | Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks | 37 | 14 | 1 | 22 | - | - | 135 | 169 | -34 | 17 | 0.46 | - |
| 9. | Ferris State Univ. | 37 | 11 | 3 | 23 | - | - | 125 | 166 | -41 | 16 | 0.43 | - |
| 10. | Univ. of Notre Dame | 35 | 9 | 1 | 25 | - | - | 92 | 131 | -39 | 13 | 0.37 | - |
| ECAC | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Clarkson Univ. | 37 | 27 | 0 | 10 | - | - | 154 | 91 | 63 | 34 | 0.92 | Quarterfinal loss |
| 2. | Cornell Univ. | 35 | 21 | 5 | 9 | - | - | 123 | 100 | 23 | 30 | 0.86 | Quarterfinal loss |
| 3. | Univ. of Vermont | 36 | 22 | 3 | 11 | - | - | 125 | 105 | 20 | 29 | 0.81 | First round loss |
| 4. | RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.) | 36 | 20 | 4 | 12 | - | - | 137 | 112 | 25 | 27 | 0.75 | - |
| 5. | Princeton Univ. | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | - | - | 111 | 103 | 8 | 25 | 0.74 | - |
| 6. | Union College | 34 | 18 | 3 | 13 | - | - | 106 | 79 | 27 | 25 | 0.74 | - |
| 7. | Colgate Univ. | 33 | 16 | 3 | 14 | - | - | 126 | 124 | 2 | 23 | 0.70 | - |
| 8. | Harvard Univ. | 32 | 11 | 3 | 18 | - | - | 85 | 106 | -21 | 20 | 0.63 | - |
| 9. | St. Lawrence Univ. | 35 | 10 | 5 | 20 | - | - | 121 | 148 | -27 | 15 | 0.43 | - |
| 10. | Yale Univ. | 32 | 10 | 3 | 19 | - | - | 90 | 114 | -24 | 14 | 0.44 | - |
| 11. | Dartmouth College | 29 | 10 | 2 | 17 | - | - | 105 | 121 | -16 | 12 | 0.41 | - |
| 12. | Brown Univ. | 29 | 7 | 3 | 19 | - | - | 108 | 148 | -40 | 10 | 0.34 | - |
| Hockey East | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Boston Univ. | 41 | 26 | 6 | 9 | - | - | 178 | 115 | 63 | 36 | 0.88 | Final loss |
| 2. | Univ. of New Hampshire | 39 | 28 | 0 | 11 | - | - | 204 | 129 | 75 | 36 | 0.92 | First round loss |
| 3. | Univ. of Maine | 34 | 23 | 1 | 10 | - | - | 162 | 109 | 53 | 33 | 0.97 | - |
| 4. | Providence College | 36 | 15 | 1 | 20 | - | - | 141 | 137 | 4 | 25 | 0.69 | - |
| 5. | Merrimack College | 36 | 15 | 2 | 19 | - | - | 127 | 146 | -19 | 24 | 0.67 | - |
| 6. | Boston College | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | - | - | 145 | 170 | -25 | 21 | 0.55 | - |
| 7. | UMass-Lowell | 38 | 15 | 2 | 21 | - | - | 126 | 163 | -37 | 19 | 0.50 | - |
| 8. | UMass | 35 | 12 | 0 | 23 | - | - | 119 | 167 | -48 | 14 | 0.40 | - |
| 9. | Northeastern Univ. | 36 | 8 | 3 | 25 | - | - | 103 | 160 | -57 | 8 | 0.22 | - |
| Independent | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Air Force Academy | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | - | - | 109 | 140 | -31 | - | - | - |
| 2. | Army (U.S. Military Academy) | 34 | 19 | 2 | 13 | - | - | 158 | 119 | 39 | - | - | - |
| 3. | Mankato State Univ. | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | - | - | 141 | 123 | 18 | - | - | - |
| WCHA | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Univ. of Minnesota | 42 | 28 | 1 | 13 | - | - | 179 | 128 | 51 | 43 | 1.02 | Quarterfinal loss |
| 2. | Univ. of North Dakota | 43 | 31 | 2 | 10 | - | - | 190 | 130 | 60 | 43 | 1.00 | Champion |
| 3. | St. Cloud State Univ. | 40 | 23 | 4 | 13 | - | - | 152 | 130 | 22 | 40 | 1.00 | - |
| 4. | Colorado College | 44 | 25 | 4 | 15 | - | - | 169 | 141 | 28 | 38 | 0.86 | Frozen Four |
| 5. | Univ. of Denver | 41 | 24 | 4 | 13 | - | - | 163 | 122 | 41 | 38 | 0.93 | Quarterfinal loss |
| 6. | Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth | 38 | 18 | 4 | 16 | - | - | 133 | 131 | 2 | 34 | 0.89 | - |
| 7. | Univ. of Wisconsin | 38 | 15 | 2 | 21 | - | - | 132 | 151 | -19 | 32 | 0.84 | - |
| 8. | Northern Michigan Univ. | 40 | 13 | 3 | 24 | - | - | 108 | 152 | -44 | 20 | 0.50 | - |
| 9. | Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage | 36 | 9 | 4 | 23 | - | - | 86 | 126 | -40 | 18 | 0.50 | - |
| 10. | Michigan Tech | 39 | 8 | 4 | 27 | - | - | 98 | 155 | -57 | 14 | 0.36 | - |
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