1976–77 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season

The 1976–77 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season began in November 1976 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 13th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

1976–77 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season
Duration	November 1976– March, 1977
NCAA tournament	1977
List of NCAA Division II men's ice hockey seasons ← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament	Dates	Teams	Champion
Oswego Invitational	November 13–14	4	Oswego State
Skate 3 Tournament	November 24–25	4	Merrimack
Pilgrim Hockey Festival	November 27–28	4	Holy Cross
Elmira Tournament	December 4–5	4	Elmira
Codfish Bowl	December 28–29	4	Lowell
Salem State Tournament	January 8–9	4	Salem State
Wesleyan Invitational	January 18, 20	4

Standings

1976–77 ECAC 2 standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
East Region
Merrimack *	23	20	2	1	.891	123	51		35	23	11	1	175	114
Bowdoin	15	13	2	0	.867	102	47		23	16	7	0
Salem State	22	16	6	0	.727	107	78		27	22	5	0
Lowell	25	16	8	1	.660	111	84		27	17	9	1	117	92
New Haven	15	7	6	2	.533	56	58		24	16	6	2
Holy Cross	22	10	12	0	.455	97	88		27	15	12	0	145	100
Saint Anselm	20	8	11	1	.425	87	88		21	8	12	1	88	95
Bryant	17	7	10	0	.412	69	107		30	17	13	0
Bridgewater State	14	4	10	0	.286	50	81		22	11	11	0
Babson	18	4	12	2	.278	46	63		22	8	12	2	78	72
Connecticut	20	5	14	1	.275	65	75		24	8	14	2	103	107
Boston State	22	6	16	0	.273	75	115		28	10	18	0
Colby	21	5	16	0	.238	51	113		24	8	16	0
New England College	17	4	13	0	.235	45	97		23	8	15	0
West Region
Union †	12	11	1	0	.917	106	39		26	22	3	1
Elmira	21	19	2	0	.905	154	57		25	22	3	0	180	67
Army	17	14	2	1	.853	111	51		29	22	6	1	202	101
American International	19	14	5	0	.737	113	70		24	18	6	0
Middlebury	16	11	4	1	.719	91	56		22	15	6	1
Buffalo	15	11	4	0	.733	113	54		25	14	11	0
Hamilton	16	10	6	0	.625	101	73		21	15	5	1
Oswego State	23	14	9	0	.609	97	109		25	13	12	0	106	121
Norwich	23	11	12	0	.478	111	115		25	12	13	0	123	131
Cortland State	17	8	9	0	.471	88	100
Massachusetts	20	8	11	1	.425	69	92		22	8	13	1	72	107
North Adams State	17	6	10	1	.382	75	95		26	14	11	1
Plattsburgh State	18	5	13	0	.278	55	132		23	9	14	0	85	144
Brockport State	12	3	9	0	.250	43	76		20	8	12	0	89	121
Williams	17	4	13	0	.235	58	96		22	9	13	0
Potsdam State	13	1	12	0	.077	25	82		22	5	17	0
Geneseo State	6	0	6	0	.000	22	48		28	17	9	2
Championship: March 16, 1977 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1976–77 NCAA Division II Independent ice hockey standings
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Chicago State
Hillsdale
Illinois-Chicago	26	14	12	0
Lake Forest	24	12	12	0	122	110
Mankato State	28	17	10	1	150	118
Oberlin
St. Cloud State	24	10	13	1	125	133

1976–77 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Gustavus Adolphus †	14	12	2	0	24				24	19	4	1
Augsburg †	14	12	2	0	24				27	19	7	1
Concordia (MN)	14	8	5	1	17				24	13	19	1
St. Thomas	14	8	6	0	16				24	8	16	0
Saint John's	14	6	7	1	13				22	7	14	1
Hamline	14	6	8	0	12
Saint Mary's	14	3	11	0	6				23	4	19	0
St. Olaf	14	0	14	0	0				20	1	19	0
† indicates conference regular season champion

1977 NHL Amateur Draft

Main article: 1977 NHL Amateur Draft

Round	Pick	Player	College	Conference	NHL team
15	183	John Costello	Lowell	ECAC 2	Montreal Canadiens

† incoming freshman

See also

• 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
• 1976–77 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season