2016–17 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

2016–17 NCAA men's ice hockey season
2016–17 NCAA men's ice hockey season
Duration	October 2016–; April 2017
NCAA tournament	2017
National championship	United Center; Chicago, Illinois
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
← 2015–16	2017–18 →

The 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 2016 and will conclude with the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game in April 2017.^[1] This is the 70th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship will be held, and the 122st year overall in which an NCAA school has iced a team.

Regular season

Standings

2016–17 Atlantic Hockey standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Canisius†	28	18	4	6	42	90	53	39	21	11	7	107	85
#12 Air Force*	28	19	6	3	41	91	56	42	27	10	5	133	93
Army	28	15	10	3	33	77	56	37	18	14	5	100	78
Robert Morris	28	15	10	3	33	86	73	38	22	12	4	123	95
Holy Cross	28	11	10	7	29	78	78	36	14	15	7	99	106
RIT	28	13	15	0	26	90	79	37	14	22	1	108	111
Mercyhurst	28	11	13	4	26	82	83	39	15	20	4	106	123
Bentley	28	10	12	6	26	78	82	39	13	19	7	101	120
Sacred Heart	28	10	15	3	23	67	87	37	13	19	5	88	116
American International	28	7	14	7	21	63	91	36	8	20	8	82	122
Niagara	28	3	23	2	8	55	119	39	5	31	3	76	168
Championship: March 18, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017

2016–17 Big Ten ice hockey standings v t e
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	SOW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#7 Minnesota†	20	14	5	1	0	43	79	58	38	23	12	3	141	104
#17 Wisconsin	20	12	8	0	0	36	72	66	36	20	15	1	122	118
#14 Ohio State	20	11	8	1	1	35	76	62	39	21	12	6	154	113
#8 Penn State*	20	10	9	1	0	31	71	63	39	25	12	2	160	108
Michigan	20	6	12	2	2	22	53	75	35	13	19	3	92	111
Michigan State	20	3	14	3	0	13	47	74	35	7	24	4	84	134
Championship: March 18, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017

2016–17 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings v t e
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Arizona State	32	10	19	3	91	130
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated February 20, 2017

2016–17 ECAC Hockey men's standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#3 Harvard†*	22	16	4	2	34	85	47	36	28	6	2	146	77
#11 Union†	22	16	4	2	34	87	56	38	25	10	3	143	113
#13 Cornell	22	13	4	5	31	70	51	35	21	9	5	99	81
St. Lawrence	22	12	6	4	28	61	44	37	17	13	7	104	88
#20 Quinnipiac	22	13	8	1	27	69	55	40	23	15	2	121	101
Clarkson	22	10	9	3	23	67	62	39	18	16	5	124	112
Princeton	22	8	11	3	19	63	75	34	15	16	3	103	111
Yale	22	7	11	4	18	62	67	33	13	15	5	99	98
Dartmouth	22	7	13	2	16	59	80	31	10	18	3	83	111
Colgate	22	6	13	3	15	40	62	37	9	22	6	78	113
Rensselaer	22	6	16	0	12	52	76	37	8	28	1	83	138
Brown	22	3	18	1	7	47	87	31	4	25	2	66	132
Championship: March 18, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017

2016–17 Hockey East men's standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Massachusetts–Lowell†*	22	14	7	1	29	76	51	41	27	11	3	151	95
#6 Boston University†	22	13	6	3	29	64	47	39	24	12	3	123	90
#16 Boston College†	22	13	6	3	29	74	56	40	21	15	4	132	104
#5 Notre Dame	22	12	6	4	28	67	51	40	23	12	5	128	93
#15 Providence	22	12	7	3	27	66	57	39	22	12	5	116	92
#18 Vermont	22	10	8	4	24	61	63	38	20	13	5	122	106
Merrimack	22	8	8	6	22	57	60	37	15	16	6	90	96
Northeastern	22	9	10	3	21	73	71	38	18	15	5	140	113
Connecticut	22	8	10	4	20	55	61	36	12	16	8	96	104
New Hampshire	22	7	11	4	18	69	77	40	15	20	5	124	136
Maine	22	5	15	2	12	57	79	36	11	21	4	102	125
Massachusetts	22	2	19	1	5	42	88	36	5	29	2	66	132
Championship: March 18, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017

2016–17 National Collegiate Hockey Conference standings v t e
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	SOW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Denver†	24	18	3	3	2	59	82	42	44	33	7	4	152	80
#2 Minnesota–Duluth*	24	15	5	4	3	52	83	56	42	28	7	7	140	95
#10 Western Michigan	24	13	9	2	1	42	79	75	40	22	13	5	113	114
#9 North Dakota	24	11	12	1	1	35	69	63	40	21	16	3	127	104
St. Cloud State	24	10	13	1	0	31	64	69	36	16	19	1	105	109
Omaha	24	9	13	2	0	29	74	89	39	17	17	5	122	128
Miami	24	5	14	5	3	23	57	80	36	9	20	7	91	113
Colorado College	24	4	16	4	1	17	43	77	36	8	24	4	70	120
Championship: March 18, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017

2016–17 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	SOW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Bemidji State†	28	20	6	2	2	64	71	44	41	22	16	3	94	79
#19 Michigan Tech*	28	15	7	6	3	54	80	59	45	23	15	7	131	100
Minnesota State	28	15	9	4	2	51	89	68	39	22	13	4	119	95
Bowling Green	28	14	13	1	1	44	79	65	41	21	18	2	120	102
Ferris State	28	12	12	4	2	42	78	74	37	13	19	5	95	101
Alaska	28	11	13	4	3	40	67	84	36	12	20	4	79	113
Lake Superior State	28	8	13	7	4	35	78	87	36	11	18	7	103	119
Northern Michigan	28	10	15	3	1	34	69	75	39	13	22	4	93	108
Alabama–Huntsville	28	9	16	3	0	30	68	95	34	9	22	3	74	120
Alaska Anchorage	28	6	16	6	2	26	52	80	34	7	21	6	59	102
Championship: March 18, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017

Player stats

Scoring leaders

The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on November 29, 2016.^[2]

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mike Vecchione	Senior	Union	13	14	12	26	25
Tyler Kelleher	Senior	New Hampshire	14	8	16	24	6
Zach Aston-Reese	Senior	Northeastern	15	11	12	23	40
Anders Bjork	Junior	Notre Dame	14	9	14	23	4
Dylan Sikura	Junior	Northeastern	15	9	14	23	6
Denis Smirnov	Freshman	Penn State	13	9	13	22	10
Shane Gersich	Sophomore	North Dakota	15	11	10	21	6
Brady Ferguson	Junior	Robert Morris	12	10	11	21	6
Spencer Foo	Junior	Union	13	6	15	21	12
Adam Gaudette	Sophomore	Northeastern	15	8	12	20	22

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average at the conclusion of games played on November 24, 2016, while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Jack Berry	Freshman	Wisconsin	5	217:03	2	0	0	3	3	.956	0.83
Michael Bitzer	Junior	Bemidji State	14	845:03	11	2	1	19	3	.943	1.35
Francis Marotte	Freshman	Robert Morris	8	404:05	5	1	1	10	1	.951	1.48
Hayden Lavigne	Freshman	Michigan	4	239:55	3	1	0	6	2	.956	1.50
Angus Redmond	Freshman	Michigan Tech	9	498:07	6	1	1	13	1	.925	1.57

References

^ http://www.ncaa.com/tickets/icehockey-men/d1
^ "Overall Division I Men's Hockey Statistics: 2016-2017". USCHO.com. 2014-10-17.

[1] ttp://www.ncaa.com/tickets/icehockey-men/d1

[stats-2] "Overall Division I Men's Hockey Statistics: 2016-2017". USCHO.com. 2014-10-17.

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