The 1963–64 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1963 and concluded with the 1964 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 21, 1964 at the University of Denver Arena in Denver, Colorado. This was the 17th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 70th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

This was the final year where no distinction in classification was made for NCAA ice hockey. The following year saw 14 members of the ECAC drop down to a new College Division to separate teams on a more equal financial footing. While some would resurface at the D-I level in later years most would remain in the lower-tier leagues.

This was the first season of play for both Wisconsin and Ohio State as university sponsored clubs. While both were members of the Big Ten Conference they did not play the other three member schools and thus did not qualify for the informal ice hockey conference.

Regular season

Season tournaments

TournamentDatesTeamsChampion
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival December 19–20 4 Clarkson
Lake Placid Holiday Tournament December 20–21 4 St. Lawrence
Boston Christmas Holiday Festival December 20–23 6 Harvard
Yankee Conference Tournament December 27–28 4 New Hampshire
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament January 2–4 4 Rensselaer
Brown Holiday Tournament January 3–4 4 Colorado College
Beanpot February 3, 10 4 Boston College

Standings

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan871014552229244121780
Minnesota85301033362514110105115
Michigan State808002252268171100134
indicates conference regular season champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Providence†*191630.842885626197011080
Army211740.8101184428208015469
Colgate211560.714994827198010959
Harvard211560.714956124177010870
Boston College241671.6881267428189114490
Dartmouth211470.6671067221147010672
Rensselaer181260.667915026188012169
Clarkson161051.656864825177113576
Northeastern221480.63611481241410011692
Vermont8422.6254531105325438
Bowdoin201280.60087662214808766
Brown221282.591977224139210478
Norwich17971.55973651910817974
St. Lawrence16871.531614125131029166
New Hampshire2513120.52089112251312089112
Cornell209101.475556523121016467
Williams17890.471711001899071100
Merrimack13670.4625456158705456
Massachusetts16682.4385560176925560
Boston University219120.42969632491307874
Hamilton175120.29445901861204590
Connecticut7250.2862454113804274
Colby205141.2756311019612168115
Princeton226160.2737911324816079113
American International154110.2676997187110104103
Middlebury204160.2005712523419060136
Yale204160.200489722418052102
Amherst162140.12548941951404894
MIT100100.00016741601601886
Championship: Providence
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Overall
GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota–Duluth25111409595
Ohio State1028027104
St. Olaf8080
Wisconsin168538169
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Saint Mary's151410
Macalester
Hamline
Augsburg12480.33316790
Concordia11371
St. Thomas11461
Saint John's12381
indicates conference champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson42115201325177113576
St. Lawrence4211512725131029166
Rensselaer4130292126188012169
indicates conference regular season champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan141220.857903729244121780
Denver*10721.750331731207414176
Minnesota161060.62565652514110105115
Michigan Tech16970.563574727141219579
North Dakota14581.393374125121127972
Colorado College164111.28157842611141121131
Michigan State141121.1074290268171100134
Championship: Denver
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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1964 NCAA Tournament

Semifinals
March 19–20
National Championship
March 21
      
W1 Denver 4
E2 Rensselaer 1
W1 Denver 3
W2 Michigan 6
E1 Providence 2
W2 Michigan 3 Third Place Game
E1 Providence 1
E2 Rensselaer 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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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
Jerry KnightleyJuniorRensselaer2633427533
Bob BrinkworthSeniorRensselaer263535702
Gary ButlerSeniorMichigan2938306826
Gordon WilkieSeniorMichigan16516720
Wilf MartinJuniorMichigan34245810
Corby AdamsSeniorClarkson29272754
John CunniffSophomoreBoston College282725520
Phil DyerSophomoreBoston College52
Grant HeffernanJuniorProvidence183048
Tom PolanicJuniorMichigan8384692

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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
Bob PeraniSophomoreSt. Lawrence211270---471.9332.22
Neil MierasSeniorArmy2715531980595.9012.28
Buddy BlomSophomoreDenver--19---4.9342.30
Bob BellemoreSophomoreProvidence26-------2.47
Bill SackJuniorRensselaer2615541880684.9202.63
Joe LechJuniorNorth Dakota------1.9002.69
Garry BaumanSeniorMichigan Tech24------.9122.70
Bob GraySeniorMichigan24----654.9142.70
John DunhamSeniorBrown--------2.78
Errol McKibbonSophomoreCornell23------.8982.83

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Awards

1964 NHL Amateur Draft

Round Pick Player College Conference NHL team
27Brian Watts Michigan TechWCHADetroit Red Wings
314Ken Dryden CornellECAC HockeyBoston Bruins
315Gordie Lowe CornellECAC HockeyNew York Rangers

† incoming freshman
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