Template:1971–72 ECAC Hockey standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Cornell† | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 117 | 58 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 175 | 82 | |
| Harvard | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .786 | 118 | 62 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 127 | 76 | |
| Boston University* | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .775 | 88 | 53 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 155 | 69 | |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .667 | 107 | 75 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 122 | 90 | |
| New Hampshire | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 82 | 61 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 140 | 109 | |
| Clarkson | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .600 | 96 | 74 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 158 | 102 | |
| Rensselaer | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .559 | 64 | 62 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 123 | 84 | |
| Providence | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .529 | 73 | 75 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 106 | 102 | |
| Dartmouth | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .528 | 81 | 78 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 120 | 103 | |
| Boston College | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 93 | 106 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 130 | 155 | |
| Brown | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .452 | 70 | 75 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 78 | 84 | |
| St. Lawrence | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .306 | 63 | 78 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 100 | 108 | |
| Yale | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .294 | 70 | 105 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 108 | 128 | |
| Colgate | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .263 | 52 | 94 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 83 | 122 | |
| Princeton | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .263 | 52 | 108 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 62 | 127 | |
| Northeastern | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .150 | 68 | 118 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 102 | 145 | |
| Army | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 29 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 99 | 88 | |
| Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |