Template:1996–97 ECAC East standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Middlebury † | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 120 | 41 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 154 | 68 | |
| Norwich | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 97 | 41 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Williams | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 80 | 44 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Hamilton | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 95 | 51 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Colby * | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 103 | 62 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Amherst | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 83 | 66 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Saint Anselm | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 69 | 73 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 99 | 86 | |
| Bowdoin | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 92 | 63 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Holy Cross | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 72 | 57 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 107 | 84 | |
| Babson | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 54 | 63 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 76 | 76 | |
| Trinity | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 69 | 75 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Salem State | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 65 | 77 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Connecticut | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 78 | 73 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 109 | 95 | |
| Connecticut College | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 62 | 73 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 80 | 93 | |
| Massachusetts–Boston | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 77 | 80 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 90 | 90 | |
| New England College | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 60 | 113 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 0 | |||
| North Adams State | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 61 | 119 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | |||
| American International | 19 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 58 | 83 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Southern Maine | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 43 | 98 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 62 | 141 | |
| Wesleyan | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 126 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 62 | 151 | |
| Championship: March 8, 1997 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
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