Template:1996–97 ECAC North/South/Central standings
| Division | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Central Division | ||||||||||||||
| Bentley ~† | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 92 | 52 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 150 | 124 | |
| Saint Michael's | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 92 | 51 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 127 | 95 | |
| Massachusetts–Dartmouth * | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 90 | 39 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Assumption | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 64 | 62 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Stonehill | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 49 | 81 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | |||
| New Hampshire College | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 67 | 23 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 77 | 121 | |
| Tufts | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 71 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 2 | |||
| Suffolk | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 84 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | |||
| North Division | ||||||||||||||
| Fitchburg State ~ | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 93 | 34 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 2 | |||
| Plymouth State | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 61 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Worcester State | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 50 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Framingham State | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 53 | 44 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Curry | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 68 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Nichols | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 75 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 74 | 120 | |
| Roger Williams | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 66 | |||||||
| South Division | ||||||||||||||
| Skidmore ~ | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 63 | 33 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Sacred Heart | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 63 | 43 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 115 | 98 | |
| Fairfield | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 61 | 45 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 103 | 117 | |
| Quinnipiac | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 55 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 85 | 80 | |
| Western New England | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 47 | 56 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Wentworth | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 62 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 57 | 110 | |
| Iona | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 72 | 25 | 2 | 20 | 3 | |||
| Villanova | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 72 | |||||||
| Championship: March 12, 1997 ~ indicates division regular season champions † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
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