Template:1986–87 ECAC East standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Merrimack †* | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 155 | 51 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 206 | 86 | |
| Bowdoin | 21 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 103 | 60 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Babson | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 93 | 61 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 121 | 79 | |
| Salem State | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | .648 | 130 | 88 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Norwich | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .600 | 95 | 61 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 127 | 98 | |
| Connecticut | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | .524 | 104 | 113 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 149 | 167 | |
| Saint Anselm | 25 | 13 | 12 | 0 | .520 | 88 | 87 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 106 | 101 | |
| Holy Cross | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | .500 | 103 | 112 | 36 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 146 | 151 | |
| Colby | 23 | 10 | 13 | 0 | .435 | 86 | 91 | |||||||
| Massachusetts–Boston | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | .409 | 104 | 108 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 154 | 128 | |
| North Adams State | 26 | 10 | 16 | 0 | .385 | 104 | 122 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Williams | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | .361 | 67 | 84 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | |||
| New England College | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | .295 | 73 | 105 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 1 | |||
| American International | 25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | .240 | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 | |||||
| Middlebury | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | .194 | 62 | 102 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 84 | 121 | |
| Westfield State | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 28 | 121 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Championship: March 7, 1987 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
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