Template:1985–86 ECAC East standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Bowdoin †* | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Merrimack | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | .773 | 131 | 68 | 33 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 180 | 126 | |
| Babson | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .675 | 98 | 56 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 141 | 85 | |
| Salem State | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | .636 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Norwich | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .614 | 122 | 82 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 150 | 108 | |
| Connecticut | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .545 | 106 | 102 | 33 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 163 | 180 | |
| Colby | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .545 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | |||||
| North Adams State | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .545 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Holy Cross | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | .478 | 93 | 96 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 162 | 146 | |
| Middlebury | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | .406 | 53 | 81 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 81 | 114 | |
| Saint Anselm | 23 | 9 | 14 | 0 | .391 | 73 | 91 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 90 | 98 | |
| American International | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | .318 | 31 | 11 | 19 | 1 | |||||
| Massachusetts–Boston | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | .300 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| New England College | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | .295 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 1 | |||||
| Williams | 17 | 3 | 13 | 2 | .222 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 3 | |||||
| Westfield State | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | |||||
| Championship: March 8, 1986 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
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