Template:1996–97 State University of New York Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Fredonia State † | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 53 | 32 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 84 | 83 | |
| Plattsburgh State * | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 70 | 35 | 31 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 159 | 84 | |
| Potsdam State | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 62 | 43 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 115 | 117 | |
| Oswego State | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 63 | 49 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 116 | 92 | |
| Geneseo State | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 47 | 51 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 103 | 83 | |
| Brockport State | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 47 | 65 | 26 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 98 | 129 | |
| Buffalo State | 14 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 80 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 68 | 140 | |
| Cortland State | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 63 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 76 | 121 | |
| Championship: March 8, 1997 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions | ||||||||||||||
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- "Oswego State Men's Ice Hockey Game-by-Game Results". Oswego State. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- "Plattsburgh Ice Hockey Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Plattsburgh Cardinals. Retrieved September 7, 2019.