| | Date: | March 18, 1972 | Site: | Neutral |
| | Type: | NCAA Final | Attended: | No |
| | OT: |
| |
| | (--) | BU | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 |
| | (23-6-0) | Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |
| |
| | Period | 1 |
| | 10:42 | BU | pp | Anderson (Jordan, Brown) |
| |
| | Period | 2 |
| | 10:51 | BU | pp | Jordan (Brown) |
| |
| | Period | 3 |
| | 01:39 | BU | Anderson (Cahoon) |
| | 13:13 | BU | Jordan (Cahoon, Anderson) |
| |
| | BU | W | Regan | 60:00 | 39 | x | 39 |
| | Cor | L | Elenbaas | 60:00 | 28 | x | 32 |