1951–52 NCAA men's ice hockey season

The 1951–52 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1951 and concluded with the 1952 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 15, 1952 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 5th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 58th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

This was the first season of play for the MCHL. The conference was the first for western teams and would eventually become the WCHA.

Regular season

Season tournaments

TournamentDatesTeamsChampion
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 27–29 8 Brown
New England Invitational March 1–3 4 Boston University

Standings[1][2]

Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
American International13850
Army1531204687
Boston College20173011749
Boston University19153112852
Bowdoin6330
Brown21137111163
Colby
Dartmouth2351804891
Hamilton11560
Harvard1981108675
MIT
New Hampshire105504341
Northeastern21111008070
Norwich151410
Princeton158706645
Yale251780125112
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Colorado College1210202025195116894
Denver1293018664025186114694
Michigan129301826224016170
North Dakota126601255562513111126105
Minnesota12570102613130130114
Michigan State12390620713072110
Michigan Tech120120020218075154
indicates conference regular season champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Lawrence761014581520155013667
Rensselaer541014362018153014859
Clarkson6330831331510507553
Middlebury725042110110
Williams50500100100
indicates conference regular season champion
St. Lawrence was declared as the sole champion when Rensselaer was found to have used an ineligible player during the season.[3]

1952 NCAA Tournament[4]

  Semifinals
March 13–14
National Championship
March 15
                     
E1 St. Lawrence 3  
W2 Michigan 9  
  W2 Michigan 4  
  W1 Colorado College 1  
W1 Colorado College 4
E2 Yale 3     Third Place Game
  E1 St. Lawrence 1
  E2 Yale 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Player stats

Scoring leaders[5]

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Frank ChiarelliFreshmanRensselaer185524796
Ron HartwellSeniorColorado College2540276720
Abbie MooreSophomoreRensselaer183134654
John MayasichFreshmanMinnesota2632306210
Tony FrascaSeniorColorado College2433578
Neale LangillFreshmanSt. Lawrence18282755
Ambrose MoscoFreshmanRensselaer1424315510
Bob WheelerSeniorBrown361854
Omer BrandtJuniorColorado College29245329
Richard DoughertyFreshmanMinnesota2632205233

Leading goaltenders[5]

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player Class Team GP Min W L OT GA SO SV% GAA
Willard IkolaFreshmanMichigan26-------2.69
Paul CruikshankJuniorYale--------2.76
Rudy LindbeckSeniorNorth Dakota11-----0.9273.00
Harris SiegelJuniorRensselaer14695920391-3.37
Jack BoylanFreshmanSt. Lawrence2011631550670.8863.46
George MooneySophomoreDenver15-1131-0.8453.46
Alex FinkelsteinSophomoreNorth Dakota24-----2.8684.25
Larry RossJuniorMinnesota13-------4.90
Delmar ReidSeniorMichigan State15-------5.73
Harry TaylorSophomoreMichigan Tech-------.8297.00

Awards

NCAA

MCHL

References

  1. "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  2. "Tri-State League/ICAC Standings". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  3. "Tri-State League/ICAC Standings". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  4. "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  5. 1 2 "1951-52 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  6. "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  7. "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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