1953–54 NCAA men's ice hockey season

The 1953–54 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1953 and concluded with the 1954 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 13, 1954 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 7th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 60th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

This is the first season that the American Hockey Coaches Association named an All-American Team.

Entering the season, in an effort to more accurately reflect the geographic location of the member school, the MCHL changed the conference name to 'Western Intercollegiate Hockey League'.

Regular season

Season tournaments

TournamentDatesTeamsChampion
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 29–30 4 St. Lawrence
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 30–January 2 4 St. Francis Xavier
Beanpot January 11–12 4 Boston College

Standings[1]

Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst12660
American International155100
Army1710706679
Boston College2117409870
Boston University20415162122
Bowdoin9621
Brown2012809170
Colby
Dartmouth2815130141110
Hamilton13490
Harvard221010281100
Massachusetts100913686
MIT
New Hampshire82513545
Northeastern1851215999
Norwich15960
Princeton1841224765
Providence14410071100
Williams10190
Yale1911538859
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Rensselaer651010281423185014159
St. Lawrence541010291522183113656
Clarkson514041127177828373
Middlebury4040082017980
indicates conference regular season champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota20163120½1176130236118686
Michigan16123118½835423156212084
North Dakota1696114½70472714121123102
Denver14770117471251690165106
Colorado College1468011485824149111888
Michigan State18413156692381419281
Michigan Tech18216023611425717194133
indicates conference regular season champion
Note: All games played between league members counted in the standings. When teams played each other twice, two points were awarded for a win, one point for a tie.

When teams met each other four times, one point was awarded for a win, one-half point for a tie. Maximum of 24 points available.[2]

1954 NCAA Tournament[3]

  Semifinals
March 11–12
National Championship
March 13
                     
W1 Minnesota 14  
E2 Boston College 1  
  W1 Minnesota 4  
  E1 Rensselaer 5*  
E1 Rensselaer 6
W2 Michigan 4     Third Place Game
  E2 Boston Colleve 2
  W2 Michigan 7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Player stats

Scoring leaders[4]

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
John MayasichJuniorMinnesota2829497820
Richard DoughertyJuniorMinnesota2842266841
Abbie MooreSeniorRensselaer2336326814
Frank ChiarelliJuniorRensselaer2335286321
John TitusSeniorDartmouth-372461-
Doug MullenSeniorMichigan23223961-
Jack SmithSophomoreDenver26213960-
Ben CherskiJuniorNorth Dakota2740165626
Brian McFarlaneJuniorSt. Lawrence2231245512
Ken PurpurJuniorNorth Dakota2721315214

Leading goaltenders[4]

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
Bob FoxJuniorRensselaer2313821850595.8952.56
Bill SloanSophomoreSt. Lawrence2212651831563.9082.66
Jim MattsonJuniorMinnesota26-------2.76
Spike SchultzSophomoreNorth Dakota27-----4.8983.54
Edward SchillerSophomoreMichigan State16-------3.73
George SchererSophomoreYale--------3.73
Bill BeggJuniorDenver--1290-0.8354.54
Bob McManusFreshmanMichigan Tech-------.8915.07
Harry TaylorSeniorMichigan Tech-------.8395.14

Awards

NCAA

WIHL

References

  1. "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  2. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "1953-54 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  5. "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  6. "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  7. "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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