1958–59 NCAA men's ice hockey season
| 1958–59 NCAA men's ice hockey season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The RPI Field House served as the host for the 1959 Tournament | |||||
| Duration |
November 1958– March 14, 1959 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 1959 | ||||
| National championship |
RPI Field House Troy, New York | ||||
| NCAA champion | North Dakota | ||||
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The 1958–59 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1958 and concluded with the 1959 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 14, 1959 at the RPI Field House in Troy, New York. This was the 12th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 65th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
After the previous season the WIHL dissolved due to an argument between member universities over recruiting practices, namely the tendency of Colorado College, Denver and North Dakota to recruit overage Canadian players.[1] In time the practice would eventually lead to Denver's appearance in the 1973 tournament being vacated but rules prohibiting such recruits did not exist at the time. Due to the dissolution of the WIHL the three schools belonging to the Big Ten Conference formed their own ice hockey division.
Regular season
Season tournaments
| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Arena Christmas Tournament | December 26–30 | 8 | Michigan State |
| Cornell Invitational | January 1–3 | 6 | New Hampshire |
| Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | January 1–3 | 4 | Michigan State |
| Beanpot | February 2, 9 | 4 | Boston College |
Standings[2]
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Michigan State† | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 115 | 64 | |
| Minnesota | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 105 | 85 | |
| Michigan | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 84 | 97 | |
| † indicates conference regular season champion | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Amherst | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | – | – | |
| American International | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | – | – | |
| Army | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 79 | 70 | |
| Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 136 | 105 | |
| Boston University | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 106 | 81 | |
| Bowdoin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 7 | 11 | 1 | – | – | |
| Brown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 84 | 109 | |
| Colby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Colgate | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 68 | |
| Colorado College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 86 | 110 | |
| Cornell | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 45 | 166 | |
| Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 126 | 97 | |
| Denver | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 194 | 86 | |
| Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | – | – | |
| Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 126 | 79 | |
| Massachusetts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 52 | |
| Merrimack | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 105 | 67 | |
| MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Michigan Tech | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 116 | 88 | |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 99 | 49 | |
| North Dakota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 125 | 103 | |
| Northeastern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 98 | 99 | |
| Norwich | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | – | – | |
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 73 | 102 | |
| Providence | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 95 | 94 | |
| Williams | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | – | – | |
| Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 94 | 71 | |
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| St. Lawrence† | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 34 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 134 | 81 | |
| Rensselaer | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 120 | 90 | |
| Clarkson | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 108 | 66 | |
| Middlebury | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | – | – | |||
| † indicates conference regular season champion | ||||||||||||||
1959 NCAA Tournament[3]
| Semifinals March 12–13 |
National Championship March 14 | |||||||||
| E1 | St. Lawrence | 3 | ||||||||
| W2 | North Dakota | 4* | ||||||||
| W2 | North Dakota | 4* | ||||||||
| W1 | Michigan State | 3 | ||||||||
| W1 | Michigan State | 4 | ||||||||
| E2 | Boston College | 3 | Third Place Game | |||||||
| E1 | St. Lawrence | 6 | ||||||||
| E2 | Boston College | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Latreille | Sophomore | Middlebury | 20 | 57 | 33 | 90 | - |
| Paul Midghall | Junior | Rensselaer | 21 | 29 | 49 | 78 | 44 |
| Ray Belasky | Junior | Rensselaer | 21 | 37 | 33 | 70 | 23 |
| Art Chisholm | Sophomore | Northeastern | 23 | 40 | 25 | 65 | 35 |
| Jim Brown | Senior | Denver | 28 | 24 | 38 | 62 | - |
| Bob Marquis | Junior | Boston University | - | 41 | 18 | 59 | - |
| John Kosiancic | Junior | Michigan Tech | 27 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 26 |
| Terry Slater | Sophomore | St. Lawrence | 22 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 4 |
| Bill Masterton | Sophomore | Denver | 23 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 6 |
| Paul Coppo | Junior | Michigan Tech | 25 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Selinger | Senior | Michigan State | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2.67 |
| George Gratton | Sophomore | North Dakota | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | .876 | 2.73 |
| Rodney Schneck | Senior | Denver | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | 1 | .876 | 2.97 |
| Robert Peabody | Senior | North Dakota | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | .868 | 3.20 |
| George Cuculick | Junior | Michigan Tech | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | .889 | 3.15 |
| Gerry Jones | Senior | Yale | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.21 |
| Ron Tanner | Sophomore | Boston University | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | .884 | 3.22 |
| Bill Armstrong | Sophomore | Clarkson | 19 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | .889 | 3.40 |
| Larry Palmer | Senior | Army | 19 | 1132 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 67 | 1 | .900 | 3.55 |
| Bob Steer | Junior | St. Lawrence | 20 | 1246 | - | - | - | 74 | 0 | .887 | 3.56 |
Awards
NCAA
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References
- ↑ "History of the WCHA". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ↑ "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ↑ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- 1 2 "1958-59 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.