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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

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

Standings

Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
American International 13 8 5 0
Amherst 5 4 1 0
Army 14 3 11 0 .214 42 80 15 3 12 0 46 87
Boston College 20 17 3 0 117 49
Boston University 19 15 3 1 .816 128 52 19 15 3 1 128 52
Bowdoin 6 3 3 0
Brown 21 13 7 1 111 63
Colby 12 2 10 0
Dartmouth 23 5 18 0 48 91
Hamilton 11 5 6 0
Harvard 19 8 11 0 86 75
Lehigh 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 3 1 2 0 11 14
MIT 14 0 14 0
New Hampshire 10 5 5 0 43 41
Northeastern 21 11 10 0 80 70
Norwich 15 14 1 0
Princeton 15 8 7 0 66 45
St. Olaf 3 0 3 0
Tufts 13 5 8 0
Yale 25 17 8 0 125 112
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Colorado College 12 10 2 0 20 25 19 5 1 168 94
Denver 12 9 3 0 18 66 40 25 18 6 1 146 94
Michigan 12 9 3 0 18 75 40 26 22 4 0 161 70
North Dakota 12 6 6 0 12 55 56 25 13 11 1 126 105
Minnesota 12 5 7 0 10 26 13 13 0 130 114
Michigan State 12 3 9 0 6 20 7 13 0 72 110
Michigan Tech 12 0 12 0 0 20 2 18 0 75 154
indicates conference regular season champion
Only the first two games played between member teams counted for conference standings.
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Thomas 10 7 3 0
Augsburg
Concordia 7 4 3 0
Gustavus Adolphus
Hamline
Macalester
Minnesota–Duluth 6 0 6 0 .000 9 2 7 0
Saint John's 9 6 3 0
indicates conference champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Lawrence 7 6 1 0 14 58 15 20 15 5 0 136 67
Rensselaer 5 4 1 0 14 36 20 18 15 3 0 148 59
Clarkson 6 3 3 0 8 31 33 15 10 5 0 75 53
Middlebury 7 2 5 0 4 21 10 11 0
Williams 5 0 5 0 0 10 0 10 0
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.[1]

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1952 NCAA Tournament

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) [4]

Player stats

Scoring leaders

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 Chiarelli Freshman Rensselaer 18 55 24 79 6
Ron Hartwell Senior Colorado College 25 40 27 67 20
Abbie Moore Sophomore Rensselaer 18 31 34 65 4
John Mayasich Freshman Minnesota 26 32 30 62 10
Tony Frasca Senior Colorado College 24 33 57 8
Neale Langill Freshman St. Lawrence 18 28 27 55
Ambrose Mosco Freshman Rensselaer 14 24 31 55 10
Bob Wheeler Senior Brown 36 18 54
Omer Brandt Junior Colorado College 29 24 53 29
Richard Dougherty Freshman Minnesota 26 32 20 52 33

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Leading goaltenders

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 Ikola Freshman Michigan 26 - 22 4 0 70 2 - 2.69
Paul Cruikshank Junior Yale - - - - - - - - 2.76
Rudy Lindbeck Senior North Dakota 11 - - - - - 0 .927 3.00
Harris Siegel Junior Rensselaer 14 695 9 2 0 39 1 - 3.37
Jack Boylan Freshman St. Lawrence 20 1163 15 5 0 67 0 .886 3.46
George Mooney Sophomore Denver 15 - 11 3 1 - 0 .845 3.46
Alex Finkelstein Sophomore North Dakota 24 - - - - - 2 .868 4.25
Larry Ross Junior Minnesota 13 - - - - 64 0 .840 4.90
Delmar Reid Senior Michigan State 15 - - - - - - - 5.73
Harry Taylor Sophomore Michigan Tech - - - - - - - .829 7.00

[5]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Tri-State League/ICAC Standings". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  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. ^ a b "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. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  8. ^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.