The 1948–49 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in November 1948 and concluded with the 1949 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 19, 1949 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 2nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 55th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
Regular season[]
Season tournaments[]
| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEIHL Tournament | March 8–9 | 4 | Boston College |
Standings[]
| 1948–49 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| American International | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – | |
| Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 67 | |
| Bowdoin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | – | – | |
| Brown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 62 | |
| Clarkson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 59 | |
| Colby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Colgate | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 38 | |
| Colorado College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 153 | 99 | |
| Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 148 | 72 | |
| Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | – | – | |
| Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 130 | 112 | |
| Massachusetts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 29 | |
| Michigan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 179 | 74 | |
| Michigan Tech | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 66 | 76 | |
| Middlebury | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |
| Minnesota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 120 | 101 | |
| MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 23 | |
| North Dakota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 109 | 148 | |
| Northeastern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 118 | 78 | |
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 60 | 110 | |
| St. Lawrence | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 29 | |
| Williams | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | – | – | |
| Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 84 | 105 | |
1949 NCAA Tournament[1][]
| Semifinals March 17–18 |
National Championship March 19 | |||||||||
| E1 | Boston College | 7 | ||||||||
| W2 | Colorado College | 3 | ||||||||
| E1 | Boston College | 4 | ||||||||
| E2 | Dartmouth | 3 | ||||||||
| W1 | Michigan | 2 | ||||||||
| E2 | Dartmouth | 4 | Third Place Game | |||||||
| W1 | Michigan | 10 | ||||||||
| W2 | Colorado College | 4 | ||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats[]
Scoring leaders[2][]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Riley | Senior | Dartmouth | – | 37 | 41 | 78 | – |
| Jack Mulhern | Sophomore | Boston College | – | 34 | 31 | 65 | 18 |
| Gordon McMillan | Senior | Michigan | 25 | 24 | 36 | 60 | – |
| Gilbert Burford | Sophomore | Michigan | – | – | – | 56 | – |
| Dick Rowell | Senior | Colorado College | – | 19 | 31 | 50 | – |
| Joe Slattery | Senior | Colorado College | – | 25 | 25 | 50 | – |
| Warren Lewis | Junior | Boston College | – | 23 | 24 | 47 | 6 |
| Gordy Christian | Junior | North Dakota | 20 | 25 | 16 | 41 | 18 |
| Jim Medved | Junior | North Dakota | 22 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 16 |
| Jim Fitzgerald | Senior | Boston College | – | 18 | 23 | 41 | 2 |
Leading goaltenders[2][]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Burke | Senior | Boston College | 21 | 1243 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 0 | - | 3.09 |
| Robert O'Connor | Sophomore | Princeton | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.12 |
| Gene Delvecchio | Sophomore | St. Lawrence | 12 | 726 | - | - | - | 54 | 0 | - | 4.46 |
| James Burns | Junior | Yale | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.06 |
| Bob Murray | Junior | North Dakota | - | - | 8 | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | .819 | 6.80 |
Awards[]
NCAA[]
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References[]
- ↑ "NCAA Tournament", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 19, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 1948-49 NCAA Division I Statistics. Elite Prospects. Retrieved on December 21, 2016.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on June 11, 2013.
External links[]
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