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The 1949–50 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in November 1949 and concluded with the 1950 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 18, 1950 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 3rd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 55th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Army, who had been fielding an ice hockey team continually since 1904, elevated the program to major status in 1949.[1]

Boston University began to sponsor ice hockey as a sport again for this season and was selected as one of the two eastern representatives for the NCAA tournament.

Denver's ice hockey program was started this year after the university finished construction of the DU Arena.

Regular season[]

Season tournaments[]

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
NEIHL Tournament March 6–7 4 Boston College

Standings[]

Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
American International 12 6 5 1
Army 12 3 9 0 39 83
Boston College 19 14 5 0 122 83
Boston University 24 19 5 0 170 70
Bowdoin 13 7 4 0
Brown 20 11 9 0 134 85
Clarkson 14 4 8 2 61 67
Colby
Colgate 15 7 7 1 63 83
Colorado College 24 18 5 1 190 90
Dartmouth 20 11 9 0 93 86
Denver 17 4 13 0 50 202
Hamilton 13 4 9 0
Harvard 18 10 8 0 106 89
Massachusetts 7 2 3 2 31 45
Michigan 27 23 4 0 176 72
Michigan State 14 0 14 0 27 157
Michigan Tech 17 10 7 0 110 65
Middlebury 21 11 10 0
Minnesota 16 5 11 0 75 74
MIT 12 4 8 0
New Hampshire 4 0 4 0 8 28
North Dakota 23 15 6 2 147 95
Northeastern 18 7 10 1 92 105
Norwich 10 6 4 0
Princeton 20 6 13 1 81 112
Rensselaer 10 4 6 0 40 58
St. Lawrence 9 9 0 0 67 32
Williams 9 3 6 0
Wyoming 10
Yale 18 12 6 0 83 55

1950 NCAA Tournament[]

  Semifinals
March 16–17
National Championship
March 18
                     
E1 Boston College 3  
W2 Colorado College 10  
  W2 Colorado College 13  
  E1 Boston University 4  
W1 Michigan 3
E2 Boston University 4     Third Place Game
  E1 Boston College 6
  W1 Michigan 10

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

[2]

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
Garrity, JackJack Garrity Sophomore Boston University 51 33 84 37
Burford, GilGil Burford Junior Michigan 27 40 29 69
Whitworth, HarryHarry Whitworth Senior Colorado College 25 35 60 14
Oss, ArnoldArnold Oss Senior Dartmouth 36 19 55
Johnson, MiltMilt Johnson Junior North Dakota 23 35 15 50 22
Johnson, BuzzBuzz Johnson Junior North Dakota 23 27 23 50 43
Munro, BillBill Munro Sophomore Clarkson 14 23 24 47
Ray, ChrisChris Ray Junior Colorado College 31 13 44 19
Lewis, WarrenWarren Lewis Senior Boston College 26 17 43
White, MacMac White Junior Clarkson 14 23 19 42

[3]

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
Burns, JamesJames Burns Senior Yale - - - - - - - - 3.00
Murray, BobBob Murray Senior North Dakota - - - - - - 0 .886 4.09
Delvecchio, GeneGene Delvecchio Junior St. Lawrence 12 723 - - - 50 0 - 4.15
Engelstad, RalphRalph Engelstad Sophomore North Dakota - - - - - - 0 .867 4.17
DeLange, GeorgeGeorge DeLange Sophomore Denver 10 - 4 - - - 0 .777 9.63
Reid, DelmarDelmar Reid Sophomore Michigan State 10 - - - - - - - 11.20

[3]

Awards[]

NCAA[]

Award[4] Recipient
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament Ralph Bevins, Boston University
AHCA All-American Team[5]
First Team   Position   Second Team
Ralph Bevins, Boston University G Jack McDonald, Michigan
Ross Smith, Michigan D Joe McCusker, Boston College
Jim Starrak, Colorado College D Daniel McKinnon, North Dakota
Jack Garrity, Boston University F Len Ceglarski, Boston College
Warren Lewis, Boston College F Buzz Johnson, North Dakota
Arnold Oss, Dartmouth F Chris Ray, Colorado College

References[]

  1. "2009-10 Army Hockey Media Guide", Go Army Athletics. Retrieved on January 15, 2017. 
  2. "NCAA Tournament", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 19, 2013. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 1949-50 NCAA Division I Statistics. Elite Prospects. Retrieved on December 21, 2016.
  4. "NCAA Division I Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on June 11, 2013. 
  5. "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners", NCAA.org. Retrieved on June 11, 2013. 

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