The 1951–52 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in November 1951 and concluded with the 1952 NCAA Division I 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 |
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Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 27–29 | 8 | Brown |
New England Invitational | March 1–3 | 4 | Boston University |
Standings[1][2][]
1951–52 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings | ||||||||||||||
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
American International | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | – | – | |
Army | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 46 | 87 | |
Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 117 | 49 | |
Boston University | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 128 | 52 | |
Bowdoin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | |
Brown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 111 | 63 | |
Colby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 48 | 91 | |
Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | – | – | |
Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 86 | 75 | |
MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
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 | |
Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 125 | 112 |
1951–52 Midwest Collegiate Hockey League | ||||||||||||||
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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 | 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 |
1951–52 Tri-State League standings | ||||||||||||||
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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.[3] |
1952 NCAA Tournament[4][]
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)
Player stats[]
Scoring leaders[5][]
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 |
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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 |
Leading goaltenders[5][]
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 |
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Willard Ikola | Freshman | Michigan | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.90 |
Delmar Reid | Senior | Michigan State | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.73 |
Harry Taylor | Sophomore | Michigan Tech | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .829 | 7.00 |
Awards[]
NCAA[]
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MCHL[]
No Awards |
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References[]
- ↑ "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112", WCHA. Retrieved on June 29, 2014.
- ↑ "Tri-State League/ICAC Standings", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on January 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Tri-State League/ICAC Standings", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on January 11, 2017.
- ↑ "NCAA Tournament", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 19, 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 1951-52 NCAA Division I Statistics. Elite Prospects. Retrieved on December 21, 2016.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on June 11, 2013.
- ↑ "WCHA All-Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 19, 2013.
External links[]
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