1950–51 NCAA men's ice hockey season

1950–51 NCAA men's ice hockey season
DurationNovember 1950–
March 17, 1951
NCAA tournament1951
National championshipBroadmoor Ice Palace
Colorado Springs, Colorado
NCAA championMichigan
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The 1950–51 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1950 and concluded with the 1951 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 17, 1951 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 4th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 57th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

This was the first season of play for the Tri-State League. The 6-team conference was the first to formally sponsor ice hockey as a sport at any level. The Tri-State League also produced the first conference playoff game this season when Clarkson defeated Middlebury to claim the conference title. There would not be another conference playoff until the WCHA tournament began in 1960.[1]

The American Hockey Coaches Association awarded Eddie Jeremiah the first Spencer Penrose Award as the top coach in the college game. It is named after Spencer Penrose who helped found The Broadmoor, the hotel and resort where the Ice Palace was located.[2]

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
NEIHL Tournament March 5–7 4 Boston University

Standings

1950–51 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
American International – – – – – – – 17 8 8 1 – –
Army 12 1 10 1 .125 29 74 13 2 10 1 33 76
Boston College – – – – – – – 20 12 8 0 105 89
Boston University 21 16 5 0 .762 149 59 21 16 5 0 149 59
Bowdoin – – – – – – – 12 6 5 1 – –
Brown – – – – – – – 24 18 6 0 172 72
Colby – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Colorado College – – – – – – – 25 16 8 1 192 130
Dartmouth – – – – – – – 19 9 9 1 71 89
Denver – – – – – – – 23 11 11 1 134 111
Hamilton – – – – – – – 16 7 9 0 – –
Harvard – – – – – – – 23 12 11 0 117 91
Lehigh 1 1 0 0 1.000 6 1 5 4 1 0 35 14
Massachusetts – – – – – – – 7 0 7 0 10 40
Michigan 20 18 2 0 .900 159 69 27 22 4 1 212 100
Michigan State – – – – – – – 17 6 11 0 65 95
Michigan Tech – – – – – – – 21 5 14 2 89 134
Minnesota – – – – – – – 26 14 12 0 140 112
MIT – – – – – – – 10 0 10 0 – –
New Hampshire – – – – – – – 9 5 4 0 44 34
North Dakota – – – – – – – 26 12 12 2 116 139
North Dakota Agricultural – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Northeastern – – – – – – – 19 8 11 0 90 77
Norwich – – – – – – – 12 6 6 0 – –
Princeton – – – – – – – 18 7 10 1 100 111
Saint Michael's – – – – – – – 6 3 3 0 33 39
St. Olaf – – – – – – – 9 5 3 1 – –
Wyoming – – – – – – – 12 4 8 0 – –
Yale – – – – – – – 17 14 2 1 116 43
1950–51 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Macalester † – – – – – – – – – – – – –
St. Thomas † – – – – – – – 16 12 3 1 – –
Augsburg – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Concordia – – – – – – – 9 4 5 0 – –
Gustavus Adolphus – – – – – – – 12 5 7 0 – –
Hamline – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Minnesota–Duluth 5 2 3 0 .400 – – 5 2 3 0 – –
Saint John's – – – – – – – 11 8 3 0 – –
† indicates conference champion
1950–51 Tri-State League standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson† 5 4 1 0 8 15 12 2 1 106 52
Middlebury 5 4 1 0 8 15 13 2 0 – –
St. Lawrence 5 3 2 0 6 14 8 6 0 63 44
Williams 5 2 3 0 4 13 4 9 0 – –
Rensselaer 5 1 4 0 2 12 27 15 5 10 0 55 88
Colgate 5 1 4 0 2 9 2 7 0 19 55
† indicates conference regular season champion
At the conclusion of the season Clarkson defeated Middlebury 16-3 in a playoff game and were declared the sole champion.

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1951 NCAA Tournament

Main article: 1951 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Semifinals
March 15–16 		National championship
March 17
      
E1 Brown 8
W2 Colorado College 4
W1 Michigan 7
E1 Brown 1
W1 Michigan 8
E2 Boston University 2 Third-place game
E2 Boston University 7
W2 Colorado College 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
Neil Celley Senior Michigan 27 40 39 79 –
Gil Burford Senior Michigan – 37 34 71 –
Don Sennott Junior Brown 24 24 46 70 –
Ron Hartwell Junior Colorado College 25 44 18 62 –
Bill Munro Junior Clarkson 15 39 23 62 –
Bob Wheeler Junior Brown 23 33 27 60 –
Tony Frasca Junior Colorado College 25 32 28 60 –
Ken Johannson Sophomore North Dakota 26 27 32 59 29
John McKennell Freshman Michigan – 35 22 57 –
Jack Garrity Junior Boston University 21 34 23 57 20

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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
Paul Cruikshank Sophomore Yale - - - - - - - - 2.31
Gene Delvecchio Senior St. Lawrence 16 960 - - - 62 0 - 3.87
Larry Ross Sophomore Minnesota 19 - - - - 78 0 - 4.10
Walter Morin Sophomore Denver - - 11 - - - 1 .845 4.83
Rudy Lindbeck Junior North Dakota 26 - 12 12 2 - 0 .828 5.56
Delmar Reid Junior Michigan State 15 - - - - - - - 5.80
Ray Weinzler Junior Rensselaer 11 505 3 6 0 55 0 - 6.53

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Awards

NCAA

References

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  2. ^ "The Broadmoor". Colorado Springs Visitors and Convention Bureau. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  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 "1950-51 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.