1952–53 NCAA men's ice hockey season

1952–53 NCAA men's ice hockey season
DurationNovember 1952–
March 14, 1953
NCAA tournament1953
National championshipBroadmoor Ice Palace
Colorado Springs, Colorado
NCAA championMichigan
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1952–53 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1952 and concluded with the 1953 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 14, 1953, at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 6th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 59th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Beanpot December 26–27 4 Harvard
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament January 1–3 4 Princeton

Standings

1952–53 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst – – – – – – – 11 5 6 0 – –
American International – – – – – – – 16 9 6 1 – –
Army 13 5 8 0 .385 42 56 16 8 8 0 56 64
Boston College – – – – – – – 16 11 4 1 71 41
Boston University 22 14 7 1 .659 117 86 22 14 7 1 117 86
Bowdoin – – – – – – – 11 4 7 0 – –
Brown – – – – – – – 17 6 11 0 67 83
Colby – – – – – – – 8 2 6 0 – –
Dartmouth – – – – – – – 23 9 14 0 84 90
Hamilton – – – – – – – 10 0 10 0 – –
Harvard – – – – – – – 17 11 5 1 79 49
Lehigh 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 3 2 1 0 15 17
MIT – – – – – – – 12 3 9 0 – –
New Hampshire – – – – – – – 9 3 6 0 27 49
Northeastern – – – – – – – 21 9 10 2 64 70
Norwich – – – – – – – 14 11 2 1 – –
Princeton – – – – – – – 18 11 7 0 66 49
Providence – – – – – – – 14 6 8 0 66 79
St. Olaf – – – – – – – 7 0 7 0 – –
Tufts – – – – – – – 18 10 8 0 – –
Yale – – – – – – – 20 12 8 0 85 56
1952–53 Midwest Collegiate Hockey League
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota† 20 16 4 0 19 92 46 29 23 6 0 149 74
Michigan† 16 12 4 0 19 91 49 24 17 7 0 139 71
North Dakota 16 11 5 0 17 82 59 20 15 5 0 109 68
Denver 16 10 6 0 15 70 54 24 17 6 1 142 79
Colorado College 14 4 10 0 8 52 86 20 9 11 0 98 106
Michigan Tech 16 3 13 0 4 53 94 19 6 13 0 75 100
Michigan State 18 2 16 0 2 45 94 22 5 16 1 74 104
† indicates conference regular season champion
1952–53 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota–Duluth † 7 6 1 0 .857 – – 12 9 3 0 – –
St. Thomas † – – – – – – – 15 12 3 0 – –
Augsburg – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Concordia – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Gustavus Adolphus – – – – – – – 8 0 8 0 – –
Hamline – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Macalester – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Saint John's – – – – – – – 11 2 9 0 – –
† indicates conference champion
1952–53 Tri-State League standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Rensselaer† 5 4 0 1 11 23 13 20 15 4 1 124 45
St. Lawrence 5 3 2 0 8 23 14 18 12 6 0 105 50
Clarkson 5 1 3 1 5 14 29 19 9 9 1 88 94
Middlebury 3 0 3 0 0 8 11 16 10 6 0 – –
† indicates conference regular season champion

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1953 NCAA Tournament

Main article: 1953 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Semifinals
March 12–13 		National championship
March 14
      
W1 Minnesota 3
E2 Rensselaer 2
W1 Minnesota 3
W2 Michigan 7
E1 Boston University 2
W2 Michigan 14 Third-place game
E1 Boston University 3
E2 Rensselaer 6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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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
John Mayasich Sophomore Minnesota 27 42 36 78 16
Abbie Moore Junior Rensselaer 20 35 38 73 4
Frank Chiarelli Sophomore Rensselaer 20 36 32 68 8
Richard Dougherty Sophomore Minnesota 27 35 32 67 35
Richard Rodenhiser Junior Boston University 22 29 20 49 12
John Matchefts Senior Michigan 24 18 30 48 24
George Chin Junior Michigan 24 20 27 47 0
Bill Abbott Sophomore Denver - 27 18 45 -
Gene Campbell Sophomore Minnesota 26 21 24 45 16
Ben Cherski Sophomore North Dakota 20 30 14 44 10

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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
Bob Fox Sophomore Rensselaer 20 1182 15 4 1 45 2 - 2.28
Jim Mattson Sophomore Minnesota 27 1627 22 5 0 64 4 .910 2.36
Richard Whelan Sophomore Yale - - - - - - - - 2.62
Bill Sloan Freshman St. Lawrence 18 1058 12 6 0 50 1 .894 2.83
Walter Morin Senior Denver - - 16 5 1 - 0 .866 3.05
Alex Finkelstein Junior North Dakota 20 - 15 5 0 - 1 .884 3.40
Gerald Bergin Junior Michigan State 14 - - - - - - - 5.28

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Awards

References

  1. ^ "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "1952-53 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  4. ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  5. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  6. ^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.