1956–57 NCAA men's ice hockey season

1956–57 NCAA men's ice hockey season
DurationNovember 1956–
March 16, 1957
NCAA tournament1957
National championshipBroadmoor Ice Palace
Colorado Springs, Colorado
NCAA championColorado College
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1956–57 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1956 and concluded with the 1957 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 16, 1957 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 10th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 63rd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 27–29 8 Harvard
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 27–29 4 Michigan Tech
Beanpot February 1, 5 4 Boston College

Standings

1956–57 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst – – – – – – – 14 7 7 0 – –
American International – – – – – – – 18 5 13 0 – –
Army 17 13 4 0 .765 118 57 18 14 4 0 125 59
Boston College – – – – – – – 22 14 7 1 108 76
Boston University 23 13 9 1 .587 112 84 23 13 9 1 112 84
Bowdoin – – – – – – – 17 3 14 0 – –
Brown – – – – – – – 20 6 14 0 68 113
Colby – – – – – – – 14 7 6 1 – –
Dartmouth – – – – – – – 25 13 12 0 105 104
Hamilton – – – – – – – 17 4 13 0 – –
Harvard – – – – – – – 26 21 5 0 142 58
Massachusetts – – – – – – – 13 5 8 0 47 53
Merrimack – – – – – – – 9 4 4 1 49 39
MIT – – – – – – – 14 5 9 0 – –
New Hampshire – – – – – – – 15 7 7 1 57 62
Northeastern – – – – – – – 25 10 14 1 123 127
Norwich – – – – – – – 19 6 12 1 – –
Princeton – – – – – – – 19 2 17 0 44 88
Providence – – – – – – – 18 11 7 0 109 88
St. Olaf – – – – – – – 14 12 2 0 – –
Tufts – – – – – – – 16 10 6 0 – –
Williams – – – – – – – 17 10 7 0 – –
Yale – – – – – – – 25 10 15 0 81 134
1956–57 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota–Duluth † 12 12 0 0 1.000 – – 23 16 4 3 – –
Augsburg – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Concordia – – – – – – – 10 1 9 0 – –
Gustavus Adolphus – – – – – – – 12 8 4 0 – –
Hamline – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Macalester – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Saint John's – – – – – – – 15 8 7 0 – –
St. Thomas – – – – – – – 12 9 3 0 – –
† indicates conference champion
1956–57 Tri-State League standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Rensselaer† 6 5 1 0 10 34 19 21 14 6 1 117 69
Clarkson 6 4 2 0 8 30 18 22 19 3 0 123 46
St. Lawrence 6 3 3 0 6 33 19 20 13 7 0 111 61
Middlebury 6 0 6 0 0 9 50 22 11 11 0 – –
† indicates conference regular season champion
1956–57 Western Intercollegiate Hockey League
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Colorado College† 18 14 4 0 .778 19 93 69 30 25 5 0 205 105
Michigan 18 13 4 1 .750 16½ 76 55 25 18 5 2 112 79
North Dakota 22 13 9 0 .591 13 82 72 29 18 11 0 126 99
Michigan Tech 20 8 8 4 .500 12½ 80 76 28 14 9 5 133 97
Denver 18 6 11 1 .361 9 64 74 28 12 14 2 121 105
Minnesota 24 7 15 2 .333 8 69 92 29 12 15 2 96 96
Michigan State 20 5 15 0 .250 6 42 68 22 7 15 0 62 71
† indicates conference regular season champion
Note: All games played between league members counted in the standings. When teams played each other twice, two points were awarded for a win, one point for a tie.

When teams met each other four times, one point was awarded for a win, one-half point for a tie. Maximum 24 points available.[1]

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1957 NCAA Tournament

Main article: 1957 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Semifinals
March 14–15 		National championship
March 16
      
W1 Colorado College 5
E2 Clarkson 3
W1 Colorado College 13
W2 Michigan 6
E1 Harvard 1
W2 Michigan 6 Third-place game
E1 Clarkson 2*
E2 Harvard 1

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
Bob Cleary Junior Harvard 26 36 37 73 -
Bill Hay Sophomore Colorado College 30 28 45 73 -
Bob McCusker Sophomore Colorado College - 47 24 71 -
Ed Rowe Senior Clarkson 22 31 32 63 -
Bill Reichart Senior North Dakota 29 36 24 60 13
Paul Midghall Freshman Rensselaer 21 24 35 59 24
Dick Chiarelli Senior Rensselaer 21 32 25 57 38
Joe McLean Senior St. Lawrence 20 24 26 50 -
Jack McManus Senior Michigan Tech 28 26 23 49 26
Jim Ridley Junior North Dakota 29 23 26 49 26

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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
Rodney Schneck Sophomore Denver - - 10 - - - 2 .913 2.20
Jack McCartan Junior Minnesota 15 900 - - - 43 0 - 2.80
Sarge Whittier Senior St. Lawrence 17 984 - - - 44 0 .888 3.16
Andy LaHaye Senior Michigan Tech - - - - - - 1 .864 3.20
Don Vaia Junior Minnesota 16 - - - - - - - 3.20
John Stopen Senior Rensselaer 18 1052 11 6 1 59 0 .876 3.36
Tom Yurkovich Senior North Dakota 29 - 18 11 0 - 2 .874 3.40
Joseph Selinger Sophomore Michigan State 20 - - - - - - - 3.40
Bob McManus Senior Michigan Tech 24 - - - - - - .878 3.50
Gerry Jones Sophomore Yale - - - - - - - - 3.80

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Awards

References

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