1957–58 NCAA men's ice hockey season

1957–58 NCAA men's ice hockey season
The Williams Arena served as the host for the 1958 Tournament
DurationNovember 1957–
March 15, 1958
NCAA tournament1958
National championshipWilliams Arena
Minneapolis, Minnesota
NCAA championNorth Dakota
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1957–58 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1957 and concluded with the 1958 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 15, 1958 at the Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was the 11th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 64th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

This was the final season of play for the WIHL. The conference would return two years later as the WCHA.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 26–28 6 Boston College, Boston University
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament January 2–4 4 Rensselaer
Beanpot February 3, 10 4 Boston University

Standings

1957–58 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst – – – – – – – 14 10 4 0 – –
American International – – – – – – – 18 4 14 0 – –
Army 19 14 4 1 .763 102 60 20 15 4 1 107 61
Boston College – – – – – – – 23 9 12 2 76 101
Boston University 23 17 5 1 .761 157 70 23 17 5 1 157 70
Bowdoin – – – – – – – 21 5 15 1 – –
Brown – – – – – – – 23 11 10 2 87 78
Colby – – – – – – – 20 9 10 1 – –
Colgate – – – – – – – 4 2 2 0 14 26
Cornell – – – – – – – 11 3 7 1 47 71
Dartmouth – – – – – – – 24 13 10 1 87 81
Hamilton – – – – – – – 18 6 10 2 – –
Harvard – – – – – – – 29 18 10 1 150 84
Massachusetts – – – – – – – 14 6 8 0 45 51
Merrimack – – – – – – – 11 6 3 2 62 52
MIT – – – – – – – 14 0 14 0 – –
New Hampshire – – – – – – – 16 13 3 0 89 42
Northeastern – – – – – – – 24 7 18 1 87 146
Norwich – – – – – – – 18 8 10 0 – –
Princeton – – – – – – – 18 7 11 0 63 75
Providence – – – – – – – 22 11 11 0 89 101
St. Olaf – – – – – – – 13 9 4 0 – –
Tufts – – – – – – – 15 5 10 0 – –
Williams – – – – – – – 19 8 10 1 – –
Yale – – – – – – – 22 8 12 2 83 99
1957–58 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota–Duluth † 10 10 0 0 1.000 – – 20 13 6 1 – –
Augsburg – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Concordia – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Gustavus Adolphus – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Hamline – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Macalester – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Saint John's – – – – – – – 13 9 4 0 – –
St. Thomas – – – – – – – 17 13 4 0 – –
† indicates conference champion
1957–58 Tri-State League standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson† 5 5 0 0 12 20 9 20 17 3 0 88 47
Rensselaer 5 2 3 0 6 21 22 21 14 6 1 140 76
Middlebury 3 1 2 0 4 10 14 20 15 6 0 – –
St. Lawrence 5 1 4 0 2 17 23 20 10 8 2 98 72
† indicates conference regular season champion
1957–58 Western Intercollegiate Hockey League
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
North Dakota† 20 15 5 0 .750 16 87 60 32 24 7 1 159 82
Denver† 22 12 10 0 .545 16 74 80 36 24 10 2 171 115
Colorado College 20 11 9 0 .550 15 97 74 30 17 12 1 170 116
Minnesota 24 13 11 0 .542 13 90 81 27 16 11 0 106 84
Michigan State 20 9 11 0 .450 10 57 68 23 12 11 0 98 73
Michigan 18 7 11 0 .389 9 53 63 21 8 13 0 61 73
Michigan Tech 20 5 15 0 .250 5 50 80 28 11 16 1 85 96
† 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 for a tie.

When teams met each other four times, one point was awarded for a win, one-half for a tie. When teams met eight times (Denver and CC), one-half point was awarded for a win, and one-fourth point for a tie.[1]

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1958 NCAA Tournament

Main article: 1958 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Semifinals
March 13–14 		National championship
March 15
      
E1 Clarkson 2
W2 Denver 6
W2 Denver 6
W1 North Dakota 2
W1 North Dakota 9
E2 Harvard 1 Third-place game
E1 Clarkson 5
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
Bill Hay Junior Colorado College 30 32 48 80 23
Bob Cleary Senior Harvard 30 33 43 76 -
Paul Midghall Sophomore Rensselaer 21 40 34 74 50
Bob McCusker Junior Colorado College - 34 29 63 -
Mike Karin Junior Middlebury - 29 31 60 -
Ike Scott Junior Colorado College - 32 25 57 -
Pete Bostwick Jr. Senior Middlebury - 26 30 56 -
Garry Kearns Senior Rensselaer 21 20 36 56 33
Jim Brown Sophomore Denver 35 29 25 54 -
Phil Latreille Freshman Middlebury 21 36 16 52 20
Murray Massier Sophomore Denver - 21 30 51 -
Bob Marquis Sophomore Boston University - 24 22 46 -
Jim Ridley Senior North Dakota 31 21 25 46 25

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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 Peters Sophomore North Dakota 11 660 9 1 1 14 2 .927 1.27
Larry Palmer Junior Army 20 1208 15 4 1 61 2 .899 3.03
Bob Peabody Junior North Dakota 21 - - - - - 1 .870 3.05
Rodney Schneck Junior Denver 36 - 24 10 2 - 3 .890 3.10
Jack McCartan Senior Minnesota 27 1620 16 11 0 84 1 - 3.11
George Cuculick Sophomore Michigan Tech 26 - - - - - - .889 3.20
Joseph Selinger Junior Michigan State 23 - - - - - - - 3.27
Neil Coir Junior St. Lawrence 16 971 - - - 57 0 .880 3.52
Bob Ottone Junior Rensselaer 21 1200 14 6 1 75 0 .849 3.75
Jim Toomey Junior Providence 13 - - - - - - .869 4.20

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Awards

References

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