1958–59 NCAA men's ice hockey season

1958–59 NCAA men's ice hockey season
The RPI Field House served as the host for the 1959 Tournament
DurationNovember 1958–
March 14, 1959
NCAA tournament1959
National championshipRPI Field House
Troy, New York
NCAA championNorth Dakota
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1958–59 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1958 and concluded with the 1959 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 14, 1959 at the RPI Field House in Troy, New York. This was the 12th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 65th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

After the previous season the WIHL dissolved due to an argument between member universities over recruiting practices, namely the tendency of Colorado College, Denver and North Dakota to recruit overage Canadian players.[1] In time the practice would eventually lead to Denver's appearance in the 1973 tournament being vacated but rules prohibiting such recruits did not exist at the time. Due to the dissolution of the WIHL the three schools belonging to the Big Ten Conference formed their own ice hockey division.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 26–30 8 Michigan State
Cornell Invitational January 1–3 6 New Hampshire
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament January 1–3 4 Michigan State
Beanpot February 2, 9 4 Boston College

Standings

1958–59 Big Ten standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan State† 8 5 2 1 11 30 26 24 17 6 1 115 64
Minnesota 8 4 3 1 9 40 28 24 12 10 2 105 85
Michigan 8 2 6 0 4 12 36 22 8 13 1 84 97
† indicates conference regular season champion
1958–59 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst – – – – – – – 17 10 7 0 – –
American International – – – – – – – 20 6 14 0 – –
Army 19 9 9 1 .500 78 64 20 9 10 1 79 70
Boston College – – – – – – – 28 20 8 0 136 105
Boston University 23 13 8 2 .609 106 81 23 13 8 2 106 81
Bowdoin – – – – – – – 19 7 11 1 – –
Brown – – – – – – – 24 10 14 0 84 109
Colby – – – – – – – 19 10 8 1 – –
Colgate – – – – – – – 8 2 6 0 33 68
Colorado College – – – – – – – 23 6 14 3 86 110
Cornell – – – – – – – 21 4 16 1 45 166
Dartmouth – – – – – – – 25 17 8 0 126 97
Denver – – – – – – – 28 22 5 1 194 86
Hamilton – – – – – – – 18 8 9 1 – –
Harvard – – – – – – – 25 12 9 4 126 79
Massachusetts – – – – – – – 12 3 9 0 36 52
Merrimack – – – – – – – 12 7 5 0 105 67
MIT – – – – – – – 13 1 11 1 – –
Michigan Tech – – – – – – – 27 16 10 1 116 88
New Hampshire – – – – – – – 19 14 5 0 99 49
North Dakota 26 18 8 0 .692 104 83 31 20 10 1 125 103
Northeastern – – – – – – – 24 12 11 0 98 99
Norwich – – – – – – – 18 8 10 0 – –
Princeton – – – – – – – 23 6 16 1 73 102
Providence – – – – – – – 21 7 13 1 95 94
St. Olaf – – – – – – – 13 10 3 0 – –
Tufts – – – – – – – 14 6 7 1 – –
Williams – – – – – – – 17 7 10 0 – –
Yale – – – – – – – 21 11 9 1 94 71
1958–59 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 7 0 0 1.000 – – 20 10 9 1 – –
Augsburg – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Concordia – – – – – – – 8 1 7 0 – –
Gustavus Adolphus – – – – – – – 13 6 7 0 – –
Hamline – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Macalester – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Saint John's – – – – – – – 14 9 5 0 – –
Saint Mary's – – – – – – – 12 1 9 2 – –
St. Thomas – – – – – – – 14 10 4 0 – –
† indicates conference champion
1958–59 Tri-State League standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Lawrence† 5 5 0 0 12 34 18 22 14 7 1 134 81
Rensselaer 5 2 3 0 6 21 24 21 13 8 0 120 90
Clarkson 5 2 3 0 6 23 20 19 10 8 1 108 66
Middlebury 3 0 3 0 0 20 11 8 1 – –
† indicates conference regular season champion

[2]

1959 NCAA Tournament

Main article: 1959 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Semifinals
March 12–13 		National championship
March 14
      
E1 St. Lawrence 3
W2 North Dakota 4*
W2 North Dakota 4*
W1 Michigan State 3
W1 Michigan State 4
E2 Boston College 3 Third-place game
E1 St. Lawrence 6
E2 Boston College 7**

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
Phil Latreille Sophomore Middlebury 20 57 33 90 -
Paul Midghall Junior Rensselaer 21 29 49 78 44
Ray Belasky Junior Rensselaer 21 37 33 70 23
Art Chisholm Sophomore Northeastern 23 40 25 65 35
Jim Brown Junior Denver 28 24 38 62 -
Bob Marquis Junior Boston University - 41 18 59 -
John Kosiancic Junior Michigan Tech 27 25 28 53 26
Terry Slater Sophomore St. Lawrence 22 21 29 50 4
Bill Masterton Sophomore Denver 23 21 28 49 6
Paul Coppo Junior Michigan Tech 25 18 31 49 4

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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
Joe Selinger Senior Michigan State 24 - - - - - 4 - 2.67
George Gratton Sophomore North Dakota 15 - - - - - 0 .876 2.73
Rodney Schneck Senior Denver - - 22 - - - 1 .876 2.97
Robert Peabody Senior North Dakota 20 - - - - - 1 .868 3.20
George Cuculick Junior Michigan Tech 20 - - - - - - .889 3.15
Gerry Jones Senior Yale - - - - - - - - 3.21
Ron Tanner Sophomore Boston University 23 - - - - - - .884 3.22
Bill Armstrong Sophomore Clarkson 19 - 10 - - - - .889 3.40
Larry Palmer Senior Army 19 1132 8 10 1 67 1 .900 3.55
Bob Steer Junior St. Lawrence 20 1246 - - - 74 0 .887 3.56

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Awards

NCAA

Award[5] Recipient
Spencer Penrose Award John "Snooks" Kelley, Boston College
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament Reg Morelli, North Dakota
AHCA All-American Teams[6]
East Team   Position   West Team
Gerry Jones, Yale G Joe Selinger, Michigan State
Joe Jangro, Boston College D Bill Steenson, North Dakota
Pat Presley, St. Lawrence D Bob Watt, Michigan
Bob Marquis, Boston University F John Kosiancic, Michigan Tech
Paul Midghall, Rensselaer F Bob White, Michigan
Phil Latreille, Middlebury F Murray Williamson, Minnesota

References

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  3. ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "1958-59 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  5. ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  6. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.