1959–60 NCAA men's ice hockey season

1959–60 NCAA men's ice hockey season
The Matthews Arena served as the host for the 1960 Tournament
DurationNovember 1959–
March 19, 1960
NCAA tournament1960
National championshipBoston Arena
Boston, Massachusetts
NCAA championDenver
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1959–60 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1959 and concluded with the 1960 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 19, 1960 at the Boston Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the 13th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 66th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

This was the first season of play for the WCHA. All seven universities were the same from the previous MCHL/WIHL conference that dissolved after the 1957–58 season. Michigan, Michigan State and Minnesota would continue with both the Big Ten and the WCHA concurrently until 1981 when Michigan and Michigan State left the WCHA and no longer played sufficient games against the other Big Ten schools to warrant the continuation of the Big Ten ice hockey conference.

The creation of the WCHA also brought the first formalized conference tournament in NCAA hockey history with the winner(s) receiving the first automatic bids into the postseason championship.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 26–30 7 Toronto
Bowdoin Christmas Tournament December 21–23 8 Brown
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 30–January 2 4 North Dakota
Beanpot February 8, 15 4 Harvard

Standings

1959–60 Big Ten standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota† 8 5 3 0 10 37 23 27 9 16 2 111 121
Michigan 8 4 4 0 8 29 26 24 12 12 0 97 81
Michigan State 8 3 5 0 6 23 39 24 4 18 2 54 130
† indicates conference regular season champion
1959–60 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst – – – – – – – 17 9 8 0 – –
American International – – – – – – – 15 6 9 0 – –
Army 20 14 5 1 .725 100 55 22 16 5 1 119 62
Boston College – – – – – – – 24 15 8 1 121 76
Boston University 27 19 8 0 .704 118 84 27 19 8 0 118 84
Bowdoin – – – – – – – 22 11 11 0 – –
Brown – – – – – – – 26 13 13 0 76 94
Colby – – – – – – – 23 16 7 0 – –
Colgate – – – – – – – 15 5 10 0 40 100
Cornell – – – – – – – 21 2 19 0 33 158
Dartmouth – – – – – – – 20 14 5 1 96 48
Hamilton – – – – – – – 18 13 5 0 – –
Harvard – – – – – – – 24 16 7 1 110 68
Massachusetts – – – – – – – 17 5 12 0 48 82
Merrimack – – – – – – – 9 3 6 0 38 45
Middlebury – – – – – – – 22 15 7 0 – –
MIT – – – – – – – 11 3 8 0 – –
New Hampshire – – – – – – – 19 11 8 0 79 66
Northeastern – – – – – – – 24 8 16 0 96 142
Norwich – – – – – – – 18 6 12 0 – –
Princeton – – – – – – – 23 12 11 0 109 75
Providence – – – – – – – 20 11 9 0 110 69
St. Olaf – – – – – – – 12 2 9 1 – –
Tufts – – – – – – – 17 2 15 0 – –
Williams – – – – – – – 19 5 14 0 – –
Yale – – – – – – – 25 10 15 0 105 114
1959–60 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota–Duluth † 8 8 0 0 1.000 – – 20 15 5 0 – –
Augsburg 8 6 2 0 .750 – – 12 10 2 0 – –
St. Thomas 7 5 2 0 .714 – – 10 7 3 0 – –
Macalester 8 5 3 0 .625 – – – – – – – –
Gustavus Adolphus 7 4 3 0 .571 – – 12 4 7 1 – –
Saint John's 8 4 4 0 .500 – – 16 11 5 0 – –
Hamline 8 2 6 0 .250 – – – – – – – –
Saint Mary's 8 1 7 0 .125 – – 12 2 10 0 – –
Concordia 8 0 8 0 .000 – – 9 0 9 0 – –
† indicates conference champion
1959–60 Tri-State League standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Lawrence† 4 4 0 0 8 21 12 24 14 8 2 122 119
Rensselaer 4 2 2 0 4 17 19 22 15 7 0 109 71
Clarkson 4 0 4 0 0 14 21 20 7 13 0 80 102
† indicates conference regular season champion
1959–60 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Denver†* 22 17 4 1 .795 128 55 34 27 4 3 204 88
Michigan Tech* 22 15 6 1 .705 107 72 32 21 10 1 152 107
North Dakota 22 14 7 1 .659 93 80 32 19 11 2 157 115
Colorado College 20 8 12 0 .400 72 101 26 8 17 1 87 146
Michigan 18 7 11 0 .389 63 71 24 12 12 0 97 81
Minnesota 24 8 15 1 .354 102 109 27 9 16 2 111 121
Michigan State 24 4 18 2 .208 54 130 24 4 18 2 54 130
Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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1960 NCAA Tournament

Main article: 1960 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Semifinals
March 17–18 		National championship
March 19
      
E1 St. Lawrence 3
W2 Michigan Tech 13
W2 Michigan Tech 3
W1 Denver 5
W1 Denver 6
E2 Boston University 4 Third-place game
E1 St. Lawrence 6
E2 Boston University 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 Junior Middlebury 22 77 19 96 -
Tim Norbeck Senior Hamilton - 40 32 72 -
Terry Slater Junior St. Lawrence 24 34 38 72 4
Bill Masterton Junior Denver 34 21 46 67 2
Reg Morelli Senior North Dakota 31 34 31 65 12
Bob Marquis Senior Boston University - 33 26 59 -
Paul Coppo Senior Michigan Tech 32 26 31 57 2
Art Chisholm Junior Northeastern 24 25 31 56 15
John MacMillan Senior Denver 34 30 25 55 34
John Kosiancic Senior Michigan Tech 32 24 31 55 30

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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
John Wilson Sophomore Northeastern 11 - - - - - - .846 1.73
George Kirkwood Junior Denver 34 - 27 4 3 - 2 .900 2.50
Ron Chisholm Sophomore Army 22 1328 16 5 1 62 2 .888 2.80
Jim MacLean Sophomore Rensselaer 14 - - - - - - .876 2.97
Rod Blackburn Junior New Hampshire 13 705 6 5 0 35 2 .900 2.98
Barry Urbanski Junior Boston University 17 - 12 5 0 - - .907 3.24
George Cuculick Senior Michigan Tech 30 - - - - - - .889 3.26
George Gratton Junior North Dakota 30 - - - - - 1 .873 3.33
Chuck Steinweg Sophomore Minnesota 19 - - - - - - .877 3.89
Charles Hamlin Sophomore Yale - - - - - - - - 3.90

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Awards

References

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  2. ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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  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 Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  7. ^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.