The 1950–51 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1950 and concluded with the 1951 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 17, 1951 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 4th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 57th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

This was the first season of play for the Tri-State League. The 6-team conference was the first to formally sponsor ice hockey as a sport at any level. The Tri-State League also produced the first conference playoff game this season when Clarkson defeated Middlebury to claim the conference title. There would not be another conference playoff until the WCHA tournament began in 1960.[1]

The American Hockey Coaches Association awarded Eddie Jeremiah the first Spencer Penrose Award as the top coach in the college game. It is named after Spencer Penrose who helped found The Broadmoor, the hotel and resort where the Ice Palace was located.[2]

Regular season

Season tournaments

TournamentDatesTeamsChampion
NEIHL Tournament March 5–7 4 Boston University

Standings

Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
American International17881
Army121101.12529741321013376
Boston College20128010589
Boston University211650.7621495921165014959
Bowdoin12651
Brown24186017272
Colby
Colorado College251681192130
Dartmouth199917189
Denver2311111134111
Hamilton16790
Harvard231211011791
Lehigh11001.0006154103514
Massachusetts70701040
Michigan201820.90015969272241212100
Michigan State1761106595
Michigan Tech21514289134
Minnesota2614120140112
MIT100100
New Hampshire95404434
North Dakota2612122116139
North Dakota Agricultural
Northeastern1981109077
Norwich12660
Princeton187101100111
Saint Michael's63303339
St. Olaf9531
Wyoming12480
Yale17142111643
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Macalester
St. Thomas161231
Augsburg
Concordia9450
Gustavus Adolphus12570
Hamline
Minnesota–Duluth5230.4005230
Saint John's11830
indicates conference champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson5410815122110652
Middlebury54108151320
St. Lawrence53206148606344
Williams5230413490
Rensselaer5140212271551005588
Colgate5140292701955
indicates conference regular season champion
At the conclusion of the season Clarkson defeated Middlebury 16-3 in a playoff game and were declared the sole champion.

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1951 NCAA Tournament

Semifinals
March 15–16
National championship
March 17
      
E1 Brown 8
W2 Colorado College 4
W1 Michigan 7
E1 Brown 1
W1 Michigan 8
E2 Boston University 2 Third-place game
E2 Boston University 7
W2 Colorado College 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s) [4]

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
Neil CelleySeniorMichigan27403979
Gil BurfordSeniorMichigan373471
Don SennottJuniorBrown24244670
Ron HartwellJuniorColorado College25441862
Bill MunroJuniorClarkson15392362
Bob WheelerJuniorBrown23332760
Tony FrascaJuniorColorado College25322860
Ken JohannsonSophomoreNorth Dakota2627325929
John McKennellFreshmanMichigan352257
Jack GarrityJuniorBoston University2134235720

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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
Paul CruikshankSophomoreYale--------2.31
Gene DelvecchioSeniorSt. Lawrence16960---620-3.87
Larry RossSophomoreMinnesota19----780-4.10
Walter MorinSophomoreDenver--11---1.8454.83
Rudy LindbeckJuniorNorth Dakota26-12122-0.8285.56
Delmar ReidJuniorMichigan State15-------5.80
Ray WeinzlerJuniorRensselaer11505360550-6.53

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Awards

NCAA

References

  1. "History of the Tri-State League/ICAC". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  2. "The Broadmoor". Colorado Springs Visitors and Convention Bureau. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  3. "Tri-State League/ICAC Standings". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  4. "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  5. 1 2 "1950-51 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  6. "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  7. "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
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