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

TournamentDatesTeamsChampion
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

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan State852111302624176111564
Minnesota843194028241210210585
Michigan8260412362281318497
indicates conference regular season champion
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst171070
American International206140
Army19991.50078642091017970
Boston College282080136105
Boston University231382.6091068123138210681
Bowdoin197111
Brown241014084109
Colby191081
Colgate82603368
Colorado College23614386110
Cornell21416145166
Dartmouth25178012697
Denver28225119486
Hamilton18891
Harvard25129412679
Massachusetts123903652
Merrimack1275010567
MIT131111
Michigan Tech271610111688
New Hampshire1914509949
North Dakota261880.692104833120101125103
Northeastern24121109899
Norwich188100
Princeton23616173102
Providence2171319594
St. Olaf131030
Tufts14671
Williams177100
Yale2111919471
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota–Duluth77001.000201091
Augsburg
Concordia8170
Gustavus Adolphus13670
Hamline
Macalester
Saint John's14950
Saint Mary's12192
St. Thomas141040
indicates conference champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Lawrence550012341822147113481
Rensselaer52306212421138012090
Clarkson52306232019108110866
Middlebury30300201181
indicates conference regular season champion

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1959 NCAA 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 LatreilleSophomoreMiddlebury20573390-
Paul MidghallJuniorRensselaer2129497844
Ray BelaskyJuniorRensselaer2137337023
Art ChisholmSophomoreNortheastern2340256535
Jim BrownJuniorDenver28243862-
Bob MarquisJuniorBoston University-411859-
John KosiancicJuniorMichigan Tech2725285326
Terry SlaterSophomoreSt. Lawrence222129504
Bill MastertonSophomoreDenver232128496
Paul CoppoJuniorMichigan Tech251831494

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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 SelingerSeniorMichigan State24-----4-2.67
George GrattonSophomoreNorth Dakota15-----0.8762.73
Rodney SchneckSeniorDenver--22---1.8762.97
Robert PeabodySeniorNorth Dakota20-----1.8683.20
George CuculickJuniorMichigan Tech20------.8893.15
Gerry JonesSeniorYale--------3.21
Ron TannerSophomoreBoston University23------.8843.22
Bill ArmstrongSophomoreClarkson19-10----.8893.40
Larry PalmerSeniorArmy1911328101671.9003.55
Bob SteerJuniorSt. Lawrence201246---740.8873.56

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Awards

NCAA

Award[5]Recipient
Spencer Penrose AwardJohn "Snooks" Kelley, Boston College
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA TournamentReg 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

  1. "History of the WCHA". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  2. "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  3. "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "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.
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