The 1951–52 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1951 and concluded with the 1952 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 15, 1952 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 5th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 58th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
This was the first season of play for the MCHL. The conference was the first for western teams and would eventually become the WCHA.
Regular season
Season tournaments Tournament Dates Teams Champion Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 27–29 8 Brown New England Invitational Tournament March 1–3 4 Boston University
Standings
1952 NCAA Tournament
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 Freshman Rensselaer 18 55 24 79 6 Senior Colorado College 25 40 27 67 20 Sophomore Rensselaer 18 31 34 65 4 Freshman Minnesota 26 32 30 62 10 Senior Colorado College – 24 33 57 8 Freshman St. Lawrence 18 28 27 55 – Freshman Rensselaer 14 24 31 55 10 Senior Brown – 36 18 54 – Junior Colorado College – 29 24 53 29 Freshman Minnesota 26 32 20 52 33
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 Freshman Michigan 26 - 22 4 0 70 2 - 2.69 Junior Yale - - - - - - - - 2.76 Senior North Dakota 11 - - - - - 0 .927 3.00 Junior Rensselaer 14 695 9 2 0 39 1 - 3.37 Freshman St. Lawrence 20 1163 15 5 0 67 0 .886 3.46 Sophomore Denver 15 - 11 3 1 - 0 .845 3.46 Sophomore North Dakota 24 - - - - - 2 .868 4.25 Junior Minnesota 13 - - - - 64 0 .840 4.90 Senior Michigan State 15 - - - - - - - 5.73 Sophomore Michigan Tech - - - - - - - .829 7.00
Awards
NCAA Award RecipientSpencer Penrose Award Cheddy Thompson, Colorado CollegeMost Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament Ken Kinsley, Colorado CollegeAHCA All-American Teams First Team Position Second Team Ray Picard, Northeastern G Ken Kinsley, Colorado College John Grocott, Dartmouth D Joe deBastiani, Michigan Tech Eddie Miller, Denver D Jim Haas, Michigan Tony Frasca, Colorado College F Omer Brandt, Colorado College Ron Hartwell, Colorado College F Frank Chiarelli, Rensselaer Bob Wheeler, Brown F John Mayasich, Minnesota
MCHL No Awards All-MCHL Teams First Team Position Second Team Ken Kinsley, Colorado College G Willard Ikola, Michigan Don Burgess, Denver D Joe deBastiani, Michigan Tech Eddie Miller, Denver D Elwood Shell, North Dakota Tony Frasca, Colorado College F John Mayasich, Minnesota Ron Hartwell, Colorado College F John McKennell, Michigan Omer Brandt, Colorado College F Bill Abbott, Denver
References
External links College Hockey Historical Archives 1951–52 NCAA Standings