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.
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.
Regular season
Season tournaments Tournament Dates Teams Champion NEIHL Tournament March 5–7 4 Boston University
Standings
1951 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 Senior Michigan 27 40 39 79 – Senior Michigan – 37 34 71 – Junior Brown 24 24 46 70 – Junior Colorado College 25 44 18 62 – Junior Clarkson 15 39 23 62 – Junior Brown 23 33 27 60 – Junior Colorado College 25 32 28 60 – Sophomore North Dakota 26 27 32 59 29 Freshman Michigan – 35 22 57 – Junior Boston University 21 34 23 57 20
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 Sophomore Yale - - - - - - - - 2.31 Senior St. Lawrence 16 960 - - - 62 0 - 3.87 Sophomore Minnesota 19 - - - - 78 0 - 4.10 Sophomore Denver - - 11 - - - 1 .845 4.83 Junior North Dakota 26 - 12 12 2 - 0 .828 5.56 Junior Michigan State 15 - - - - - - - 5.80 Junior Rensselaer 11 505 3 6 0 55 0 - 6.53
Awards
NCAA
Award RecipientSpencer Penrose Award Eddie Jeremiah, DartmouthMost Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament Donald Whiston, BrownAHCA All-American Team Player Pos Team Larry Ross G Minnesota Donald Whiston G Brown Joe deBastiani D Michigan Tech Bob Heathcott D Michigan John Noah D North Dakota Jim Starrak D Colorado College Gil Burford F Michigan Neil Celley F Michigan Tony Frasca F Colorado College Jack Garrity F Boston University Clifford Harrison F Dartmouth John McKennell F Michigan Gordon Watters F Minnesota
References
External links College Hockey Historical Archives 1950–51 NCAA Standings