1951–52 NCAA men's ice hockey season

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.

1951–52 NCAA men's ice hockey season
Duration	November 1951– March 15, 1952
NCAA tournament	1952
National championship	Broadmoor Ice Palace Colorado Springs, Colorado
NCAA champion	Michigan
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons ← 1950–51 1952–53 →

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

1951–52 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
American International	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		13	8	5	0	–	–
Amherst	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		5	4	1	0	–	–
Army	14	3	11	0	.214	42	80		15	3	12	0	46	87
Boston College	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		20	17	3	0	117	49
Boston University	19	15	3	1	.816	128	52		19	15	3	1	128	52
Bowdoin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		6	3	3	0	–	–
Brown	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		21	13	7	1	111	63
Colby	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		12	2	10	0	–	–
Dartmouth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		23	5	18	0	48	91
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		11	5	6	0	–	–
Harvard	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		19	8	11	0	86	75
Lehigh	0	0	0	0	-	0	0		3	1	2	0	11	14
MIT	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		14	0	14	0	–	–
New Hampshire	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		10	5	5	0	43	41
Northeastern	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		21	11	10	0	80	70
Norwich	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		15	14	1	0	–	–
Princeton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		15	8	7	0	66	45
St. Olaf	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		3	0	3	0	–	–
Tufts	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		13	5	8	0	–	–
Yale	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		25	17	8	0	125	112

1951–52 Midwest Collegiate Hockey League v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Colorado College†	12	10	2	0	20				25	19	5	1	168	94
Denver	12	9	3	0	18	66	40		25	18	6	1	146	94
Michigan	12	9	3	0	18	75	40		26	22	4	0	161	70
North Dakota	12	6	6	0	12	55	56		25	13	11	1	126	105
Minnesota	12	5	7	0	10				26	13	13	0	130	114
Michigan State	12	3	9	0	6				20	7	13	0	72	110
Michigan Tech	12	0	12	0	0				20	2	18	0	75	154
† indicates conference regular season champion Only the first two games played between member teams counted for conference standings.

1951–52 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
St. Thomas †	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		10	7	3	0	–	–
Augsburg	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Concordia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		7	4	3	0	–	–
Gustavus Adolphus	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Hamline	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Macalester	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Minnesota–Duluth	6	0	6	0	.000	–	–		9	2	7	0	–	–
Saint John's	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		9	6	3	0	–	–
† indicates conference champion

1951–52 Tri-State League standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
St. Lawrence†	7	6	1	0	14	58	15		20	15	5	0	136	67
Rensselaer	5	4	1	0	14	36	20		18	15	3	0	148	59
Clarkson	6	3	3	0	8	31	33		15	10	5	0	75	53
Middlebury	7	2	5	0	4				21	10	11	0	–	–
Williams	5	0	5	0	0				10	0	10	0	–	–
† indicates conference regular season champion St. Lawrence was declared as the sole champion when Rensselaer was found to have used an ineligible player during the season.[1]

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1952 NCAA Tournament

Main article: 1952 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

	Semifinals March 13–14					National championship March 15
	E1	St. Lawrence	3
	W2	Michigan	9
						W2	Michigan	4
						W1	Colorado College	1
	W1	Colorado College	4
	E2	Yale	3			Third-place game
						E1	St. Lawrence	1
						E2	Yale	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
Frank Chiarelli	Freshman	Rensselaer	18	55	24	79	6
Ron Hartwell	Senior	Colorado College	25	40	27	67	20
Abbie Moore	Sophomore	Rensselaer	18	31	34	65	4
John Mayasich	Freshman	Minnesota	26	32	30	62	10
Tony Frasca	Senior	Colorado College	–	24	33	57	8
Neale Langill	Freshman	St. Lawrence	18	28	27	55	–
Ambrose Mosco	Freshman	Rensselaer	14	24	31	55	10
Bob Wheeler	Senior	Brown	–	36	18	54	–
Omer Brandt	Junior	Colorado College	–	29	24	53	29
Richard Dougherty	Freshman	Minnesota	26	32	20	52	33

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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
Willard Ikola	Freshman	Michigan	26	-	22	4	0	70	2	-	2.69
Paul Cruikshank	Junior	Yale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.76
Rudy Lindbeck	Senior	North Dakota	11	-	-	-	-	-	0	.927	3.00
Harris Siegel	Junior	Rensselaer	14	695	9	2	0	39	1	-	3.37
Jack Boylan	Freshman	St. Lawrence	20	1163	15	5	0	67	0	.886	3.46
George Mooney	Sophomore	Denver	15	-	11	3	1	-	0	.845	3.46
Alex Finkelstein	Sophomore	North Dakota	24	-	-	-	-	-	2	.868	4.25
Larry Ross	Junior	Minnesota	13	-	-	-	-	64	0	.840	4.90
Delmar Reid	Senior	Michigan State	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.73
Harry Taylor	Sophomore	Michigan Tech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	.829	7.00

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Awards

NCAA Award[6] Recipient Spencer Penrose Award Cheddy Thompson, Colorado College Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament Ken Kinsley, Colorado College AHCA All-American Teams[7] 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[8] 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