1947–48 NCAA men's ice hockey season

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1947–48 NCAA men's ice hockey season
DurationNovember 1947–
March 20, 1948
NCAA tournament1948
National championshipBroadmoor Ice Palace
Colorado Springs, Colorado
NCAA championMichigan
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The 1947–48 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1947 and concluded with the 1948 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 20, 1948 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 1st season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 54th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team. In 1947 there were quasi-official guidelines separating major and minor football programs across the NCAA, but no such determinations had been made for ice hockey teams. Even among the universities that played ice hockey, no such distinctions were even attempted until the mid-1960s.[1] As such, all American universities operating a men's varsity ice hockey program are included here.

As this was the first time a national championship was held, it is considered (unofficially) the first season of NCAA Division I ice hockey since it is the first time that any college teams would have to conform to NCAA regulations regarding recruitment, scholarship, eligibility, etc. The tournament was, itself, born out of a desire to definitively decide the best collegiate team in the country. With only a handful of universities even playing ice hockey (indoor ice rinks were fairly expensive to operate) and even less playing a decent number of games each year only four teams were selected to play in the tournament.

Regular season[]

Season tournaments[]

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
March 8–9 4 Boston College

Standings[]

1947–48 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Army – – – – – – – 16 11 4 1 78 39
Boston College – – – – – – – 19 14 5 0 126 60
Boston University – – – – – – – 24 20 4 0 179 86
Bowdoin – – – – – – – 11 6 5 0 – –
Brown – – – – – – – 14 5 9 0 61 91
Clarkson – – – – – – – 17 10 6 1 96 54
Colby – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Colgate – – – – – – – 12 8 4 0 71 49
Colorado College – – – – – – – 27 19 8 0 207 120
Cornell 4 0 4 0 .000 3 43 4 0 4 0 3 43
Dartmouth – – – – – – – 24 21 3 0 156 81
Hamilton – – – – – – – 16 8 8 0 – –
Harvard – – – – – – – 23 9 14 0 135 140
Massachusetts – – – – – – – 2 0 2 0 1 23
Michigan 18 16 2 0 .889 105 53 23 20 2 1 141 63
Michigan Tech – – – – – – – 20 8 12 0 91 97
Middlebury – – – – – – – 16 10 5 1 – –
Minnesota – – – – – – – 21 9 12 0 100 105
Minnesota–Duluth – – – – – – – 9 6 3 0 36 28
MIT – – – – – – – 14 8 6 0 – –
New Hampshire – – – – – – – 13 4 9 0 58 67
North Dakota – – – – – – – 16 11 5 0 103 68
Northeastern – – – – – – – 19 10 9 0 135 119
Norwich – – – – – – – 14 7 7 0 – –
Princeton – – – – – – – 21 10 11 0 79 79
St. Lawrence – – – – – – – 9 6 3 0 65 27
Union – – – – – – – 9 1 8 0 – –
Williams – – – – – – – 9 4 3 2 – –
Yale – – – – – – – 20 8 11 1 89 85
1947–48 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Hamline † – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Augsburg – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Concordia – – – – – – – 5 1 4 0 – –
Gustavus Adolphus – – – – – – – 7 1 5 1 – –
Macalester – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Saint John's – – – – – – – 12 5 6 0 – –
St. Olaf – – – – – – – 11 8 3 0 – –
St. Thomas – – – – – – – 11 6 5 0 – –
† indicates conference champion

1948 NCAA Tournament[]

Main article: 1948 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Semifinals
March 18–19 		National Championship
March 20
      
E1 Dartmouth 8
W2 Colorado College 4
E1 Dartmouth 4
W1 Michigan 8
W1 Michigan 6*
E2 Boston College 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

[2]

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
Gordon McMillan Junior Michigan 23 32 30 62 20
Dick Rowell Junior Colorado College – 18 37 55 –
Bill Riley Junior Dartmouth – 30 23 53 –
Wally Gacek Junior Michigan 23 27 26 53 8
Al Renfrew Junior Michigan 23 26 21 47 14
Sophomore St. Lawrence 15 23 19 42 –
Sophomore Boston College – 21 19 40 –
Junior Yale – 21 19 40 –
Roland DePaul Junior Minnesota – 22 9 31 –
Sophomore New Hampshire – 20 8 28 –

[3]

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 Princeton 18 - - - - - - - 1.72
Jack McDonald Junior Michigan 23 1410 20 2 1 63 2 - 2.68
Freshman St. Lawrence 14 803 - - - 52 2 - 3.88
Sophomore North Dakota - - - - - - 1 .894 4.07
Sophomore Yale - - - - - - - - 5.07

[3]

Awards[]

NCAA[]

References[]

  1. ^ "History of ECAC Hockey". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  2. ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "1947-48 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  4. ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  5. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.

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