1950–51 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season

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1950–51 Michigan Wolverines
men's ice hockey season
Michigan Wolverines logo.svg
National champion
1951 NCAA Tournament, champion
Home iceWeinberg Coliseum
Record
Overall22–4–1
Home13–2–1
Road7–2
Neutral2–0
Coaches and Captains
Head CoachVic Heyliger
Captain(s)Gil Burford
Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1950–51 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college ice hockey during the 1950–51 NCAA men's ice hockey season. The head coach was Vic Heyliger and the team captain was Gil Burford. The team won the 1951 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. The team's leading scorer was Neil "The Seal" Celley, who broke Michigan's single-season scoring record with 79 points (40 goals, 39 assists) and led the NCAA in scoring.

Standings[]

1950–51 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
American International – – – – – – – 17 8 8 1 – –
Army – – – – – – – 13 2 10 1 33 76
Boston College – – – – – – – 20 12 8 0 105 89
Boston University – – – – – – – 21 16 5 0 149 59
Bowdoin – – – – – – – 12 6 5 1 – –
Brown – – – – – – – 24 18 6 0 172 72
Colby – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Colorado College – – – – – – – 25 16 8 1 192 130
Dartmouth – – – – – – – 19 9 9 1 71 89
Denver – – – – – – – 23 11 11 1 134 111
Hamilton – – – – – – – 16 7 9 0 – –
Harvard – – – – – – – 23 12 11 0 117 91
Massachusetts – – – – – – – 7 0 7 0 10 40
Michigan 20 18 2 0 .900 159 69 27 22 4 1 212 100
Michigan State – – – – – – – 17 6 11 0 65 95
Michigan Tech – – – – – – – 21 5 14 2 89 134
Minnesota – – – – – – – 26 14 12 0 140 112
MIT – – – – – – – 10 0 10 0 – –
New Hampshire – – – – – – – 9 5 4 0 44 34
North Dakota – – – – – – – 26 12 12 2 116 139
Northeastern – – – – – – – 19 8 11 0 90 77
Norwich – – – – – – – 12 6 6 0 – –
Princeton – – – – – – – 18 7 10 1 100 111
St. Olaf – – – – – – – 9 5 3 1 – –
Wyoming – – – – – – – 12 4 8 0 – –
Yale – – – – – – – 17 14 2 1 116 43

Schedule[]

During the season Michigan compiled a 22–4–1 record, the fourth consecutive year that the team won at least 80% of their games. Their schedule was as follows.[1]

Date Opponent Score Result Venue Location Record
Dec. 8, 1950 Detroit Auto Club 8–6 Win Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 1–0
Dec. 15, 1950 Princeton 11–6 Win Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 2–0
Dec. 16, 1950 Princeton 10–2 Win Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 3–0
Dec. 21, 1950 Western Ontario 8–2 Win Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 4–0
Dec. 22, 1950 Western Ontario 14–1 Win Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 5–0
Dec. 27, 1950 Boston College 11–2 Win Boston Arena Boston, MA 6–0
Dec. 29, 1950 Boston University 3–2 Win Boston Arena Boston, MA 7–0
Jan. 5, 1951 Minnesota 5–4* Win Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 8–0
Jan. 6, 1951 Minnesota 6��4 Win Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 9–0
Jan. 12, 1951 Montreal 8–8* Tie Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 9–0–1
Jan. 13, 1951 Montreal 2–3 Loss Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 9–1–1
Jan. 19, 1951 Minnesota 12–2 Win Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 10–1–1
Jan. 20, 1951 Minnesota 8–0 Win Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 11–1–1
Feb. 5, 1951 Denver 5–4 Win DU Arena Denver, CO 12–1–1
Feb. 7, 1951 Denver 3–5 Loss DU Arena Denver, CO 12–2–1
Feb. 9, 1951 Colorado College 6–4 Win Broadmoor Ice Palace Colorado Springs, CO 13–2–1
Feb. 10, 1951 Colorado College 7–9 Loss Broadmoor Ice Palace Colorado Springs, CO 13–3–1
Feb. 16, 1951 Toronto 9–5 Win Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 14–3–1
Feb. 17, 1951 Toronto 4–6 Loss Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 14–4–1
Feb. 21, 1951 Michigan State 10–1 Win Demonstration Hall East Lansing, MI 15–4–1
Feb. 23, 1951 North Dakota 11–4 Win Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 16–4–1
Feb. 24, 1951 North Dakota 12–4 Win Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 17–4–1
Mar. 3, 1951 Michigan State 9–6 Win Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 18–4–1
Mar. 9, 1951 Michigan Tech 8–3 Win Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 19–4–1
Mar. 10, 1951 Michigan Tech 7–4 Win Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, MI 20–4–1
NCAA TOURNAMENT
March 15, 1951 Boston University 8–2 Win Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, CO 21–4–1
March 17, 1951 Brown 7–1 Win Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, CO 22–4–1
212–100 22–4–1

* Denotes overtime periods

Roster and scoring statistics[]

Neil Celley
Gil Burford
No. Name Year Position Hometown S/P/C Games Goals Assists Pts PIM
6 Neil Celley Senior LW Eveleth, MN Minnesota 27 40 39 79 10
8 Gil Burford Senior RW Detroit, MI Michigan 27 37 34 71 8
10 John McKennell Sophomore RW Toronto, ON Ontario 27 35 22 57 24
4 John Matchefts Sophomore C Eveleth, MN Minnesota 27 25 31 56 30
7 Earl Keyes Sophomore C/G Tiverton, ON Ontario 27 18 25 43 28
15 Al Bassey Senior F Walpole, MA Massachusetts 27 16 17 33 14
5 Bob Heathcott Junior D Calgary, AB Alberta 27 12 21 33 40
18 Alex MacLellan Sophomore D Montreal, PQ Quebec 27 7 20 27 47
9 Paul Pelow Junior C Toronto, ON Ontario 17 9 8 17 32
12 Joe Marmo Senior LW East Boston, MA Massachusetts 27 4 12 16 37
11 Graham Cragg Junior D Edmonton, AB Alberta 27 1 12 13 18
14 Gordon Naylor Sophomore RW Montreal, PQ Quebec 27 3 8 11 10
3 Eddie May Junior D Edmonton, AB Alberta 20 4 2 6 8
Harry Stuhldreher 7 0 0 0 12
1 Hal Downes Senior G Melrose, MA Massachusetts 27 0 0 0 0
Total 212

[2]

Goaltending Statistics[]

No. Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
1 – – – – – – – 1 – –
7 2 – 2 0 0 7 49 0 .875 3.50
Total 27 – 22 4 1 100 – 1 – –

1951 national championship[]

(W1) Michigan vs. (E1) Brown[]

March 17[3] Michigan 7 – 1 Brown Broadmoor Ice Palace


Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st UM Naylor and Marmo 03:49 1–0 UM
UM Gil Burford – GW MacLellan 15:24 2–0 UM
2nd UM Neil Celley unassisted 26:41 3–0 UM
UM John McKennell unassisted 30:56 4–0 UM
UM Keyes and MacLellan 34:19 5–0 UM
3rd BRN Wheeler 47:54 5–1 UM
UM John McKennell Burford and Keyes 51:15 6–1 UM
UM Neil Celley Burford 59:38 7–1 UM

Bob Heathcott, Gil Burford, John Matchefts and Neil Celley were named to the All-Tournament Team[4]

Notes[]

Less than year after winning the tournament, was shot down in his B-26 over North Korea and was declared MIA. Though all living POWs were returned to the US in 1953 Downes remained listed as MIA until his remains were returned in 2018.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "THROUGH THE YEARS:" (PDF). Michigan Wolverines. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  2. ^ "Univ. of Michigan 1950-51 roster and statistics". EliteProspects. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  3. ^ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  4. ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  5. ^ "Missing—but not forgotten: What the return of Korean War remains means for the daughter of one American soldier". Wilson Center. Retrieved 2018-08-09.

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