1952 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

1952 NCAA Men's
Ice Hockey Tournament

Teams	4
Finals site	Broadmoor Ice Palace Colorado Springs, Colorado
Champions	Michigan Wolverines (3rd title)
Runner-up	Colorado College Tigers (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Yale Bulldogs (1st Frozen Four) St. Lawrence Saints (1st Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Vic Heyliger (3rd title)
MOP	Ken Kinsley (Colorado College)
Attendance	8,600
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The 1952 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1951–52 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 5th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 13 and 15, 1952, and concluded with Michigan defeating Colorado College 4-1. All games were played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

This was the first tournament to include teams that played in a conference. The MCHL had been created before the start of the season and through both of the conference representatives had appeared in the tournament previously both were independent. The Tri-State League also sent its first representative to the tournament after the conference began play the year before.

Qualifying teams[]

Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The two best MCHL teams and a Tri-State League representative received bids into the tournament as did one independent school.

East							West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	St. Lawrence	Tri-State League	15–3–0	At-Large	1st	Never	1	Colorado College	MCHL	18–4–1	At-Large	5th	1951
2	Yale	Independent	16–7–0	At-Large	1st	Never	2	Michigan	MCHL	20–4–0	At-Large	5th	1951

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Format[]

The eastern team judged as better was seeded as the top eastern team while the MCHL champion was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. All games were played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.

Bracket[]

	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)

Results[]

Semifinals[]

St. Lawrence vs. Michigan[]

March 13	St. Lawrence		3 – 9		Michigan	Broadmoor Ice Palace	Recap
No Scoring		First period			08:36 - (Mullin) 11:06 - George Chin (unassisted) 13:48 - John McKennell (Pelow) 14:24 - (Chin) 19:59 - (unassisted)
(Karlan) - 14:43		Second period			04:28 - John McKennell (Haas)
(D. Langill) - 06:26 (unassisted) - 18:08		Third period			08:30 - (Philpott) 11:22 - Alex MacLellan (Chin) 12:26 - (unassisted)
		Goalie stats			Willard Ikola

Colorado College vs. Yale[]

March 14	Colorado College		4 – 3		Yale	Broadmoor Ice Palace	Recap
(unassisted) Omer Brandt - 08:51		First period			01:50 - (Quinn) 04:06 - (Shay, Kilrea) ?? -
- 07:12		Second period
(unassisted) - SH - ?? - GW - 15:30		Third period
Ken Kinsley		Goalie stats

Consolation Game[]

St. Lawrence vs. Yale[]

March 15	St. Lawrence		1 – 4		Yale	Broadmoor Ice Palace	Recap
No Scoring		First period			01:18 - (Howe)
		Second period			01:25 - GW - (unassisted)
(Stefanowicz, Langill) - 10:59		Third period			01:24 - Wally Kilrea Jr. (Shay) 14:45 - (Douglas)
		Goalie stats

National Championship[]

Colorado College vs. Michigan[]

March 15

Colorado College

1 – 4

Michigan

Broadmoor Ice Palace

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	UM	George Chin	Philpott	11:35	1–0 UM
	UM	– GW	Haas and Shave	16:29	2–0 UM
	UM	– SH	unassisted	19:07	3–0 UM
2nd	CC		Kennific	25:00	3–1 UM
	UM		MacLellan	30:12	4–1 UM
3rd	None

All-Tournament Team[]

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References[]