1949–50 NCAA men's ice hockey season explained

Gender:men
Year:1949
Duration:November 1949–
March 18, 1950
Champ Stad:Broadmoor Ice Palace
Champ City:Colorado Springs, Colorado
Champ:Colorado College

The 1949–50 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in November 1949 and concluded with the 1950 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 18, 1950 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 3rd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 56th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Army, who had been fielding an ice hockey team continually since 1904, elevated the program to major status in 1949.[1]

Boston University began to sponsor ice hockey as a sport again for this season and was selected as one of the two eastern representatives for the NCAA tournament.

Denver's ice hockey program was started this year after the university finished construction of the DU Arena.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
NEIHL TournamentMarch 6–74Boston College

Standings

1950 NCAA Tournament

See main article: article and 1950 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. [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

PlayerClassTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Sophomore 51 33 84 37
Junior 27 40 29 69 20
Senior 25 35 60 14
Junior 27 33 23 56 30
Senior 36 19 55
Junior 23 35 15 50 22
Junior 23 27 23 50 43
Sophomore 14 23 24 47
Junior 31 13 44 19
Senior 26 17 43
[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

PlayerClassTeamGPMinWLOTGASOSV%GAA
Senior - - - - - - - - 3.00
Senior - - - - - - 0 .886 4.09
Junior 12 723 - - - 50 0 - 4.15
Sophomore - - - - - - 0 .867 4.17
Sophomore 10 - 4 - - - 0 .777 9.63
Sophomore 10 - - - - - - - 11.20
[3]

Awards

NCAA

Award[4] Recipient
Ralph Bevins, Boston University
AHCA All-American Team[5]
First Team   Position   Second Team
Ralph Bevins, Boston Universityalign=center GJack McDonald, Michigan
Ross Smith, Michiganalign=center DJoe McCusker, Boston College
Jim Starrak, Colorado Collegealign=center DDaniel McKinnon, North Dakota
Jack Garrity, Boston Universityalign=center FLen Ceglarski, Boston College
Warren Lewis, Boston Collegealign=center FBuzz Johnson, North Dakota
Arnold Oss, Dartmouthalign=center FChris Ray, Colorado College

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2009-10 Army Hockey Media Guide. Go Army Athletics. January 15, 2017.
  2. News: NCAA Tournament. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  3. Web site: 1949-50 NCAA Division I Statistics. Elite Prospects. December 21, 2016.
  4. News: NCAA Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. June 11, 2013.
  5. News: Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners. NCAA.org. June 11, 2013.