1949 NCAA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1949
Gender:men's
Teams:4
Frozenfourarena:Broadmoor Ice Palace
Frozenfourcity:Colorado Springs, Colorado
Champions:Boston College Eagles
Titlecount:1st
Champgamecount:1st
Champffcount:2nd
Runnerup:Dartmouth Indians
Gamecount:2nd
Runnerffcount:2nd
Semifinal1:Colorado College Tigers
Frozenfourcount:2nd
Semifinal2:Michigan Wolverines
Frozenfourcount2:2nd
Coach:John "Snooks" Kelley
Coachcount:1st
Mop:Dick Desmond
Mopteam:Dartmouth
Attendance:9,700

The 1949 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1948–49 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 2nd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 17 and 19, 1949, and concluded with Boston College defeating Dartmouth 4-3. All games were played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

This is the first time that a consolation game was played in an NCAA tournament. The practice would continue unabated until it was abolished after the 1989 tournament.

All four teams selected for the tournament had played in the championship the previous season. This has only occurred one other time, in 1975, counting either all tournament entries or only the final four teams. (as of 2016)

Qualifying teams

Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The teams were selected by a committee based upon both their overall record and the strength of their opponents.

East West
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid
1Boston CollegeIndependent19–1–0At-Large2nd19481MichiganIndependent19–1–3At-Large2nd1948
2DartmouthIndependent16–5–0At-Large2nd19482Colorado CollegeIndependent15–5–1At-Large2nd1948
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Format

The eastern and western teams judged as better were seeded as the top regional teams. 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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Semifinals

Boston College vs. Colorado College

Consolation Game

Michigan vs. Colorado College

(E1) Boston College vs. (E2) Dartmouth

Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stalign=center style=";" BCWarren LewisFitzgeraldalign=center 6:04align=center 1–0 BC
align=center style=";" DCWalter CrowleyOssalign=center 10:34align=center 1–1
align=center style=";" DCBill Rileyunassistedalign=center 19:32align=center 2–1 DC
2ndalign=center style=";" BCJohn McIntireLewis and Fitzgeraldalign=center 23:43align=center 2–2
align=center style=";" BCLen CeglarskiHarrington and Mulhernalign=center 33:04align=center 3–2 BC
3rdalign=center style=";" DCAlan KerivanCrowleyalign=center 42:01align=center 3–3
align=center style=";" BCJim FitzgeraldLewisalign=center 46:47align=center 4–3 BC
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
align=center style=";" BC align=center align=center 3 align=center
align=center style=";" DC align=center align=center 4 align=center

All-Tournament team

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First Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[3]

Second Team

Notes and References

  1. News: NCAA Division 1 Tournament . College Hockey Historical Archives . 2013-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145059/http://augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html . 2014-02-02 . live .
  2. News: NCAA Frozen Four Records . NCAA.org . 2013-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120817163005/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf . 2012-08-17 . live .
  3. News: NCAA Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013-07-17.