| Gender: | men |
| Year: | 1951 |
| Duration: | November 1951– March 15, 1952 |
| Champ Stad: | Broadmoor Ice Palace |
| Champ City: | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Champ: | Michigan |
The 1951–52 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1951 and concluded with the 1952 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 15, 1952 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 5th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 58th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
This was the first season of play for the MCHL. The conference was the first for western teams and would eventually become the WCHA.
| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 27–29 | 8 | Brown |
| New England Invitational Tournament | March 1–3 | 4 | Boston University |
See main article: article and 1952 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. [3]
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freshman | 18 | 55 | 24 | 79 | 6 | |||
| Senior | 25 | 40 | 27 | 67 | 20 | |||
| Sophomore | 18 | 31 | 34 | 65 | 4 | |||
| Freshman | 26 | 32 | 30 | 62 | 10 | |||
| Senior | – | 24 | 33 | 57 | 8 | |||
| Freshman | 18 | 28 | 27 | 55 | – | |||
| Freshman | 14 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 10 | |||
| Senior | – | 36 | 18 | 54 | – | |||
| Junior | – | 29 | 24 | 53 | 29 | |||
| Freshman | 26 | 32 | 20 | 52 | 33 |
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 | 26 | - | 22 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 2 | - | 2.69 | |||
| Junior | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.76 | |||
| Senior | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | .927 | 3.00 | |||
| Junior | 14 | 695 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 1 | - | 3.37 | |||
| Freshman | 20 | 1163 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 67 | 0 | .886 | 3.46 | |||
| Sophomore | 15 | - | 11 | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | .845 | 3.46 | |||
| Sophomore | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | .868 | 4.25 | |||
| Junior | 13 | - | - | - | - | 64 | 0 | .840 | 4.90 | |||
| Senior | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.73 | |||
| Sophomore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .829 | 7.00 |
| Award[5] | Recipient | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheddy Thompson, Colorado College | ||||
| Ken Kinsley, Colorado College | ||||
| AHCA All-American Teams[6] | ||||
| First Team | Position | Second Team | ||
| Ray Picard, Northeastern | align=center | G | Ken Kinsley, Colorado College | |
| John Grocott, Dartmouth | align=center | D | Joe deBastiani, Michigan Tech | |
| Eddie Miller, Denver | align=center | D | Jim Haas, Michigan | |
| Tony Frasca, Colorado College | align=center | F | Omer Brandt, Colorado College | |
| Ron Hartwell, Colorado College | align=center | F | Frank Chiarelli, Rensselaer | |
| Bob Wheeler, Brown | align=center | F | John Mayasich, Minnesota | |
No Awards
| All-MCHL Teams[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Second Team | ||
| Ken Kinsley, Colorado College | align=center | G | Willard Ikola, Michigan |
| Don Burgess, Denver | align=center | D | Joe deBastiani, Michigan Tech |
| Eddie Miller, Denver | align=center | D | Elwood Shell, North Dakota |
| Tony Frasca, Colorado College | align=center | F | John Mayasich, Minnesota |
| Ron Hartwell, Colorado College | align=center | F | John McKennell, Michigan |
| Omer Brandt, Colorado College | align=center | F | Bill Abbott, Denver |