1954–55 NCAA men's ice hockey season explained

Gender:men
Year:1954
Duration:November 1954–
March 12, 1955
Champ Stad:Broadmoor Ice Palace
Champ City:Colorado Springs, Colorado
Champ:Michigan

The 1954–55 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in November 1954 and concluded with the 1955 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 12, 1955 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 8th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 61st year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Boston Arena Christmas TournamentDecember 27–298McGill
Rensselaer Holiday TournamentDecember 30–January 14Toronto
BeanpotFebruary 7–84Harvard

Standings

[1]

1955 NCAA Tournament

See main article: article and 1955 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

[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
Junior 21 42 47 89 -
Senior 30 41 39 80 28
Sophomore 27 21 39 60 14
Sophomore 25 27 31 58 -
Sophomore 24 33 23 56 63
Senior 19 29 27 56 8
Junior 22 23 33 56 -
Sophomore 21 29 25 54 -
Junior 21 21 31 52 -
Sophomore 25 20 31 51 -
[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
Junior 25 1466 19 5 1 63 1 .898 2.58
Sophomore - - - - - - - .888 2.60
Junior 24 - - - - - -- 2.92
Senior 21 1272 8 11 2 66 5 .892 3.11
Sophomore - - - - - - - .896 3.30
Junior - - - - - - - - 3.33
Senior 30 1783 16 12 2 104 2 .888 3.50
Sophomore - - 16 - - - 0 .887 3.60
Junior 23 - - - - - 1 .859 4.39
Junior 24 - - - - - - - 4.58
[3]

Awards

NCAA

Award[4] Recipient
Cooney Weiland, Harvard
Phil Hilton, Colorado College
AHCA All-American Teams[5]
First Team Position Second Team
Bill Sloan, St. Lawrencealign=center GLorne Howes, Michigan
Doug Silverberg, Colorado Collegealign=center DPhil Hilton, Colorado College
Ken Yackel, Minnesotaalign=center DBob Schiller, Michigan
Bill Cleary, Harvardalign=center FJohn Mayasich, Minnesota
Bill Reichart, North Dakotaalign=center FBill MacFarland, Michigan
Clare Smith, Colorado Collegealign=center FJack McManus, Michigan Tech

WIHL

All-WIHL Teams[6]
  Position   Second Team
Bob McManus, Michigan Techalign=center GJeff Simus, Colorado College
Ken Yackel, Minnesotaalign=center DDoug Silverberg, Colorado College
Phil Hilton, Colorado Collegealign=center DBob Schiller, Michigan
align=center DBill Abbott, Denver
John Mayasich, Minnesotaalign=center FJack McManus, Michigan Tech
Bill Reichart, North Dakotaalign=center FBunt Hubchik, Colorado College
Clare Smith, Colorado Collegealign=center FBill MacFarland, Michigan
align=center FJack Smith, Denver

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112. WCHA. June 29, 2014.
  2. News: NCAA Tournament. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  3. Web site: 1954-55 NCAA Division I Statistics. Elite Prospects. December 21, 2016.
  4. News: NCAA Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. June 11, 2013.
  5. News: 1954-1955 All-American Team. The American Hockey Coaches Association. 2017-06-21.
  6. News: WCHA All-Teams. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.