Year: | 1955 |
Gender: | men's |
Teams: | 4 |
Frozenfourarena: | Broadmoor Ice Palace |
Frozenfourcity: | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
Champions: | Michigan Wolverines |
Titlecount: | 5th |
Champgamecount: | 5th |
Champffcount: | 8th |
Runnerup: | Colorado College Tigers |
Gamecount: | 3rd |
Runnerffcount: | 6th |
Semifinal1: | Harvard Crimson |
Frozenfourcount: | 1st |
Semifinal2: | St. Lawrence Saints |
Frozenfourcount2: | 2nd |
Coach: | Vic Heyliger |
Coachcount: | 5th |
Mop: | Philip Hilton |
Mopteam: | Colorado College |
Attendance: | 9,000 |
The 1955 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1954–55 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 8th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 10 and 12, 1955, and concluded with Michigan defeating Colorado College 5–3. All games were played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The two best WIHL teams and a Tri-State League representative received bids into the tournament as did one independent school.
East | West | ||||||||||||
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Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
1 | Harvard | Independent | 16–2–1 | At-Large | 1st | Never | 1 | Colorado College | WIHL | 21–5–0 | At-Large | 6th | 1952 |
2 | St. Lawrence | Tri-State League | 19–3–1 | At-Large | 2nd | 1952 | 2 | Michigan | WIHL | 16–5–1 | At-Large | 8th | 1954 |
The eastern team judged as better was seeded as the top eastern team while the WIHL 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.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Scoring summary | ||||||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score | |||
1st | align=center style=";" | UM | Tom Rendall | unassisted | align=center | 02:38 | align=center | 1–0 UM |
2nd | align=center style=";" | CC | Phil Hilton | unassisted | align=center | 22:28 | align=center | 1–1 |
align=center style=";" | UM | Neil Buchanan | M. Buchanan | align=center | 39:23 | align=center | 2–1 UM | |
3rd | align=center style=";" | UM | Jay Goold | unassisted | align=center | 46:18 | align=center | 3–1 UM |
align=center style=";" | CC | Don Wishart | Hubchik | align=center | 47:34 | align=center | 3–2 UM | |
align=center style=";" | UM | Jerry Karpinka – GW | Dunnigan | align=center | 48:31 | align=center | 4–2 UM | |
align=center style=";" | CC | Clare Smith | Silverberg | align=center | 57:23 | align=center | 4–3 UM | |
align=center style=";" | UM | Bill MacFarland – EN | unassisted | align=center | 59:57 | align=center | 5–3 UM | |
Shots by period | ||||||||||
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | ||||||
align=center style=";" | Michigan | align=center | 9 | align=center | 6 | align=center | 11 | align=center | 26 | |
align=center style=";" | Colorado College | align=center | 12 | align=center | 15 | align=center | 23 | align=center | 50 |
Goaltenders | |||||||||
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Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice | |||||
align=center style=";" | UM | align=center | 47 | align=center | 3 | align=center | |||
align=center style=";" | CC | align=center | 22 | align=center | 4 | align=center |
* Most Outstanding Player(s)[3]