1957–58 NCAA men's ice hockey season explained

Gender:men
Year:1957
Duration:November 1957–
March 15, 1958
Champ Stad:Williams Arena
Champ City:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champ:North Dakota

The 1957–58 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1957 and concluded with the 1958 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 15, 1958 at the Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was the 11th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 64th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

This was the final season of play for the WIHL. The conference would return two years later as the WCHA.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Boston Arena Christmas TournamentDecember 26–286Boston College, Boston University
Rensselaer Holiday TournamentJanuary 2–44Rensselaer
BeanpotFebruary 3, 104Boston University

Standings

[1]

1958 NCAA Tournament

See main article: article and 1958 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 30 32 48 80 23
Senior 30 33 43 76 -
Sophomore 21 40 34 74 50
Junior - 34 29 63 -
Junior - 29 31 60 -
Junior - 32 25 57 -
Senior - 26 30 56 -
Senior 21 20 36 56 33
Sophomore 35 29 25 54 -
Freshman 21 36 16 52 20
Sophomore - 21 30 51 -
Sophomore - 24 22 46 -
Senior 31 21 25 46 25
[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
Sophomore 11 660 9 1 1 14 2 .927 1.27
Junior 20 1208 15 4 1 61 2 .899 3.03
Junior 21 - - - - - 1 .870 3.05
Junior 36 - 24 10 2 - 3 .890 3.10
Senior 27 1620 16 11 0 84 1 - 3.11
Sophomore 26 - - - - - - .889 3.20
Junior 23 - - - - - - - 3.27
Junior 16 971 - - - 57 0 .880 3.52
Junior 21 1200 14 6 1 75 0 .849 3.75
Junior 13 - - - - - - .869 4.20
[3]

Awards

NCAA

Award[4] Recipient
Harry Cleverly, Boston University
Murray Massier, Denver
AHCA All-American Teams[5]
East Team   Position   West Team
Eddie MacDonald, Clarksonalign=center GJack McCartan, Minnesota
Bob Dupuis, Boston Universityalign=center DBill Steenson, North Dakota
Don MacLeod, Boston Universityalign=center DEd Zemrau, Denver
Bob Cleary, Harvardalign=center FBill Hay, Colorado College
Bob Marquis, Boston Universityalign=center FDick Burg, Minnesota
Paul Midghall, Rensselaeralign=center FBob McCusker, Colorado College
align=center FBob White, Michigan

WIHL

No Awards

All-WIHL Teams[6]
  Position   Second Team
Jack McCartan, Minnesotaalign=center GJoe Selinger, Michigan State
Bill Steenson, North Dakotaalign=center DBob Watt, Michigan
Ed Zemrau, Denveralign=center DMike Pearson, Minnesota
Bill Hay, Colorado Collegealign=center FDick Burg, Minnesota
Ike Scott, Colorado Collegealign=center FJim Ridley, North Dakota
Bob McCusker, Colorado Collegealign=center FMurray Massier, 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: 1957-58 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.
  6. News: WCHA All-Teams. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.