1957 NCAA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1957
Gender:men's
Teams:4
Frozenfourarena:Broadmoor Ice Palace
Frozenfourcity:Colorado Springs, Colorado
Champions:Colorado College Tigers
Titlecount:2nd
Champgamecount:4th
Champffcount:7th
Runnerup:Michigan Wolverines
Gamecount:7th
Runnerffcount:10th
Semifinal1:Clarkson Golden Knights
Frozenfourcount:1st
Semifinal2:Harvard Crimson
Frozenfourcount2:2nd
Coach:Tom Bedecki
Coachcount:1st
Mop:Bob McCusker
Mopteam:Colorado College

The 1957 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1956–57 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 10th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 14 and 16, 1957, and concluded with Colorado College defeating Michigan 13–6. All games were played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Colorado College tied their own record for most goals scored in a championship game with 13. Additionally, the 6 goals that Michigan scored made it the title match with the highest number of combined goals scored (19).

Qualifying teams

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
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid
1HarvardIndependent21–3–0At-Large2nd19551Colorado CollegeWIHL23–5–0At-Large7th1955
2ClarksonTri-State League18–2–0At-Large1stNever2MichiganWIHL17–4–2At-Large10th1956
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Format

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.

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

Harvard vs. Michigan

Consolation Game

Harvard vs. Clarkson

Championship Game

Colorado College vs. Michigan

Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stalign=center style=";" CCBob McCuskerScott and McGheealign=center 3:15align=center 1–0 CC
align=center style=";" CCBill HayMcCuskeralign=center 8:04align=center 2–0 CC
align=center style=";" CCBob McCuskerHay and Capelloalign=center 11:39align=center 3–0 CC
align=center style=";" UMDick Dunniganunassistedalign=center 13:14align=center 3–1 CC
align=center style=";" UMNeil McDonaldunassistedalign=center 17:30align=center 3–2 CC
align=center style=";" UMJohn HuttonMcDonaldalign=center 17:57align=center 3–3
2ndalign=center style=";" CCMurray DeaLaughlinalign=center 24:52align=center 4–3 CC
align=center style=";" CCJohn AndrewsHubchikalign=center 26:18align=center 5–3 CC
align=center style=";" UMEd SwitzerDunniganalign=center 30:18align=center 5–4 CC
align=center style=";" CCBill HayMcCusker and McGheealign=center 34:05align=center 6–4 CC
3rdalign=center style=";" CCBob McCusker – GWDeaalign=center 41:23align=center 7–4 CC
align=center style=";" CCHarley PattersonHarasynalign=center 46:20align=center 8–4 CC
align=center style=";" CCDon HersackHubchik and Andrewsalign=center 49:10align=center 9–4 CC
align=center style=";" CCHarry HarasynPattersonalign=center 52:59align=center 10–4 CC
align=center style=";" CCBob McCuskerHayalign=center 53:47align=center 11–4 CC
align=center style=";" CCDon HersackHubchikalign=center 54:53align=center 12–4 CC
align=center style=";" UMTom RendallStarralign=center 55:15align=center 12–5 CC
align=center style=";" CCDon WishartdeRappardalign=center 56:11align=center 13–5 CC
align=center style=";" UMNeil McDonaldSwitzeralign=center 56:36align=center 13–6 CC
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayerPenaltyTimePIM
1stalign=center style=";" CCBob Southwoodalign=center align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" CCBunt Hubchikalign=center align=center 2:00
2ndalign=center style=";" UMBob Schilleralign=center align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UMBob Schilleralign=center align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" CCGary Hughesalign=center align=center 2:00
3rdalign=center style=";" UMDick Dunniganalign=center align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UMTom Rendallalign=center align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" CCBob McCuskeralign=center align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" CCGerry Capelloalign=center align=center 2:00
Shots by period
Team123T
align=center style=";" Michigan align=center 9 align=center 7 align=center 11 align=center 27
align=center style=";" Colorado College align=center 10 align=center 14 align=center 17 align=center 41
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
align=center style=";" UM align=center 28 align=center 13 align=center
align=center style=";" CC align=center 21 align=center 6 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.

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