| Year: | 1959 |
| Gender: | men's |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Frozenfourarena: | RPI Field House |
| Frozenfourcity: | Troy, New York |
| Champions: | North Dakota Fighting Sioux |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Champgamecount: | 2nd |
| Champffcount: | 2nd |
| Runnerup: | Michigan State Spartans |
| Gamecount: | 1st |
| Runnerffcount: | 1st |
| Semifinal1: | Boston College Eagles |
| Frozenfourcount: | 6th |
| Semifinal2: | St. Lawrence Saints |
| Frozenfourcount2: | 4th |
| Coach: | Bob May |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mop: | Reg Morelli |
| Mopteam: | North Dakota |
The 1959 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1958–59 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 12th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 12 and 14, 1959, and concluded with North Dakota defeating Michigan State 4-3 in overtime. All games were played at the RPI Field House in Troy, New York.
As of 2024, this was the last tournament to be won by an independent school.
Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The Big Ten and Tri-State League champions received bids into the tournament as did two independent schools.
| East | West | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | St. Lawrence | Tri-State League | 14–5–1 | At-Large | 4th | 1956 | 1 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 16–5–1 | At-Large | 1st | Never |
| 2 | Boston College | Independent | 19–7–0 | At-Large | 6th | 1956 | 2 | North Dakota | Independent | 18–10–1 | At-Large | 2nd | 1958 |
The Tri-State League champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the Big Ten 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 RPI Field House. 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score | |||
| 1st | align=center style=";" | MSU | Ed Pollesel | Mustonen and LaCoste | align=center | 14:38 | align=center | 1–0 MSU |
| 2nd | align=center style=";" | UND | Ralph Lyndon | Morelli and Miller | align=center | 27:21 | align=center | 1–1 |
| align=center style=";" | UND | Gerry Walford | King and Haley | align=center | 28:57 | align=center | 2–1 UND | |
| align=center style=";" | UND | Stan Paschke | Lyndon | align=center | 29:37 | align=center | 3–1 UND | |
| 3rd | align=center style=";" | MSU | Andre LaCoste | Roberts and Norman | align=center | 48:05 | align=center | 3–2 UND |
| align=center style=";" | MSU | Jack Roberts | LaCoste | align=center | 56:20 | align=center | 3–3 | |
| 1st Overtime | align=center style=";" | UND | Reg Morelli – GW | Miller and LaFrance | align=center | 64:18 | align=center | 4–3 UND |
| Shots by period | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |||||||
| align=center style=";" | North Dakota | align=center | 5 | align=center | 17 | align=center | 7 | align=center | 1 | align=center | 30 | |
| align=center style=";" | Michigan State | align=center | 6 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 13 | align=center | 1 | align=center | 24 | |
| Goaltenders | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice | |||||
| align=center style=";" | UND | align=center | 21 | align=center | 3 | align=center | |||
| align=center style=";" | MSU | align=center | 26 | align=center | 4 | align=center | |||
* Most Outstanding Player(s)[4]