1948–49 NCAA men's ice hockey season

The 1948–49 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1948 and concluded with the 1949 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 19, 1949 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 2nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 55th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Regular season

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Season tournaments

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Tournament Dates Teams Champion
NEIHL Tournament March 8–9 4 Boston College

Standings

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Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
American International 7 4 3 0 .571 37 39 7 4 3 0 37 39
Army 14 7 7 0 .500 52 59 15 8 7 0 58 63
Boston College 20 19 1 0 .950 134 64 22 21 1 0 164 67
Boston University 20 13 7 0 .650 147 77 20 13 7 0 147 77
Bowdoin 12 4 8 0
Brown 14 7 7 0 58 62
California
Clarkson 13 8 5 0 69 59
Colby
Colgate 9 5 3 1 53 38
Colorado College 24 15 7 1 153 99
Dartmouth 23 17 6 0 148 72
Fort Devens State
Georgetown
Hamilton 10 1 9 0
Harvard 20 12 8 0 130 112
Lehigh 3 1 2 0 .333 7 16 6 2 4 0 18 48
Massachusetts 3 0 3 0 11 29
Michigan 25 20 2 3 179 74
Michigan Tech 15 5 10 0 66 76
Middlebury 10 6 4 0
Minnesota 22 11 11 0 120 101
Minnesota–Duluth 7 7 0 0 44 12
MIT 9 4 5 0
New Hampshire 3 0 3 0 11 23
North Dakota 22 9 12 1 109 148
North Dakota Agricultural
Northeastern 16 9 7 0 118 78
Princeton 20 6 13 1 60 110
Saint Michael's 4 0 4 0 23 38
St. Lawrence 7 5 2 0 41 29
Union 1 0 1 0
Williams 14 5 9 0
Wyoming 9 4 5 0 51 45
Yale 22 9 13 0 77 103
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Thomas 16 11 4 1
Augsburg
Concordia 8 3 5 0
Gustavus Adolphus 10 5 4 1
Hamline
Macalester
Saint John's 9 3 6 0
St. Olaf 11 2 9 0
indicates conference champion

1949 NCAA Tournament

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Semifinals
March 17–18
National championship
March 19
      
E1 Boston College 7
W2 Colorado College 3
E1 Boston College 4
E2 Dartmouth 3
W1 Michigan 2
E2 Dartmouth 4 Third-place game
W1 Michigan 10
W2 Colorado College 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s) [1]

Player stats

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Scoring leaders

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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

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Bill Riley Senior Dartmouth 37 41 78
Jack Mulhern Sophomore Boston College 34 31 65 18
Gordon McMillan Senior Michigan 25 24 36 60 19
Gil Burford Sophomore Michigan 25 26 30 56 20
Wally Gacek Senior Michigan 25 31 20 51 4
Dick Rowell Senior Colorado College 19 31 50
Joe Slattery Senior Colorado College 25 25 50
Warren Lewis Junior Boston College 23 24 47 6
Wally Grant Junior Michigan 25 18 28 46 2
Neil Celley Sophomore Michigan 25 28 16 44 16

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Leading goaltenders

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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

Player Class Team GP Min W L OT GA SO SV% GAA
Bernie Burke Senior Boston College 21 1243 20 1 0 64 0 - 3.09
Robert O'Connor Sophomore Princeton 16 - - - - - - - 3.12
Gene Delvecchio Sophomore St. Lawrence 12 726 - - - 54 0 - 4.46
James Burns Junior Yale - - - - - - - - 5.06
Bob Murray Junior North Dakota - - 8 10 1 - 0 .819 6.80

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Awards

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NCAA

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References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "1948-49 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  3. ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  4. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
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