1954–55 NCAA men's ice hockey season

1954–55 NCAA men's ice hockey season
DurationNovember 1954–
March 12, 1955
NCAA tournament1955
National championshipBroadmoor Ice Palace
Colorado Springs, Colorado
NCAA championMichigan
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1954–55 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in November 1954 and concluded with the 1955 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 12, 1955 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 8th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 61st year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 27–29 8 McGill
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 30–January 1 4 Toronto
Beanpot February 7–8 4 Harvard

Standings

1954–55 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst – – – – – – – 13 4 9 0 – –
American International – – – – – – – 10 6 4 0 – –
Army 15 8 7 0 .533 71 83 16 8 8 0 73 86
Boston College – – – – – – – 21 13 8 0 104 74
Boston University 23 4 19 0 .174 68 163 23 4 19 0 68 163
Bowdoin – – – – – – – 9 2 7 0 – –
Brown – – – – – – – 18 9 8 1 92 77
Colby – – – – – – – 6 1 5 0 – –
Dartmouth – – – – – – – 21 10 11 0 84 109
Hamilton – – – – – – – 14 3 10 1 – –
Harvard – – – – – – – 21 17 3 1 138 52
Lehigh – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Massachusetts – – – – – – – 9 6 3 0 52 53
MIT – – – – – – – 14 5 9 0 – –
New Hampshire – – – – – – – 13 5 8 0 59 65
Northeastern – – – – – – – 22 7 15 0 71 126
Norwich – – – – – – – 15 10 5 0 – –
Princeton – – – – – – – 17 8 8 1 66 67
Providence^ – – – – – – – 15 8 7 0 84 87
St. Olaf – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Tufts – – – – – – – 19 16 3 0 – –
Williams – – – – – – – 12 5 7 0 – –
Yale – – – – – – – 22 8 12 2 77 74
^ Providence was a member of the Northeast League but because the conference did not sponsor ice hockey they are listed here
1954–55 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Thomas † – – – – – – – 17 14 3 0 – –
Minnesota–Duluth 9 7 2 0 .778 – – 16 9 7 0 – –
Augsburg – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Concordia – – – – – – – 8 3 5 0 – –
Gustavus Adolphus – – – – – – – 12 7 5 0 – –
Hamline – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Macalester – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Saint John's – – – – – – – 9 4 5 0 – –
† indicates conference champion
1954–55 Tri-State League standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Lawrence† 6 6 0 0 12 32 14 25 19 5 1 133 66
Clarkson 6 4 2 0 8 27 15 22 18 4 0 182 52
Rensselaer 6 1 5 0 2 24 25 22 9 11 2 95 66
Middlebury 6 1 5 0 2 12 39 21 12 9 0 – –
† indicates conference regular season champion
1954–55 Western Intercollegiate Hockey League
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Colorado College† 18 14 4 0 .778 19 73 48 28 22 6 0 144 77
Michigan 18 13 5 0 .722 16 78 55 24 18 5 1 107 70
Minnesota 24 10 12 2 .458 11 98 96 30 16 12 2 141 109
Michigan Tech 20 8 11 1 .425 10½ 72 68 26 12 13 1 116 86
Denver 18 8 9 1 .472 10½ 83 68 30 18 11 1 175 110
North Dakota 22 9 12 1 .432 9½ 63 100 28 14 13 1 115 115
Michigan State 20 5 14 1 .275 7½ 62 94 27 9 17 1 89 125
† indicates conference regular season champion
Note: All games played between league members counted in the standings. When teams played each other twice, two points were awarded for a win, one point for a tie.

When teams met each other four times, one point was awarded for a win, one-half point for a tie. Maximum of 24 points available.[1]

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1955 NCAA Tournament

Main article: 1955 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Semifinals
March 10–11 		National championship
March 12
      
E1 Harvard 3
W2 Michigan 7
W2 Michigan 5
W1 Colorado College 3
W1 Colorado College 2
E2 St. Lawrence 1 Third-place game
E1 Harvard 6
E2 St. Lawrence 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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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

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Bill Cleary Junior Harvard 21 42 47 89 -
John Mayasich Senior Minnesota 30 41 39 80 28
Clare Smith Sophomore Colorado College 27 21 39 60 14
Ron O'Brien Sophomore St. Lawrence 25 27 31 58 -
Bill MacFarland Sophomore Michigan 24 33 23 56 63
Frank Chiarelli Senior Rensselaer 19 29 27 56 8
Tom Meeker Junior Clarkson 22 23 33 56 -
Ed Rowe Sophomore Clarkson 21 29 25 54 -
Jack Porter Junior Clarkson 21 21 31 52 -
Lee Fournier Sophomore St. Lawrence 25 20 31 51 -

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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

Player Class Team GP Min W L OT GA SO SV% GAA
Bill Sloan Junior St. Lawrence 25 1466 19 5 1 63 1 .898 2.58
Andy LaHaye Sophomore Michigan Tech - - - - - - - .888 2.60
Jeff Simus Junior Colorado College 24 - - - - - - - 2.92
Bob Fox Senior Rensselaer 21 1272 8 11 2 66 5 .892 3.11
Bob McManus Sophomore Michigan Tech - - - - - - - .896 3.30
George Scherer Junior Yale - - - - - - - - 3.33
Jim Mattson Senior Minnesota 30 1783 16 12 2 104 2 .888 3.50
Don Whyte Sophomore Denver - - 16 - - - 0 .887 3.60
Spike Schultz Junior North Dakota 23 - - - - - 1 .859 4.39
Edward Schiller Junior Michigan State 24 - - - - - - - 4.58

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Awards

References

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