1954–55 NCAA men's ice hockey season
1954–55 NCAA champion | Michigan | ||||
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The 1954–55 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in November 1954 and concluded with the
Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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Boston Arena Christmas Tournament | December 27–29 | 8 | McGill
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Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 30–January 1 | 4 | Toronto |
Beanpot | February 7–8 | 4 | Harvard |
Standings
Intercollegiate | Overall | |||||||||||||
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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 |
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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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 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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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 |
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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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] |
1955 NCAA 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)
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 |
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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 | - |
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 |
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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 |
Awards
NCAA
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WIHL
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References
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- ^ "1954-1955 All-American Team". The American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
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