1955–56 NCAA men's ice hockey season
1955–56 NCAA tournament | 1956 | ||||
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National championship | Broadmoor Ice Palace Colorado Springs, Colorado | ||||
NCAA champion | Michigan | ||||
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The 1955–56 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1955 and concluded with the
Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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Boston Arena Christmas Tournament | December 26–31 | 9 | Clarkson |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 30–January 2 | 4 | Minnesota |
Beanpot | February 6, 8 | 4 | Boston College |
Standings
Intercollegiate | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Amherst | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | – | – | |
American International | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |
Army |
14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 62 | 42 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 72 | 46 | |
Babson |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 105 | 82 | |
Boston University | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .500 | 107 | 113 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 107 | 113 | |
Bowdoin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | – | – | |
Brown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 82 | 62 | |
Colby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | – | – | |
Dartmouth |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 71 | 134 | |
Hamilton |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | – | – | |
Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 125 | 77 | |
Lehigh | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .167 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 58 | |
Massachusetts |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 46 | |
MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 43 | |
New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 80 | |
Northeastern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 123 | 130 | |
Norwich | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | – | – | |
Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 80 | 70 | |
Providence | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 100 | 152 | |
St. Olaf |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |
Tufts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | – | – | |
Williams | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | – | – | |
Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 60 | 68 |
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
Minnesota–Duluth † | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | – | – | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | – | – | ||
Augsburg |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Concordia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | – | – | ||
Gustavus Adolphus |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | – | – | ||
Hamline |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Macalester |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Saint John's |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | – | – | ||
St. Thomas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 6 | 8 | 0 | – | – | ||
† indicates conference champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Clarkson† | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 44 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 58 | |
St. Lawrence | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 130 | 47 | |
Rensselaer | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 105 | 56 | |
Middlebury | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 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 | ||
Michigan† | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .858 | 19 | 80 | 37 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 109 | 49 | |
Michigan Tech | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 17 | 82 | 61 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 156 | 83 | |
Colorado College | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 14 | 72 | 66 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 144 | 100 | |
Minnesota | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | .523 | 12 | 63 | 60 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 106 | 80 | |
North Dakota |
20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | .350 | 10 | 67 | 93 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 100 | 129 | |
Denver | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .438 | 10 | 58 | 58 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 130 | 84 | |
Michigan State | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | .056 | 2 | 35 | 82 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 55 | 96 | |
† 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] |
1956 NCAA Tournament
Semifinals March 15–16 | National championship March 17 | ||||||||
W1 | Michigan | 2* | |||||||
E2 | St. Lawrence | 1 | |||||||
W1 | Michigan | 7 | |||||||
W2 | Michigan Tech | 5 | |||||||
E1 | Boston College | 4 | |||||||
W2 | Michigan Tech | 10 | Third-place game | ||||||
E1 | Boston College | 2 | |||||||
E2 | St. Lawrence | 6 |
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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Ed Rowe | Junior | Clarkson | 23 | 27 | 38 | 65 | - |
Ken Yackel | Senior | Minnesota | 30 | 31 | 27 | 58 | 102 |
Garry Kearns | Sophomore | Rensselaer | 18 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 23 |
Richard Cavanaugh | Junior | Northeastern | 24 | 30 | 27 | 57 | - |
Grant Childerhouse | Sophomore | Clarkson | 23 | 36 | 17 | 53 | - |
Jack McManus | Junior | Michigan Tech | 28 | 29 | 23 | 52 | 14 |
John Andrews | Freshman | Colorado College | - | 27 | 25 | 52 | - |
Bill Reichart | Junior | North Dakota |
28 | 28 | 23 | 51 | 24 |
Clare Smith | Junior | Colorado College | - | 24 | 26 | 50 | - |
Bob Cleary | Sophomore | Harvard | 25 | 23 | 27 | 50 | - |
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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Andy LaHaye | Junior | Michigan Tech | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .928 | 2.00 |
Bill Sloan | Senior | St. Lawrence | 20 | 1049 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 4 | .912 | 2.12 |
Dave Broadbelt | Sophomore | Denver | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | .907 | 2.50 |
Eddie MacDonald | Sophomore | Clarkson | 23 | 1381 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 2 | - | 2.52 |
Jack McCartan | Sophomore | Minnesota | 24 | 1440 | - | - | - | 67 | 0 | - | 2.80 |
John Stopen | Junior | Rensselaer | 18 | 1088 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 2 | .892 | 3.09 |
Bob McManus | Junior | Michigan Tech | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .895 | 3.13 |
George Scherer | Senior | Yale | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.38 |
Tom Yurkovich | Junior | North Dakota |
28 | - | 11 | 16 | 1 | - | 2 | .862 | 3.96 |
Awards
NCAA
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WIHLNo Awards
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References
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