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 54th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
| 1948–49 NCAA men's ice hockey season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | November 1948– March 19, 1949 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 1949 | ||||
| National championship | Broadmoor Ice Palace Colorado Springs, Colorado | ||||
| NCAA champion | Boston College | ||||
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Regular season
Season tournaments
| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEIHL Tournament | March 8–9 | 4 | Boston College |
Standings
1948–49 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| American International | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – | |
| Army | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 63 | |
| Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 67 | |
| Boston University | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 147 | 77 | |
| Bowdoin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | – | – | |
| Brown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 62 | |
| 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 | |
| Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | – | – | |
| Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 130 | 112 | |
| 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 | |
| MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | – | – | |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 23 | |
| North Dakota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 109 | 148 | |
| Northeastern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 118 | 78 | |
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 60 | 110 | |
| St. Lawrence | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 29 | |
| Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | |
| Williams | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | – | – | |
| Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 77 | 103 | |
1949 NCAA Tournament
| 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)
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 Riley | Senior | Dartmouth | – | 37 | 41 | 78 | – |
| Jack Mulhern | Sophomore | Boston College | – | 34 | 31 | 65 | 18 |
| Gordon McMillan | Senior | Michigan | 25 | 24 | 36 | 60 | – |
| Gil Burford | Sophomore | Michigan | – | 26 | 30 | 56 | – |
| 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 |
| Gordy Christian | Junior | North Dakota | 20 | 25 | 16 | 41 | 18 |
| Jim Medved | Junior | North Dakota | 22 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 16 |
| Jim Fitzgerald | Senior | Boston College | – | 18 | 23 | 41 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Awards
NCAA
References
- "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- "1948-49 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.