Ken Kinsley

Kenneth "Ken" Kinsley is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender who was the MOP of the 1952 NCAA Tournament for Colorado College.[1]

Ken Kinsley
Born Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Position Goaltender
Played for Colorado College
Playing career 1951–1954

Career

Kinsley began attending Colorado College a year after the program won its first National Championship and became the team's starting goaltender in his sophomore season. With many seniors on the squad being holdovers from the title team, Kinsley produced a tremendous season, helping CC win the inaugural MCHL championship with a record of 18–4–1. He was named to both the All-MCHL First Team and was an AHCA Second Team All-American for his efforts.[2][3] Unfortunately, because Colorado College didn't keep goaltending records at the time, none of his individual statistics are precisely known.

Kinsley backstopped CC to their fifth consecutive championship appearance, but in the semifinal it looked as if the moment might be too much for the young goaltender. Kinsley allowed three goals in the first 9 minutes of the game and Yale took a sizeable lead. However, after that Kinsley settled down and held the fort as the Tigers chapped away at the lead over the remaining 50 minutes and, with less than five minutes to go, the game-winner was knocked into Yale's net and gave CC a trip to their second championship game.[4] In the title match Michigan too jumped out to a 3–0 lead, but the Wolverines were a different animal than the Bulldogs. Michigan outplayed and outshot Colorado College all game, finishing with 50 shots to CC's 32. Kinsley stopped 46 attempts, a very strong effort, but the Tigers couldn't manage more than 1 goal and Michigan skated away with the championship.[5] At the time the practice was to award the Most Outstanding Player to a member not on the winning team; Kinsley's heroics in both games made him a natural choice as no one could fault him for CC's inability to score against Michigan. The award criteria was changed after 1952 and on only three occasions since has it gone to a player not on the winning team (as of 2020).

After 1952 CC had trouble replacing their graduating star players and the team sputtered to a record of 9–11 before rebounding with a 14–9–1 mark in Kinsley's senior season, but that wasn't good enough to get them back to the tournament.

Awards and honors
Award Year
All-MCHL First Team 1951–52 [2]
AHCA Second Team All-American 1951–52 [3]
NCAA All-Tournament First Team 1952 [6]
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References
  1. "Awards - NCAA (Championship) Tournament MVP". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  2. "All-WCHA Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
  3. "1951-1952 All-American Team". The American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  4. "Sextet Loses to Colorado, 4-3". Yale Daily News. March 15, 1952. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  5. "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  6. "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Donald Whiston		 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
1952		 Succeeded by
John Matchefts
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