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1949–50 NCAA men's ice hockey season

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The 1949–50 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in November 1949 and concluded with the 1950 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 18, 1950 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 3rd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 56th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Army, who had been fielding an ice hockey team continually since 1904, elevated the program to major status in 1949.[1]

Boston University began to sponsor ice hockey as a sport again for this season and was selected as one of the two eastern representatives for the NCAA tournament.

Denver's ice hockey program was started this year after the university finished construction of the DU Arena.

Regular season

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Season tournaments

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Tournament Dates Teams Champion
NEIHL Tournament March 6–7 4 Boston College

Standings

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Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
American International 12 6 5 1
Army 11 3 8 0 .273 35 77 12 3 9 0 39 83
Boston College 19 14 5 0 122 83
Boston University 24 19 5 0 .792 170 70 24 19 5 0 170 70
Bowdoin 13 7 4 0
Brown 20 11 9 0 134 85
Clarkson 14 4 8 2 61 67
Colby
Colgate 15 7 7 1 63 83
Colorado College 16 12 3 1 .781 131 60 24 18 5 1 190 90
Dartmouth 20 11 9 0 93 86
Denver 17 4 13 0 50 202
Hamilton 13 4 9 0
Harvard 18 10 8 0 106 89
Lehigh 2 2 0 0 1.000 12 1 7 5 2 0 40 18
Massachusetts 7 2 3 2 31 45
Michigan 27 23 4 0 176 72
Michigan State 14 0 14 0 27 157
Michigan Tech 17 10 7 0 110 65
Middlebury 21 11 10 0
Minnesota 16 5 11 0 75 74
MIT 12 4 8 0
New Hampshire 4 0 4 0 8 28
North Dakota 23 15 6 2 147 95
North Dakota Agricultural
Northeastern 18 7 10 1 92 105
Norwich 10 6 4 0
Princeton 20 6 13 1 81 112
Rensselaer 10 4 6 0 40 58
Saint Michael's 7 4 3 0 46 35
St. Lawrence 9 9 0 0 67 32
Tufts
Williams 9 3 6 0
Wyoming 8 0 8 0
Yale 18 12 6 0 83 55
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Macalester
Saint John's 11 8 2 1
Augsburg
Concordia 4 1 3 0
Gustavus Adolphus 11 3 8 0
Hamline
Minnesota–Duluth 8 4 3 1 .563 8 4 3 1
St. Olaf 10 1 9 0
St. Thomas 13 9 4 0
indicates conference champion

1950 NCAA Tournament

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Semifinals
March 16–17
National championship
March 18
      
E1 Boston College 3
W2 Colorado College 10
W2 Colorado College 13
E2 Boston University 4
W1 Michigan 3
E2 Boston University 4 Third-place game
E1 Boston College 6
W1 Michigan 10

Note: * denotes overtime period(s) [2]

Player stats

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Scoring leaders

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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
Jack Garrity Sophomore Boston University 51 33 84 37
Gil Burford Junior Michigan 27 40 29 69 20
Harry Whitworth Senior Colorado College 25 35 60 14
Neil Celley Junior Michigan 27 33 23 56 30
Arnold Oss Senior Dartmouth 36 19 55
Milt Johnson Junior North Dakota 23 35 15 50 22
Buzz Johnson Junior North Dakota 23 27 23 50 43
Bill Munro Sophomore Clarkson 14 23 24 47
Chris Ray Junior Colorado College 31 13 44 19
Warren Lewis Senior Boston College 26 17 43

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Leading goaltenders

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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
James Burns Senior Yale - - - - - - - - 3.00
Bob Murray Senior North Dakota - - - - - - 0 .886 4.09
Gene Delvecchio Junior St. Lawrence 12 723 - - - 50 0 - 4.15
Ralph Engelstad Sophomore North Dakota - - - - - - 0 .867 4.17
George DeLange Sophomore Denver 10 - 4 - - - 0 .777 9.63
Delmar Reid Sophomore Michigan State 10 - - - - - - - 11.20

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Awards

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NCAA

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References

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  1. ^ "2009-10 Army Hockey Media Guide". Go Army Athletics. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "1949-50 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  4. ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  5. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
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