1951–52 NCAA men's ice hockey season


The 1951–52 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1951 and concluded with the 1952 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 15, 1952 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 5th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 57th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
This was the first season of play for the MCHL. The conference was the first for western teams and would eventually become the WCHA.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Standings

1952 NCAA Tournament

Note: * denotes overtime period

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
PlayerClassTeamGPGAPtsPIM
FreshmanRensselaer185524796
SeniorColorado College2540276720
SophomoreRensselaer183134654
FreshmanMinnesota2632306210
SeniorColorado College–2433578
FreshmanSt. Lawrence18282755–
FreshmanRensselaer1424315510
SeniorBrown–361854–
JuniorColorado College–29245329
FreshmanMinnesota2632205233

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
PlayerClassTeamGPMinWLOTGASOSV%GAA
FreshmanMichigan26-2240702-2.69
JuniorYale--------2.76
SeniorNorth Dakota11-----0.9273.00
JuniorRensselaer14695920391-3.37
FreshmanSt. Lawrence2011631550670.8863.46
SophomoreDenver15-1131-0.8453.46
SophomoreNorth Dakota24-----2.8684.25
JuniorMinnesota13----640.8404.90
SeniorMichigan State15-------5.73
SophomoreMichigan Tech-------.8297.00

Awards

NCAA

MCHL

No Awards