1959–60 NCAA men's ice hockey season

The 1959–60 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1959 and concluded with the 1960 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 19, 1960 at the Boston Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the 13th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 65th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

This was the first season of play for the WCHA. All seven universities were the same from the previous MCHL/WIHL conference that dissolved after the 1957–58 season. Michigan, Michigan State and Minnesota would continue with both the Big Ten and the WCHA concurrently until 1981 when Michigan and Michigan State left the WCHA and no longer played sufficient games against the other Big Ten schools to warrant the continuation of the Big Ten ice hockey conference.

The creation of the WCHA also brought the first formalized conference tournament in NCAA hockey history with the winner(s) receiving the first automatic bids into the postseason championship.

Regular season

Season tournaments

TournamentDatesTeamsChampion
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 26–30 7 Toronto
Bowdoin Christmas Tournament December 21–23 8 Brown
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 30–January 2 4 North Dakota
Beanpot February 8, 15 4 Harvard

Standings

1959–60 Big Ten standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota8530103723279162111121
Michigan84408292624121209781
Michigan State83506233924418254130
indicates conference regular season champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst17980
American International15690
Army22165111962
Boston College24158112176
Boston University27189011884
Bowdoin2211110
Brown26131307694
Colby231670
Colgate15510040100
Cornell21219033158
Dartmouth2014519648
Hamilton181350
Harvard24167111068
Massachusetts1751204882
Merrimack93603845
Middlebury221570
MIT11380
New Hampshire1911807966
Northeastern24816096142
Norwich186120
Princeton231211010975
Providence20119011069
Tufts172150
Williams195140
Yale2510150105114
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Lawrence440082112241482122119
Rensselaer42204171922157010971
Clarkson40400142120713080102
indicates conference regular season champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Denver†*221741.7951285534274320488
Michigan Tech*221561.705107723221101152107
North Dakota221471.65993803219112157115
Colorado College208120.4007210126817187146
Michigan187110.389637124121209781
Minnesota248151.354102109279162111121
Michigan State244182.2085413024418254130
Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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1960 NCAA Tournament

  Semifinals
March 17–18
National Championship
March 19
                     
E1 St. Lawrence 3  
W2 Michigan Tech 13  
  W2 Michigan Tech 3  
  W1 Denver 5  
W1 Denver 6
E2 Boston University 4     Third Place Game
  E1 St. Lawrence 6
  E2 Boston University 7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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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
Phil LatreilleJuniorMiddlebury22771996-
Tim NorbeckSeniorHamilton-403272-
Terry SlaterJuniorSt. Lawrence243438724
Bill MastertonJuniorDenver342146672
Reg MorelliSeniorNorth Dakota3134316512
Bob MarquisSeniorBoston University-332659-
Paul CoppoSeniorMichigan Tech322631572
Art ChisholmJuniorNortheastern2425315615
John MacMillanSeniorDenver3430255534
John KosiancicSeniorMichigan Tech3224315530

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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
John WilsonSophomoreNortheastern11------.8461.73
George KirkwoodJuniorDenver34-2743-2.9002.50
Ron ChisholmSophomoreArmy2213281651622.8882.80
Jim MacLeanSophomoreRensselaer14------.8762.97
Barry UrbanskiJuniorBoston University17-1250--.9073.24
George CuculickSeniorMichigan Tech30------.8893.26
George GrattonJuniorNorth Dakota30-----1.8733.33
Chuck SteinwegSophomoreMinnesota19------.8773.89
Charles HamlinSophomoreYale--------3.90
Bill ArmstrongJuniorClarkson20-7----.8515.30

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Awards

References

  1. "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  2. "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. "1959-60 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.
  6. "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  7. "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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