1961–62 NCAA men's ice hockey season

The 1961–62 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1961 and concluded with the 1962 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 17, 1962 at the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York. This was the 15th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 67th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

This was the premier season for ECAC Hockey which began as a conglomerate of 28 eastern schools among which 8 teams were selected by a committee to participate in a postseason tournament that would determine which university(s) would receive bids to the NCAA tournament. Due to the sheer number of schools and the lack of any scheduling criteria the teams played a vastly unbalanced schedule. As a result, the regular season standings were effectively immaterial in determining the conference tournament participants and the committee based their selections on which teams they felt were the best representatives.[1]

Despite already being in the Tri-State League Clarkson, Rensselaer and St. Lawrence were also founding members of ECAC Hockey and played concurrently in both conferences until the Tri-State League folded in 1972.[2]

This was the first season for Minnesota–Duluth as a university sponsored program.[3]

Regular season

Season tournaments

TournamentDatesTeamsChampion
Brown Holiday Tournament December 18–20 8
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival December 21–22 4 Clarkson
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 26–28 4 Michigan State
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 28–30 4 Michigan
Beanpot February 5, 12 4 Harvard

Standings

1961–62 Big Ten standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan44001.00024827225015076
Michigan State8341.438243325131119894
Minnesota4031.1259162191029573
indicates conference regular season champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Colby191711.9211243027196214762
Harvard201820.9001033026215013056
Clarkson151311.900972826223117355
Williams201631.8251596420163115964
Army191441.763814024176111152
Colgate241860.7501405724186014057
Rensselaer161240.750995623167014293
Cornell161150.68868451813507745
MIT151050.66770491510507049
St. Lawrence*15951.633834727179113578
New Hampshire171070.5881006318107110366
Boston College2513111.540847528151219686
Merrimack13760.5397152137607152
Providence17872.529746521118211077
Middlebury17881.500838122119210798
Bowdoin2110110.4768973231111110684
Massachusetts188100.44484941881008494
Norwich208111.425105103218121109110
Princeton218121.40560882181216088
Dartmouth208120.400101122208120101122
Yale217140.33378872481607897
Boston University247161.3137111925717174123
Northeastern237160.3048313624717085149
Brown247170.2928212224717081119
Connecticut9261.2783086122913086
American International194150.2117816019415078160
Hamilton151131.10024721511412472
Amherst151140.0672014315114020143
Championship: St. Lawrence
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota–Duluth0000---22614269109
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson43017231226223117355
St. Lawrence41213202127179113578
Rensselaer41302142523167014293
indicates conference regular season champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan Tech†*201730.8501015832293018880
Michigan181530.833954827225015076
Denver181170.61183713017112144111
Michigan State16691.406577125131119894
North Dakota187110.389627126917096123
Minnesota165101.34469612191029573
Colorado College180180.0005614323023074181
Championship: Michigan Tech
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

[4][5]

1962 NCAA Tournament

  Semifinals
March 15–16
National Championship
March 17
                     
E1 Clarkson 5  
W2 Michigan 4  
  E1 Clarkson 1  
  W1 Michigan Tech 7  
W1 Michigan Tech 6
E2 St. Lawrence 2     Third Place Game
  W2 Michigan 6
  E2 St. Lawrence 1

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
Ron RyanSeniorColby4856104-
Tom RoeJuniorWilliams20493382-
Bob BrinkworthSophomoreRensselaer2241307110
Red BerensonSeniorMichigan2843277040
Jim JosephsonSeniorRensselaer2325396466
Jerry SullivanSeniorMichigan Tech323029596
Ron MasonJuniorSt. Lawrence27263157
Gordon WilkieSophomoreMichigan19365515
Dave LeightonJuniorDartmouth371552
Lou LamorielloJuniorProvidence262652

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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
Godfrey WoodJuniorHarvard17------.9261.75
George BalandSophomoreNorth Dakota------0.8892.00
Robert BlandSeniorHarvard16-------2.06
Wayne GibbonsJuniorClarkson21-18----.9142.10
Ron ChisholmSeniorArmy2414591761535.9192.18
Garry BaumanSophomoreMichigan Tech2515002320610.9072.44
Laing KennedyJuniorCornell18------.9182.50
Richie BroadbeltJuniorSt. Lawrence221351---642.9092.84
Mike LarsonJuniorMinnesota22-------3.23
David SmithSophomoreYale--------3.50

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Awards

References

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