The 1950–51 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1950 and concluded with the
1951 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1951 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1950–51 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 4th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 15 and 17, 1951, and concluded with Michigan defeating Brown 7-1. All ...
's championship game on March 17, 1951 at the
Broadmoor Ice Palace in
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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. This was the 4th
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
Tri-State League. The 6-team conference was the first to formally sponsor
ice hockey as a sport at any level. The Tri-State League also produced the first conference playoff game this season when
Clarkson defeated
Middlebury to claim the conference title. There would not be another conference playoff until the
WCHA tournament began in
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
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The
American Hockey Coaches Association awarded
Eddie Jeremiah
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the first
Spencer Penrose Award
The Spencer Penrose Award is awarded yearly to the top coach in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey by the American Hockey Coaches Association.
The finalists for each year's award comprise the conference Coach of the Year winners from each Divisi ...
as the top coach in the college game. It is named after
Spencer Penrose who helped found
The Broadmoor, the hotel and resort where the Ice Palace was located.
Regular season
Season tournaments
Standings
1951 NCAA Tournament
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''
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''
Awards
NCAA
References
External links
College Hockey Historical Archives1950–51 NCAA Standings
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NCAA