1948–49 American college hockey season

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This was the 1948-49 American college hockey season:

Standings

1948–49 NCAA ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
American International 7 4 3 0
Army 15 8 7 0 58 63
Boston College 22 21 1 0 164 67
Boston University 20 13 7 0 147 77
Bowdoin 12 4 8 0
Brown 14 7 7 0 58 62
California 13 2 11 0
Clarkson 13 8 5 0 69 59
Colby 8 2 6 0
Colgate 9 5 3 1 53 38
Colorado College 24 15 7 1 153 99
Concordia 8 3 5 0
Dartmouth 23 17 6 0 148 72
Hamilton 10 1 9 0
Harvard 20 12 8 0 130 112
Massachusetts 3 0 3 0 11 29
Michigan 25 20 2 3 179 74
Michigan Tech 15 5 10 0 66 76
Middlebury 10 6 4 0
Minnesota 22 11 11 0 120 101
MIT 9 4 5 0
New Hampshire 3 0 3 0 11 23
North Dakota 22 9 12 1 109 148
Northeastern 16 9 7 0 118 78
Norwich 11 8 3 0
Princeton 20 6 13 1 60 110
St. Lawrence 7 5 2 0 41 29
Tufts 2 2 0 0
Union 1 0 1 0
Williams 14 5 9 0
Wyoming 9 4 5 0
Yale 22 9 13 0 77 103

Results

  • 11/2: Oakland Oaks - California 10:4
  • 11/26: Colorado College - Wichita Flyers 14:1
  • 11/27: Colorado College - Wichita Flyers 8:4
  • 12/1: Boston College - MIT 13:5
  • 12/1: Boston University - Harvard 8:6
  • 12/4: Harvard - MIT 16:8
  • 12/6: Boston College - Brown 5:1
  • 12/6: North Dakota - Grand Forks Amerks 5:2
  • 12/6: Michigan - Toledo Mercurys 2:2
  • 12/7: Boston University - Ft. Devens St. 15:1
  • 12/7: MIT - Northeastern 8:7
  • 12/7: Yale - Westchester All-Stars 9:5
  • 12/8: Yale - New York St. Nicholas 5:4
  • 12/8: Northeastern - Ft. Devens St. 15:1
  • 12/8: Brown - Harvard 6:5 OT
  • 12/10: Colorado College - North Dakota 12:4
  • 12/11: Colorado College - North Dakota 12:4
  • 12/11: Westchester All-Stars - Princeton 5:2
  • 12/11: Michigan - Windsor Spitfires (ON) 2:2
  • 12/11: Boston College - Yale 3:1
  • 12/13: Boston College - Ft. Devens St. 22:1
  • 12/15: Boston College - Harvard 9:4
  • 12/15: Princeton - New York St. Nicholas 5:4
  • 12/14: Harvard - Brown 4:3
  • 12/15: Boston University - MIT 10:3
  • 12/15: Yale - Yale Alumni 7:2
  • 12/16: Michigan - University of Toronto (ON) 12:1
  • 12/17: Michigan - University of Toronto (ON) 6:4
  • 12/17: Brown - Princeton 3:2
  • 12/17: University of Saskatchewan - North Dakota 12:3
  • 12/18: University of Saskatchewan - North Dakota 3:3 OT
  • 12/18: Nanaimo Clippers (BC) - California 12:3
  • 12/20: University of British Columbia - California 4:3
  • 12/21: Boston College - Boston University 5:1
  • 12/21: Michigan - Colorado College 5:2
  • 12/21: Fort William (ON) - Minnesota 6:5
  • 12/22: Minnesota - Fort William (ON) 10:3
  • 12/22: Michigan - Colorado College 4:4
  • 12/22: Boston University - Colby 11:0
  • 12/22: McGill University (QC) - Harvard 14:0
  • 12/24: Colorado College - Yale 6:5
  • 12/25: Colorado College - Yale 7:3
  • 12/25: Michigan - North Dakota 8:1
  • 12/26: Michigan - North Dakota 11:4
  • 12/28: Michigan - California 7:2
  • 12/28: Dartmouth - New York St. Nicholas 7:3
  • 12/28: Minnesota - Yale 10:1
  • 12/29: Minnesota - Yale 4:2
  • 12/29: Boston University - Northeastern 7:4
  • 12/29: Colgate - Dartmouth 6:5
  • 12/29: North Dakota - Colorado College 5:3
  • 12/30: North Dakota - Colorado College 6:3
  • 12/30: Colgate - Princeton 4:4
  • 12/31: Colgate - Princeton 5:3
  • 1/1: Michigan - California 7:2
  • 1/2: Boston College - Colorado College 6:5 OT
  • 1/3: Queens University (ON) - Michigan Tech 6:3
  • 1/4: Queens University (ON) - Michigan Tech 7:4
  • 1/5: Colorado College - Yale 8:2
  • 1/6: Winnipeg (MB) - Minnesota 8:6
  • 1/7: Minnesota - Winnipeg (MB) 7:3
  • 1/7: Princeton - Brown 4:3
  • 1/7: Michigan Tech - North Dakota 6:3
  • 1/7: American International - Ft. Devens St. 4:3
  • 1/8: Colorado College - Princeton 8:2
  • 1/8: Army - Brown 5:3
  • 1/8: Boston University - Yale 7:2
  • 1/8: Michigan - Queens University (ON) 6:5
  • 1/9: Bemidji State - Detroit Lakes Rangers 13:0
  • 1/10: Boston College - MIT 11:5
  • 1/10: Dartmouth - Clarkson 11:0
  • 1/12: Boston College - Harvard 8:5
  • 1/12: Northeastern - MIT 7:3
  • 1/12: Williams - St. Lawrence 5:4
  • 1/12: Bemidji State - Detroit Lakes Rangers 10:0
  • 1/12: Army - Princeton 3:1
  • 1/12: Bowdoin - Ft. Devens St. 8:6
  • 1/14: Brown - American International 10:5
  • 1/14: Dartmouth - Bowdoin 9:2
  • 1/14: Minnesota - Michigan Tech 5:4
  • 1/14: Princeton - Williams 3:2
  • 1/14: Colorado College B - Wyoming 9:7
  • 1/15: Colorado College B - Wyoming 10:4
  • 1/15: Minnesota - Michigan Tech 7:3
  • 1/15: Harvard - Dartmouth 8:5
  • 1/15: Middlebury - Bowdoin 4:3
  • 1/15: Army - New Hampshire 4:3
  • 1/15: Yale - Williams 6:3
  • 1/15: Bemidji State - St. Cloud State 1:1
  • 1/17: Minnesota - Rochester 5:2
  • 1/17: North Dakota - Crookston Pirates 12:4
  • 1/16: Rainy River - Bemidji State 11:3
  • 1/18: Boston University - Northeastern 6:3
  • 1/18: Brown - Dartmouth 4:3
  • 1/18: Williams - Massachusetts 12:5
  • 1/18: Colby - Bowdoin 5:0
  • 1/18: MIT - Ft. Devens St. 12:5
  • 1/19: Boston University - MIT 7:6
  • 1/19: Army - Lehigh 12:2
  • 1/19: Harvard - Northeastern 9:5
  • 1/20: Bowdoin - Suffolk College 10:2
  • 1/21: North Dakota - Minnesota 4:3 OT
  • 1/21: Colorado Junior Varsity - St. Thomas 5:4
  • 1/21: Wyoming - Colorado University 12:6
  • 1/22: Wyoming - Colorado University 5:1
  • 1/22: North Dakota - Minnesota 6:4
  • 1/22: Army - Middlebury 5:2
  • 1/22: Dartmouth - Yale 6:2
  • 1/24: Yale - Westchester All-Stars 5:0
  • 1/25: Dartmouth - Boston University 3:2
  • 1/26: International Falls - Bemidji State 6:1
  • 1/26: Brown - Boston University 6:4
  • 1/27: Dartmouth - Boston College 4:2
  • 1/28: Minnesota - North Dakota 12:5
  • 1/29: Minnesota - North Dakota 7:6
  • 1/29: Minnesota-Duluth - Bemidji State 10:3
  • 1/29: Boston University - Army 4:3 OT
  • 1/29: Michigan - Michigan Tech 5:4
  • 1/29: Princeton - Hamilton 2:1
  • 1/30: Colorado College B - Wyoming 7:3
  • 1/31: Colorado College B - Wyoming 4:2
  • 1/31: Michigan Tech - Michigan 6:2
  • 1/31: Boston University - Ft. Devens St. 13:0
  • 2/1: Boston University - Princeton 10:0
  • 2/1: Boston College - Northeastern 7:4
  • 2/2: Northeastern - Ft. Devens St. 15:0
  • 2/2: Clarkson - Army 4:1
  • 2/2: Norwich - St. Michael's 13:7
  • 2/4: Colorado College - University of Alberta 3:2
  • 2/4: Minnesota - California 8:3
  • 2/4: American International - Suffolk College 10:6
  • 2/5: California - Minnesota 5:3
  • 2/5: Colorado College - University of Alberta 6:5
  • 2/5: Yale - Army 6:4
  • 2/5: North Dakota - Winnipeg Army 10:3
  • 2/5: Burlington Stars - St. Michael's 7:6
  • 2/5: Michigan - McMaster University (ON) 14:1
  • 2/5: Norwich - Massachusetts 4:3
  • 2/5: Bemidji State - Concordia-Moorhead 7:1
  • 2/5: Princeton - Clarkson 7:3
  • 2/5: Wyoming - Colorado University 8:4
  • 2/6: Wyoming - Colorado University 6:1
  • 2/6: Bemidji State - Rainy River 4:3
  • 2/7: Boston College - Princeton 5:2
  • 2/7: Northeastern - Massachusetts 13:3
  • 2/7: Michigan Tech - California 6:4
  • 2/7: Boston College - American International 10:2
  • 2/7: Middlebury - Bowdoin 6:2
  • 2/8: California - Michigan Tech 5:3
  • 2/8: New York St. Nicholas - Princeton 7:1
  • 2/8: Middlebury - Colby 6:2
  • 2/9: Boston College - Northeastern 9:1
  • 2/9: Minnesota-Duluth - Bemidji State 7:2
  • 2/9: Harvard - Boston University 10:8
  • 2/9: Bowdoin - New Hampshire 6:4
  • 2/10: Bemidji State - Augsburg 3:1
  • 2/10: Tufts - Suffolk College 4:3
  • 2/10: Dartmouth - McGill University (QC) 9:6
  • 2/11: Colorado College - California 7:1
  • 2/11: Michigan - North Dakota 14:7
  • 2/11: Minnesota - Michigan Tech 5:1
  • 2/11: Northeastern - Colby 3:2
  • 2/12: Northeastern - Bowdoin 10:6
  • 2/12: Vermont - Union 2:0
  • 2/12: Michigan Tech - Minnesota 12:4
  • 2/12: Michigan - North Dakota 10:4
  • 2/12: Colorado College - California 12:4
  • 2/12: Harvard - Army 11:0
  • 2/12: Dartmouth - Princeton 12:2
  • 2/12: Yale - Brown 6:4
  • 2/12: Williams - Middlebury 4:0
  • 2/?Denver - Colorado University 10:0
  • 2/13: International Falls Yankees - Bemidji State 6:2
  • 2/13: Denver - Wyoming 7:6
  • 2/14: Northeastern - New Hampshire 13:4
  • 2/14: MIT - Bowdoin 11:3
  • 2/16: Colgate - Army 5:4
  • 2/16: Dartmouth - Harvard 4:3
  • 2/16: Norwich - St. Michael's 11:7
  • 2/16: Yale - Westchester All-Stars 5:3
  • 2/16: Williams - Suffolk College 8:2
  • 2/16: Tufts - Bowdoin 4:1
  • 2/17: Norwich - Paul Smith's College 14:8
  • 2/18: Boston College - New York St. Nicholas 8:2
  • 2/18: Dartmouth - Brown 3:2 OT
  • 2/18: Michigan - Minnesota 4:1
  • 2/18: Michigan Tech - North Dakota 5:2
  • 2/19: North Dakota - Michigan Tech 6:5
  • 2/19: Michigan - Minnesota 6:3
  • 2/19: Army - Williams 3:2
  • 2/19: Bemidji State - Concordia-Moorhead 6:2
  • 2/19: Dartmouth - Yale 4:0
  • 2/19: Harvard - Princeton 5:3
  • 2/20: St. Cloud State - Bemidji State 4:3
  • 2/21: Brown - MIT 5:4
  • 2/21: Northeastern - Colby 10:4
  • 2/22: Boston College - Dartmouth 7:4
  • 2/22: Boston University - Brown 9:4
  • 2/22: Yale - Princeton 6:1
  • 2/22: Bowdoin - Colby 11:3
  • 2/22: Vermont - Norwich 7:3
  • 2/23: Harvard - MIT 13:6
  • 2/23: Bemidji State - Rainy River Legion 2:1
  • 2/23: Army - Hamilton 4:0
  • 2/24: Colorado College - California 8:5
  • 2/25: Boston College - American International 6:3
  • 2/25: Dartmouth - Boston University 8:5
  • 2/25: Michigan - Minnesota 10:4
  • 2/25: North Dakota - University of Manitoba 7:4
  • 2/26: University of Manitoba - North Dakota 4:2
  • 2/26: Michigan - Minnesota 4:1
  • 2/26: Princeton - Yale 6:1
  • 2/26: Dartmouth - Army 9:1
  • 2/26: Harvard - Williams 5:3
  • 2/26: Norwich - Champlain 6:3
  • 2/26: Colorado College - California 9:5
  • 2/26: Bemidji State - Emo Dulms (ON) 6:4
  • 2/27: Bemidji State - Detroit Lakes Rangers 10:0
  • 3/1: Boston College - Boston University 6:2
  • 3/1: Northeastern - Harvard 5:4
  • 3/2: Dartmouth - Williams 10:1
  • 3/2: Yale - Colgate 3:2
  • 3/3: Norwich - Vermont 9:2
  • 3/4: Colorado College - Minnesota 5:2
  • 3/4: Middlebury - Norwich 7:2
  • 3/4: American International - Springfield 6:1
  • 3/4: Michigan - Michigan Tech 7:1
  • 3/5: Michigan - Michigan Tech 8:3
  • 3/5: Minnesota - Colorado College 7:4
  • 3/5: Dartmouth - Princeton 15:4
  • 3/5: Harvard - Yale 4:1
  • 3/8: Brown - Yale 4:3
  • 3/9: Harvard - Princeton 8:6
  • 3/11: Michigan - Sarnia AC (ON) 13:2
  • 3/12: Harvard - Yale 8:3
  • 3/12: Army - Royal Military College (ON) 5:4
  • 3/12: Dartmouth - Dartmouth Alumni 11:8
  • 3/14: Dartmouth - Harvard 7:2
  • 3/15: University of Montreal (QC) - Dartmouth 4:3
  • Carleton (ON) - Clarkson 5:3
  • Colgate - Clarkson 11:6
  • Clarkson - St. Lawrence 5:4
  • Clarkson - McGill University (QC) 3:1
  • Clarkson - Hamilton 4:3 OT
  • St. Lawrence - Clarkson 6:3
  • Clarkson - St. Patrick's 5:3
  • Clarkson - Carleton (ON) 10:2
  • Clarkson - Ottawa Val A's (ON) 6:1
  • Clarkson - Army 7:4
  • St. Lawrence - Colgate 6:4
  • Colgate - Hamilton 11:1
  • St. Lawrence - Colgate 6:5
  • St. Lawrence - Hamilton 5:2
  • St. Lawrence - Middlebury 10:5
  • Ft. Devens St. - Colby 3:1
  • Colby - Ft. Devens St. 4:2
  • Clinton Comets - Middlebury 6:5
  • Middlebury - St. Michaels 7:3
  • Middlebury - Vermont 9:3
  • American International - Springfield 7:3
  • Hamilton - Hamilton Alumni 5:2
  • Clinton Comets - Hamilton 6:2
  • Victoria (Canada) - Hamilton 9:2
  • Clinton Comets - Hamilton 11:5
  • Hamilton - Paul Smith's College 14:0
  • Lehigh - Bay Ridge AC 6:5
  • Lehigh - Lafayette 2:0
  • New York Athletic Club - Lehigh 23:2
  • Georgetown - Lehigh 4:3
  • Bay Ridge AC - Lehigh 4:3
  • Georgetown - Hamilton 6:2
  • Georgetown - Lafayette 5:0
  • Georgetown - Baltimore Americans 5:3
  • Georgetown - Baltimore All-Stars 7:5
  • Georgetown - Baltimore All-Stars 5:3
  • New York St. Nicholas - Georgetown
  • New York Athletic Club - Georgetown
  • Minnesota-Duluth - Hamline 6:2
  • Minnesota-Duluth - St. Cloud State 3:2
  • Minnesota-Duluth - Macalester 5:1
  • Minnesota-Duluth - Duluth Junior College 7:2
  • Minnesota-Duluth - Carleton 3:0
  • St. Cloud State - Concordia 9:2
  • St. Cloud State - Concordia 15:5
  • St. Cloud State - St. Thomas 9:8
  • St. Cloud State - North Dakota AC 6:2
  • Eagle River - St. Cloud State 9:8
  • Eagle River - St. Cloud State 6:2
  • St. John's - St. Cloud State 4:0
  • Rochester - St. Cloud State 5:2
  • Nichols - Loomis 4:1
  • Wilbraham Academy - Nichols 7:1
  • Springfield - Nichols 6:0
  • Nichols - Springfield Freshmen 6:4
  • Springfield - Nichols 12:2
  • Alaska-Fairbanks - Delta 11:2
  • Alaska-Fairbanks - Ladd Flyers 4:1

NEIHL Tournament

Semifinals
  • 3/8: Boston College - Northeastern 5:4
  • 3/8: Boston University - MIT 13:1
Final
  • 3/9: Boston College - Boston University 6:5

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

  • 1/6: Macalester - Augsburg 4:2
  • 1/8: St. John's - St. Thomas 6:3
  • Augsburg - Hamline 4:2
  • St. Olaf - Gustavus Adolphus 4:3
  • 1/10: St. Thomas - Macalester 3:2
  • 1/13: Augsburg - St. Olaf 7:4
  • 1/18: St. Thomas - St. Olaf 9:5
  • 1/19: Augsburg - Gustavus Adolphus 6:1
  • 1/19: Hamline - St. John's 4:3
  • 1/19: St. Olaf - Carleton 5:3
  • 1/21: Macalester - Gustavus Adolphus 3:1
  • 1/22: St. John's - Augsburg 5:3
  • 1/29: Gustavus Adolphus - Augsburg 4:0
  • 2/1: Augsburg - St. John's 3:2
  • 2/1: Macalester - Carleton 6:0
  • 2/2: St. Thomas - Carleton 8:2
  • 2/5: Augsburg - St. Olaf 7:1
  • 2/5: Macalester - St. John's 8:2
  • 2/5: Gustavus Adolphus - Hamline 9:3
  • 2/8: Macalester - St. John's 3:2
  • 2/9: St. Thomas - Gustavus Adolphus 3:3
  • 2/10: Hamline - St. Olaf 7:1
  • 2/12: St. John's - St. Olaf 8:1
  • 2/12: St. Thomas - Augsburg 4:0
  • 2/14: Hamline - St. John's 6:4
  • 2/21: Carleton - St. Olaf 4:3

St. Thomas won the championship with a 6-1-1 record.

1948–49 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Thomas 8 6 1 1 16 11 4 1
Augsburg
Carleton
Gustavus Adolphus 10 5 4 1
Hamline
Macalester
Saint John's 9 3 6 0
St. Olaf 11 2 9 0
indicates conference champion

St. Paul Winter Carnival

  • 2/15: St. Thomas - St. Olaf 5:1
  • 2/16: St. Cloud State - Macalester 6:3
  • 2/16: St. John's - Carleton 2:0
  • 2/16: Augsburg - Hamline 6:2
  • 2/17: St. Thomas - St. Cloud State 2:1
  • 2/18: St. John's - Augsburg 3:2 OT
  • 2/19: St. Thomas - St. John's 3:1

Awards

NCAA

Award Recipient
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament Dick Desmond, Dartmouth
AHCA All-American Team
Player Pos Team
Dick Desmond G Dartmouth
Ian Watson G California
Connie Hill D Michigan
Butch Songin D Boston College
Jim Starrak D Colorado College
Dick Starrak D Michigan
Wally Gacek F Michigan
Wally Grant F Michigan
Bill Riley F Dartmouth
Joe Riley F Dartmouth
Dick Rowell F Colorado College
Joe Slattery F Colorado College

NCAA Tournament

Qualifying teams

Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The teams were selected by a committee based upon both their overall record and the strength of their opponents.

East West
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Boston College Independent 19–1–0 At-Large 2nd 1948 1 Michigan Independent 19–1–3 At-Large 2nd 1948
2 Dartmouth Independent 16–5–0 At-Large 2nd 1948 2 Colorado College Independent 15–5–1 At-Large 2nd 1948

Results

The tournament was played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs

Semifinals
  • 3/17: Dartmouth - Michigan 4:2
  • 3/18: Boston College - Colorado College 7:3
Consolation game
  • 3/19: Michigan - Colorado College 10:4
Championship game
  • 3/19: Boston College - Dartmouth 4:3

Sources


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