1952–53 American college hockey season

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This was the 1952-53 American college hockey season:

Standings

1952–53 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst 11 5 6 0
American International 16 9 6 1
Army 16 8 8 0 56 64
Babson 9 8 1 0
Boston College 16 11 4 1 71 41
Boston University 22 14 7 1 117 86
Bowdoin 11 4 7 0
Brown 17 6 11 0 67 83
Colby 8 2 6 0
Dartmouth 23 9 14 0 84 90
Hamilton 10 0 10 0
Harvard 17 11 5 1 79 49
MIT 12 3 9 0
New Hampshire 9 3 6 0 27 49
Northeastern 21 9 10 2 64 70
Norwich 14 11 2 1
Princeton 18 11 7 0 66 49
Providence 14 6 8 0 66 79
St. Olaf 7 0 7 0
Tufts 18 10 8 0
Yale 20 12 8 0 85 56
1952–53 Midwest Collegiate Hockey League standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota 20 16 4 0 19 92 46 29 23 6 0 149 74
Michigan 16 12 4 0 19 91 49 24 17 7 0 139 71
North Dakota 16 11 5 0 17 82 59 20 15 5 0 109 68
Denver 16 10 6 0 15 70 54 24 17 6 1 142 79
Colorado College 14 4 10 0 8 52 86 20 9 11 0 98 106
Michigan Tech 16 3 13 0 4 53 94 19 6 13 0 75 100
Michigan State 18 2 16 0 2 45 94 22 5 16 1 74 104
indicates conference regular season champion
1952–53 Tri-State League standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Rensselaer 5 4 0 1 11 23 13 20 15 4 1 124 45
St. Lawrence 5 3 2 0 8 23 14 18 12 6 0 105 50
Clarkson 5 1 3 1 5 14 29 19 9 9 1 88 94
Middlebury 3 0 3 0 0 8 11 16 10 6 0
indicates conference regular season champion

Results

  • 11/21: Brown - Providence 12:4
  • 11/29: Colorado College - Colorado College Alumni 5:4
  • 11/29: Tufts - Providence 8:4
  • 12/2: RPI - Springfield 18:0
  • 12/2: McGill University (QC) - St. Lawrence 4:0
  • 12/3: Denver - University of Toronto (ON) 7:2
  • 12/4: Denver - University of Toronto (ON) 8:3
  • 12/4: Boston University - Brown 6:5
  • 12/5: Michigan State - St. Lawrence 3:2
  • 12/5: Colorado College - University of Toronto (ON) 11:3
  • 12/5: Minnesota - Fort William (ON) 6:2
  • 12/5: Tufts - Suffolk 17:2
  • 12/6: Fort William (ON) - Minnesota 6:5
  • 12/6: McGill University - RPI 5:3
  • 12/6: University of Toronto (ON) - Colorado College 4:3
  • 12/6: Michigan - St. Lawrence 6:1
  • 12/6: Northeastern - Yale 5:3
  • 12/9: Boston College - Yale 6:4
  • 12/10: Boston University - Tufts 14:1
  • 12/10: Northeastern - Brown 4:2
  • 12/10: Providence - Rhode Island 3:1
  • 12/12: Michigan State - University of Toronto (ON) 6:6 OT
  • 12/12: Tufts - MIT 13:3
  • 12/13: Boston University - Harvard 4:4 OT
  • 12/13: Brown - Boston College 6:4
  • 12/13: Michigan - University of Toronto (ON) 6:3
  • 12/13: Minnesota - Minnesota-Duluth 14:2
  • 12/13: Northeastern - Fairchild 4:0
  • 12/13: St. Lawrence - Loyola University (QC) 6:3
  • 12/13: Princeton - RPI 2:1
  • 12/17: Northeastern - MIT 9:2
  • 12/17: Yale - Boston University 4:1
  • 12/17: Harvard - Tufts 8:1
  • 12/19: St. Lawrence - Brown 6:3
  • 12/19: Michigan - Colorado College 3:2
  • 12/19: Minnesota - St. Boniface (MB) 7:4
  • 12/19: North Dakota - University of Saskatchewan 8:2
  • 12/19: Northeastern - Princeton 3:2
  • 12/19: RPI - Loyola University (QC) 4:0
  • 12/20: Yale - Yale Alumni 11:3
  • 12/20: Princeton - Northeastern 6:1
  • 12/20: North Dakota - University of Saskatchewan 6:3
  • 12/20: Minnesota - St. Boniface (MB) 6:1
  • 12/20: Michigan - Colorado College 10:6
  • 12/20: Brown - Clarkson 6:5
  • 12/22: Michigan - Denver 5:2
  • 12/23: Denver - Michigan 5:4 OT
  • 12/26: Minnesota - University of Toronto (ON) 5:2
  • 12/26: Minnesota - University of Toronto (ON) 8:2
  • 12/26: North Dakota - Michigan State 5:4
  • 12/27: North Dakota - Michigan State 5:4 OT
  • 12/28: North Dakota - University of Toronto (ON) 7:1
  • 12/29: North Dakota - University of Toronto (ON) 6:3
  • 12/29: Minnesota - Colorado College 5:2
  • 12/30: Colorado College - Minnesota 5:2
  • 12/30: Denver - Michigan State 2:1 OT
  • 12/31: Denver - Michigan State 5:1
  • 12/31: Michigan Tech - Minnesota-Duluth 8:1
  • 1/2: Denver - Minnesota 3:2
  • 1/2: Colorado College - Michigan State 6:4
  • 1/2: North Dakota - Michigan Tech 10:0
  • 1/3: North Dakota - Michigan Tech 7:2
  • 1/3: Minnesota - Denver 3:2
  • 1/3: Colorado College - Michigan State 5:3
  • 1/3: Harvard - Boston University 6:5 OT
  • 1/3: Boston College - Northeastern 5:0
  • 1/7: Dartmouth - Norwich 4:1
  • 1/7: Harvard - MIT 12:1
  • 1/7: Michigan - Michigan State 6:0
  • 1/7: Northeastern - Tufts 7:2
  • 1/7: Providence - Army 6:3
  • 1/8: Boston College - Brown 5:4
  • 1/9: North Dakota - Denver 4:3
  • 1/9: St. Lawrence - Carleton 13:1
  • 1/9: Michigan - University of Montreal (QC) 13:2
  • 1/9: Minnesota - Michigan State 3:1
  • 1/10: Minnesota - Michigan State 5:0
  • 1/10: University of Montreal (QC) - Michigan 2:1
  • 1/10: North Dakota - Denver 2:1
  • 1/10: Army - Amherst 5:2
  • 1/10: Boston University - Princeton 5:4
  • 1/10: Yale - Brown 5:1
  • 1/10: Macalester - Carleton 4:1
  • 1/10: Harvard - Dartmouth 5:0
  • 1/10: Norwich - Bowdoin 6:3
  • 1/10: RPI - Middlebury 2:1
  • 1/12: Dartmouth - Bowdoin 9:0
  • 1/12: New Hampshire - Colby 3:2
  • 1/12: Tufts - Suffolk 15:7
  • 1/13: Dartmouth - Middlebury 9:2
  • 1/13: Macalester - Hamline 6:0
  • 1/13: St. Lawrence - Clarkson 7:0
  • 1/14: Army - Princeton 5:4
  • 1/14: Boston College - Boston University 7:3
  • 1/14: Michigan - Michigan State 10:2
  • 1/15: Tufts - New Hampshire 11:3
  • 1/16: American International - New Hampshire 2:0
  • 1/16: Denver - Colorado College 11:4
  • 1/16: Minnesota - Michigan 4:3
  • 1/16: North Dakota - Michigan Tech 5:4 OT
  • 1/17: North Dakota - Michigan Tech 6:5 OT
  • 1/17: Michigan - Minnesota 5:4
  • 1/17: Denver - Colorado College 4:2
  • 1/17: Boston College - Princeton 4:2
  • 1/17: St. Lawrence - Middlebury 3:2
  • 1/17: Bowdoin - Tufts 6:5 OT
  • 1/17: St. Thomas - Carleton 10:0
  • 1/17: Norwich - Springfield 7:4
  • 1/17: Army - Hamilton 8:0
  • 1/17: Boston University - Northeastern 8:5
  • 1/17: Yale - Dartmouth 4:2
  • 1/19: St. Lawrence - Dartmouth 13:4
  • 1/20: Dartmouth - Clarkson 2:1
  • 1/21: Army - Springfield 4:2
  • 1/22: Bowdoin - Bates Manufacturing Co. 6:5
  • 1/22: American International - Springfield 5:3
  • 1/22: Michigan State - Ontario Agricultural College 13:1
  • 1/23: Michigan State - Ontario Agricultural College 7:1
  • 1/23: Dartmouth - Northeastern 3:2
  • 1/23: Minnesota - Michigan Tech 6:3
  • 1/24: Minnesota - Michigan Tech 5:2
  • 1/24: Boston University - Army 4:0
  • 1/24: RPI - McGill University (QC) 3:1
  • 1/28: Norwich - Army 6:2
  • 1/28: Northeastern - Brown 3:2
  • 1/29: American International - Providence 5:4
  • 1/29: Springfield - Amherst 8:4
  • 1/30: Denver - University of Saskatchewan 5:5 OT
  • 1/30: Michigan Tech - St. Thomas 7:4
  • 1/30: North Dakota - Minnesota 7:5
  • 1/31: Minnesota - North Dakota 5:2
  • 1/31: Michigan Tech - St. Thomas 7:1
  • 1/31: Denver - University of Saskatchewan 10:4
  • 1/31: Clarkson - Army 5:1
  • 1/31: St. Lawrence - Hamilton 12:1
  • 1/31: Boston University - Boston College 5:2
  • 1/31: Northeastern - Harvard 4:3 OT
  • 1/31: RPI - American International 9:0
  • 2/2: St. Lawrence - Boston University 6:3
  • 2/2: Macalester - Carleton 6:3
  • 2/3: Boston University - Clarkson 9:2
  • 2/3: Princeton - American International 5:1
  • 2/3: Norwich - MIT 14:2
  • 2/4: Middlebury - Army 6:0
  • 2/4: Yale - Brown 9:7
  • 2/5: Boston College - Dartmouth 7:1
  • 2/5: Providence - Holy Cross 10:0
  • 2/6: Denver - Colorado College 4:3
  • 2/6: Michigan State - Michigan Tech 2:1
  • 2/6: Minnesota - North Dakota 3:0
  • 2/6: Tufts - New Hampshire 6:2
  • 2/6: RPI - St. Lawrence 3:2
  • 2/6: Norwich - Amherst 2:1
  • 2/7: Minnesota - North Dakota 3:1
  • 2/7: Michigan Tech - Michigan State 5:2
  • 2/7: Denver - Colorado College 8:3
  • 2/7: Boston College - Northeastern 2:0
  • 2/7: Army - Massachusetts 8:1
  • 2/7: Brown - Harvard 3:1
  • 2/7: St. Lawrence - Yale 4:3
  • 2/7: Princeton - Dartmouth 4:0
  • 2/9: Springfield - Suffolk 10:3
  • 2/9: Carleton - St. Olaf 3:1
  • 2/10: North Dakota - Colorado College 12:4
  • 2/11: North Dakota - Colorado College 10:3
  • 2/11: Boston College - Harvard 6:2
  • 2/11: Boston University - Tufts 12:1
  • 2/11: Michigan - Michigan State 4:0
  • 2/11: Yale - Dartmouth 2:0
  • 2/11: Norwich - New Hampshire 4:3
  • 2/11: Providence - Springfield 5:4
  • 2/11: Rhode Island - Massachusetts 2:1
  • 2/11: RPI - Hamilton 12:0
  • 2/12: New Hampshire - Colby 7:6
  • 2/12: Princeton - Brown 5:3
  • 2/12: American International - Rhode Island 9:2
  • 2/12: Tufts - Amherst 5:4
  • 2/12: Bates Manufacturing Co. - Bowdoin 8:1
  • 2/13: Boston University - Boston College 3:0
  • 2/13: Colorado College - Michigan Tech 7:5
  • 2/13: Harvard - Northeastern 6:2
  • 2/13: Denver - Brandon College (MB) 12:1
  • 2/13: RPI - Providence 13:1
  • 2/13: Minnesota - Michigan 5:2
  • 2/13: Norwich - Hamilton 10:2
  • 2/13: St. Lawrence - American International 7:2
  • 2/14: St. Lawrence - Queens University (ON) 10:1
  • 2/14: Minnesota - Michigan 4:0
  • 2/14: Denver - Brandon College (MB) 10:3
  • 2/14: Michigan Tech - Colorado College 5:0
  • 2/14: Army - MIT 8:3
  • 2/14: New Hampshire - Bowdoin 8:4
  • 2/14: Yale - Clarkson 10:2
  • 2/14: Brown - Dartmouth 7:3
  • 2/15: Fairbanks Eagles - Alaska-Fairbanks 12:1
  • 2/16: Middlebury - New Hampshire 7:0
  • 2/17: Norwich - New Hampshire 7:1
  • 2/17: Boston College - Dartmouth 4:2
  • 2/17: Denver - Michigan Tech 6:4
  • 2/17: Yale - Princeton 2:1
  • 2/17: Providence - American International 7:3
  • 2/17: Amherst - Bowdoin 8:1
  • 2/17: Holy Cross - Rhode Island 1:0
  • 2/18: Denver - Michigan Tech 11:2
  • 2/18: Tufts - Bowdoin 13:6
  • 2/18: RPI - Army 4:2
  • 2/18: Boston University - Brown 9:4
  • 2/18: Colorado College - Brandon College (MB) 6:4
  • 2/18: Harvard - Dartmouth 5:4
  • 2/19: Colorado College - Brandon College (MB) 11:4
  • 2/19: Amherst - Springfield 3:1
  • 2/19: American International - Massachusetts 9:2
  • 2/20: Middlebury - Dartmouth 4:3
  • 2/20: Minnesota - Denver 4:3
  • 2/20: Michigan - North Dakota 5:3
  • 2/20: Michigan State - Michigan Tech 6:5 OT
  • 2/20: Amherst - MIT 8:3
  • 2/20: American International - Tufts 3:2
  • 2/21: Michigan Tech - Michigan State 5:3
  • 2/21: University of Toronto (ON) - St. Lawrence 3:2
  • 2/21: Michigan - North Dakota 8:3
  • 2/21: Minnesota - Denver 10:0
  • 2/21: Yale - Army 10:0
  • 2/21: Princeton - Harvard 3:1
  • 2/21: Dartmouth - Brown 9:4
  • 2/21: RPI - Clarkson 6:1
  • 2/21: Norwich - Hamilton 10:3
  • 2/23: Dartmouth - Northeastern 6:2
  • 2/23: Princeton - Yale 3:2
  • 2/23: Amherst - Tufts 5:2
  • 2/23: Suffolk - MIT 5:4
  • 2/23: Providence - Springfield 8:2
  • 2/24: Brown - Harvard 4:3
  • 2/25: Clarkson - Providence 7:4
  • 2/25: Army - Rhode Island 13:1
  • 2/25: Yale - American International 3:1
  • 2/26: Brown - American International 4:2
  • 2/26: Springfield - MIT 8:6
  • 2/26: Denver - University of Alberta 10:4
  • 2/27: Denver - University of Alberta 10:3
  • 2/27: Boston College - Northeastern 2:2
  • 2/27: Boston University - Dartmouth 4:1
  • 2/27: Tufts - Providence 5:2
  • 2/27: Clarkson - RPI 5:5 OT
  • 2/27: McGill University (QC) - Michigan 7:0
  • 2/28: McGill University (QC) - Michigan 2:1
  • 2/28: Dartmouth - Army 7:1
  • 2/28: Princeton - Brown 4:2
  • 2/28: Colorado College - University of Alberta 9:1
  • 2/28: Harvard - Yale 5:2
  • 2/28: Northeastern - Norwich 3:3
  • 2/27: RPI - St. Lawrence 7:4
  • 3/2: Colorado College - University of Alberta 6:4
  • 3/3: Boston University - Dartmouth 6:4
  • 3/3: Northeastern - Tufts 5:4
  • 3/3: St. Lawrence - Clarkson 7:2
  • 3/4: Harvard - Princeton 4:2
  • 3/4: Michigan - Michigan State 8:4
  • 3/4: Yale - Middlebury 5:2
  • 3/5: Dartmouth - Providence 6:2
  • 3/6: Boston University - Northeastern 3:2
  • 3/6: Boston College - Tufts 13:4
  • 3/6: Michigan - Michigan Tech 8:3
  • 3/6: Norwich - Providence 10:6
  • 3/6: Minnesota - Michigan State 7:3
  • 3/7: Minnesota - Michigan State 7:2
  • 3/7: Michigan - Michigan Tech 10:2
  • 3/7: Army - Royal Military College (ON) 5:4
  • 3/7: Princeton - Dartmouth 5:4
  • 3/7: Harvard - Yale 4:2
  • 3/7: RPI - Hamilton 14:3
  • 3/9: Yale - Dartmouth 5:1
  • 3/14: Dartmouth - Dartmouth Alumni 10:10
  • Army - Rhode Island 5:2
  • Clarkson - McGill University (QC) 11:4
  • Clarkson - Carleton 5:4
  • St. Patrick's HC - Clarkson 8:1
  • Clarkson - Loyola University (QC) 6:5
  • Clarkson - Queens University (ON) 5:4 OT
  • Clarkson - Middlebury 6:5 OT
  • Clarkson - Hamilton 14:0
  • University of Toronto (ON) - Clarkson 5:1
  • Clarkson - Hamilton 9:6
  • MIT - Colby 4:2
  • Yale Cougars - Colby 4:1
  • Bates Manufacturing Co. - Colby 14:1
  • Colby - Bates Manufacturing Co. 8:5
  • Bowdoin - Colby 9:4
  • Colby - Bowdoin 10:7
  • Middlebury - Norwich 6:1
  • Middlebury - MIT 9:3
  • Middlebury - Springfield 13:4
  • Middlebury - Hamilton 10:2
  • Norwich' - Middlebury 6:4
  • Middlebury - Amherst 5:0
  • Middlebury - Hamilton 8:4
  • American International - Amherst 4:2
  • Amherst - Massachusetts 10:2
  • Minnesota-Duluth - St. Cloud State 5:3
  • Minnesota-Duluth - St. Cloud State 3:2
  • Minnesota-Duluth - Hamline 5:4
  • Minnesota-Duluth - Lakehead University 4:3
  • St. Cloud State - St. Olaf 6:0
  • St. Cloud State - Carleton 5:1
  • St. John's - St. Cloud State 5:2
  • St. Olaf - St. Cloud State 12:0
  • St. Cloud State - Virginia 4:3
  • Virginia - St. Cloud State 4:2
  • St. Cloud State - St. John's 8:2
  • St. Cloud State - Eveleth 4:4
  • St. Cloud State - Carleton 8:1
  • Baltimore Hockey Club - Lehigh 16:2
  • Lehigh - Hill School 8:0
  • Lehigh - Hill School 5:1

Beanpot Tournament

Semifinals
  • 12/26: Harvard - Boston College 3:2 OT
  • 12/26: Boston University - Northeastern 4:1
Consolation
  • 12/27: Boston College - Northeastern 2:0
Final
  • 12/27: Harvard - Boston University 7:4

RPI Holiday Invitational

  • 1/1: Princeton - Yale 4:2
  • 1/1: RPI - St. Patrick's HC 5:4
  • 1/2: Yale - RPI 4:2
  • 1/2: Princeton - St. Patrick's HC 6:4
  • 1/3: RPI - Princeton 5:4
  • 1/3: St. Patrick's HC - Yale 5:4

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Association

  • Macalester - Gustavus Adolphus 9:1
  • 1/9: Macalester - St. John's 8:2
  • 1/17: St. John's - Gustavus Adolphus 12:0
  • 1/19: St. Thomas - St. John's 5:3
  • 1/27: Macalester - Gustavus Adolphus 15:2
  • Minnesota-Duluth - St. John's 6:5
  • 1/28: Minnesota-Duluth - Gustavus Adolphus 16:0
  • 1/31: St. John's - Gustavus Adolphus 7:2
  • 2/4: St. Thomas - Macalester 7:3
  • 2/9: St. Thomas - Macalester 6:3
  • Minnesota-Duluth - Macalester 5:2
  • St. John's - Minnesota-Duluth 8:1
  • Minnesota-Duluth - Gustavus Adolphus Forfeit
St. Paul Winter Carnival
  • 2/7: St. Thomas - Minnesota-Duluth 5:1 (counted as league game)
  • 2/7: Hamline - Macalester 3:1
  • 2/7: St. Thomas - Hamline 10:1

St. Thomas and Minnesota-Duluth shared the championship.

1952–53 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota–Duluth 7 6 1 0 .857 12 9 3 0
St. Thomas 15 12 3 0
Gustavus Adolphus 8 0 8 0
Hamline
Macalester
Saint John's 11 2 9 0
indicates conference champion

NCAA Tournament

Qualifying teams

Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The two best MCHL teams and a Tri-State League representative received bids into the tournament as did one independent school.

East West
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Rensselaer Tri-State League 14–3–1 At-Large 1st Never 1 Michigan MCHL 15–7–0 At-Large 6th 1952
2 Boston University Independent 14–5–1 At-Large 3rd 1951 2 Minnesota MCHL 22–5–0 At-Large 1st Never

Results

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

Semifinals
  • 3/12: Minnesota - RPI 3:2
  • 3/13: Michigan - Boston University 14:2
Consolation Game
  • 3/14: RPI - Boston University 6:3
Championship Game
  • 3/14: Michigan - Minnesota 7:3

Sources


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