1955–56 American college hockey season
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This was the 1955-56 American college hockey season:
Standings
| 1955–56 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Amherst | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | – | – | |
| American International | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |
| Army | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 72 | 46 | |
| Babson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | |
| Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 105 | 82 | |
| Boston University | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 107 | 113 | |
| Bowdoin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | – | – | |
| Brown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 82 | 62 | |
| Colby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | – | – | |
| Concordia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | – | – | |
| Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 71 | 134 | |
| Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | – | – | |
| Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 125 | 77 | |
| Massachusetts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 46 | |
| MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 59 | |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 80 | |
| Northeastern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 123 | 130 | |
| Norwich | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | – | – | |
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 80 | 70 | |
| Providence | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 100 | 152 | |
| St. Olaf | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |
| Tufts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | – | – | |
| Williams | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | – | – | |
| Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 60 | 68 | |
| 1955–56 Tri-State League standings | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Clarkson† | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 44 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 58 | |
| St. Lawrence | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 130 | 47 | |
| Rensselaer | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 105 | 56 | |
| Middlebury | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | – | – | |
| † indicates conference regular season champion | ||||||||||||||
| 1955–56 Western Intercollegiate Hockey League | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Michigan† | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .858 | 19 | 80 | 37 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 109 | 49 | |
| Michigan Tech | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 17 | 82 | 61 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 156 | 83 | |
| Colorado College | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 14 | 72 | 66 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 144 | 100 | |
| Minnesota | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | .523 | 12 | 63 | 60 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 106 | 80 | |
| North Dakota | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | .350 | 10 | 67 | 93 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 100 | 129 | |
| Denver | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .438 | 10 | 58 | 58 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 130 | 84 | |
| Michigan State | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | .056 | 2 | 35 | 82 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 55 | 96 | |
| † indicates conference regular season champion Note: All games played between league members counted in the standings. When teams played each other twice, two points were awarded for a win, one point for a tie. When teams met each other four times, one point was awarded for a win, one-half point for a tie. Maximum of 24 points available. | |||||||||||||||
Results
- 11/18: North Dakota - Regina Pats (SK) 5:5 OT
- 11/19: Yale Alumni - Yale 7:4
- 11/19: North Dakota - Regina Pats (SK) 4:3
- 11/24: Michigan State - St. Lawrence 2:0
- 11/25: RPI - Bishop's College (QC) 14:2
- 11/25: Clarkson - Michigan State 6:1
- 11/25: North Dakota - Minnesota Duluth 3:1
- 11/26: North Dakota - Minnesota Duluth 6:0
- 11/26: Michigan State - Middlebury 6:2
- 11/26: Colorado College - Colorado College Alumni 5:4
- 11/27: Colorado College - Colorado College Alumni 10:6
- 11/28: Alaska-Fairbanks - Ladd Flyers 5:4
- 11/29: Alaska-Fairbanks - Ladd Rangers 4:3
- 12/1: Denver - University of Toronto (ON) 1:1 OT
- 12/1: Minnesota - St. Boniface (MB) 10:2
- 12/2: Minnesota - St. Boniface (MB) 8:0
- 12/2: Denver - University of Toronto (ON) 3:0
- 12/2: Brown - Boston University 5:3
- 12/2: East Olympics - Providence 8:3
- 12/2: North Dakota - Michigan State 3:1
- 12/2: Michigan Tech - Port Arthur (ON) 6:4
- 12/3: Michigan Tech - Port Arthur (ON) 6:1
- 12/3: RPI - Sir George Williams 5:0
- 12/3: St. Lawrence - University of Montreal (QC) 2:1
- 12/3: North Dakota - Michigan State 5:4
- 12/3: Dartmouth - MIT 12:4
- 12/3: Michigan - McGill University (QC) 5:3
- 12/3: Yale - Northeastern 6:2
- 12/3: Colorado College - University of Toronto (ON) 7:1
- 12/5: RPI - Middlebury 7:4
- 12/5: Colorado College - University of Toronto (ON) 6:4
- 12/6: Boston University - Yale 5:3
- 12/6: Boston College - Tufts 13:5
- 12/6: Harvard - Northeastern 8:3
- 12/7: Northeastern - Brown 3:1
- 12/7: Providence - Williams 7:1
- 12/8: Ladd Rangers - Alaska-Fairbanks 10:2
- 12/9: Boston University - Harvard 4:3 OT
- 12/9: Michigan - North Dakota 5:1
- 12/9: St. Lawrence - RPI 3:1
- 12/9: Michigan Tech - Soo Esquires 8:4
- 12/9: Northeastern - MIT 6:3
- 12/9: Princeton - Providence 7:4
- 12/10: Princeton - Providence 5:2
- 12/10: Michigan Tech - Soo Esquires 7:2
- 12/10: North Dakota - Michigan 4:2
- 12/10: Northeastern - Dartmouth 7:6 OT
- 12/10: Harvard - Middlebury 3:0
- 12/11: Amherst - Massachusetts 3:2
- 12/13: Providence - Harvard 5:4 OT
- 12/13: Boston College - Northeastern 3:2
- 12/13: Colorado College - North Dakota 4:2
- 12/13: Denver - Michigan 3:3 OT
- 12/14: Michigan - Denver 6:2
- 12/14: Yale - RPI 5:4 OT
- 12/14: North Dakota - Colorado College 5:4
- 12/14: Boston College - Brown 4:1
- 12/14: MIT - New Hampshire 5:3
- 12/16: Boston College - Harvard 5:3
- 12/16: Boston University - Princeton 5:3
- 12/16: Minnesota - Colorado College 3:2
- 12/16: Providence - Dartmouth 5:3
- 12/16: Denver - Michigan State 7:1
- 12/16: North Dakota - St. Boniface Canadiens (MB) 7:4
- 12/16: Northeastern - Hamilton 9:2
- 12/17: Middlebury - Northeastern 11:4
- 12/17: St. Boniface Canadiens (MB) - North Dakota 9:5
- 12/17: Michigan State - Denver 4:3
- 12/17: Colorado College - Minnesota 2:0
- 12/17: Boston College - Princeton 3:1
- 12/17: Harvard - Tufts 13:3
- 12/17: RPI - Providence 6:2
- 12/17: Hamilton - MIT 4:3
- 12/22: Colorado College - Michigan Tech 7:3
- 12/22: Minnesota - Michigan State 7:1
- 12/23: Minnesota - Michigan State 4:3
- 12/23: Michigan Tech - Colorado College 9:3
- 12/23: Boston University - Northeastern 7:4
- 12/23: McGill University (QC) - Harvard 6:2
- 12/26: Michigan Tech - Denver 4:2
- 12/27: Michigan Tech - Denver 4:0
- 12/28: Spokane Flyers - Colorado College 10:2
- 12/29: Spokane Flyers - Denver 5:3
- 12/30: Spokane Flyers - Denver 5:3
- 12/30: US Olympic Team - North Dakota 8:0
- 12/31: US Olympic Team - North Dakota 6:3
- 12/31: Spokane Flyers - Colorado College 8:5
- 1/4: Northeastern - Tufts 7:4
- 1/4: American International - Massachusetts 7:6
- 1/5: Boston University - Brown 4:3
- 1/5: Middlebury - Dartmouth 2:0
- 1/5: Denver - North Dakota 6:3
- 1/6: Massachusetts - Bowdoin 5:1
- 1/6: Denver - North Dakota 3:1
- 1/6: Michigan - Michigan State 5:2
- 1/6: Michigan Tech - St. Cloud State 19:0
- 1/6: New Hampshire - Norwich 6:5
- 1/6: US Olympic Team - Minnesota 9:2
- 1/6: St. John's - Concordia 7:1
- 1/7: Laval University (QC) - St. Lawrence 3:2
- 1/7: US Olympic Team - Minnesota 3:2
- 1/7: RPI - Northeastern 13:2
- 1/7: Michigan Tech - St. Cloud State 13:0
- 1/7: Michigan - Michigan State 3:1
- 1/7: Harvard - Dartmouth 6:2
- 1/7: Boston University - Tufts 8:4
- 1/7: Princeton - Army 6:5 OT
- 1/7: Brown - Providence 7:3
- 1/7: Colorado College - North Dakota 8:5
- 1/7: Williams - MIT 6:1
- 1/8: Ironwood Jets - Wisconsin-Superior 12:4
- 1/9: Colorado College - North Dakota 7:2
- 1/9: Tufts - New Hampshire 12:2
- 1/10: Boston College - Boston University 7:5
- 1/10: Clarkson - St. Lawrence 8:3
- 1/10: Harvard - Providence 5:4
- 1/11: Hamilton - Lehigh 16:2
- 1/11: Brown - Dartmouth 10:2
- 1/11: Denver - University of Saskatchewan 14:1
- 1/12: Boston University - Dartmouth 7:5
- 1/12: Colorado College - University of Saskatchewan 8:1
- 1/13: Denver - University of Saskatchewan 2:1
- 1/13: Tufts - Holy Cross 6:5
- 1/13: Michigan - Minnesota 2:0
- 1/13: Bowdoin - New Hampshire 3:1
- 1/13: RPI - American International 7:2
- 1/13: Michigan Tech - North Dakota 5:3
- 1/14: Yale - Providence 10:3
- 1/14: Michigan Tech - North Dakota 5:2
- 1/14: Michigan - Minnesota 2:1
- 1/14: Colorado College - University of Saskatchewan 13:4
- 1/14: Army - Amherst 4:3
- 1/14: Hamilton - American International 6:5
- 1/14: Harvard - Brown 4:2
- 1/14: St. Lawrence - Sir George Williams 11:0
- 1/14: Princeton - Dartmouth 7:2
- 1/15: US Olympic Team - Boston College 8:0
- 1/16: Holy Cross - Massachusetts 5:4
- 1/17: Boston College - Dartmouth 11:3
- 1/17: Detroit Red Wings - Michigan State 9:3
- 1/18: Williams - Army 4:3
- 1/18: Dartmouth - Northeastern 5:4 OT
- 1/19: American International - Holy Cross 8:5
- 1/20: Colorado College - Denver 2:0
- 1/20: Massachusetts - Wesleyan 8:2
- 1/20: Michigan - Michigan State 3:2 OT
- 1/20: Michigan Tech - Minnesota 4:2
- 1/20: Holy Cross - New Hampshire 6:3
- 1/21: Minnesota - Michigan Tech 3:2
- 1/21: St. Lawrence - Queens University (ON) 5:2
- 1/21: Michigan - Michigan State 7:1
- 1/21: Colorado College - Denver 8:1
- 1/21: Army - Middlebury 2:1 OT
- 1/21: Yale - Dartmouth 6:0
- 1/24: American International - Yale 4:2
- 1/27: Michigan Tech - Michigan State 8:1
- 1/27: North Dakota - Minnesota 4:0
- 1/27: Clarkson - Yale 10:4
- 1/28: Minnesota - North Dakota 5:3
- 1/28: Michigan Tech - Michigan State 6:5 OT
- 1/28: Army - Colby 6:2
- 1/28: St. Lawrence - Yale 8:2
- 1/31: Providence - Boston University 10:9 OT
- 1/31: Brown - Northeastern 5:3
- 2/1: Army - Yale 2:1
- 2/1: St. Lawrence - Middlebury 10:2
- 2/2: Boston College - Dartmouth 4:3
- 2/3: St. Lawrence - Boston University 3:1
- 2/3: Colorado College - Michigan State 4:2
- 2/3: Denver - Minnesota 3:3 OT
- 2/4: Denver - Minnesota 5:1
- 2/4: Colorado College - Michigan State 6:1
- 2/4: Clarkson - Boston University 9:0
- 2/4: Northeastern - Norwich 4:2
- 2/4: Boston College - Yale 4:1
- 2/4: RPI - Williams 5:2
- 2/4: American International - Army 6:2
- 2/4: Harvard - Dartmouth 10:1
- 2/6: Brown - Princeton 7:5
- 2/6: North Dakota - Denver 6:2
- 2/7: North Dakota - Denver 8:6
- 2/7: Providence - Holy Cross 10:3
- 2/7: Colorado College - Michigan 6:3
- 2/7: Wisconsin-Superior - St. Olaf 4:3
- 2/8: Michigan - Colorado College 7:2
- 2/8: Yale - Brown 3:2
- 2/8: RPI - Hamilton 13:2
- 2/8: Clarkson - Dartmouth 8:0
- 2/8: New Hampshire - Colby 3:2 OT
- 2/9: New Hampshire - Bowdoin 6:3
- 2/9: Denver - Regina Pats (SK) 7:5
- 2/9: American International - Providence 5:3
- 2/9: Babson - Lehigh 4:4
- 2/10: Massachusetts - Colby 3:2
- 2/10: Regina Pats (SK) - Denver 6:3
- 2/10: Boston College - St. Francis Xavier (NS) 7:4
- 2/10: Michigan Tech - Minnesota 5:2
- 2/10: St. Lawrence - RPI 6:4
- 2/10: American International - Tufts 14:7
- 2/10: Princeton - MIT 5:1
- 2/11: Michigan Tech - Minnesota 2:0
- 2/11: Boston University - Army 6:4
- 2/11: St. Francis Xavier (NS) - Providence 6:3
- 2/11: Bowdoin - Massachusetts 6:4
- 2/11: Princeton - Northeastern 8:2
- 2/11: Harvard - Brown 3:1
- 2/11: Yale - Dartmouth 5:0
- 2/11: Regina Pats (SK) - Colorado College 3:1
- 2/11: Clarkson - RPI 7:1
- 2/13: Colorado College - Regina Pats (SK) 5:1
- 2/13: Minnesota - Michigan State 2:1 OT
- 2/14: Minnesota - Michigan State 2:1 OT
- 2/14: Brown - Tufts 6:1
- 2/14: Harvard - Williams 10:3
- 2/14: Holy Cross - Wesleyan 11:5
- 2/15: Army - New Hampshire 10:2
- 2/15: Providence - Northeastern 6:2
- 2/15: Dartmouth - Norwich 5:2
- 2/16: Massachusetts - Holy Cross 3:2 OT
- 2/16: Amherst - New Hampshire 6:4
- 2/16: American International - Tufts 13:4
- 2/16: Denver - University of British Columbia 21:1
- 2/17: Denver - University of British Columbia 15:1
- 2/17: Dartmouth - Middlebury 6:3
- 2/17: Clarkson - Boston College 5:2
- 2/17: Michigan - Minnesota 5:3
- 2/17: Norwich - American International 9:8
- 2/17: Wesleyan - Babson 5:4
- 2/17: Michigan Tech - North Dakota 6:2
- 2/18: Michigan Tech - North Dakota 5:4 OT
- 2/18: Michigan - Minnesota 6:2
- 2/18: St. Lawrence - Boston College 6:2
- 2/18: Army - Dartmouth 4:3
- 2/18: Northeastern - Colby 7:2
- 2/18: RPI - Boston University 8:2
- 2/18: Brown - Yale 3:1
- 2/18: Norwich - Bowdoin 9:5
- 2/18: Harvard - Princeton 5:3
- 2/18: Colorado College - University of British Columbia 9:1
- 2/20: Colorado College - University of British Columbia 16:1
- 2/20: Dartmouth - Williams 4:3
- 2/20: Merrimack - Babson 4:3
- 2/21: Brown - Providence 7:2
- 2/21: Northeastern - New Hampshire 5:1
- 2/21: St. Lawrence - Hamilton 7:0
- 2/22: St. Lawrence - Army 5:0
- 2/22: Harvard - Tufts 16:1
- 2/22: Yale - Princeton 3:2 OT
- 2/22: Amherst - Massachusetts 4:2
- 2/23: Massachusetts - New Hampshire 6:2
- 2/23: Boston University - Dartmouth 4:1
- 2/23: Northeastern - American International 8:6
- 2/24: Minnesota - Colorado College 4:1
- 2/24: Michigan - University of Montreal (QC) 5:2
- 2/24: Carleton - Wisconsin-Superior 9:2
- 2/24: Michigan Tech - Michigan State 4:3
- 2/25: Michigan Tech - Michigan State 3:1
- 2/25: Princeton - Yale 4:0
- 2/25: Michigan - University of Montreal (QC) 10:1
- 2/25: Minnesota - Colorado College 4:2
- 2/25: Army - Hamilton 5:1
- 2/25: St. Olaf - Wisconsin-Superior 3:1
- 2/25: RPI - Middlebury 4:0
- 2/25: Harvard - Boston College 5:3
- 2/25: Bowdoin - MIT 8:0
- 2/25: Brown - Dartmouth 5:3
- 2/26: St. Lawrence - Providence 15:2
- 2/27: Clarkson - Providence 8:3
- 2/27: St. Lawrence - Middlebury 5:1
- 2/28: Boston College - Boston University 7:3
- 2/28: St. Lawrence - Dartmouth 12:1
- 2/28: Northeastern - Harvard 4:2
- 2/28: Tufts - Holy Cross 6:5
- 2/28: Norwich - New Hampshire 11:3
- 2/29: Bowdoin - Babson 8:4
- 2/29: Tufts - MIT 8:5
- 2/29: Colby - New Hampshire 3:1
- 2/29: Army - Massachusetts 12:1
- 2/29: Princeton - Brown 4:2
- 2/29: Yale - Middlebury 7:6
- 3/2: Denver - Colorado College 10:3
- 3/2: Michigan - Michigan Tech 5:2
- 3/2: Michigan State - Ontario Agricultural College 4:2
- 3/2: Minnesota - North Dakota 8:4
- 3/3: Minnesota - North Dakota 7:0
- 3/3: Michigan State - Ontario Agricultural College 7:4
- 3/3: Michigan - Michigan Tech 6:3
- 3/3: Denver - Colorado College 5:1
- 3/3: Army - Norwich 3:0
- 3/3: Northeastern - Boston University 6:5 OT
- 3/3: MIT - New Hampshire 3:2
- 3/3: Clarkson - RPI 6:1
- 3/3: Princeton - Dartmouth 5:4 OT
- 3/3: Yale - Harvard 1:0
- 3/3: Colby - Bowdoin 7:6
- 3/3: Middlebury - Hamilton 4:3
- 3/6: Clarkson - St. Lawrence 8:4
- 3/7: Harvard - Princeton 2:1
- 3/9: Michigan - Michigan Tech 5:1
- 3/10: Michigan - Michigan Tech 5:1
- 3/10: Harvard - Yale 2:0
- 3/10: Dartmouth - Dartmouth Alumni 12:11
- 3/10: Army - Royal Military College (ON) 3:2
- 3/12: Dalhousie (NB) - Providence 6:3
- 3/12: Ladd Rangers - Alaska-Fairbanks 9:2 - All-Alaska Tournament
- 3/13: Dalhousie (NB) - Providence 8:2
- 3/14: Ladd Flyers - Alaska-Fairbanks 9:2 - All-Alaska Tournament
- 3/21: Ladd Rangers - Alaska-Fairbanks 6:2
- 3/27: Fairbanks Hockey Club - Alaska-Fairbanks 3:0
- Army - Rye 7:2
- Clarkson - Shamrocks 4:1
- Clarkson - University of Montreal (QC) 9:2
- Clarkson - Loyola University (QC) 7:5
- Clarkson - Hamilton 12:3
- Clarkson - Montagnards 11:1
- Clarkson - Laval University (QC) 3:2
- Clarkson - Queens University (ON) 4:4 - became 1:0 Forfeit
- Clarkson - Middlebury 6:2
- Clarkson - Middlebury 10:1
- Clarkson - Queens University (ON) 4:2
- Princeton - Williams 4:3
- American International - Princeton 5:3
- Colby - Bowdoin 6:1
- Norwich - Colby 7:2
- Colby - Bowdoin 4:1
- American International - Colby 14:3
- Amherst - Colby 5:2
- Colby - Bowdoin 9:4
- Amherst - MIT 5:3
- Amherst - Bowdoin 8:1
- Middlebury - Amherst 3:0
- Tufts - Amherst 6:3
- Williams - Amherst 3:2
- Hamilton - Amherst 3:2
- Norwich - Amherst 4:3
- American International - Amherst 4:2
- Williams - Amherst 7:2
- Middlebury - Hamilton 10:2
- Middlebury - Williams 10:2
- Middlebury - Norwich 4:2
- Middlebury - Norwich 5:1
- Middlebury - Williams 6:3
- Williams - Hamilton 7:3
- Hamilton - Williams 7:3
- Minnesota Duluth - Fort Frances Canadiens (ON) 8:2
- Port Arthur North Stars (ON) - Minnesota Duluth 8:3
- Minnesota Duluth - Eveleth Rangers 9:3
- Minnesota Duluth - Eveleth Rangers 4:3
- US Olympic Team - Minnesota Duluth 11:0
- Regina Pats - Minnesota Duluth 5:1
- Minnesota Duluth - Michigan Tech JV 3:2
- Minnesota Duluth - Michigan Tech JV 9:2
- Taconite Hornets - Minnesota Duluth 5:4
- St. Cloud State - Minneapolis Rockets 6:4
- St. Cloud State - St. Thomas 6:2
- St. Cloud State - Augsburg 15:5
- St. John's - St. Cloud State 8:5
- St. Cloud State - St. John's 2:0
- St. Cloud State - Wisconsin-Superior 7:0
- St. Cloud State - Hamline 4:3
- St. Cloud State - Concordia 8:0
- St. Cloud State - Carleton 9:0
- St. Cloud State - Concordia 8:4
- St. Cloud State - Hamline 5:1
- St. Cloud State - Wisconsin-Superior 11:1
- St. Cloud State - Augsburg 10:3
- Duluth Air Base - Wisconsin-Superior 8:2
- Wisconsin-Superior - Superior Police 5:2
- Lehigh - Landsowne 1:0 Forfeit
- Lehigh - Morristown HC 4:1
- Colgate - Lehigh 5:3
- Teaneck - Lehigh 5:1
- New Rochelle HC - Lehigh 14:0
- Princeton JV - Lehigh 13:0
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament
- 12/26: Boston College - Brown 5:3
- 12/26: Boston University - Providence 14:3
- 12/27: St. Lawrence - Boston University 6:0
- 12/27: Brown - Tufts 10:2
- 12/27: Dalhousie (NB) - Providence 6:5 OT
- 12/27: Northeastern - Holy Cross 12:0
- 12/28: Providence - Tufts 10:7
- 12/28: St. Lawrence - Boston College 6:2
- 12/28: Clarkson - Harvard 11:5
- 12/29: Dalhousie (NB) - Brown 7:2
- 12/30: Clarkson - Boston College 7:6 OT
- 12/30: St. Lawrence - Harvard 3:1
- 12/31: Dalhousie (NB) - Harvard 6:5
- 12/31: Clarkson - Boston University 10:5
- 12/31: Northeastern - Tufts 13:8
RPI Holiday Invitational
- 12/30: Minnesota - Loyola University (QC) 6:2
- 12/30: RPI - Princeton 3:2
- 12/31: Minnesota - Princeton 10:1
- 12/31: RPI - Loyola University (QC) 6:4
- 1/1: Princeton - Loyola University (QC) 4:2
- 1/2: Minnesota - RPI 5:3
Beanpot Tournament
- Semifinals
- 2/6: Boston College - Northeastern 7:1
- 2/6: Harvard - Boston University 6:1
- Consolation
- 2/8: Boston University - Northeastern 9:3
- Final
- 2/8: Boston College - Harvard 4:2
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- 1/4: Macalester - Augsburg 14:0
- 1/9: St. John's - Augsburg 9:2
- 1/10: Macalester - Hamline 3:1
- Minnesota Duluth - Gustavus Adolphus 5:2
- 1/10: Minnesota Duluth - St. Thomas 7:2
- Minnesota Duluth - Hamline 4:0
- Minnesota Duluth - Macalester 7:2
- 1/17:Minnesota Duluth - Augsburg 8:2
- 1/17: St. Thomas - Macalester 6:3
- 1/31: St. Thomas - Augsburg 10:0
- 1/31: Macalester - Gustavus Adolphus 6:3
- 2/2: Macalester - Augsburg 5:2
- 2/2: Hamline - St. Thomas 2:1
- Minnesota Duluth - St. John's 8:0
- 2/3: Minnesota Duluth - Macalester 10:2
- Minnesota Duluth - Gustavus Adolphus 5:2
- 2/6: St. John's - Hamline 5:2
- 2/9: Gustavus Adolphus - Augsburg 12:2
- 2/13: Macalester - St. Thomas 4:2
- 2/15: Macalester - Hamline 3:1
- 2/21: Gustavus Adolphus - St. John's 5:4 OT
- 2/24: St. John's - Macalester 6:4
- Minnesota Duluth - Hamline 8:1
- Minnesota Duluth - St. Thomas 6:0
- Minnesota Duluth - St. John's 7:3
- Minnesota Duluth - Augsburg 15:2
Minnesota Duluth won the championship.
| 1955–56 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| Minnesota–Duluth † | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | – | – | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | – | – | ||
| Augsburg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Gustavus Adolphus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | – | – | ||
| Hamline | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Macalester | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Saint John's | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | – | – | ||
| St. Thomas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 6 | 8 | 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 WIHL teams and a Tri-State League representative received bids into the tournament as did one independent school.
Clarkson, who had completed a 23-0 record in the regular season, were offered a bid by the selection committee. The Golden Knights, however, had 8 four-year seniors on the team (who would not have been allowed to play in the tournament) and declined the invitation, leaving the second place team from the Tri-State League to go in their stead.
| East | West | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Boston College | Independent | 14–5–0 | At-Large | 5th | 1954 | 1 | Michigan | WIHL | 18–2–1 | At-Large | 9th | 1955 |
| 2 | St. Lawrence | Tri-State League | 17–4–0 | At-Large | 3rd | 1955 | 2 | Michigan Tech | WIHL | 20–6–0 | At-Large | 1st | Never |
Results
The tournament was played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs.
- Semifinals
- 3/15: Michigan Tech - Boston College 10:4
- 3/16: Michigan - St. Lawrence 2:1 OT
- Consolation Game
- 3/17: St. Lawrence - Boston College 6:2
- Championship Game
- 3/17: Michigan - Michigan Tech 7:5
Sources
- 1955-56 - College Hockey News
- Various team Media Guides
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