The 1949–50 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in November 1949 and concluded with the 1950 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 18, 1950 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 3rd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 56th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
Army, who had been fielding an ice hockey team continually since 1904, elevated the program to major status in 1949.
Boston University began to sponsor ice hockey as a sport again for this season and was selected as one of the two eastern representatives for the NCAA tournament.
Denver's ice hockey program was started this year after the university finished construction of the DU Arena.
Regular season
Season tournaments Tournament Dates Teams Champion NEIHL Tournament March 6–7 4 Boston College
Standings
1950 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
Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM Sophomore Boston University – 51 33 84 37 Junior Michigan 27 40 29 69 20 Senior Colorado College – 25 35 60 14 Junior Michigan 27 33 23 56 30 Senior Dartmouth – 36 19 55 – Junior North Dakota 23 35 15 50 22 Junior North Dakota 23 27 23 50 43 Sophomore Clarkson 14 23 24 47 – Junior Colorado College – 31 13 44 19 Senior Boston College – 26 17 43 –
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 Senior Yale - - - - - - - - 3.00 Senior North Dakota - - - - - - 0 .886 4.09 Junior St. Lawrence 12 723 - - - 50 0 - 4.15 Sophomore North Dakota - - - - - - 0 .867 4.17 Sophomore Denver 10 - 4 - - - 0 .777 9.63 Sophomore Michigan State 10 - - - - - - - 11.20
Awards
NCAA
Award RecipientMost Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament Ralph Bevins, Boston UniversityAHCA All-American Team First Team Position Second Team Ralph Bevins, Boston University G Jack McDonald, Michigan Ross Smith, Michigan D Joe McCusker, Boston College Jim Starrak, Colorado College D Daniel McKinnon, North Dakota Jack Garrity, Boston University F Len Ceglarski, Boston College Warren Lewis, Boston College F Buzz Johnson, North Dakota Arnold Oss, Dartmouth F Chris Ray, Colorado College
References
External links College Hockey Historical Archives 1949–50 NCAA Standings