The 1948–49 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1948 and concluded with the 1949 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 19, 1949 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 2nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 55th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Regular season

Season tournaments Tournament Dates Teams Champion NEIHL Tournament March 8–9 4 Boston College

Standings

1949 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 Senior Dartmouth – 37 41 78 – Sophomore Boston College – 34 31 65 18 Senior Michigan 25 24 36 60 19 Sophomore Michigan 25 26 30 56 20 Senior Michigan 25 31 20 51 4 Senior Colorado College – 19 31 50 – Senior Colorado College – 25 25 50 – Junior Boston College – 23 24 47 6 Junior Michigan 25 18 28 46 2 Sophomore Michigan 25 28 16 44 16

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 Boston College 21 1243 20 1 0 64 0 - 3.09 Sophomore Princeton 16 - - - - - - - 3.12 Sophomore St. Lawrence 12 726 - - - 54 0 - 4.46 Junior Yale - - - - - - - - 5.06 Junior North Dakota - - 8 10 1 - 0 .819 6.80

Awards

NCAA

Award RecipientMost Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament Dick Desmond, DartmouthAHCA 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

References

External links College Hockey Historical Archives 1948–49 NCAA Standings