# 1949–50 NCAA men's ice hockey season

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

1949–50 NCAA Independent ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| American International | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | – |
| Army | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 35 | 77 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 83 |
| Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 122 | 83 |
| Boston University | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | .792 | 170 | 70 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 170 | 70 |
| Bowdoin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
| Brown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 134 | 85 |
| Clarkson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 61 | 67 |
| Colby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Colgate | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 83 |
| Colorado College | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .781 | 131 | 60 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 190 | 90 |
| Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 93 | 86 |
| Denver | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 50 | 202 |
| Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | – | – |
| Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 106 | 89 |
| Lehigh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 18 |
| Massachusetts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 45 |
| Michigan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 176 | 72 |
| Michigan State | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 157 |
| Michigan Tech | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 110 | 65 |
| Middlebury | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | – | – |
| Minnesota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 75 | 74 |
| MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | – | – |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 28 |
| North Dakota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 147 | 95 |
| North Dakota Agricultural | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Northeastern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 92 | 105 |
| Norwich | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 81 | 112 |
| Rensselaer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 58 |
| Saint Michael's | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 35 |
| St. Lawrence | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 32 |
| Tufts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Williams | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | – | – |
| Wyoming | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | – |
| Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 83 | 55 |
1949–50 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Macalester † | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Saint John's † | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| Augsburg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Concordia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| Gustavus Adolphus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | – | – |
| Hamline | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Minnesota–Duluth | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | – | – | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| St. Olaf | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | – | – |
| St. Thomas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
| † indicates conference champion |||||||||||||||

## 1950 NCAA Tournament

| Semifinals March 16–17 | Semifinals March 16–17 | Semifinals March 16–17 | National championship March 18 | National championship March 18 | National championship March 18 |
| E1 | Boston College | 3 | | | |
| W2 | Colorado College | 10 | | | |
| W2 | Colorado College | 10 | W2 | Colorado College | 13 |
| | | | E2 | Boston University | 4 |
| W1 | Michigan | 3 | E2 | Boston University | 4 |
| E2 | Boston University | 4 | Third-place game | Third-place game | Third-place game |
| | | | E1 | Boston College | 6 |
| | | | W1 | Michigan | 10 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## 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 |
| Jack Garrity | Sophomore | Boston University | – | 51 | 33 | 84 | 37 |
| Gil Burford | Junior | Michigan | 27 | 40 | 29 | 69 | 20 |
| Harry Whitworth | Senior | Colorado College | – | 25 | 35 | 60 | 14 |
| Neil Celley | Junior | Michigan | 27 | 33 | 23 | 56 | 30 |
| Arnold Oss | Senior | Dartmouth | – | 36 | 19 | 55 | – |
| Milt Johnson | Junior | North Dakota | 23 | 35 | 15 | 50 | 22 |
| Buzz Johnson | Junior | North Dakota | 23 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 43 |
| Bill Munro | Sophomore | Clarkson | 14 | 23 | 24 | 47 | – |
| Chris Ray | Junior | Colorado College | – | 31 | 13 | 44 | 19 |
| Warren Lewis | 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 |
| James Burns | Senior | Yale | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.00 |
| Bob Murray | Senior | North Dakota | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | .886 | 4.09 |
| Gene Delvecchio | Junior | St. Lawrence | 12 | 723 | - | - | - | 50 | 0 | - | 4.15 |
| Ralph Engelstad | Sophomore | North Dakota | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | .867 | 4.17 |
| George DeLange | Sophomore | Denver | 10 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 0 | .777 | 9.63 |
| Delmar Reid | Sophomore | Michigan State | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.20 |

## Awards
### NCAA

| Award | Award | Recipient |
| Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament | Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament | Ralph Bevins, Boston University |
| AHCA 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 |