# 1954–55 NCAA men's ice hockey season

The 1954–55 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in November 1954 and concluded with the 1955 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 12, 1955 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 8th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 61st year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

## Regular season
### Season tournaments

| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
| Boston Arena Christmas Tournament | December 27–29 | 8 | McGill |
| Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 30–January 1 | 4 | Toronto |
| Beanpot | February 7–8 | 4 | Harvard |

### Standings

1954–55 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 |
| Amherst | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | – | – |
| American International | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
| Army | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .533 | 71 | 83 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 73 | 86 |
| Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 104 | 74 |
| Boston University | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | .174 | 68 | 163 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 68 | 163 |
| Bowdoin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | – | – |
| Brown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 92 | 77 |
| Colby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 84 | 109 |
| Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | – | – |
| Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 138 | 52 |
| Lehigh | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Massachusetts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 53 |
| MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | – | – |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 59 | 65 |
| Northeastern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 71 | 126 |
| Norwich | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 66 | 67 |
| Providence^ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 84 | 87 |
| St. Olaf | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tufts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| Williams | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | – | – |
| Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 77 | 74 |
| ^ Providence was a member of the Northeast League but because the conference did not sponsor ice hockey they are listed here |||||||||||||||
1954–55 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 |
| St. Thomas † | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| Minnesota–Duluth | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | – | – | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | – | – |
| Augsburg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Concordia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| Gustavus Adolphus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| Hamline | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Macalester | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Saint John's | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| † indicates conference champion |||||||||||||||
1954–55 Tri-State League 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 |
| St. Lawrence† | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 32 | 14 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 133 | 66 |
| Clarkson | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 182 | 52 |
| Rensselaer | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 95 | 66 |
| Middlebury | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | – | – |
| † indicates conference regular season champion |||||||||||||||
1954–55 Western Intercollegiate Hockey League vte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PCT | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Colorado College† | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .778 | 19 | 73 | 48 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 144 | 77 |
| Michigan | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .722 | 16 | 78 | 55 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 107 | 70 |
| Minnesota | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 | .458 | 11 | 98 | 96 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 141 | 109 |
| Michigan Tech | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .425 | 10½ | 72 | 68 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 116 | 86 |
| Denver | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | .472 | 10½ | 83 | 68 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 175 | 110 |
| North Dakota | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | .432 | 9½ | 63 | 100 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 115 | 115 |
| Michigan State | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | .275 | 7½ | 62 | 94 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 89 | 125 |
| † 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. ||||||||||||||||

## 1955 NCAA Tournament

| Semifinals March 10–11 | Semifinals March 10–11 | Semifinals March 10–11 | National championship March 12 | National championship March 12 | National championship March 12 |
| E1 | Harvard | 3 | | | |
| W2 | Michigan | 7 | | | |
| W2 | Michigan | 7 | W2 | Michigan | 5 |
| | | | W1 | Colorado College | 3 |
| W1 | Colorado College | 2 | W1 | Colorado College | 3 |
| E2 | St. Lawrence | 1 | Third-place game | Third-place game | Third-place game |
| | | | E1 | Harvard | 6 |
| | | | E2 | St. Lawrence | 3 |
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 |
| Bill Cleary | Junior | Harvard | 21 | 42 | 47 | 89 | - |
| John Mayasich | Senior | Minnesota | 30 | 41 | 39 | 80 | 28 |
| Clare Smith | Sophomore | Colorado College | 27 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 14 |
| Ron O'Brien | Sophomore | St. Lawrence | 25 | 27 | 31 | 58 | - |
| Bill MacFarland | Sophomore | Michigan | 24 | 33 | 23 | 56 | 63 |
| Frank Chiarelli | Senior | Rensselaer | 19 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 8 |
| Tom Meeker | Junior | Clarkson | 22 | 23 | 33 | 56 | - |
| Ed Rowe | Sophomore | Clarkson | 21 | 29 | 25 | 54 | - |
| Jack Porter | Junior | Clarkson | 21 | 21 | 31 | 52 | - |
| Lee Fournier | Sophomore | St. Lawrence | 25 | 20 | 31 | 51 | - |

### 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 |
| Bill Sloan | Junior | St. Lawrence | 25 | 1466 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 63 | 1 | .898 | 2.58 |
| Andy LaHaye | Sophomore | Michigan Tech | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .888 | 2.60 |
| Jeff Simus | Junior | Colorado College | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.92 |
| Bob Fox | Senior | Rensselaer | 21 | 1272 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 66 | 5 | .892 | 3.11 |
| Bob McManus | Sophomore | Michigan Tech | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .896 | 3.30 |
| George Scherer | Junior | Yale | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.33 |
| Jim Mattson | Senior | Minnesota | 30 | 1783 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 104 | 2 | .888 | 3.50 |
| Don Whyte | Sophomore | Denver | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | 0 | .887 | 3.60 |
| Spike Schultz | Junior | North Dakota | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | .859 | 4.39 |
| Edward Schiller | Junior | Michigan State | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.58 |