1961–62 NCAA men's ice hockey season

The 1961–62 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1961 and concluded with the 1962 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 17, 1962 at the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York. This was the 15th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 67th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
This was the premier season for ECAC Hockey which began as a conglomerate of 28 eastern schools among which 8 teams were selected by a committee to participate in a postseason tournament that would determine which university(s) would receive bids to the NCAA tournament. Due to the sheer number of schools and the lack of any scheduling criteria the teams played a vastly unbalanced schedule. As a result, the regular season standings were effectively immaterial in determining the conference tournament participants and the committee based their selections on which teams they felt were the best representatives.
Despite already being in the Tri-State League Clarkson, Rensselaer and St. Lawrence were also founding members of ECAC Hockey and played concurrently in both conferences until the Tri-State League folded in 1972.
This was the first season for Minnesota–Duluth as a university sponsored program.
==Regular season==
===Season tournaments===
Tournament 	Dates 	Teams	Champion
Brown Holiday Tournament 	December 18–20	8 	
ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival 	December 21–22	4 	Clarkson
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament	December 26–28	4 	Michigan State
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament 	December 28–30	4 	Michigan
Beanpot 	February 5, 12	4 	Harvard
===Standings===
==1962 NCAA Tournament==
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
 	Senior 	Colby 	– 	48	56	104	-
 	Sophomore	Rensselaer 	22	41	30	71 	10
 	Senior 	Michigan 	28	43	27	70 	40
 	Senior 	Rensselaer 	23	25	39	64 	66
 	Senior 	Michigan Tech	32	30	29	59 	6
 	Junior 	St. Lawrence 	27	26	31	57 	–
 	Sophomore	Michigan 	– 	19	36	55 	15
 	Junior 	Dartmouth 	– 	37	15	52 	–
 	Junior 	Providence 	– 	26	26	52 	–
 	Senior 	Michigan Tech	31	28	23	51 	50
 	Senior 	Rensselaer 	23	25	26	51 	8
===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
 	Junior 	Harvard 	17	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	.926	1.75
 	Sophomore	North Dakota 	- 	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	0 	.889	2.00
 	Senior 	Harvard 	16	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	2.06
 	Junior 	Clarkson 	21	- 	18	-	- 	- 	- 	.914	2.10
 	Senior 	Army 	24	1459	17	6	1 	53	5 	.919	2.18
 	Sophomore	Michigan Tech	25	1500	23	2	0 	61	0 	.907	2.44
 	Junior 	Cornell 	18	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	.918	2.50
 	Junior 	St. Lawrence 	22	1351	- 	-	- 	64	2 	.909	2.84
 	Junior 	Minnesota 	22	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	3.23
 	Sophomore	Yale 	- 	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	3.50
==Awards==
===NCAA===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Spencer Penrose Award (Coach of the Year) 	Spencer Penrose Award (Coach of the Year) 	Jack Kelley, Colby
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Lou Angotti, Michigan Tech
AHCA All-American Teams 	AHCA All-American Teams 	AHCA All-American Teams
East Team 	  Position   	West Team
Frank Stephenson, Colby 	G 	John Chandik, Michigan State
Dave Johnston, Harvard 	D 	Henry Akervall, Michigan Tech
Arlie Parker, St. Lawrence 	D 	Elov Seger, Michigan Tech
Bill Hogan, Boston College 	F 	Lou Angotti, Michigan Tech
Ron Ryan, Colby 	F 	Red Berenson, Michigan
Dates Fryberger, Middlebury 	F 	Jerry Sullivan, Michigan Tech
===WCHA===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Most Valuable Player 	Most Valuable Player 	Red Berenson, Michigan
Sophomore of the Year 	Sophomore of the Year 	Gordon Wilkie, Michigan
Coach of the Year 	Coach of the Year 	John MacInnes, Michigan Tech
All-WCHA Teams 	All-WCHA Teams 	All-WCHA Teams
First Team 	  Position  	Second Team
Garry Bauman, Michigan Tech 	G 	Bob Gray, Michigan
Henry Akervall, Michigan Tech	D 	Elov Seger, Michigan Tech
Jack Wilson, Denver 	D 	Don Rodgers, Michigan
Red Berenson, Michigan 	F 	Gene Rebellato, Michigan Tech
Jerry Sullivan, Michigan Tech	F 	Trent Beatty, Denver
Lou Angotti, Michigan Tech 	F 	Gordon Wilkie, Michigan
===ECAC===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Player of the Year 	Player of the Year 	Ron Ryan, Colby
Rookie of the Year 	Rookie of the Year 	Bob Brinkworth, Rensselaer
Outstanding Defenseman 	Outstanding Defenseman 	Arlie Parker, St. Lawrence
Most Outstanding Player in Tournament	Most Outstanding Player in Tournament	Arlie Parker, St. Lawrence
All-ECAC Hockey Teams 	All-ECAC Hockey Teams 	All-ECAC Hockey Teams
First Team 	  Position   	Second Team
Glen Eberly, Boston University 	G 	Richie Broadbelt, St. Lawrence
Frank Stephenson, Colby 	G 	Wayne Gibbons, Clarkson
 	G 	Laing Kennedy, Cornell
Arlie Parker, St. Lawrence 	D 	Brian Robins, Rensselaer
Dave Johnston, Harvard 	D 	Joe McGeough, Providence
Don Young, Colby 	D 	Harry Howell, Harvard
Jack Leetch, Boston College 	D 	Tom McMahon, Rensselaer
Cal Wagner , Clarkson 	D 	Pat Brophy, Clarkson
Ron Ryan, Colby 	F 	Jim Josephson, Rensselaer
Bill Hogan, Boston College 	F 	Rollie Anderson, St. Lawrence
Dates Fryberger, Middlebury 	F 	Tom Roe, Williams
Gene Kinasewich, Harvard 	F 	Dave Leighton, Dartmouth
Ron Mason, St. Lawrence 	F 	Marsh Tschida, Providence
Bob Brinkworth, Rensselaer 	F 	John Cook, Princeton
Tim Taylor, Harvard 	F 	Roger Purdie, Clarkson
Dave Grannis, Harvard 	F 	Ron Famigletti, Bowdoin
Hal Pettersen, Clarkson 	F 	Dave Sveden, Colby
Corby Adams, Clarkson 	F 	
==References==
==External links==
*College Hockey Historical Archives
*1961–62 NCAA Standings
 
NCAA