1948–49 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season

The 1948–49 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team represented the Boston College in intercollegiate college ice hockey during the 1948–49 NCAA men's ice hockey season. The head coach was John "Snooks" Kelley and the team captain was Bernie Burke. The team won the 1949 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. The team's leading scorer was Jack Mulhern, who finished second in the NCAA in both goals (34) and points (65)
==Season==
Boston College, looking to return to the tournament and improve upon their overtime loss in the semifinal the year before, opened the 1948–49 season with a 13–5 win over MIT. In January they welcomed fellow tournament hopeful Colorado College for one game and took the close match 6–5, improving their record to 7–0. less than a month later they met the other eastern tournament team, Dartmouth, and lost their first game 2–4 in Hanover. They would make up for that win a month later by defeating the Indians at home. BC finished the regular season 17–1, never having to leave New England and only playing three game outside of the state and one other outside the greater Boston area.
In March the Eagles played two tournaments. The first was the New England Tournament (a precursor to the Beanpot) where they won two narrow victories over Northeastern and Boston University to win the championship. With a 19–1 record Boston College received the top eastern seed and played Colorado College in the first round of the NCAA Tournament The Eagles won the game handily, scoring seven against the Tigers to earn their right to the play for the title. The Championship game was a rubber match for BC and Dartmouth and for their third meeting the two teams did not disappoint. The game had three lead changes before Jim Fitzgerald put the Eagles ahead for good in the third period and Boston College won the title 4–3.
This was the last BC team to win an ice hockey championship for 52 years. This was the first team to win a national title where all players were born in the same state or province. The 1949 national title game was the first one held between two eastern teams, the next time two eastern teams would meet in the final game was in 1967.
==Standings==
===Schedule===
During the season Boston College compiled a 21–1 record. By winning the national title the team set a record for the fewest losses by a national champion that would stand until 1970. Their schedule was as follows.
Date 	Opponent 	Score 	Result 	Venue 	Location 	Record
Dec. 1, 1948 	MIT 	13–5 	Win 	Boston Arena 	Boston, MA 	1–0
Dec. 6, 1948 	Brown 	5–1 	Win 	Skating Club of Boston	Brighton, MA 	2–0
Dec. 11, 1948 	Yale 	3–1 	Win 	New Haven Arena 	New Haven, CT 	3–0
Dec. 13, 1948 	Fort Devens State 	22–1 	Win 	Skating Club of Boston	Brighton, MA 	4–0
Dec. 15, 1948 	Harvard 	9–4 	Win 	Boston Arena 	Boston, MA 	5–0
Dec. 21, 1948 	Boston University 	5–1 	Win 	Boston Arena 	Boston, MA 	6–0
Jan. 2, 1949 	Colorado College 	6–5 	Win 	Boston Arena 	Boston, MA 	7–0
Jan. 10, 1949 	MIT 	11–5 	Win 	Skating Club of Boston	Brighton, MA 	8–0
Jan. 12, 1949 	Harvard 	8–5 	Win 	Boston Arena 	Boston, MA 	9–0
Jan. 27, 1949 	Dartmouth 	2–4 	Loss 	Davis Rink 	Hanover, NH 	9–1
Feb. 1, 1949 	Northeastern 	7–4 	Win 	Boston Arena 	Boston, MA 	10–1
Feb. 2, 1949 	American International	10–2 	Win 	Boston Arena 	Boston, MA 	11–1
Feb. 7, 1949 	Princeton 	5–2 	Win 	Skating Club of Boston	Brighton, MA 	12–1
Feb. 9, 1949 	Northeastern 	9–1 	Win 	Boston Arena 	Boston, MA 	13–1
Feb. 18, 1949 	St. Nick's 	8–2 	Win 	Crystal Ice Palace 	Norwalk, CT 	14–1
Feb. 22, 1949 	Dartmouth 	7–4 	Win 	Boston Arena 	Boston, MA 	15–1
Feb. 25, 1949 	American International	6–3 	Win 	 	 	16–1
Mar. 1, 1949 	Boston University 	6–2 	Win 	Boston Arena 	Boston, MA 	17–1
New England Tournament	New England Tournament	New England Tournament	New England Tournament	New England Tournament	New England Tournament	New England Tournament
Mar. 8, 1949 	Northeastern 	5–4 	Win 	Boston Arena 	Boston, MA 	18–1
Mar. 9, 1949 	Boston University 	6–5 	Win 	Boston Arena 	Boston, MA 	19–1
 	 	 	 	 	 	
March 15, 1949 	Colorado College 	7–3 	Win 	Broadmoor World Arena 	Colorado Springs, CO 	20–1
March 17, 1949 	Dartmouth 	4–3 	Win 	Broadmoor World Arena 	Colorado Springs, CO 	21–1
 	 	164–67 	 	 	 	21–1
* Denotes overtime periods
==Roster and scoring statistics==
No. 	Name	Year 	Position	Hometown 	S/P/C	Games	G 	A 	Pts	
 	 	Sophomore	F 	Boston, MA 	 	22 	34 	31 	65 	18
 	 	Junior 	C 	Arlington, MA 	 	21 	23 	24 	47 	6
 	 	Senior 	LW 	Cambridge, MA 	 	22 	18 	23 	41 	2
 	 	Sophomore	F 	Norwood, MA 	 	22 	18 	21 	39 	6
 	 	Junior 	RW 	Medford, MA 	 	19 	22 	13 	35 	18
 	 	Sophomore	F 	East Walpole, MA	 	13 	13 	21 	34 	8
 	 	Junior 	D 	Walpole, MA 	 	22 	9 	20 	29 	18
 	 	Senior 	D 	Brighton, MA 	 	21 	10 	2 	12 	6
 	 	Junior 	F 	Auburndale, MA 	 	15 	7 	4 	11 	4
 	 	Junior 	F 	Watertown, MA 	 	22 	5 	5 	10 	18
 	 	Junior 	D 	Waltham, MA 	 	7 	2 	5 	7 	4
 	 	 	F 	Belmont, MA 	 	12 	0 	3 	3 	2
 	 	 	F 	Cambridge, MA 	 	7 	1 	1 	2 	0
 	 	 	F 	 	 	6 	1 	1 	2 	2
 	 	Junior 	F 	Arlington, MA 	 	12 	0 	2 	2 	0
 	 	 	F 	 	 	3 	1 	0 	1 	2
 	 	Junior 	F 	Newton, MA 	 	13 	1 	0 	1 	2
 	 	 	F 	 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	Senior 	F 	Belmont, MA 	 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	Senior 	G 	Melrose, MA 	 	21 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	Junior 	G 	Dorchester, MA 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	Senior 	G 	Lexington, MA 	 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	 	G 	 	 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Total	 	 	 	 	 	 	165	176	341	116
*Note: Boston College players wore sweaters without numbers.
*Note: The Boston College record book lists the 1948-49 team as scoring 164 goals over the season but, in the player breakdown, has a total of 165 goals for the season.
==Goaltending statistics==
No. 	Name	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shutouts	 	
 	 	21 	– 	20 	1 	0 	– 	– 	– 	–	3.09
 	 	1 	60 	1 	0 	0 	3 	– 	0 	–	3.00
 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–	–
 	 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–	–
Total	 	22 	– 	21 	1 	0 	 	– 	0 	–	–
==1949 National Championship==
===(E1) Boston College vs. (E2) Dartmouth===
Scoring summary	Scoring summary	Scoring summary	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary	Scoring summary
Period 	Team 	Goal 	Assist(s) 	Time 	Score
1st 	BC 	Warren Lewis 	Fitzgerald 	6:04 	1–0 BC
1st 	DC 	Walter Crowley 	Oss 	10:34 	1–1
1st 	DC 	Bill Riley 	unassisted 	19:32 	2–1 DC
2nd 	BC 	John McIntire 	Lewis and Fitzgerald 	Unknown 	2–2
2nd 	BC 	Len Ceglarski 	Harrington and Mulhern	21:04 	3–2 BC
3rd 	DC 	Alan Kerivan 	Crowley 	42:01 	3–3
3rd 	BC 	Jim Fitzgerald 	Lewis 	46:47 	4–3 BC
Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders
Team 	Name 	Saves 	Goals against	Time on ice
BC 	Bernie Burke	 	3 	
DC 	Dick Desmond	 	4 	
Butch Songin and Jack Mulhern were named to the All-Tournament First Team while Bernie Burke made the Second Team
== See also ==
*List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions
== References ==
== External links ==
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