1952–53 NCAA men's ice hockey season

The 1952–53 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1952 and concluded with the 1953 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 14, 1953 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 6th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 58th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
==Regular season==
===Season tournaments===
Tournament 	Dates 	Teams	Champion
Beanpot 	December 26–27	4 	Harvard
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament	January 1–3 	4 	Princeton
===Standings===
==1953 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
 	Sophomore	Minnesota 	27	42	36	78 	16
 	Junior 	Rensselaer 	20	35	38	73 	4
 	Sophomore	Rensselaer 	20	36	32	68 	8
 	Sophomore	Minnesota 	27	35	32	67 	35
 	Junior 	Boston University	22	29	20	49 	12
 	Senior 	Michigan 	24	18	30	48 	-
 	Sophomore	Denver 	- 	27	18	45 	-
 	Sophomore	Minnesota 	26	21	24	45 	16
 	Sophomore	North Dakota 	20	30	14	44 	10
 	Sophomore	St. Lawrence 	17	21	22	43 	30
===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
 	Sophomore	Rensselaer 	20	1182	15	4	1 	45	2 	- 	2.28
 	Sophomore	Minnesota 	27	1627	22	5	0 	64	4 	.910	2.36
 	Sophomore	Yale 	- 	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	2.62
 	Freshman 	St. Lawrence 	18	1058	12	6	0 	50	1 	.894	2.83
 	Senior 	Denver 	- 	- 	16	5	1 	- 	0 	.866	3.05
 	Junior 	North Dakota 	20	- 	15	5	0 	- 	1 	.884	3.40
 	Junior 	Michigan State	14	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	5.28
==Awards==
===NCAA===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Spencer Penrose Award 	Spencer Penrose Award 	John Mariucci, Minnesota
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	John Matchefts, Michigan
AHCA All-American Team 	AHCA All-American Team 	AHCA All-American Team
Player 	Pos 	Team
Jim Mattson 	G 	Minnesota
Ray Picard 	G 	Northeastern
Doug Binning 	D 	Middlebury
Herb LaFontaine 	D 	Rensselaer
Alex MacLellan 	D 	Michigan
Bob Monahan 	D 	Michigan Tech
Hank Bothfeld 	F 	Princeton
Wellington Burtnett 	F 	Boston College
Ben Cherski 	F 	North Dakota
Frank Chiarelli 	F 	Rensselaer
John Mayasich 	F 	Minnesota
Richard Rodenhiser 	F 	Boston University
===MCHL===
No Awards
All-MCHL Teams 	All-MCHL Teams 	All-MCHL Teams
First Team 	  Position  	Second Team
Jim Mattson, Minnesota 	G 	Willard Ikola, Michigan
Tom Wegleitner, Minnesota 	D 	Alex MacLellan, Michigan
Eddie Miller, Denver 	D 	Elwood Shell, North Dakota
Ben Cherski, North Dakota 	F 	Gene Campbell, Minnesota
Richard Dougherty, Minnesota	F 	John Matchefts, Michigan
John Mayasich, Minnesota 	F 	Bill Abbott, Denver
 	F 	Joe deBastiani, Michigan Tech
==References==
==External links==
*College Hockey Historical Archives
*1952–53 NCAA Standings
 
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