1951–52 NCAA men's ice hockey season

The 1951–52 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1951 and concluded with the 1952 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 15, 1952 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 5th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 57th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
This was the first season of play for the MCHL. The conference was the first for western teams and would eventually become the WCHA.
==Regular season==
===Season tournaments===
Tournament 	Dates 	Teams	Champion
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament	December 27–29	8 	Brown
New England Invitational 	March 1–3 	4 	Boston University
===Standings===
==1952 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
 	Freshman 	Rensselaer 	18	55	24	79 	6
 	Senior 	Colorado College	25	40	27	67 	20
 	Sophomore	Rensselaer 	18	31	34	65 	4
 	Freshman 	Minnesota 	26	32	30	62 	10
 	Senior 	Colorado College	– 	24	33	57 	8
 	Freshman 	St. Lawrence 	18	28	27	55 	–
 	Freshman 	Rensselaer 	14	24	31	55 	10
 	Senior 	Brown 	– 	36	18	54 	–
 	Junior 	Colorado College	– 	29	24	53 	29
 	Freshman 	Minnesota 	26	32	20	52 	33
===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
 	Freshman 	Michigan 	26	- 	22	4	0 	70	2 	- 	2.69
 	Junior 	Yale 	- 	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	2.76
 	Senior 	North Dakota 	11	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	0 	.927	3.00
 	Junior 	Rensselaer 	14	695 	9 	2	0 	39	1 	- 	3.37
 	Freshman 	St. Lawrence 	20	1163	15	5	0 	67	0 	.886	3.46
 	Sophomore	Denver 	15	- 	11	3	1 	- 	0 	.845	3.46
 	Sophomore	North Dakota 	24	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	2 	.868	4.25
 	Junior 	Minnesota 	13	- 	- 	-	- 	64	0 	.840	4.90
 	Senior 	Michigan State	15	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	5.73
 	Sophomore	Michigan Tech 	- 	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	.829	7.00
==Awards==
===NCAA===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Spencer Penrose Award 	Spencer Penrose Award 	Cheddy Thompson, Colorado College
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Ken Kinsley, Colorado College
AHCA All-American Teams 	AHCA All-American Teams 	AHCA All-American Teams
First Team 	  Position   	Second Team
Ray Picard, Northeastern 	G 	Ken Kinsley, Colorado College
John Grocott, Dartmouth 	D 	Joe deBastiani, Michigan Tech
Eddie Miller, Denver 	D 	Jim Haas, Michigan
Tony Frasca, Colorado College 	F 	Omer Brandt, Colorado College
Ron Hartwell, Colorado College 	F 	Frank Chiarelli, Rensselaer
Bob Wheeler, Brown 	F 	John Mayasich, Minnesota
===MCHL===
No Awards
All-MCHL Teams 	All-MCHL Teams 	All-MCHL Teams
First Team 	  Position  	Second Team
Ken Kinsley, Colorado College 	G 	Willard Ikola, Michigan
Don Burgess, Denver 	D 	Joe deBastiani, Michigan Tech
Eddie Miller, Denver 	D 	Elwood Shell, North Dakota
Tony Frasca, Colorado College 	F 	John Mayasich, Minnesota
Ron Hartwell, Colorado College	F 	John McKennell, Michigan
Omer Brandt, Colorado College 	F 	Bill Abbott, Denver
==References==
==External links==
*College Hockey Historical Archives
*1951–52 NCAA Standings
 
NCAA