1948–49 NCAA men's ice hockey season

The 1948–49 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1948 and concluded with the 1949 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 19, 1949 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 2nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 54th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
==Regular season==
===Season tournaments===
Tournament 	Dates 	Teams	Champion
NEIHL Tournament	March 8–9	4 	Boston College
===Standings===
==1949 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 	Dartmouth 	– 	37	41	78 	–
 	Sophomore	Boston College 	– 	34	31	65 	18
 	Senior 	Michigan 	25	24	36	60 	–
 	Sophomore	Michigan 	– 	26	30	56 	–
 	Senior 	Colorado College	– 	19	31	50 	–
 	Senior 	Colorado College	– 	25	25	50 	–
 	Junior 	Boston College 	– 	23	24	47 	6
 	Junior 	North Dakota 	20	25	16	41 	18
 	Junior 	North Dakota 	22	19	22	41 	16
 	Senior 	Boston College 	– 	18	23	41 	2
===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
 	Senior 	Boston College	21	1243	20	1 	0 	64	0 	- 	3.09
 	Sophomore	Princeton 	16	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	3.12
 	Sophomore	St. Lawrence 	12	726 	- 	- 	- 	54	0 	- 	4.46
 	Junior 	Yale 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	5.06
 	Junior 	North Dakota 	- 	- 	8 	10	1 	- 	0 	.819	6.80
==Awards==
===NCAA===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Dick Desmond, Dartmouth
AHCA All-American Team 	AHCA All-American Team 	AHCA All-American Team
Player 	Pos 	Team
Dick Desmond 	G 	Dartmouth
Ian Watson 	G 	California
Connie Hill 	D 	Michigan
Butch Songin 	D 	Boston College
Jim Starrak 	D 	Colorado College
Dick Starrak 	D 	Michigan
Wally Gacek 	F 	Michigan
Wally Grant 	F 	Michigan
Bill Riley 	F 	Dartmouth
Joe Riley 	F 	Dartmouth
Dick Rowell 	F 	Colorado College
Joe Slattery 	F 	Colorado College
==References==
==External links==
*College Hockey Historical Archives
*1948–49 NCAA Standings
 
NCAA