1947–48 NCAA men's ice hockey season

The 1947–48 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1947 and concluded with the 1948 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 20, 1948 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 1st season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 53rd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team. In 1947 there were quasi-official guidelines separating major and minor football programs across the NCAA, but no such determinations had been made for ice hockey teams. Even among the universities that played ice hockey, no such distinctions were even attempted until the mid-1960s. As such, all American universities operating a men's varsity ice hockey program are included here.
As this was the first time a national championship was held, it is considered (unofficially) the first season of NCAA Division I ice hockey as it is the first time that any college teams would have to conform to NCAA regulations regarding recruitment, scholarship, eligibility, etc. The tournament was, itself, born out of a desire to definitively decide the best collegiate team in the country. With only a handful of universities even playing ice hockey (indoor ice rinks were fairly expensive to operate) and even less playing a decent number of games each year only four teams were selected to play in the tournament.
==Regular season==
===Season tournaments===
Tournament 	Dates 	Teams	Champion
NEIHL Tournament	March 8–9	4 	Boston College
===Standings===
==1948 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
 	Junior 	Michigan 	21	32	30	62 	–
 	Junior 	Colorado College	– 	18	37	55 	–
 	Junior 	Dartmouth 	– 	30	23	53 	–
 	Sophomore	St. Lawrence 	15	23	19	42 	–
 	Sophomore	Boston College 	– 	21	19	40 	–
 	Junior 	Yale 	– 	21	19	40 	–
 	Junior 	Minnesota 	– 	22	9 	31 	–
 	Sophomore	New Hampshire 	– 	20	8 	28 	–
 	Sophomore	North Dakota 	16	18	6 	24 	4
 	Sophomore	North Dakota 	15	12	12	24 	12
===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 	Princeton 	18	- 	-	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	1.72
 	Freshman 	St. Lawrence	14	803	-	-	- 	52	2 	- 	3.88
 	Sophomore	North Dakota	- 	- 	-	-	- 	- 	1 	.894	4.07
 	Sophomore	Yale 	- 	- 	-	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	5.07
 	Sophomore	North Dakota	- 	- 	-	-	- 	- 	0 	.840	5.50
==Awards==
===NCAA===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Joe Riley, Dartmouth
AHCA All-American Teams 	AHCA All-American Teams 	AHCA All-American Teams
First Team 	  Position   	Second Team
Ian Watson, California 	G 	Bernie Burke, Boston College
Ross Smith, Michigan 	D 	Connie Hill, Michigan
Butch Songin, Boston College 	D 	George Pulliam, Dartmouth
Pat Finnegan, California 	F 	Jim Bell, Northeastern
Bill Riley, Dartmouth 	F 	Roland DePaul, Minnesota
Joe Slattery, Colorado College 	F 	Wally Gacek, Michigan
==References==
==External links==
*College Hockey Historical Archives
*1947–48 NCAA Standings
 
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