1959–60 NCAA men's ice hockey season

The 1959–60 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1959 and concluded with the 1960 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 19, 1960 at the Boston Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the 13th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 65th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
This was the first season of play for the WCHA. All seven universities were the same from the previous MCHL/WIHL conference that dissolved after the 1957–58 season. Michigan, Michigan State and Minnesota would continue with both the Big Ten and the WCHA concurrently until 1981 when Michigan and Michigan State left the WCHA and no longer played sufficient games against the other Big Ten schools to warrant the continuation of the Big Ten ice hockey conference.
The creation of the WCHA also brought the first formalized conference tournament in NCAA hockey history with the winner(s) receiving the first automatic bids into the postseason championship.
==Regular season==
===Season tournaments===
Tournament 	Dates 	Teams	Champion
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament	December 26–30 	7 	Toronto
Bowdoin Christmas Tournament 	December 21–23 	8 	Brown
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament 	December 30–January 2	4 	North Dakota
Beanpot 	February 8, 15 	4 	Harvard
===Standings===
==1960 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	Middlebury 	22	77	19	96 	-
 	Senior	Hamilton 	- 	40	32	72 	-
 	Junior	St. Lawrence 	24	34	38	72 	4
 	Junior	Denver 	34	21	46	67 	2
 	Senior	North Dakota 	31	34	31	65 	12
 	Senior	Boston University	- 	33	26	59 	-
 	Senior	Michigan Tech 	32	26	31	57 	2
 	Junior	Northeastern 	24	25	31	56 	15
 	Senior	Denver 	34	30	25	55 	34
 	Senior	Michigan Tech 	32	24	31	55 	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	Northeastern 	11	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	.846	1.73
 	Junior 	Denver 	34	- 	27	4	3 	- 	2 	.900	2.50
 	Sophomore	Army 	22	1328	16	5	1 	62	2 	.888	2.80
 	Sophomore	Rensselaer 	14	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	.876	2.97
 	Junior 	Boston University	17	- 	12	5	0 	- 	- 	.907	3.24
 	Senior 	Michigan Tech 	30	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	.889	3.26
 	Junior 	North Dakota 	30	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	1 	.873	3.33
 	Sophomore	Minnesota 	19	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	.877	3.89
 	Sophomore	Yale 	- 	- 	- 	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	3.90
 	Junior 	Clarkson 	20	- 	7 	-	- 	- 	- 	.851	5.30
==Awards==
===NCAA===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Spencer Penrose Award (Coach of the Year) 	Spencer Penrose Award (Coach of the Year) 	Jack Riley, Army
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Lou Angotti, Michigan Tech
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Bob Marquis, Boston University
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament	Barry Urbanski, Boston University
AHCA All-American Teams 	AHCA All-American Teams 	AHCA All-American Teams
East Team 	  Position   	West Team
Tom Wahman, Dartmouth 	G 	George Cuculick, Michigan Tech
Red Martin, Boston College 	D 	Marty Howe, Denver
Rusty Ingersoll, Dartmouth 	D 	George Konik, Denver
Terry Slater, St. Lawrence 	F 	Paul Coppo, Michigan Tech
Phil Latreille, Middlebury 	F 	Reg Morelli, North Dakota
Art Chisholm, Northeastern 	F 	Bill Masterton, Denver
===WCHA===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Sophomore of the Year 	Sophomore of the Year 	George Kirkwood, Denver
Sophomore of the Year 	Sophomore of the Year 	Lou Angotti, Michigan Tech
Coach of the Year 	Coach of the Year 	John MacInnes, Michigan Tech
All-WCHA Teams 	All-WCHA Teams 	All-WCHA Teams
First Team 	  Position  	Second Team
George Kirkwood, Denver 	G 	George Cuculick, Michigan Tech
Marty Howe, Denver 	D 	Guy LaFrance, North Dakota
Henry Akervall, Michigan Tech	D 	George Konik, Denver
Reg Morelli, North Dakota 	F 	Gerald Fabbro, Michigan Tech
Bill Masterton, Denver 	F 	John MacMillan, Denver
John Kosiancic, Michigan Tech	F 	Paul Coppo, Michigan Tech
==References==
==External links==
*College Hockey Historical Archives
*1959–60 NCAA Standings
 
NCAA