1952 NCAA men's ice hockey tournament

1952 NCAA men's
ice hockey tournament

Teams	4
Finals site	Broadmoor Ice Palace Colorado Springs, Colorado
Champions	Michigan Wolverines (3rd title)
Runner-up	Colorado College Tigers (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Yale Bulldogs (1st Frozen Four) St. Lawrence Saints (1st Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Vic Heyliger (3rd title)
MOP	Ken Kinsley (Colorado College)
Attendance	8,600

The 1952 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1951–52 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 5th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 13 and 15, 1952, and concluded with Michigan defeating Colorado College 4-1. All games were played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

This was the first tournament to include teams that played in a conference. The MCHL had been created before the start of the season and through both of the conference representatives had appeared in the tournament previously both were independent. The Tri-State League also sent its first representative to the tournament after the conference began play the year before.

Qualifying teams

Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The two best MCHL teams and a Tri-State League representative received bids into the tournament as did one independent school.

East							West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	St. Lawrence	Tri-State League	15–3–0	At-Large	1st	Never	1	Colorado College	MCHL	18–4–1	At-Large	5th	1951
2	Yale	Independent	16–7–0	At-Large	1st	Never	2	Michigan	MCHL	20–4–0	At-Large	5th	1951

Format

The eastern team judged as better was seeded as the top eastern team while the MCHL champion was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. All games were played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.

Bracket

	Semifinals March 13–14					National championship March 15
	E1	St. Lawrence	3
	W2	Michigan	9
						W2	Michigan	4
						W1	Colorado College	1
	W1	Colorado College	4
	E2	Yale	3			Third-place game
						E1	St. Lawrence	1
						E2	Yale	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Semifinals

St. Lawrence vs. Michigan

March 13	St. Lawrence		3 – 9		Michigan	Broadmoor Ice Palace	Recap
No Scoring		First period			08:36 - Graham Cragg (Mullin) 11:06 - George Chin (unassisted) 13:48 - John McKennell (Pelow) 14:24 - Pat Cooney (Chin) 19:59 - Reg Shave(unassisted)
(Karlan) Robert Scott - 14:43		Second period			04:28 - John McKennell (Haas)
(D. Langill) Brian McFarlane - 06:26 (unassisted) Chet Stefanovich - 18:08		Third period			08:30 - Pat Cooney (Philpott) 11:22 - Alex MacLellan (Chin) 12:26 - Earl Keyes (unassisted)
John Boylan		Goalie stats			Willard Ikola

Colorado College vs. Yale

March 14	Colorado College		4 – 3		Yale	Broadmoor Ice Palace	Recap
(unassisted) Omer Brandt - 08:51		First period			01:50 - Dan Lufkin (Quinn) 04:06 - Fulton Brown (Shay, Kilrea) ?? - Frank Kittredge
Cam Berry - 07:12		Second period
(unassisted) Len Metheany - SH - ?? Steve Soligo - GW - 15:30		Third period
Ken Kinsley		Goalie stats			Paul Cruikshank

Consolation Game

St. Lawrence vs. Yale

March 15	St. Lawrence		1 – 4		Yale	Broadmoor Ice Palace	Recap
No Scoring		First period			01:18 - Lawrence Noble Jr. (Howe)
		Second period			01:25 - GW - Charles Smith (unassisted)
(Stefanowicz, Langill) Cliff Olsen - 10:59		Third period			01:24 - Wally Kilrea Jr. (Shay) 14:45 - Dan Lufkin (Douglas)
John Boylan		Goalie stats			Paul Cruikshank

National Championship

Colorado College vs. Michigan

March 15

Colorado College

1 – 4

Michigan

Broadmoor Ice Palace

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	UM	George Chin	Philpott	11:35	1–0 UM
	UM	Earl Keyes – GW	Haas and Shave	16:29	2–0 UM
	UM	Doug Philpott – SH	unassisted	19:07	3–0 UM
2nd	CC	Cameron Berry	Kennific	25:00	3–1 UM
	UM	Graham Cragg	MacLellan	30:12	4–1 UM
3rd	None

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
Michigan	19	16	15	50
Colorado College	10	13	9	32

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
UM	Willard Ikola	31	1
CC	Ken Kinsley	46	4

All-Tournament team

First Team

• G: Ken Kinsley* (Colorado College)
• D: Jim Haas (Michigan)
• D: Len Maccini (Colorado College)
• F: George Chin (Michigan)
• F: John McKennell (Michigan)
• F: Doug Philpott (Michigan)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Second Team

• G: Paul Cruikshank (Yale)
• D: Steve Leolich (Colorado College)
• D: Reg Shave (Michigan)
• F: Earl Keyes (Michigan)
• F: Wally Kilrea Jr. (Yale)
• F: Omer Brandt (Colorado College)