1960–61 NCAA men's ice hockey season

The 1960–61 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1960 and concluded with the 1961 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 18, 1961 at the University of Denver Arena in Denver, Colorado. This was the 14th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 67th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Regular season

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Season tournaments

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Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Cornell Invitational December 19–21 6 Bowdoin, Williams
Boston Arena Christmas Tournament December 27–29 6 Providence
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 28–30 4 Rensselaer
Beanpot February 6, 13 4 Boston College

Standings

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Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan 8 6 2 0 12 34 21 28 16 10 2 108 89
Minnesota 8 5 3 0 10 36 32 29 17 11 1 126 111
Michigan State 8 1 7 0 2 22 39 27 11 16 0 121 115
indicates conference regular season champion
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst 17 4 13 0
American International 17 5 12 0
Army 21 13 8 0 .619 107 58 25 17 8 0 139 62
Boston College 25 19 5 1 143 55
Boston University 24 10 14 0 .417 98 104 24 10 14 0 98 104
Bowdoin 20 15 5 0
Brown 20 0 20 0 30 117
Colby 23 18 5 0
Colgate 24 8 15 1 88 110
Connecticut 11 4 6 1 55 69
Cornell 19 7 12 0 66 58
Dartmouth 19 8 11 0 87 118
Hamilton 17 2 14 1
Harvard 24 18 4 2 106 47
Massachusetts 14 7 6 1 45 69
Merrimack 12 5 7 0 52 64
Middlebury 21 19 2 0
MIT 14 8 6 0
New Hampshire 14 3 11 0 41 74
Northeastern 26 12 14 0 106 131
Norwich 21 10 11 0
Princeton 23 9 14 0 82 127
Providence 20 11 9 0 120 90
St. Olaf 7 3 4 0
Williams 20 16 4 0
Yale 25 12 12 1 92 94
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota–Duluth 5 5 0 0 1.000 16 13 3 0
Augsburg 7 2 5 0 .286 11 3 8 0
Concordia 9 2 7 0
Gustavus Adolphus 12 4 7 1
Hamline
Macalester
Saint John's 15 9 6 0
Saint Mary's 8 1 6 1
St. Thomas 10 6 4 0
indicates conference champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Lawrence 4 3 1 0 6 14 15 21 16 5 0 123 78
Rensselaer 4 2 2 0 4 18 14 22 16 5 1 135 66
Clarkson 4 1 3 0 2 13 16 22 14 8 0 104 84
indicates conference regular season champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Denver†* 18 17 1 0 .944 127 31 32 30 1 1 242 59
Minnesota* 20 14 6 0 .700 100 68 29 17 11 1 126 111
Michigan 24 15 8 1 .646 97 79 28 16 10 2 108 89
Michigan Tech 24 13 11 0 .542 92 58 29 16 13 0 132 78
North Dakota 24 7 16 0 .313 81 133 29 9 19 1 100 151
Michigan State 20 5 15 0 .250 55 90 27 11 16 0 121 115
Colorado College 22 4 18 0 .182 68 161 24 4 20 0 76 175
Championship: Minnesota, Denver
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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1961 NCAA Tournament

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Semifinals
March 16–17
National championship
March 18
      
E1 St. Lawrence 6
E2 Rensselaer 3
E1 St. Lawrence 2
W1 Denver 12
W1 Denver 6
W2 Minnesota 1 Third-place game
E2 Rensselaer 3
W2 Minnesota 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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Player stats

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Scoring leaders

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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
Phil Latreille Senior Middlebury 21 80 28 108 -
Jerry Walker Junior Denver 32 56 29 85 -
Bill Masterton Senior Denver 32 24 56 80 4
Bill Daley Senior Boston College - 33 41 74 -
Tom Roe Sophomore Williams 20 34 33 67 -
Art Chisholm Senior Northeastern 25 35 26 61 25
Red Martin Senior Boston College - 13 40 53
Marshall Tschida Junior Providence 27 25 52 -
Mike Denihan Sophomore Boston University 24 30 20 50 6
Trevor Kaye Junior Rensselaer 22 24 26 50 4

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Leading goaltenders

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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
George Kirkwood Senior Denver 32 - 30 1 1 59 4 .910 1.84
Jim Logue Senior Boston College - - - - - - - - 2.17
Ron Chisholm Junior Army 25 1483 17 8 0 61 3 .900 2.47
Bill Rowe Senior Michigan Tech - - - - - - - .891 2.72
Stu Benton Junior Rensselaer 20 1190 15 4 1 55 1 .892 2.77
Wayne Gibbons Sophomore Clarkson 15 - 9 - - - - .878 2.80
Mike Haley Senior Minnesota-Duluth 13 - - - - - - .904 3.00
Laing Kennedy Sophomore Cornell 19 - - - - - - .913 3.05
Joe Sherin Senior St. Lawrence 10 607 - - - 32 0 .888 3.16
Mike Larson Sophomore Minnesota 17 - - - - - - - 3.20

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Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "1960-61 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  4. ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  5. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  6. ^ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  7. ^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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