1951–52 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season

1951–52 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season

National Champion 1952 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Champion

Home ice	Ann Arbor Coliseum
Record
Overall	22–4–0
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Vic Heyliger
Captain(s)	Earl Keyes
Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey seasons « 1950–51 1952–53 »

The 1951–52 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team represented the University of Michigan in college ice hockey. In its eighth year under head coach Vic Heyliger, the team compiled a 22–4–0 record, outscored opponents 161 to 70, and won the 1952 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.^[1] The season was the second consecutive in which the Michigan hockey team had won the NCAA championship.

Individual accomplishments

Senior defenseman Bob Heathcott from Turner Valley, Alberta was Michigan's leading scorer during the 1951–52 season with 44 points on 13 goals and 31 assists. Six members of the team were selected as first-team All-Americans: forwards George Chin, Earl Keyes, John McKennell, and Doug Philpott, and defensemen Jim Haas and Reg Shave.^[2]

At the end of the season, the players selected goalie Willard Ikola from Eveleth, Minnesota, as the team's most valuable player. Ikola allowed an average of 2.75 goals per game in 24 regular season games. He allowed only four goals in the NCAA Tournament.^[3]

Junior center John Matchefts, also from Eveleth, Minnesota, was chosen as the captain of the 1952–54 team. Matchefts had been leading the 1951-52 team in scoring until being declared academically ineligible with eight games remaining in the regular season.^[3]

1952 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

In the 1952 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Michigan and the Colorado College Tigers were invited from the west, and the St. Lawrence Saints and Yale Bulldogs were invited from the east. The Wolverines defeated the St. Lawrence Saints in the first round by a 9-3 score. Michigan scored five goals in the first period against the Saints. Defenseman Graham Cragg scored the first goal of the game, and he later scored the final goal in the championship game.^[3] John McKennell and Pat Cooney scored two goals each in the victory over St. Lawrence.^[4]

In the championship game, Michigan played the Colorado College Tigers. Michigan and Colorado College had developed an intense rivalry as each had been invited to play in the Frozen Four for five consecutive years. Michigan won the championship in 1948 and 1951, and Colorado College won the championship in 1950. The teams had met twice during the regular season, with each team winning one game. A Colorado radio personality had referred to the Wolverines as the "Michigan woodchoppers" while a Colorado newspaper reported that Michigan forward George Chin was "as wide as he is high."^[3] The championship game was played before a capacity crowd of 2,500 persons at Broadmoor Arena in the Tigers' hometown of Colorado Springs, Colorado. However, all three players on the Tigers' top scoring line, Omer Brandt (injury), Ron Hartwell (injury), and Tony Frasca (ineligible), were unable to play in the championship game.^[5]^[6]

Michigan won the championship game by a 4-1 score. The Wolverines scored three goals in the first period and led 3-0 at the first intermission. Michigan's first goal was scored by George Chin at 11:35 of the first period with an assist from center Doug Philpott. Five minutes later, at 16:29 of the first period, team captain Earl Keyes scored on a power play with assists from Jim Haas and Reg Shave. Michigan's third goal was scored at 19:07 of the first period during a Colorado College power play. Doug Philpott took a loose puck at center ice and "sent a screaming 35-foot shot into the upper right corner of the net for a 3-0 lead."^[5]

Colorado College narrowed Michigan's lead to 3-1 on a goal by Cam Berry at the 5:00 mark of the second period. Five minutes later, at the 10:12 mark of the second period, Graham Cragg scored Michigan's final goal with an assist from Alex MacClellan. Neither team scored in the final 30 minutes of the game.^[5]^[7]

George Chin was the high scorer of the tournament with four points on two goals and two assists.^[5] Chin, Haas, McKennell and Philpott were named to the NCAA Frozen Four first-team All-Tournament Team.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Location
Dec. 5, 1951	Michigan State	11-1	Win	East Lansing, MI^[8]
Dec. 7, 1951	Montreal	9-2	Win	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI
Dec. 8, 1951	Montreal	4-5	Loss	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI
Dec. 14, 1951	Toronto	4-1	Win	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI
Dec. 15, 1951	Toronto	6-4	Win	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI
Dec. 20, 1951	Denver	7-5	Win	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI
Dec. 21, 1951	Denver	4-5	Loss	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI
Jan. 4, 1952	North Dakota	4-2	Win	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI
Jan. 5, 1952	North Dakota	2-4	Loss	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI
Jan. 11, 1952	Minnesota	5-4	Win	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI^[9]
Jan. 12, 1952	Minnesota	6-1	Win	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI
Jan. 16, 1952	Michigan State	7-1	Win	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI
Jan. 18, 1952	Minnesota	7-2	Win	Minneapolis, MN
Jan. 19, 1952	Minnesota	5-0	Win	Minneapolis, MN
Feb. 8, 1952	Michigan Tech	9-2	Win	Houghton, MI
Feb. 9, 1952	Michigan Tech	10-4	Win	Houghton, MI
Feb. 15, 1952	Colorado College	3-5	Loss	Colorado Springs, CO
Feb. 16, 1952	Colorado College	7-6 (OT)	Win	Colorado Springs, CO
Feb. 22, 1952	McGill	6-0	Win	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI
Feb. 23, 1952	McGill	3-1	Win	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI^[10]
Feb. 29, 1952	Michigan State	8-2	Win	East Lansing, MI
March 1, 1952	Michigan State	6-2	Win	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI^[11]
March 7, 1952	Michigan Tech	11-4	Win	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI
March 8, 1952	Michigan Tech	4-3	Win	Coliseum, Ann Arbor, MI
NCAA TOURNAMENT
March 13, 1952	St. Lawrence	9-3	Win	Broadmoor Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado
March 15, 1952	Colorado College	4-1	Win	Broadmoor Arena Colorado Springs, Colo.
		161–70	22–4–0

Roster and scoring statistics

No	Name	Year	Position	Hometown	Goals	Assists	Pts
1	Willard Ikola	Soph.	G	Eveleth, Minnesota
1	William G. Lucier	Fresh.	G	Windsor, Ontario
2	James J. Haas	Sr.	D	Nipawin, Saskatchewan
3	Edward A. "Eddie" May	Sr.	F	Edmonton, Alberta
4	John Matchefts		F
5	Robert V. Heathcott	Sr.	D	Turner Valley, Alberta	13	31	44
6	George E. Chin	Soph.	F	Lucknow, Ontario
7	D. Earle Keyes	Jr.	F	Tiverton, Ontario			37^[12]
8	Patrick J. Cooney	Soph.	F	Riverside, Ontario
9	Paul E. Pelow	Sr.	F	Toronto, Ontario
10	John H. McKennell	Jr.	F	Toronto, Ontario
11	Graham S. Cragg	Sr.	D	Edmonton, Alberta
12	Douglas M. Philpott	Soph.	F	Sarnia, Ontario
14	Gordon Naylor		F
15	Ronald M. Martinson	Jr.	F	Eveleth, Minnesota
17	Reginald E. "Reg" Shave	Soph.	D	Yorkton, Saskatchewan
18	Alexander D. MacLellan	Jr.	D	Montreal, Quebec
19	Douglas C. Mullen	Soph.	F	Grass Lake, Michigan
	Bob Lotzer		F
	Telly Mascarin		F
					161

Charles M. Hyman, a senior from Elyria, Ohio, won the manager's "M" for his work as the team's manager.^[13]

References

↑ "Michigan Hockey Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. pp. 2, 6, 7.
1 2 "Michigan Hockey Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. pp. 16–17.
1 2 3 4 Ed Whipple (March 16, 1952). "Ice Scrapings: Name Machefts Hockey Captain". The Michigan Daily.
↑ "Varsity Retains NCAA Hockey Title". The Michigan Alumnus. April 12, 1952. p. 330.
1 2 3 4 Ed Whipple (March 16, 1952). "'M' Wins NCAA Hockey Title: Pucksters Skate Over Tigers, 4-1; Early Wolverines Goals Whip Colorado, Keep Title in 'U' Hands". The Michigan Daily. p. 1.
↑ "Major Injuries Hamper Tiger Pucksters in NCAA". The Michigan Daily. March 12, 1952. p. 3.
↑ "Michigan Hockey Team Tops NCAA". The Owosso Argus-Press (AP story). March 17, 1952.
↑ Ed Whipple (December 6, 1951). "Pucksters Crush MSC, 11-1, In Season Opener". The Michigan Daily. p. 1.
↑ Ed Shipple (January 12, 1952). "Pucksters Topple Gophers, 5-4: Heathcott's Three Goals Sparks Narrow Victory". The Michigan Daily. p. 3.
↑ Bob Landowne (February 24, 1952). "Wolverine Icers Slip Past McGill, 3-1: McKennell Scores Two; Chin Nets Third Marker". The Michigan Daily. p. 3.
↑ Howard Robinson (March 2, 1952). "Icemen Halt MSC, 6-2: Heyligermen Score Easily in Dull Game". The Michigan Daily. p. 1.
↑ Dave Baad (January 16, 1953). "Right Wing Keyes Plays Final Game Tomorrow". The Michigan Daily.
↑ "Athletic Awards For 1951-52 Winter Sports". The Michigan Alumnus. April 12, 1952. p. 331.

NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey champions

1948: Michigan
1949: Boston College
1950: Colorado College
1951: Michigan
1952: Michigan
1953: Michigan
1954: RPI
1955: Michigan
1956: Michigan
1957: Colorado College
1958: Denver
1959: North Dakota
1960: Denver
1961: Denver
1962: Michigan Tech
1963: North Dakota
1964: Michigan
1965: Michigan Tech
1966: Michigan State
1967: Cornell
1968: Denver
1969: Denver
1970: Cornell
1971: Boston University
1972: Boston University
1973: Wisconsin
1974: Minnesota
1975: Michigan Tech
1976: Minnesota
1977: Wisconsin
1978: Boston University
1979: Minnesota
1980: North Dakota
1981: Wisconsin
1982: North Dakota
1983: Wisconsin
1984: Bowling Green
1985: RPI
1986: Michigan State
1987: North Dakota
1988: Lake Superior State
1989: Harvard
1990: Wisconsin
1991: Northern Michigan
1992: Lake Superior State
1993: Maine
1994: Lake Superior State
1995: Boston University
1996: Michigan
1997: North Dakota
1998: Michigan
1999: Maine
2000: North Dakota
2001: Boston College
2002: Minnesota
2003: Minnesota
2004: Denver
2005: Denver
2006: Wisconsin
2007: Michigan State
2008: Boston College
2009: Boston University
2010: Boston College
2011: Minnesota–Duluth
2012: Boston College
2013: Yale
2014: Union
2015: Providence
2016: North Dakota
2017: Denver

Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey
Venues	Weinberg Coliseum (1914–1973) Yost Ice Arena (1973–present)
Coaches	Joseph Barss (1922–27) Eddie Lowrey (1927–44) Vic Heyliger (1944–57) Al Renfrew (1957–73) Dan Farrell (1973–80) Wilf Martin (1980) John Giordano (1980–84) Red Berenson (1984–2017) Mel Pearson (2017–present)
Seasons	1934–35 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Conference affiliations	WCHA (1951–1958, 1959–1981) CCHA (1981–2013) Big Ten (2013–Present)
Rivalries	Michigan State
Culture & lore	Great Lakes Invitational The Big Chill at the Big House Cold War
All-time leaders	Brendan Morrison (284 Points) Denny Felsner (139 Goals) Marty Turco (127 Wins)
National championships	1948 1951 1952 1953 1955 1956 1964 1996 1998
Frozen Four appearances	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1962 1964 1977 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 2001 2002 2003 2008 2011
NCAA Tournament appearances	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1962 1964 1977 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Conference Tournament champions	CCHA: 1994 1996 1997 1999 2002 2003 2005 2008 2010
Hobey Baker winners	Brendan Morrison (1997) Kevin Porter (2008)
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

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