1957 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

1957 NCAA Division I Men's
Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams 4
Finals Site Broadmoor Ice Palace
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Champions Colorado College (2nd title, 4th title game,
7th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up Michigan (7th title game,
10th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists Clarkson (1st Frozen Four)
Harvard (2nd Frozen Four)
Winning Coach Tom Bedecki (1st title)
MOP Bob McCusker (Colorado College)
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
← 1956  1958 →

The 1957 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 4 schools in playing single-elimination play to determine the national champion of NCAA Division 1 Ice Hockey. It started on March 14, 1957, to March 15, 1957. The National Championship Game was on March 16, 1957. A total of 4 games were played at Broadmoor Arena in Colorado Springs,and this was the last time the National Championship was there until 1969. Also,Colorado College won their second national championship over Michigan.

Format

The two teams judged to be the best from each region (East and West) were invited to the tournament as participants in the single-elimination tournament. They were seeded to allow intra-regional play in the semifinal (the #1 team from the East plays the #2 team from the West and vice versa). In the semifinal round the two winning teams advanced to the National Championship game while the losers proceeded to a consolation game.

Teams

Team Coach Conference Record
Colorado College Tom Bedecki WIHL 23-5
Harvard Cooney Weiland None 21-3
Clarkson William Harrison Tri-State League 18-2
Michigan Vic Heyliger WIHL 17-4-2

Bracket

  Semifinals
March 14–15		 Championship Game
March 16
                     
   Colorado College 5  
   Clarkson 3  
     Colorado College 13  
     Michigan 6  
   Michigan 6
   Harvard 1     Consolation Game
     Clarkson 2*
     Harvard 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

Colorado College vs. Clarkson

Michigan vs. Harvard

Consolation Game

Clarkson vs. Harvard

Championship Game

Colorado College vs. Michigan

All-Tournament Team[2]

First Team

  • G: Ed MacDonald (Clarkson)
  • D: Bob Pitts (Michigan)
  • D: Don Wishart (Colorado College)
  • F: Bill Hay (Colorado College)
  • F: Bob McCusker* (Colorado College)
  • F: Tom Rendall (Michigan)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[3]

Second Team

  • G: Ross Childs (Michigan)
  • D: Dick McGhee (Colorado College)
  • D: Bob Schiller (Michigan)
  • F: Bob McVey (Harvard)
  • F: Dick Dunnigan (Michigan)
  • F: John Andrews (Colorado College)

References

  1. 1 2 "Colorado College 2013-14 Media Guide" (PDF). CC Tigers. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  3. ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

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