| 1960–61NCAA men's ice hockey season | |||||
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| Duration | November 1960– March 18, 1961 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 1961 | ||||
| National championship | University of Denver Arena Denver,Colorado | ||||
| NCAA champion | Denver | ||||
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The1960–61 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1960 and concluded with the1961 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 18, 1961 at theUniversity of Denver Arena inDenver,Colorado. This was the 14thseason in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 67th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
| 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 |
| 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 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 158 | 44 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 192 | 56 | |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| 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)
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 |
The following goaltenders led the league ingoals 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 |