1951–52 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season
| 1951–52 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season | |
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| National Champion 1952 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Champion |
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| Home ice | Ann Arbor Coliseum |
| Record | |
| Overall | 22–4–0 |
| Coaches and Captains | |
| Head Coach | Vic Heyliger |
| Captain(s) | Earl Keyes |
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Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey seasons « 1950–51 1952–53 » |
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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. The season was the second consecutive in which the Michigan hockey team had won the NCAA championship.
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.
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.
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.
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. John McKennell and Pat Cooney scored two goals each in the victory over St. Lawrence.
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