1950–51 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season
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The 1950–51 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college ice hockey during the 1950–51 NCAA men's ice hockey season. The head coach was Vic Heyliger and the team captain was Gil Burford. The team won the 1951 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. The team's leading scorer was Neil Celley, who broke Michigan's single-season scoring record with 79 points (40 goals, 39 assists) and led the NCAA in scoring.
| 1950–51 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season | |
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| National champion 1951 NCAA Tournament, champion | |
| Home ice | Weinberg Coliseum |
| Record | |
| Overall | 22–4–1 |
| Home | 13–2–1 |
| Road | 7–2 |
| Neutral | 2–0 |
| Coaches and captains | |
| Head coach | Vic Heyliger |
| Captain | Gil Burford |
| Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey seasons « 1949–50 1951–52 » | |
Standings
| Intercollegiate | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| American International | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | – | – | |
| Army | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .125 | 29 | 74 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 33 | 76 | |
| Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 105 | 89 | |
| Boston University | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .762 | 149 | 59 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 149 | 59 | |
| Bowdoin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | – | |
| Brown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 172 | 72 | |
| Colby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Colorado College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 192 | 130 | |
| Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 71 | 89 | |
| Denver | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 134 | 111 | |
| Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | – | – | |
| Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 117 | 91 | |
| Lehigh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 14 | |
| Massachusetts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 40 | |
| Michigan | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 159 | 69 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 212 | 100 | |
| Michigan State | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 65 | 95 | |
| Michigan Tech | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 89 | 134 | |
| Minnesota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 140 | 112 | |
| MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | – | |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 34 | |
| North Dakota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 116 | 139 | |
| North Dakota Agricultural | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Northeastern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 90 | 77 | |
| Norwich | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | – | – | |
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 100 | 111 | |
| Saint Michael's | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 39 | |
| St. Olaf | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | |
| Wyoming | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | – | – | |
| Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 116 | 43 | |
Schedule
During the season Michigan compiled a 22–4–1 record, the fourth consecutive year that the team won at least 80% of their games. Their schedule was as follows.[1]
* Denotes overtime periods
Roster and scoring statistics
| No. | Name | Year | Position | Hometown | S/P/C | Games | Goals | Assists | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Neil Celley | Senior | LW | Eveleth, MN |  | 27 | 40 | 39 | 79 | 10 |
| 8 | Gil Burford | Senior | RW | Detroit, MI |  | 27 | 37 | 34 | 71 | 8 |
| 10 | John McKennell | Sophomore | RW | Toronto, ON |  | 27 | 35 | 22 | 57 | 24 |
| 4 | John Matchefts | Sophomore | C | Eveleth, MN | | 27 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 30 |
| 7 | Earl Keyes | Sophomore | C/G | Tiverton, ON | | 27 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 28 |
| 15 | Al Bassey | Senior | F | Walpole, MA |  | 27 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 14 |
| 5 | Bob Heathcott | Junior | D | Calgary, AB |  | 27 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 40 |
| 18 | Alex MacLellan | Sophomore | D | Montreal, PQ |  | 27 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 47 |
| 9 | Paul Pelow | Junior | C | Toronto, ON | | 17 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 32 |
| 12 | Joe Marmo | Senior | LW | East Boston, MA | | 27 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 37 |
| 11 | Graham Cragg | Junior | D | Edmonton, AB | | 27 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 18 |
| 14 | Gordon Naylor | Sophomore | RW | Montreal, PQ | | 27 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| 3 | Eddie May | Junior | D | Edmonton, AB | | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Harry Stuhldreher | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| 1 | Hal Downes | Senior | G | Melrose, MA | | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 212 |
Goaltending Statistics
1951 national championship
(W1) Michigan vs. (E1) Brown
| March 17[3] | Michigan | 7 – 1 | Brown | Broadmoor Ice Palace | ||||
| Scoring summary | |||||
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | UM | Eddie May | Naylor and Marmo | 03:49 | 1–0 UM |
| UM | Gil Burford – GW | MacLellan | 15:24 | 2–0 UM | |
| 2nd | UM | Neil Celley | unassisted | 26:41 | 3–0 UM |
| UM | John McKennell | unassisted | 30:56 | 4–0 UM | |
| UM | Al Bassey | Keyes and MacLellan | 34:19 | 5–0 UM | |
| 3rd | BRN | Tony Malo | Wheeler | 47:54 | 5–1 UM |
| UM | John McKennell | Burford and Keyes | 51:15 | 6–1 UM | |
| UM | Neil Celley | Burford | 59:38 | 7–1 UM | |
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Bob Heathcott, Gil Burford, John Matchefts and Neil Celley were named to the All-Tournament Team[4]