1956–57 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey season

August 2023 February 2026 color:white; background:#000000; a #EFAB1E 2px white white Colorado College Tigers white 1956–57 250 Colorado College Tigers men WIHL 1st 25–5–0 19–1 4–4 2–0 Tom Bedecki Don WishartColorado College Athletic Hall of Fame https://cctigers.com/sports/2008/4/18/HallOfFame.aspx Colorado College Tigers December 19, 2018 Broadmoor World Arena National ChampionWIHL champion 1957 NCAA Tournament champion 1955–56 1957–58 Colorado College Tigers #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1956–57 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey team represented Colorado College in college ice hockey. In its 2nd year under head coach Tom Bedecki, the team compiled a 25–5–0 record, outscored opponents 205 to 106, and won the 1957 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. The Tigers defeated Michigan 13–6 in the championship game at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. CC tied the record for the most goals scored in a championship game (1950) and combined with the Wolverines for the most total goals in a title game (19). As of 2018 this is the last time Colorado College has won the national title in ice hockey. Season After appearing in the first five national tournaments Colorado College had made the championship once in the next four years. CC's fortunes turned the year before when Bill Hay, a standout junior player from Saskatchewan hitchhiked down to Colorado Springs and was able to talk both himself and his fried Bob McCusker into athletic scholarships.Bill "Red" Hay http://blackhawkslegends.blogspot.com/2008/08/bill-red-hay.html Greatest Hockey Legends December 19, 2018 Both players made their varsity debut in 1956–57, as did much of the team, and the Tigers quickly jumped to the top of the standings. After opening the regular season against two junior teams from Canada, CC welcomed four different collegiate opponents into their building and won every single game. With the Tigers sporting a 12-0 record they hit the road for the first time but didn't have to leave the state when they travelled to Denver to face the Pioneers. Colorado College's perfect record was spoiled with a 3–6 defeat but the returned the favor the next night at home, beating their in-state rival 8–7 in overtime. The Tigers hosted another pair of Canadian junior teams before heading north to face an improving Fighting Sioux team and lost both matches. Two days later CC finally won its first road game of the season, beating Minnesota twice before returning to Colorado to take the second home-and-home series against Denver. After redeeming themselves against North Dakota in two home wins the Tigers split a road series with Michigan Tech to close out their season. Despite CC's struggles on the road the team was able to win the WIHL title handily and, with a superb 19–1 home record, post the best season in team history (As of 2018). Colorado College was led back to the NCAA tournament by Hay and McCusker who finished first (tied) and third in scoring in the nation. Both players earned their way onto one of the two All-American Teams as did team captain Don Wishart and all three players were first-team All-WIHL. Befitting the western champion, Colorado College was selected as the #1 seed in the west and opened the tournament against Clarkson who had compiled an undefeated season the year before and followed that up with a stellar 18–2 mark. Despite the two teams' success the Golden Knights were completely outmatched by older and larger CC team. While the final score was relatively close, 5–3 with a hat-trick from Bob McCusker, the Tigers nearly tripled the number of shots from Clarkson (60–21) and the Green and Gold couldn't score enough to reward the valiant effort from the goaltender Eddie MacDonald. In the title tilt CC found itself pitted against two-time defending champion Michigan who had won five of the six national titles since CC earned its first championship in 1950. The Wolverines had utterly dominated the series between the two teams over the previous decade and won all three games the pair played in the NCAA Tournament despite every game being played at the Broadmoor World Arena. None of those losses, however, had come with Hay and McCusker on the team and the two sophomores combined to score the first three goals of the contest. Showing the championship mettle, Michigan responded with three of their own before the first period was over and erased the CC advantage. CC goalie Bob Southwood settled down in the second period and when the Tigers scored three more times the Wolverines could only muster one in response. Even with a two-goal lead the Tigers didn't pull back in the third and after McCusker opened the scoring with his third of the game the rest of the team followed suit and score five more times before Michigan got its fifth but by then it was far too late and the Tigers eventually cruised to a 13–6 victory, winning their second National Title. Bob McCusker tied the NCAA records for goals (4) and points (6) in a championship game and was the logical choice for Most Outstanding Player. McCusker was accompanied by Bill Hay and Don Wishart on the All-Tournament First Team while Dick McGhee and John Andrews made the Second Team. Standings CC Schedule Conference games against Michigan State, Michigan Tech and Minnesota were only worth 1 point in the standings. no |- !colspan=12 style="Colorado College Tigers #FFFFFF;" | Exhibition November 30 w yes no Colorado College Alumni Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 2–1 no December 1 w yes no Colorado College Alumni Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 9–5 no |- !colspan=12 style="Colorado College Tigers #FFFFFF;" | Regular season December 6 w yes no Humboldt Indians Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 8–4 1–0–0 no December 8 w yes no Humboldt Indians Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 12–3 2–0–0 no December 13 w yes no St. Boniface Canadiens Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 12–2 3–0–0 no December 15 w yes no St. Boniface Canadiens Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 15–5 4–0–0 no December 18 w no 1956–57 men Michigan Wolverines Michigan Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 5–4 5–0–0 1–0–0 no December 19 w no 1956–57 men Michigan Wolverines Michigan Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 7–5 6–0–0 2–0–0 no December 21 w no 1956–57 men Michigan State Spartans Michigan State Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 8–2 7–0–0 3–0–0 no December 22 w no 1956–57 men Michigan State Spartans Michigan State Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 7–1 8–0–0 4–0–0 no January 1 w yes no 1956–57 men Yale Bulldogs Yale Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 10–0 9–0–0 4–0–0 no January 2 w yes no 1956–57 men Yale Bulldogs Yale Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 17–3 10–0–0 4–0–0 no January 4 w no 1956–57 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 4–1 11–0–0 5–0–0 no January 5 w no 1956–57 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 5–3 12–0–0 6–0–0 no January 11 l yes 1956–57 men Denver Pioneers Denver DU Arena Denver, Colorado 3–6 12–1–0 6–1–0 no January 12 w no 1956–57 men Denver Pioneers Denver Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 8–7 OT 13–1–0 7–1–0 no January 26 w yes no Regina Pats Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 5–3 14–1–0 7–1–0 no January 28 w yes no Regina Pats Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 8–1 15–1–0 7–1–0 no February 2 l yes no Flin Flon Bombers Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 3–5 15–2–0 7–1–0 no February 4 w yes no Flin Flon Bombers Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 4–2 16–2–0 7–1–0 no February 8 l yes 1956–57 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Winter Sports Building Grand Forks, North Dakota 3–6 16–3–0 7–2–0 no February 9 l yes 1956–57 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Winter Sports Building Grand Forks, North Dakota 4–5 16–4–0 7–3–0 no February 11 w yes 1956–57 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota St. Paul Auditorium Saint Paul, Minnesota 3–2 OT 17–4–0 8–3–0 no February 12 w yes 1956–57 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota 5–2 18–4–0 9–3–0 no February 15 w yes 1956–57 men Denver Pioneers Denver DU Arena Denver, Colorado 6–4 19–4–0 10–3–0 no February 16 w no 1956–57 men Denver Pioneers Denver Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 4–3 20–4–0 11–3–0 no February 19 w no 1956–57 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 6–4 21–4–0 12–3–0 no February 20 w no 1956–57 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 7–6 OT 22–4–0 13–3–0 no March 2 l yes 1956–57 men Michigan Tech Huskies Michigan Tech Dee Stadium Houghton, Michigan 3–4 22–5–0 13–4–0 no March 3 w yes 1956–57 men Michigan Tech Huskies Michigan Tech Dee Stadium Houghton, Michigan 5–4 23–5–0 14–4–0 no |- !colspan=12 style="Colorado College Tigers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF NCAA Tournament March 14 w yes yes 1956–57 men Clarkson Golden Knights Clarkson Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado National Semifinal 5–3 24–5–0 14–4–0 no March 16 w yes yes 1956–57 men Michigan Wolverines Michigan Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado National Championship 13–6 25–5–0 14–4–0 no no Source:Colorado College 2017-18 Hockey Media Guide https://issuu.com/coloradocollegeapr-ag/docs/2017-18_media_guide_2 Colorado College Tigers December 19, 2018 March 5, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180305155122/https://issuu.com/coloradocollegeapr-ag/docs/2017-18_media_guide_2 dead Roster and scoring statistics 2 Colorado College Tigers No. Name Year Position Hometown unsortable S/P/C Games Goals Assists Pts #FFFFFF PIM Bill Hay Sophomore C Saskatoon, SK Saskatchewan 30 28 45 73 – Bob McCusker Sophomore F Saskatoon, SK Saskatchewan – 47 24 71 – Ike Scott Sophomore RW Gravenhurst, ON Ontario – 25 21 46 – Harry Harasyn Sophomore C Yorkton, SK Saskatchewan – 21 17 38 – Don Wishart Senior D/F Rosetown, SK Saskatchewan – 10 27 37 – John Andrews John Andrews (ice hockey) Sophomore LW Fort William, ON Ontario – 6 29 35 – Bud Hubchik Senior F Grandview, MB Manitoba – 21 9 30 – George deRappard Senior LW Westlock, AB Alberta – 12 14 26 – Harley Patterson Sophomore LW Hythe, AB Alberta – 16 6 22 – Ron Laughlin Sophomore C Drumheller, AB Alberta – 6 16 22 – Murray Dea Sophomore RW Edmonton, AB Alberta – 6 12 18 – Gary Hughes Gary Hughes (ice hockey) Senior D Red Deer, AB Alberta – 5 13 18 – Gerry Capello Sophomore D/C Ottawa, ON Ontario – 4 13 17 – Ron Villeneuve Sophomore D Cornwall, ON Ontario – 2 7 9 – Dick McGhee Sophomore D Calgary, AB Alberta – 2 7 9 – Bob Tanner Bob Tanner (ice hockey) Sophomore RW Trail, BC British Columbia – 1 4 5 – Ernest Rotondo Sophomore D South Porcupine, ON Ontario – – – – – Total 212 264 476 Colorado College players are reported to have collectively scored 212 goals over the course of the season but the team only scored 205 times during the season. Colorado College 1956-57 roster and statistics https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/706/colorado-college/1956-1957?tab=stats EliteProspects December 19, 2018 Goaltending statistics 2 Colorado College Tigers No. Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals against Saves Shut outs #FFFFFF SV % #FFFFFF GAA Bob Southwood 17 – – – – – – – – – Howard Viger 14 – – – – – – – – – Total 30 – – – – – – – – – 1957 championship game (W1) Colorado College vs. (W2) Michigan Colorado College Michigan Broadmoor Ice Palace March 16Colorado College 2013-14 Media Guide http://www.cctigers.com/documents/2013/10/19/2013-14_Media_Guide.pdf CC Tigers 2014-06-21 13 – 6 1 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st CCBob McCuskerScott and McGhee 3:15 1–0 CC CCBill HayMcCusker 8:04 2–0 CC CCBob McCuskerHay and Capello 11:39 3–0 CC UMDick Dunniganunassisted 13:14 3–1 CC UMNeil McDonaldunassisted 17:30 3–2 CC UMJohn HuttonMcDonald 17:57 3–3 2nd CCMurray DeaLaughlin 24:52 4–3 CC CCJohn AndrewsHubchik 26:18 5–3 CC UMEd SwitzerDunnigan 30:18 5–4 CC CCBill HayMcCusker and McGhee 34:05 6–4 CC 3rd CCBob McCusker – GWDea 41:23 7–4 CC CCHarley PattersonHarasyn 46:20 8–4 CC CCDon HersackHubchik and Andrews 49:10 9–4 CC CCHarry HarasynPatterson 52:59 10–4 CC CCBob McCuskerHay 53:47 11–4 CC CCDon HersackHubchik 54:53 12–4 CC UMTom RendallStarr 55:15 12–5 CC CCDon WishartdeRappard 56:11 13–5 CC UMNeil McDonaldSwitzer 56:36 13–6 CC Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CCBob Southwood 2:00 CCBunt Hubchik 2:00 2nd UMBob Schiller 2:00 UMBob Schiller 2:00 CCGary Hughes 2:00 3rd UMDick Dunnigan 2:00 UMTom Rendall 2:00 CCBob McCusker 2:00 CCGerry Capello 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Michigan 9 7 11 27 Colorado College 10 14 17 41 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice UM Ross Childs 28 13 CC Bob Southwood 21 6 See also 1957 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions References 50em Category:Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey seasons Colorado College Colorado College Colorado College Colorado College Colorado College Colorado College