{"id":95255,"date":"2012-04-06T11:44:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T16:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/frozen-four\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2012-04-06T11:44:23","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T16:44:23","slug":"help-us-solve-a-head-scratcher-about-the-1950-frozen-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2012\/04\/06\/help-us-solve-a-head-scratcher-about-the-1950-frozen-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: A head-scratcher about the 1950 Frozen Four solved, maybe"},"content":{"rendered":"
TAMPA, Fla. —<\/b> We all know that hockey is a much different game today than it was in 1950, but there’s still something striking about flipping through the Frozen Four record book and coming to some of the entries from that season.<\/p>\n
For one: How did Boston University goaltender Ralph Bevins, who allowed 10 goals in the third period of the national championship game, 13 for the game and 16 for the two-game tournament, end up as the most outstanding player?<\/p>\n
It has stumped a number of us here in the media room, and so we’re reaching out for help to explain this one.<\/p>\n
And we’ll reach out to you. Does anyone out there have any insight into this most interesting stat line on the list of most outstanding players? Leave a comment below or email me<\/a>.<\/p>\n Colorado College beat Boston University 13-4 in the 1950 championship game at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Tigers led only 3-1 after two periods before the floodgates opened in the third.<\/p>\n CC’s Chris Ray still holds a share of the championship game record of four goals set in that 1950 game. Three of them came in the third period.<\/p>\n We’ll update here if we find out more.<\/p>\n UPDATE, 2:21 p.m.:<\/b> Thanks to a few helpful readers and a post on our Facebook page<\/a>, we’ve found some answers. One account from the book “Blue Ice” about the history of the Michigan hockey program says that Michigan fired 36 shots on Bevins in the third period of the Terriers’ semifinal victory over Michigan.<\/p>\n The curious thing to me is that the Frozen Four records book credits Bevins with 64 saves for the tournament and 30 in the championship game. That leaves only 34 saves total for the semifinal game, so the math doesn’t really add up here. Maybe the 36 shots fired were only shot attempts, not shots on goal.<\/p>\n