Brian Faison - University of North Dakota

1959 NCAA CHAMPIONS
1958-59 NCAA CHAMPIONS
FRONT ROW (L to R): Asst. Mngr. Tom Neal, George Gratton, Bob Began, Joe Poole, Bill Steenson, Julian Brunetta, Stan Paschke, Bob Peabody, Mngr. Ted
Kotyk; MIDDLE ROW: Ron King, Bart Larson, Ralph Lyndon, Jerry Fox, Garth Perry, Guy LaFrance, Art Miller; BACK ROW: Head Coach Bob May, Bernie Haley,
Pete Gazley, Ken Wellen, Steve Thullner, Les Merri� eld, Ed Thomlinson, Reg Morelli, Asst. Coach Barry Thorndycraft.
Michigan State vs. North Dakota
March 14, 1959
NCAA Championship
RPI Fieldhouse, Troy, N.Y. (6,000)
Scoring 1 2 3 OT F
Michigan State 1 0 2 0 3
North Dakota 0 3 0 1 4
1st Period- MSU: Ed Pollesel (Thomas Mustonen, Andre LaCoste)
14:38
2nd Period- UND: Ralph Lyndon (Reg Morelli, Art Miller) 7:21;
UND: Gerry Walford (Ron King, Bernard Haley) 8:57; UND: Stan
Paschke (Ralph Lyndon) 9:37
3rd Period- MSU: Andre LaCoste (Jack Roberts, Bob Norman)
8:05; MSU Jack Roberts (Andre LaCoste) 16:20
Overtime- UND: Reg Morelli (Art Miller, Guy LaFrance) 4:18
Penalties- UND 7-14; MSU 7-14
Shots- UND 5-17-7-1--30; MSU 6-4-13-1--24
Saves- UND Gratton 5-4-11-1--21; MSU Selinger 5-14-7-0--26
• The 1959 NCAA Championship win against
Michigan State played at the RPI Fieldhouse in
Troy, N.Y., became the � rst national hockey title
for the Fighting Sioux. North Dakota was in the
title game the year before, losing 6-2 to Denver
in Minneapolis, Minn.
• Bill Steenson, defenseman from Moose Jaw,
Saskatchewan, was a captain on the 1959
NCAA Championship team. Steenson was
named an All-America player for the third time,
1957, 1958 and 1959.
• Steenson was also a NCAA All-Tournament
North Dakota 4 ot
St. Lawrence 3
Michigan State 4
Boston College 3
team selection in 1958.
• Forward Reg Morelli, Hamilton, Ontario, was
named the 1959 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding
Player.
• Morelli and Ed Thomlinson, Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario, were named to the 1959 NCAA Tournament
All-Tournament Team. Forward Joe
Poole, Thief River Falls, Minn., and defenseman
Ralph Lyndon, Winnipeg, Manitoba, were
named to the second team.
• The Western Collegiate Hockey Association
did not select an All-WCHA team in 1958-59.
North Dakota 4 ot
Michigan State 3
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North Dakota
• North Dakota had played Michigan State fi ve
times during the 1958-59 season with UND
holding the edge, 3-2-0.
• The fi nal three games of the 1959 Championships
were all decided by scores of 4-3 and two
of the three games went to overtime.
• UND head coach Bob May coached for just
two years, 1957-59, and won a national championship
and placed second. May had a coaching
record of 44-17-2 (.714).
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