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The east scoring leader list from 1935-36 is for all eastern teams. The first scoring list I found for the east was in the 1951 Guide and the 1952 Guide added the east scoring leader for 1935-36 through 1941-42 and 1947-48 on. The first scoring list I found for the west was in the 1956 Guide and the 1962 Guide contains the first scoring leader list for the west from 1953-54 which appears to be a WCHA list as it is missing the 1958-59 season (a list of scoring leaders for the west in 1958-59 is in the 1960 Guide). The 1982 Guide also contains annual scoring leaders lists. It appear the CCHA list is league stats only.I have them from 1967 to what I think is the last one for 1981. The 1981 edition, for example, was published prior to the 80-81 season.
That one contains the WCHA scoring leaders from 53-54 through 79-80, the CCHA leader from 71-72 to 79-80, and the ECAC scoring leader from 35-36 to 79-80, also ECAC-II starting in 64-65, and ECAC-III starting in 73-74. I can scan the 2 relevant pages (one east, one west). The earlier editions obviously just contain shorter lists but more complete information on the previous year (e.g., the 1967 edition covers 65-66).
58-59 is missing from the WCHA list since Minnesota (and the Michigan schools) had one of their periodic fits about Denver, North Dakota, and CC having overage Canadians.
Edit: Anyone playing for an independent team will be missing.
I have compiled a list of annual scoring leaders from 1940-41 to 2014-15. Anyone may use the information, but please do not reproduce the entire list without permission. The list gives each season, each player's name, their school, games played if known, goals and assists if known and total points. To the far right of each scoring leader I have listed the final source I have used. If anyone notices a discrepancy or has additional information please let me know.
For the 75 seasons listed the average is 79.86 points and the median is 79 points. For 12 of the past 13 seasons it has been below those, so yes, the points totals for leading scorers is down and it is the longest such stretch since the 40s. The only other time it was low as now was the mid-60s, but that was for only 6 straight and 8-of-10 seasons. I have created a chart which shows the scoring leaders point totals from 1940-41 to last season.
Joe, thanks for the information on Eddie Rowe and for pointing me to hockeydb.com for the other stats. Checking hockeydb.com and the NCAA guides again allowed me to get the games played for most of the rest of the players, except for Spike Wilson and the Dartmouth players in the forties.
Thank you. It would make it much easier for me when I am researching other teams.
I have created a PPG chart for the scoring leaders and added a PPG column to my annual scoring leaders spreadsheet, which has been updated with missing games played, goals and assists. The games played for 1940-41, 41-42, 42-43, 43-44, 44-45, 46-47 and 48-49 are for the totals games played by that team for the season. Last season Johnny Gaudreau was the first scoring leader since Jason Krog in 1998-99 to reach 2 PPG, a span of 15 seasons without a scoring leader with at least 2 PPG. Over the 75 seasons I have compiled scoring leaders for there have been 24 scoring leaders with a PPG less than 2 and all have been since 1987.
I didn't bother checking earlier Guides.I noticed for 66-67 ECAC leading scorer the 1981 Guide has Jerry York playing for BU.
The 1968 NCAA Guide states, "Bruce Boissoin, a sophomore from Oswego State led all eastern scorers with 87 points, while the top scorer from Division I was another sophomore, Herb Wakabayashi, with 67." Despite Oswego State being DII Boissoin was listed as the scoring leader for the 1966-67 season and remained on the list until the 1976 NCAA Guide when all DII players who had been on the list were replace by DI players (other players removed from the list were Bob Quinn, Boston State, 1964-65 & 65-66; Larry Murphy, Holy Cross, 1969-70; and Marv Degan, Worcester State, 1971-72). Herb Wakabayashi replaced Boissoin on the list and remained alone on it until the 1981 NCAA Guide when Jerry York was added as co-scoring leader. I'm sure the BU was a simple mistake as both Herb, immediately before him, and Mike Hyndman, the 1967-68 scoring leader, immediately after him, both played for BU. What is interesting is that 1966-67 was Oswego's first DII season and the team only played 11 games against varsity teams (2 vs. DII, 2 vs. DI, 4 vs. DIII and 3 vs. Canadian) with the remaining 9 games against club teams (which they outscored 116-15). Because of this <I>The Intercollegiate Hockey News</I> did not even list Boissoin as the DII scoring leader for the 1966-67 season.I noticed for 66-67 ECAC leading scorer the 1981 Guide has Jerry York playing for BU.
