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Year by Year NCAA Points Leaders

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Wakabayashi was a genius with the puck. Centered BU's pinball line, one of the best I've ever seen. Amazing puck movement. Games against Harkness's Cornell teams were something to watch.
 
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I have just obtained a copy of the 1999-00 Alaska Fairbanks media guide. It turns out that Alaska did have a DI scoring leader, Steve Moria, who tied with Bill Watson of UMD in 1984-85 for points with 109. I have added him to my list of annual scoring leaders and have updated it with a few games played I was missing from the 1940s. I have also updated Andrew Poturalski's scoring to include the past 2 games against Maine.

I have also updated the spreadsheet that compares Gaudreau's, Eichel's and Poturalski's game-by-game scoring totals (with chart) to include the past 2 games. On Tuesday he had both a goal and as assist, but Wednesday he was held pointless, dropping his PPG to 1.89. He is now just 2 poinmts ahead of his teamate Tyler Kelleher for the scoring lead.

Finally, I have updated my PPG chart for the scoring leaders as there are some minor changes do to adding Steve Moria and my having found a few more games played information for the 1940s.

Sean
 
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GoNanooks said:
Dean Fedorchuk and Tavis MacMillan both had 74 points in 1993-1994 for Alaska Fairbanks. Statistics on hockeydb.
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Unfortunately, the 1999-00 Alaska Fairbanks Media Guide I have does not have a list of yearly scoring leaders, nor did the 1993-94 TIHN have a list of overall scoring leaders, just league scoring leaders. Do you have access to the 1994-95 UAF Media Guide which should have the players 1993-94 stats?

Sean
 
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adam_777 said:
Trying to find a list of overall points leaders for the NCAA dating back to 1953-54 season, or at least as far back as possible. Does anyone know where I can find this list? I only need the names of points leaders for each season and if possible how many points they had.

Thanks for any help that can be given
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I have a reference at home that goes from about 1900 through 1988 with this data. I will key it in when I have a moment. Everything after 1988 should be available through the usual suspects (hockeydb, eliteprospects, USCHO, CHN, etc)

You can ping my email if you have further questions.
 
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I have updated the list of annual scoring leaders to include both Dean Fedorchuk and Tavis MacMillan as co-leaders for 1993-94 and Andrew Poturalski's 2 points vs Vermont.

I have also updated Poturalski's scoring on Gaudreau's, Eichel's and Poturalski's game-by-game scoring totals comparison to include the Vermont game. His PPG remains at 1.89 and he also remains 2 points ahead of his teammate Tyler Kelleher for the scoring lead.

I have updated the annual scoring leaders chart and annual scoring leaders PPG chart as there are some minor changes due to adding Dean Fedorchuk and Tavis MacMillan.

Sean
 
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Sean Pickett said:
I have updated the list of annual scoring leaders to include both Dean Fedorchuk and Tavis MacMillan as co-leaders for 1993-94 and Andrew Poturalski's 2 points vs Vermont.

I have also updated Poturalski's scoring on Gaudreau's, Eichel's and Poturalski's game-by-game scoring totals comparison to include the Vermont game. His PPG remains at 1.89 and he also remains 2 points ahead of his teammate Tyler Kelleher for the scoring lead.

I have updated the annual scoring leaders chart and annual scoring leaders PPG chart as there are some minor changes due to adding Dean Fedorchuk and Tavis MacMillan.

Sean
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There is currently a new scoring leader for this season, Kyle Connor. Andrew Poturalski has cooled off, scoring only 5 points over his last 7 games. Meanwhile, Connor, who has played 3 fewer games, has exploded for 17 points over his last 6 games (and his linemates have also exploded for 16 and 18 points as well). I have added Connor to the game-by-game spreadsheet, but I've also left Poturalski on it to show how he is currently falling off the pace.

Sean
 
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those Dartmouth boys back in the 40's were really dicks. they would be ahead 29-0 against a team, and send out their best players to get it 30-0. Dick Rondeau got 23 points for that one.
 
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Connor has cooled, with only a point in each of his last three games, while Poturalski had a 2 point game aganist BC, but only 1 point vs UML. Both are now tied for the scoring lead, but Connor is still ahead in PPG. Connor is a point ahead of Eichel after 25 games, and will need 4 points in the next 2 games to maintain his lead. Poturalski continues to fall off Eichel's scoring pace and the next two games are his best chance to gain ground against Eichel over the next 8 games.

Right now I think Connor has the better chance of winning the scoring title this season, but post-season success will likely play a part in who wins. Here is the updated spreadsheet.

Sean
 
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This past weekend was Poturalski's best chance of catching Eichel, but he was only able to close the gap by a single point. He now has to average 2.67 points a game over the next six games (16 points in 6 games) to stay within 3 points of Eichel over that span. Connor had a 4 point weekend, matching Eichel's total from last season for the two games and maintains his 1 point lead after 27 games. He will have a great chance to increase his lead over the next three games as Eichel only had a single point in each of them.

Connor has moved a point in front of Poturalski for the scoring title and appears to have a better chance to win it, but post-season success will likely play a part in who wins. Here is the updated spreadsheet.

Sean
 
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Andrew Poturalski continues to cool, getting only a single point this weekend and falling 7 points off of Eichel's pace last season and 14 points off of Gaudreau's pace two seasons ago. After scoring 36 points in his first 19 games (1.89 ppg) he has just 12 point in his last 13 games (0.92 ppg). Kyle Connor, on the other hand, remained hot with 3 points in Michigan's only game of the weekend. After starting slow with just 12 points in his first 11 games (1.09 ppg) he has scored 39 points in his last 17 games (2.29 ppg) and is now the clear favorite to win the scoring title this season as can be seen on the updated game-by-game scoring comparison. If he maintains that pace he will likely break Eichel's record from last season and challenge Gaudreau's record from 2 seasons ago. It would also be the first time freshmen won back-to-back scoring titles and only the sixth time since 1940 that a freshman won the title. I have updated my annual scoring leaders by replacing Poturalski with Connor and I have also added the class of each scoring leader.

Sean
 
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Andrew Poturalski's season has come to a close with New Hampshire's loss to Merrimack tonight. After averaging 2 ppg for the first 17 games he started to cool off and in his last 7 games only had 5 points for a disappointing 0.71 ppg. Fifty-two points is nothing to be ashamed of, but after such a great start I was hoping for him to do better. Kyle Connor has also cooled somewhat, with a more modest 1.5 ppg over the past four games/two weekends. He is still 2 points ahead of Eichel after 32 games, but is tied with Eichel's final 1.78 ppg average. It remains to be seen if he can improve that average, maintain it, or if he drops off of it. I have updated the game-by-game scoring comparison as well as my annual scoring leaders.

Sean
 
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I have updated the game-by-game scoring comparison as well as my annual scoring leaders. Since my last update two weeks ago Kyle Connor has just gotten hotter. After a 4-point weekend to end the regular season he exploded for an 8-point weekend at the B1G Tournament. With that he is now tied with Johnny Gaudreau with 69 points after 36 games. His ppg average is now up to 1.92 and it appears he will pass Eichel's 71 points and will challenge Gaudreau's 80 points as long as Michigan wins a few more games. However, he feasted on B1G teams, which had below average defense and goaltending this season (33, 46, 49, 53 and 55 in GAA and 36, 44, 50, 51 and 56 in save percentage). Just under 74% of his points have come against B1G teams, which account for just over 61% of the games he has played, for a gaudy 2.381 ppg average. In the 14 non-conference games he has played he has 18 points, a 1.286 ppg average. He will face a good defensive team in Notre Dame which is 8th in save percentage and 14th in GAA this season. If Michigan beats them North Dakota would be another tough test for him as they are 7th in save percentage and 3rd in GAA, with Northeastern 40th in save percentage and 20th in GAA (although since ending their winless streak they are tied for 12th in save percentage and 7th in GAA). I look forward to seeing how he does this weekend.

Sean
 
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With Michigan losing today Kyle Connor's season has come to an end. He and his teammates had a harder time scoring against Notre Dame and North Dakota, which I suggested might be the case in my last post. Still, he managed 2 points in the 2 games and tied Eichel with 71 points for the season. As he did it in 2 fewer games his ppg average ended at 1.87, better than vs Eichel's 1.78, but still less than Gaudreau's 2.00. Also, as I previously mentioned, it is only the 6th time since 1940-41 that a freshman has lead the NCAA in scoring and the first time freshman have lead in scoring in back-to-back seasons. It is also the first time since the 2002-03 season that there has been three straight seasons with the scoring leader having more than 70 points and a ppg average above 1.70. In fact during the 11 intervening seasons only Andy Miele in 2010-11 had more than 70 points and a ppg average above 1.70.

My game-by-game scoring comparison and annual scoring leaders have been updated for the final time this season.

Sean
 
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Over in the 2015-16 winning percentage by goals scored thread mention was made of team GAAs in the 70s and 80s. This interested me so I looked around for an annual NCAA goaltending leaders list and only found one by the NCAA back to the 1995-96 season. Using The Intercollegiate Hockey Newsletter, the ECAC Hockey 2015-16 Media Guide and WCHA 2015-16 Records Book, I was able to get back to the 1955-56 season with only a few seasons missing. I have combined the goaltending leaders with my previous points leaders in a new NCAA Annual Leaders workbook. Leaders in red still need more research to confirm they are the leaders for that season, but they are the best I have found so far (corrections are requested, as is additional information where missing). Currently only once between 1971-72 and 1996-97 (26 seasons) was the lowest GAA below 2.00 (Bob Essensa in 1984-85). The change in goaltending occurred between 1994-98 as GAA dropped below 2.00 and save percentage increased above 0.930 (and where both have stayed for the past 19 seasons) for the leading goalies.

I also had 2 charts on my points leaders sheet, but apparently they were too complex for Google Spreadsheets, although they are fine in my Excel workbook.

Sean
 
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With half the season gone I thought I would update my game-by-game scoring comparison to including this season's current leader, Mike Vecchione. I also moved it from Box to Google, despite the fact that I think Box has better graphs. Vecchione is just off a 2 PPG pace and is currently ahead of the pace set by Gaudreau three seasons ago. However, this is the point in the season where Gaudreau, Eichel and Connor all picked up their pace and it will be interesting to see if Vecchione does likewise, or if he falters like Andrew Poturalski did last season.

Sean
 
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Sean Pickett said:
With half the season gone I thought I would update my game-by-game scoring comparison to including this season's current leader, Mike Vecchione. I also moved it from Box to Google, despite the fact that I think Box has better graphs. Vecchione is just off a 2 PPG pace and is currently ahead of the pace set by Gaudreau three seasons ago. However, this is the point in the season where Gaudreau, Eichel and Connor all picked up their pace and it will be interesting to see if Vecchione does likewise, or if he falters like Andrew Poturalski did last season.
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Well, it seems that the answer to that question is "in between." Vecchione did fall off his early pace, a pace that at one point was outperforming Gaudreau, but he fell back in the second half, enough to let both Zach Aston-Reese and Tyler Kelleher to catch him and, at the end of the end of the regular season, to pass him. With an extra, but potentially last, weekend of play both Aston-Reese and Kelleher put up 3 points to open a 4 point gap going into this weekend. Aston-Reese had only a single assist as Northeastern was eliminated, leaving him with 63 points for the season and Kelleher as had no points with a deciding third game tonight. Meanwhile, Vecchione had a 4 point weekend in a Union sweep and is tied with Kelleher, a point behind Aston-Reese, and he also likely has at least 2 more games to play. A lot depends on tonight's UNH-UML game, but it does look like Vecchione has the best opportunity to win the overall scoring title this season.

Sean
 
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