Rensselaer 's win was so improbably that it apparently flummoxed the voters for the tournament awards . Four Engineers made their way onto the First All-Tournament Team : Bob Fox , Jim Pope , Frank Chiarelli and Gordie Peterkin . However it was Abbie Moore who was named as the Most Outstanding Player , the only time in tournament history that the MOP was not on the top team
Most Outstanding Player
List of NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Tournament Most Outstanding Player
1953–54 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season