1927–28 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season

1927–28 Army Cadets
men's ice hockey season
ConferenceIndependent
Home iceBear Mountain Rink
Record
Overall1–8–0
Home1–8–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachRay Marchand
Captain(s)Tito Moscatelli
Army Cadets men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1927–28 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season was the 25th season of play for the program. The team was coached by Ray Marchand in his 5th season.

Season

With all three defensive starters having graduated, coach Marchand moved McNamara back to the blueline to help out. He replaced on the forward line by Lindquist but that was the least of Army's worries. Once again, the team's chances were harmed by poor weather. While Stuart Rink was formed, the skating surface was just 10 feet wide at times and could barely be used for practice, let alone a game.[1] Army had to travel south to use the rink at Bear Mountain for the opening match against Clarkson. In spite of the difficulties, the Cadets performed well and kept the game close, losing 0–1 with a strong game from Browning, who stopped 21 shots.[2] When the weather didn't improve, there was little hope of getting their normal rink in any kind of usable condition. As a result, the team decided to use Bear Mountain as their home venue for the year.

After a second shutout loss to Bates, Army got their first win in almost two years when they defeated Massachusetts Agricultural College. Even at their new digs, however, Army couldn't escape poor ice conditions and most of their games devolved into a slog. A lack of practice time finally caught up to the team at the end of the month when Boston University visited. Being unable to get much cohesion going between the players, Army was dominated 0–9.

It was almost two weeks before the Cadets played their next game but the time off didn't appear to help. Despite Dartmouth having a bit of a down year, they were nonetheless able to overwhelm Army 1–12 and began a stretch of subpar play for the Cadets. Army played four games over a two-week span and lost them all. While the scores were close in the first two matches, Royal Military College was again too powerful for the Cadets, who finished their season with a poor effort against Williams. Army was only able to muster 8 shots on net, 1 more than the Ephs' total number of goals.

With a second consecutive season apparently ruined by poor weather, an increasing level of pressure was being put on the administration for the team to have better facilities.

John Oakes served as the team's manager.

Roster

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
New York (state) William W. Browning Senior G 1904-07-29 Brooklyn, New York
Massachusetts Normando A. Costello Junior 1905-06-19 Franklin, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Robert J. Dwyer Senior LW
Alaska Rudolph Fink Junior D 1905-01-24 Nome, Alaska
Massachusetts Roy E. Lindquist Sophomore LW 1907-02-18 West Newton, Massachusetts
Rhode Island Andrew T. McNamara Senior D 1905-05-14 East Providence, Rhode Island
Italy Tito C. Moscatelli Senior C 1904-09-04 Cagli, Italy
Petticord
New Jersey John A. Sawyer Senior RW 1904-03-21 Elizabeth, New Jersey
New Jersey David M. Schorr Junior D

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Standings

1927–28 Eastern Collegiate ice hockey standings
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst 7 4 2 1 .643 12 7 7 4 2 1 12 7
Army 8 1 7 0 .125 6 36 9 1 8 0 9 44
Bates 10 5 5 0 .500 21 26 12 6 5 1 26 28
Boston College 6 2 3 1 .417 18 23 7 2 4 1 19 25
Boston University 9 6 2 1 .722 42 23 9 6 2 1 42 23
Bowdoin 8 3 5 0 .375 16 27 9 4 5 0 20 28
Brown – – – – – – – 12 4 8 0 – –
Clarkson 10 9 1 0 .900 59 13 11 10 1 0 61 14
Colby 5 2 3 0 .400 10 16 7 3 3 1 20 19
Colgate 4 0 4 0 .000 4 18 4 0 4 0 4 18
Cornell 5 2 3 0 .400 11 29 5 2 3 0 11 29
Dartmouth – – – – – – – 10 6 4 0 64 23
Hamilton – – – – – – – 8 5 2 1 – –
Harvard 6 5 1 0 .833 28 8 9 7 2 0 45 13
Holy Cross – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Massachusetts Agricultural 6 0 6 0 .000 5 17 6 0 6 0 5 17
Middlebury 7 6 1 0 .857 27 10 8 7 1 0 36 11
MIT 4 1 3 0 .250 6 35 4 1 3 0 6 35
New Hampshire – – – – – – – 9 7 1 1 33 26
Norwich – – – – – – – 4 0 2 2 – –
Princeton – – – – – – – 12 5 7 0 – –
Rensselaer – – – – – – – 4 2 1 1 – –
St. Lawrence – – – – – – – 4 2 2 0 – –
Syracuse – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Union 5 0 4 1 .100 10 21 5 0 4 1 10 21
Williams 8 6 2 0 .750 27 12 8 6 2 0 27 12
Yale 13 11 2 0 .846 88 22 18 14 4 0 114 39
YMCA College 6 2 4 0 .333 10 15 6 2 4 0 10 15

Schedule and results

Date Opponent Site Result Record
Regular Season
January 8 Clarkson* Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York L 0–7  0–1–0
January 14 Bates* Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York L 0–2  0–2–0
January 18 Massachusetts Agricultural* Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York W 3–0  1–2–0
January 25 Boston University* Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York L 0–9  1–3–0
January 28 Middlebury* Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York L 1–3 †  1–4–0
February 8 Dartmouth* Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York L 1–12  1–5–0
February Amherst* Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York L 1–2 2OT 1–6–0
February 18 Royal Military College* Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York L 3–8  1–7–0
February 22 Williams* Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York L 0–7  1–8–0
*Non-conference game.

† Middlebury reported the final score being 0–3.[4]
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References

  1. ^ "1928 Howitzer". U.S. Military Academy. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "Clarkson Integrator., January 01, 1928, Page 7, Image 7". Clarkson Integrator. January 1, 1928. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Cullum, George Washington (1920). "Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy". U.S. Military Academy. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "Army Sextet Bows Before Fast Attack of Middlebury Team". Middlebury Campus. February 1, 1928. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "Army West Point Hockey 2017-18 Record book" (PDF). Army Black Knights. Retrieved January 20, 2020.