1928–29 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season

The 1928–29 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season was the 26th season of play for the program. The team was coached by Ray Marchand in his 6th season.

1928–29 Army Cadets
men's ice hockey season
Home iceStuart Rink
Bear Mountain Rink
Record
Overall3–10–0
Home3–10–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachRay Marchand
Captain(s)Normando Costello
Army Cadets men's ice hockey seasons
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Season

Army was welcomed to the ice hockey season by a colder winter than they had seen in recent years. The dip in temperature allowed the team to return to a full schedule on the Stuart Rink for the first time in three years. Unfortunately, the lack of practice time over that stretch was still hampering the team and, after opening the season with a win, Army dropped eight contests in a row. Through that losing skin, the Cadets were barely competitive on most nights, however, as the season progressed the results slowly began to improve.

Team captain Normando Costello was lauded for his play in goal and was regarded as the team's best player for much of the season. Observers put most of the blame on the high numbers of goals against on the poor play of the team's skaters.[1]

Being able to practice on Stuart Rink for most of the season allowed Marchand to coach his team into a decent unit. In the last four games of the year, Army was able to score at least three goals in each game, a far cry from the 13 total markers they had earned in the first nine matches. The steady improvement gave hope to observers that Army could soon produce a winning season.

Roster

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
Virginia Marshall S. Carter Sophomore LW 1909-09-16 Fort Monroe, Virginia
Minnesota Frederic H. Chaffee Senior LW/RW Faribault, Minnesota
Massachusetts Normando A. Costello (C) Senior G 1905-06-19 Franklin, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Edward J. Cotter Sophomore LW 1908-04-30 Canton, Massachusetts
Alaska Rudolph Fink Senior D 1905-01-24 Nome, Alaska
Iowa Harvey P. Huglin Freshman D 1910-05-09 Fairfield, Iowa
Massachusetts Roy E. Lindquist Junior C 1907-02-18 West Newton, Massachusetts
Florida Milton H. Pressley Jr. Sophomore D 1906-09-29 Miami, Florida
Rothchild RW
New Jersey David M. Schorr Senior D
West Virginia Walter C. Sweeney Jr. Junior LW 1909-07-23 Wheeling, West Virginia
Wisconsin Field H. Tapping Sophomore C/RW 1905-12-29 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Maryland John K. Waters Sophomore D 1906-12-20 Baltimore, Maryland

Standings

Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst9351
Army9270.2221150123902361
Bates11461.4092620125612821
Boston College145903642
Boston University10910.900369129213914
Bowdoin9540.556111495401114
Brown13850
Clarkson7610.8574311109106019
Colgate7430.571161874301618
Connecticut Agricultural
Cornell5230.40079523079
Dartmouth179535828
Hamilton10460
Harvard7430.5712610105413115
Massachusetts Agricultural11650.5453020127503321
Middlebury9630
MIT8440
New Hampshire116412320
Norwich8260
Pennsylvania11290.1821282132101
Princeton191531
Rensselaer4130
St. John's7331
St. Lawrence8341
St. Stephen's
Syracuse
Union5221
Vermont
Williams10640.6003316106403316
Yale171511

Schedule and results

DateOpponentSiteResultRecord
Regular Season
 ? St. Stephen's* Stuart RinkWest Point, New York W 5–2  1–0–0
January 12 Williams* Stuart RinkWest Point, New York L 0–10  1–1–0
January 16 Massachusetts Agricultural* Stuart RinkWest Point, New York L 1–3  1–2–0
January 19 Bates* Stuart RinkWest Point, New York L 0–5  1–3–0
January 26 New Hampshire* Stuart RinkWest Point, New York L 1–5  1–4–0
February 2 MIT* Stuart RinkWest Point, New York L 2–5  1–5–0
February 6 Dartmouth* Stuart RinkWest Point, New York L 0–9  1–6–0
February Amherst* Stuart RinkWest Point, New York L 3–4  1–7–0
February 16 Colgate* Stuart RinkWest Point, New York L 1–8  1–8–0
February Norwich* Stuart RinkWest Point, New York W 3–1  2–8–0
February 23 Royal Military College* Stuart RinkWest Point, New York L 3–7  2–9–0
February Poughkeepsie* Stuart RinkWest Point, New York L 4–2 †  2–10–0
March 2 Rensselaer* Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York W 4–1  3–10–0
*Non-conference game.

† Contemporary Army records include a game against Poughkeepsie, however, those records are confused as to the result of the game. The games is listed as a loss for the Cadets but the score is recorded as 4–2 in their favor.
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References

  1. "1929 Howitzer". U.S. Military Academy. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  2. "Army West Point Hockey 2017-18 Record book" (PDF). Army Black Knights. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
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