1903–04 American ice hockey season

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This was the 1903-04 American ice hockey season:

Chicago, Illinois

There was a lot of hockey played in Chicago this winter. The Calumet Lacrosse Club won the city championship with a victory over the Kenwood Country Club. The Highland Park Hockey Club won the North Shore Hockey League championship, with wins over Evanston, Lake Forest, and Winnetka.

1903-04 Game Results
  • 1/13: Calumet Lacrosse Club - Prairie Avenue Hockey Club 14:4

Calumet roster: Beaton (goal), Donnelly (point), Jackson (cover point), Lighthall (rover), Adams (center), Johnson (left wing), Harris (right wing). Prairie Avenue roster: Dudley (goal), Peck (point), Whitehead (cover point), McCullough (rover), Dray (center), Preston (left wing), Severns (right wing).

  • 1/14: Calumet Lacrosse Club - Hyde Park High School 10:0
  • 1/18: Lake Forest Winter Club - Prairie Avenue Hockey Club 7:5
  • 1/23: Prairie Avenue Hockey Club - Lake Forest Winter Club 8:0

Prairie Avenue roster: Walters (goal), McCalla (point), Preston (cover point), Dudley (Center), Whitehead (rover), Severin (right wing), Dray (left wing). Lake Forest roster: Watson (goal), Barnes (point), Vincent (cover point), Hunt (center), Cummings (rover), Rolston (right wing), Papahia (left wing).

  • 1/26: Highland Park Hockey Club - Evanston Hockey Club 7:0

Highland Park roster: Gail (cover point), Towner (point), Van Schaack (goal), Troxell, Mason, Eckhardt, Fessenden (forwards). Evanston roster: Rockwell (cover point), J. Orchard (point), Lafenaye (goal), Lord, Raymond, Burt, John Orchard (forwards).

  • 1/27: Kenwood Country Club - Lake Forest Winter Club 8:2
  • 1/28: Kenwood Country Club - University of Chicago 9:1
  • 2/2: Kenwood Country Club - Woodlawn Hockey Club 7:5
  • 2/4: Highland Park Hockey Club - Lake Forest Winter Club 12:0
  • Highland Park Hockey Club - Winnetka Hockey Club
  • Calumet Lacrosse Club - Woodlawn Hockey Club
  • 2/9: Evanston Hockey Club - Lake Forest Winter Club 5:3
  • 2/12: Prairie Avenue Hockey Club - Lake Forest Winter Club 4:2
  • 2/15: Kenwood Country Club - Calumet Lacrosse Club 2:1
  • 2/20: Prairie Avenue Hockey Club - Lake Forest Juniors 5:3
  • 2/22: Highland Park Hockey Club - Lake Forest Winter Club 11:1
Chicago Championship
  • 2/8: Highland Park Hockey Club - Kenwood Country Club 4:4

Highland Park roster: Van Schaack (goal), Towner (point), Vail (cover point), Ramsay (rover), Eckhart (right wing), Mason (left wing), Troxell (center). Kenwood roster: Hanson (goal), Crocker (point), Rockwell (cover point), Hoagland (rover), Garnett (right wing), Wood (left wing), Champlin (center).

  • Kenwood Country Club - Highland Park Hockey Club Forfeit - Highland Park was unable to play as two of their players were sick
  • 2/12: Calumet Lacrosse Club - Kenwood Country Club 1:0 - Calumet won title

Colorado

The Colorado School of Mines organized a hockey team this winter. The University of Colorado also formed a team in late February, and planned to face the Colorado School of Mines in a game that did not come off due to mild weather conditions. The North Denver, Pastime, and Manhattan hockey teams were active in Denver. In Colorado Springs, there were two juvenile hockey teams, the Ivywilds and the North Ends.

  • Colorado School of Mines

    Colorado School of Mines

  • Manhattan Hockey Club

    Manhattan Hockey Club

  • Oscar Willey and Hugh Thatcher of the University of Colorado

    Oscar Willey and Hugh Thatcher of the University of Colorado

1903-04 Game Results
  • 12/25: North Denver Hockey Club - Pastime Hockey Club 7:5 @ Denver
  • 12/25: North Denver Hockey Club - Pastime Hockey Club 4:2 @ Denver
  • 1/1: Manhattan Hockey Club - Picked Team 6:1 @ Denver
  • 1/9: Ivywilds - North Ends @ Colorado Springs
  • 1/16: North Ends - Ivywilds 2:1 @ Colorado Springs

Connecticut

1903-04 Game Results
  • 1/16: Yale Scrub Team - Taft School
  • 1/16: Pomfret School - Hartford Public High School 6:0
  • 1/30: Hartford Public High School - Taft School 1:0
  • 2/5: Hartford Public High School - Springfield High School (MA) 2:1
  • 2/10: Yale Freshmen - Taft School 5:2
  • 2/11: Hartford Public High School - New Haven High School 2:0
  • 2/13: Springfield High School (MA) - Hartford Public High School 1:0
  • 2/13: Pomfret School - Taft School 8:0
  • 2/16: Watertown - Taft School

Indiana

The Muncie Specials defeated Springport 9-1 on January 17, 1904. Springport had previously edged Oakville 1-0 on the 2nd.

1903-04 Game Results
  • 1/2: Springport - Oakville 1:0
  • 1/17: Muncie Specials - Springport 9:1

Iowa

The Des Moines Hockey League was contested for the first time in 1904. The Globes won the championship with the best winning percentage.

1903-04 Game Results
  • 12/25: Riverside - Hopkins Bros. 8:1
  • 12/25: Wild Rose - Globes 1:0
Des Moines Hockey League Results
  • 1/5: Hopkins Bros. - Globes 2:0
  • 1/8: Riverside - Hopkins Bros.
  • 1/10: Hopkins Bros. - Wild Rose 1:0
  • 1/10: Globes - Wild Rose 4:0
  • 1/13: Hopkins Bros. - Wild Rose 3:1
  • 1/13: Riverside - Hopkins Bros. 6:0

Massachusetts

Melrose High School
Rindge Manual Training School

There were five interscholastic leagues in Massachusetts this winter, composed of the following teams:

  • Interscholastic League: English High, Somerville High, Rindge Manual Training School, Melrose High
  • Prepatory League: Boston Latin, Cambridge Latin, Brookline High, Newton High, Hopkinson School
  • Academic League: Volkmann, De Merritte, Stone's, Roxbury Latin Schools
  • Suburban League: Melrose High, Everett High, Cambridge High, Woburn High
  • Interprepatory League: Mechanic Arts High, Arlington High, Roxbury High, Ballou & Hobigand, West Roxbury High
1903-04 Game Results
  • 12/19: Newton High - Newton High Alumni 3:1
  • 12/19: English High - West Roxbury High 2:0
  • 12/19: Andover Hawthornes - Andover Tigers 1:0
  • 12/19: Andover Hawthornes - Andover Defenders 2:0
  • 12/19: Dedham - Roslindale 2:0
  • 12/19: Arlington High - Arlington High Alumni 1:1
  • 12/25: Melrose High - Melrose High Alumni 3:0
  • 12/25: Andover Guild - Andover Hawthornes 3:1
  • 12/25: Andover Hawthornes - Andover Elks 3:0
  • 1/1: Melrose High - Cambridge Latin 2:1
  • 1/1: Brookline High - Brookline High Alumni 9:1
  • 1/1: Dorchester AA - English High 2:2
  • 1/5: Roxbury Latin - English High 2:1
  • 1/6: Somerville High - Boston Latin 2:0
  • 1/6: Ballou & Hobigand - Roxbury High 4:3
  • 1/6: English High - Franklin AA 3:1
  • 1/6: Brookline High - Roxbury Latin 3:0
  • 1/7: English High - Arlington High 1:1
  • 1/8: Rindge Manual Training - Somerville High 3:0
  • 1/8: Dorchester AA - Roxbury Combination 8:7
  • 1/11: Dorchester AA - English High 5:4
  • 1/12: Dorchester AA - Roxbury Combination 3:2
  • 1/15: Franklin AA - English High 6:2
  • 1/16: Winchester Hockey Club - Mechanic Arts High 2:1
  • 1/16: Fraklin AA - Dorchester Hockey Club 8:2
  • 1/16: Cambridge Defender AC - Elmwood AC 4:0
  • 1/16: Cambridge Defender AC' - Lakeviews 2:0
  • 1/18: Stone's School - English High 5:0
  • 1/18: Roxbury Latin - Mechanic Arts High 6:0
  • 1/18: Everett High - Ballou & Hobigand 3:2
  • 1/18: Melrose High - Arlington High 4:0
  • 1/19: Franklin AA - English High 5:2
  • 1/19: Arlington High - Rindge Manual Training 4:0
  • 1/20: Ballou & Hobigand - Jamaica AC 10:2
  • 1/20: Franklin AA - Milton High 8:1
  • 1/20: Harvard University - Cambridge Latin 10:0
  • 1/20: Noble & Greenhough School - Middlesex School 4:1
  • 1/21: Arlington High - English High 4:1
  • 1/23: St. Paul's School (NH) - Harvard '07 4:0 @ Concord, MH
  • 1/23: Roger Wolcott School - Henry L. Pierce School 4:1
  • 1/25: Cambridge Latin - Franklin AA 5:4
  • 1/25: Franklin AA - English High 4:3
  • 1/27: Franklin AA - Stone's School 5:1
  • 1/28: Franklin AA - Roxbury Combination 16:2
  • 1/30: Franklin AA - Mechanic Arts High 2:1
  • 2/4: Franklin AA - English High 5:0
  • 2/12: Milton High - Stone's School 5:1
  • 2/12: St. Mark's School - Hoble & Greenhough School 4:1
  • 2/13: Franklin AA - Dorchester Hockey Club 8:7
Interscholastic League Results
  • 1/20: English High - Somerville High 11:0
  • 1/26: Melrose High - English High 5:1
  • 1/26: Rindge Manual Training - Somerville High 2:0
  • 2/5: Melrose High - Rindge Manual Training 2:0 - Melrose clinched title

Standings

  1. Melrose
  2. Rindge
  3. English
  4. Somerville
Suburban League Results
  • 12/23: Melrose High - Cambridge High 18:0

Melrose won league.

Prepatory League Results
  • 1/8: Brookline High - Hopkinson School 18:0
  • 1/8: Newton High - Boston Latin 3:0
  • 1/15: Cambridge Latin - Newton High 3:1
  • 1/19: Brookline High - Newton High 3:2
  • 1/19: Cambridge Latin - Hopkinson School 13:0
  • 1/21: Brookline High - Boston Latin 7:0
  • 1/25: Cambridge Latin - Boston Latin Forfeit
  • 1/27: Newton High - Hopkinson School 7:0
  • 1/29: Brookline High - Cambridge Latin 2:1 - Brookline clinched title

Standings

  1. Brookline
  2. Cambridge Latin
  3. Newton H
  4. Boston Latin
  5. Hopkinson
Interprepatory League Results
  • 1/23: Arlington High - Mechanic Arts High Forfeit
  • 2/3: Arlington High - Roxbury High 12:0 - Arlington clinched title
  • 2/3: Ballou & Hobigand - Mechanic Arts High 1:1

Standings

  1. Arlington
  2. Mechanic Arts
  3. Ballou & Hobigand
  4. Roxbury
  5. West Roxbury
Academic League Results
  • 1/27: Stone's School - Volkmann's School Forfeit
  • 1/29: Roxbury Latin - Stone's School 2:0 - Roxbury clinched title
Suburban Ice Polo League
  • 1/16: Arlington Boat Club - West Roxbury 4:1
  • 1/16: Hyde Park - Roslindale 1:0
  • 1/16: Dedham - Malden 1:0

Michigan

The Portage Lakes Hockey Club

The Portage Lakes Hockey Club had a dominant team in 1903-04, going 23-2 on the year, outscoring their opponents 257-49. They defeated the Pittsburgh Victorias 2-1 in a three-game series for the Championship of the United States. Portage Lakes later faced the Montreal Wanderers in a two-game series that was said to be for the "Championship of the World". Portage won both games handily. Team roster: Jack Gibson, Joe Linder, Hod Stuart (defensemen), Bert Morrison (rover), Cooney Shields, (right wing), Bruce Stuart (center), Ernie Westcott (left wing), Riley Hern (goaltender), Fred Westcott.

The Michigan Soo Indians also had a successful season playing an independent schedule. Team roster: Jack Baker, Andy Haller, Billy Hamilton, Fred Lake (defensemen), Con Marrin, Herbert Meinke (centers), Frank Schweitzer (left wing), Joe Stephens (rover), Joe Jones (goaltender).

There was a lot of hockey played in Detroit and the surrounding areas this winter.

1903-04 Game Results
  • 12/21: Michigan Soo Indians - St. Paul Victorias 13:2 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 12/22: Michigan Soo Indians - St. Paul Victorias 21:0 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 12/25: Detroit Athletic Club - Central High School 11:2
  • 12/25: Michigan Soo Indians - Detroit 20:0 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 12/26: Michigan Soo Indians - Detroit 30:0 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 12/29: Michigan Soo Indians - Canadian Soo Algonquins 4:2
  • 1/1: Michigan Soo Indians - University of Toronto (ON) 7:2 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 1/2: Central High School - Tigers 5:1 @ Detroit
  • 1/2: Michigan Soo Indians - University of Toronto (ON) 7:1 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 1/4: Michigan Soo Indians - University of Toronto (ON) 6:1 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 1/15: Detroit Warrens - Windsor Hockey Club (ON) 6:2 @ Detroit
  • 1/16: Central High School - Detroit University School 6:0 @ Detroit
  • 1/16: Detroit Warrens - Solvay Process 8:0 @ Detroit
  • 1/21: Canadian Soo Algonquins - Michigan Soo Indians 5:5
  • 1/27: Detroit Warrens - Windsor/Walkerville Picked Team (ON) 2:2 @ Detroit
  • 1/28: Free Press Imperials - Central High School 2:2 @ Detroit
  • 1/30: Central High School - Michigan Military Academy Cadets 2:1 @ Orchard Lake
  • 2/3: Michigan Soo Indians - Canadian Soo Algonquins 5:0
  • 2/4: Warren Juniors - Free Press Imperials 1:0 @ Detroit
  • 2/4: Detroit Warrens - Windsor Hockey Club (ON) 2:2 @ Windsor
  • 2/5: Michigan Soo Indians - Canadian Soo Algonquins 7:1
  • 2/6: Warren Juniors - Orchard Lake 2:1 @ Orchard Lake
  • 2/8: Michigan Soo Indians - Pittsburgh Bankers (PA) 9:2 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 2/9: Michigan Soo Indians - Pittsburgh Bankers (PA) 5:2 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 2/13: Central High School - Windsor High School (ON) 3:1 @ Detroit
  • 2/13: Windsor Hockey Club (ON) - Detroit 6:5 @ Windsor
  • 2/20: Michigan Military Academy Cadets - Detroit University School 4:0 @ Detroit
  • 2/20: Central High School - Forest Avenue 5:0 @ Detroit
  • 2/22: Central High School - Detroit University School 3:0 @ Detroit
  • 2/22: Warren Juniors - Michigan Military Academy Cadets 4:3 @ Detroit
  • 2/27: Central High School - Michigan Military Academy Cadets 3:3 @ Orchard Lake
  • 3/3: Michigan Soo Indians - Montreal National (QC) 10:4 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 3/4: Michigan Soo Indians - Montreal National (QC) 6:3 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 3/?: Houghton High School - Marquette College (WI)
  • 3/?: Michigan College of Mines - Marquette College (WI) 2:1
Portage Lakes Hockey Club Game Results
  • 12/17: Portage Lakes - St. Paul Victorias 20:0 @ Houghton
  • 12/19: Portage Lakes - St. Paul Victorias 14:1 @ Houghton
  • 12/25: Portage Lakes - World's Fair Hockey Club (St. Louis) 21:0 @ Houghton
  • 12/26: Portage Lakes - World's Fair Hockey Club (St. Louis) 24:0 @ Houghton
  • 1/1: Portage Lakes - Canadian Soo Algonquins 16:1 @ Houghton
  • 1/2: Portage Lakes - Canadian Soo Algonquins 7:0 @ Houghton
  • 1/13: Portage Lakes - Michigan Soo Indians 6:1 @ Houghton
  • 1/14: Portage Lakes - Michigan Soo Indians 12:1 @ Houghton
  • 1/18: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Keystones 9:4 @ Houghton
  • 1/19: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Keystones 12:1 @ Houghton
  • 1/23: Michigan Soo Indians - Portage Lakes 7:6 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 1/25: Portage Lakes - Michigan Soo Indians 4:1 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 1/28: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Athletic Club 11:1 @ Houghton
  • 1/29: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Athletic Club 6:3 @ Houghton
  • 2/4: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Bankers 14:7 @ Houghton
  • 2/5: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Bankers 14:5 @ Houghton
  • 2/16: Portage Lakes - Michigan Soo Indians 9:1 @ Houghton
  • 2/17: Portage Lakes - Michigan Soo Indians 11:1 @ Houghton
  • 2/19: Portage Lakes - Michigan Soo Indians 6:1 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 2/20: Portage Lakes - Michigan Soo Indians 5:1 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 3/11: Pittsburgh Victorias - Portage Lakes 5:2 @ Pittsburgh - Championship of the United States
  • 3/12: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Victorias 5:1 - "
  • 3/15: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Victorias 7:0 - "
  • 3/21: Portage Lakes - Montreal Wanderers 8:4 @ Houghton
  • 3/22: Portage Lakes - Montreal Wanderers 9:2 @ Houghton

The Hancock High School hockey team won the Houghton Amphidrome Cup and were named champions of Michigan.

Hancock High School Game Results
  • Hancock - Quincy Juniors 10:0
  • Hancock - Baraga 3:1
  • Hancock - Dollar Bay Seniors 3:2
  • Hancock - Dollar Bay Seniors 8:1
  • Hancock - Michigan College of Mines 6:1
  • Hancock - Houghton 6:3
  • Hancock - Michigan College of Mines 10:0
  • Hancock - Houghton 1:1
  • Hancock - Houghton 4:0
  • Hancock - Calumet 14:0
  • Hancock - Houghton 5:3

Minnesota

The Twin City Hockey League was contested again and the St. Paul Victorias repeated as Dunbar Cup champions. Five teams participated in the league, the Victorias, Virginias, Mascots, Shamrocks (also known as the St. Paul Hockey Club), and the University of Minnesota.

The St. Paul Victorias went to Michigan to play the Portage Lakes Hockey Club and the Soo Indians in late December, getting blasted in all four games.

  • The St. Paul Victorias

    The St. Paul Victorias

  • The Lake Harriet Hockey Club

    The Lake Harriet Hockey Club

1903-04 Game Results
  • 12/20: Lake Shore Hockey Club - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 5:0
  • 12/25: Lake Shore Hockey Club - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 2:1
  • 12/25: Duluth Gophers - Duluth Shamrocks 5:2
  • 12/28: Crocus Hill Hockey Club - Nushka II 3:1
  • 12/29: Crocus Hill Hockey Club - St. Anthony 5:0
  • 12/30: St. Paul Mic-Macs - Minneapolis Central High School 3:2
  • 12/30: Lake Shore Hockey Club - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 0:0
  • 12/31: Lake Shore Hockey Club - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 0:0
  • 12/31: Gordon Athletic Club - Nushka II 1:0
  • 12/31: Gordon Athletic Club - Laurels 5:0
  • 1/1: Duluth Gophers - Two Harbors 1:0 @ Two Harbors
  • 1/?: Two Harbors - Duluth Shamrocks 3:1
  • 1/9: St. Paul Virginias - Minneapolis Central High School 4:1
  • 1/11: Lake Harriet Hockey Club - Glens 3:0
  • 1/17: Lake Harriet Hockey Club - Glens 2:0
  • 1/22: Two Harbors - Duluth Shamrocks 9:1 @ Two Harbors
  • 1/23: St. Paul Victorias - Minneapolis Central High School 16:1
  • 1/24: Lake Harriet Hockey Club - Mohawks 4:0
  • 1/24: Lake Shores Hockey Club - Glens 2:0
  • 2/1: Glens - Lake Shore Hockey Club 2:1
  • 2/1: Laurels - Gordon Athletic Club 2:1
  • 2/1: Duluth Zephyrs - West Duluth Fairmounts 4:1
  • 2/3: Laurels - Crocus Hill Hockey Club 5:0
  • 2/3: Duluth Imperials - Duluth Lakeside 4:2
  • 2/5: St. Paul Mascots - St. Paul Mic-Macs 5:1
  • 2/10: Duluth Shamrocks/High School - Duluth Imperials 11:1
  • 2/12: East Side High School - Mohawks 3:2
  • 2/19: East Side High School - Mohawks 14:7
  • 2/22: Minneapolis Central High School - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 6:0 - Central's claimed to be Minneapolis champions
  • 2/22: Duluth Shamrocks - Duluth Gophers 6:0
  • 2/23: Laurels - St. Paul Mic-Macs 2:2 OT
  • 2/26: East Side High School - St. Paul Central High School 2:1
  • 2/27: St. Paul Victorias - Duluth Shamrocks 3:3 @ Two Harbors
  • 3/2: Crocus Hill Hockey Club - Macalester II 7:3
  • 3/11: Lake Harriet Hockey Club - Lake Shore Hockey Club 5:2
Twin City Hockey League Results
  • 12/28: Victorias - Mascots 5:0
  • 1/4: Shamrocks - Mascots 2:1
  • 1/9: Victorias - University of Minnesota
  • 1/11: Virginias - Shamrocks 5:4 OT
  • 1/15: Mascots - University of Minnesota 12:2
  • 1/18: Victorias - Shamrocks 10:1
  • 1/22: Virginias - Mascots 6:3
  • 2/2: Victorias - Virginias 10:4
  • 2/20: Virginias - Mascots 12:0
Minnesota State Championship Results
  • 2/24: St. Paul Victorias - Two Harbors 5:2 (or 5:3) @ Two Harbors
  • 2/25: Two Harbors - St. Paul Victorias 6:4 @ Two Harbors
  • 2/27: St. Paul Victorias - Two Harbors 4:2 @ Two Harbors
  • 3/4: St. Paul Victorias - Duluth Shamrocks @ St. Paul - not played as Duluth did not come

New York

See: 1903-04 AAHL season

The University of Buffalo team
The Heffley High School team in 1904

The American Amateur Hockey League was once again contested in New York City. The New York Intermediate League was won by the Heffley School, who went undefeated throughout the schedule. Hockey was also popular in Niagara Falls and Buffalo this winter.

1903-04 Game Results
  • 12/23: Pomfret School (CT)' - St. Paul's School (NH) 2:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
  • 1/1: Niagara Falls Crescents (ON) - Niagara Stars 2:1 @ Niagara Falls
  • 1/10: Rochester University Club - Rochester High School 2:0 @ Canandaigua
  • 1/15: Wanoka Athletic Club - St. Francis Xavier College 3:1
  • 1/15: Masten Park High School - Rumsey 4:4 @ Buffalo
  • 1/16: Drummondville (QC) - Niagara Falls Stars 3:2 @ Niagara Falls
  • 1/20: Poly Prep - Montclair High School (NJ) 2:0 @ Clermont Rink
  • 1/21: Niagara Stars - University of Buffalo 2:1 @ Niagara Falls
  • 1/21: Berkeley School - Hockley School 1:0
  • 1/25: Jamestown Hockey Club - University of Buffalo 4:1 @ Jamestown
  • 1/28: Mohegan Lake School - Riverview Military Academy 3:0 @ Peekskill
  • 1/30: Niagara Falls (ON) - University of Buffalo 9:1 @ Niagara Falls
  • 1/30: Buffalo Tennis Club - Masten Park High School 1:0
  • 1/31: Rochester University Club - Rochester Bradstreet's 2:2 @ Canandaigua
  • 2/3: De Witt Clinton High School - High School of Commerce 4:1
  • 2/3: Wanoka Athletic Club - St. Paul's School (NH) 4:0
  • 2/4: Brooklyn Latin - Chappaqua Institute 5:0 @ Clermont Rink
  • 2/7: Niagara Stars - St. Catharines (ON) 9:1 @ Niagara Falls
  • 2/9: Brooklyn Crescents - Heffley School 10:3
  • 2/10: Niagara Falls YMCA - Masten Park High School 3:0 @ Niagara Falls
  • 2/11: All-New York - Montreal AAA 2:1 @ Clermont Rink
  • 2/12: University of Buffalo - Masten Park High School 2:1 OT
  • 2/13: Niagara Stars - Niagara-on-the-Lake Hockey Club (ON) 6:4 @ Niagara Falls
  • 2/14: Canisius College Juniors - Yale hockey team 14:0
  • 2/16: Lawrenceville High School (NJ) - Poly Prep 8:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
  • 2/17: Niagara Stars - Niagara YMCA 2:1 @ Niagara Falls
  • 2/17: St. Paul's School (NH) - Poly Prep 2:1 @ Clermont Rink
  • 2/20: Cornell University - Syracuse University 5:1 @ Ithaca
  • 2/21: Niagara Stars - St. Catharines (ON) 7:6 OT @ Niagara Falls
  • 2/24: Niagara Stars - Tuscarora Indian Reservation 8:5 @ Niagara Falls
  • 2/27: Niagara Stars - Niagara Falls Hockey Club (ON) 12:5 @ Niagara Falls - Niagara Frontier Championship
  • 2/27: Rumsey - Masten Park High School 1:0 @ Buffalo
  • 2/27: St. Paul's School (NH) - Columbia Sophomores 1:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
  • 3/18: Company K, Seventh Regiment - Company A, 23rd Regiment 5:2 @ St. Nicholas Rink
  • 3/22: Company K, Seventh Regiment - Squadron A 10:3 @ St. Nicholas Rink
New York Intermediate Hockey League
  • Charles School - Company A, 23rd Regiment 8:0
  • 12/30: Charles School - CCNY 2:2
  • 1/7: CCNY - Company A, 23rd Regiment 3:0
  • 1/12: Heffley School - Company A, 23rd Regiment 12:0
  • 1/13: Charles School - CCNY 7:1
  • 1/21: Heffley School - Charles School 10:0
  • 1/28: Heffley School - CCNY 10:1
  • 2/2: Charles School - Company A, 23rd Regiment 7:0
  • 2/9: CCNY - Company A, 23rd Regiment 6:2
  • 2/18: Heffley School - Charles School 11:1
  • 2/23: Heffley School - CCNY 11:0
  • 3/1: CCNY - Charles School Forfeit
  • 3/3: Heffley School - Company A, 23rd Regiment Forfeit

Standings

  1. Heffley 6-0
  2. Charles 3-3
  3. CCNY 3-3
  4. 23rd Regiment 0-6
Long Island Interscholastic League
  • 1/27: Poly Prep - Brooklyn Latin 14:1 @ Clermont Rink
  • 2/19: Boys' High School - Brooklyn Latin School 7:1 @ Clermont Rink
  • 3/4: Poly Prep - Boys' High School 2:0 @ Clermont Rink
New York Interscholastic League
  • 3/2: Cutler School - Columbia Grammar School 5:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
  • 3/10: Berkeley School - De La Salle School 5:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
  • 3/12: Cutler School - De La Salle School 10:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
  • 3/15: Columbia Grammar School - Berkeley School 3:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
  • 3/17: Cutler School - Berkeley School 4:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink - Cutler clinched title
  • 3/19: Columbia Grammar School - De La Salle School 8:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink

North Dakota

The Grand Forks Hockey Club faced the Park River Hockey Club twice in late January, splitting the games. Grand Forks defeated Argyle 5-2 on February 2. Argyle held the championship of Northern Minnesota. Inkster attempted to a arrange a tournament featuring the hockey teams of Hannah, Park River, Grand Forks, and Inkster. Grand Forks also met and defeated the University of North Dakota club twice. Hannah was noted to have lost two of the three games they played against Canadian teams this winter.

1903-04 Game Results
  • 1/22: Park River Hockey Club - Grand Forks Hockey Club 6:5 @ Park River
  • 1/23: Grand Forks Hockey Club - Park River Hockey Club 12:0 @ Park River
  • 2/2: Grand Forks Hockey Club - Argyle Hockey Club (MN) 5:2 @ Grand Forks
  • 2/6: Park River Hockey Club - Inkster Hockey Club 8:1 @ Inkster
  • 2/20: Grand Forks Hockey Club - University of North Dakota 5:3
  • 3/5: Grand Forks Hockey Club - Uniersity of North Dakota 10:2
  • 3/12: Hannah Hockey Club - Park River Hockey Club

Ohio

The Cleveland Hockey Club held a meeting on December 21, 1903. They received offers for games from Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Toronto. The Columbia Athletic Club also formed a team. Landon AC faced the Wigwams on January 13. There was also a game played in Canton on the 15th.

1903-04 Game Results
  • 1/13: Landon AC - Wigwams 3:1 @ Cleveland
  • 1/15: Wilsons - Woodlands 1:0 @ Canton

Pennsylvania

See: 1903–04 WPHL season

The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League was contested again in 1903-04, as was the Pittsburgh Interscholastic Hockey League. The Pittsburgh Victorias won the WPHL championship, and hosted the Portage Lakes Hockey Club for the Championship of the United States in mid-March. They lost the three game series 2-1.

1903-04 Game Results
  • 2/27: Michigan Soo Indians - Pittsburgh Athletic Club 4:2
  • 2/29: Pittsburgh Victorias - Michigan Soo Indians 4:3
Championship of the United States
  • 3/11: Pittsburgh Victorias - Portage Lakes Hockey Club 5:2
  • 3/12: Portage Lakes Hockey Club - Pittsburgh Victorias 5:1
  • 3/15: Portage Lakes Hockey Club - Pittsburgh Victorias 7:0
Pro Challenge Series
  • 3/25: Pittsburgh Victorias - Montreal Wanderers 4:2
  • 3/26: Pittsburgh Victorias - Montreal Wanderers 6:4
  • 3/28: Montreal Wanderers - Pittsburgh Victorias 4:2
Pittsburgh Interscholastic League Results
  • Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 2:2
  • East Liberty Academy - Pittsburgh High School 2:1
  • Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 1:1
  • Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 3:0
  • East Liberty Academy - Pittsburgh High School 2:1
  • Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 3:2
  • Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:0
  • Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 2:1
  • Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 2:1
  • Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 2:1
  • Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 2:0
  • Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 2:1
  • Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:1
  • Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 2:0
  • Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 0:0
  • East Liberty Academy - Shadyside Academy 3:1

Standings

  1. Shadyside 6-1-4
  2. Pittsburgh HS 3-5-2
  3. East Liberty 3-6-2

Rhode Island

Manual Training School won the Rhode Island Interscholastic League title.

1903-04 Game Results
  • 1/1: Manual Training School - Woonsocket High School 5:0
  • 1/1: East Providence High School - English High School 4:1
  • 1/7: East Providence High School - Woonsocket High School 6:0
  • 1/8: Manual Training School - English High School 8:0
  • 1/18: East Providence High School - Manual Training School 1:1
  • 1/19: Manual Training School - East Providence High School 2:1
  • 1/26: Hope High School - Woonsocket High School 1:0
  • 1/26: Manuak High School - Classical High School 0:0
  • 2/11: Manual Training School - Classical High School 2:0
  • 3/10: Manual Training School - Hope High School 2:1

St. Louis, Missouri

Although the St. Louis Ice Palace had closed, the World's Fair Hockey Club assembled a team that faced the Portage Lakes Hockey Club in Houghton, Michigan, on December 25 and 26, 1903. World's Fair was blasted in both games, losing 21-0 and 24-0, respectively.

Wisconsin

The Milwaukee Hockey League was formed, composed of the West Division High School, East Division High School, Montreal Juniors (Milwaukee Academy), Wauwatosa, Marquette College, and the St. John's Military Academy. On January 22, Marquette College was reported to be tied for first with the Montreal Juniors. Pittsburgh reportedly wanted to play in Milwaukee, but the challenge was not accepted due to expenses. The Montreal Juniors accepted the challenge of the Calumet team of Chicago and were set to play there on February 13. Kaukauna and Appleton met in a game on February 7.

1903-04 Game Results
  • 2/7: Kaukauna - Appleton 1:1 @ Kaukauna
Milwaukee Hockey League Results
  • 1/6: West Division High School tied Montreal Juniors (Milwaukee Academy)
  • 1/13: East Division High School - Montreal Juniors
  • 1/13: Marquette College - Wauwatosa
  • 1/21: West Division High School - Wauwatosa - postponed due to bad ice
  • 1/30: Montreal Juniors - St. John's Military Academy 3:1
  • 2/3: Marquette College - East Division High School 0:0

College ice hockey

See: 1903–04 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season

Sources

  • Boston Globe
  • Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express
  • Chicago Tribune
  • Detroit Free Press
  • Pittsburgh Daily Post
  • St. Paul Daily Globe


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