1928 Japan season
This was the 1928 ice hockey season in Japan:
Overview
The first All-Japan skating and ice hockey tournament was scheduled to take place on Lake Suwa, commencing on January 14. Ice hockey tryouts were slated to be held on the 14th and 15th, with the semifinals and finals being staged on the 16th.[1]
It was then planned to push the All-Japan Ice Hockey Championship back to January 21 and 22. The Sendai Skating Association, Sendai Second Higher School, Sapporo, Tohoku Imperial University and several teams from the vicinity of Nikko were set to compete.[2] The competition wound up being held on January 14-17.
“The Tokyo Imperial University Skating Club, which is to participate in the forthcoming skating tournament at Lake Suwako, Shinshu, on Jan. 10, will send a party of select ice-hockey and speed skaters to Manchuria, where it hopes to have games and competitions at Dalren, Hoten and Antung.”[3]
All Japan Ice Hockey Championship
@ Lake Suwako
- Planned pairings (these were changed)
- First elimination - Shimo-Suwako Association vs Waseda
- Second elimination - A. Kami-Suwako Club - Keio, B. South Manchuria Medical College - Suwako Middle School, C. Matsumoto Higher *School - Shiradori Club, D. Nikko Club - first elimination winner.
- First round
- 1/14: Shimo-Suwako Association - Shiradori Club (Okaya) 7:3 (2:1, 1:0, 4:1) - goals: Oguchi (3), Kasahara (3)
- 1/15: Suwako Middle School - Keio University 4:0
- 1/16: Waseda University beat Matsumoto Higher School
(did Shimo-Suwako play any more games?)
- Semifinal
- 1/17: Waseda University - Nikko Club 1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0)
- Final
- 1/17: Waseda University - Suwako Middle School 7:0 (3:0, 2:0, 2:0) - goals: Konishi (2), Hirata, Nankai (2), Ozawa, Hara
Waseda roster: Okada (goal), Sakata (LD), Hirata (RD), Konishi (LW), Hageyama, Utsumi (center), Hara, Ozawa (RW), Nankai. Suwako roster: Miyasaka (G), Yajima (LD), H. Kawanishi (RD), K. Ariga (LW), T. Kawanishi (center), S. Ariga (RW).
Kanto and Northern Japan Tournament
Held under the auspices of the Nikko Siedo at Nikko Gumma Prefecture.
- 1/29: Keio University - Waseda University 4:3 OT (1:1, 1:0, 1:2, 1:0)[5]
Other games
- 12/26: Mukden Club - Manchuria Medical College @ Mukden rink - game had to be called when one of the Club members was injured by the puck[6]
- 12/29: South Manchuria Medical College - Tokyo Imperial University 9:0 @ Mukden[7]
- Keio University - Hokkaido University 6:0 @ Akita City[8]
- 4/3: Keio University - Yokohama Foreigners (All-Canadians) 10:10 @ Kagetsuen Skating Rink in Tsurumi - this was an indoor rink; it was part of the ice games tournament to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the Japan Skating Federation
Keio roster: Keneko, Hiraokawa (forwards), Saito (defense), Mishima (goal). Foreigners roster: Losie, Hubert (forwards), Buckbarrough (defense), Beatty (goal). This was a 3-on-3 game as the ice was rather small.[9]
All Yokohama players were from Canada. W.R. Buckborrough had not been on the ice since leaving his hometown of Tillsonburg, Ontario, 15 years earlier. R.W. Hubert, formerly of Montreal, had not skated in five years. R.W. Losie and G.E. Beatty had not seen the ice since leaving their hometowns of Edmonton and Montreal, respectively.
- 4/15: Yokohama Foreigners (All-Canadians) - Keio University 11:9 @ Kagetsuen Skating Rink[10]
- 4/28: Yokohama Foreigners (All-Canadians) - Keio University 13:7 (2:2, 7:3, 4:2) @ Kagetsuen Skating Rink
- 4/28: Scratch team - Keio Freshmen 9:2 @ Kagetsuen Skating Rink[11]
Scratch roster: E. Kaii, S. Kimura, J.H. Lord, N. Tipolt.