1931–32 Romanian Hockey League season
The 1931-32 Romanian Hockey League season was the seventh season of the Romanian Championship. Tenis Club Roman Bucharest won the championship by defeating Dragos Voda Cernauti in the final.[1]
Season Overview
The Patinoarul Otelesanu was inaugurated as Romania's first artificial ice rink on December 5, 1931. The rink was available for use by clubs only before 8:00 AM and after 9:00 PM. The entrance fee was 10 euros, as opposed to the two charged to skate on Lake Cisimigu, which remained widely used by schools and small clubs.
The new arena was opened beside a telephone company's building. A hockey player for TCR, Riri Aslan, an engineer for the company, learned that its director, Bobby Tucker, played hockey in the United States growing up. As there were ongoing difficulties within the TCR club, Aslan encouraged Tucker to form a company club for advertising purposes. Tucker agreed and Telefon Club Bucharest was born. Tucker aimed to recruit the best players in the country to play for Telefon Club.
There were three regional championships - Bucharest, Bukovina, and Szekerland - contested prior to the national championship.
Regional championships
Bucharest Championship
Group I: TCR II, Sparta, Viforul. Group II: Telefon, Politechnica, Sportul.
- 1/24: Sportul Studentesc Bucharest - Politechnica Bucharest 1:0 (1:0, 0:0, 0:0)
Sportul Studenţesc: Munteanu, Gh. Buia, G. Presser, H. Ionescu, Tudor Ion (cpt.) Em. Florescu, Ambrozie, P. Beka. Politechnica: Emil Fatelli, D. Stăncilescu, M. Ulubeanu, M. Manolescu, M. Bourghhardt, L. Moisil, R. Matat, M. Canella (cpt.) M. Meţianu.
- 1/24: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest II - Viforul Dacia Bucharest 7:0 (2:0, 4:0, 1:0)
TCR roster: Justinian, Vintilă Brătianu, Râmniceanu, Cantemir, Costenicu, Danielopol, Walsch, Rabinovici, Petrovici. Viforul Dacia roster: Gh. Creangă, Nicolae I and II, Lenghea, Rădulescu, Lupu, Parascu, Cazimir, Slatingher.
- 1/31: Sparta Bucharest - Viforul Dacia Bucharest 2:1 (0:0, 0:0, 2:1)
Sparta: Arthur Vogel, Lonel Brecher, Livianu, Elias, Frischlaender, Slovens, Bertheil I, Bruno, Bertheil II. Viforul Dacia: Creanga, Nicolau I, Nicolau II, Zenghea, Rădulescu, Lupu, Slatinger, Parascu, Canzimir.
- 2/5: Telefon Club Bucharest - Politechnica Bucharest 5:0 (2:0, 1:0, 2:0)
- 2/7: Telefon Club Bucharest - Sportul Studentesc Bucharest 9:2
Telephon Club: Raţiu, Aslan, Nanu, Reti, Dan Brătianu, Pfann, Krupensky, Sergiu Nadlers Tuecker. Sportul Studenţesc: Ego Munteanu, Gică Buia, Cressel, Emanoil Florescu. Tudor Ion, Haralambie Ionescu, Ambrozie
- 2/7: Sparta Bucharest - Tenis Club Roman Bucharest II cancelled - game played 2/15 as part of Curentul Cup
- 2/25: Telefon Club Bucharest - Tenis Club Roman Bucharest II 1:0 2OT - final
Bukovina Championship
- Scores
- Dragos Voda-Jahn 3-1 (0-1,0-0,3-0)
- Polonia-Maccabi 3-1
- Jask-Dovbusch 2-2
- Polonia-Borochov 6-0 (1-0,2-0,3-0)
- Jahn-Dovbusch 5-1 (0-1,1-0,4-0)
- Maccabi-Jask 2-0 (1-0,0-0,1-0) Referee: Enderl
- Jask-Borochov 1-0
- Dragos Voda-Dovbusch 5-0 (2-0, 2-0, 1-0)
- Dragos Voda-Borochov 7-0 (1-0, 3-0, 3-0)
- Maccabi-Jahn Cancelled due to thaw
- Dragos Voda-Jask 5-1 (1-0,2-0,2-1)
- Jahn-Jask 7-1 (3-1,1-0,3-0)
- Maccabi-Borochov 10-0
- Dragos Voda-Polonia 1-0
- Jahn-Maccabi 1-0 (0-0,1-0,0-0)
- Polonia-Dovbusch 4-0
- Polonia-Jask 1-0 (0-0,0-0,1-0)
- Jahn-Borochov 11-1 (2-0,4-1,5-0)
- Dragos Voda-Maccabi 1-1 (0-0,0-0,1-1)
- Jahn-Polonia 2-0 (1-0,1-0,0-0)
- Maccabi-Dovbusch 5-0 (1-0,1-0,3-0)
- Dovbusch-Borochov not played
Dovbusch and Borochov Cernauti were slated to play on March 6, but no results were subsequently reported, so it appears the match did not take place.
- Table
Club | GP | W | T | L | GF-GA | Pts | |
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1. | Dragos Voda Cernauti | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22:3 | 11 |
2. | Jahn Cernauti | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27:6 | 10 |
3. | Polonia Cernauti | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14:4 | 8 |
4. | Maccabi Cernauti | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19:5 | 7 |
5. | Jask Cernauti | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5:17 | 3 |
6. | Dovbusch Cernauti | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3:21 | 1 |
7. | Borochow Cernauti | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1:35 | 0 |
Szeklerland Championship
Won by SC Miercurea Ciuc (only team).
National Championship
Universitatea Cluj did not participate, having been suspended, and SC Miercurea Ciuc withdrew, electing to play in Budapest instead.
- Semifinals
- 2/28: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest defeated SC Miercurea Ciuc on forfeit
- 2/28: Dragos Voda Cernauti - Telefon Club Bucharest not played
Final
- 3/2: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest - Dragos Voda Cernauti 2-0 (0-0, 1-0, 1-0) - Cantacuzino (2)
Season stats
Top scorer
Cantacuzino (Tenis Club)
Team rosters
- Tenis Club Roman Bucharest: Dumitru Danielopol (goalkeeper), Ion Cantemir, Nicu Polizu (defensemen), Constantin Tico, Paul Anastasiu, Constatin Cantazucino, Petre Grant, Serban Grant, Alexandru Botez (forwards).
- Telefon Club Bucharest: Mircea Ratiu (goalkeeper), Adrian Nanu, Dan Bratianu (defensemen), Pfann, Krupensky, Reti, Sergiu Nadler, Tucker (forwards).
Friendly games
- December 13, 1931 in Bucharest: Telefon Club Bucharest A - Telefon Club Bucharest B 1-3
- December 13, 1931: Jahn-Dragos Voda Cernauti Comb. - Maccabi Cernauti 2-1 (1-0, 1-0, 0-1)
- December 15, 1931 in Bucharest: Telefon Club Bucharest - Maccabi Cernauti 8-0 (1-0, 1-0, 6-0)
- December 16, 1931 in Bucharest: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest - Maccabi Cernauti 1-0 (0-0, 1-0, 0-0)
- 12/21: Dragos Voda Cernauti - Dovbusch Cernauti 6:2
- 12/21: Jahn Cernauti - Jask Cernauti 7:0
- 1/2: SC Miercurea Ciuc - Universitatea Cluj 1:0
- 1/3: SC Miercurea Ciuc - Universitatea Cluj 2:0
- 1/3: Dovbusch Cernauti - Borochov Cernauti 4:0 (1:0, 0:0, 3:0)
- 1/8: Sportul Studentesc Bucharest - Politechnica Bucharest 5:1
- 1/11: Universitatea Cluj - SC Miercurea Ciuc 1:0
- 1/12: Universitatea Cluj - SC Miercurea Ciuc 0:0
- 1/17: Sportul Studentesc Bucharest - Viforul Dacia Bucharest 2:0 - Illustratia Romana Cup
- 1/19: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest - Maccabi Cernauti 1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0)
- 1/24: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest - Telefon Club Bucharest 4:0
- 1/31: Politechnica Bucharest - Sportul Studentesc Bucharest 1:0
- 2/6: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest - Universitatea Cluj 6:1 (0:0, 3:0, 3:1)
- 2/7: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest - Universitatea Cluj 1:0
- 2/7: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest II - Politechnica Bucharest 1:1 (0:1, 1:0, 0:0)
- 2/17: Olympia Brasov - Brasovia Brasov 2:1 (1:1, 0:0, 1:0)
- 2/22: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest II - Sportul Studentesc-Politechnica Comb. 0:0
- 2/29: Mediascher Turnverein - Hermannstaedter Eislaufverein 2:2 (1:0, 1:0, 0:2)
- 3/3: Bucharest - Cernauti 4:1 (2:0, 1:1, 1:0)
- 3/4: Dragos Voda Cernauti - Cernauti Combination 5:2
- SC Miercurea Ciuc - Dragos Voda Cernauti 7:4
Cisimigu Tournament
- Semifinals
- 2/14: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest II - Politechnica Bucharest 4:0
- 2/14: Sportul Studentesc Bucharest - Sparta Bucharest 4:1
- Final
- 2/14: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest II - Sportul Studentesc Bucharest 2:1
Curentul Cup
- Semifinals
- 2/15: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest II - Sparta Bucharest 11:0 (also counted for Bucharest Ch.)
- 2/15: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest - Telefon Club Bucharest 9:0
- Final
- 2/15: Tenis Club Roman Bucharest - Tenis Club Roman Bucharest II 5:0
Credits
Special thanks to Patrick H. for supplying some of the information found on this page.
References