1925–26 American ice hockey season

This was the 1925-26 American ice hockey season:

Leagues

• California Hockey League
• Central Amateur Hockey League
• Eastern Amateur Hockey League
• National Hockey League (Boston Bruins, New York Americans, Pittsburgh Pirates)
• New England Hockey League

Chicago, Illinois

The planned playing schedule for the North Shore League.

The Illinois Athletic Club held their first practice on December 17, 1925. The North Shore Hockey League returned for another season of play. It was composed of the Evanston, Indian Hill, Lake Forest, and Highland Park teams.

1925-26 Game Results

• 12/30: Squirrel Athletic Club - Cardinals 8:4
• 1/17: Illinois Athletic Club - Milwaukee Athletic Club (WI) 3:1 @ Lake Oconomowoc, WI

North Shore Hockey League Results

• 1/3: Indian Hill - Evanston Hockey Club 4:1
• 1/3: Lake Forest Winter Club - Highland Park Hockey Club 3:0
• 1/10: Indian Hill - Highland Park Hockey Club 5:0
• 1/10: Lake Forest Winter Club - Evanston Hockey Club 2:1
• 1/24: Highland Park Hockey Club - Lake Forest Winter Club 6:3 OT
• 1/24: Indian Hill - Evanston Hockey Club 6:1
• 2/7: Indian Hill - Lake Forest Winter Club 3:2
• 2/14: Indian Hill - Highland Park Hockey Club 3:0 - Indian Hill clinched title

Maine

The Lewiston St. Dominique and Waterville St. Jean clubs played independent schedules this winter.

1925-26 Game Results

• 1/8: Lewiston St. Dominique - Melrose City Club 7:0 @ Lewiston
• 1/10: Waterville St. Jean - Melrose City Club 8:4 @ Waterville
• 1/13: Waterville St. Jean - Cambridge Catholic Club 9:2 @ Waterville
• 1/24: Lewiston St. Dominique - Quebec St. Patricks 2:1 @ Lewiston
• 3/10: Lewiston St. Dominique - Boston Pere Marquette 4:1 @ Lewiston
• 3/11: Lewiston St. Dominique - Boston Pere Marquette 1:0 @ Lewiston

Massachusetts

Fitchburg Winter Carnival Tournament

Played on the weekend of February 20-21.

• Hudson - Fitchburg 3:2
• Fitchburg - Gardner 3:1
• Fitchburg - Framingham 0:0
• Providence - Framingham 4:0
• Fitchburg - Providence 1:0

The Fitchburg Hockey Club won.

Michigan

The Border Cities Hockey League was comprised of seven teams for the 1925-26 season. They were Harvey & Sons, Waterstons, YMCA, Windsor Selacks, K.O. Tires, Grennan Cakes, and the Detroit Magnetos.

1925-26 Game Results

• 1/10: Windsor Monarchs (ON) - K.O. Tires 1:1 @ Detroit
• 1/19: Marquette Indians - Calumet All-Stars 5:0 @ Marquette
• 1/28: Portage Lake Eagles - Fort Frances Canadians (ON) 4:3
• 2/12: Laurium Greyhounds - Mohawk 4:1
• 2/21: Grennan Cakes - Ralph's Sport Shop (Battle Creek) 4:2
• 3/3: Minneapolis Millers (MN) - Marquette Indians 6:5 @ Minneapolis
• 3/4: Minneapolis Millers (MN) - Marquette Indians 8:6 @ Minneapolis
• 3/5: Marquette - Baraga Parochial (Marquette) 7:2

There were talks of the Marquette Indians and the Soo Greyhounds playing for the MacNaughton Cup.

Border Cities Hockey League Results

• 1/5: Wolverines - K.O. Tires - no ice
• 1/5: YMCA - Windsor Selaks - no ice
• 1/10: Windsor Selaks - Waterstons Forfeit, Waterstons equipment did not arrive in time for game
• 1/10: Grennan Cakes - Detroit Magnetos 4:2
• 1/15: YMCA - Harvey & Sons 1:0 OT
• 1/17: Grennan Cakes - Windsor Selaks 4:2
• 1/26: K.O. Tires - Harvey & Sons 2:1 OT
• 2/7: K.O. Tires - Waterstons 3:1 - K.O. was noted to be atop the table
• 2/14: K.O. Tires - Detroit Magnetos 1:1 OT
• 2/23: Harvey & Sons - Detroit Magnetos 4:2
• 2/23: Waterstons - YMCA 3:0

K.O. Tires finished the regular season 8-0, and the Waterstons went 6-3, earning them spots in the final.

• 3/12: Waterstons - K.O. Tires 3:3
• 3/16: Waterstons - K.O. Tires 4:3

Waterstons won the championship.

Montana

The Montana State Hockey League was contested once again, with the Western Woolen Mills and Marquettes of Butte and Anaconda participating. Due to warm weather, the full playing schedule was not completed.

1925-26 Game Results

• 12/25: Butte Western Woolen Mills - Butte Marquettes 2:1

Montana Hockey League Results

• 12/13: Butte Western Woolen Mills - Anaconda 3:2
• 12/20: Butte Marquettes - Butte Western Woolen Mills 3:1
• 12/27: Butte Western Woolen Mills - Anaconda 7:1
• 1/1: Anaconda - Butte Marquettes 4:2 OT
• 1/10: Butte Marquettes - Butte Western Woolen Mills 8:3
• 1/17: Butte Marquettes - Anaconda 2:0

New Hampshire

The Nashua Nationals and the Manchester Hockey Club competed in the New England Hockey League for the 1925-26 season. The Berlin Mountaineers played an independent schedule.

1925-26 Game Results

• 1/5: Berlin Mountaineers - Sherbrooke Wanderers (QC) 4:4 @ Berlin
• 1/7: Berlin Mountaineers - Queen's University (ON) 11:4 @ Berlin
• 1/14: Nashua Nationals - Newton Pets 5:2 @ Nashua
• 2/7: Berlin Mountaineers - Waterville St. Jean 4:3 @ Berlin
• 2/8: Nashua Nationals - Malden City Club 7:1 @ Nashua
• 2/11: Nashua Nationals - Boston Ramblers 8:0 @ Nashua
• 2/24: Boston Pere Marquette - Nashua Nationals 4:1 @ Boston
• 3/4: Nashua Nationals - Boston Bankers AC @ Nashua - not played due to poor ice

New York

Some notable independent teams in New York in 1925-26, among others, were the Nichols Hockey Club, Rochester Hockey Club, and the Syracuse Crescents. In March 1926 it was reported there were plans to establish a New York State Hockey League, comprised of teams from Albany, Syracuse, Utica, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, for the 1926-27 season.

1925-26 Game Results

• 1/15: Nichols Hockey Club - Syracuse Crescents 5:3 @ Buffalo
• 1/16: Nichols Hockey Club - Nichols School 6:2
• 1/16: Rochester Hockey Club - Syracuse Crescents 6:1 @ Rochester
• 1/24: Niagara Falls - Rochester Hockey Club 2:1 @ Rochester
• Buffalo Lacrosse Hockey Club - Hamburg Hockey Club 5:3
• 1/30: Rochester Hockey Club - Nichols Hockey Club 3:1 @ Buffalo
• 2/7: Rochester Hockey Club - Syracuse Sedgewick Farms @ Rochester
• 2/13: Nichols Hockey Club - Buffalo Eagles 7:1 - Buffalo City Championship
• 2/14: Rochester Hockey Club - Syracuse Sedgewick Farms @ Syracuse
• 2/20: Nichols Hockey Club - Rochester Hockey Club
• 2/21: Rochester Hockey Club - Syracuse Sedgewick Farms @ Rochester
• 2/24: Buffalo Lacrosse Hockey Club - Buffalo Eagles 2:1
• 2/27: Nichols Hockey Club - Buffalo Lacrosse Hockey Club 2:0 - Buffalo City Championship

Portland, Oregon

See: 1925–26 WHL season

Major league hockey returned to Portland for the first time since 1918 as the new Portland Rosebuds were born when the Regina Capitals relocated there. They competed in the Western Hockey League for its final season.

Spokane, Washington

The Spokane Zips

Spokane formed a hockey team that was sponsored by the Spokane Golf and Skating Club and the Arctic Club. They played their first game against Coeur d'Alene on January 15, 1926. The team became known as the Zips, and went on a tour of British Columbia and Alberta in late January. After three games, it was reported that all teams in the British Columbia Hockey Association who faced the Zips would be suspended. However, their tour continued despite this.

1925-26 Game Results

• 1/15: Spokane Golf and Skating Club - Couer d'Alene Hockey Club (ID) 1:1 2OT @ Couer d'Alene
• 1/23: Spokane Golf and Skating Club - Couer d'Alene Hockey Club (ID) @ Coeur d'Alene - not played
• 1/27: Wycliffe Hockey Club (BC) - Spokane Zips 9:3 @ Wycliffe
• 1/28: Cranbrook Hockey Club (BC) - Spokane Zips 7:5 @ Cranbrook
• 1/29: Kimberley Hockey Club (BC) - Spokane Zips 9:4 @ Kimberley
• 1/31: Fernie Juniors (BC) - Spokane Zips 3:1 @ Fernie
• 2/3: Pincher Creek (AB) - Spokane Zips 12:9 @ Pincher Creek
• 2/4: Spokane Zips - Cranbrook Hockey Club (BC) 5:1 @ Cranbrook

St. Louis, Missouri

The St. Louis Winter Garden hockey team played a game in Springfield, Illinois, as part of the local ice carnival, on January 23, 1926. A game between the Winter Garden team and Springfield (IL), scheduled to be played on January 31, at the Grand Basin of Forest Park in St. Louis, was called off due to the bad condition of the ice.

1925-26 Game Results

• 1/23: St. Louis Winter Garden - Concordia Seminary (IL) 4:2 @ Springfield

Texas

R.E. Anderson of the Crystal Palace team.

On December 17, 1925, the first ice hockey team in Texas practiced at the newly-opened Crystal Palace rink in San Antonio. Sid Cornelius, secretary-manager of the San Antonio Builders' Exchange, organized the team. On January 21, 1926, the first ice hockey game was played in San Antonio, with the Crystal Palace team defeating the Second Army Division 4-3 in double overtime. A week later, the Brooks Field Flyers beat the Second Division 8-5. Brooks Field captured the championship with a 9-1 victory over Crystal Palace on February 5. An Academic Ice Hockey League was also formed at the Crystal Palace, composed of local school teams. The San Antonio Academy captured the championship.

1925-26 Game Results

• 1/21: Crystal Palace - Second Army Division 4:3 2OT
• 1/28: Brooks Field Flyers - Second Army Division 8:5
• 2/5: Brooks Field Flyers - Crystal Palace 9:1
• 2/12: Crystal Palace - Second Army Division 4:2
• 2/18: Crystal Palace - Brooks Field Flyers 5:3
• 2/25: Third Infantry Brigade - Crystal Palace 6:4
• 3/4: Brooks Field Flyers - Third Infantry Brigade 5:3
• 3/11: Second Army Division - Crystal Palace 5:2
• 3/30: San Antonio Academy - West Texas Military Academy 4:2
• 4/3: West Texas Military Academy - Main Avenue High School 4:0
• 4/13: Second Army Division - All-Stars
• 4/15: West Texas Military Academy - St. Mary's Academy 1:0
• 4/23: Main Avenue High School - West Texas Military Academy 5:1
• 4/27: St. Mary's Academy - Alamo Heights High School 4:2
• 5/1: Main Avenue High School - San Antonio Academy 3:1
• 5/4: West Texas Military Academy - Alamo Heights High School 10:0
• 5/6: Main Avenue High School - St. Mary's Academy 9:1
• 5/11: Alamo Heights High School - St. Mary's Academy 3:2
• 5/18: San Antonio Academy - Alamo Heights High School 7:1
• 5/19: West Texas Military Academy - St. Mary's Academy 4:1
• 5/21: West Texas Military Academy - Alamo Heights High School 6:0
• 5/24: San Antonio Academy - Main Avenue High School 1:0

Academic Ice Hockey League standings

1. San Antonio Academy 4-1
2. Main Avenue High School 3-2
3. West Texas Military Academy 3-2
4. St. Mary's Academy 1-3
5. Alamo Heights High School 1-4

College ice hockey

See: 1925–26 American college hockey season

Sources

• Boston Globe
• Buffalo Courier
• Chicago Tribune
• Detroit Free Press
• San Antonio Light
• The Spokesman-Review

American ice hockey seasons (1920-1945)
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