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Charleston and Huntington both had active teams this winter, calling the Kanawaha City and Iceland rinks their respective homes. Charleston Ice Sports was also known as the Charleston Comets toward the end of the season.
Charleston and Huntington both had active teams this winter, calling the Kanawaha City and Iceland rinks their respective homes. Charleston Ice Sports was also known as the Charleston Comets toward the end of the season.
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Bruce Nekervis Dec 1939.png|Bruce Nekervis of Charleston Ice Sports.
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Johnny Rillo Feb 1940.png|Johnny Rillo of Charleston Ice Sports.
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Revision as of 17:05, 2 July 2021

This was the 1939-40 American ice hockey season:

Leagues

Colorado

1939-40 Game Results
  • 1/13: Fort Collins Flying Aces - Longmont 5:1
  • 1/21: Longmont - Fort Collins Flying Aces 4:0

Maine

  • Lewiston St. Doms - Berlin Maroons (NH) 4:1
  • Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 5:2
  • 12/24: Lewiston St. Doms - Berlin Maroons (NH) 6:3 @ Lewiston
  • 12/31: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 3:0 @ Lewiston
  • 1/1: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 4:4 OT - friendly
  • 1/5: Lewiston St. Doms - Waterville Notre Dame 1:0 @ Waterville
  • 1/7: Lewiston St. Doms - Needham Hockey Club (MA) 12:2 @ Lewiston
  • 1/7: Lewiston Cyclones - Berlin Maroons (NH) 3:2 @ Berlin
  • 1/7: Lewiston Maple Leafs - Wilton HC 5:2
  • 1/9: Lewiston Cyclones - Berlin Maroons (NH) 5:5 Forfeit - Berlin left the ice, and game was awarded to Lewiston
  • 1/12: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston St. Doms 2:0 @ Lewiston
  • 1/14: Waterville Notre Dame - Swampscott Crescents (MA) 3:0 @ Waterville
  • 1/14: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 2:2
  • 1/14: Wilton HC - Berlin AA (NH) 13:1
  • 1/20: Waterville Notre Dame - Berlin Maroons (NH) 4:1 @ Berlin
  • 1/21: Berlin Maroons (NH) - Waterville Notre Dame 4:1 @ Berlin
  • 1/21: Lewiston St. Doms - Boston Rangers (MA) 7:2 @ Lewiston
  • 1/25: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Maple Leafs 8:2
  • 1/26: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cylcones 4:1 @ Lewiston
  • 1/28: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 5:3
  • 1/28: Waterville Notre Dame - Melrose Hockey Club (MA) 4:3
  • 1/31: Lewiston St. Doms - Berlin Maroons (NH) 7:3 @ Lewiston
  • 2/2: Lewiston St. Doms - Waterville Notre Dame 4:3 @ Waterville
  • 2/4: Lewiston St. Doms - Melrose Hockey Club (MA) 12:6 @ Lewiston
  • 2/4: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 6:3 @ Waterville
  • 2/9: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 5:5 OT
  • 2/10: Waterville Notre Dame - Berlin Maroons (NH) 9:1
  • 2/11: Waterville Notre Dame - Berlin Maroons (NH) 6:1
  • 2/15: Lewiston St. Doms - Waterville Notre Dame 4:3
  • 2/17: Lewiston St. Doms - Berlin Maroons (NH) 8:5 - St. Doms clinched title
  • 2/18: Lewiston Cyclones - Waterville Notre Dame 2:1 - friendly
  • 2/18: Boston Junior Olympics - Lewiston St. Doms 7:4
  • 2/23: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston St. Doms 5:2 - friendly
  • 2/23: Wilton HC - Lewiston Cyclones 5:3
  • 2/25: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 6:4
  • 3/1: Lewiston St. Doms - Waterville Notre Dame 5:4 - friendly
Interstate League standings as of 2/15
  1. Waterville Notre Dame 8-3-0 16 43:18
  2. Lewiston St. Doms 6-1-2 14 34:22
  3. Lewiston Cyclones 2-5-2 6 24:37
  4. Berlin Maroons 1-8-0 2 22:45
Maine State Championship
  • 2/28: Lewiston Maple Leafs - Wilton HC 2:0 - 1R

Cancelled after first round as Lewiston St. Doms withdrew sponsorship.

Montana

The Montana State Hockey League was contested by five teams and won by the Montana School of Mines for the second consecutive year.

1939-40 Game Results
  • 2/24: Great Falls - Butte Copper Kings 7:5
Montana State Hockey League Results
  • 12/31: 'Butte Boosters - Butte Copper Kings 5:4
  • 1/7: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 5:2
  • 1/7: Butte Boosters - Helena Rangers 2:1
  • 1/14: Butte Copper Kings - Helena Rangers 3:1
  • 1/14: Montana School of Mines - Great Falls 7:3
  • 1/19: Helena Rangers - Great Falls 5:2
  • 1/21: 'Butte Copper Kings - Great Falls 6:4
  • 1/21: Montana School of Mines - Butte Boosters 2:1 OT
  • 1/28: Butte Boosters - Helena Rangers 3:2
  • 2/4: Butte Boosters - Great Falls 3:1
  • 2/4: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 4:1
  • 2/11: Butte Copper Kings - Butte Boosters 3:2
  • 2/11: Helena Rangers - Great Falls 4:2
  • 2/18: Montana School of Mines - Great Falls 9:1
  • 2/18: Butte Copper Kings - Helena Rangers 5:1
  • 2/25: Butte Copper Kings - Great Falls 4:2

Spokane, Washington

The Spokane Aces were an independent team formed for the 1939-40 season. They are only recorded to have played in one game.

1939-40 Game Results
  • 12/24: Spokane Aces - Yakima All-Stars 3:0 @ Yakima

Texas

The Houston Amateur League was once again contested at the Polar Wave Ice Palace, and featured five teams for 1939-40. The Texas Ice Palace opened in Beaumont in January 1940, and a local team known as the Texas Rangers was formed.

  • Eddleman Mappers and Lone Star Creamery in action on December 17.

    Eddleman Mappers and Lone Star Creamery in action on December 17.

  • The same two teams battling on January 8.

    The same two teams battling on January 8.

  • The Texas Rangers.

    The Texas Rangers.

1939-40 Game Results
  • 1/8: Eddleman Mappers - Lone Star Creamery 5:3 @ Beaumont
  • 1/15: Rice University Owls - Eddleman Mappers 7:6 @ Beaumont
  • 1/29: Eddleman Mappers - Lone Star Creamery 5:3 @ Beaumont
  • 2/11: Lone Star Creamery - Texas Rangers 7:2 @ Beaumont
  • 2/18: Rice University Owls - Texas Rangers 6:2 @ Beaumont
  • 2/25: Texas Rangers - Houston University Cougars 5:0 @ Beaumont
  • 3/3: Eddleman Mappers - Texas Rangers 5:0 @ Beaumont
  • 3/10: Lone Star Creamery - Texas Rangers 5:4 @ Beaumont
  • 3/17: Houston University Cougars - Texas Rangers 3:2 @ Beaumont
  • 3/24: Beaumont High School - Lamar College 1:0 @ Beaumont
  • 3/31: Rice University Owls - Texas Rangers 5:0 @ Beaumont
Houston Amateur League Results
  • 10/22: Austin Bruins - Lone Star Creamery 5:0
  • 10/29: Eddleman Mappers - Rice University Owls 6:2
  • 11/5: Austin Bruins - Houston University Cougars
  • 11/12: Rice University Owls - Lone Star Creamery 3:2
  • 11/19: Eddleman Mappers - Houston University Cougars 8:1
  • 11/26: Rice University Owls - Houston University Cougars 6:2
  • 12/3: Austin Bruins - Eddleman Mappers 3:2
  • 12/10: Houston University Cougars - Lone Star Creamery 5:4
  • 12/17: Eddleman Mappers - Lone Star Creamery
  • 1/7: Austin Bruins - Rice University Owls 1:0
  • 1/14: Eddleman Mappers - Rice University Owls 6:2
  • 2/4: Lone Star Creamery - Austin Bruins 4:2
  • Houston University Cougars - Rice University Owls 2:1
  • 2/18: Austin Bruins - Houston University Cougars 3:1
  • 2/25: Eddleman Mappers - Austin Bruins 2:1
  • 3/3: Lone Star Creamery - Rice University Owls

Utah

1939-40 Game Results
  • 1/21: George Pryan's Team - Salt Lake Henager's 3:2
  • 1/21: Salt Lake Henager's - Park City 9:8

West Virginia

Charleston and Huntington both had active teams this winter, calling the Kanawaha City and Iceland rinks their respective homes. Charleston Ice Sports was also known as the Charleston Comets toward the end of the season.

  • Bruce Nekervis of Charleston Ice Sports.

    Bruce Nekervis of Charleston Ice Sports.

  • An ad for the Charleston Ice Sports-Atlantic City Sea Hawks game.

    An ad for the Charleston Ice Sports-Atlantic City Sea Hawks game.

  • Johnny Rillo of Charleston Ice Sports.

    Johnny Rillo of Charleston Ice Sports.

1939-40 Game Results
  • 12/3: Huntington Stars - Charleston Ice Sports 9:2 @ Huntington
  • 12/9: Huntington Stars - Charleston Ice Sports 11:0 @ Charleston
  • 12/16: Toledo Babcock Dairy - Charleston Ice Sports 8:2 @ Charleston
  • 12/17: Huntington Stars - Toledo Babcock Dairy 7:2 @ Huntington
  • 1/7: Charleston Ice Sports - Atlantic City Sea Hawks 10:6 OT @ Charleston
  • 1/20: Charleston Ice Sports - Toledo Rovers 4:2 @ Charleston
  • 1/21: Toledo Rovers - Huntington Stars 6:4 @ Huntington
  • 1/27: Huntington Stars - Detroit Racers 9:7 @ Huntington
  • 1/28: Detroit Racers - Charleston Ice Sports 9:7 @ Charleston
  • 2/3: Charleston Ice Sports - Petrolia All-Stars (ON) 6:1 @ Charleston
  • 2/4: Huntington Stars - Petrolia All-Stars (ON) 13:7 @ Huntington
  • 2/10: Huntington Stars - Penn State 12:3
  • 2/11: Charleston Ice Sports - Penn State 9:3
  • 2/15: Charleston Ice Hawks Juniors - Huntington Junior Stars 4:0 @ Huntington
  • 2/17: Charleston Ice Sports - Cleveland All-Stars 12:4 @ Charleston
  • 2/18: Huntington Stars - Cleveland All-Stars 9:0 @ Huntington
  • 2/25: Toledo Rovers - Charleston Ice Sports 5:3 @ Charleston
  • 2/28: Charleston Ice Hawks Juniors - Huntington Junior Stars 4:2 @ Charleston
  • 3/9: Charleston Ice Sports - New York Metropolitan League All-Stars 10:2 @ Charleston

College ice hockey

See: 1939–40 American college hockey season and 1939-40 WKHL season (Gonzaga competed in the league)

Sources

  • Beaumont Enterprise
  • Houston Chronicle
  • Montana Standard


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