1926–27 American ice hockey season

This was the 1926-27 American ice hockey season:

Leagues

• American Hockey Association
• American Amateur Hockey Association
• Canadian-American Hockey League
• California Hockey League
• Metropolitan Amateur Hockey League
• National Hockey League (Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Cougars, New York Americans, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates)
• New England Hockey League

Cleveland, Ohio

The Cleveland Amateur Hockey League was formed this winter, with Dandee Patch, Adler Shades, the Collegians, and the All-Canadians participating.

1926-27 Game Results

• 2/20: Dandee Patch - Mansfield 4:3 @ Mansfield

Cleveland Amateur Hockey League Results

• 1/14: Dandee Patch - Collegians (OT)
• 1/17: Adler Shades - Canadians 1:0
• 1/19: Dandee Patch - Canadians
• 1/28: Dandee Patch - Collegians - Dandee was said to be in first place with two wins on the day of the game

Montana

The Butte Marquettes and Lake Avocas competed in the Montana Hockey League. Anaconda had initially been slated to participate too, but withdrew prior to their first game.

Montana Hockey League Results

• 1/9: Butte Marquettes - Butte Lake Avocas 3:2
• 1/16: Butte Lake Avocas - Butte Marquettes 5:4 OT
• 1/23: Butte Marquettes - Butte Lake Avocas 8:2
• 1/30: Butte Marquettes - Butte Lake Avocas 5:2
• 2/6: Butte Marquettes - Butte Lake Avocas 7:1

New York

Some notable independent teams in New York this winter included the Albany Hockey club, Rochester Hockey Club, and the Nichols Hockey Club.

1926-27 Game Results

• 1/9: Rochester Hockey Club - New York State Railway 8:1
• 1/22: Rochester Hockey Club - Nichols Hockey Club @ Buffalo
• Rochester Hockey Club tied Niagara Falls after 3OT @ Niagara Falls
• 2/22: Albany Hockey Club - Brooklyn Crescents 4:2 @ Albany
• 3/22: Albany Hockey Club - Brooklyn Crescents 1:0 @ Madison Square Garden

Portland, Oregon

The Portland Amateur League was contested during the 1926-27 season. The Portland Rosebuds all-star team and teams from the Amateur League faced squads from British Columbia throughout the season.

1926-27 Game Results

• 12/8: Port Arthur (ON) - Portland Rosebuds 7:2 @ Portland
• 12/22: Woodmen - Multnomah/Union Pacific All-Stars 6:2
• 1/2: Shell Oil - Victoria All-Stars (BC) 5:3 @ Victoria - Wilkerson Trophy
• 1/9: Union Pacific - Vancouver Monarchs (BC) 6:2 @ Portland - Wilkerson Trophy
• 1/16: Waterfront - Vancouver Nationals (BC) 4:4 2OT @ Portland
• 1/30: Portland Rosebuds - Vancouver All-Stars (BC) 7:6 @ Portland
• 2/6: Portland Rosebuds - Victoria All-Stars (BC) 9:3 @ Portland
• 2/13: Portland Rosebuds - Vancouver All-Stars (BC) 9:2 @ Portland
• 2/25: Vancouver Ex-King George (BC) - Portland Rosebuds 6:4 @ Vancouver
• 2/27: Portland Rosebuds - Kimberley Elks (BC) 8:5 @ Portland
• 3/6: Union Pacific - Portland All-Stars 10:9

Portland Amateur League Results

• 11/17: Shell Oil - Woodmen 5:2
• 11/17: Union Pacific - Multnomah Athletic Club 3:2
• 11/24: Woodmen - Union Pacific 3:0
• 11/24: Multnomah Athletic Club - Shell Oil 3:3 OT
• 12/1: Shell Oil - Union Pacific 3:0
• 12/1: Woodmen - Multnomah Athletic Club 5:0
• 12/15: Union Pacific - Woodmen 2:1
• 12/15: Multnomah Athletic Club - Shell Oil 1:0
• 12/22: Union Pacific - Multnomah Athletic Club 3:2
• 12/22: Woodmen - Shell Oil 1:0 Forfeit - Shell refused to play after the league wouldn't let suspended player Danny Edge compete, and the team was ousted from the league
• 12/29: Waterfront - Union Pacific 2:2 OT - Waterfront replaced Shell in the league and assumed their place in the standings
• 12/29: Woodmen - Multnomah Athletic Club 2:1
• 1/5: Woodmen - Waterfront 2:1
• 1/5: Union Pacific - Multnomah Athletic Club 6:2
• 1/12: Woodmen - Union Pacific 2:2 OT
• 1/12: Waterfront - Multnomah Athletic Club 2:2 OT
• 1/19: Union Pacific - Waterfront 3:1
• 1/19: Multnomah Athletic Club - Woodmen 3:2
• 1/26: Waterfront - Woodmen 3:1
• 1/26: Union Pacific - Multnomah Athletic Club 4:0
• 2/2: Woodmen - Union Pacific 3:2 OT
• 2/2: Waterfront - Multnomah Athletic Club 4:3
• 2/9: Union Pacific - Waterfront 3:2
• 2/9: Multnomah Athletic Club - Woodmen 4:3
• 2/16: Waterfront - Woodmen 6:4 - semifinal
• 2/20: Waterfront - Woodmen 4:4 - "
• 2/23: Waterfront - Union Pacific 5:2 - final
• 3/2: Union Pacific - Waterfront 5:3 - "

Waterfront won championship series, 8 goals to 7.

Spokane, Washington

The Spokane Arctic Club planned to organize a hockey club to face teams from Couer d'Alene and other locales. A game between the Spokane All-Stars and the Couer d'Alene Eskimos was set to take place on January 30, 1927, as part of an ice carnival in Spokane. However, due to a misunderstanding, Couer d'Alene thought the ice was too soft for play, and did not come to Spokane, so a game between two local picked teams was played instead.

The Spokane Hockey Club was organized on February 1, and scheduled a game against Couer d'Alene for the 6th. The teams were set to play a return game on February 13, but no result was reported.

1926-27 Game Results

• 2/6: Couer d'Alene Eskimos (ID) - Spokane Hockey Club 3:2 @ Spokane - Eskimos won the L.M. Davenport Cup for the Championship of the Inland Empire
• 2/13: Couer d'Alene Eskimos (ID) - Spokane Hockey Club @ Couer d'Alene

St. Louis, Missouri

An image from the January 2 Chicago AA-St. Louis game.

On January 2, 1927, the first ice hockey game to be played in St. Louis since 1921 took place outdoors on the Grand Basin in Forest Park, as part of the Silver Skates Ice Carnival. A picked team of St. Louis players faced the Chicago Athletic Association of the Windy City Senior Amateur Hockey League. Chicago AA claimed the game as a win when it was stopped after the second period due to the poor condition of the ice. Three weeks later, the St. Louis team traveled to Springfield, Illinois, where they faced a local team in a hockey game played as part of the Springfield Winter Carnival.

1926-27 Game Results

• 1/2: Chicago Athletic Association (IL) - St. Louis Picked Team 3:1 @ Forest Park Grand Basin - stopped after second period due to bad ice
• 1/22: St. Louis Picked Team - Springfield Picked Team (IL) 1:0 @ Springfield

Texas

The Fort Sam Houston team of San Antonio, set to play in Dallas on November 27.

Dallas Ice Kings players

The Dallas Ice Kings

The opening face-off at the first game played in El Paso on February 23.

Kahler and Petterman of the Polar Wave Bears

On December 16, 1926, officials of the ice rinks at San Antonio, Houston, El Paso, and Dallas got together in Houston with the goal of establishing a Texas Hockey League. San Antonio had two hockey teams at the time. In January 1927, there were talks of another circuit including Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, and Shreveport, Louisiana.

At the Polar Wave Ice Palace in Houston, the Polar Wave Bears faced the Second Division army team from San Antonio on December 11. The Bears and the Crystal Palace team from San Antonio later played in a four-game series. The Gardner Ice Palace opened in Dallas this winter, and the local team was known as the Dallas Ice Kings. The Dallas Ice Kings and the Polar Wave Bears also played a series, with the Bears prevailing, and claiming the championship of the south. The St. Paul Millionaires paid a visit to Texas in February, playing in Dallas and Houston.

The first game in El Paso took place at the Arctic Ice Palace on February 23, 1927. The Southern Pacific Trainmen and Fort Bliss Machine Gun Canadians played a three-game series which proved to be very popular among the locals, and the Border Ice Hockey League was soon formed, beginning play in mid-March.

1926-27 Game Results

• 11/27: Fort Sam Houston (San Antonio) - Houston @ Dallas
• 12/11: Polar Wave Bears - San Antonio Second Division 16:2 @ Houston
• 12/16: Polar Wave Bears - San Antonio Crystal Palace 10:4 @ Houston
• 12/17: Polar Wave Bears - San Antonio Crystal Palace 10:5 @ Houston
• 12/19: Polar Wave Bears - San Antonio Crystal Palace 14:8 @ San Antonio
• 12/20: Polar Wave Bears - San Antonio Crystal Palace 6:4 @ San Antonio
• 12/28: Polar Wave Bears - Dallas Ice Kings 11:6 @ Houston
• 1/10: Dallas Ice Kings - Polar Wave Bears 7:5 @ Dallas
• 1/17: Dallas Ice Kings - San Antonio All-Stars 15:0 @ Dallas
• 1/18: Dallas Ice Kings - San Antonio All-Stars 6:0 @ Dallas
• 1/24: Polar Wave Bears - Dallas Ice Kings 7:3 @ Houston
• 1/25: Polar Wave Bears - Dallas Ice Kings 6:4 @ Houston
• 2/1: St. Paul Millionaires (MN) - Dallas Ice Kings 10:5 @ Dallas
• 2/3: St. Paul Millionaires (MN) - Polar Wave Bears 9:5 @ Houston
• 2/4: St. Paul Millionaires (MN) - Polar Wave Bears 5:3 @ Houston
• 2/6: Dallas Ice Kings - St. Paul Millionaires (MN) 7:7 @ Dallas
• 2/7: Dallas Ice Kings - St. Paul Millionaires (MN) 8:8 @ Dallas
• 2/15: Polar Wave Bears - Dallas Ice Kings 7:5 @ Dallas
• 2/16: Polar Wave Bears - Dallas Ice Kings @ Dallas
• 2/23: Southern Pacific Trainmen - Fort Bliss Machine Gun Canadians 4:1 @ El Paso
• 2/27: Fort Bliss Machine Gun Canadians - Southern Pacific Trainmen 4:2 @ El Paso
• 3/3: Southern Pacific Trainmen - Fort Bliss Machine Gun Canadians 8:6 @ El Paso
• 3/30: Arctic Ice Palace - El Paso All-Stars 8:7 @ El Paso

San Antonio Senior League Results

• 11/26: Crystal Palace - Second Division 12:2
• 12/3: Brooks Field Flyers - Second Division 6:4
• 12/10: Crystal Palace - Brooks Field Flyers 8:1
• 1/13: Crystal Palace - Second Division 8:8 2OT
• 1/21: Brooks Field Flyers - Crystal Palace 8:4
• 1/28: Brooks Field Flyers - Second Division 5:4
• 2/3: Crystal Palace - Second Division 7:5
• Second Division - Brooks Field Flyers
• 2/18: Brooks Field Flyers - Crystal Palace 6:4
• 2/24: Crystal Palace - Second Division 3:1

Brooks Field and Crystal Palace finished tied for first with 4-2 records.

Border Ice Hockey League Results

• 3/12: Arctic Ice Palace - Eighth Cavalry 11:10
• 3/15: Southern Pacific Trainmen - Seventh Cavalry 13:5
• 3/17: Eighth Cavalry - Machine Gun Canadians 5:4
• 3/19: Arctic Ice Palace - Seventh Cavalry 10:6
• 3/22: Southern Pacific Trainmen - Machine Gun Canadians 7:6
• 3/24: Seventh Cavalry - Eighth Cavalry
• 3/26: Arctic Ice Palace - Southern Pacific Trainmen 12:2

College ice hockey

See: 1926–27 American college hockey season

Sources

• Austin-American Statesman
• Dallas Morning News
• El Paso Times
• San Antonio Light
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• The Spokesman-Review

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