1937–38 American ice hockey season

This was the 1937-38 American ice hockey season:

Leagues

• American Hockey Association
• American Hockey League
• Brooklyn-Long Island Hockey League
• California
• Eastern Hockey League
• Metropolitan Amateur Hockey League
• Michigan-Ontario Hockey League
• National Hockey League (Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, New York Americans, New York Rangers)
• New York Amateur Hockey Association
• Pacific Coast Hockey League
• United States National Senior Championship

Maine

Lewiston St. Doms

• 12/26: Lewiston St. Doms - Worcester Millionaires (MA) 16:3 @ Lewiston
• 12/27: Lewiston Cyclones - Wilton Hockey Club 7:3
• 1/1: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 2:1
• 1/2: Lewiston St. Doms - Boston University AA (MA) 7:1 @ Lewiston
• 1/9: Lewiston St. Doms - Amesbury Maple Leafs (MA) 2:2 OT @ Lewiston
• 1/9: Lewiston Cyclones - Wilton HC 8:5 @ Wilton
• 1/9: Lewiston St. Doms Reserves - Biddeford Westbrook AC 4:0
• 1/16: Lewiston St. Doms - Medford HC (MA) 5:2 @ Lewiston
• 1/16: Lewiston Mohawks - Augusta Falcons 2:2
• 1/16: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 5:0 @ Waterville
• 1/20: Lewiston St. Doms - Waterville Notre Dame 2:2 @ Lewiston
• 1/23: Waterville Notre Dame - Wilton HC 4:2 @ Wilton
• 1/23: Lewiston St. Doms - Amesbury Maple Leafs (MA) 4:2
• 1/28: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 2:1
• 1/28: Concord Sacred Hearts (NH) - Lewiston St. Doms 6:2 @ Concord
• 1/30: Waterville Notre Dame - Wilton HC 3:2 @ Waterville
• 1/30: Lewiston St. Doms - North Cambridge Hockey Club (MA) 6:3 @ Lewiston
• 2/6: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 4:2 - St. Doms clinched Hamel Trophy as city champions
• 2/10: Lewiston St. Doms - Berlin (NH) 7:6 @ Lewiston
• 2/13: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 5:0 @ Lewiston
• 2/20: Berlin Maroons (NH) - Lewiston St. Doms 3:2 @ Lewiston
• 2/22: Brunswick Knights of Columbus - Augusta Senators 7:6 OT - Intermediate Championship final
• 2/27: Lewiston St. Doms - Berlin (NH) 6:0 @ Lewiston
• 3/3: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston St. Doms 5:3
• 3/6: Lewiston St. Doms - Maine AAU All-Stars 3:2

Maine AAU Championship

• 2/16: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Maple Leafs 3:1 - 1R
• 2/16: Waterville Notre Dame - Madison 4:0 - 1R
• 2/16: Lewiston Cyclones - Wilton HC 3:2 - 1R
• 2/17: Lewiston Cyclones - Bowdoin 3:2 - SF
• 2/17: Lewiston St. Doms - Waterville Notre Dame 4:3 - SF
• 2/24: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 4:2 - became 1:0 Forfeit as Cyclones insisted on using Wes Storey, a banned Canadian player - F

Montana

Montana School of Mines

The Butte Copper Kings won the Montana State Hockey League title with wins over the Montana School of Mines and Helena.

1937-38 Game Results

• 12/26: Butte Copper Kings - Butte Clarkes 9:7
• 1/4: Cut Bank - Coutts (AB) 4:4
• 1/9: Butte Copper Kings - Montana School of Mines 6:1
• 1/13: Coutts (AB) - Cut Bank 5:3
• 1/21: Coutts (AB) - Cut Bank 7:6
• 1/30: Kalispell - Missoula 7:6 @ Kalispell
• 2/8: Kalispell - Whitefish 15:1
• 2/13: Montana School of Mines - Kalispell 4:2 @ Kalispell
• 2/18: Cut Bank - Havre 9:3 - Cut Bank was strengthened by 4 Coutts players
• 2/21: Kalispell - Whitefish 5:2 @ Kalispell
• 2/23: Cut Bank - Havre 3:0 - Cut Bank clinched Northern Montana Championship

Montana State Hockey League Results

• 1/23: Montana School of Mines - Missoula 14:3
• 2/6: Butte Copper Kings - Montana School of Mines 7:3
• 2/13: Butte Copper Kings - Helena 7:1 @ Helena
• 2/20: Butte Copper Kings - Helena 8:2 @ Butte

North Dakota

1937-38 Game Results

• 12/26: Jamestown - Bismarck 4:2 @ Jamestown
• 1/2: Bismarck - Jamestown @ Bismarck

Texas

Four teams competed in the Houston Amateur League in 1937-38, and the Lone Star Creamery won the championship. No hockey was played in San Antonio this winter.

1937-38 Game Results

• 11/2: Lone Star Creamery - Polar Bears 1:0 @ Houston

Houston Amateur League Results

• 11/16: Rice University Owls - Polar Bears 4:2
• 11/21: Lone Star Creamery - Rice University Owls 6:5 OT
• 11/28: Polar Bears - Spalding Blue Streaks 5:1
• 12/5: Lone Star Creamery - Polar Bears 3:3 OT
• 12/12: Rice University Owls - Spalding Blue Streaks 5:4
• 12/19: Polar Bears - Rice University Owls 2:0
• 12/26: Lone Star Creamery - Spalding Blue Streaks 6:2
• 1/2: Polar Bears - Spalding Blue Streaks 5:3
• 1/9: Lone Star Creamery - Rice University Owls 3:1
• 1/16: Polar Bears - Lone Star Creamery 5:0
• 3/20: Rice University Owls - Spalding Blue Streaks 8:8 2OT
• 3/27: Lone Star Creamery - Polar Bears 3:2 - Lone Star clinched title

Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Amateur State Championship was contested in Milwaukee and won by the Eagle River Falcons.

1937-38 Game Results

• 1/9: Milwaukee All-Stars - Milwaukee Canfields 3:2
• 1/13: Milwaukee All-Stars - Milwaukee Canfields 7:3
• 1/16: Fond du Lac Bears - Milwaukee Canfields 5:4
• 1/16: Milwaukee All-Stars - Beloit 4:3
• 1/20: Milwaukee Canfields - Lake Forest 2:0
• 1/27: Milwaukee Canfields - Oshkosh 4:3
• 2/10: Milwaukee Canfields - Fond du Lac Bears 6:3
• 2/15: Milwaukee Canfields - Milwaukee Luicks 4:2

Wisconsin Amateur State Championship Results

• 2/19: Eagle River Falcons - Appleton 10:0
• 2/19: Wausau Vets - Marshfield Maroons 8:1
• 2/19: Beloit - Lake Geneva 9:1
• 2/19: Milwaukee Luicks - Madison Cardinals 4:1
• 2/19: Milwaukee Canfields - Green Bay 5:4 OT
• 2/19: Fond du Lac Bears - Beloit 12:1
• 2/20: Wausau Vets - Marquette University 8:0
• 2/20: Eagle River Falcons - Oshkosh 11:0
• 2/20: Milwaukee Luicks - Milwaukee Canfields 3:2
• 2/20: Wausau Vets - Fond du Lac Bears 5:2
• 2/20: Eagle River Falcons - Milwaukee Luicks 4:1
• 2/20: Eagle River Falcons - Wausau Vets 3:2 OT - final

College ice hockey

See: 1937–38 American college hockey season

Sources

• Houston Chronicle
• Montana Standard

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