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Rice won the championship.
Rice won the championship.
==Vermont==
The Barre Hockey Club won the Vermont State AAU Championship, played in Barre.
;Vermont State AAU Championship
*2/15: '''Barre Hockey Club''' - Springfield 9:1
*2/15: '''Winooski Red Wings''' - Fairlee Hockey Club 10:1
*2/15: '''St. Johnsbury Town''' - UVM Falcons Forfeit
*2/15: '''Gilman Eagles''' - Bellows Falls Millionaires Forfeit
*2/16: '''Winooski Red Wings''' - St. Johnsbury Town 4:3
*2/16: '''Barre Hockey Club''' - Gilman Eagles 3:1 OT - Gilman left the ice in protest of a goal Barre scored that they felt should have been disallowed
*2/16: '''Barre Hockey Club''' - Winooski Red Wings 7:3 - final


==Wyoming==
==Wyoming==

Revision as of 14:20, 1 October 2021

This was the 1940-41 American ice hockey season:

Leagues

Iowa

The Iowa State Championship was contested for a third time this winter.

1940-41 Game Results
  • 1/19: Waterloo Royal AC - Des Moines Sargent Feeds 6:1
  • 1/19: Charles City Merchants - Osage 6:5 OT
  • 1/22: Hawarden - Hudson (SD) 3:1
  • 1/25: Sioux City Jay Cees - Hudson (SD) 8:1 - Sioux City was composed of LeMars players
  • 1/26: Des Moines Sargent Feeds - Cedar Rapids Knitters 4:3
  • 1/26: Charles City Merchants - Osage 10:3
  • 2/14: Waterloo Royal AC - Cedar Rapids Knitters 2:1
  • 2/16: Waterloo Royal AC - Charles City Merchants 10:1
  • 2/23: Waterloo Royal AC - Des Moines Sargent Feeds 2:0
  • 2/23: Waterloo Royal AC - Cedar Rapids Knitters 2:1 OT
  • 2/26: Waterloo Royal AC - Webster City Leafs 4:4 OT
Iowa State Championship Results
  • 2/2: Mason City - Iowa Falls 6:0
  • 2/2: Waterloo Royal AC - Charles City Merchants 5:1
  • 2/2: Cedar Rapids Knitters - Osage 1:0 Forfeit
  • 2/2: Des Moines Sargent Feeds - Webster City 1:0 Forfeit
  • 2/2: Cedar Rapids Knitters - Des Moines Northwest AC 1:0 Forfeit
  • 2/2: Sioux City Jay Cees - Des Moines Sargent Feeds 3:2

Replayed the following week - ice was in poor condition

  • 2/9: Waterloo Royal AC - Iowa Falls 1:0 Forfeit
  • 2/9: Des Moines Sargent Feeds - Charles City Merchants 10:0
  • 2/9: Sioux City Jay Cees - Mason City 9:1
  • 2/9: Waterloo Royal AC - Cedar Rapids Knitters 4:2 - semifinal
  • 2/9: Sioux City Jay Cees - Des Moines Sargent Feeds 4:3 OT - semifinal
  • 2/10: Waterloo Royal AC - Sioux City Jay Cees 6:1 - final

Florida

After the collapse of the Tropical Hockey League following the 1938-39 season, hockey did not resume again in Miami until July 14, 1940, when a benefit game for the crippled children's hospital was arranged between Coral Gables and Miami Beach. The Coral Gables Seminoles and Miami Beach Pirates went on to play a series of games against one another, in a so-called Miami Amateur Hockey League. In January, a Miami team was added to the competition. Coral Gables won the championship.

1940-41 Game Results
  • 7/14: Coral Gables - Miami Beach 3:3
  • 8/11: Coral Gables - Miami Beach 5:3
  • 8/18: Miami Beach - Coral Gables 8:6
  • 9/1: Miami Beach - Coral Gables 9:7
  • 9/8: Miami Beach tied Coral Gables
  • 9/15: Miami Beach - Coral Gables 7:7
  • 9/22: Miami Beach - Coral Gables 6:5
  • 9/29: Coral Gables - Miami Beach
  • 10/13: Coral Gables - Miami Beach 9:5
  • 10/20: Coral Gables - Miami Beach 7:6
  • 10/27: Coral Gables - Miami Beach 7:5
  • 11/3: Miami Beach - Coral Gables 8:7 OT
  • 11/10: Miami Beach - Coral Gables 10:5
  • 11/17: Coral Gables - Miami Beach 9:8
  • 11/24: Miami Beach - Coral Gables 7:6
  • 12/1: Miami Beach - Coral Gables 5:4
  • 12/8: Coral Gables - Miami Beach 7:6
  • 12/15: Coral Gables - Miami Beach 6:5
  • 12/22: Coral Gables - Miami Beach 8:5
  • 12/29: Coral Gables - Miami Beach 9:7
  • 1/8: Coral Gables - Miami Beach 6:5 OT
  • 1/12: Coral Gables - Miami 7:4
  • 1/15: Miami Beach - Miami 5:4 OT
  • 1/19: Miami Beach - Coral Gables 5:4
  • 1/22: Coral Gables - Miami 6:4 OT
  • 1/26: Miami Beach - Miami 8:7
  • 1/29: Coral Gables - Miami Beach 8:6 - final

Maine

The Maine State League, consisting of four teams, was organized this winter.

1940-41 Game Results
  • Lewiston St. Doms - Waterville Notre Dame 4:4
  • Lewiston St. Doms - Boston Crescents 7:2
  • Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston St. Doms 5:2
  • Lewiston St. Doms - Boston Reds 5:1
  • Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 10:3
  • Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Maple Leafs 8:3
  • 1/4: Waterville Notre Dame - Boston Crescents 8:3
  • 1/6: New Auburn YMAC - Lewiston St. Doms II 6:4
  • 1/9: Lewiston St. Doms II - Hurricanes 7:1
  • 1/11: Boston Junior Olympics - Lewiston St. Doms 11:7
  • 1/11: Brunswick Knights of Columbus - Lisbon Falls 2:2
  • 1/15: Lewiston St. Doms II - St. Mary's Cadets 4:3
  • 1/19: Lewiston St. Doms II - Biddeford St. Andre 6:1
  • 1/20: Lewiston St. Doms II - Livermore Falls Cardinals 3:0
  • 1/20: Berlin Maroons (NH) - Lewiston Maple Leafs 9:2
  • 1/23: Brunswick Knights of Columbus - Lisbon Falls 5:2
  • 1/24: Lewiston Maple Leafs II - Lisbon Falls 7:1
  • 1/26: Augusta Senators - Lisbon Falls 7:1
  • 1/28: Lisbon Falls - Mechanic Falls 17:0
  • 1/30: Augusta Senators - Brunswick Knights of Columbus 4:1
  • 1/31: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston All-Stars 4:2
  • 2/1: Lewiston Maple Leafs II - Lisbon White Eagles 3:0
  • 2/1: Lisbon Falls - Gardiner 9:4
  • 2/10: Lewiston St. Doms II - Bridgton Academy 3:0
  • 2/11: Westbrook Bremens - Lewiston St. Doms II 2:1
  • 2/13: Lewiston St. Doms II - Bowdoin Freshmen 3:3 2OT
  • 2/16: Lewiston Cyclones - Westbrook Bremens 3:1
  • 3/2: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston St. Doms 4:3
  • 3/6: Waterville Notre Dame - Sacred Heart Alumni 7:3
Lewiston City Series

Note: State League games between Lewiston teams also counted for the City Series.

  • Lewiston Maple Leafs - Lewiston Cyclones 2:1
  • 1/1: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Maple Leafs 7:4
  • 1/4: Lewiston Cyclones - Lewiston St. Doms 5:5
  • 1/21: Lewiston Cyclones - Lewiston St. Doms 12:7
  • 2/9: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Maple Leafs 4:3
  • 3/7: Lewiston Cyclones - Lewiston St. Doms 2:2 OT

Standings

  1. Lewiston Cyclones 6-4-2-14 59:44
  2. Lewiston St. Doms 6-4-2-14 50:59
  3. Lewiston Maple Leafs 3-7-0-6 33:40
Maine State League
  • Lewiston Cyclones - Lewiston St. Doms 5:2
  • 1/3: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 3:3
  • 1/8: Lewiston Cyclones - Lewiston Maple Leafs 8:2
  • 1/10: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston St. Doms 5:4
  • 1/15: Lewiston Maple Leafs - Waterville Notre Dame 7:3
  • 1/17: Lewiston Maple Leafs - Lewiston Cyclones 4:3
  • 1/17: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston St. Doms 7:2
  • 1/19: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Maple Leafs 9:6 OT
  • 1/19: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 7:3
  • 1/26: Lewiston Cyclones - Lewiston St. Doms 5:2
  • 1/26: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Maple Leafs 10:2
  • 1/30: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Maple Leafs 6:5 OT
  • 2/1: Lewiston Cyclones - Lewiston St. Doms 8:6
  • 2/4: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Maple Leafs 5:2
  • 2/6: Lewiston Cyclones - Lewiston Maple Leafs 4:2
  • 2/9: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 4:3
  • 2/12: Lewiston Maple Leafs - Lewiston Cyclones 5:2
  • 2/12: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston St. Doms 9:2
  • 2/14: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston St. Doms 7:2
  • 2/16: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Maple Leafs 7:3
  • 2/19: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 4:3
  • 2/21: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Maple Leafs 7:4 OT
  • 2/23: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 5:4
  • 2/26: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Maple Leafs 10:5

Final standings

  1. Waterville Notre Dame 10-1-1-21 74:38
  2. Lewiston Cyclones 5-6-1-11 51:46
  3. Lewiston St. Doms 5-7-0-10 54:66
  4. Lewiston Maple Leafs 3-9-0-6 45:74
Maine Intermediate State Championship
  • 2/25: Westbrook Bremens - Lisbon Falls 7:1
  • 2/27: Brunswick Knights of Columbus - Livermore Falls Reds 3:0
  • 2/27: Lewiston St. Doms II - St. Mary's Cadets 5:2
  • 3/3: Lewiston St. Doms II - Brunswick Knights of Columbus 4:3
  • 3/4: Westbrook Bremens - Lewiston St. Doms II 4:0 - final

Massachusetts

1940-41 Game Results
  • 12/15: Springfield Braves - Boston Reds 6:3
  • 12/26: Boston Junior Olympics - Boston 97 Club 4:3 - practice game
  • 1/9: Boston 97 Club - Boston Reds 6:1
  • 1/22: Boston 97 Club - Boston Junior Olympics 7:2
  • 1/22: Boston Reds - Mt. Hood HC 4:0
  • 2/3: Boston 97 Club - Boston Junior Olympics 9:4
  • 2/10: Boston Junior Olympics - Boston 97 Club 5:5
  • 2/10: Boston Reds - Boston Rangers 6:2
  • 2/12: Boston 97 Club - Harvard University 7:0
  • 3/7: Mt. Hood HC - Boston Rangers 5:4

Montana

The Montana State Hockey League was contested by five teams and won by Great Falls.

1940-41 Game Results
  • 12/7: Great Falls - Butte Boosters 3:0
  • 12/8: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 2:2
  • 12/14: Great Falls - Butte Copper Kings 6:4
  • 12/15: Montana School of Mines - Butte Boosters 9:7
  • 12/28: Great Falls - Coutts Canadians (AB) 13:8 @ Great Falls
  • 12/29: Great Falls - Coutts Canadians (AB) 10:6 @ Great Falls
  • 2/1: Spokane Stars (WA) - Great Falls 5:5 @ Great Falls
  • 2/2: Spokane Stars (WA) - Great Falls 13:3 @ Great Falls
Montana State Hockey League Results
  • 12/8: Great Falls - Butte Boosters 8:1
  • 12/15: Great Falls - Butte Copper Kings 7:5
  • 12/22: Butte Copper Kings - Great Falls 6:5 OT
  • 12/29: Helena Merchants - Butte Boosters 1:1
  • 1/5: Montana School of Mines - Great Falls 7:4
  • 1/5: Butte Copper Kings - Butte Boosters 3:3
  • 1/11: Great Falls - Montana School of Mines 10:7
  • 1/12: Great Falls - Montana School of Mines 5:2
  • 1/12: Helena Merchants - Butte Copper Kings 2:1
  • 1/19: Montana School of Mines - Butte Boosters 3:2
  • 1/23: Butte Boosters - Helena Merchants 2:2 OT
  • 1/25: Butte Boosters - Great Falls 9:5
  • 1/26: Butte Boosters - Great Falls 6:5 OT
  • 1/26: Butte Copper Kings - Montana School of Mines 5:5 OT
  • 2/2: Butte Copper Kings - Butte Boosters 3:0 - became forfeit win for Boosters as Copper Kings used ineligible players
  • 2/7: Montana School of Mines - Helena Merchants 4:0
  • 2/9: Butte Boosters - Montana School of Mines 1:0
  • 2/15: Great Falls - Helena Merchants 7:6
  • 2/16: Great Falls - Helena Merchants 6:1
  • 2/16: Butte Copper Kings - Montana School of Mines 5:4
  • 2/23: Butte Boosters - Helena Merchants 1:0
  • 3/8: Great Falls - Butte Copper Kings 7:6 - semifinal
  • 3/8: Butte Boosters - Montana School of Mines 5:3 - semifinal
  • 3/9: Great Falls - Butte Boosters 5:1 - final
  • 3/9: Butte Copper Kings - Montana School of Mines 6:4 - consolation

New Hampshire

Nashua Hockey Club

There were strong hockey teams in Berlin, Concord, Manchester, and Nashua this winter.

1940-41 Game Results
  • Needham Hockey Club (MA) - Concord Sacred Hearts 6:2
  • 12/25: Berlin Maroons - Westbrook Bremens (ME) 5:1
  • 1/1: Berlin Maroons - St. Johnsbury (VT) 5:1
  • 1/4: Berlin Maroons - Lewiston Maple Leafs (ME) 2:1
  • 1/12: Nashua Hockey Club - Manchester St. Jean 5:2
  • 1/14: Forge Village Arrows (MA) - Nashua Hockey Club 4:2
  • 1/19: Nashua Hockey Club - Needham Hockey Club (MA) 3:2
  • 1/21: Nashua Hockey Club - St. Anselm Independents 10:2
  • 1/22: Fitchburg Maroons (MA) - Concord Sacred Hearts 7:6
  • 1/26: Nashua Hockey Club - Hingham (MA) 3:3
  • 1/26: Hudson (MA) - Nashua Hockey Club 3:2
  • 1/28: Berlin Maroons - St. Johnsbury (VT) 5:0
  • 1/30: Melrose Hockey Club (MA) - Nashua Hockey Club 4:3
  • 1/31: Amesbury Maple Leafs (MA) - Nashua Hockey Club 9:2
  • 2/2: Lexington Pla-Mors (MA) - Nashua Hockey Club 7:4
  • 2/4: Lynn Rangers (MA) - Nashua Hockey Club 4:4 OT
  • 2/5: Berlin Maple Leafs - Hebron JV (ME) 4:3
  • 2/16: Wolfeboro Indians - Nashua Hockey Club 4:2
  • 2/23: 'Concord Sacred Hearts - Nashua Hockey Club 6:4

Wichita, Kansas

Ice hockey returned to Wichita on March 14, 1941, with an American Hockey Association game between the St. Louis Flyers and Tulsa Oilers taking place at the Alaskan Ice Palace. St. Louis won, 6-2. There were no games played involving local teams this winter.

South Dakota

There were exhibition games played in South Dakota this winter.

1940-41 Game Results
  • 1/5: Sioux Falls Blackhawks - Sioux City JC (IA) 4:2
  • 1/12: Sioux Falls Blackhawks - Luverne (MN) 14:0
  • 1/20: Hawarden - Hudson 3:1
  • 1/21: Sioux Falls Blackhawks - Marshall (MN) 9:1
  • 1/27: Worthington Cardinals (MN) - Sioux Falls Blackhawks 4:3 @ Sioux City, IA
  • 1/27: Sioux Falls Blackhawks - Sioux City JC (IA) 3:0 @ Sioux City, IA
  • 2/9: Sioux Falls Mohawks - Luverne (MN) 3:3
  • 2/22: Sheridan Golden Pirates (WY) - Lead American Legion 4:1
  • 2/23: Sheridan Golden Pirates (WY) - Lead American Legion 6:2
  • 3/13: Lead American Legion - Tilford 5:0

Texas

The Houston Amateur League was once again contested in 1940-41. The Rice University Owls won the championship, defeating the Houston University Cougars in a tiebreaker final. The Texas Ice Palace was also open in Beaumont, and the Texas Rangers played an exhibition schedule.

  • Eddleman Mappers

    Eddleman Mappers

  • Rice University Owls

    Rice University Owls

  • Houston University Cougars

    Houston University Cougars

1940-41 Game Results
  • Rice University Owls - Army Camp Wallace 11:3 @ Houston
  • 10/13: Lone Star Creamery - Texas Rangers 8:2 @ Beaumont
  • 10/27: Rice University Owls - Texas Rangers 5:4 @ Beaumont
  • 11/3: Texas Rangers - Eddleman Mappers 7:2 @ Beaumont
  • 11/10: Texas Rangers - Houston Flyers 9:2 @ Beaumont
  • 11/25: Lamar College - South Park High School 5:0 @ Beaumont
  • 12/15: Texas Rangers - Houston Flyers 7:1 @ Beaumont
  • 1/12: Texas Rangers - Rice University Owls @ Beaumont
  • 1/26: 107th Engineers (Camp Beauregard) - Texas Rangers 5:4 @ Beaumont
  • 2/9: 107th Engineers (Camp Beauregard) - Texas Rangers 12:3 @ Beaumont
Houston Amateur League Results
  • 11/17: Eddleman Mappers - Rice University Owls 3:1
  • 12/1: Houston University Cougars - Eddleman Mappers 6:1
  • 12/8: Rice University Owls - Lone Star Creamery 6:3
  • 12/15: Houston University Cougars - Rice University Owls 3:2
  • 1/19: Rice University Owls - Lone Star Creamery 7:4
  • 2/9: Rice University Owls - Houston University Cougars 7:5

Rice and finished tied for first at 6-2, so a two-game playoff was arranged.

  • 3/9: Houston University Cougars - Rice University Owls 9:5
  • 3/16: Rice University Owls - Houston University Cougars 7:1

Rice won the championship.

Vermont

The Barre Hockey Club won the Vermont State AAU Championship, played in Barre.

Vermont State AAU Championship
  • 2/15: Barre Hockey Club - Springfield 9:1
  • 2/15: Winooski Red Wings - Fairlee Hockey Club 10:1
  • 2/15: St. Johnsbury Town - UVM Falcons Forfeit
  • 2/15: Gilman Eagles - Bellows Falls Millionaires Forfeit
  • 2/16: Winooski Red Wings - St. Johnsbury Town 4:3
  • 2/16: Barre Hockey Club - Gilman Eagles 3:1 OT - Gilman left the ice in protest of a goal Barre scored that they felt should have been disallowed
  • 2/16: Barre Hockey Club - Winooski Red Wings 7:3 - final

Wyoming

The University of Wyoming Intramural League was again contested, and after a year off, the Laramie American Legion returned to action, defeating the Intramural All-Stars twice. Sheridan also had a team, which faced Lead, South Dakota.

1940-41 Game Results
  • 1/25: Sheridan Golden Pirates - Lead American Legion (SD) 7:1
  • 1/26: Sheridan Golden Pirates - Lead American Legion (SD) 4:0
  • 2/3: Laramie American Legion - Intramural All-Stars 6:2
  • 2/7: Laramie American Legion - Intramural All-Stars 11:2
Wyoming Intramural League Results
  • Phi Delta Theta - Sigma Nu 6:1
  • Barbarians - Sigma Chi 4:0
  • Sigma Alpha Epsilon - Lambda Tau Delta 7:1
  • Phi Delta Theta - Sigma Alpha Epsilon 3:1
  • Sigma Nu beat Lamda Tau Delta
  • Sigma Alpha Epsilon - Alpha Tau Omega 2:1 OT
  • Phi Delta Theta - Barbarians 5:2
  • Sigma Nu - Alpha Tau Omega 7:4
  • Phi Delta Theta - Barbarians 9:2 - final

College ice hockey

See: 1940–41 American college hockey season

Sources

  • Beaumont Enterprise
  • Houston Chronicle
  • Miami Herald
  • Montana Standard


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