1924-25 Hungary season

This was the 1924-25 season in Hungary:

Overview

1924-25 was a seminal season in the development of hockey in Hungary. It marked the first time that hockey with a puck was introduced in the country. There was one major competition played in Hungary this year, the Count Csaky Cup, which was won by BKE Budapest.

Results

• December: BKE Budapest Blue (Kékek) 6 - BKE Budapest White (Fehérek) 0 (3-0, 2-0, 1-0)
• Rosters: Blue: Lőrincz – Gruber, Milán – Kehrling, Dr. Lator , Count István Bethlen. Reserve: Reiter. White: Dunlop – Barna, Oláh – Count Bethlen Gábor, Beck, Szandovita. Reserves: Pozel, Pásztor. Referee: Minder Frigyes.
• Details: This was the first game of "Canadian" ice hockey with a puck to be played in Hungary. It was played in three periods of 20 minutes at the City Park in Budapest. The first 20 minutes, Dunlop's excellent goalkeeping did not prevent Lator from scoring three goals for the Blue. In contrast, the blue defense turned away all attacks led by Beck of the white team. Lator scored two more goals for the blue in the second period. Meanwhile, Dunlop left his goal and played out for the white. In the final period, Count István Bethlen scored again for the blue. The game was played at a quick from the start and the players mostly played individually, while the passing game largely neglected. This is understandable because of the unusual rules of the game, forward passing was restricted. After the match, John Dunlop, a famous English goalkeeper, expressed his satisfaction over the fast skating of the Hungarian players, but stressed that they were still a long ways off from perfecting the art of playing ice hockey.

• December 28:
  • BKE Budapest Blue (Kékek) - BKE Budapest White (Fehérek) 2:2 - ice hockey game
    • Blue: Minder - Olah, Barna - Kehrling, Lator, Krempels B. White: Farkas - Gruber, Weiner - Bethlen I, Bethlen G., Krempels P.
  • BKE Budapest Blue (Kékek) - BKE Budapest White (Fehérek) 10:1 - bandy game
  • Blue: Schatz Gusztav - Olah, Barna - Lator - Krempels II, Krempels I, Kehrling. White: Farkas - Weiner, Gruber - Pasztor - Lauber, Beek, Bethlen I.
  • BBTE Budapest I. b - BIKE Budapest 6:2 (4:0, 2:2)
    • BBTE: Schmidt - Dobozay, Szanitho - Gaalt - Matolcsy, Koremek L. Mayer.

The Count Csaky Cup was organized by BKE in January. Four teams participated, including Leipziger SC from Germany.

Scores

• January 25:
  • Leipziger SC - MAC 9:1 (4:0, 5:1)
  • BKE - BBTE 9:1 (6:0, 3:1)
  • BKE - MAC 1:0 (1:0, 0:0)
  • BBTE - MAC 1:1 (1:0, 0:1)
  • BKE - Leipziger SC 3:3 (2:0, 1:3)
  • Leipziger SC - BBTE 6:3 (4:2, 2:1)

Table

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	BKE Budapest	3	2	1	0	13	4	5
2.	Leipziger SC	3	2	1	0	18	7	5
3.	BBTE Budapest	3	0	1	2	5	16	1
4.	MAC Budapest	3	0	1	2	2	11	1

References

Early Hungarian seasons
1921-22 - 1922-23 - 1923-24 - 1924-25 - 1925-26 - 1926-27 - 1927-28 - 1928-29 - 1929-30 - 1930-31 - 1931-32 - 1932-33 - 1933-34 - 1934-35 - 1935-36