Connecticut Amateur Hockey (1945-1966)
This page details amateur ice hockey in Connecticut between 1945 and 1966.
National Championship Participants
- 1947-48 US Senior Championship (New England Qualifiers): Fairfield
- 1948-49 US Senior Championship (New England Qualifiers): New Milford
- 1949-50 US Senior Championship (New England Qualifiers): Housatonic (New Milford), New Haven Rangers
- 1950-51 US Senior Championship (New England Qualifiers): New Haven Bears, US Intermediate Championship: Housatonic Tomahawks
- 1951-52 US Senior Championship (New England Qualifiers): New Haven Bears
- 1952-53 US Senior Championship (New England Qualifiers): New Haven Bears
- 1953-54 US Senior Championship: New Haven, Housatonic Tomahawks
- 1954-55 US Senior Championship: New Haven Nutmeggers
- 1959-60 US Senior Championship (New England Qualifiers): New Haven Bears
- 1960-61 US Senior Championship (New England Qualifiers): New Haven Bears
- 1962-63 US Senior Championship (New England Qualifiers): Hager Jets
- 1964-65 US Senior Championship (New England Qualifiers): Norwalk Home Oilers
- 1965-66 US Senior Championship (New England Qualifiers): New Haven Flyers
The New Haven Bears played in the Atlantic Hockey League from 1947-1951. The Housatonic Tomahawks and Norwalk Eagles also played in it in 1950-51.
Results
- 1945-46
- 12/8: West Point Cadets - Westchester Vikings 18:4
- 1/16: Fairfield County All-Stars - Manhattan Arrows 8:5
- 1/23: Fairfield County All-Stars - New Haven All-Stars 3:3
- 3/4: New Haven All-Stars - Fairfield County All-Stars 8:3
Fairfield County Hockey League
- 12/3: Norwalk Cubs - Rowayton Firemen 4:2
- 12/3: Stamford Oilers - Westchester Vikings 3:2
- 12/17: Norwalk Cubs - Stamford Oilers 5:1
- 12/17: Rowayton Firemen - Westchester Vikings 2:1
- 12/23: Stamford Oilers - Westport Wassells 4:1
- Westport Wassells - Westchester Vikings 4:2
- 1/7: Norwalk Cubs - Westport Wassells 6:2
- 1/7: Rowayton Firemen - Stamford Oilers 3:0
- 1/14: Norwalk Cubs - Westchester Vikings 8:2
- 1/14: Rowayton Firemen - Westport Wassells 4:0
- 1/28: Norwalk Cubs - Westport Wassells 4:1
- 1/28: Stamford Oilers - Westchester Vikings 7:2
- 2/4: Stamford Oilers - Westport Wassells 6:3
- 2/4: Rowayton Firemen - Westchester Vikings 9:2
- 2/11: Norwalk Cubs - Stamford Oilers 2:2
- 2/11: Rowayton Firemen - Westport Wassells 3:1
- 2/18: Norwalk Cubs - Westchester Vikings 3:1
- 2/18: Rowayton Firemen - Stamford Oilers 4:3
- 2/22: Rowayton Firemen - Norwalk Cubs 4:1
- 2/25: Rowayton Firemen - Stamford Oilers 12:1 - semifinal
- 2/25: Norwalk Cubs - Westport Wassells 3:0 - "
- 2/27: Rowayton Firemen - Norwalk Cubs 4:3 - final
- 1946-47
- 1/21: Cheshire Hockey Club - Ansonia American Legion 3:3
- 2/2: Metropolitan League All-Stars - New Haven All-Stars 3:2 @ Madison Square Garden
- 2/4: Torrington - Cheshire Hockey Club 2:1
- 2/16: Rowayton Firemen - Stamford Yale & Towne 3:1
- 2/16: Larchmont Eagles (NY) - Norwalk Cubs 6:2
- 2/23: Middlebury Hockey Club - Stamford Yale & Towne 4:2
Fairfield County Hockey League
First Half
Won by Westport.
Second Half
- Norwalk Cubs 4-1-0-8 28:22
- Rowayton Firemen 3-1-1-17 28:16
- Westport 3-2-0-6 19:27
- New Canaan Oilers 2-2-1-5 23:19
- Greenwich 1-4-0-2 24:28
- Fliers 1-4-0-2 14:25
Westport withdrew from the playoffs due to a shortage of players.
- 2/9: Norwalk Cubs - Rowayton Firemen 4:3 - final
- 2/11: Norwalk Cubs - Rowayton Firemen 5:3 - "
- 1947-48
- 12/8: Rowayton Firemen - Fairfield Hockey Club 3:0
- 12/14: Fairfield Hockey Club - New Canaan Oilers 3:0
- 1/4: Cheshire Hockey Club - New Milford 5:1
- 1/4: Norwalk Cubs - Fairfield Hockey Club 3:2
- 1/7: Rowayton Firemen - Norwalk Cubs 5:2
- 1/7: Yale & Towne - Fairfield Hockey Club 5:4
- 1/11: Rowayton Firemen - Yale & Towne 8:1
- 1/11: Norwalk Cubs - New Canaan Oilers 4:4
- 1/14: Fairfield Hockey Club - Rowayton Firemen 4:2
- 1/15: New York St. Nicholas - New York Athletic Club (Larchmont Eagles) 3:2 @ Norwalk
- 1/16: Branford - Cheshire Hockey Club 4:2
- 1/18: Norwalk Cubs - Yale & Towne 9:2
- 1/18: Fairfield Hockey Club - New Canaan Oilers 5:0
- 1/21: Rowayton Firemen - Norwalk Cubs 10:1
- 1/21: New Canaan Oilers - Yale & Towne 2:0
- 1/25: New Canaan Oilers - Yale & Towne 6:0
- 1/25: Norwalk Cubs - Fairfield Hockey Club 6:4
- 1/28: New Canaan Oilers - Norwalk Cubs 2:2
- 2/1: Torrington - Cheshire Hockey Club 5:3
- 2/1: Rowayton Firemen - New Canaan Oilers 3:2
- 2/1: Fairfield Hockey Club - Yale & Towne 1:1
- 2/6: Middlebury Hockey Club - Cheshire Hockey Club 9:0
- 2/8: Cheshire Hockey Club - New Milford 9:2
- 2/8: Rowayton Firemen - Norwalk Cubs 2:1
- 2/8: Fairfield Hockey Club - New Canaan Oilers 4:2
- 2/9: Cheshire Hockey Club - Branford 5:3
- 2/11: Cheshire Hockey Club - Winsted 12:0
- 2/12: New York St. Nicholas - Williams College 9:4 @ Norwalk
- 2/15: Cheshire Hockey Club - Winsted 4:1
- 2/15: Rowayton Firemen - Fairfield Hockey Club 9:4
- 2/15: Norwalk Cubs - Yale & Towne 3:2
- 2/18: Norwalk Cubs - Fairfield Hockey Club 5:0
- 2/22: Rowayton Firemen - New Canaan Oilers 3:2 3OT - Fairfield County League playoffs
- 2/22: Fairfield Hockey Club - Norwalk Cubs 6:3 - "
- 2/25: Rowayton Firemen - Fairfield Hockey Club 3:2 - "
Fairfield County Hockey League standings (as of 1/20)
- Rowayton 10-1-0-20 58:18
- Norwalk Cubs 7-2-1-15 48:30
- Fairfield 4-7-0-8 22:38
- New Canaan 2-7-1-5 27:32
- Yale & Towne 2-7-0-4 19:56
- 1948-49
- 1/30: New Milford - Cheshire Hockey Club 5:2
- 2/6: Cheshire Hockey Club - Middlebury Hockey Club 5:2
- 1953-54
- 1/10: Housatonic Tomahawks - Tri-City Generals (NY) 5:1
- 1957-58
- 2/3: Norwalk Hockey Club - New Rochelle Eagles (NY) 9:4
- 3/2: New Rochelle Eagles (NY) - Norwalk Hockey Club 3:1
- 3/9: New Haven Bears - Norwalk Hockey Club 5:3
- 3/16: Norwalk Hockey Club - New Haven Bears 7:6
- 3/23: Norwalk Hockey Club - New Rochelle Eagles (NY) 5:4
- 1958-59
- 2/2: Norwalk Hockey Club - Middlebury Hockey Club 18:2
- 2/25: Norwalk Hockey Club - New Rochelle Eagles (NY) 7:4 - New Rochelle had beaten Norwalk in two previous games this year
- 3/28: Norwalk Hockey Club - Lake Placid Roamers (NY) 3:3 - Norwalk 11-5-1 on season after game
Norwalk and New Haven Bears split two games prior to February.
- 1959-60
Westport Amateur Hockey League
- 12/8: Westport Wasps - Wilton Oilers 3:2
- 12/8: Greens Farms - Fairfield Falcons 2:2
- 12/8: Greenwich Indians - Norwalk Warriors 4:3
- 1/2: Greenwich Indians - Fairfield Falcons 8:1
- 1/2: Westport Wasps - Greens Farms 11:1
- 1/8: Westport Wasps - Wilton Oilers 4:2
- 1/9: Fairfield Falcons - Greens Farms 3:2
- 1/13: Greenwich Indians - Greens Farms 7:5
- 1/16: Wilton Oilers - Fairfield Falcons 2:1
- 1/16: Westport Wasps - Norwalk Warriors 6:0
- 1/23: Fairfield Falcons - Norwalk Warriors 4:4
- 1/23: Greenwich Indians - Westport Wasps 4:0
- 1/24: Wilton Oilers - Greens Farms 3:2
- 2/13: Westport Wasps - Wilton Oilers 2:2
- 2/14: Greens Farms - Fairfield Falcons 3:3
- 2/14: Greenwich Indians - Norwalk Warriors 4:4
- 2/26: Wilton Oilers - Greens Farms 4:1
- 2/27: Norwalk Warriors - Fairfield Falcons 7:1
- 2/27: Greenwich Indians - Westport Wasps Forfeit
- 3/28: Norwalk Warriors - Westport Wasps 4:1
Standings as of 12/30
- Greenwich 6-0-0
- Westport 3-1-1
- Fairfield 1-3-2
- Greens Farms 1-2-1
- Wilton 1-4-0
- Norwalk 1-3-0
Standings as of 3/2
- Greenwich 13-1-1
- Wilton 8-6-1
- Westport 7-6-2
- Fairfield 4-7-4
- Norwalk 4-9-2
- Greens Farms 3-10-2
Standings as of 3/9
- Greenwich 14-1-1
- Westport 8-6-2
- Wilton 8-8-1
- Fairfield 6-7-4
- Norwalk 5-9-2
- Greens Farms 3-12-2
- 1960-61
Fairfield County Hockey League
- 12/5: Ridgefield Wolverines - Norwalk Warriors 5:3
- 12/5: Fairfield - Westport 6:3
- 12/5: Greenwich - Hager Jets 4:2
- 1/9: Greenwich - Norwalk Warriors 7:1
- 1/9: Westport - Ridgefield Wolverines 13:0
- 1/9: Fairfield - Hager Jets 6:1
- 1/16: Westport - Greenwich 6:5
- 1/16: Fairfield - Ridgefield Wolverines 4:1
- 1/16: Hager Jets - Norwalk Warriors 5:2
- 1/23: Norwalk Warriors - Ridgefield Wolverines 6:0
- 1/23: Hager Jets - Greenwich 9:3
- 1/23: Westport - Southport 6:5
- 1/30: Southport - Norwalk Warriors 5:2
- 1/30: Greenwich - Ridgefield Wolverines 5:3
- 1/30: Westport - Hager Jets 3:3
- 2/6: Greenwich - Southport 4:3
- 2/6: Norwalk Warriors - Westport 3:3
- 2/6: Hager Jets - Ridgefield Wolverines 7:2
- 2/13: Greenwich - Norwalk Warriors 7:1
- 2/13: Ridgefield Wolverines - Westport 6:6
- 2/13: Southport - Hager Jets 5:3
- 2/20: Norwalk Warriors - Hager Jets 2:0
- 2/20: Greenwich - Westport 6:4
- 2/20: Ridgefield Wolverines - Southport 4:3
- 2/27: Norwalk Warriors - Ridgefield Wolverines 5:2
- 2/27: Greenwich - Hager Jets 6:5
- 2/27: Westport - Southport 5:3
- 3/7: Westport - Hager Jets 3:3
- 3/7: Greenwich - Ridgefield Wolverines 4:1
- 3/7: Southport - Norwalk Warriors 5:3
- 3/13: Southport - Norwalk Warriors 2:2
- 3/13: Hager Jets - Westport 4:1
- 3/13: Greenwich - Ridgefield Wolverines 3:0
- 3/20: Greenwich - Southport 4:2
- 3/20: Hager Jets - Ridgefield Wolverines 6:4
- 3/20: Westport - Norwalk Warriors 7:1
- 3/27: Greenwich - Westport 6:5 - semifinal
- 3/27: Hager Jets - Southport 3:1 - "
- 4/1: Greenwich - Hager Jets 6:3 - final
Final standings
- Greenwich 13-2-0-26
- Westport 7-4-4-18
- Southport (Fairfield) 8-6-1-17
- Hager 6-7-2-14
- Norwalk 4-9-2-10
- Ridgefield 2-12-1-5
Norwalk Spring League
Class A
- 3/26: New Rochelle Eagles - Hager Jets 5:4
- 3/26: Norwalk Home Oilers - White Plains Recreation Club 12:3
- 3/26: New Haven Bears - Freeport Falcons 2:2
- New Haven Bears - White Plains Recreation Club
- 4/9: Norwalk Home Oilers - New Haven Bears 9:0
- 4/9: Hager Jets - White Plains Recreation Club 3:2
- 4/16: Norwalk Home Oilers - New Rochelle Eagles 3:3
- 4/16: Hager Jets - New Haven Bears 5:4
- 4/16: White Plains Recreation Club - Freeport Falcons 4:2
- 4/23: Norwalk Home Oilers - Hager Jets 5:5
- 4/23: New Haven Bears - Freeport Falcons 8:3
- 4/23: New Rochelle Eagles - White Plains Recreation Club 13:0
- 4/29: New Rochelle Eagles - New Haven Bears 12:1
- 4/29: Norwalk Home Oilers - Freeport Falcons 7:1
- 4/29: New Rochelle Eagles - Freeport Falcons 14:1
Class B
- 3/27: Norwalk Warriors - Rowayton
- 3/27: Ridgefield Wolverines - Darien
- 4/3: Norwalk Warriors - Darien 5:0
- 4/3: Ridgefield Wolverines - Rowayton 9:0
- 4/10: Norwalk Warriors - Ridgefield Wolverines 3:1
- 4/10: Darien - Rowayton 6:1
- 4/17: Norwalk Warriors - Rowayton
- 4/17: Darien - Ridgefield Wolverines
- 4/24: Norwalk Warriors - Darien 7:2
- 4/24: Ridgefield Wolverines - Rowayton 6:1
- 5/1: Norwalk Warriors - Ridgefield Wolverines 3:2
- 5/1: Darien - Rowayton 5:1
Other games
- 11/3: Hager Jets - West New York 5:2
- 12/4: Norwalk Home Oilers - West Haven 9:3
- 12/11: Norwalk Home Oilers - Norwalk Warriors 8:1
- 12/18: Norwalk Home Oilers - Bronxville 5:2
- 1/8: Norwalk Home Oilers - Yale Cougars 3:2
- 1/15: Lake Placid Roamers - Norwalk Home Oilers 12:2
- 1/29: Norwalk Home Oilers - New Haven Cricket & Croquet Club 5:4
- 2/12: Norwalk Home Oilers - West Haven 14:3
- 2/19: Norwalk Home Oilers - Southport 11:1
- 2/26: Norwalk Home Oilers - New Haven All-Stars 5:1 - Oilers 10-2-2 on season after game
- 1961-62
Fairfield County Hockey League
- 12/3: Hager Jets - Copper City Comets 11:1
- 12/3: Hamden Hurricanes - New Haven Rovers 15:2
- 12/3: Southport Merchants - Westport Seaskaters 3:3
- 12/10: Hager Jets - New Haven Rovers 14:1
- 12/10: Hamden Hurricanes - Westport Seaskaters 8:3
- 12/10: Southport Merchants - Copper City Comets 10:1
- 12/17: Hamden Hurricanes - Hager Jets 6:1
- 12/17: New Haven Rovers - Southport Merchants 4:2
- 12/17: Westport Seaskaters - Copper City Comets 5:3
- 1/14: Hamden Hurricanes - Copper City Comets 15:2
- 1/14: Westport Seaskaters - New Haven Rovers 14:2
- 1/14: Hager Jets - Southport Merchants 7:1
- 1/21: Southoort Merchants - Westport Seaskaters 4:3
- 1/21: Hamden Hurricanes - New Haven Rovers 14:2
- 1/21: Hager Jets - Copper City Chiefs Forfeit
- 1/28: Hamden Hurricanes - Westport Seaskaters 7:4
- 1/28: Hager Jets - New Haven Rovers 15:1
- 1/28: Southport Merchants - Copper City Comets Forfeit
- 2/4: Hamden Hurricanes - Hager Jets 6:4
- 2/4: Southport Merchants - New Haven Rovers 10:1
- 2/11: Hager Jets - Westport Seaskaters 8:4
- 2/11: Southport Merchants - Hamden Hurricanes Forfeit
- 2/18: Hager Jets - Southport Merchants 5:2
- 2/18: Westport Seaskaters - New Haven Rovers 7:2
- 3/11: Hamden Hurricanes - Hager Jets 11:4
- 3/11: Southport Merchants - New Haven Rovers 8:3
- 3/18: Hamden Hurricanes - Southport Merchants 13:2 - semifinal
- 3/18: Westport Seaskaters - Hager Jets 5:4 - "
- 3/25: Hamden Hurricanes - Westport Seaskaters - final
Standings as of 3/13
- Hamden 11-1-0-22
- Hager 9-3-0-18
- Southport 8-3-1-17
- Westport 5-6-1-11
- Rovers 2-10-0-4
- Copper City 0-12-0-0
Other games
- 2/18: New Jersey Mets - Hamden Hurricanes 7:2
- 1962-63
Other games
- 10/21: Hager Jets - Greenwich Indians 13:1
- 10/28: Hager Jets - Hicksville (NY) 5:1
- 11/4: Hager Jets - White Plains Rovers (NY) 12:1
- 11/11: Hager Jets - White Plains Bruins (NY) Forfeit
- 11/18: Hager Jets - Brooklyn Eagles (NY) 10:1
- 12/9: Hager Jets - Greenwich Indians 10:2
- 12/16: Hager Jets - South Mountain Rockets (NJ) 1:1
- 1/6: Hager Jets - White Plains (NY)
- 1/13: Hager Jets - Springfield (MA) 7:0
- 1/20: Hager Jets - Springfield (MA) 8:1
- 1/27: Hager Jets - Arlington (MA) 6:2
- 2/3: Hager Jets - High Lawn Jerseys (MA) 12:3
- 2/10: Springfield (MA) - Hager Jets 9:8 OT
- 3/3: High Lawn Jerseys (MA) - Hager Jets 9:6
- 1963-64
Connecticut Amateur Hockey League
- 11/10: Mount Vernon Wolverines - Greenwich Indians 4:2
- 11/10: New Haven Golden Hawks - Bridgeport Ray's Construction 7:5
- 11/17: Bridgeport Ray's Construction - Mount Vernon Wolverines 5:3
- 11/17: Greenwich Indians - New Haven Golden Hawks 5:3
- 12/1: Greenwich Indians - Mount Vernon Wolverines 3:3
- 12/1: Bridgeport Ray's Construction - New Haven Golden Hawks 10:5
- 12/8: Bridgeport Ray's Construction - Mount Vernon Wolverines 3:2
- 12/8: New Haven Golden Hawks - Greenwich Indians 6:5
- 1/12: New Haven Golden Hawks - Mount Vernon Wolverines 7:2
- 1/12: Bridgeport Ray's Construction - Greenwich Indians 4:2
- 1/19: Greenwich Indians - Mount Vernon Wolverines 8:1
- 1/19: Bridgeport Ray's Construction - New Haven Golden Hawks 6:3
- 1/26: Greenwich Indians - New Haven Golden Hawks 5:2
- 1/26: Mount Vernon Wolverines - Bridgeport Ray's Construction 3:0
- 2/2: New Haven Golden Hawks - Mount Vernon Wolverines 7:5
- 2/2: Bridgeport Ray's Construction - Greenwich Indians 9:6
- 2/9: Bridgeport Ray's Construction - New Haven Golden Hawks 9:7
- 2/9: Greenwich Indians - Mount Vernon Wolverines 13:0
- 2/23: New Haven Golden Hawks - Mount Vernon Wolverines 8:2
- 2/23: Greenwich Indians - Bridgeport Ray's Construction 4:2
- 3/1: New Haven Golden Hawks - Bridgeport Ray's Construction 7:5
- 3/1: Greenwich Indians - Mount Vernon Wolverines 6:3
- 3/15: Bridgeport Ray's Construction - Greenwich Indians 7:1
- 3/15: New Haven Golden Hawks - Mount Vernon Wolverines 4:1
- 3/30: New Haven Golden Hawks - Mount Vernon Wolverines 10:4
- 3/30: Bridgeport Ray's Construction - Greenwich Indians 3:3
Standings as of 2/12
- Bridgeport 8-4-0-16
- New Haven 7-5-0-14
- Greenwich 6-5-1-13
- Mount Vernon 2-8-1-5
Hawks clinched title, finishing 12-6, Bridgeport wound up 11-6-1.
- 1964-65
Connecticut Amateur Hockey League
- 11/1: Greenwich Indians - Mount Vernon Wolverines 10:2
- 11/1: Greens Farms Golden Hawks - Bridgeport Ray's Construction 4:1
- 11/8: Mount Vernon Wolverines - Bridgeport Ray's Construction 3:1
- 11/8: Greens Farms Golden Hawks - Greenwich Indians 4:4
- 11/15: Greens Farms Golden Hawks - Mount Vernon Wolverines 7:0
- 11/15: Greenwich Indians - Bridgport Ray's Construction 7:0
- 11/22: Greens Farms Golden Hawks - Bridgeport Ray's Construction 6:3
- 11/22: Greenwich Indians - Mount Vernon Wolverines 8:5
- 12/6: Greens Farms Golden Hawks - Mount Vernon Wolverines 10:2
- 12/6: Greenwich Indians - Bridgeport Ray's Construction Forfeit
- 1/3: Greens Farms Golden Hawks - Mount Vernon Wolverines 9:1
- 1/3: Greenwich Indians - Bridgeport Ray's Construction 10:1
- 1/17: Greens Farms Golden Hawks - Greenwich Indians 8:5
- 1/17: Bridgeport Ray's Construction - Mount Vernon Wolverines 1:0
- 1/31: Greens Farms Golden Hawks - Greenwich Indians 7:0
- 2/7: Greens Farms Golden Hawks - Mount Vernon Wolverines 10:2
- 2/14: Greenwich Indians - Mount Vernon Wolverines 8:2
- 2/21: Greens Farms Golden Hawks - Greenwich Indians 6:6
Standings as of 1/20
- Greens Farms 8-0-2-18
- Greenwich 6-2-2-14
- Wolverines 3-7-0-6
- Bridgeport 1-9-0-2
Hawks won the championship.
Other games
- 3/21: New York Metropolitans - Greens Farms Golden Hawks 5:4 OT
Sources
- Bridgeport Telegram
- Meriden Record
- Norwalk Hour