1931–32 Romanian Hockey League season
The 1931-32 Romanian Hockey League season was the seventh season of the Romanian Championship. Tenis Club Roman Bucharest won the championship by defeating Dragos Voda Cernauti in the final.[1]
Season Overview
The Patinoarul Otelesanu was inaugurated as Romania's first artificial ice rink on December 5, 1931. The rink was available for use by clubs only before 8:00 AM and after 9:00 PM. The entrance fee was 10 euros, as opposed to the two charged to skate on Lake Cisimigu, which remained widely used by schools and small clubs.
The new arena was opened beside a telephone company's building. A hockey player for TCR, Riri Aslan, an engineer for the company, learned that its director, Bobby Tucker, played hockey in the United States growing up. As there were ongoing difficulties within the TCR club, Aslan encouraged Tucker to form a company club for advertising purposes. Tucker agreed and Telefon Club Bucharest was born. Tucker aimed to recruit the best players in the country to play for Telefon Club.
There were three regional championships - Bucharest, Bukovina, and Szekerland - contested prior to the national championship.
Regional championships
Bucharest Championship
- Telefon Club Bucharest 5 - Sportul Studențesc Bucharest 1
- Telefon Club Bucharest 5 - Politehnica Bucharest 0
- Telefon Club Bucharest 1 - Telefon Club Bucharest II 0
Bukovina Championship
Played from December 21, 1931, to January 15, 1932.
- Scores
- Dragos Voda-Jahn 3-1
- Polonia-Maccabi 3-1
- Jask-Dovbusch 2-2
- Polonia-Borochov 6-0
- Jahn-Dovbusch 5-1 (0-1,1-0,4-0)
- Maccabi-Jask 2-0 (1-0,0-0,1-0) Referee: Enderl
- Jask-Borochov 6-0
- Dragos Voda-Dovbusch 7-0
- Dragos Voda-Borochov 5-1
- Maccabi-Jahn Cancelled due to thaw
- Dragos Voda-Jask 5-1
- Jahn-Jask 7-1
- Maccabi-Borochov 10-0
- Dragos Voda-Polonia 1-0
- Jahn-Maccabi 1-0
- Polonia-Dovbusch 4-0
- Polonia-Jask Polonia win – Unknown result
- Jahn-Borochov 11-1
- Dragos Voda-Maccabi 1-1
- Dovbusch-Borochov Dovbusch win – Unknown result
- Polonia-Jahn 1-0
- Maccabi-Dovbusch 5-0
- Table
| Club | GP | W | T | L | GF-GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dragos Voda Cernauti | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22:4 | 11 |
| 2. | Jahn Cernauti | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25:7 | 8 |
| 3. | Polonia Cernauti | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14:2 | 8 |
| 4. | Maccabi Cernauti | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19:5 | 7 |
| 5. | Jask Cernauti | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10:16 | 3 |
| 6. | Dovbusch Cernauti | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3:23 | 1 |
| 7. | Borochow Cernauti | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2:38 | 0 |
Szeklerland Championship
Won by SC Miercurea Ciuc.
National Championship
Inter-Regional match
- SC Miercurea Ciuc defeated Dragos Voda Cernauti.
Initial final
- Tenis Club Roman Bucharest defeated SC Miercurea Ciuc on forfeit. (February 28)
Final
- Tenis Club Roman Bucharest - Dragos Voda Cernauti 2-0 (0-0, 1-0, 1-0) (played on March 2, 1932) - Cantacuzino (2)
Season stats
Top scorer
Cantacuzino (Tenis Club)
Team rosters
- Tenis Club Roman Bucharest: Dumitru Danielopol (goalkeeper), Ion Cantemir, Nicu Polizu (defensemen), Constantin Tico, Paul Anastasiu, Constatin Cantazucino, Petre Grant, Serban Grant, Alexandru Botez (forwards).
- Telefon Club Bucharest: Mircea Ratiu (goalkeeper), Adrian Nanu, Dan Bratianu (defensemen), Pfann, Krupensky, Reti, Sergiu Nadler, Tucker (forwards).
Friendly games
- December 13, 1931 in Bucharest: Telefon Club Bucuresti A - Telefon Club Bucuresti B 1-3
- December 15, 1931 in Bucharest: Telefon Club Bucuresti - Maccabi Cernauti 8-0 (1-0, 1-0, 6-0)
- December 16, 1931 in Bucharest: Tenis Club Bucuresti - Maccabi Cernauti 1-0 (0-0, 1-0, 0-0)
- February 1932 in Cluj: Universitatea Cluj - Telefon Club Bucuresti
Credits
Special thanks to Patrick H. for supplying some of the information found on this page.
References
- ↑ Flamaropol, Mihai. "50 de ani de hochei în România". 1976.