1939–40 American ice hockey season

This was the 1939-40 American ice hockey season:

Leagues

• American Hockey Association
• American Hockey League
• Eastern Hockey League
• Metropolitan Amateur Hockey League
• Michigan-Ontario Hockey League
• New England Amateur 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
• Southern California Hockey Association
• United States National Senior Championship

Maine

• 12/24: Lewiston St. Doms - Berlin Maroons (NH) 6:3 @ Lewiston
• 1/7: Lewiston St. Doms - Needham Hockey Club (MA) 12:2 @ Lewiston
• 1/12: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston St. Doms 2:0 @ Lewiston
• 1/14: Waterville Notre Dame - Swampscott Crescents (MA) 3:0 @ Waterville
• 1/21: Lewiston St. Doms - Boston Rangers 7:2
• 2/4: Lewiston St. Doms - Melrose Hockey Club (MA) 12:6 @ Lewiston
• 2/18: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 1:0
• 2/18: Boston Junior Olympics - Lewiston St. Doms 7:4

Montana

The Montana State Hockey League was contested by five teams and won by the Montana School of Mines for the second consecutive year.

1939-40 Game Results

• 2/24: Great Falls - Butte Copper Kings 7:5

Montana State Hockey League Results

• 12/31: 'Butte Boosters - Butte Copper Kings 5:4
• 1/7: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 5:2
• 1/7: Butte Boosters - Helena Rangers 2:1
• 1/14: Butte Copper Kings - Helena Rangers 3:1
• 1/14: Montana School of Mines - Great Falls 7:3
• 1/19: Helena Rangers - Great Falls 5:2
• 1/21: 'Butte Copper Kings - Great Falls 6:4
• 1/21: Montana School of Mines - Butte Boosters 2:1 OT
• 1/28: Butte Boosters - Helena Rangers 3:2
• 2/4: Butte Boosters - Great Falls 3:1
• 2/4: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 4:1
• 2/11: Butte Copper Kings - Butte Boosters 3:2
• 2/11: Helena Rangers - Great Falls 4:2
• 2/18: Montana School of Mines - Great Falls 9:1
• 2/18: Butte Copper Kings - Helena Rangers 5:1
• 2/25: Butte Copper Kings - Great Falls 4:2

Spokane, Washington

The Spokane Aces were an independent team formed for the 1939-40 season. They are only recorded to have played in one game.

1939-40 Game Results

• 12/24: Spokane Aces - Yakima All-Stars 3:0 @ Yakima

Texas

The Houston Amateur League was once again contested at the Polar Wave Ice Palace, and featured five teams for 1939-40. The Texas Ice Palace opened in Beaumont in January 1940, and a local team known as the Texas Rangers was formed.

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  Eddleman Mappers and Lone Star Creamery in action on December 17.

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  The same two teams battling on January 8.

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  The Texas Rangers.

1939-40 Game Results

• 1/8: Eddleman Mappers - Lone Star Creamery 5:3 @ Beaumont
• 1/15: Rice University Owls - Eddleman Mappers 7:6 @ Beaumont
• 1/29: Eddleman Mappers - Lone Star Creamery 5:3 @ Beaumont
• 2/11: Lone Star Creamery - Texas Rangers 7:2 @ Beaumont
• 2/18: Rice University Owls - Texas Rangers 6:2 @ Beaumont
• 2/25: Texas Rangers - Houston University Cougars 5:0 @ Beaumont
• 3/3: Eddleman Mappers - Texas Rangers 5:0 @ Beaumont
• 3/10: Lone Star Creamery - Texas Rangers 5:4 @ Beaumont
• 3/17: Houston University Cougars - Texas Rangers 3:2 @ Beaumont
• 3/24: Beaumont High School - Lamar College 1:0 @ Beaumont
• 3/31: Rice University Owls - Texas Rangers 5:0 @ Beaumont

Houston Amateur League Results

• 10/22: Austin Bruins - Lone Star Creamery 5:0
• 10/29: Eddleman Mappers - Rice University Owls 6:2
• 11/5: Austin Bruins - Houston University Cougars
• 11/12: Rice University Owls - Lone Star Creamery 3:2
• 11/19: Eddleman Mappers - Houston University Cougars 8:1
• 11/26: Rice University Owls - Houston University Cougars 6:2
• 12/3: Austin Bruins - Eddleman Mappers 3:2
• 12/10: Houston University Cougars - Lone Star Creamery 5:4
• 12/17: Eddleman Mappers - Lone Star Creamery
• 1/7: Austin Bruins - Rice University Owls 1:0
• 1/14: Eddleman Mappers - Rice University Owls 6:2
• 2/4: Lone Star Creamery - Austin Bruins 4:2
• Houston University Cougars - Rice University Owls 2:1
• 2/18: Austin Bruins - Houston University Cougars 3:1
• 2/25: Eddleman Mappers - Austin Bruins 2:1
• 3/3: Lone Star Creamery - Rice University Owls

College ice hockey

See: 1939–40 American college hockey season and 1939-40 WKHL season (Gonzaga competed in the league)

Sources

• Beaumont Enterprise
• Houston Chronicle
• Montana Standard

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