1939–40 American ice hockey season

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This was the 1939-40 American ice hockey season:

Leagues

Colorado

1939-40 Game Results
  • 1/13: Fort Collins Flying Aces - Longmont 5:1
  • 1/21: Longmont - Fort Collins Flying Aces 4:0

Maine

  • Lewiston St. Doms - Berlin Maroons (NH) 4:1
  • Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 5:2
  • 12/24: Lewiston St. Doms - Berlin Maroons (NH) 6:3 @ Lewiston
  • 12/31: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 3:0 @ Lewiston
  • 1/1: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 4:4 OT - friendly
  • 1/5: Lewiston St. Doms - Waterville Notre Dame 1:0 @ Waterville
  • 1/7: Lewiston St. Doms - Needham Hockey Club (MA) 12:2 @ Lewiston
  • 1/7: Lewiston Cyclones - Berlin Maroons (NH) 3:2 @ Berlin
  • 1/7: Lewiston Maple Leafs - Wilton HC 5:2
  • 1/9: Lewiston Cyclones - Berlin Maroons (NH) 5:5 Forfeit - Berlin left the ice, and game was awarded to Lewiston
  • 1/12: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston St. Doms 2:0 @ Lewiston
  • 1/14: Waterville Notre Dame - Swampscott Crescents (MA) 3:0 @ Waterville
  • 1/14: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 2:2
  • 1/14: Wilton HC - Berlin AA (NH) 13:1
  • 1/20: Waterville Notre Dame - Berlin Maroons (NH) 4:1 @ Berlin
  • 1/21: Berlin Maroons (NH) - Waterville Notre Dame 4:1 @ Berlin
  • 1/21: Lewiston St. Doms - Boston Rangers (MA) 7:2 @ Lewiston
  • 1/25: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Maple Leafs 8:2
  • 1/26: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cylcones 4:1 @ Lewiston
  • 1/28: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 5:3
  • 1/28: Waterville Notre Dame - Melrose Hockey Club (MA) 4:3
  • 1/31: Lewiston St. Doms - Berlin Maroons (NH) 7:3 @ Lewiston
  • 2/2: Lewiston St. Doms - Waterville Notre Dame 4:3 @ Waterville
  • 2/4: Lewiston St. Doms - Melrose Hockey Club (MA) 12:6 @ Lewiston
  • 2/4: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 6:3 @ Waterville
  • 2/9: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 5:5 OT
  • 2/10: Waterville Notre Dame - Berlin Maroons (NH) 9:1
  • 2/11: Waterville Notre Dame - Berlin Maroons (NH) 6:1
  • 2/15: Lewiston St. Doms - Waterville Notre Dame 4:3
  • 2/17: Lewiston St. Doms - Berlin Maroons (NH) 8:5 - St. Doms clinched title
  • 2/18: Lewiston Cyclones - Waterville Notre Dame 2:1 - friendly
  • 2/18: Boston Junior Olympics - Lewiston St. Doms 7:4
  • 2/23: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston St. Doms 5:2 - friendly
  • 2/23: Wilton HC - Lewiston Cyclones 5:3
  • 2/25: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 6:4
  • 3/1: Lewiston St. Doms - Waterville Notre Dame 5:4 - friendly
Interstate League standings as of 2/15
  1. Waterville Notre Dame 8-3-0 16 43:18
  2. Lewiston St. Doms 6-1-2 14 34:22
  3. Lewiston Cyclones 2-5-2 6 24:37
  4. Berlin Maroons 1-8-0 2 22:45
Maine State Championship
  • 2/28: Lewiston Maple Leafs - Wilton HC 2:0 - 1R

Cancelled after first round as Lewiston St. Doms withdrew sponsorship.

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.

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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