1937–38 American ice hockey season
This was the 1937-38 American ice hockey season:
Leagues
- American Hockey Association
- American Hockey League
- Brooklyn-Long Island Hockey League
- California
- Eastern Hockey League
- Metropolitan Amateur Hockey League
- Michigan-Ontario 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
- United States National Senior Championship
Colorado
The Fort Collins Crystals played the Laramie, Wyoming team twice this winter, splitting the series.
- 1937-38 Game Results
- 1/9: Laramie (WY) - Fort Collins Crystals 8:2
- 1/28: Fort Collins Crystals - Laramie (WY) 4:3
Maine
- 12/26: Lewiston St. Doms - Worcester Millionaires (MA) 16:3 @ Lewiston
- 12/27: Lewiston Cyclones - Wilton Hockey Club 7:3
- 1/1: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 2:1
- 1/2: Lewiston St. Doms - Boston University AA (MA) 7:1 @ Lewiston
- 1/9: Lewiston St. Doms - Amesbury Maple Leafs (MA) 2:2 OT @ Lewiston
- 1/9: Lewiston Cyclones - Wilton HC 8:5 @ Wilton
- 1/9: Lewiston St. Doms Reserves - Biddeford Westbrook AC 4:0
- 1/16: Lewiston St. Doms - Medford HC (MA) 5:2 @ Lewiston
- 1/16: Lewiston Mohawks - Augusta Falcons 2:2
- 1/16: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 5:0 @ Waterville
- 1/20: Lewiston St. Doms - Waterville Notre Dame 2:2 @ Lewiston
- 1/23: Waterville Notre Dame - Wilton HC 4:2 @ Wilton
- 1/23: Lewiston St. Doms - Amesbury Maple Leafs (MA) 4:2
- 1/28: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 2:1
- 1/28: Concord Sacred Hearts (NH) - Lewiston St. Doms 6:2 @ Concord
- 1/30: Waterville Notre Dame - Wilton HC 3:2 @ Waterville
- 1/30: Lewiston St. Doms - North Cambridge Hockey Club (MA) 6:3 @ Lewiston
- 2/6: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 4:2 - St. Doms clinched Hamel Trophy as city champions
- 2/10: Lewiston St. Doms - Berlin (NH) 7:6 @ Lewiston
- 2/13: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston Cyclones 5:0 @ Lewiston
- 2/20: Berlin Maroons (NH) - Lewiston St. Doms 3:2 @ Lewiston
- 2/22: Brunswick Knights of Columbus - Augusta Senators 7:6 OT - Intermediate Championship final
- 2/27: Lewiston St. Doms - Berlin (NH) 6:0 @ Lewiston
- 3/3: Waterville Notre Dame - Lewiston St. Doms 5:3
- 3/6: Lewiston St. Doms - Maine AAU All-Stars 3:2
- Maine AAU Championship
- 2/16: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Maple Leafs 3:1 - 1R
- 2/16: Waterville Notre Dame - Madison 4:0 - 1R
- 2/16: Lewiston Cyclones - Wilton HC 3:2 - 1R
- 2/17: Lewiston Cyclones - Bowdoin 3:2 - SF
- 2/17: Lewiston St. Doms - Waterville Notre Dame 4:3 - SF
- 2/24: Lewiston St. Doms - Lewiston Cyclones 4:2 - became 1:0 Forfeit as Cyclones insisted on using Wes Storey, a banned Canadian player - F
Montana
The Butte Copper Kings won the Montana State Hockey League title with wins over the Montana School of Mines and Helena.
- 1937-38 Game Results
- 12/26: Butte Copper Kings - Butte Clarkes 9:7
- 1/4: Cut Bank - Coutts (AB) 4:4
- 1/9: Butte Copper Kings - Montana School of Mines 6:1
- 1/13: Coutts (AB) - Cut Bank 5:3
- 1/21: Coutts (AB) - Cut Bank 7:6
- 1/30: Kalispell - Missoula 7:6 @ Kalispell
- 2/8: Kalispell - Whitefish 15:1
- 2/13: Montana School of Mines - Kalispell 4:2 @ Kalispell
- 2/18: Cut Bank - Havre 9:3 - Cut Bank was strengthened by 4 Coutts players
- 2/21: Kalispell - Whitefish 5:2 @ Kalispell
- 2/23: Cut Bank - Havre 3:0 - Cut Bank clinched Northern Montana Championship
- Montana State Hockey League Results
- 1/23: Montana School of Mines - Missoula 14:3
- 2/6: Butte Copper Kings - Montana School of Mines 7:3
- 2/13: Butte Copper Kings - Helena 7:1 @ Helena
- 2/20: Butte Copper Kings - Helena 8:2 @ Butte
North Dakota
- 1937-38 Game Results
- 12/26: Jamestown - Bismarck 4:2 @ Jamestown
- 1/2: Bismarck - Jamestown @ Bismarck
Texas
Four teams competed in the Houston Amateur League in 1937-38, and the Lone Star Creamery won the championship. No hockey was played in San Antonio this winter.
- 1937-38 Game Results
- 11/2: Lone Star Creamery - Polar Bears 1:0 @ Houston
- Houston Amateur League Results
- 11/16: Rice University Owls - Polar Bears 4:2
- 11/21: Lone Star Creamery - Rice University Owls 6:5 OT
- 11/28: Polar Bears - Spalding Blue Streaks 5:1
- 12/5: Lone Star Creamery - Polar Bears 3:3 OT
- 12/12: Rice University Owls - Spalding Blue Streaks 5:4
- 12/19: Polar Bears - Rice University Owls 2:0
- 12/26: Lone Star Creamery - Spalding Blue Streaks 6:2
- 1/2: Polar Bears - Spalding Blue Streaks 5:3
- 1/9: Lone Star Creamery - Rice University Owls 3:1
- 1/16: Polar Bears - Lone Star Creamery 5:0
- 3/20: Rice University Owls - Spalding Blue Streaks 8:8 2OT
- 3/27: Lone Star Creamery - Polar Bears 3:2 - Lone Star clinched title
West Virginia
The Kanawha City rink opened in Charleston in the fall of 1937, and the Charleston Ice Sports hockey team was formed in February 1938. The first game was played on the 26th.
- 1937-38 Game Results
- 2/26: Charleston Ice Sports - Pittsburgh Collegians 4:3 OT @ Charleston
- 3/19: Charleston Ice Sports - Pittsburgh Collegians 2:1 OT @ Charleston
Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Amateur State Championship was contested in Milwaukee and won by the Eagle River Falcons.
- 1937-38 Game Results
- 1/9: Milwaukee All-Stars - Milwaukee Canfields 3:2
- 1/13: Milwaukee All-Stars - Milwaukee Canfields 7:3
- 1/16: Fond du Lac Bears - Milwaukee Canfields 5:4
- 1/16: Milwaukee All-Stars - Beloit 4:3
- 1/20: Milwaukee Canfields - Lake Forest 2:0
- 1/27: Milwaukee Canfields - Oshkosh 4:3
- 2/10: Milwaukee Canfields - Fond du Lac Bears 6:3
- 2/15: Milwaukee Canfields - Milwaukee Luicks 4:2
- Wisconsin Amateur State Championship Results
- 2/19: Eagle River Falcons - Appleton 10:0
- 2/19: Wausau Vets - Marshfield Maroons 8:1
- 2/19: Beloit - Lake Geneva 9:1
- 2/19: Milwaukee Luicks - Madison Cardinals 4:1
- 2/19: Milwaukee Canfields - Green Bay 5:4 OT
- 2/19: Fond du Lac Bears - Beloit 12:1
- 2/20: Wausau Vets - Marquette University 8:0
- 2/20: Eagle River Falcons - Oshkosh 11:0
- 2/20: Milwaukee Luicks - Milwaukee Canfields 3:2
- 2/20: Wausau Vets - Fond du Lac Bears 5:2
- 2/20: Eagle River Falcons - Milwaukee Luicks 4:1
- 2/20: Eagle River Falcons - Wausau Vets 3:2 OT - final
College ice hockey
See: 1937–38 American college hockey season
Sources
- Houston Chronicle
- Montana Standard
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