1919–20 American ice hockey season
This was the 1919-20 American ice hockey season:
Overview
From Spalding's Ice Hockey Guide 1921
In general, the 1919-20 season was one of the most successful in the history of hockey in the United States. Many large crowds were attracted and keener interest shown in the^ competitions. Greater advancement was made in placing this exciting winter sport on an organized basis. The greatest achievement of all was accomplished when an American hockey team was sent to compete in the Olympic games. It had been thought impossible. The players were not first, but they made a very creditable showing and by finishing second established the position of the United States firmly in hockey annals.
Pittsburgh was in a measure the hockey enter of the United States in 1919-20. The game thrived in Boston, Cleveland, St. Paul, Calumet, Houghton and the American Soo. Late in the year a start was made at Philadelphia with bright prospects for coming years.
It was the first season of the new alliance agreement between the International Skating and Hockey Association [formerly the International Skating Union], which is affiliated with the A.A.U., and the Canadian Hockey Association. This placed the International Skating and Hockey Association in absolute control of hockey in the United States and the Canadian Hockey Association in control of the game in Canada, with mutual recognition of the authority of each. The first team to enroll was the famous P.A.A. team of Pittsburgh. In a short time all the teams in Boston, Cleveland, St. Paul, Calumet, Houghton and the American Soo were under one authorized head, something which had never before been possible in United States hockey. The best teams in Canada came to the United States to play, and there were also exciting inter-city contests.
At a preliminary meeting at Boston in February it was decided, if possible, to send an American team to the Olympic games. An elimination series was arranged between Boston, Pittsburgh and the winning team of the American Hockey Association, which turned out to be St. Paul. At that time it was intended to send intact whichever team won this series. Five games were played at Boston and Pittsburgh and this series was won by the P.A.A. of Pittsburgh by a score of four games to two. St. Paul then traveled to Pittsburgh and the P.A.A. team again showed its superiority by winning the series by two games to one.
It was then discovered there were ineligibles on account of citizenship. At a meeting in Pittsburgh in March, attended by the writer, George V. Brown, Secretary-Treasurer of the International Skating and Hockey Union, who held the proxy of President Cornelius Fellowes, and Roy D. Schooley, Chairman of the Rules Committee and manager of the P.A.A. hockey team, it was decided to pick a team from Boston, Pittsburgh and St. Paul. Mr. Schooley was named as manager, with full authority to make the selections. He selected the following players: Geran, Tuck and Synott of Boston, Weidenborner, Conroy, Goheen and Fitzgerald of St. Paul, and Capt. Joe McCormick, Larry McCormick, Drury and Bonney of Pittsburgh.
The team was brought to Pittsburgh and under his jurisdiction was welded into a first-class organization. They played five games in Pittsburgh before going to the Olympic games.
In efforts to finance the team Pittsburgh raised $4,000. The remainder of the money was provided by the American-'O'lympic Committee. At the last moment, due to illness in his family, Mr. Schooley was unable to accompany the team, and President Fellowes was placed in charge. The record of the team at Antwerp was most creditable. It won second place, being defeated by the Canadians by the close score of 2 to 0. The P.A.A. team continued its victorious career, winning an overwhelming majority of victories, and also retained the Fellowes Cup. With a continued firm hold from the governing end and an addition of more cities, hockey for the coming season should be one of the big sports of the United States."
Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- Pittsburgh-Boston Series
- 2/13: Boston All-Stars - Pittsburgh AA 4:3 @ Pittsburgh
- 2/15: Pittsburgh AA - Boston All-Stars 7:2 @ Pittsburgh
- 2/23: Pittsburgh AA - Boston All-Stars 4:3 @ Boston
- 2/25: Boston All-Stars - Pittsburgh AA 3:2 @ Boston
- 3/5: Pittsburgh AA - Boston All-Stars 7:2 @ Pittsburgh
- 3/6: Pittsburgh AA - Boston All-Stars 4:2 @ Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh-St. Paul Series
- 3/12: St. Paul Athletic Club - Pittsburgh AA 3:2 @ Pittsburgh
- 3/13: Pittsburgh AA - St. Paul Athletic Club 6:1 @ Pittsburgh
- 3/15: Pittsburgh AA - St. Paul Athletic Club 4:1 @ Pittsburgh
Olympic Exhibition Games
- 3/22: American Olympic Team - Winnipeg Winnipegs (MB) 4:3 @ Pittsburgh
- 3/23: Winnipeg Winnipegs (MB) - American Olympic Team 3:2 @ Pittsburgh
- 3/25: American Olympic Team - Winnipeg Winnipegs (MB) 3:1 @ Pittsburgh
Chicago, Illinois
The following teams joined the Chicago Hockey Association for the 1919-20 season: Northwestern University Dental College, Illinois Athletic Club, Shamrock Athletic Club, Midway Hockey Club, Rogers Park Hockey Club, Evanston Reds, Hinsdale.
- Chicago Hockey Association Results
- 1/17: Rogers Park Hockey Club - Hinsdale 5:1
- 1/24: Illinois Athletic Club - Rogers Park Hockey Club 1:1
- 2/1: Illinois Athletic Club - Shamrock Athletic Club 8:1
Connecticut
- Kent School Game Results
- Kent - Canterbury 6:2
- Kent - Bridgeport High School 14:0
- Kent - Pawling School (NY) 2:0
- Kent - Hartford High School 9:0
- Kent - New Rochelle High School (NY) 12:0
- Kent - Roxbury 7:1
- Kent - Choate 6:3
- Kent - Hotchkiss 4:2
- Kent - Berkshire 2:1
- Kent - Canterbury 4:0
Indiana
There was a hockey game set to be played between Purdue and Lafayette as part of a Skating Derby at Columbian Park on January 24, 1920. It seems it was not played.
- 1919-20 Game Results
- 1/24: Lafayette - Purdue
- 1/28: South Side Athletic Club - Whiting Hockey Club 7:6 @ Whiting
Massachusetts
The Cambridge Pavilion indoor rink opened for the season. The Boston Amateur Hockey League was created, and was composed of the Boston Athletic Association, Harvard Club, Dartmouth Club, and the Yankee Division. The former three teams were all deadlocked after the first round, but Boston AA prevailed in the elimination playoffs. The Boston All-Stars were later organized and competed in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The Interscholastic Hockey League was also contested in 1920.
- 1919-20 Game Results
- 12/26: Newton Alumni - Newton High 9:3
- 12/27: Wollaston Hockey Club - Auburndale Wanderers 4:1
- 12/30: Melrose High - Stoneham High 2:0
- 1/1: Arlington Alumni - Arlington High 2:0
- 1/1: Harvard Club - Princeton Tigers 5:4 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 1/3: Cambridge Latin - Cambridge Latin Alumni 6:3
- 1/3: Melrose High - Belmont High 4:1
- 1/6: Stoneham High - English High 2:0
- 1/7: Boston College - Yankee Division 4:2 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 1/7: Harvard Club - Harvard University 2:1 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 1/7: Belmont High - Concord High Independents 6:0
- 1/7: St. John's Prep - Danvers High 3:0
- 1/7: Medford High Independents - West Medford AA 8:3
- 1/9: Dartmouth Club - Dartmouth University 3:2 OT @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 1/10: Harvard Freshmen - Melrose High 4:1
- 1/10: Newton High - Phillips Andover 4:1
- 1/10: Browne & Nichols School - Middlesex School 1:0
- 1/10: Boston AA - Harvard University 5:4 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 1/14: Noble & Greenough School - English High 4:0
- 1/14: Milton Academy - Melrose High 7:2
- 1/14: Middlesex School - Arlington High 1:1 OT
- 1/14: St. Mark's School - Cambridge Latin 3:0
- 1/14: Pomfret School (CT)' - Wakefield High 3:0 @ Putnam, CT
- 1/14: Country Day School - Roxbury Latin 3:1
- 1/14: Stoneham High - Belmont High 2:2
- 1/14: Phillips Andover - Merrimac Valley Country Club 3:1
- 1/17: Williams College - Hamilton College 3:2 @ Williamstown
- 1/17: Amherst College - Springfield YMCA 1:0
- 1/17: Harvard Freshmen - Dartmouth Freshmen 2:1
- 1/17: Browne & Nichols School - Exeter Academy (NH) 3:1 @ Exeter, NH
- 1/19: Harvard Freshmen - Newton High 2:1
- 1/19: Brookline High - Roxbury Latin 9:0
- 1/21: Brookline High - Milton Academy 4:3
- 1/21: St. Mark's School - Boston College High 11:0
- 1/21: Browne & Nichols School - Noble & Greenough School 6:0
- 1/21: Phillips Andover - Melrose High 6:0
- 1/21: Exeter Academy (NH) - Wakefield High 7:0
- 1/21: Harvard Seconds - Middlesex School 4:0
- 1/21: Harvard University - Dartmouth Club 4:3 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 1/22: Newton High - Country Day School 7:2
- 1/22: Arlington High - Stoneham High 0:0 OT
- 1/22: English High - Roxbury Latin 2:1
- 1/24: Dartmouth Freshmen - Arlington High 5:0
- 1/24: Harvard Freshmen - Phillips Andover 5:1
- 1/24: Exeter Academy (NH) - Brookline High 8:0 @ Exeter, NH
- 1/24: Wakefield High - Beverly High 8:0
- 1/27: Harvard Freshmen - Arlington High 5:2
- 1/27: Wakefield High - Cambridge Latin 2:0
- 1/27: Middlesex School - Noble & Greenough School 2:0
- 1/28: Exeter Academy (NH) - English High 16:0 @ Exeter, NH
- 1/28: Bates - Bowdoin 9:4
- 1/29: Stoneham High - Roxbury Latin 4:3
- 1/30: Milton Academy - Browne & Nichols School 3:1
- 1/30: Newton High - Belmont High 7:1
- 1/31: Wakefield High - Stoneham High 3:1 OT
- 1/31: Cambridge Latin - Pomfret School (CT) 8:2 @ Putnam, CT
- 1/31: Phillips Andover - MIT Freshmen 4:1
- 1/31: Melrose Legion - Brookline Legion 5:2
- 2/4: English High - Country Day School 5:4
- 2/4: Middlesex School - USS Nantucket 7:0
- 2/4: Milton Academy - Harvard Freshmen 3:2
- 2/4: Harvard Seconds - Phillips Andover 4:2
- 2/4: Exeter Academy (NH) - Melrose High 10:0 @ Exeter, NH
- 2/4: Boston Team A - Boston Team B 4:3 @ Cambridge Pavilion - game to choose all-star team for championship games against Pittsburgh
- 2/7: Harvard University - Boston All-Stars 4:3 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 2/11: Exeter Academy (NH) - Phillips Andover 4:2 @ Exeter, NH
- 2/11: Boston All-Stars - New Rochelle Hockey Club (NY) 7:4 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 2/12: St. John's Prep - English High 1:0
- 2/13: Harvard Club - Sherbrooke Hockey Club (QC) 7:6 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 2/14: Harvard University - Sherbrooke Hockey Club (QC) 6:4 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 2/14: Harvard Freshmen - Yale Freshmen 16:1 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 2/14: St. Mark's School - Milton Academy 4:3 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 2/14: Exeter Academy (NH) - MIT Freshmen 3:3 @ Exeter, NH
- 2/14: Harvard Seconds - Newton High 3:2
- 2/14: Noble & Greenough School - Roxbury Latin 3:2
- 2/17: St. John's Prep - Danvers High 4:0
- 2/17: Harvard University - Harvard Seconds 3:3
- 2/17: Newton High - MIT Freshmen 14:0
- 2/20: Boston All-Stars - Dartmouth Club 9:5 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 2/20: Browne & Nichols School - Country Day School 6:3
- 2/21: Noble & Greenough School - Country Day School 4:3
- 2/21: Newton High - Browne & Nichols School 6:1
- 2/21: Harvard Club - St. Paul's School (NH) 4:2 @ Concord, NH
- 2/21: Melrose Legion - Arlington Legion 3:1
- 2/23: English High - Boston College High 3:2 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 2/23: Exeter Academy (NH) - Dartmouth Freshmen 2:0 @ Exeter, NH
- 2/23: Melrose Legion - Newton Post 4:2
- 2/28: Boston All-Stars - Ottawa New Edinburghs (ON) 3:2 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 3/1: Boston All-Stars - Ottawa New Edinburghs (ON) 4:1 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 3/5: Montreal Victorias (QC) - Dartmouth Club 6:5 OT @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 3/6: Harvard Club - Montreal Victorias (QC) 6:2 @ Cambridge Pavilion
- 3/13: Harvard Club - Harvard Informals 4:3 OT @ Cambridge Pavilion
- Boston Amateur Hockey League Results
All games were played at the Cambridge Ice Pavilion.
- 1/14: Harvard Club - Boston AA 4:3
- 1/16: Dartmouth Club - Yankee Division 7:3
- 1/23: Boston AA - Yankee Division 11:1
- 1/28: Dartmouth Club - Harvard Club 6:5
- 1/30: Harvard Club - Yankee Division 4:3
- 1/30: Boston AA - Dartmouth Club 6:5
- 2/27: Harvard Club - Dartmouth Club 5:4
- 3/10: Boston AA - Dartmouth Club 7:3
- 3/20: Boston AA - Harvard Club 5:3 - Boston AA clinched title and won permanent possession of the Cambridge Ice Pavilion Cup
- Interscholastic Hockey League Results
- 1/7: Cambridge Latin - Arlington High 8:0
- 1/7: Melrose High - Somerville High 2:1
- 1/7: Newton High - Brookline High 4:0
- 1/21: Newton High - Somerville High 9:0
- 1/22: Cambridge Latin - Brookline High 6:1
- 1/29: Newton High - Melrose High 7:1
- 1/30: Arlington High - Somerville High 3:0
- 1/31: Brookline High - Melrose High 3:2
- 2/27: Cambridge Latin - Melrose High 7:2
- 3/2: Arlington High - Melrose High 2:0
- 3/10: Cambridge Latin - Arlington High 9:2
- 3/10: Newton High - Brookline High 8:1
- 3/13: Arlington High - Newton High 5:0
- 3/13: Cambridge Latin - Brookline High 10:2
- 3/17: Arlington High - Brookline High 4:2
- 3/17: Newton High - Cambridge Latin 4:3 OT - Newton clinched title
Michigan
See: 1919-20 AAHA season
The Detroit Hockey League was contested on outdoor rinks in the area during the 1920 season. It was divided into two divisions, the Border City Stars winning the red group, and the Webers claiming the orange group. They were slated to meet in a championship final, but no records exist of it being played. The American Amateur Hockey League returned this winter, and featured two teams from Michigan in it, the American Soo and the Portage Lakes Hockey Club.
- 1919-20 Game Results
- Copper Country All-Stars - Hibbing (MN) 6:6
- 1/22: Calumet - Duluth (MN) 5:4 @ Calumet
- 2/18: Eveleth (MN) - Calumet 4:0 @ Calumet
- 2/28: Waterstons - Douglas & Lomason 7:7 OT
- 2/28: Webers - Waterstons 4:2
- 3/15: American Soo - Canadian Soo 4:3
- Detroit Hockey League Results
- 1/4: Douglas & Lomason - West Warrens 4:2
- 1/4: Webers - Rayls 7:1
- 1/4: Waterstons - Assumption College 1:0
- 1/5: Border City Stars - University of Detroit Varsity News 13:0
- 1/6: Assumption College - Webers 9:6
- 1/11: University of Detroit Varsity News - Douglas & Lomason 9:0
- 1/11: Border City Stars - West Warrens 7:1
- 1/13: Border City Stars - Douglas & Lomason 10:1
- 1/15: University of Detroit Varsity News - West Warrens 5:1
- 1/18: Webers - Rayls 10:2
- 1/18: Assumption College - Waterstons 7:5
- 1/19: West Warrens - Douglas & Lomason 3:3
- Rayls - Waterstons 3:2
- 1/19: Border City Stars - University of Detroit Varsity News 5:2
- 1/22: Webers - Waterstons Forfeit
- 1/22: Assumption College - Rayls Forfeit
- 1/25: University of Detroit Varsity News - West Warrens 6:5 OT
- 1/25: Assumption College - Webers 4:4 OT
- 1/27: Douglas & Lomason - West Warrens 4:3
- 1/28: Assumption College - Rayls 10:6
- 1/30: Border City Stars - Douglas & Lomason 5:1 - Border City clinched red division
- 2/1: Webers - Assumption College 8:1
- 2/1: Waterstons - Rayls 5:4
- 2/22: Webers - Assumption College Forfeit - Webers clinched orange division
Standings as of 2/2
Red Division
- Border City Stars 6-0
- Varsity News 3-3
- Douglas & Lomason 3-3
- West Warrens 0-6
Orange Division
- Webers 4-2
- Assumption 3-2
- Waterstons 3-3
- Rayls 1-4
- University of Michigan Game Results
- Michigan - Assumption College 1:0
- Michigan - Douglas & Lomason 5:1
- Michigan - Webers 3:2 OT
- Michigan - Waterstons 5:2
- Michigan - Rayls 7:1
Minnesota
See: 1919-20 AAHA season
The St. Paul Athletic Club returned to compete in the American Amateur Hockey Association once again. They finished tied for first with the Canadian Soo and later faced Pittsburgh AA in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament, losing the series two games to one. The Duluth American Legion fielded a strong independent team this winter. Eveleth and Hibbing also had talented teams.
The Minneapolis Park Hockey League resumed play for 1919-20. An overview of the league season from Spalding's Ice Hockey Guide 1921: "The hockey season began December 28, 1919, with twenty teams representing social and community center interests from various parts of the city. The association was divided into Senior and Junior Divisions 1 and 2, with little, if any, difference in playing strength. In the Senior and Junior No. 1 Divisions sixteen teams competed, while Junior No. 2 embraced four teams.
The handsome "Struck" perpetual challenge cups were the trophy objectives in the Senior and Junior No. 1 Divisions, and Ward C. Burton, another hockey enthusiast, donated ten gold medals to the winning team in the Junior No. 2 Division. In this division the Deephavens, Raccoons and Ascensions supplied spirited competition, while the Heatherdale A.C., owing to illness of players, was unable to win, yet finished the schedule with enthusiasm. The Raccoons won the championship by defeating the Ascension team in the final game of the schedule ; Deephavens, Ascensions and Heatherdales finished in the order named.
In the Junior No. 1 Division the Logan Parks, Stewart A.C. and Powderhorn Parks competed with vigor against the Lagoons, Camden Juniors and Maple Hills. The Logan Parks won the championship from Stewart A.C. in a final game which required two extra ten-minute periods to determine the winner. The elimination contest for the championship of the junior divisions, between the Raccoons and Logan Parks, created keen rivalry, as both teams represented the unified community center interests at Logan Park. The Logan Parks finally caged the puck on a well executed team play and won the dual championship.
Play in the senior division produced amazingly keen competition. Vertex, tri-champions of the association; Camden Seniors, Midway Merchants and East Side A.C. formed a quartet of veteran teams and the struggle for the "Struck" trophy was filled with thrilling competition. Lake Hennepin Merchants, North Commons, headed the second division, and Lake Minnetonka and A.B.C., owing to a belated start, failed to get in the running.
Very little difference between the first four teams characterized the season's play, with Vertex leading most of the season until temporarily displaced by East Side A.C. The schedule closed with Camden Seniors and Vertex tied for the major prize. This tie game was played at Logan Park in sub-zero temperature. It went into extra periods and finished in a tie.
The following Sunday these teams met and Vertex's team work and aggressive system of play proved a decisive factor in winning the senior championship. Interest in municipal hockey was at this time centered in the city championship, between the aggressive Logan Parks, dual champions of Divisions No. 1 and No. 2, Junior, and the veteran Vertex seven, champions of the senior division.
This decisive game was played at the Logan Park rink and both teams resorted to defensive play during the first period, with honors even. In the final period, however, the Vertex seven opened an aggressive attack that carried the puck to the Logan Parks' cage and captured the city championship for the fourth consecutive time."
- 1919-20 Game Results
- 12/30: St. Paul Athletic Club - Duluth American Legion 3:2 @ St. Paul
- 1/5: Duluth American Legion - Hibbing 11:0 @ Duluth
- 1/6: Duluth American Legion - Hibbing 4:2 @ Duluth
- 1/9: Hibbing - Eveleth 4:1 @ Hibbing
- 1/11: Hibbing - Eveleth 3:2 @ Hibbing
- 1/12: St. Paul Athletic Club - Duluth American Legion 7:3 @ Duluth
- 1/13: St. Paul Athletic Club - Duluth American Legion 5:3 @ Duluth
- 1/17: Hibbing - Duluth American Legion 3:2 @ Hibbing
- 1/18: Hibbing - Duluth American Legion 2:1 @ Hibbing
- 1/19: Eveleth American Legion - Virginia 9:0 @ Eveleth
- 1/20: St. Paul Athletic Club - Hibbing 8:1 @ St. Paul
- 1/23: Eveleth American Legion - West Duluth 13:2 @ Eveleth
- 1/26: Duluth American Legion - Eveleth 5:2 @ Duluth
- 1/27: Eveleth - Duluth American Legion 6:2 @ Duluth
- 2/2: Duluth American Legion - Mohawk (MI) 6:1 @ Duluth
- 2/3: Mohawk (MI) - Duluth American Legion 3:2 @ Duluth
- 2/5: Mohawk (MI) - Hibbing 5:4 @ Hibbing
- 2/6: Eveleth American Legion - Duluth American Legion 5:1 @ Eveleth
- 2/7: Duluth American Legion - Eveleth American Legion 5:2 @ Eveleth
- 2/9: Calumet (MI) - Duluth American Legion 14:4 @ Duluth
- 2/10: Duluth American Legion - Calumet (MI) 8:4 @ Duluth
- 2/11: Eveleth American Legion - Calumet (MI) 5:1 @ Eveleth
- 2/14: Eveleth American Legion - Hibbing 5:1 @ Eveleth
- 2/16: Hibbing - Duluth American Legion 6:3 @ Duluth
- 2/17: Duluth American Legion - Hibbing 6:5 @ Duluth
- 2/19: St. Paul Athletic Club - Duluth American Legion 9:6 @ St. Paul
- 2/23: St. Paul Athletic Club - Winnipeg Monarchs (MB) 2:0 @ St. Paul
- 2/24: Winnipeg Monarchs (MB) - St. Paul Athletic Club 2:1 @ St. Paul
- 3/1: Eveleth - Duluth American Legion 6:2 @ Duluth
- 3/2: Eveleth - Duluth American Legion 7:4 @ Duluth
- 3/8: Duluth American Legion - Winnipeg Monarchs (MB) 2:1 @ Duluth
- 3/9: Winnipeg Winnipegs (MB) - Eveleth American Legion 6:2 @ Eveleth
- 3/10: Eveleth American Legion - Winnipeg Winnipegs (MB) 1:1 @ Eveleth
- 3/12: Duluth American Legion - Winnipeg Winnipegs (MB) 4:3 @ Duluth
- 3/13: Duluth American Legion - Winnipeg Winnipegs (MB) 7:5 OT @ Duluth
- 3/13: Eveleth - Hibbing 8:4 @ Eveleth
- 3/14: Eveleth - Hibbing 8:1 @ Eveleth
- 3/15: Winnipeg Winnipegs (MB) - Duluth American Legion 2:1 @ Duluth
- Logan Park - Harriets 5:1
- St. Louis County Championship Results
- 1/1: Eveleth - Hibbing 5:2 @ Eveleth
- 1/2: Duluth American Legion - Eveleth 2:1 @ Eveleth
- Minneapolis Park League Results
Senior
- 12/28: Camdens - Lake Minnetonkas 7:0
- 12/28: North Commons - ABC 1:0
- 12/28: Midway Merchants - Lake and Hennepin Merchants 4:3
- 1/4: Vertex - Camdens 4:1
- 1/4: East Sides - Lake Minnetonkas 3:0
- 1/4: Lake and Hennepin Merchants - North Commons 1:0
- 1/11: Camdens - East Sides 5:1
- 1/11: Midway Merchants - North Commons 4:1
- 1/11: Lake and Hennepin Merchants - ABC 4:2
- 1/18: Vertex - North Commons 7:1
- 1/18: East Sides - ABC 1:0
- 1/18: Lake and Hennepin Merchants - Lake Minnetonkas 3:0
- 1/22: East Sides - Vertex 2:1
- 1/22: Camdens - Midway Merchants 11:0
- 1/25: Camdens - Lake and Hennepin Merchants 2:1
- 1/25: Vertex - ABC Forfeit
- 1/30: East Sides - North Commons 7:1
- 2/1: East Sides - Midway Merchants 2:2 2OT
- 2/1: Vertex - Lake and Hennepin Merchants 1:0
- 2/1: North Commons - Lake Minnetonkas Forfeit
- 2/8: Vertex - Midway Merchants 3:1
- 2/8: Camdens - North Commons 9:0
- 2/13: Vertex - Camdens 2:2 2OT - senior final
- 2/15: Vertex - Camdens 4:0 - "
Junior
- 12/28: Lagoons - Anchors 4:2
- 12/28: Powderhorns - Camden Juniors 1:0
- 12/28: Stewart AC - Maple Hills 1:0
- 1/2: Raccoons - Heatherdales 8:0
- 1/4: Lagoons - Harriets 4:2
- 1/4: Camden Juniors - Maple Hills 2:1
- 1/4: Stewart AC - Powderhorns 2:0
- 1/7: Deephavens - Raccoons 7:3
- 1/7: Ascensions - Heatherdales 11:1
- 1/8: Deephavens - Ascensions 2:1
- 1/11: Powderhorns - Maple Hills 3:0
- 1/11: Anchors - Harriets 4:1
- 1/11: Stewart AC - Camden Juniors 7:1
- 1/11: Logan Park - Lagoons 0:0
- 1/14: Raccoons - Ascensions 3:2
- 1/18:Logan Park - Maple Hills 2:0
- 1/18: Stewart AC - Harriets 5:0
- 1/18: Powederhorns - Anchors 2:1
- 1/18: Lagoons - Camden Parks 2:0
- 1/29: Logan Park - Stewart AC 4:3 2OT
- 1/30: Raccoons - Deephavens 6:2
- 2/1: Maple Hills - Lagoons 1:0
- 2/1: Stewart AC - Anchors 1:0
- 2/1: Logan Park - Camdens 5:1
- 2/4: Raccoons - Ascensions 4:2
- 2/8: Logan Park - Powderhorns 6:1
- Logan Park - Anchors 7:4
- Logan Park - Lagoons 3:1
- 2/11: Logan Park - Raccoons 7:5 - junior final
Senior-Junior Final
- 2/22: Vertex - Logan Park 7:2
Montana
Butte Lake Avoca and the All-Butte club played a series of games against one another in 1920.
- 1919-20 Game Results
- 12/21: Butte Lake Avoca - Landon 4:3
- 1/4: Butte Lake Avoca - All-Butte 3:0
- 2/1: Butte Lake Avoca - All-Butte 7:3
- 2/15: Butte Lake Avoca - All-Butte 8:2 - city championship
New York
In Buffalo, the Municipal Hockey League and the Michigan Cup interscholastic competitions were held. Some notable independent teams included New York St. Nicholas, New Rochelle Hockey Club, Albany Country Club and the Edison Club of Schenectady.
- 1919-20 Game Results
- 1/7: Poly Prep - New Utrecht School 8:2
- Poly Prep - Manual Training School 4:0
- 1/10: New York St. Nicholas - New Rochelle Hockey Club 3:2 OT @ New Rochelle
- 1/14: Loyola School - Horace Mann School 3:1 @ 181st Street Ice Palace
- 1/15: C.A. Weeds - Buffalo Hockey Club 3:1
- 1/16: Nichols School - Lafayette High School 4:3 OT @ Buffalo
- 1/16: Nichols School - Hutchinson High School 3:2 @ Buffalo
- 1/17: New York St. Nicholas - Verona Lake Club (NJ) 6:0 @ Montclair, NJ
- 1/17: New Rochelle Hockey Club - Princeton University 4:2
- 1/18: New Rochelle Hockey Club - Flushing Hockey Club 10:1 @ New Rochelle
- 1/21: New Rochelle Hockey Club - Army 5:1 @ West Point
- 1/21: Loyola School - Newman School 4:0 @ 181st Street Ice Palace
- 1/22: Poly Prep - Commercial High School 9:0
- 1/22: C.A. Weeds - Seneca Indians 20:1 @ Buffalo
- 1/24: Lafayette High School - Hutchinson High School 5:1 @ Buffalo
- 1/25: C.A. Weeds - Woodwards 8:1 @ Buffalo
- 1/26: New York St. Nicholas - Rileys 6:0
- 1/28: Carlton Academy (NJ) - Loyola School 3:2 @ 181st Street Ice Palace
- 1/28: C.A. Weed - Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagaras (ON) 9:1 @ Buffalo
- Cayuga Athletic Club - Seneca Indians 16:0
- Cayuga Athletic Club - Niagara Falls All-Stars (ON) 9:2
- 1/31: Montclair Acaemy (NJ) - Poly Prep 3:2
- 1/31: Poly Prep - Boys' High School 8:2
- 2/1: New Rochelle Hockey Club - Plainfield Country Club 7:5 @ New Rochelle
- 2/4: Loyola School - Berkeley-Irving School 2:1 @ 181st Street Ice Palace
- 2/10: Poly Prep - Horace Mann School 11:0 @ 181st Street Ice Palace
- 2/10: C.A. Weeds - Cayuga Athletic Club 1:0 @ La Salle
- 2/13: New Rochelle Hockey Club - New York St. Nicholas 3:0 @ 181st Street Ice Palace
- 2/18: Poly Prep - Jamaica High School 0:0
- 2/21: New Rochelle Hockey Club - Albany Country Club 4:1 @ Schenectady
- 2/22: C.A. Weeds - Weeds II/Woodwards Combination 10:4 @ Buffalo
- 2/24: C.A. Weeds - Buffalo Hockey Club 9:0
- 2/26: New Rochelle Hockey Club - New York St. Nicholas 5:1 @ 181st Street Ice Palace
- 2/27: C.A. Weeds - Cornell University 4:2 @ Buffalo
- 2/28: Niagara Falls (ON) - Cornell University 10:0 @ Buffalo
- 3/6: Niagara Falls (ON) - Port Colborne (ON) 11:6 @ Buffalo
- 3/6: Poly Prep - Loyola School 4:1 @ 181st Street Ice Palace - Interscholastic Championship
- 3/13: Poly Prep - Loyola School 8:2 @ 181st Street Ice Palace - "
- Hamilton College - Renssaeler Polytechnic Institute 6:0
- Hamilton College - Union College 3:1
- Hamilton College - Little Falls Hockey Club 10:0
- Williams College - Hamilton College 1:0
- Union College - Mohawk Golf Club 5:0
- Union College - Albany Teachers College 6:0
- Edison Club - Union College 2:1
- University of Buffalo - Hutchinson High Alumni 11:3
- University of Buffalo - Niagara Falls Knights of Columbus (ON) 4:4
- Welland (ON) - University of Buffalo 8:3
- Cornell University - University of Buffalo 24:0
- Ridley College (ON) - University of Buffalo 7:0
- St. Catharine's St. Kitts (ON) - University of Buffalo 13:0
- College of Commerce (ON) - University of Buffalo 4:0
- Albany Country Club - Mohawk Golf Club 8:1
- Albany Country Club - Ludlum Steel 7:1
- Albany Country Club - Ludlum Steel 9:1
- Albany Country Club - New York St. Nicholas 4:1
- Edison Club - Mohawk Golf Club 4:1
- Edison Club - Mohawk Golf Club 1:1
- Rovers - Edison Club 6:4
- Edison Club - Cohoes Ice Rink 4:3
- Edison Club - Albany Hockey Club 4:3
- Edison Club - Schenectady BC 10:1
- Edison Club - Rovers 3:0
- Edison Club - Albany Hockey Club 4:1
- Edison Club - Mohawk Golf Club 5:0
- Albany Academy - Albany Academy Alumni 14:4
- Albany Academy - Egbert's High School 13:1
- Albany Academy Alumni - Albany Academy 8:5
- Morristown School (NJ) - Carlton Academy (NJ) 5:4
- Carlton Academy (NJ) - Carteret School (NJ) 7:0
- Carlton Academy (NJ) - South Orange High School (NJ) 4:1
- Carlton Academy (NJ) - Chatham School (NJ) 5:1
- Carlton Academy (NJ) - Madison School (NJ) 3:0
- Pawling School - Flushing High School 5:3
- Pawling School - Hotchkiss School 2:1
- Buffalo Municipal League Results
- 1/11: C.A. Weeds - Woodwards 5:2
- 1/18: C.A. Weeds - North Mains 14:2
- 1/18: Buffalo Hockey Club - Woodwards 7:1
- 2/22: C.A. Weeds - Buffalo Hockey Club - BHC did not appear - Weeds clinched Malone Trophy
- Michigan Cup Results
- 1/27: Lafayette High School - Nichols School 4:3
- 1/27: Hutchinson High School - Technical High School 6:0
- 1/30: Nichols School - Hutchinson High School 2:1
- 1/30: Lafayette High School - Technical High School 4:1
- 2/5: Hutchinson High School - Technical High School 1:0
- 2/10: Nichols School - Hutchinson High School 3:2
- 2/10: Lafayette High School - Technical High School 11:2
- 2/17: Nichols School - Technical High School 13:1
- 2/17: Lafayette High School - Hutchinson High School 5:0
- 2/19: Lafayette High School - Nichols School 2:2
- 2/24: Nichols School - Hutchinson High School 9:2
- 3/2: Nichols School - Lafayette High School 3:2
- 3/3: Lafayette High School - Technical High School Forfeit
- 3/5: Nichols School - Lafayette High School 4:1 - Nichols clinched title
Ohio
The Cleveland Hockey Club enjoyed another successful season, playing an independent schedule. They played 26 games on the season, all against Canadian teams, winning 15 of them. There was a second active team in Cleveland, the Favorite Knits. Hockey was also played in Akron and Canton this winter.
- 1919-20 Game Results
- 12/25: Cleveland Favorite Knits - Canton All-Stars 1:0 @ Canton
- 1/11: Cleveland Favorite Knits - Akron Goodyears 2:0 @ Akron
- 1/18: Cleveland Favorite Knits - Akron Goodyears 5:0 @ Akron
- 1/25: Akron Goodyears - Canton Ziegler Firestone 3:2 @ Akron
- 2/1: Akron Goodyears - Canton General Tires 6:0
- 2/8: Akron Goodyears - Canton Ziegler Firestone 11:3 @ Akron
- Cleveland Hockey Club Game Results
- Cleveland HC - Toronto Canoe Club (ON) 4:2
- Toronto Canoe Club (ON) - Cleveland HC 1:0 OT
- Cleveland HC - Kingston Frontenacs (ON) 3:2
- Cleveland HC - Kingston Frontenacs (ON) 4:3
- Cleveland HC - Woodstock (ON) 9:2
- Cleveland HC - Woodstock (ON) 7:3
- Cleveland HC - Midland (ON) 3:2
- Cleveland HC - Midland (ON) 6:4
- Cleveland HC - Niagara Falls (ON) 7:4
- Niagara Falls (ON) - Cleveland HC 5:4
- Toronto Aura Lees (ON) - Cleveland HC 2:1
- Toronto Aura Lees (ON) - Cleveland HC 2:1
- Cleveland HC - Winnipeg Monarchs (MB) 4:3
- Winnipeg Monarchs (MB) - Cleveland HC 2:1
- Cleveland HC - Winnipeg Monarchs (MB) 5:3
- Cleveland HC - Winnipeg Monarchs (MB) 3:1
- Toronto Parkdales (ON) - Cleveland HC 4:1
- Toronto Parkdales (ON) - Cleveland HC 5:1
- Winnipeg Winnipegs (MB) - Cleveland HC 5:3
- Cleveland HC - Winnipeg Winnipegs (MB) 5:4
- Cleveland HC - Winnipeg Winnipegs (MB) 2:1
- Winnipeg Winnipegs (MB) - Cleveland HC 5:2
- Hamilton (ON) - Cleveland HC 4:3
- Cleveland HC - Hamilton (ON) 1:0
- Toronto Canoe Club (ON) - Cleveland HC 6:1
- Cleveland HC - Toronto Canoe Club (ON) 6:5
- Canton Hockey League Results
- 12/21: Canton Ziegler Firestones - Canton General Tires 2:1
- 1/4: Canton General Tires - Canton Independents 1:0 Forfeit
- 1/4: Canton Ziegler Firestones - Canton Lawler Rubbers 1:1 OT
Pennsylvania
Hockey returned to Pittsburgh for 1919-20 after a one-year absence. The Pittsburgh Athletic Association once again had a strong team, composed entirely of Canadians. The Philadelphia Ice Palace and Auditorium opened on February 14, 1920, giving Philadelphia its first permanent artificial ice rink since the West Park Ice Palace burned down in 1901. The Quaker City Hockey Club was re-established and the Quaker City Amateur Hockey League was formed.
- Pittsburgh AA Game Results
- Pittsburgh AA - Toronto Aura Lees (ON) 8:5
- Pittsburgh AA - Toronto Aura Lees (ON) 7:5
- Pittsburgh AA - McGill University (QC) 7:6
- Pittsburgh AA - McGill University (QC) 6:5
- Pittsburgh AA - Toronto Argonauts (ON) 6:6
- Pittsburgh AA - Toronto Argonauts (ON) 3:3
- Pittsburgh AA - Toronto Dentals (ON) 4:2
- Toronto Dentals (ON) - Pittsburgh AA 4:1
- Pittsburgh AA - Ottawa Munitions (ON) 8:5
- Pittsburgh AA - Ottawa Munitions (ON) 3:2
- Pittsburgh AA - Toronto Dons (ON) 7:2
- Pittsburgh AA - Toronto Dons (ON) 8:1
- Pittsburgh AA - Toronto Argonauts (ON) 3:2
- Pittsburgh AA - Toronto Argonauts (ON) 7:1
- Pittsburgh AA - Sudbury (ON) 6:5
- Pittsburgh AA - Sudbury (ON) 7:4
- Pittsburgh AA - Welland (ON) 9:4
- Pittsburgh AA - Welland (ON) 5:5
- Toronto Dentals (ON) - Pittsburgh AA 5:4
- Pittsburgh AA - Toronto Dentals (ON) 3:2
- Hamilton Tigers (ON) - Pittsburgh AA 4:3
- Pittsburgh AA - Hamilton Tigers (ON) 4:0
- Pittsburgh AA - Kitchener (ON) 5:4
- Pittsburgh AA - Kitchener (ON) 3:1
- Cornelius Fellowes International Trophy Results
- 2/6: Pittsburgh AA - Cleveland Favorite Knits (OH) 11:0 @ Pittsburgh
- 2/7: Pittsburgh AA - Cleveland Favorite Knits (OH) 9:2 @ Pittsburgh
- Philadelphia Game Results
- 2/25: 'New York St. Nicholas - Quaker City Hockey Club 1:0 @ Philadelphia Ice Palace
- 3/5: Quaker City Hockey Club - New Rochelle Hockey Club (NY) @ Philadelphia Ice Palace - called off due to snowstorm
- 3/12: Boston AA - Quaker City Hockey Club 10:2 @ Philadelphia Ice Palace
- 3/13: Boston AA - New Rochelle Hockey Club (NY) 8:2 @ Philadelphia Ice Palace
- 3/21: Philadelphia Cricket Club - Main Line Wanderers 2:1 OT @ Philadelphia Ice Palace
- 3/22: Quaker City Hockey Club - Main Line Wanderers 2:1 @ Philadelphia Ice Palace
- 4/2: Philadelphia All-Stars - Merion Cricket Club 8:2 @ Philadelphia Ice Palace
- Quaker City Amateur League Results
- Merion Cricket Club - Philadelphia Cricket Club 1:1
- 3/7: Pickering Hunt Club - Cynwyd Tennis Club 3:1
- 3/7: Philadelphia Country Club - Aviator Club 6:1
- 3/14: Merion Cricket Club - Pickering Hunt Club 3:0
- 3/14: Aviator Club - Cynwyd Tennis Club 3:0
- 3/19: Merion Cricket Club - Philadelphia Cricket Club 3:2
- 3/29: Merion Cricket Club - Cynwyd Tennis Club 5:4
- Merion Cricket Club 4-0
- Philadelphia Cricket Club
- Pickering Hunt Club
- Cynwyd Tennis Club
- Aviator Club
- Swarthmore College Game Results
- Yale University - Swarthmore 6:3
- Swarthmore - University of Pennsylvania 3:1
- Swarthmore - Cynwyd Tennis Club 5:2
- Swarthmore - Brooklyn Crescents (NY) 4:3
- Swarthmore - New York Athletic Club 8:4
- Allegheny High School Game Results
- Allegheny - Fifth Avenue High School 5:0
- Allegheny - South High School 3:0
- Schenley High School - Allegheny 2:0
- Allegheny - South Hills High School 1:1
- Allegheny - Westinghouse High School 2:0
- Allegheny - Peabody High School 1:1
- Allegheny - Fifth Avenue High School 2:1
- Allegheny - South High School 1:0
- Allegheny - Schenley High School 1:0
- Allegheny - South Hills High School 2:0
- Allegheny - Westinghouse High School 3:0
- Allegheny - Peabody High School 1:1
- Allegheny - Shaw High School (Cleveland, OH) 1:1
- Shaw High School (Cleveland, OH) - Allegheny 2:1
- West Philadelphia High School Game Results
- West Philadelphia - Central High School 3:1
- Haverford Prep - West Philadelphia 2:0
- West Philadelphia - Penn Charter 3:0
- West Philadelphia - Germantown High School 1:0
- West Philadelphia - Landsowne High School 8:4
- West Philadelphia - Penn Charter 4:0
- West Philadelphia - Landsowne High School 6:5
- West Philadelphia - Germantown High School 3:0
Seattle, Washington
See: 1919–20 PCHA season
The Seattle Metropolitans once again participated in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Seattle won the PCHA Championship, defeating Vancouver in the finals, but dropped the 1920 Stanley Cup Finals 3 games to 2 to the Ottawa Senators. The Seattle Vamps and Vancouver Debutantes women's teams played two games against each other, splitting them.
- 1919-20 Game Results
- 3/9: Seattle Vamps - Vancouver Debutantes 2:1 @ Vancouver - women's game
- 3/11: Vancouver Debutantes - Seattle Vamps 1:0 @ Seattle - "
St. Louis, Missouri
Ice hockey returned to the St. Louis Winter Garden for the 1919-20 season. The St. Louis Country Club (also called the St. Louis Hockey Club) and the Rovers played a series of games against one another. For two weeks in January, the teams were known as the Crescents and Wanderers, when they were suffering from some key injuries. The Rovers were also known as the Wanderers for their February 23 game against the St. Louis Country Club. There was a girls' hockey series between the Red Sticks and Blue Clubs in February and March.
- 1919-20 Game Results
- 12/16: Rovers - St. Louis Country Club 4:1
- 12/23: Rovers - St. Louis Country Club 2:0
- 1/6: Wanderers - Crescents 1:1 OT
- 1/13: Wanderers - Crescents 2:1
- 1/20: Rovers - St. Louis Country Club 6:2
- 1/27: Rovers - St. Louis Country Club 4:0
- 2/3: St. Louis Country Club - Rovers 3:2
- 2/9: Rovers - St. Louis Country Club 3:2 OT
- 2/16: Rovers - St. Louis Country Club 2:0
- 2/23: Wanderers - St. Louis Country Club 7:1
- 3/1: Rovers - St. Louis Country Club 4:2
- 3/8: Rovers - St. Louis Country Club 6:3
- 3/15: St. Louis Country Club - Rovers 4:3
- St. Louis Society Girls Series
- 2/6: Red Sticks - Blue Clubs 4:2
- 2/19: Red Sticks - Blue Clubs 2:1
- 3/5: Blue Clubs - Red Sticks 2:1
- 3/19: Red Sticks - Blue Clubs 4:3
Wisconsin
The Milwaukee Drueckers won the Milwaukee Municipal Hockey League championship this winter. The Drueckers also faced the Racine Case Eagles and the Green Bay All-Stars.
- 1919-20 Game Results
- 1/25: Illinois Athletic Club - Racine Case Eagles 6:4 @ Racine
- 1/31: Racine Case Eagles - Milwaukee Drueckers 6:1 @ Racine
- 2/15: Milwaukee Drueckers - Green Bay All-Stars 4:0 @ Green Bay
- Racine Case Eagles - Milwaukee Drueckers 1:1 OT @ Milwaukee
- 2/21: Racine Case Eagles - Milwaukee Drueckers @ Racine
- 2/22: Racine Case Eagles - Illinois Athletic Club @ Racine
- 2/28: Milwaukee Drueckers - Racine Case Eagles 4:3 OT @ Racine - Drueckers were composed of the best players from the Milwaukee League for this game
College ice hockey
See: 1919–20 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season
Sources
- Boston Globe
- Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express
- Chicago Tribune
- Detroit Free Press
- Duluth Herald
- New York Herald
- Star Tribune
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