Buffalo Amateur Hockey (1946-1977)

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This page details amateur hockey in and around the American city of Buffalo, New York between 1946 and 1977.

Results

1945-46

see: 1945-46 NFAHL season

1946-47

Buffalo Municipal Hockey League

  • 1/12: South Buffalo - Universities 4:1
  • 1/12: Mavericks - North Parks 6:1
  • 1/19: Buffalo Nationals - Red Squirrels 9:0
  • 1/19: Universities - Viv O'Neils 5:1
  • 1/20: Mavericks - Viv O'Neils 7:0
  • 1/20: Daly Post - South Buffalo 5:3
  • 1/26: Buffalo Nationals - Universities 16:1
  • 1/26: Red Squirrels - Mavericks 2:1
  • 2/6: South Buffalo - Red Squirrels 4:3
  • 2/6: Daly Post - Viv O'Neils 7:1
  • 2/9: Buffalo Nationals - Mavericks 8:1
  • 2/9: GOP Blueshirts - Universities 3:2
  • 2/16: GOP Blueshirts - Daly Post 6:2
  • 2/16: Mavericks - South Buffalo 3:3
  • 2/17: Buffalo Nationals - Red Squirrels 6:2
  • 2/17: Universities - Viv O'Neils 11:1
  • 2/23: Buffalo Nationals - South Buffalo 11:2
  • 2/23: Universities - Daly Post 3:0
  • 2/24: GOP Blueshirts - Viv O'Neils 12:1
  • 2/24: Red Squirrels - Mavericks 3:1
  • 3/2: Red Squirrels - South Buffalo 4:3
  • 3/2: Daly Post - Viv O'Neils 6:0
  • 3/9: GOP Blueshirts - Univerities 7:3
  • 3/9: Buffalo Nationals - Mavericks 4:1
  • 3/10: GOP Blueshirts - Daly Post 3:2
  • 3/10: Mavericks - South Buffalo 5:4 2OT
  • 3/15: Buffalo Nationals - Red Squirrels 5:2
  • 3/15: Univerities - Viv O'Neil 6:0
  • 3/16: Red Squirrels - Universities 1:0 - 3rd place
  • 3/16: Buffalo Nationals - GOP Blueshirts 5:4 - final

Buffalo Nationals competed in the 1946-47 US AAU Championship.

1947-48

Buffalo Municipal Hockey League

  • 10/19: Holling Press - GOP Blueshirts 3:2
  • 10/19: Mavericks - Seneca Welders 4:0
  • 10/26: Holling Press - West Seneca 9:1
  • 10/26: Daly Post - GOP Blueshirts 2:1
  • 11/2: GOP Blueshirts - Mavericks 6:4
  • 11/2: Seneca Welders - West Seneca 5:3
  • 11/23: Daly Post - Mavericks 3:0
  • 11/23: GOP Blueshirts - West Seneca 8:2
  • 12/7: Holling Press - West Seneca 9:1
  • 12/7: GOP Blueshirts - Seneca Welders 3:2
  • 12/14: Holling Press - Daly Post 4:2
  • 12/14: West Seneca - Seneca Welders 1:0
  • 12/21: GOP Blueshirts - Seneca Welders 5:0
  • 12/21: Mavericks - Seitz-Maders 4:3
  • 12/28: Holling Press - Mavericks 4:2
  • 12/28: Daly Post - Seitz-Maders 6:3
  • 1/11: GOP Blueshirts - Seitz-Maders 6:3
  • 1/11: Daly Post - Seneca Welders 2:1
  • 1/18: Holling Press - Seneca Welders 6:2
  • 1/18: GOP Blueshirts - Mavericks 1:1
  • 1/25: Holling Press - Daly Post 3:1
  • 1/25: Mavericks - Seneca Welders 9:0
  • 2/8: Holling Press - GOP Blueshirts 10:3
  • 2/8: Daly Post - Mavericks 3:2
  • 2/15: Daly Post - Seneca Welders 3:1
  • 2/15: Mavericks - Seitz-Maders 5:2
  • 2/22: Holling Press - Mavericks 9:1
  • 2/22: Daly Post - GOP Blueshirts 1:1 - teams also played a 57-second playoff of a protested earlier game, which ended scoreless
  • 2/29: Holling Press - Seneca Welders 14:2
  • 2/29: Daly Post - Seitz-Maders 5:3

Final standings

  1. Holling Press 10-0-0-20 71:17
  2. Daly Post 7-2-1-15 28:19
  3. GOP Blueshirts 5-3-2-12 36:28
  4. Mavericks 4-5-1-9 31:30
  5. Seneca Welders 1-9-0-2 12:37
  6. Seitz-Maders 1-9-0-2 20:65
  • 3/7: Holling Press - Daly Post - final
  • 3/14: Holling Press - Daly Post 7:6 2OT - "

Note: West Seneca became Seitz-Maders.

Holling Press and Daly Post competed in the 1947-48 US AAU Championship.

1948-49

Buffalo Municipal Hockey League

  • 10/31: Holling Press - GOP 5:0
  • 10/31: Frontiers - Fells 10:0
  • 11/14: Holling Press - Fells 10:1
  • 11/14: Frontiers - GOP 7:3
  • 11/21: Holling Press - Frontiers 0:0
  • 12/5: Frontiers - Fells 9:1
  • 12/5: Holling Press - GOP 3:0
  • 12/12: Frontiers - GOP 2:2
  • 12/12: Holling Press - Fells 12:0
  • 12/19: GOP - Fells 11:2
  • 12/26: Holling Press - GOP 5:0
  • 12/26: Frontiers - Fells 10:1
  • 1/2: Frontiers - GOP 4:3
  • 1/2: Holling Press - Fells 13:1
  • 1/9: Frontiers - Holling Press 5:2
  • 1/9: GOP - Fells 3:1
  • 1/16: Frontiers - Fells 10:1
  • 1/23: Holling Press - Fells 17:1
  • 1/23: Frontiers - GOP 5:3
  • 2/6: Holling Press - Frontiers 4:3
  • 2/6: GOP - Fells 5:2
  • 2/13: Holling Press - GOP 5:1
  • 2/20: GOP - Fells 7:1
  • 2/27: Holling Press - Frontiers 2:2
  • 3/6: Holling Press - Frontiers 4:1 - final

Other games

  • 1/26: Fort Erie Spears (ON) - Buffalo Municipal All-Stars 4:1
  • 3/23: Fort Erie Spears (ON) - Holling Press 9:7
1949-50

Buffalo Municipal Hockey League

  • 11/27: GOP - Amherst HC 10:2
  • 11/27: Frontiers - Holling Press 7:2
  • 12/4: Frontiers - Amherst HC 13:1
  • 12/4: GOP - Blackhawks 5:3
  • 12/11: Holling Press - GOP 6:1
  • 12/11: Amherst HC - Blackhawks 5:3
  • 12/18: GOP - Frontiers 5:4
  • 12/18: Holling Press - Blackhawks 6:2
  • 1/8: Holling Press - Amherst HC 9:1
  • 1/8: Frontiers - Blackhawks 10:2
  • 1/15: Frontiers - Holling Press 3:1
  • 1/15: GOP - Amherst HC 3:1
  • 1/22: Frontiers - Amherst HC 5:1
  • 1/22: GOP - Blackhawks 5:1
  • 1/29: Holling Press - GOP 9:3
  • 1/29: Amherst HC - Blackhawks 10:0
  • 2/5: Frontiers - GOP 3:0
  • 2/5: Holling Press - Blackhawks 6:0
  • 2/12: Frontiers - Blackhawks 9:3
  • 2/12: Holling Press - Amherst HC 15:2

Final standings

  1. Frontiers 7-1-0-14 54:15
  2. Holling Press 6-2-0-12 54:19
  3. GOP 5-3-0-10 32:29
  4. Blackhawks 1-7-0-2 16:54
  5. Amherst HC 1-7-0-2 21:60

Note: Reported game results had Amherst beating Blackhawks twice, but the standings had the teams splitting their series. The 1/29 game was also reported as Amherst's "first win".

  • 2/19: Frontiers - Holling Press 4:1 - final
  • 2/26: Frontiers - Holling Press 2:1 - "
1950-51

Buffalo Municipal Hockey League

  • 11/19: Frontiers - Leading Merchants 5:2
  • 11/19: Barcalos - Williamsville 5:1
  • 11/26: Barcalos - Leading Merchants 5:2
  • 11/26: Williamsville - Frontiers 2:2
  • 12/3: Frontiers - Barcalos 4:1
  • 12/3: Williamsville - Leading Merchants 3:0
  • 12/10: Frontiers - Leading Merchants 6:0
  • 12/10: Barcalos - Williamsville 1:0
  • 12/17: Frontiers - Williamsville 4:1
  • 12/17: Barcalos - Leading Merchants 5:1
  • 12/31: Barcalos - Frontiers 3:2
  • 12/31: Leading Merchants - Williamsville 5:2
  • 1/7: Frontiers - Leading Merchants 6:4
  • 1/7: Barcalos - Williamsville 2:1
  • 1/14: Barcalos - Leading Merchants 7:5
  • 1/14: Frontiers - Williamsville 3:0
  • 1/21: Barcalos - Frontiers 1:1
  • 1/21: Leading Merchants - Williamsville 4:2
  • 1/28: Barcalos - Williamsville 3:0
  • 1/28: Frontiers - Leading Merchants 5:1
  • 2/4: Frontiers - Williamsville 9:0
  • 2/4: Barcalos - Leading Merchants 7:1
  • 2/11: Barcalos - Frontiers 3:2
  • 2/11: Leading Merchants - Williamsville 3:1
  • 2/18: Frontiers - Barcalos 4:2 - final
  • 2/25: Frontiers - Barcalos 8:1 - "

Fort Erie District League

  • 12/5: Holling Press - Fort Erie Hursts 2:0
  • 12/19: Holling Press - Canadian National Railway 4:3
  • 1/1: Holling Press - Crystal Beach 4:3 - Holling 4-0 after game
  • 1/8: Holling Press - Fort Erie Hursts 6:5
  • 1/15: Holling Press - Port Robinson 4:0
  • 1/29: Holling Press - Canadian National Railway 2:2
  • 2/5: Holling Press - Crystal Beach 5:4
  • 2/12: Holling Press - Fort Erie Hursts 10:2
  • 2/19: Holling Press - Port Robinson 7:5 - Holling clinched RS title
  • 2/26: Holling Press - Crystal Beach 5:3 - semifinal
  • 3/5: Crystal Beach - Holling Press 5:4 - "
  • 3/12: Holling Press - Crystal Beach 8:4 - "
  • Canadian National Railway - Fort Erie Hursts - "
  • 3/19: Holling Press - Canadian National Railway 3:3 OT - final
  • 3/26: Holling Press - Canadian National Railway 6:1 - "
  • 4/2: Holling Press - Canadian National Railway 8:4 - "

Holling Press was the only American team entered in the league.

1951-52

Buffalo Municipal Hockey League

  • 11/18: Frontiers - Barcalos 7:0
  • 11/25: Buffalo Savings - Barcalos 5:4
  • 11/30: Frontiers - Buffalo Savings 7:5
  • 12/2: Buffalo Savings - Frontiers 2:1
  • 12/5: Frontiers - Barcalos 6:2
  • 12/9: Frontiers - Barcalos 9:3
  • 12/10: Barcalos - Buffalo Savings 5:0
  • 12/21: Frontiers - Buffalo Savings 7:1
  • 12/30: Frontiers - Barcalos 4:3
  • 1/2: Frontiers - Barcalos 4:1
  • 1/6: Barcalos - Buffalo Savings 6:3
  • 1/9: Frontiers - Buffalo Savings 2:1
  • 1/13: Frontiers - Buffalo Savings 2:2
  • 1/14: Barcalos - Buffalo Savings 2:2
  • 1/20: Frontiers - Barcalos 8:1
  • 2/3: Frontiers - Buffalo Savings 4:1
  • 2/5: Frontiers - Barcalos 3:0
  • 2/6: Frontiers - Barcalos 6:2
  • 2/10: Frontiers - Barcalos 13:2
  • 2/17: Buffalo Savings - Barcalos 3:1
  • 2/24: Buffalo Savings - Frontiers 2:1
  • 2/27: Frontiers - Buffalo Savings 4:2
  • 3/5: Frontiers - Barcalos 9:1
1952-53

Buffalo Municipal Hockey League

  • 12/14: Buffalo Savings - Canisius College 6:4
  • 12/28: Frontiers - Barcalos 6:3
  • 1/4: Frontiers - Canisius College 5:3
  • 1/4: Buffalo Savings - Barcalos 8:1
  • 1/11: Buffalo Savings - Frontiers 5:5
  • 1/11: Canisius College - Barcalos 5:2
  • 1/18: Frontiers - Canisius College 4:1
  • 1/18: Buffalo Savings - Barcalos 5:0
  • 1/25: Barcalos - Canisius College 5:4
  • 1/25: Buffalo Savings - Frontiers 4:2
  • 2/1: Canisius College - Buffalo Savings 5:2
  • 2/1: Frontiers - Barcalos 7:1
  • 2/8: Buffalo Savings - Barcalos 5:1
  • 2/8: Frontiers - Canisius College 4:2
  • 2/15: Buffalo Savings - Frontiers 6:4
  • 2/15: Canisius College - Barcalos 4:3
  • 2/22: Canisius College - Buffalo Savings 2:2
  • 2/22: Frontiers - Barcalos 6:0
  • 3/1: Frontiers - Canisius College 5:2
  • 3/1: Buffalo Savings - Barcalos 6:3
  • 3/8: Buffalo Savings - Canisius College 3:1
  • 3/15: Frontiers - Barcalos 7:5
  • 3/22: Frontiers - Buffalo Savings 3:1
  • 3/22: Canisius College - Barcalos 5:0

Sources

  • Buffalo Evening News