1902–03 American ice hockey season

This was the 1902-03 American ice hockey season:

Chicago, Illinois

Not much hockey was played in Chicago this winter, with only two games recorded to have been played.

1902-03 Game Results

• 1/13: Lake Forest Winter Club - Highland Park Hockey Club 4:3
• 1/19: Lake Forest Winter Club - Highland Park Hockey Club 5:3

Cleveland, Ohio

The Cleveland Hockey Club visited St. Louis and played three games against the local teams in February 1903.

Massachusetts

The Interscholastic Hockey League consisted of English High, Cambridge Manual Training School, Somerville High, and Melrose High. The Suburban Interscholastic Hockey League featured four teams this winter: Woburn High, Melrose High, Everett High, and Cambridge High. The Interprepatory League was composed of Watertown High, Arlington High, Mechanic Arts High, De Meritte's School, and Watertown High. Brookline High, Newton High, Hopkinson School, Boston Latin, and Cambridge Latin made up the Prepatory League.

• 

  Melrose High's team

• 

  Cambridge Latin High's team

• 

  Cambridge Manual Training's team

• 

  Mechanic Arts High's team

• 

  The Dorchester Hockey Club

1902-03 Game Results

• 12/24: Dorchester Hockey Club - English High 5:0
• 12/25: Melrose High - Alumni 3:1
• 12/27: Boston Hockey Club - Cambridge Latin 12:2
• 1/2: Boston Latin - Dorchester/English High Combination 1:1
• 1/5: Dorchester Hockey Club - English High 4:0
• 1/9: English High - Boston Latin 2:0
• 1/9: Franklin AC - Stone's School 1:0
• 1/10: Newtowne AC - Dorchester Hockey Club 4:2
• 1/10: Volkmann School - DeMerritte School 2:0 - Academic League
• 1/12: Cambridge Manual Training - Somerville Picked Team 5:0
• 1/12: Picked Team - Hopkinson School 5:3
• 1/12: Melrose High - Picked Team 5:1
• 1/13: Dorchester Hockey Club - Roxbury High 6:4
• 1/14: Boston Latin - Mechanic Arts High 1:0
• 1/14: Brookline High - Volkmann school 5:1
• 1/14: Andover - English High 10:1
• 1/14: Cambridge Manual Training - Somerville High 8:0
• 1/15: Arlington High - Franklin AC 1:0
• 1/15: Cambridge Latin - Boston Latin 6:0
• 1/16: Arlington High - Hopkinson School 2:0
• 1/16: Melrose High - Brookline High 3:1
• 1/17: Andover - Newtowne AC 1:0
• 1/17: Arlington High - Cambridge Latin/Manual Scrub team 4:3
• 1/20: Dorchester Hockey Club - English High 8:4
• 1/20: Melrose High - Cambridge Manual Training Forfeit
• 1/20: Mechanic Arts High - Picked Team 4:3
• 1/23: Pittsfield Hockey Team - Holyoke 14:0 @ Pittsfield
• 1/24: Algonquin AC - Franklin AC 0:0
• 1/24: Dorchester Hockey Club - English High 5:2
• 1/24: Roxbury Latin - Volkmann's School 5:1
• 1/31: West Roxbury AA - Dedham AA 1:0 - ice polo game
• 1/24: Cambridge Manual Training - Cambridge Latin 1:0
• 2/7: Dorchester Hockey Club - Mechanic Arts High 8:2
• 2/7: Dorchester Hockey Club - Picked Team 16:1
• 2/9: English High - Roxbury Picked Team 3:2

Interscholastic League Results

• 2/7: Cambridge Manual Training - English High 2:1 - noted to be CMT's third win in the series, and they were thus the winners

Intreprepatory League Results

• 1/13: Roxbury High - Watertown High Forfeit
• 1/24: Mechanic Arts High - Arlington High 1:0
• 2/7: Mechanic Arts High - Watertown High Forfeit - Mechanic Arts won title

Suburban High School League Results

• 1/8: Melrose High - Everett High 3:0
• 1/12: Melrose High - Cambridge High Forfeit
• 1/14: Melrose High - Woburn High 7:0
• 1/20: Cambridge High - Everett High 1:0

Prepatory League Results

• 1/13: Cambridge Latin - Hopkinson School 3:0
• 1/13: Brookline High - Stone's School 2:0
• 1/20: Cambridge Latin - Newton High 1:0
• 1/20: Brookline High - Hopkinson School 9:0

Michigan

The Portage Lakes Hockey Club

The Portage Lakes Hockey Club assembled a strong team once again this winter, playing out of the newly-built Amphidrome rink. The team claimed the Championship of the United States. The team consisted of the following players: Joe Jones (goal), Jack Baker, Jack Gibson, Andy Haller, Fred Lake (defensemen), Herbert Meinke (center), Bobby Rowe (right wing), Joe Stephens (rover), Ernie Westcott (left wing).

There were plans to form a hockey league in Detroit, with the following teams expressing interest in competing: E.T. Barnum Wire & Iron Works, Buhl Sons & Co., Mitchell, Moody & Garton, A. Krolik & Co., Fletcher Hardware Co., Freeman Delamater Co., Windsor Hockey Club, Detroit College, Detroit College of Medicine, and the Detroit Hockey Club. A four-team league was also formed in the Upper Peninsula, featuring teams from Houghton, Hancock, Laurium and Sault Ste. Marie.

1902-03 Game Results

• 1/15: Freeman, Delamater & Co. - Picked Team 1:0 @ Detroit

Portage Lakes Hockey Club Results

• 12/27: Portage Lakes - University of Toronto 13:2 @ Houghton
• 1/23: Portage Lakes - St. Paul All-Stars 20:2 @ Houghton
• 1/24: Portage Lakes - St. Paul All-Stars 8:6 @ Houghton
• 1/30: Portage Lakes - World's Fair Hockey Club (St. Louis) 13:0 @ Houghton
• 1/31: Portage Lakes - World's Fair Hockey Club (St. Louis) 10:1 @ Houghton
• 2/4: Portage Lakes - Detroit 11:2 @ Houghton
• 2/5: Portage Lakes - Detroit 12:3 @ Houghton
• 2/9: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Victorias 10:1 @ Houghton
• 2/10: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Victorias 7:6 @ Houghton
• 2/12: Portage Lakes - Duluth 13:0 @ Houghton
• 2/23: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Athletic Club 11:1 @ Houghton
• 2/24: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Athletic Club 3:1 @ Houghton
• 3/2: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Bankers 2:2 @ Houghton
• 3/3: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Bankers 1:0 @ Houghton
• 3/20: Pittsburgh Bankers - Portage Lakes 8:1 @ Pittsburgh - Championship of the United States
• 3/21: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Bankers 2:1 @ Pittsburgh - "
• 3/22: Pittsburgh Bankers - Portage Lakes @ Pittsburgh - " - Portage refused to fulfill their contract and play a deciding third game, and claimed the championship

Minnesota

The Mascots club

The Twin City Hockey League returned for a second season of play in 1903, with four teams competing: The St. Paul Hockey Club, Mascots, Virginias, and the Victorias (formerly the Mechanic Arts High School), all from St. Paul. The St. Paul Victorias won the league title and the Dunbar Cup, after the league committee elected to name them champions.

A St. Paul All-Star faced the Portage Lakes Hockey Club in Houghton, Michigan, and the World's Fair Hockey Club in St. Louis, Missouri, this winter.

Jack Taylor and Ray Armstrong of the St. Paul team that visited St. Louis.

1902-03 Game Results

• 1/1: Victorias - Virginias 5:1
• 1/13: Broadways - Columbias 2:2 @ St. Paul
• 1/23: Two Harbors - Eveleth 5:2 @ Eveleth
• 1/24: University of Minnesota - Virginias 4:3
• 1/25: St. Paul Central High School - Minneapolis Central High School 2:0
• 1/30: Mechanic Arts High School - Minneapolis Central High School 4:2 OT
• 2/4: University of Minnesota - Central High School 4:0
• 2/14: Mascots - Central High School 15:1
• 2/20: Minneapolis Central High School - St. Paul Central High School 3:2

Twin City Hockey League Results

• 1/1: St. Paul Hockey Club - Mascots 6:1
• 1/8: Victorias - Mascots 18:1
• 1/12: Virginias - St. Paul Hockey Club 5:1
• 1/18: Mascots - St. Paul Hockey Club 2:1
• 1/20: Virginias - Mascots 8:5
• 1/21: Victorias - St. Paul Hockey Club 7:3
• 2/3: St. Paul Hockey Club - Virginias 6:5
• 2/20: Mascots - St. Paul Hockey Club 6:3

New York

See: 1902-03 AAHL season

The American Amateur Hockey League was once again in existence in 1902-03.

Syracuse University had an ice hockey team this winter, and they planned to face Cornell University in Syracuse on February 15. It was also noted that they would "probably" play games against the University of Buffalo and the Buffalo Tennis Club. No games were reported to have been played.

1902-03 Game Results

• 1/21: 'Ottawa Hockey Club - New York Hockey Club 10:2 @ Ottawa
• 1/23: Brooklyn Crescents - Montreal Hockey Club 5:4 @ Clermont Rink
• 1/24: Montreal Hockey Club - New York AC 4:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink

Saranac Lake Tournament

• 2/4: Saranac Lake - Lake Placid 10:2 - semifinal
• 2/4: Montreal (QC) - Huntingdon (QC) 2:1 - semifinal
• 2/5: Montreal (QC) - Saranac Lake 6:5 - final

Pennsylvania

See: 1902–03 WPHL season

The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League returned once again for the 1902-03 season, as did the Pittsburgh Interscholastic Hockey League. The Pittsburgh Bankers, who won the WPHL title, hosted the Portage Lakes Hockey Club in a series for the Championship of the United States in late March.

1902-03 Game Results

• 12/27: Princeton University - Pittsburgh All-Interscholastic Team 1:0
• 1/30: Pittsburgh Bankers - Pittsburgh Keystones 13:1

Championship of the United States

• 3/20: Pittsburgh Bankers - Portage Lakes 8:1 @ Pittsburgh
• 3/21: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Bankers 2:1 @ Pittsburgh
• 3/22: Pittsburgh Bankers - Portage Lakes @ Pittsburgh - Portage refused to fulfill their contract and play a deciding third game, and claimed the championship

Pittsburgh Interscholastic League Results

• 11/29: East Liberty Academy - Shadyside Academy 1:0
• 12/6: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 2:1
• 12/13: Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 3:0
• 12/20: Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:0
• 1/3: Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 1:1 OT
• 1/7: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 1:0
• 1/10: Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:0
• 1/14: Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 1:0
• 1/17: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 2:0
• 1/24: Pittsburgh High School - Shadyside Academy 1:0
• 1/31: Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:0
• 2/7: East Liberty Academy - Pittsburgh High School 1:1 OT
• 2/14: Pittsburgh High School - Shadyside Academy 1:0
• 2/21: Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:0
• 2/28: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 2:2 OT
• 3/7: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 1:1 OT
• 3/21: Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 1:0

Standings

1. Shadyside 8-3
2. Pittsburgh HS 5-3-2
3. East Liberty 1-8-2

St. Louis, Missouri

The St. Louis Hockey League featured three new teams for the 1902-03 season. The World's Fair Hockey Club (thus named as the World's Fair was coming to St. Louis in 1904), which was composed of many of the Association Football Hockey Club's former players, Webster Groves, and the Ice Palace club were the new teams, which joined the St. Louis AAA in the league. The World's Fair club won the championship, dominating the league.

The World's Fair Hockey Club paid a visit to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in late January, where they got thrashed by the strong Portage Lakes Hockey Club. The Cleveland Hockey Club came to St. Louis in mid-February to play three games against the local teams. The World's Fair club won the Championship of the Midwest by defeating them. They hoped to face Pittsburgh in St. Louis for the Western Championship. The St. Paul All-Stars later came to St. Louis, for a three game series against World's Fair.

The St. Louis Ice Palace closed in 1903, leaving the city without an ice rink.

• 

  The World's Fair Hockey Club

• 

  The St. Louis AAA club

• 

  The Webster Groves club

• 

  A photo of the St. Louis AAA club

• 

  Captain J. Ross and Billy Tozer of the World's Fair club.

1902-03 Game Results

• 12/11: World's Fair Hockey Club - St. Louis AAA 5:1
• 12/18: World's Fair Hockey Club - St. Louis AAA 5:0
• 2/12: Cleveland Hockey Club - Ice Palace 8:1
• 2/13: Cleveland Hockey Club - St. Louis AAA 8:1
• 2/14: World's Fair Hockey Club - Cleveland Hockey Club 5:1
• 2/24: World's Fair Hockey Club - St. Paul All-Stars 3:2
• 2/26: World's Fair Hockey Club - St. Paul All-Stars 4:3 2OT
• 2/28: St. Paul All-Stars - World's Fair Hockey Club 4:2

St. Louis Hockey League Results

• 12/25: World's Fair Hockey Club - Ice Palace 1:0
• 1/6: St. Louis AAA - Ice Palace 3:2
• 1/9: World's Fair Hockey Club - Webster Groves 4:1
• 1/13: World's Fair Hockey Club - St. Louis AAA 11:1
• 1/15: Ice Palace - Webster Groves 7:1
• 1/20: St. Louis AAA - Webster Groves 5:0
• 1/22: World's Fair Hockey Club - Ice Palace 7:0
• 1/27: Ice Palace - St. Louis AAA 3:1
• 1/29: Ice Palace - Webster Groves 3:0
• 2/3: World's Fair Hockey Club - St. Louis AAA 13:1
• 2/5: Ice Palace - Webster Groves 5:0
• 2/10: World's Fair Hockey Club - Webster Groves 13:0
• 2/17: St. Louis AAA - Webster Groves 9:2
• 2/19: World's Fair Hockey Club - Ice Palace 17:2

St. Louis Interscholastic League Results

• 12/19: St. Louis High School - Manual School 8:0
• 12/24: St. Louis University - Smith Academy 2:0

Utah

Hockey was played in Salt Lake City, Utah, again this winter, though only a handful of games took place.

1902-03 Game Results

• 1/1: Mellen Seniors - Mellen Juniors 2:1
• 1/8: Mellen Juniors - Mellen Seniors 3:2
• 1/11: High Line Hockey Club - Tingles Hockey Club 2:1

College ice hockey

See: 1902–03 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season

References

Early American hockey seasons (pre-1920)
Pre-1895 - 1894–95 - 1895–96 - 1896–97 - 1897–98 - 1898–99 - 1899–1900 - 1900–01 - 1901–02 - 1902–03 - 1903–04 - 1904–05 - 1905–06 - 1906–07 - 1907–08 - 1908–09 - 1909–10 - 1910–11 - 1911–12 - 1912–13 - 1913–14 - 1914–15 - 1915–16 - 1916–17 - 1917–18 - 1918–19 - 1919–20