1903–04 American ice hockey season

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This was the 1903-04 American ice hockey season:

Chicago, Illinois

There was a lot of hockey played in Chicago this winter. The Calumet Lacrosse Club won the city championship with a victory over the Kenwood Country Club.

1903-04 Game Results
  • 1/13: Calumet Lacrosse Club - Prairie Avenue Hockey Club 14:4

Calumet roster: Beaton (goal), Donnelly (point), Jackson (cover point), Lighthall (rover), Adams (center), Johnson (left wing), Harris (right wing). Prairie Avenue roster: Dudley (goal), Peck (point), Whitehead (cover point), McCullough (rover), Dray (center), Preston (left wing), Severns (right wing).

  • 1/14: Calumet Lacrosse Club - Hyde Park High School 10:0
  • 1/18: Lake Forest Winter Club - Prairie Avenue Hockey Club 7:5
  • 1/23: Prairie Avenue Hockey Club - Lake Forest Winter Club 8:0

Prairie Avenue roster: Walters (goal), McCalla (point), Preston (cover point), Dudley (Center), Whitehead (rover), Severin (right wing), Dray (left wing). Lake Forest roster: Watson (goal), Barnes (point), Vincent (cover point), Hunt (center), Cummings (rover), Rolston (right wing), Papahia (left wing).

  • 1/26: Highland Park Hockey Club - Evanston Hockey Club 7:0

Highland Park roster: Gail (cover point), Towner (point), Van Schaack (goal), Troxell, Mason, Eckhardt, Fessenden (forwards). Evanston roster: Rockwell (cover point), J. Orchard (point), Lafenaye (goal), Lord, Raymond, Burt, John Orchard (forwards).

  • 1/28: Kenwood Country Club - University of Chicago 9:1
  • 2/2: Kenwood Country Club - Woodlawn Hockey Club 7:5
  • Highland Park Hockey Club - Lake Forest Winter Club
  • Highland Park Hockey Club - Winnetka Hockey Club
  • Kenwood Country Club - Lake Forest Winter Club
  • Calumet Lacrosse Club - Woodlawn Hockey Club
  • 2/12: Prairie Avenue Hockey Club - Lake Forest Winter Club 4:2
  • 2/15: Kenwood Country Club - Calumet Lacrosse Club 2:1
  • 2/20: Prairie Avenue Hockey Club - Lake Forest Juniors 5:3
Chicago Championship
  • 2/8: Highland Park Hockey Club - Kenwood Country Club 4:4

Highland Park roster: Van Schaack (goal), Towner (point), Vail (cover point), Ramsay (rover), Eckhart (right wing), Mason (left wing), Troxell (center). Kenwood roster: Hanson (goal), Crocker (point), Rockwell (cover point), Hoagland (rover), Garnett (right wing), Wood (left wing), Champlin (center).

  • Kenwood Country Club - Highland Park Hockey Club Forfeit - Highland Park was unable to play as two of their players were sick
  • 2/12: Calumet Lacrosse Club - Kenwood Country Club 1:0 - Calumet won title

Massachusetts

Melrose High School
Rindge Manual Training School

There were five interscholastic leagues in Massachusetts this winter, composed of the following teams:

  • Interscholastic League: English High, Somerville High, Rindge Manual Training School, Melrose High
  • Prepatory League: Boston Latin, Cambridge Latin, Brookline High, Newton High, Hopkinson School
  • Academic League: Volkmann, De Merritte, Stone's, Roxbury Latin Schools
  • Suburban League: Melrose High, Everett High, Cambridge High, Woburn High
  • Interprepatory League: Mechanic Arts High, Arlington High, Roxbury High, Ballou & Hobigand, West Roxbury High
1903-04 Game Results
  • 12/19: Newton High - Newton High Alumni 3:1
  • 12/19: English High - West Roxbury High 2:0
  • 12/19: Andover Hawthornes - Andover Tigers 1:0
  • 12/19: Andover Hawthornes - Andover Defenders 2:0
  • 12/19: Dedham - Roslindale 2:0
  • 12/19: Arlington High - Arlington High Alumni 1:1
  • 12/25: Melrose High - Melrose High Alumni 3:0
  • 12/25: Andover Guild - Andover Hawthornes 3:1
  • 12/25: Andover Hawthornes - Andover Elks 3:0
  • 1/1: Melrose High - Cambridge Latin 2:1
  • 1/1: Brookline High - Brookline High Alumni 9:1
  • 1/1: Dorchester AA - English High 2:2
  • 1/5: Roxbury Latin - English High 2:1
  • 1/6: Somerville High - Boston Latin 2:0
  • 1/6: Ballou & Hobigand - Roxbury High 4:3
  • 1/6: English High - Franklin AA 3:1
  • 1/6: Brookline High - Roxbury Latin 3:0
  • 1/7: English High - Arlington High 1:1
  • 1/8: Rindge Manual Training - Somerville High 3:0
  • 1/8: Dorchester AA - Roxbury Combination 8:7
  • 1/11: Dorchester AA - English High 5:4
  • 1/12: Dorchester AA - Roxbury Combination 3:2
  • 1/15: Franklin AA - English High 6:2
  • 1/16: Winchester Hockey Club - Mechanic Arts High 2:1
  • 1/16: Fraklin AA - Dorchester Hockey Club 8:2
  • 1/16: Cambridge Defender AC - Elmwood AC 4:0
  • 1/16: Cambridge Defender AC' - Lakeviews 2:0
  • 1/18: Stone's School - English High 5:0
  • 1/18: Roxbury Latin - Mechanic Arts High 6:0
  • 1/18: Everett High - Ballou & Hobigand 3:2
  • 1/18: Melrose High - Arlington High 4:0
  • 1/19: Franklin AA - English High 5:2
  • 1/19: Arlington High - Rindge Manual Training 4:0
  • 1/20: Ballou & Hobigand - Jamaica AC 10:2
  • 1/20: Franklin AA - Milton High 8:1
  • 1/20: Harvard University - Cambridge Latin 10:0
  • 1/20: Noble & Greenhough School - Middlesex School 4:1
  • 1/21: Arlington High - English High 4:1
  • 1/23: St. Paul's School (NH) - Harvard '07 4:0 @ Concord, MH
  • 1/23: Roger Wolcott School - Henry L. Pierce School 4:1
  • 1/25: Cambridge Latin - Franklin AA 5:4
  • 1/25: Franklin AA - English High 4:3
  • 1/27: Franklin AA - Stone's School 5:1
  • 1/28: Franklin AA - Roxbury Combination 16:2
  • 1/30: Franklin AA - Mechanic Arts High 2:1
  • 2/4: Franklin AA - English High 5:0
  • 2/12: Milton High - Stone's School 5:1
  • 2/12: St. Mark's School - Hoble & Greenhough School 4:1
  • 2/13: Franklin AA - Dorchester Hockey Club 8:7
Interscholastic League Results
  • 1/20: English High - Somerville High 11:0
  • 1/26: Melrose High - English High 5:1
  • 1/26: Rindge Manual Training - Somerville High 2:0
  • 2/5: Melrose High - Rindge Manual Training 2:0 - Melrose clinched title

Standings

  1. Melrose
  2. Rindge
  3. English
  4. Somerville
Suburban League Results
  • 12/23: Melrose High - Cambridge High 18:0

Melrose won league.

Prepatory League Results
  • 1/8: Brookline High - Hopkinson School 18:0
  • 1/8: Newton High - Boston Latin 3:0
  • 1/15: Cambridge Latin - Newton High 3:1
  • 1/19: Brookline High - Newton High 3:2
  • 1/19: Cambridge Latin - Hopkinson School 13:0
  • 1/21: Brookline High - Boston Latin 7:0
  • 1/25: Cambridge Latin - Boston Latin Forfeit
  • 1/27: Newton High - Hopkinson School 7:0
  • 1/29: Brookline High - Cambridge Latin 2:1 - Brookline clinched title

Standings

  1. Brookline
  2. Cambridge Latin
  3. Newton H
  4. Boston Latin
  5. Hopkinson
Interprepatory League Results
  • 1/23: Arlington High - Mechanic Arts High Forfeit
  • 2/3: Arlington High - Roxbury High 12:0 - Arlington clinched title
  • 2/3: Ballou & Hobigand - Mechanic Arts High 1:1

Standings

  1. Arlington
  2. Mechanic Arts
  3. Ballou & Hobigand
  4. Roxbury
  5. West Roxbury
Academic League Results
  • 1/27: Stone's School - Volkmann's School Forfeit
  • 1/29: Roxbury Latin - Stone's School 2:0 - Roxbury clinched title
Suburban Ice Polo League
  • 1/16: Arlington Boat Club - West Roxbury 4:1
  • 1/16: Hyde Park - Roslindale 1:0
  • 1/16: Dedham - Malden 1:0

Michigan

The Portage Lakes Hockey Club

The Portage Lakes Hockey Club had a dominant team in 1903-04, going 23-2 on the year, outscoring their opponents 257-49. They defeated the Pittsburgh Victorias 2-1 in a three-game series for the Championship of the United States. Portage Lakes later faced the Montreal Wanderers in a two-game series that was said to be for the "Championship of the World". Portage won both games handily. Team roster: Jack Gibson, Joe Linder, Hod Stuart (defensemen), Bert Morrison (rover), Cooney Shields, (right wing), Bruce Stuart (center), Ernie Westcott (left wing), Riley Hern (goaltender), Fred Westcott.

The Michigan Soo Indians played 24 games throughout the season, going 13-10-1. Team roster: Jack Baker, Andy Haller, Billy Hamilton, Fred Lake (defensemen), Con Marrin, Herbert Meinke (centers), Frank Schweitzer (left wing), Joe Stephens (rover), Joe Jones (goaltender).

There was a lot of hockey played in Detroit and the surrounding areas this winter.

1903-04 Game Results
  • 12/21: Michigan Soo Indians - St. Paul Victorias 13:2 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 12/22: Michigan Soo Indians - St. Paul Victorias 21:0 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 12/25: Detroit Athletic Club - Central High School 11:2
  • 1/2: Central High School - Tigers 5:1 @ Detroit
  • 1/15: Detroit Warrens - Windsor Hockey Club (ON) 6:2 @ Detroit
  • 1/16: Central High School - Detroit University School 6:0 @ Detroit
  • 1/16: Detroit Warrens - Solvay Process 8:0 @ Detroit
  • 1/27: Detroit Warrens - Windsor/Walkerville Picked Team (ON) 2:2 @ Detroit
  • 1/28: Free Press Imperials - Central High School 2:2 @ Detroit
  • 1/30: Central High School - Michigan Military Academy Cadets 2:1 @ Orchard Lake
  • 2/4: Warren Juniors - Free Press Imperials 1:0 @ Detroit
  • 2/4: Detroit Warrens - Windsor Hockey Club (ON) 2:2 @ Windsor
  • 2/6: Warren Juniors - Orchard Lake 2:1 @ Orchard Lake
  • 2/13: Central High School - Windsor High School (ON) 3:1 @ Detroit
  • 2/13: Windsor Hockey Club (ON) - Detroit 6:5 @ Windsor
  • 2/20: Michigan Military Academy Cadets - Detroit University School 4:0 @ Detroit
  • 2/20: Central High School - Forest Avenue 5:0 @ Detroit
  • 2/22: Central High School - Detroit University School 3:0 @ Detroit
  • 2/22: Warren Juniors - Michigan Military Academy Cadets 4:3 @ Detroit
  • 2/27: Central High School - Michigan Military Academy Cadets 3:3 @ Orchard Lake
  • 3/3: Michigan Soo Indians - Montreal National (QC) 10:4 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 3/4: Michigan Soo Indians - Montreal National (QC) 6:3 @ Sault Ste. Marie
Portage Lakes Hockey Club Game Results
  • 12/17: Portage Lakes - St. Paul Victorias 20:0 @ Houghton
  • 12/19: Portage Lakes - St. Paul Victorias 14:1 @ Houghton
  • 12/25: Portage Lakes - World's Fair Hockey Club (St. Louis) 21:0 @ Houghton
  • 12/26: Portage Lakes - World's Fair Hockey Club (St. Louis) 24:0 @ Houghton
  • 1/1: Portage Lakes - Canadian Soo Algonquins 16:1 @ Houghton
  • 1/2: Portage Lakes - Canadian Soo Algonquins 7:0 @ Houghton
  • 1/13: Portage Lakes - Michigan Soo Indians 6:1 @ Houghton
  • 1/14: Portage Lakes - Michigan Soo Indians 12:1 @ Houghton
  • 1/18: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Keystones 9:4 @ Houghton
  • 1/19: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Keystones 12:1 @ Houghton
  • 1/23: Michigan Soo Indians - Portage Lakes 7:6 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 1/25: Portage Lakes - Michigan Soo Indians 4:1 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 1/28: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Athletic Club 11:1 @ Houghton
  • 1/29: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Athletic Club 6:3 @ Houghton
  • 2/4: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Bankers 14:7 @ Houghton
  • 2/5: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Bankers 14:5 @ Houghton
  • 2/16: Portage Lakes - Michigan Soo Indians 9:1 @ Houghton
  • 2/17: Portage Lakes - Michigan Soo Indians 11:1 @ Houghton
  • 2/19: Portage Lakes - Michigan Soo Indians 6:1 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 2/20: Portage Lakes - Michigan Soo Indians 5:1 @ Sault Ste. Marie
  • 3/11: Pittsburgh Victorias - Portage Lakes 5:2 @ Pittsburgh - Championship of the United States
  • 3/12: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Victorias 5:1 - "
  • 3/15: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Victorias 7:0 - "
  • 3/21: Portage Lakes - Montreal Wanderers 8:4 @ Houghton
  • 3/22: Portage Lakes - Montreal Wanderers 9:2 @ Houghton

The Hancock High School hockey team won the Houghton Amphidrome Cup and were named champions of Michigan.

Hancock High School Game Results
  • Hancock - Quincy Juniors 10:0
  • Hancock - Baraga 3:1
  • Hancock - Dollar Bay Seniors 3:2
  • Hancock - Dollar Bay Seniors 8:1
  • Hancock - Michigan College of Mines 6:1
  • Hancock - Houghton 6:3
  • Hancock - Michigan College of Mines 10:0
  • Hancock - Houghton 1:1
  • Hancock - Houghton 4:0
  • Hancock - Calumet 14:0
  • Hancock - Houghton 5:3

Minnesota

The Twin City Hockey League was contested again and the St. Paul Victorias repeated as Dunbar Cup champions. Five teams participated in the league, the Victorias, Virginias, Mascots, Shamrocks (also known as the St. Paul Hockey Club), and the University of Minnesota.

The St. Paul Victorias went to Michigan to play the Portage Lakes Hockey Club and the Soo Indians in late December, getting blasted in all four games.

  • The St. Paul Victorias

    The St. Paul Victorias

  • The Lake Harriet Hockey Club

    The Lake Harriet Hockey Club

1903-04 Game Results
  • 12/20: Lake Shore Hockey Club - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 5:0
  • 12/25: Lake Shore Hockey Club - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 2:1
  • 12/28: Crocus Hill Hockey Club - Nushka II 3:1
  • 12/29: Crocus Hill Hockey Club - St. Anthony 5:0
  • 12/30: St. Paul Mic-Macs - Minneapolis Central High School 3:2
  • 12/30: Lake Shore Hockey Club - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 0:0
  • 12/31: Lake Shore Hockey Club - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 0:0
  • 12/31: Gordon Athletic Club - Nushka II 1:0
  • 12/31: Gordon Athletic Club - Laurels 5:0
  • 1/9: St. Paul Virginias - Minneapolis Central High School 4:1
  • 1/11: Lake Harriet Hockey Club - Glens 3:0
  • 1/17: Lake Harriet Hockey Club - Glens 2:0
  • 1/23: St. Paul Victorias - Minneapolis Central High School 16:1
  • 1/24: Lake Harriet Hockey Club - Mohawks 4:0
  • 1/24: Lake Shores Hockey Club - Glens 2:0
  • 2/1: Glens - Lake Shore Hockey Club 2:1
  • 2/1: Laurels - Gordon Athletic Club 2:1
  • 2/3: Laurels - Crocus Hill Hockey Club 5:0
  • 2/5: St. Paul Mascots - St. Paul Mic-Macs 5:1
  • 2/12: East Side High School - Mohawks 3:2
  • 2/19: East Side High School - Mohawks 14:7
  • 2/22: Minneapolis Central High School - Lake Harriet Hockey Club 6:0 - Central's claimed to be Minneapolis champions
  • 2/23: Laurels - St. Paul Mic-Macs 2:2 OT
  • 2/26: East Side High School - St. Paul Central High School 2:1
  • 3/2: Crocus Hill Hockey Club - Macalester II 7:3
  • 3/11: Lake Harriet Hockey Club - Lake Shore Hockey Club 5:2
Twin City Hockey League Results
  • 12/28: Victorias - Mascots 5:0
  • 1/4: Shamrocks - Mascots 2:1
  • 1/9: Victorias - University of Minnesota
  • 1/11: Virginias - Shamrocks 5:4 OT
  • 1/15: Mascots - University of Minnesota 12:2
  • 1/18: Victorias - Shamrocks 10:1
  • 1/22: Virginias - Mascots 6:3
  • 2/2: Victorias - Virginias 10:4
  • 2/20: Virginias - Mascots 12:0
Minnesota State Championship Results
  • St. Paul Victorias - Two Harbors 5:2 @ Two Harbors
  • St. Paul Victorias - Two Harbors 6:4 @ Two Harbors
  • St. Paul Victorias - Duluth 4:2 @ Duluth
  • St. Paul Victorias - Two Harbors 4:2 @ Two Harbors

New York

See: 1903-04 AAHL season

The University of Buffalo team
The Heffley High School team in 1904

The American Amateur Hockey League was once again contested in New York City. The New York Intermediate League was won by the Heffley School, who went undefeated throughout the schedule. Hockey was also popular in Niagara Falls and Buffalo this winter.

1903-04 Game Results
  • 1/1: Niagara Falls Crescents (ON) - Niagara Stars 2:1 @ Niagara Falls
  • 1/10: Rochester University Club - Rochester High School 2:0 @ Canandaigua
  • 1/15: Wanoka Athletic Club - St. Francis Xavier College 3:1
  • 1/15: Masten Park High School - Rumsey 4:4 @ Buffalo
  • 1/16: Drummondville (QC) - Niagara Falls Stars 3:2 @ Niagara Falls
  • 1/21: Niagara Stars - University of Buffalo 2:1 @ Niagara Falls
  • 1/25: Jamestown Hockey Club - University of Buffalo 4:1 @ Jamestown
  • 1/30: Niagara Falls (ON) - University of Buffalo 9:1 @ Niagara Falls
  • 1/30: Buffalo Tennis Club - Masten Park High School 1:0
  • 1/31: Rochester University Club - Rochester Bradstreet's 2:2 @ Canandaigua
  • 2/7: Niagara Stars - St. Catharines (ON) 9:1 @ Niagara Falls
  • 2/9: Brooklyn Crescents - Heffley School 10:3
  • 2/10: Niagara Falls YMCA - Masten Park High School 3:0 @ Niagara Falls
  • 2/11: All-New York - Montreal AAA 2:1 @ Clermont Rink
  • 2/12: University of Buffalo - Masten Park High School 2:1 OT
  • 2/13: Niagara Stars - Niagara-on-the-Lake Hockey Club (ON) 6:4 @ Niagara Falls
  • 2/14: Canisius College Juniors - Yale hockey team 14:0
  • 2/17: Niagara Stars - Niagara YMCA 2:1 @ Niagara Falls
  • 2/20: Cornell University - Syracuse University 5:1 @ Ithaca
  • 2/21: Niagara Stars - St. Catharines (ON) 7:6 OT @ Niagara Falls
  • 2/24: Niagara Stars - Tuscarora Indian Reservation 8:5 @ Niagara Falls
  • 2/27: Niagara Stars - Niagara Falls Hockey Club (ON) 12:5 @ Niagara Falls - Niagara Frontier Championship
  • 2/27: Rumsey - Masten Park High School 1:0 @ Buffalo
New York Intermediate Hockey League
  • Charles School - Company A, 23rd Regiment 8:0
  • 12/30: Charles School - CCNY 2:2
  • 1/7: CCNY - Company A, 23rd Regiment 3:0
  • 1/12: Heffley School - Company A, 23rd Regiment 12:0
  • 1/13: Charles School - CCNY 7:1
  • 1/21: Heffley School - Charles School 10:0
  • 1/28: Heffley School - CCNY 10:1
  • 2/2: Charles School - Company A, 23rd Regiment 7:0
  • 2/9: CCNY - Company A, 23rd Regiment 6:2
  • 2/18: Heffley School - Charles School 11:1
  • 2/23: Heffley School - CCNY 11:0
  • 3/1: CCNY - Charles School Forfeit
  • 3/3: Heffley School - Company A, 23rd Regiment Forfeit

Standings

  1. Heffley 6-0
  2. Charles 3-3
  3. CCNY 3-3
  4. 23rd Regiment 0-6

Pennsylvania

See: 1903–04 WPHL season

The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League was contested again in 1903-04, as was the Pittsburgh Interscholastic Hockey League. The Pittsburgh Victorias won the WPHL championship, and hosted the Portage Lakes Hockey Club for the Championship of the United States in mid-March. They lost the three game series 2-1.

1903-04 Game Results
  • 2/27: Michigan Soo Indians - Pittsburgh Athletic Club 4:2
  • 2/29: Pittsburgh Victorias - Michigan Soo Indians 4:3
Championship of the United States
  • 3/11: Pittsburgh Victorias - Portage Lakes Hockey Club 5:2
  • 3/12: Portage Lakes Hockey Club - Pittsburgh Victorias 5:1
  • 3/15: Portage Lakes Hockey Club - Pittsburgh Victorias 7:0
Pittsburgh Interscholastic League Results
  • Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 2:2
  • East Liberty Academy - Pittsburgh High School 2:1
  • Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 1:1
  • Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 3:0
  • East Liberty Academy - Pittsburgh High School 2:1
  • Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 3:2
  • Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:0
  • Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 2:1
  • Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 2:1
  • Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 2:1
  • Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 2:0
  • Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 2:1
  • Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:1
  • Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 2:0
  • Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 0:0
  • East Liberty Academy - Shadyside Academy 3:1

Standings

  1. Shadyside 6-1-4
  2. Pittsburgh HS 3-5-2
  3. East Liberty 3-6-2

St. Louis, Missouri

Although the St. Louis Ice Palace had closed, the World's Fair Hockey Club assembled a team that faced the Portage Lakes Hockey Club in Houghton, Michigan, on December 25 and 26, 1903. World's Fair was blasted in both games, losing 21-0 and 24-0, respectively.

College ice hockey

See: 1903–04 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season

Sources

  • Boston Globe
  • Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express
  • Chicago Tribune
  • Detroit Free Press
  • Pittsburgh Daily Post
  • St. Paul Daily Globe


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