1927–28 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season

1927–28 Army Cadets
men's ice hockey season
1927–28 Army Cadets ; men's ice hockey season
Conference	Independent
Home ice	Bear Mountain Rink
Record
Overall	1–8–0
Home	1–8–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Ray Marchand
Captain(s)	Tito Moscatelli
	Army Cadets men's ice hockey seasons; « 1926–27 1928–29 »

The 1927–28 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season was the 25th season of play for the program. The team was coached by Ray Marchand in his 5th season.

Season[edit]

With all three defensive starters having graduated, coach Marchand moved McNamara back to the blueline to help out. He replaced on the forward line by Lindquist but that was the least of Army's worries. Once again, the team's chances were harmed by poor weather. While Stuart Rink was formed, the skating surface was just 10 feet wide at times and could barely be used for practice, let alone a game.^[1] Army had to travel south to use the rink at Bear Mountain for the opening match against Clarkson. In spite of the difficulties, the Cadets performed well and kept the game close, losing 0–1 with a strong game from Browning, who stopped 21 shots.^[2] When the weather didn't improve, there was little hope of getting their normal rink in any kind of usable condition. As a result, the team decided to use Bear Mountain as their home venue for the year.

After a second shutout loss to Bates, Army got their first win in almost two years when they defeated Massachusetts Agricultural College. Even at their new digs, however, Army couldn't escape poor ice conditions and most of their games devolved into a slog. A lack of practice time finally caught up to the team at the end of the month when Boston University visited. Being unable to get much cohesion going between the players, Army was dominated 0–9.

It was almost two weeks before the Cadets played their next game but the time off didn't appear to help. Despite Dartmouth having a bit of a down year, they were nonetheless able to overwhelm Army 1–12 and began a stretch of subpar play for the Cadets. Army played four games over a two-week span and lost them all. While the scores were close in the first two matches, Royal Military College was again too powerful for the Cadets, who finished their season with a poor effort against Williams. Army was only able to muster 8 shots on net, 1 more than the Ephs' total number of goals.

With a second consecutive season apparently ruined by poor weather, an increasing level of pressure was being put on the administration for the team to have better facilities.

John Oakes served as the team's manager.

Roster[edit]

Player	Class	Pos	DoB	Hometown
William W. Browning	Senior	G	1904-07-29	Brooklyn, New York
Normando A. Costello	Junior		1905-06-19	Franklin, Massachusetts
Robert J. Dwyer	Senior	LW
Rudolph Fink	Junior	D	1905-01-24	Nome, Alaska
Roy E. Lindquist	Sophomore	LW	1907-02-18	West Newton, Massachusetts
Andrew T. McNamara	Senior	D	1905-05-14	East Providence, Rhode Island
Tito C. Moscatelli	Senior	C	1904-09-04	Cagli, Italy
Petticord
John A. Sawyer	Senior	RW	1904-03-21	Elizabeth, New Jersey
David M. Schorr	Junior	D

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Standings[edit]

1927–28 Eastern Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	4	2	1	–	–
Army	8	1	7	0	.125	6	36	9	1	8	0	9	44
Bates	10	5	5	0	.500	21	26	12	6	5	1	26	28
Boston College	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	2	4	1	19	25
Boston University	9	6	2	1	.722	42	23	9	6	2	1	42	23
Bowdoin	8	3	5	0	.375	16	27	9	4	5	0	20	28
Brown	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	4	8	0	–	–
Clarkson	10	9	1	0	.900	59	13	11	10	1	0	61	14
Colgate	4	0	4	0	.000	4	18	4	0	4	0	4	18
Cornell	5	2	3	0	.400	11	29	5	2	3	0	11	29
Dartmouth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	6	4	0	64	23
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	5	2	1	–	–
Harvard	6	5	1	0	.833	28	8	9	7	2	0	45	13
Holy Cross	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Massachusetts Agricultural	6	0	6	0	.000	5	17	6	0	6	0	5	17
Middlebury	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	7	1	0	–	–
MIT	4	1	3	0	.250	6	35	4	1	3	0	6	35
New Hampshire	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	7	1	1	33	26
Norwich	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0	2	2	–	–
Princeton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	5	7	0	–	–
Rensselaer	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	1	1	–	–
St. Lawrence	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	2	0	–	–
Syracuse	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Union	5	0	4	1	.100	10	21	5	0	4	1	10	21
Williams	8	6	2	0	.750	27	12	8	6	2	0	27	12
Yale	13	11	2	0	.846	88	22	18	14	4	0	114	39
YMCA College	6	2	4	0	.333	10	15	6	2	4	0	10	15

Schedule and results[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 8	vs. Clarkson*	Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York	L 0–7	0–1–0
January 14	vs. Bates*	Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York	L 0–2	0–2–0
January 18	vs. Massachusetts Agricultural*	Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York	W 3–0	1–2–0
January 25	vs. Boston University*	Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York	L 0–9	1–3–0
February 8	vs. Dartmouth*	Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York	L 1–12	1–4–0
February	vs. Middlebury*	Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York	L 1–3	1–5–0
February	vs. Amherst*	Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York	L 1–2	1–6–0
February 18	vs. Royal Military College*	Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York	L 3–8	1–7–0
February 22	vs. Williams*	Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York	L 0–7	1–8–0
*Non-conference game.

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References[edit]

^ "1928 Howitzer". U.S. Military Academy. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
^ "Clarkson Integrator., January 01, 1928, Page 7, Image 7". Clarkson Integrator. January 1, 1928. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
^ Cullum, George Washington (1920). "Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy". U.S. Military Academy. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
^ "Army West Point Hockey 2017-18 Record book" (PDF). Army Black Knights. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

[1] "1928 Howitzer". U.S. Military Academy. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

[2] "Clarkson Integrator., January 01, 1928, Page 7, Image 7". Clarkson Integrator. January 1, 1928. Retrieved January 8, 2022.

[3] Cullum, George Washington (1920). "Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy". U.S. Military Academy. Retrieved August 22, 2020.

[4] "Army West Point Hockey 2017-18 Record book" (PDF). Army Black Knights. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

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v t e Army Black Knights men's ice hockey
Formerly the Army Cadets
Playing venues	Lusk Reservoir (1903–1916, 1918–1919) Stuart Rink (1915–1918, 1919–1930) Smith Rink (1930–1985) Tate Rink (1985–Present)
Head coaches	Edward Leonard King (1903–1904) Robert Foy (1904–1907) George Russell (1907–1910) LeRoy Bartlett (1910–1912) Philip Gordon (1912–1914) Frank Purdon (1914–1917) Joseph Viner (1917–1918) Philip Day (1918–1920) Talbot Hunter (1920–1923) Ray Marchand (1923–1943) John Hines (1943–1944) Robert Lutz (1944–1945) Len Patten (1945–1950) Jack Riley (1950–1986) Rob Riley (1986–2004) Brian Riley (2004–present)
Seasons	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 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	Pentagonal League (1946–1948) ECAC Hockey (1961–1973, 1980–1991) ECAC 2 (1973–1980) College Hockey America (1999–2000) MAAC (2000–2003) Atlantic Hockey (2003–Present)
Rivalries	Air Force Falcons RMC Paladins
All-time leaders	Dave Rost (330 Points) George Clark (153 Goals) Tom Garver (75 Wins)
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