1925–26 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season

1925–26 Army Cadets
men's ice hockey season
1925–26 Army Cadets ; men's ice hockey season
Conference	Independent
Home ice	Stuart Rink
Record
Overall	3–6–0
Home	3–5–0
Neutral	0–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Ray Marchand
Captain(s)	Willet Baird
	Army Cadets men's ice hockey seasons; « 1924–25 1926–27 »

The 1925–26 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season was the 23rd season of play for the program. The team was coached by Ray Marchand in his 3rd season.

Season

Entering the season with most of the previous team's starters still enrolled, Army had high hopes for the team in 1926 and arranged their schedule accordingly. Several strong team were engaged for a trip to West Point and the Cadets were preparing for a hard test throughout the year. Unfortunately, as luck would have it, the weather was not accommodating. The Cadets were unable to get Stuart Rink up and running in December and were forced to trek south to Bear Mountain and use the artificial rink there.^[1] Infrequent practices occurred over a two-week period before the first game, by which time Stuart had become usable. Even with a full series of practices under their belt, Army would have been hard pressed to win their first match. Dartmouth demonstrated that they were one of the best teams from the start of their season and they continued that trend by rolling over the Cadets.

Army got their first win of the season against Bates the following week but it didn't come easy. After surrendering a 2-goal lead to the Bobcats, Scheiffler netted the winning goal with a few minutes left in the game. The next game on Army's schedule was against Boston College, however, BC does not record the game as having taken place. Contemporary news accounts show that the team was worried about the condition of the ice prior to the match but makes no reference to the game afterwards.^[2] Its possible that a junior varsity squad was sent in their place, particularly since Army referred to the team as being full of players whose last names began with 'Mc' and 'O' while only one of the Eagles' regular players fell into that category.^[3]

The Cadets evened their record a second time with a win over Amherst and then a snowstorm dumped several feet of snow on West Point. Since the snow couldn't be cleared off of the rink in time, Army was forced back to Bear Mountain for their game against Boston University. Snowfall affected the next game as well as the match with Massachusetts Agricultural College was limited to just 2 periods. Army's losing streak ran to 3 games with a loss to Syracuse a few days later but the rink began to become rough afterwards. In the contest against Middlebury, which had been rescheduled from January 20 due to a lack of ice, was severely slowed by bad ice. Only one goal could be scored, early in the game, but fortunately for the Cadets it was from the stick of Heidner. Army ended their season against Williams and were shut down by the Ephs.

The game against Royal Military College was cancelled due to the death of one of the Paladins players.

Charles Sloane served as the team's manager.

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	DoB	Hometown
Willet J. Baird (C)	Graduate	D	1902-01-13	Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York
Maurice F. Daly	Junior	D	1901-07-20	Hartford, Connecticut
Alvin A. Heidner	Senior	C	1904-10-14
Mark K. Lewis Jr.	Junior	G	1902-10-29	Maple Shade, New Jersey
Raymond C. Maude	Senior	LW	1902-07-01	Framingham, Massachusetts
Tito C. Moscatelli	Sophomore	RW	1904-09-04	Cagli, Italy
Frederick F. Scheiffler	Senior	F	1904-04-15	Alpena, Michigan

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Standings

1925–26 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	1	4	2	.286	11	28	7	1	4	2	11	28
Army	8	3	5	0	.375	14	23	9	3	6	0	17	30
Bates	10	3	6	1	.350	18	38	10	3	6	1	18	38
Boston College	3	2	1	0	.667	9	5	16	6	9	1	46	54
Boston University	11	7	4	0	.636	28	11	15	7	8	0	31	28
Bowdoin	6	4	2	0	.667	15	12	7	4	3	0	15	17
Clarkson	5	2	3	0	.400	10	13	8	4	4	0	25	25
Colby	5	0	4	1	.100	9	18	6	1	4	1	–	–
Cornell	6	2	4	0	.333	10	21	6	2	4	0	10	21
Dartmouth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	12	3	0	72	34
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	7	3	0	–	–
Harvard	9	8	1	0	.889	34	13	11	8	3	0	38	20
Massachusetts Agricultural	8	3	4	1	.438	10	20	8	3	4	1	10	20
Middlebury	8	5	3	0	.625	19	16	8	5	3	0	19	16
MIT	9	3	6	0	.333	16	32	9	3	6	0	16	32
New Hampshire	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	3	0	6	20
Norwich	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	1	0	–	–
Princeton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	7	9	0	–	–
Rensselaer	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	2	4	0	–	–
Saint Michael's	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
St. Lawrence	2	0	2	0	.000	1	4	2	0	2	0	1	4
Syracuse	6	2	2	2	.500	8	7	7	3	2	2	10	7
Union	6	2	3	1	.417	18	24	6	2	3	1	18	24
Vermont	5	2	3	0	.400	20	11	5	2	3	0	20	11
Williams	15	10	4	1	.700	59	23	18	12	5	1	72	28
Yale	10	1	8	1	.150	9	23	14	4	9	1	25	30

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 13	Dartmouth*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 1–5	0–1–0
January	Bates*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	W 4–3	1–1–0
January 30	Boston College ^†*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 3–7	1–2–0
February	Amherst*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	W 4–2	2–2–0
February 6	vs. Boston University*	Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York	L 0–3	2–3–0
February 10	Massachusetts Agricultural*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 1–2	2–4–0
February 13	Syracuse*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 1–4	2–5–0
February 17	Middlebury*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	W 3–1 ^‡	3–5–0
February 22	Williams*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 0–3	3–6–0
*Non-conference game.

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† Boston College does not record a game against Army this season.
‡ Army records list the game as a 1–0 win, however, Army's account is missing the events of the third period.^[6]

References

^ "1926 Howitzer". U.S. Military Academy. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
^ "Hockeyisms". The Heights. January 26, 1926. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
^ "Boston College men's Hockey 2017-18 Record Book" (PDF). Boston College Eagles. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ 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.
^ "Hockey Team Loses to Army; Beats R.P.I." Middlebury Campus. February 24, 1926. Retrieved December 6, 2024.

[1] "1926 Howitzer". U.S. Military Academy. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

[2] "Hockeyisms". The Heights. January 26, 1926. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

[3] "Boston College men's Hockey 2017-18 Record Book" (PDF). Boston College Eagles. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

[4] 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.

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

[6] "Hockey Team Loses to Army; Beats R.P.I." Middlebury Campus. February 24, 1926. Retrieved December 6, 2024.

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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)
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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 (2003–2024) Atlantic Hockey America (2024–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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