1919–20 Boston College men's ice hockey season
The 1919–20 Boston College men's ice hockey season was the 3rd season of play for the program.
| 1919–20 Boston College men's ice hockey season | |
|---|---|
| Home ice | Pavilion Rink |
| Record | |
| Overall | 6–2–0 |
| Home | 2–1–0 |
| Road | 2–0–0 |
| Neutral | 2–1–0 |
| Coaches and Captains | |
| Head Coach | Walter Falvey |
| Captain(s) | Frank Morrissey |
| Boston College men's ice hockey seasons « 1918–19 1920–21 » | |
Season
With the vast majority of interested colleges ready to go for the 1919–20 season, Boston College was finally able to play a full schedule of games. While that amounted to just 7 games that was still more than they had played over the previous two seasons combined. After beginning with a win over the Yankee Division Club team, BC dropped a three overtime game to Massachusetts Agricultural College, one of the top second-tier schools. Ten days later the team lost again, this time to MIT[1] after the rematch with MAC had to be scrubbed.
The losses lit a fire under the players who ran roughshod over their next three opponents, posting three consecutive shutouts. Even when they did finally surrender a goal, BC refused to lose for the remainder of the season and finished with a 6–2 record. Despite the success, former team captain Walter Falvey stepped down as head coach after the season in favor of the more experienced Fred Rocque.
Note: Boston College's athletic programs weren't known as the 'Eagles' until 1920.
Roster
| No. | S/P/C | Player | Class | Pos | Height | Weight | DoB | Hometown | Previous team |
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John Curry | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |||||||
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Edmund Garrity | Belmont, Massachusetts | |||||||
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Bernard Healy | Brookline, Massachusetts | |||||||
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Leo Hughes | Newton, Massachusetts | |||||||
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Don McCluskey | Dorchester, Massachusetts | |||||||
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Frank Morrissey (C) | Medford, Massachusetts | |||||||
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Leonard Morrissey | Medford, Massachusetts | |||||||
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Edmund O'Brien | G | Cambridge, Massachusetts | ||||||
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Luke Urban | G | Fall River, Massachusetts |
Standings
| Intercollegiate | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PCT. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Amherst | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | |
| Army | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .700 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | |
| Boston College | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 19 | |
| Boston University | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | |
| Dartmouth | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 16 | |
| Fordham | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | |
| Harvard | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 44 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 33 | |
| Lafayette | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Massachusetts Agricultural College | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 10 | |
| Michigan College of Mines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | |
| MIT | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 31 | |
| New York State College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .375 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 35 | |
| Princeton | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 53 | |
| Rensselaer | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8 | |
| Tufts | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | |
| Williams | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | |
| Yale | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 38 | |
| YMCA College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Schedule and Results
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record | |||||||
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| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| January 7 | vs. Yankee Division Club* | Pavilion Rink • Cambridge, Massachusetts | W 4–2 | 1–0–0 | |||||||
| January 17 | vs. Massachusetts Agricultural College* | Boston, Massachusetts | L 4–5 3OT | 1–1–0 | |||||||
| January 27 | vs. MIT* | Roslindale, Massachusetts | L 4–6 | 1–2–0 | |||||||
| January 31 | at Army* | West Point, New York | W 5–0 | 2–2–0 | |||||||
| February 2 | at Fordham* | 181st Street Rink • Manhattan, New York | W 10–0 | 3–2–0 | |||||||
| February 4 | vs. Boston University* | Alumni Rink • Newton, Massachusetts | W 9–0 | 4–2–0 | |||||||
| February 6 | vs. MIT* | Pavilion Rink • Cambridge, Massachusetts | W 5–4 | 5–2–0 | |||||||
| February 18 | vs. Tufts* | Pavilion Rink • Cambridge, Massachusetts | W 4–2 | 6–2–0 | |||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||||
References
- "Boston College Beaten By Institute in Hockey Game" (PDF). The Tech. January 30, 1920. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- "1919-1920 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- "Boston College men's Hockey 2017-18 Record Book" (PDF). Boston College Eagles. Retrieved 2018-08-28.