1919–20 Bates
men's ice hockey season
ConferenceIndependent
Home iceLake Andrews
Record
Overall4–4–0
Home3–3–0
Road0–1–0
Neutral1–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachCarl H. Smith
Captain(s)Ralph Burns
Bates men's ice hockey seasons
 1920–21 »

The 1919–20 Bates men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program.

Season

After several years of informal teams being organized by students, Bates decided to support a varsity ice hockey team for the first time. Because the school delayed the decision, the team had only a short time to arrange a schedule and ended up playing Bowdoin in four of their seven games.[1] In spite of the hasty arrangement, Bates played a local aggregation first and won their opening match 3–0.[2] Bates then tortured Bowdoin with a pair of dominant performances. After Sauvage netted a hat-trick in the first meeting, Provost posted 6 goals in the rematch.[3] In between those matches, the team suffered its first loss of the year in overtime. The first road game for the team was a fast match that needed three separate 5-minute overtimes to decide but a shot that deflected off of captain Burns' stick past Wiggin doomed the garnet skaters.

The rematch with Portland went about as well as the first while an amateur team from Canada, called the Nibrocks of La Tuque, arrived in early February and handed the team another loss. While Bates was able to keep up with the foreigners in the game, the lack of teamwork allowed the Canadians to block any offense the team managed to put together.[4] Bates then ended its season by splitting a pair of games with Bowdoin during the winter carnival. The score of the each match was 1–0 with Bates taking the first before seeing the Bears finally win one of their own. Poor ice conditions slowed the games down

Note: Bates did not adopt the 'Bobcats' moniker until 1924.

Roster

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
Massachusetts Carl W. Belmore Junior C 1899-05-07 Wakefield, Massachusetts
Maine Romeo A. Bernard Junior RW 1897-11-03 Auburn, Maine
Vermont Gerald H. Buker Senior D/F 1897-11-05 Waterbury, Vermont
Maine Ralph A. Burns (C) Senior D/F 1897-04-05 Vinalhaven, Maine
Maine Chester F. Cleaves Freshman 1901-10-13 Buxton, Maine
Massachusetts Felix V. Cutler Junior R/RW 1894-02-24 Brookline, Massachusetts
Raymond L. Kendall Junior
John Mosher D
Romeo R. Provost Sophomore LW/RW 1896-10-04
Maine Edward F. Roberts Freshman C/RW 1901-10-14 Presque Isle, Maine
Maine Carl P. Rounds Sophomore RW 1898-01-01 Minot, Maine
Norman J. Sauvage Freshman D 1897-03-22
Massachusetts Leighton G. Tracy Senior D 1897-12-15 Boston, Massachusetts
Maine Ervin E. Trask Senior LW 1899-07-24 Fairfield, Maine
New Hampshire Carleton L. Wiggin Junior G 1897-07-29 Dover, New Hampshire
New Hampshire Donald K. Woodard Junior D/LW 1897-02-28 Colebrook, New Hampshire

Standings

Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T PCT. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst2110
Army5311.70020674212611
Bates4310.75015684402119
Boston College7520.714411786204519
Boston University2020.0002192020219
Bowdoin4130.25061562401728
Dartmouth7610.857265106403016
Fordham
Hamilton5320
Harvard77001.00044101310306533
Massachusetts Agricultural5320.600221053202210
Michigan College of Mines00000041211016
MIT6420.667272285214231
New York State
Notre Dame0000002200105
Pennsylvania3021.16731371511535
Princeton6150.1671331102802253
Rensselaer4130.2502484130248
Tufts4040.0004164040416
Williams5320.6001095320109
Yale4220.50014994503638
YMCA College

Schedule and results

DateOpponentSiteResultRecord
Regular Season
January 14 vs. St. Dominique's* Lake Andrews RinkLewiston, Maine W 3–0  1–0–0
January 21 Bowdoin* Lake Andrews RinkLewiston, Maine W 5–1  2–0–0
January 24 at Portland Hockey Club* Portland, Maine L 1–3 3OT 2–1–0
January 28 Bowdoin* Lake Andrews RinkLewiston, Maine W 9–4  3–1–0
January 31 at Portland Hockey Club* Lake Andrews RinkLewiston, Maine L 2–6  3–2–0
February 3 Nibrocks* Lake Andrews RinkLewiston, Maine L 0–4  3–3–0
February 26 Bowdoin* Lake Andrews RinkLewiston, Maine W 1–0  4–3–0
February 27 Bowdoin* Lake Andrews RinkLewiston, Maine L 0–1  4–4–0
*Non-conference game.

Scoring statistics

Name Position Games Goals
Romeo ProvostR/LW/RW79
Norman SauvageP/CP/RW44
Felix CutlerC/R/RW/CP74
Eddie RobertsC/R/LW/RW72
Ralph BurnsCP/C/R/LW/RW82
Chester CleavesSubstitute10
Carl BelmoreC10
Lee TracyCP10
Ervin TraskLW10
Romeo BernardRW20
Ray KendallSubstitute20
Carl RoundsRW30
Don WoodwardP/CP/R/LW70
John MosherP/CP80
Jerry BukerP/CP/RW80
Carl WigginG80
Total21

References

  1. "Bates Mirror 1920". Bates College. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  2. "Springfield 2; Bates 1". Bates Student. February 25, 1921. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  3. "Bates Sextet Smothers Bowdoin". Bates Student. January 30, 1920. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  4. "Fast Game Goes to Nibrocks". Bates Student. February 6, 1920. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
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