1947–48 New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey season
men's ice hockey season
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The 1947–48 New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey season was the 21st season of play for the program but first under the oversight of the NCAA. The Wildcats represented the University of New Hampshire and were coached by Joseph Petroski, in his 1st season.
Season
With new coach Pat Petroski in charge, the weather generously turned cold in December, allowing the team plenty of time to practice before their first game. Unfortunately, they were easily bested in their first game. Upon returning home, the hard work began to show when they lost a close decision to Northeastern and then followed that up with their first win of the year. The UNH defense, led by Tom Kelly, didn't acquit itself well in a pair of losses to fairly weak competition but by the end of the month they had coalesced into a serviceable group. Following a good showing against Boston University, the Wildcats got their revenge over the Huskies with an 8–5 win. After a second loss to BU, UNH knocked off Norwich to put themselves into contention for the inaugural NEIHL tournament. While their chances weren't good, any hope they had was erased when MIT won the rematch game and UNH sputtered to the finish.[1]
The weather, which had been good throughout January, turned on February 10 and the Wildcats found it difficult to practice thereafter.
Roster
No. | S/P/C | Player | Class | Pos | Height | Weight | DoB | Hometown | Previous team |
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![]() | David Austin | Sophomore | D | Manchester, New Hampshire | |||||
![]() | Donald R. Begin | 1920-09-12 | Salem, Massachusetts | ||||||
![]() | Paul L. Briand Jr. | Senior | F | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |||||
![]() | Frederick H. Comings | Sophomore | 1921-09-01 | Foxborough, Massachusetts | |||||
John Fields | |||||||||
![]() | William Forbes (C) | Senior | F | Francestown, New Hampshire | |||||
![]() | Neil Glynn | Junior | Franklin, Massachusetts | ||||||
![]() | Bruce Grant | Junior | Durham, New Hampshire | ||||||
![]() | Robert Keith | Junior | G | Waltham, Massachusetts | |||||
Thomas Kelly | D | ||||||||
![]() | William MacDonald | Junior | F | Hanover, New Hampshire | |||||
![]() | William J. Moore Jr. | Junior | G | Manchester, New Hampshire | |||||
![]() | Edward J. Noel | Junior | F | 1918-08-20 | Nashua, New Hampshire | ||||
Augustus Nunes | Senior | ||||||||
![]() | Robert B. Ray | Sophomore | Anson, Maine | ||||||
![]() | Arthur F. Saboski | Junior | Hanover, New Hampshire | ||||||
![]() | George C. Saunders | Junior | F | Plaistow, New Hampshire | |||||
Dale Schoonmaker | F | ||||||||
![]() | George R. Sleeth | Sophomore | F | 1923-01-05 | Wollaston, Massachusetts |
[1]
Standings
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Intercollegiate | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Army | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .719 | 78 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 78 | 39 | |
Bemidji State | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 13 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 63 | |
Boston College | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .737 | 126 | 60 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 126 | 60 | |
Boston University | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .833 | 179 | 86 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 179 | 86 | |
Bowdoin | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 45 | 68 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 73 | |
Brown | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 61 | 91 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 61 | 91 | |
California | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 45 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 87 | 89 | |
Clarkson | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .458 | 67 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 96 | 54 | |
Colby | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 41 | |
Colgate | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 54 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 45 | |
Colorado College | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 84 | 73 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 207 | 120 | |
Cornell | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 43 | |
Dartmouth | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 156 | 76 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 156 | 81 | |
Fort Devens State | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .231 | 33 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Georgetown | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 21 | |
Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | – | – | |
Harvard | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | .409 | 131 | 131 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 135 | 140 | |
Lehigh | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 95 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 108 | |
Massachusetts | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 30 | |
Michigan | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 105 | 53 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 141 | 63 | |
Michigan Tech | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0 | .368 | 87 | 96 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 91 | 97 | |
Middlebury | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .607 | 111 | 68 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 127 | 74 | |
Minnesota | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 78 | 73 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 100 | 105 | |
Minnesota–Duluth | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 28 | |
MIT | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .421 | 93 | 114 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 93 | 114 | |
New Hampshire | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .308 | 58 | 67 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 58 | 67 | |
North Dakota | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 51 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 103 | 68 | |
North Dakota Agricultural | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 27 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 29 | |
Northeastern | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | .526 | 135 | 119 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 135 | 119 | |
Norwich | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 38 | 58 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 70 | |
Princeton | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 65 | 72 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 79 | 79 | |
St. Cloud State | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 55 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 55 | |
St. Lawrence | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 65 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 95 | 50 | |
Suffolk | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Tufts | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 15 | |
Union | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 7 | 86 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 86 | |
Williams | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | .364 | 37 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | – | – | |
Yale | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | .344 | 60 | 69 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 89 | 85 |
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
Boston University † | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 86 | 40 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 179 | 86 | ||
Boston College * | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 77 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 126 | 60 | ||
Northeastern | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 108 | 79 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 135 | 119 | ||
Bowdoin | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 32 | 38 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 73 | ||
MIT | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 62 | 87 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 93 | 114 | ||
Middlebury | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 27 | 48 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 127 | 74 | ||
New Hampshire | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 42 | 56 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 58 | 67 | ||
Norwich | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 25 | 50 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 70 | ||
Fort Devens State | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 30 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Colby | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 41 | ||
† indicates conference champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Schedule and results
[2]
Scoring statistics
Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Austin | D | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Briand | RW | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Forbes | C | - | 20 | 8 | 28 | - |
Bob Keith | - | - | - | - | - | |
Tom Kelly | D | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill MacDonald | LW | - | - | 11 | - | - |
Bill Moore | G | - | - | - | - | - |
Woody Noel | F | - | - | - | - | - |
George Saunders | F | - | - | - | - | - |
George Sleeth | F | - | - | - | - | - |
Total |
[3]
Note: Only sparse goaltending statistics are available.
References
- ^ a b "New Hampshire Granite 1947-48". University of New Hampshire. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- ^ "New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey 2012-13 Media Guide". New Hampshire Wildcats. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- ^ "Univ. of New Hampshire 1947-48 roster and statistics". EliteProspects. Retrieved February 10, 2023.