1947–48 Lehigh Engineers men's ice hockey season

1947–48 Lehigh Engineers
men's ice hockey season
ConferenceIndependent
Home iceAlbeth Ice Rink
Record
Overall0–10–0
Home0–3–0
Road0–5–0
Neutral0–2–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachCharles W. Simmons
Lehigh Engineers men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1947–48 Lehigh Engineers men's ice hockey season was the 5th season of play for the program. The Engineers represented Lehigh University and were coached by Charles W. Simmons in his 5th season.

Season

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When Lehigh opened their season, they had agreed to participate in a 3-game tournament in Clinton, New York. Unfortunately, as most of the team were new additions who had only 4 practices to get used to one another, the Engineers performed rather poorly. After getting stomped by the hosts 3–17, the squad was throttled by Middlebury 0–22, setting numerous program records on both sides. While the results of the final match with Union were comparatively much better, the Dutchmen were very weak competition.

As if to drive the point home about just how much ground the Engineers had to make up, a further game with Hamilton shortly thereafter ended 0–15. In fact, Lehigh would be shutout in five consecutive games, an NCAA record (since broken), and would not score again until their meeting with Georgetown on February 14.[1] After a further pair of lopsided losses, the Engineers played probably their best game of the season when they took on the Harrison Maple Leafs. While their comeback ultimately fell short, it was the closest the team came to a victory all year and showed that the offense did have some fight in them.[2]

Roster

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No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
Carl C. Baldwin Jr. Sophomore
Fred Ball Freshman F
New Jersey Eugene t. Bernicker Junior Ventnor City, New Jersey
New Jersey Arthur B. Borgeson Junior Ridgewood, New Jersey
Thomas M. Cashman Sophomore F
New York (state) Wallace C. Eisel Mineola, New York
Harris Gates Freshman
New Jersey Carl R. Heinaman Junior Absecon, New Jersey
New York (state) Robert W. Hundt Junior Forest Hills, New York
Kluger F
Luke McKay G
Ogle
New York (state) Robert A. Phillips Schenectady, New York
C. Kenneth Rowntree Junior
Robert P. Sanborn Jr. Sophomore F
Donald J. Wain Sophomore D
Walter
Watter

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Standings

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1947–48 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings
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

Schedule and results

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Date Opponent Site Result Record
Silver Anniversary Hamilton Tournament
January 1 at Hamilton* Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York (Silver Anniversary Game 1) L 3–17  0–1–0
January 2 vs. Middlebury* Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York (Silver Anniversary Game 2) L 0–22  0–2–0
January 3 vs. Union* Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York (Silver Anniversary Game 3) L 0–3  0–3–0
Regular Season
January 10 at Hamilton* Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York L 0–15  0–4–0
January 17 New York A. C.* Albeth Ice Rink • Allentown, Pennsylvania L 0–8  0–5–0
February 7 at Hamilton* Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York L 0–13  0–6–0
February 14 Georgetown* Albeth Ice Rink • Allentown, Pennsylvania L 2–4  0–7–0
February 15 at Army* Smith Rink • West Point, New York L 2–12  0–8–0
February 16 at Georgetown* Uline Arena • Washington, D.C. L 1–7  0–9–0
February 21 Harrison Maple Leafs* Albeth Ice Rink • Allentown, Pennsylvania L 4–5  0–10–0
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll.

† Both Pennsylvania and Penn State fielded club teams at this time. [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Hoyas Beat Stickmen 4-2". Brown and White. February 17, 1948. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Harrison Leafs Squeeze Past Pucksters, 5-4". Brown and White. February 24, 1948. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Epitome: Yearbook 1948". Lehigh University. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
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