1928–29 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season

1928–29 Army Cadets
men's ice hockey season
1928–29 Army Cadets ; men's ice hockey season
Home ice	Stuart Rink; Bear Mountain Rink
Record
Overall	3–10–0
Home	3–10–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Ray Marchand
Captain(s)	Normando Costello
	Army Cadets men's ice hockey seasons; « 1927–28 1929–30 »

The 1928–29 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season was the 26th season of play for the program. The team was coached by Ray Marchand in his 6th season.

Season

Army was welcomed to the ice hockey season by a colder winter than they had seen in recent years. The dip in temperature allowed the team to return to a full schedule on the Stuart Rink for the first time in three years. Unfortunately, the lack of practice time over that stretch was still hampering the team and, after opening the season with a win, Army dropped eight contests in a row. Through that losing skin, the Cadets were barely competitive on most nights, however, as the season progressed the results slowly began to improve.

Team captain Normando Costello was lauded for his play in goal and was regarded as the team's best player for much of the season. Observers put most of the blame on the high numbers of goals against on the poor play of the team's skaters.^[1]

Being able to practice on Stuart Rink for most of the season allowed Marchand to coach his team into a decent unit. In the last four games of the year, Army was able to score at least three goals in each game, a far cry from the 13 total markers they had earned in the first nine matches. The steady improvement gave hope to observers that Army could soon produce a winning season.

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	DoB	Hometown
Marshall S. Carter	Sophomore	LW	1909-09-16	Fort Monroe, Virginia
Frederic H. Chaffee	Senior	LW/RW		Faribault, Minnesota
Normando A. Costello (C)	Senior	G	1905-06-19	Franklin, Massachusetts
Edward J. Cotter	Sophomore	LW	1908-04-30	Canton, Massachusetts
Rudolph Fink	Senior	D	1905-01-24	Nome, Alaska
Harvey P. Huglin	Freshman	D	1910-05-09	Fairfield, Iowa
Roy E. Lindquist	Junior	C	1907-02-18	West Newton, Massachusetts
Milton H. Pressley Jr.	Sophomore	D	1906-09-29	Miami, Florida
Rothchild		RW
David M. Schorr	Senior	D
Walter C. Sweeney Jr.	Junior	LW	1909-07-23	Wheeling, West Virginia
Field H. Tapping	Sophomore	C/RW	1905-12-29	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
John K. Waters	Sophomore	D	1906-12-20	Baltimore, Maryland

Standings

1928–29 Eastern Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	3	5	1	–	–
Army	9	2	7	0	.222	11	50	12	3	9	0	23	61
Bates	11	4	6	1	.409	26	20	12	5	6	1	28	21
Boston College	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	5	9	0	36	42
Boston University	10	9	1	0	.900	36	9	12	9	2	1	39	14
Bowdoin	9	5	4	0	.556	11	14	9	5	4	0	11	14
Brown	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	8	5	0	–	–
Clarkson	7	6	1	0	.857	43	11	10	9	1	0	60	19
Colgate	7	4	3	0	.571	16	18	7	4	3	0	16	18
Connecticut Agricultural	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cornell	5	2	3	0	.400	7	9	5	2	3	0	7	9
Dartmouth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	9	5	3	58	28
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	4	6	0	–	–
Harvard	7	4	3	0	.571	26	10	10	5	4	1	31	15
Massachusetts Agricultural	11	6	5	0	.545	30	20	12	7	5	0	33	21
Middlebury	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	6	3	0	–	–
MIT	11	5	6	0	.455	26	32	11	5	6	0	26	32
New Hampshire	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	6	4	1	23	20
Norwich	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	2	6	0	–	–
Pennsylvania	11	2	9	0	.182	12	82	13	2	10	1	–	–
Princeton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	15	3	1	–	–
Rensselaer	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	3	0	–	–
St. John's	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	3	3	1	–	–
St. Lawrence	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	3	4	1	–	–
St. Stephen's	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Syracuse	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Union	5	2	2	1	.500	17	14	5	2	2	1	17	14
Vermont	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Williams	10	6	4	0	.600	33	16	10	6	4	0	33	16
Yale	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	15	1	1	–	–

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
?	St. Stephen's*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	W 5–2	1–0–0
January 12	Williams*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 0–10	1–1–0
January 16	Massachusetts Agricultural*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 1–3	1–2–0
January 19	Bates*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 0–5	1–3–0
January 26	New Hampshire*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 1–5	1–4–0
February 2	MIT*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 2–5	1–5–0
February 6	Dartmouth*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 0–9	1–6–0
February	Amherst*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 3–4	1–7–0
February 16	Colgate*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 1–8	1–8–0
February	Norwich*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	W 3–1	2–8–0
February 23	Royal Military College*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 3–7	2–9–0
February	Poughkeepsie*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 4–2 †	2–10–0
March 2	Rensselaer*	Bear Mountain Rink • Bear Mountain, New York	W 4–1	3–10–0
*Non-conference game.

† Contemporary Army records include a game against Poughkeepsie, however, those records are confused as to the result of the game. The games is listed as a loss for the Cadets but the score is recorded as 4–2 in their favor.
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References

^ "1929 Howitzer". U.S. Military Academy. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
^ "Army West Point Hockey 2017-18 Record book" (PDF). Army Black Knights. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

[1] "1929 Howitzer". U.S. Military Academy. Retrieved January 14, 2023.

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

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v t e Army Black Knights men's ice hockey
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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