1947–48_Bemidji_State_Beavers_men's_ice_hockey_season
1947–48 Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey season
College ice hockey team season
The 1947–48 Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program. The Beavers represented Bemidji State Teachers College and were coached by Jack Aldrich, in his 1st season.
| 1947–48 Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey season | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| Home ice | Bemidji Sports Arena |
| Record | |
| Overall | 2–8–0 |
| Coaches and captains | |
| Head coach | Jack Aldrich |
| Captain(s) | Ed Johnson |
| Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey seasons 1948–49 » | |
After fielding a club team the year before, Bemidji State brought in Jack Aldrich to coach the program first official season. Predictably, the team was a little out of sorts in their first few games and the Beavers were trampled in three straight contests. By the end on January, however, the club began to come together. While they ended up losing their fourth game in a row, the lost by just a single goal and then followed that up with a win the very next night. BSU dropped the next four games as well but the team was much more competitive. The Beavers ended the year on a high note, trouncing the Brunswick Aces 9–4.
| No. | S/P/C | Player | Class | Pos | Height | Weight | DoB | Hometown | Previous team |
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Ronald Aase | Freshman | W | 1930-01-06 | Thief River Falls, Minnesota | Lincoln H.S. (USHS-MN) | |||
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Richard Anderson | RW | Eagan, Minnesota | ||||||
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Orrin Barnum | Sophomore | F | 1926-04-17 | Glencoe, Minnesota | Glencoe H.S. (USHS-MN) | |||
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Ledyard "Ledge" Burhans | C | 1920-09-30 | Crookston, Minnesota | Northwest School of Agriculture | ||||
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John Emkovik | Junior | D | 1927-06-06 | Saint Paul, Minnesota | Johnson H.S. (USHS-MN) | |||
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Clarence Espeseth | LW | 1920-01-30 | Roseau, Minnesota | Roseau H.S. (USHS-MN) | ||||
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Ed Johnson (C) | D | 1926-02-10 | International Falls, Minnesota | |||||
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Dale Kverno | D | 1928-08-07 | Roseau, Minnesota | Roseau H.S. (USHS-MN) | ||||
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Harry Lillesve | F | 1924-06-12 | McIntosh, Minnesota | McIntosh H.S. (USHS-MN) | ||||
| Gordon Olson | G | ||||||||
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Dick Radniecki | F | 1927-04-18 | Trail, Minnesota | Northwest School of Agriculture | ||||
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Wilbert "Willie" Remus | W | 1927-01-22 | Saint Paul, Minnesota | Johnson H.S. (USHS-MN) | ||||
| Sims | W | ||||||||
| Dick Walters | RW | ||||||||
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John Whiting | W | 1929-01-24 | Hibbing, Minnesota | Hibbing H.S. (USHS-MN) | ||||
| 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 | |
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record | |||||||
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| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| January 18 | St. Cloud State* | Bemidji Sports Arena • Bemidji, Minnesota | L 2–12 | 0–1–0 | |||||||
| January 25 | North Dakota Agricultural* | Bemidji Sports Arena • Bemidji, Minnesota | L 3–9 | 0–2–0 | |||||||
| January 28 | at Grand Forks Legion* | Grand Forks, North Dakota | L 1–8 | 0–3–0 | |||||||
| January 31 | North Dakota Agricultural* | Bemidji Sports Arena • Bemidji, Minnesota | L 1–2 | 0–4–0 | |||||||
| February 1 | International Falls* | Bemidji Sports Arena • Bemidji, Minnesota | W 6–2 | 1–4–0 | |||||||
| February 7 | at International Falls* | International Falls, Minnesota | L 3–5 | 1–5–0 | |||||||
| February 8 | at Minnesota–Duluth* | Duluth Curling and Skating Club • Duluth, Minnesota | L 3–4 | 1–6–0 | |||||||
| February 12 | at Grand Forks Americans* | Grand Forks, North Dakota | L 5–8 | 1–7–0 | |||||||
| February 15 | Minnesota–Duluth* | Bemidji Sports Arena • Bemidji, Minnesota | L 4–9 | 1–8–0 | |||||||
| February 29 | Brunswick Aces* | Bemidji Sports Arena • Bemidji, Minnesota | W 9–4 | 2–8–0 | |||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||||
Only incomplete records for the first season are available. The school reported no assist totals and credits John Whiting as leading the team with 3 official goals.[2]
- "Bemidji State Univ". Elite Prospects. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- "2010-11 Bemidji State Men's Hockey" (PDF). Bemidji State Beavers. Retrieved May 8, 2023.