1947–48_Bowdoin_Polar_Bears_men's_ice_hockey_season
1947–48 Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey season
College ice hockey team season
The 1947–48 Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey season was the 25th season of play for the program but first under the oversight of the NCAA. The Polar Bears represented Bowdoin College and were coached by Daniel MacFayden, in his 2nd season.
Quick Facts 1947–48 Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey season, Conference ...
| 1947–48 Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey season | |
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| Conference | 4th NEIHL |
| Home ice | Delta Rink |
| Record | |
| Overall | 6–5–0 |
| Conference | 3–3–0 |
| Home | 5–3–0 |
| Road | 1–2–0 |
| Coaches and captains | |
| Head coach | Danny MacFayden |
| Captain(s) | Ed Leason |
| Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey seasons « 1946–47 1948–49 » | |
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Due to weather, games against New Hampshire and Colby were cancelled. Bowdoin finished 4th in the conference standings with a .500 record, however, because they played just 6 games against conference opponents, there was a question as to whether the Polar Bears would be selected to the NEIHL tournament.[1] In the end, Bowdoin was selected to participate with the league's three powerhouses. The Bears played about as well as could be expected but were still woefully outmatched and fell to Boston College and Boston University in successive days by a combined 5–28 margin.
More information No., S/P/C ...
| No. | S/P/C | Player | Class | Pos | Height | Weight | DoB | Hometown | Previous team |
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Richard Archibald | Graduate | RW | Belmont, Massachusetts | |||||
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Robert E. Badger | Senior | 1924-12-13 | ||||||
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Richard W. Blanchard | Freshman | C | 1926-10-01 | Winthrop, Maine | ||||
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Arthur R. Bonzagni | Sophomore | 1926-01-26 | Melrose, Massachusetts | |||||
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Phillip B. Burke | Senior | C | Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||
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William F. Clark | Senior | Winthrop, Massachusetts | ||||||
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Robert B. Crockford | Sophomore | 1927-04-16 | East Foxborough, Massachusetts | |||||
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Henry F. Daley Jr. | Freshman | Cambridge, Massachusetts | ||||||
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James B. Draper Jr. | Sophomore | G | Canton, Massachusetts | |||||
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Richard C. Field | Senior | RW | 1925-07-14 | Hudson, Massachusetts | ||||
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James L. Fife | Freshman | D | Arlington, Massachusetts | |||||
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Richard D. Haskell | Sophomore | Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||
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Chester E. Homer Jr. | Freshman | 1926-05-12 | Newton Center, Massachusetts | |||||
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William D. Ireland Jr. | Senior | D | 1924-03-20 | Worcester, Massachusetts | ||||
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Edwin E. Leason Jr. (C) | Senior | LW | 1924-01-09 | Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts | ||||
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Lawrence D. Norton | Sophomore | G | Winchester, Massachusetts | |||||
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James R. Pierce | Graduate | LW | Rye, New York | |||||
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C. Carson Stanwood Jr. | Sophomore | Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts | ||||||
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Chester L. Taylor | Freshman | Arlington, Massachusetts | ||||||
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More information Intercollegiate, Overall ...
| Intercollegiate | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | |
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More information Conference, Overall ...
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
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More information Date, Opponent ...
| Date | Opponent | Site | Decision | Result | Record | ||||||
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| January 6 | New Auburn Legion* | Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine | Draper | W 5–3 | 1–0–0 | ||||||
| January 10 | Fort Devens State | Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine | Draper | L 3–4 | 1–1–0 (0–1–0) | ||||||
| January 14 | New Hampshire | Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine | Norton | W 6–5 | 2–1–0 (1–1–0) | ||||||
| January 16 | MIT | Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine | Draper | L 4–8 | 2–2–0 (1–2–0) | ||||||
| January 20 | New Auburn Legion* | Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine | W 6–1 | 3–2–0 | |||||||
| January 22 | Suffolk* | Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine | W 8–3 | 4–2–0 | |||||||
| February 11 | Colby | Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine | Norton | W 7–4 | 5–2–0 (2–2–0) | ||||||
| February 12 | Northeastern | Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine | L 4–12 | 5–3–0 (2–3–0) | |||||||
| February 16 | at MIT | Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | Draper | W 8–5 | 6–3–0 (3–3–0) | ||||||
| NEIHL Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 8 | at Boston College* | Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts (NEIHL Semifinal) | Draper | L 1–10 | 6–4–0 | ||||||
| March 9 | at Boston University* | Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts (NEIHL Consolation) | Draper | L 4–18 | 6–5–0 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||||
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More information Name, Position ...
| Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
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| Dick Archibald | RW | - | 15 | 7 | 22 | 18 |
| Dick Blanchard | C | - | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| Phil Burke | C | - | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 |
| Ed Leason | RW | - | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| Jim Pierce | LW | - | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| Bill Ireland | D | - | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Bob Crockford | F | - | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Dick Field | LW | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Jim Fife | D | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | 28 |
| Hank Daley | F | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Haskell | F | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Art Bonzagni | F | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Hansen | F | - | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Carson Stanwood | F | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Chet Taylor | F | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Chet Homer | F | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Clark | F | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Badger | F | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Draper | G | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Norton | G | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 56 | 52 | 108 | 142 |
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- "Eagle's Eye". The Heights. March 5, 1948. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- "Bowdoin Orient 1947-48". Bowdoin College. Retrieved February 7, 2023.