1927–28 New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey season

March 2026 January 2025 color:white; background:#041E42; a #BBBCBC 2px white white New Hampshire Wildcats white 1927–28 UNH Wildcats.png 250 New Hampshire Wildcats men NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey) Independent 6–1–1 1–0–1 5–1–0 Ernest Christensen Edward Blewett Baron Chandler UNH Ice Rink 1926–27 1928–29 New Hampshire Wildcats #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1927–28 New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey season was the 4th season of play for the program. The Wildcats represented the University of New Hampshire and were coached by Ernest Christensen in his 3rd season. Season The Wildcats began the season in earnest with the first practice occurring at the beginning of December. Many of the key players from a year before returned for another year, however, Howard Crins, the top winger from last years squad, had transferred to Brown.https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1740&context=tnh_archive HOCKEY CANDIDATES CALLED OUT FRIDAY The New Hampshire December 1, 1927 January 3, 2025 In order to continue the teams winning ways, former starting goaltender Ed Blewett was brought back to campus as an assistant coach.https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1741&context=tnh_archive BLEWETT, FORMER HOCKEY STAR, ASSISTANT COACH The New Hampshire December 8, 1927 January 3, 2025 The team had scheduled a match in early January with Boston College but a thaw forced it to be cancelled.https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1742&context=tnh_archive January Thaw Indicates That Spring Cannot Be Far Behind The New Hampshire January 12, 1928 January 3, 2025 The warm weather persisted and also caused the second game against Bates to get nixed as well.https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1742&context=tnh_archive SECOND HOCKEY GAME OF YEAR CANCELLED The New Hampshire January 12, 1928 January 3, 2025 While the cancellations were bad enough, the lack of ice also prevented the team from practicing. By the time the temperature finally dipped the Wildcats were only able to get a few hours on the ice ahead of their trip to Maine.https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1743&context=tnh_archive Varsity Hockey Starts Season The New Hampshire January 19, 1928 January 3, 2025 UNH opened its road trip against Colby with a solid performance, relying on the experience of its returning players like Percival and team captain Baron Chandler to carry the day. Towards the end of the match, Hunt got his first taste of game action in goal when he replaced John Rodgers. The following day, New Hampshire was set against Bates. In a fairly clean match, the two traded goals in the first period. The second, however, saw UNH begin to take over with goals from Reinhart and Chandler. The scoring continued in the third with Reinhart finishing off a hat-trick while Percival added one for himself. Because Bates had kept eh score close for most of the evening, coach Christensen declined to use any substitutes, which left the starters a bit tired for the final game of the trip. As a result, the team showed a distinct lack of scoring against Bowdoin. Fortunately, the defense was able to hold up and prevent the Polar Bears from taking advantage. Chandler got the team on the board in the second but the two sides remained tied at the beginning of the third. Dearington, who had returned to school for a second senior year, netted the only goal in the third period and allowed the team to return home without a loss.https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1744&context=tnh_archive Three Wins For Varsity Hockey The New Hampshire January 26, 1928 January 3, 2025 The team had little time to recover before heading back out on the road and facing perhaps the best college team in the country. New Hampshire met Yale for the first time in program history and they swiftly saw their 9-game winning streak come to an end. Playing on an indoor rink for the first time in almost a year, the Wildcats were a bit unprepared for the speed of the game as well as the overpowering scoring from the Elis. UNH surrendered 3 goals to Ding Palmer, the lightning-quick Bulldog winger, in the first few minutes of the game. Yale kept the pressure on and buried the Wildcats under an avalanche of goals. The team was able to collect itself for a shot time in the second period and get goals from Reinhard and Percival but by then it was far too late to make any difference. On their return home, the team stopped off for a match with Brown. The game devolved into little more than a brawl for long stretched with little thought to scoring. The rough play appeared to catch the Bears off guard and disrupt their offense. Chandler opened the scoring in the last minute of the first and it took nearly a full period for Percival to double the lead. Brown joined in the scoring in the last minute of the second, however, Reinhart scored with just 3 seconds remaining to regain the 2-goal edge. That final marker proved fortuitous as the team was unable to find the net in the final period but Rodgers made some brilliant saves to keep his team ahead and win the match 3–2.https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:1005072/ HOCKEY SEXTET LOSES TO NEW HAMPSHIRE IN POORLY PLAYED GAME Brown Daily Herald January 26, 1928 January 3, 2025 After returning home, the team had some welcome news when the weather was good enough (barely) for their game against Massachusetts Agricultural to take place. On rough ice, the Wildcats continued their physical play that earned them a win against Brown and pushed the Aggies around all afternoon. The only time when the visitors were able to generate any offense was when the reserves were substituted in but that didn't stop the team from racking up another win.https://archive.org/details/massachuse19271928mass/page/n29/mode/2up?q=hockey Hockey Team Loses Two Close Contests The Massachusetts Collegian February 1, 1928 August 1, 2023 After pausing for the exam period, the team got back to work and headed south for a match with YMCA College. The Wildcats began with a flurry, scoring four times in the first period and riding that early outburst to victory. Wendelin scored his first goals of the season in the match.https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1746&context=tnh_archive WILDCAT HOCKEY SEXTET TRIMS SPRINGFIELD The New Hampshire February 9, 1928 January 3, 2025 The team was then supposed to play return matches with both Brown and YMCA, however, both matches were cancelled due to a lack of ice.https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1748&context=tnh_archive ALUMNI NEWS The New Hampshire February 23, 1928 January 3, 2025 It wasn't until late February that the Wildcats were able to play their final games of the season. The team managed to convince MIT to arrive a week after their game was scheduled to take place and participate in two games on the same day. While its unclear whether or not the first match was an exhibition or practice game, the second was an official match and resulted in a tie. George Joslin served as team manager. Roster yes Roland F. Chandler sr D 1905 5 30 USA Winchester, New Hampshire yes C Searls Dearington sr D 1903 4 4 USA Thompson, Connecticut yes Leo F. Garvey sr LW USA Dover, New Hampshire yes Edward H. Hunt jr G 1904 11 22 USA Exeter, New Hampshire yes Warren E. Percival sr C 1904 7 21 USA Gorham, New Hampshire yes Alvin R. Reinhart jr LW 1907 6 23 USA Medfield, Massachusetts yes John E. Rogers sr G USA Everett, Massachusetts yes Carl G. Wendelin jr RW 1905 9 5 USA Concord, New Hampshire yes Eugene S. Winkler so RW 1905 11 14 USA Exeter, New Hampshire yes Norman H. Young jr C 1905 1 22 USA Portsmouth, New Hampshire yes https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/1136/univ.-of-new-hampshire/1927-1928 1927-1928 Roster Elite Prospects December 29, 2024 Standings UNH Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="New Hampshire Wildcats #FFFFFF;" | Regular Season January 19 w yes yes no Colby Colby Rink Waterville, Maine 5–2 1–0–0 January 20 w yes yes no Bates Bartlett Street Rink Lewiston, Maine 5–3 2–0–0 January 21 w yes yes no Bowdoin Delta Rink Brunswick, Maine 2–1 3–0–0 January 24 l yes yes no Yale New Haven Arena New Haven, Connecticut 2–11 3–1–0 January 25 w yes yes no Brown Rhode Island Auditorium Providence, Rhode Island 3–2 4–1–0 January 27 w yes no Massachusetts Agricultural UNH Ice Rink Durham, New Hampshire 4–2 5–1–0 February 4 w yes yes no YMCA College West Side Arena Springfield, Massachusetts 5–3 6–1–0 February 22 w yes no MIT UNH Ice Rink Durham, New Hampshire Exhibition 6–1 † February 22 t yes no MIT UNH Ice Rink Durham, New Hampshire 1–1 OT 6–1–1 no no † The game took place in the morning with no mention of its occurrence by MIT. Its possible that it was used as a practice game as neither team had been able to get onto the ice for a long time prior to the 22nd.1929 Granite Yearbook https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=granite_yearbook University of New Hampshire January 3, 2025 References 50em Category:New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey seasons New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire