1928–29 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season

March 2026 January 2025 color:white; background:#8C2232; a #DBCCA4 2px white white Boston College Eagles white 1928–29 Boston College Eagles wordmark.svg 250 Boston College Eagles men NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey) Independent 5–9–0 3–2–0 1–5–0 1–2–0 Sonny Foley Art MorrisseyNick Tedesco Boston Arena 1927–28 1932–33 Boston College Eagles #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1928–29 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season was the 12th season of play for the program. The Eagles were coached by Sonny Foley in his 2nd season. Season Before the start of the season, Boston College was finally able to resolve the issues it had with scheduling college opponents and put together a slate that would allow the team to compete for an intercollegiate title. Unfortunately, the news wasn't all good; Nick Tedesco, one of the top-rated wingers in the country, was told by doctors that he would have to sit out the entire season.https://archive.org/details/subturriundertow1929bost/page/410/mode/2up?q=hockey Sub Turri 1929 Boston College December 3, 2024 Worse, most of the returning players were unavailable for the first match against Dartmouth and coach Foley had to rely on a contingent made up entirely of men from last year's freshman team. Despite the long odds, the team did well to hold the powerful Indians to just 3 goals. Once many of the regular starters returned after New Years, they showed a lack of teamwork as they had yet to figure out how to operate without Tedesco. Against Loyola, "Pete" Sanford was starting his first game at center but apparently didn't know how to fulfill the role and never attempted to pass the puck to his wingers. On the rare occasions where the Eagles were able to get into the Warriors' end, their shots were easily turned aside. On the other end of the ice, Art Morrissey had his hands full stemming the tide. Though BC made the Canadians work for every goal, there was no shortage in scoring and the Eagles were soundly beaten to the tune of 0–6.https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights19290108.2.18&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Loyola Defeats B.C. 6-0 in Battle on Ice The Heights January 8, 1929 December 3, 2024 The Eagles had little time to recover from their poor start as they played three games over a four-day road trip. They headed north first for a rematch with Dartmouth. While the club performed better than it had in the opening match, which included the first two goals on the year from Horan and Payson, they fell short by 3 goals once more.https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights19290115.2.16&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Eagles Lose to Dartmouth 5-2 The Heights January 15, 1929 December 3, 2024 Two days later, the team got back on track against a Pennsylvania squad that was playing its first season in six years.https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/?a=d&d=tdp19290112-01.2.7&e=-12-1897--03-1898--en-20--1--txt-txIN-hockey------ Red and Blue Skaters Drop Fast Battle to Boston College Sextet The Daily Pennsylvanian January 12, 1929 June 6, 2021 That victory nearly carried over into the next night when BC gave another championship contender, Princeton, everything they could handle. Fitzgerald held the Tigers scoreless in the first two periods, allowing Sliney's goal early in the second to give BC a lead going into the third. The Eagles were playing a very strong game on both ends of the ice to that point but Princeton would not go down without a fight. Two goals midway through the period gave the Tigers their first lead, however, Gibson soon had the score tied While Morrissey got Boston College its second lead with less than 2 minutes to play. Unfortunately, the defense was caught napping after the faceoff and Princeton knotted the score once more just 18 seconds later. In the first the two 5-minute overtime periods, Princeton scored and then were content to play defense for the rest of the match. BC tried desperately to get another goal but they were turned aside each time.https://papersofprinceton.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19290114-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- NEW ENGLAND OUTFIT DEFEATED BY NASSAU IN OVERTIME PERIOD The Daily Princetonian January 14, 1929 December 3, 2024 Boston College returned from its arduous trip and began to prepare for the first of two games with rival Boston University. In a very physical game, the Terriers dominated play for most of the match. Gibson had the only tally for the Eagles, who were able to keep pace with BU at the start but wore down as time went on. The game also became increasingly physical as it progressed with 20 penalties were handed out between the two teams. By the end of the match, there were only five skaters on the ice (three for BU two for BC) with the rest having been crammed into the penalty box.https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights19290122.2.21&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- B.U. Terriers Defeat Eagles The Heights January 22, 1929 December 3, 2024 After the game, the team elected Morrissey as team captain for the remainder of the season. The next week, the team took on the Boston Athletic Association and ended up getting into a track meet. At the start, the puck was skated up the ice constantly from BAA, with Boston College only shooting the puck down to the other end of the rink. Fitzgerald was left on his own during this time but he played brilliantly, making 10 saves in the first 5 minutes. The amateur netminder, on the other hand, faced just 3 shots in the first period. BC woke up in the second and began to attack the BAA cage. Both teams played like they were trying to outskate the other and treated the fans to a tremendous exhibition. The amateurs scored in the second but the goals was disallowed, leaving the game scoreless the start of the third. BC finally broke the tie when Scully sent a harmless shot from the corner in front of the goal. It rebounded off of a defender's skate and into the net. BAA tied the game a few minutes later with a head-hunting shot that forced Fitzgerald to duck out of the way. The final goal resulted when Gibson found an open Groden in front of the cage who whacked the puck past the amateurs' netminder for the winner.https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights19290129.2.26&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Eagles Conquor Unicorns, 2-1. The Heights January 29, 1929 December 3, 2024 After pausing for the exam break, the team returned with a match against Holy Cross. Fitzgerald was the star of the show, stopping several scoring opportunities from the Crusaders to earn his first shutout of the season. Morrissey bookended the scoring with two goals and the Eagles looked like they hand finally rounded into form.https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights19290212.2.14&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Eagles Show Superiority to the Crusader Sextet in Ice Battle, 4-0 The Heights February 12, 1929 December 3, 2024 They got a chance to show off that presumed improvement with their rematch to Boston University in the next game. The game was only slightly less physical as both teams sought to beat the other into submission. Unfortunately for the Eagles, they were without the services of Gibson and their offense suffered accordingly. Though the play on the ice was mostly even, the score was identical to the first game and BC fell 1–4.https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights19290219.2.17&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Eagles Defeated by B.U. Terriers The Heights February 19, 1929 December 3, 2024 Two days later the Eagles shook off the loss by downing Penn for the second time that season. Sanford's hat-trick led the way to a 6–1 win that saw Boston College dominate from the opening faceoff. BC then headed off on its second road trip of the year, making its first stop in Connecticut for a match with Yale. The Elis had no sympathy for BC, who were still without Gibson, and pumped 5 goals past Fitzgerald. Though the Eagles managed to keep pace with the speedy Bulldogs for much of the game, they had no offensive punch and even managed to miss an open cage in the second period.https://ydnhistorical.library.yale.edu/?a=d&d=YDN19290220-01.2.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------false BLUE PUCKSTERS DEFEAT BOSTON COLLEGE 5 TO 0 Yale Daily News February 20, 1929 December 3, 2024 By the end of the week, the Eagles were in Montreal for their second game with Loyola. This time the Maroon squad put up a decent fight and had the match tied entering the third period. However, the long trip may have taken something out of the team as it slowed visibly in the third. Loyola netted two quick goals and skated away with another win. The next night the team faced an aggregation of former Canadian college players who were used to facing professional clubs. Fitzgerald played what might have been the best game of his career, turning aside several glorious scoring chances. Though they ultimately fell in the game, the fact that the team managed to keep the score within one goal spoke very highly of the squad.https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights19290226.2.22&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Hockey Sextet Play Fine Game The Heights February 26, 1929 December 3, 2024 The final game came at the beginning of March against Holy Cross. Just as they had in the first match, BC overpowered the Crusaders, scoring 6 goals to carry the day. The one blemish came midway through when Fitzgerald let in a soft goal. After his shutout bid was ruined, Marr was installed in goal and allowed to get his first taste of game action.https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights19290305.2.18&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- H.C. Defeated by B.C. Pucksters The Heights March 5, 1929 December 3, 2024 Despite the poor record, BC had performed well during the season. Unfortunately, the program would later be shuttered due to the Wall Street crash and would not return until 1933. Robert F. Buck served as team manager. Roster yes Joseph W. Fallon jr LW yes Leon C. Fitzgerald jr G 1908 1 30 USA Weymouth, Massachusetts yes Lawrence W. Gibson jr LW USA Cambridge, Massachusetts yes John F. Groden jr RW 1908 3 16 USA Watertown, Massachusetts yes Lawrence J. Horan so yes Edmund L. Kelleher jr C USA West Roxbury, Massachusetts yes John D. Marr Jr. fr G USA Dorchester, Massachusetts yes Arthur M. Morrissey sr D USA Medford, Massachusetts yes C John J. O'Neill so RW yes Perley J. Payson jr LW 1906 9 13 USA Quincy, Massachusetts yes Laurence F. Sanford so C USA Melrose, Massachusetts yes Caleb J. Scully fr D 1906 5 14 USA Hamilton, Massachusetts yes Joseph W. Shea so C yes Edward G. Sliney jr D 1905 6 9 USA Boston, Massachusetts yes Nicholas P. Tedesco sr USA West Newton, Massachusetts yes C https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/911/boston-college/1928-1929#players 1928-1929 Roster Elite Prospects August 20, 2020 Standings BC Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Boston College Eagles #FFFFFF;" | Regular Season December 21 l yes no Dartmouth Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 0–3 0–1–0 January 5 l yes no Loyola Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 0–6 0–2–0 January 9 l yes yes no Dartmouth Occom pond Hanover, New Hampshire 2–5 0–3–0 January 11 w yes yes no Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ice Palace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6–0 1–3–0 January 12 l yes yes no Princeton Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Princeton, New Jersey 3–4 2OT 1–4–0 January 18 l yes yes no Boston University Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts Rivalry 1–4 1–5–0 January 25 w yes yes no Boston Athletic Association Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 2–1 2–5–0 February 6 w yes no Holy Cross Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 4–0 3–5–0 February 13 l yes yes no Boston University Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts Rivalry 1–4 3–6–0 February 15 w yes no Pennsylvania Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–1 4–6–0 February 19 l yes yes no Yale New Haven Arena New Haven, Connecticut 0–5 4–7–0 February 22 l yes yes no Loyola Montreal, Quebec 3–5 4–8–0 February 23 l yes yes no Sherbrooke Hockey Club Sherbrooke, Quebec 2–3 4–9–0 March 1 w yes no Holy Cross Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–1 5–9–0 no no Boston College men's Hockey 2023-24 Media Guide https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/bceagles.com/documents/2024/1/16/2023-24_MIH_Media_Guide.pdf Boston College Eagles February 19, 2024 References 50em Category:Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey seasons Boston College Boston College Boston College