1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season

Inaugural season March 2026 August 2023 color:white; background:#13294B; a #E84A27 2px white white Illinois Fighting Illini white 1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini logo.svg 125 Illinois Fighting Illini men NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey) Independent 0–4–0 0–3–0 0–1–0 Ray Eliot University of Illinois Ice Arena 1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program. Season At the end of the Great Depression, Illinois decided to join fellow Big Ten members Michigan and Minnesota with their own varsity ice hockey team. The university spent more than $30,000 refurbishing the on-campus rink and managed to schedule a few games near the end of the season.https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t9p285k0w&view=1up&seq=171&q1=hockey 1938 Illio University of Illinois May 5, 2021 The football team's new line coach, Ray Eliot, became the program's first head coach but didn't have much time to get the hastily assembled team to work together. Paul Salter scored the program's first goal.https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=DIL19380222.2.84&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN--------- Notre Dame Stops First Illini Hockey Team, 2-1 The Daily Illini February 22, 1938 May 5, 2021 Roster yes Richard K. Babbitt so F USA Riverside, Illinois yes James D. Beaumont jr G USA Des Plaines, Illinois yes Frank E. Bell sr F USA Purdys, New York yes John R. Berner sr F/D USA Morris, Illinois yes Edward H. Carlson jr D USA East Moline, Illinois yes Richard M. Fee jr D USA Chicago, Illinois yes George E. Fieldhouse so USA Pleasantville, New Jersey yes Ned J. Gardner jr USA Rockford, Illinois yes William A. Hochschild Jr. jr USA Evanston, Illinois yes Charles W. Mettler fr USA La Grange, Illinois yes Floyd A. Neckrosh sr F USA Chicago, Illinois yes C. Paul Slater so USA Urbana, Illinois yes Maurice P. Thompson so F USA Pleasantville, New Jersey yes John M. White so F USA Seymour, Illinois yes Standings ILL Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Illinois Fighting Illini #FFFFFF;" | Regular season February 21 l yes no Notre Dame ‡ University of Illinois Ice Arena Champaign, Illinois 1–2 0–1–0 February 26 l yes no Chicago ‡ University of Illinois Ice Arena Champaign, Illinois 1–3 0–2–0 March 3 l yes yes no Minnesota Minneapolis Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota 2–7 0–3–0 March 10 l yes no Michigan University of Illinois Ice Arena Champaign, Illinois 1–8 0–4–0 no no ‡ Notre Dame's and Chicago's programs were club teams at the time. References 50em Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey seasons Illinois Illinois Illinois