1925–26 New Hampshire Bulls men's ice hockey season

March 2026 January 2025 color:white; background:#041E42; a #BBBCBC 2px white white New Hampshire Bulls white 1925–26 New Hampshire Bulls men NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey) Independent 1–6–0 1–3–0 0–3–0 Ernest Christensen Fred Fudge UNH Ice Rink 1924–25 1926–27 New Hampshire Wildcats #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1925–26 New Hampshire Bulls men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of play for the program. The Bulls represented the University of New Hampshire and were coached by Ernest Christensen in his 1st season. Season Before the season, Hank Swasey turned control of the program over to Ernest Christensen.https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1678&context=tnh_archive SKATING ON POND GOVERNED BY RULES The New Hampshire December 3, 1925 December 31, 2024 The new coach got his team onto the campus rink as soon as possible to prepare for its opening game at the beginning of January. Unfortunately, One of the three returning starters, William Proudman, did not return to campus for the spring semester and would need to be replaced.https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1680&context=tnh_archive HOCKEY SEASON TO BEGIN ON SATURDAY The New Hampshire January 7, 1926 December 31, 2024 Due to weather delays, the opening match was postponed for a week but the team was eventually able to play its first game in mind January. In the program's first ever home game, the Exeter Town Team gave the squad a bloody nose, scoring twice in the first. Percival, the starting center, did his best to even the count, notching two goals for the home side but a third marker from the visitors gave UNH its first loss of the year.https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1682&context=tnh_archive HOCKEY TEAM LOSES OPENER TO EXETER The New Hampshire January 21, 1926 December 31, 2024 When games with Bates and Massachusetts Agricultural were cancelled, the Exeter team stepped in as understudies for a rematch. Blewett and Fudge were stars of the game for the Bulls, holding off the fast amateur club. Percival continued to be the only one able to score for UNH and recorded the program's fist hat-trick. Unfortunately, the rest of the team wasn't able to keep up and the visitors scored four goals at the end of periods when the Bulls were tiring.https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1683&context=tnh_archive VARSITY RINK MEN LOSE TO EXETER The New Hampshire January 28, 1926 December 31, 2024 At the end of the month, UNH took a road trip through Maine and saw their offensive woes come to a head. Percival remained the only Bull able to find the back of the net but, in the three games combined, he scored just a single marker. Despite a valiant effort from Blewett against the St. Jean Club, the Bulls were handed their third loss of the year. The following day, the team was overwhelmed by one of the top amateur clubs in the region and forced to play defense for almost the entire match. The Association of St. Dominique's hammered New Hampshire 0–11 for a fourth consecutive defeat. In the final game, the exhausted team was barely able to keep up with Bates. Even with Blewett making 32 saves in the match, the offense was non-existent and the club was now winless in five games.https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1684&context=tnh_archive HOCKEY TEAM LOSES MAINE TRIP GAMES The New Hampshire February 4, 1926 December 31, 2024 In early February, New Hampshire played its first home intercollegiate game and the team finally produced a solid effort. Dearington, who was the overall star of the match, scored his first goal of the year, as did Ide and Fudge. Percival, who assisted on two of the goals, also scored one himself to give the team enough offense to finally win a match.https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1685&context=tnh_archive COLBY DEFEATED BY NEW HAMPSHIRE SIX The New Hampshire February 12, 1926 December 31, 2024 The team wrapped up their season a week later at the winter carnival against Massachusetts Agricultural. Percival opened the scoring with his 8th goal of the season, but that was the only goal the Bulls could muster. The Aggies far more experienced sextet outplayed UNH in the latter half of the match and took the game 1–3.https://archive.org/details/massachuse19251926mass/page/n31/mode/2up?q=hockey N.H. Sextet Bows to Aggie Ice Team The Massachusetts Collegian February 17, 1926 July 27, 2023 Roster yes Henry B. Applin sr D 1902 4 14 USA Providence, Rhode Island yes Edward Y. Blewett sr G 1905 3 22 USA Braintree, Massachusetts yes Roland F. Chandler so D/RW 1905 5 30 USA Winchester, New Hampshire yes Searls Dearington jr LW 1903 4 4 USA Thompson, Connecticut yes James H. English jr LW 1903 8 16 USA Manchester, New Hampshire yes Frederic W. Fudge sr D USA Stoneham, Massachusetts yes Leo F. Garvey so RW USA Dover, New Hampshire yes Nicholas P. Ide sr RW 1903 2 28 USA Wayland, Massachusetts yes Warren E. Percival so C 1904 7 21 USA Gorham, New Hampshire yes Albert R. Reinhart so LW 1903 6 2 USA West Roxbury, Massachusetts yes Edwin B. Vatter sr D 1904 12 16 USA Wayland, Massachusetts yes https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/1136/univ.-of-new-hampshire/1925-1926 1925-1926 Roster Elite Prospects December 29, 2024 Standings UNH Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="New Hampshire Wildcats #FFFFFF;" | Regular Season January 16 l yes no Exeter Town Team UNH Ice Rink Durham, New Hampshire 2–3 0–1–0 January 23 l yes no Exeter Town Team UNH Ice Rink Durham, New Hampshire 3–4 0–2–0 January 28 l yes yes no St. Jean's Club West End Arena Waterville, Maine 1–4 0–3–0 January 29 l yes yes no St. Dominique's Bartlett Street Rink Lewiston, Maine 0–11 0–4–0 January 30 l yes yes no Bates Bartlett Street Rink Lewiston, Maine 0–2 † 0–5–0 February 6 w yes no Colby UNH Ice Rink Durham, New Hampshire 4–2 1–5–0 February 13 l yes no Massachusetts Agricultural UNH Ice Rink Durham, New Hampshire 1–3 1–6–0 no no † Bates records the score of the game as 0–1 in their favor.1927 Granite Yearbook https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=granite_yearbook University of New Hampshire December 31, 2024 Scoring statistics 2 New Hampshire Wildcats Name Position Games Goals Warren Percival 1 C - 8 Searls Dearington 1 LW - 1 Fred Fudge 1 D - 1 Doc Ide 1 RW - 1 Hank Applin 1 D - 0 Duke Blewett 1 G - 0 Baron Chandler 1 D/RW - 0 Jim English 1 LW - 0 Leo Garvey 1 RW - 0 Al Reinheart 1 LW - 0 Ed Vatter 1 D - 0 Total 11 References 50em Category:New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey seasons New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire