1947–48 Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey season

March 2026 August 2023 color:white; background:#CC0000; a #000000 2px white white Boston University Terriers white 1947–48 Boston University Terriers wordmark.svg 175 Boston University Terriers men New England Intercollegiate Hockey League NEIHL 1st 20–4–0 12–1–0 7–1–0 6–1–0 7–2–0 Harry Cleverly Benjamin Forbes Boston Arena NEIHL, Champion 1946–47 1948–49 Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1947–48 Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey season was the 26th season of play for the program but first under the oversight of the NCAA. The Terriers represent Boston University and were coached by Harry Cleverly, in his 3rd season. Season With the advent of a national tournament for this season, Boston University was one of the eastern teams favored to receive one of the two available bids. The Terriers didn't disappoint early when their offense, led by the top line of Dana Hixon, Irving Haynes and Jack Clopeck, showed up in force. BU scored in bunches and dominated their first four opponents. Their fifth game would be their biggest test, however, as Dartmouth was another prospective tournament hopeful, having won the last four eastern intercollegiate titles. Both teams were the measure of the other in the match and the two heavyweights fought to a draw in regulation. Unfortunately for the Terriers, Dartmouth pulled out the victory in overtime.Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA) - Class of 1948 http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Boston_University_Hub_Yearbook/1948/Page_242.html Boston University February 9, 2023 BU responded to their first loss of the season by going on a tear through eastern teams, winning their next four games by wide margins. After a week off the Terriers slowed down a bit but continued to pile up the victories and ran their record to 11–1. The team was hoping to break even with Dartmouth in the rematch, however, the second edition looked eerily similar to the first as the Indians took the match 5–6 in regulation. With the two losses to the greens and Dartmouth being the best team in the east, Boston University would need to win its conference championship if it had any hope of making the tournament. To that point, the Terriers had been undefeated in league play and that trend continued as BU went on a third winning streak. Their final game of the regular season came against rival Boston College and was a rematch of an earlier BU victory. While the game would not affect BU's position in the standings, as they had already guaranteed themselves the NEIHL title, It could still impact the selection committee's decision on who would be the second eastern team. The Eagles, who were now playing with a full complement of players, stunned BU with a 2–9 drubbing and evened the season series. Fortunately, the Terriers had a chance to improve their standing because the NEIHL had instituted a conference tournament this season. BU was set against 3rd-place team Northeastern and were expecting the beat the Huskies for the third time that season, however, BU's defense faltered for the second straight game and the Terriers fell 5–8. The loss all but guaranteed that BU would not be selected for the tournament and the Terriers took their frustration out on Bowdoin in the consolation game, hammering the Polar Bears 18–4 and setting a new program record (since broken) for the most goals scored in one game. Roster no yes 1 Ralph E. Bevins Ralph Bevins so G 1924 10 7 New Hampshire yes 2 James Smith sr D yes 5 Jerome Gleason jr D yes 6 William Kirrane jr F Massachusetts Brookline, Massachusetts yes 8 Irving Haynes so F Massachusetts Waltham, Massachusetts yes 9 Larry Dutton D yes 10 Benjamin Forbes sr F yes C 11 William Jurgelevich so D yes 12 Don Cleary jr F Massachusetts Cambridge, Massachusetts yes 14 Donald M. Dockrell F 1925 10 20 Connecticut Weathersfield, Connecticut yes 15 Lloyd Robinson F Massachusetts Wellesley, Massachusetts yes 16 Jack Clopeck F 1925 5 15 New York Schenectady, New York yes 17 Bob Bell so F Massachusetts Framingham, Massachusetts yes 18 Dana Hixon so F Massachusetts Framingham, Massachusetts yes 20 Walt Anderson so D Massachusetts Waltham, Massachusetts yes Bill Gibson F yes Dick Grant F yes John D. Pynchon so D 1927 6 24 Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts yes https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/633/boston-univ./1947-1948#players Boston Univ. Elite Prospects February 9, 2023 Standings BU BU Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | Regular Season December 6 w yes no MIT Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 10–5 1–0–0 1–0–0 December 8 w no Fort Devens State Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 10–1 2–0–0 2–0–0 December 10 w yes yes no Harvard Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 8–2 3–0–0 December 16 w yes no MIT Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 7–0 4–0–0 3–0–0 December 18 l yes yes no Dartmouth Davis Rink Hanover, New Hampshire 5–6 OT 4–1–0 December 22 w yes no Northeastern Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 7–5 5–1–0 4–0–0 January 5 w yes no Holy Cross Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 13–5 6–1–0 January 7 w yes no Colby South End Arena Waterville, Maine 5–0 7–1–0 5–0–0 January 8 w yes yes no Brown Rhode Island Auditorium Providence, Rhode Island 13–2 8–1–0 January 17 w yes yes no Yale New Haven Arena New Haven, Connecticut 4–3 9–1–0 January 20 w no Fort Devens State Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 6–3 10–1–0 6–0–0 January 24 w yes no New Hampshire UNH Ice Rink Durham, New Hampshire 6–4 11–1–0 7–0–0 January 26 l yes no Dartmouth Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 5–6 11–2–0 January 27 w no New Hampshire Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 4–1 12–2–0 8–0–0 January 30 w yes yes no Army Smith Rink West Point, New York 4–3 13–2–0 January 31 w yes yes no Princeton Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Princeton, New Jersey 8–1 14–2–0 February 2 w yes no Northeastern Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 12–2 15–2–0 9–0–0 February 3 w yes no Boston College Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 5–3 16–2–0 10–0–0 February 10 w no Norwich Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 7–3 17–2–0 11–0–0 February 11 w yes yes no Harvard Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 10–6 18–2–0 March 2 w no Middlebury Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 5–4 OT 19–2–0 12–0–0 March 3 l yes no Boston College Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 2–9 19–3–0 12–1–0 |- !colspan=12 style="Boston University Terriers #FFFFFF;" | NEIHL Tournament March 8 l yes yes no Northeastern Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts NEIHL Semifinal 5–8 19–4–0 March 9 w yes no Bowdoin Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts NEIHL Consolation 18–4 20–4–0 no no Boston University men's Hockey 2021-22 Record Book https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/goterriers.com/documents/2022/11/15/2223-mih-record-book.pdf Boston University Terriers February 9, 2023 Scoring statistics 2 Boston University Terriers Name Position Games Goals Assists Points #FFFFFF PIM Dana Hixon 1 - 33 16 49 - Don Cleary 1 - 21 16 37 - Bill Gibson 1 24 13 18 31 - Benjamin Forbes 1 - 17 13 30 - William Kirrane 1 - 8 13 21 - Donald Cockrell 1 19 2 3 5 - John Pynchon 1 8 0 0 0 - Irving Haynes 1 - - 23 - - Walt Anderson 1 - - - - - Bob Bell 1 - - - - - Jack Clopeck 1 - - - - - Larry Dutton 1 - - - - - Jerome Gleason 1 - - - - - William Jurgelevich 1 - - - - - Lloyd Robinson 1 - - - - - James Smith 1 - - - - - Ralph Bevins 1 G 24 - - - - Total 123 130 253 - Boston University 1947-48 roster and statistics https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/633/boston-univ./1947-1948?tab=stats#players EliteProspects February 9, 2023 References 50em External links Category:Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey seasons Boston University Boston University Boston University Category:1940s in Boston