The 1925–26 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season was the 23rd season of play for the program. The team was coached by

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in his 3rd season.

Season

Entering the season with most of the previous team's starters still enrolled, Army had high hopes for the team in 1926 and arranged their schedule accordingly. Several strong team were engaged for a trip to West Point and the Cadets were preparing for a hard test throughout the year. Unfortunately, as luck would have it, the weather was not accommodating. The Cadets were unable to get Stuart Rink up and running in December and were forced to trek south to Bear Mountain and use the artificial rink there. Infrequent practices occurred over a two-week period before the first game, by which time Stuart had become usable. Even with a full series of practices under their belt, Army would have been hard pressed to win their first match.

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demonstrated that they were one of the best teams from the start of their season and they continued that trend by rolling over the Cadets. Army got their first win of the season against

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the following week but it didn't come easy. After surrendering a 2-goal lead to the Bobcats, Scheiffler netted the winning goal with a few minutes left in the game. The next game on Army's schedule was against

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, however, BC does not record the game as having taken place. Contemporary news accounts show that the team was worried about the condition of the ice prior to the match but makes no reference to the game afterwards. Its possible that a junior varsity squad was sent in their place, particularly since Army referred to the team as being full of players whose last names began with 'Mc' and 'O' while only one of the Eagles' regular players fell into that category. The Cadets evened their record a second time with a win over

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and then a snowstorm dumped several feet of snow on West Point. Since the snow couldn't be cleared off of the rink in time, Army was forced back to Bear Mountain for their game against

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. Snowfall affected the next game as well as the match with

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was limited to just 2 periods. Army's losing streak ran to 3 games with a loss to

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a few days later but the rink began to become rough afterwards. In the contest against Middlebury, which had been rescheduled from January 20 due to a lack of ice, was severely slowed by bad ice. Only one goal could be scored, early in the game, but fortunately for the Cadets it was from the stick of Heidner. Army ended their season against Williams and were shut down by the Ephs. The game against

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was cancelled due to the death of one of the Paladins players. Charles Sloane served as the team's manager.

Roster

Standings

Schedule and Results

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† Boston College does not record a game against Army this season.

References

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