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When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, many college students joined the United States Armed Forces. As a result many colleges suspended some or all of their athletic programs for the duration of the war. A few ice hockey programs continued to operate for the 1917–18 season but those were perishingly few.
Though U.S. colleges had been fielding men's ice hockey teams since 1895, [1] the NCAA did not have a formal tournament in place to decide a champion until after World War II. [2] Starting with the 1947-48 season, the NCAA tournament invited the four top-ranked teams to Colorado Springs, Colorado to compete for the NCAA Championship.
The 1917–18 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season was the 24th season ... operations due to World War I. Most would return shortly after the war's end.
Because of how recent the end of the war was at the start of the season, many programs played a partial schedule if any at all. Army, however, was able to put together a slate of 9 games. Unfortunately, before the first match occurred, warm weather rendered Stuart Rink unusable and the team was forced back onto Lusk Reservoir.
With the end of World War I coming in November 1918, some colleges restarted their ice hockey programs. Even them, most only played a handful of games so the young program at Boston College was still only able to schedule three matches. The highlight for the year was BC's first match against the top program from Harvard.
Date Opponent Site Result Record Regular Season; January 11 vs. Boston Hockey Club* Charlesbank Rink • Brighton, Massachusetts: W 3–2 1–0–0 January 30 Fort Devens* Cambridge, Massachusetts: W 3–0 2–0–0 January 31 vs. Boston College* Charlesbank Rink • Brighton, Massachusetts: W 7–2 3–0–0 February 1 vs. Boston Hockey Club*
1944–45 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season (1 C, 1 P) 1945–46 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season (1 C, 1 P) 1946–47 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season (1 C, 1 P)
Dartmouth returned to the ice after a year layoff, due in part to the end of World War I. The Greens opened their intercollegiate season with two shutout victories over Tufts but when they encountered Harvard the teams fought a pitched battle for supremacy of the 1920 season. The score was close but Dartmouth fell 3–4.