# 1946–47 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season

The 1946–47 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season was the 6th season of play for the program. The Nittany Lions represented Pennsylvania State University and were coached by James O'Hora in his 1st season.

## Season

After the end of the war, many of the players on previous teams returned to campus. Penn State restarted its ice hockey program in 1946 and arranged a few games but the problems that had plagued the team before had not been resolved. The program still didn't have a home building and the cost of travelling for all of its games was a burden. On top of that, despite having veteran players, the team wasn't competitive in any of its games. After the year the school made the only choice it had a discontinued the varsity program. It would later resurface as a club team in the early 1970s and eventually return to varsity status in 2012

## Standings

1946–47 Collegiate ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Army | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 64 | 72 |
| Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 139 | 63 |
| Boston University | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .763 | 159 | 80 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 170 | 94 |
| Bowdoin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | – | – |
| Clarkson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 75 | 79 |
| Colby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Colgate | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Colorado College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| Cornell | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 37 |
| Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 152 | 54 |
| Fort Devens State | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Georgetown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – |
| Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | – | – |
| Holy Cross | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lehigh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 41 |
| Michigan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 111 | 76 |
| Michigan Tech | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | – | – |
| Middlebury | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| Minnesota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | – | – |
| MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 19 |
| North Dakota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 50 |
| Northeastern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | – | – |
| Norwich | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
| Penn State | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 37 |
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | – | – |
| Saint Michael's | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| St. Lawrence | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| Tufts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Williams | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | – | – |
| Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | – | – |

## Schedule and results

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record |
| Regular Season |||||
| January 18 | at Colgate* | Hamilton, New York | L 0–14 | 0–1–0 |
| February 12 | at Army* | Smith Rink • West Point, New York | L 3–12 | 0–2–0 |
| March 3 | at Georgetown* | Uline Arena • Washington, D.C. | L 4–11 | 0–3–0 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. |||||

## Scoring Statistics

| Name | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| Fred Bernbaum | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| John Egan | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Ted Cauffman | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Richard Nelson | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Total | | 7 | | | |