# 1936–37 Lafayette Leopards men's ice hockey season

The 1936–37 Lafayette Leopards men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program. The Leopards represented Lafayette College and were coached by Henry W. Clark and Dale H. Moore in their 1st seasons.

## Season

After an aborted attempt at forming an ice hockey team in the 1920, students at Lafayette tried a second time to form a squad in the mid 30s. Two years later, the school's athletic director, Henry W. Clark, announced that the school's first official ice hockey game would take place in February. The Leopards lost their opening match to a collection of Princeton all-stars but produced a credible result considering that it was their first game together.
A second match was arranged for the following week against Swarthmore at Skytop rink, unfortunately, soft ice necessitated the cancellation of the game. The team's second match that season ended up being played against Lehigh at Skytop. It resulted in the first win for the Leopards' program, albeit against a club team.

## Standings

1936–37 Eastern 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 22 |
| Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 42 |
| Boston University | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 50 | 55 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 55 |
| Bowdoin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – |
| Brown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
| Clarkson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 26 |
| Colgate | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| Cornell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 114 | 117 |
| Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – |
| Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| Lafayette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Massachusetts State | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| Middlebury | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | – | – |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 34 |
| Northeastern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | – | – |
| Rensselaer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| Williams | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | – | – |

## Schedule and results

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record |
| Regular Season |||||
| February 13 | at Princeton All-Stars* | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | L 3–7 | 0–1–0 |
| February 27 | vs. Lehigh* | Skytop Rink • Skytop, Pennsylvania | W 3–2 | 1–1–0 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. |||||

## Scoring statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| Bud Kinne | C | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Tony Cavallo | RW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Frank Murphy | C/D | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Wes McLaughlin | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Charlie Scofield | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| John Allen | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Boyer | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Breitowitch | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Clark | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Bud Henderson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Peterson | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Norbert Weldon | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Nils Askman | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| DeMuro | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Bill Farinon | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Mailler | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Bud Peace | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Edward Ricci | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Total | | | 6 | 3 | 9 | - |