1940–41 Romanian Hockey League season

The 1940-41 Romanian Hockey League season was the 15th season of the Romanian Championship. Juventus Bucharest won the championship.Flamaropol, Mihai "50 de ani de hochei în România". 1976.
==Season overview==
Following the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, the June 1940 Soviet Ultimatum demanded from Romania the northern part of Bukovina, a region bordering Galicia (the latter annexed by the Soviet Union at 1939 Poland's partition in 1939). The Soviet demand for Bukovina surprised Nazi Germany, though it did not formally oppose it. In the first Soviet ultimatum addressed to the Romanian government, the partly Ukrainian populated northern Bukovina was "demanded" as a minor "reparation for the great loss produced to the Soviet Union and Bassarabia's population by twenty-two years of Romanian domination of Bassarabia". On June 28, 1940, the Romanian government evacuated Northern Bukovina, and the Red Army moved in, with the new Soviet-Romanian border being traced less than 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Putna Monastery.
Hungary also attempted to regain Transylvania, which it had lost in World War I. Germany and Italy pressured both Hungary and Romania to resolve the situation in a bilateral agreement. The two delegation met in Turnu Severin but the negotiations failed due to a demand for a 60,000 square kilometres territory on Hungarian side and only a population exchange on Romanian side. To impede a Hungarian-Romanian war in their "hinterland", the Axis powers pressured both governments to accept their arbitration: the Second Vienna Award, which reassigned the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
These developments precluded teams from Cernauti, Miercurea Ciuc, and Targu Mures from participating in the national championship, which was limited solely to Bucharest. Juventus Bucharest, the successor to Rapid Bucharest, won the championship by defeating Venus Bucharest in the final. It was watched by 1500 spectators and was the last game to take place at the Patinoarul Otetelesanu, which was closed by its owners who sold the rink's compressors and refrigeration systems on the second-hand market.
==Bucharest Championship==
Curentul, assorted issues
;Category II-a
*2/21: PTT Bucharest - CFR Bucharest 5:2 
*2/23: Viforul Dacia Bucharest - CFR Bucharest 5:1 (0:0, 4:1, 1:0)
*2/25: Juventus Bucharest II - Viforul Dacia Bucharest 4:4 2OT (0:1, 1:0, 0:0, 1:1, 1:1) 
*2/25: Juventus Bucharest II - Venus Bucharest II 5:4
*2/26: Juventus II - Viforul
==National Championship==
*12/20: Venus Bucharest - Metropola Bucharest 6:2 (1:0, 0:0, 5:2) - Barbulescu (2), Cantacuzino (3), Buia / Vasilichian (2)
*12/21: Venus Bucharest - Juventus Bucharest 0:0 (0:0, 0:0, 0:0)
*12/22: Juventus Bucharest - Metropola Bucharest 9:1 (3:0, 4:1, 2:0) - Juventus goals, Petrovici (5), Flamoropol (3), Pana
*1/14: Juventus Bucharest - Venus Bucharest 2:0 (0:0, 2:0, 0:0) - Sadovsky, Pana
*1/30: Juventus Bucharest - Metropola Bucharest 3:0 Forfeit 
*2/1: Venus Bucharest - Metropola Bucharest 3:0 Forfeit 
===Team rosters===
*Juventus Bucharest: Goaltender: Dorin Dron, Defensemen: Sadovsky, Paul Anastasiu, Forwards: Constantin Tico, Alexandru Botez, Radu Tanase, Mihai Flamoropol, Eduard Pana, Bob Petrovici.
*Venus Bucharest: Flueras - Tomovici (Buia), Slarinescu - Fl. Popescu, Cantacuzino, Cosman - Barbulescu, Teodorescu, Vulcanescu.
==Directors Cup==
;First round
*12/29: Juventus Bucharest - Bucharest Juniors 4:0 (0:0, 1:0, 3:0)
Juventus: Raţiu (Buşac), Poli­­zu, Flamaropol, Ţico, Petrovici, Ego Munteanu, Enderfi, Huşanu (Bumbă­­ţescu, Emil Lupescu). 
Juniors : Budac, Stănciulescu, Aurel Tănase, Vianiek, Andoniu, Dan Alexandrescu, Dan Constantinescu, V. Petrescu. 
*12/29: Metropola Bucharest - Viforul Dacia Bucharest 9:2 (4:0, 4:0, 1:2) 
Metropola: Stănculescu, T.­ Ioan, Grecu, Bărbulescu, Buta, Fe­­raru, Griwinski, Filipiekiewics, Ră­­şeanu. 
Dacia: Marinescu, Bănişor, Bolser, Grecescu, Vulescu, Straja Radu, Constantinescu, Leroi, Traian Catin. 
*12/31: Venus Bucharest - Viforul Dacia Bucharest 11:0 (0:0, 2:0, 9:0)
*12/31: Juventus Bucharest - Astra Romana Bucharest 10:0 (4:0, 3:0, 3:0)
*1/3: Venus Bucharest - Metropola Bucharest 7:1 (3:1, 1:0, 3:0)
*1/3: Bucharest Juniors - Astra Romana Bucharest 6:0 (0:0, 4:0, 2:0) 
;Final 
*1/6: Venus Bucharest - Juventus Bucharest 4:1 (0:0, 1:1, 3:0) 
*1/7: Venus Bucharest - Juventus Bucharest 6:0 (1:0, 1:0, 4:0)
==Other games==
Universul Sport, assorted issuesGazeta Sporturilor, assorted issues
A hockey team was formed in Petrosani.
*12/19: Bucharest Juniors - HC Iasi 9:1 (1:0, 5:0, 3:1)
*12/21: Liceul Mihail Eminescu Comb. - Liceul Sf. Andrei 9:1 (3:0, 0:1, 6:0)
*12/28: Bucharest Juniors - Braila 4:0 @ Braila
Bucureşti: Stan Mihail, Ali­­mănişteanu, Vivi Petrescu, Ma­­noilescu, Dlugasch, Turceanu, Tă­nase, Andreescu, Bănişor. 
Brăila : Manti, Bergnea, Fre­ister, (Dumitrescu), Travlor, Georges, Bertumé, Boureanu, Ji­­pa, Cotigă.
*1/7: Bucharest Juniors B - Politehnica Timisoara 5:1 (2:1, 2:0, 1:0)
*1/7: Bucharest Juniors - HC Iasi 2:2 (1:0, 1:0, 0:2) 
*Gloria Arad - Soc. Sportive Muncitorilor Legionari Arad 9:0
*Gloria Arad - Soc. Sportive Muncitorilor Legionari Arad 4:1 
*1/19: Politehnica Timisoara - Bucharest Juniors 2:1 (0:1, 0:0, 2:0) 
*1/20: Bucharest Juniors - Politehnica Timisoara 5:0 
*1/21: CTB Caransebes - CFR Caransebes 14:3 (3:2, 3:0, 8:1) 
*1/25: HC Braila - Liceul N. Balcescu 7:1 (2:0, 2:0, 3:1) - Braila Championship
*1/30: Juventus Bucharest - Selectionata Juniorilor 5:0 (2:0, 1:0, 2:0) 
*Universitatea Sibiu - Bruckenthal High School 9:3 (6:2, 1:1, 2:0)
*Sighisoara - Sibiu 6:1 (3:0, 3:1, 0:0)
*Bruckenthal High School - Sighisoara Teutsch High School 2:0 (2:0, 0:0, 0:0)
*Universitatea Sibiu - Politehnica Timisoara 6:1
;Interscolar Championship
*2/12: Liceul Titu Maiorescu - Liceul Principele Carol 3:3 (1:0, 1:2, 1:1) - Maiorescu advanced, being the younger team
*2/14: Liceul Marele Voevod Mihai — Inst. Schewitz 9:1
*2/14: Liceul Matei Basarab — Liceul Prof. Asociaţia 2:2 - Matei Basarab advanced on lots
*2/16: Liceul Lazar - Liceul M. Eminescu 10:3 (4:1, 3:1, 3:1) 
*2/21: Liceul Lazar - Liceul Spiru Haret 2:0 (1:0, 1:0, 0:0)
*2/22: Liceul Cantemir - Liceul M.V.M. 4:0
*2/22: Liceul Cantemir - Liceul Titu Maiorescu 2:1
*2/22: Liceul Matei Basarab - Colegial Nationale Sf. Sava 2:2 - Matei Basarab advanced on lots
*2/23: Liceul Lazar - Liceul Matei Basarab 7:1 (2:0, 3:0, 2:1)
*2/25: Liceul Lazar - Liceul Cantemir 2:1 (2:0, 0:1, 0:0) - final
==References==
Category:1940 in ice hockey
Category:1941 in ice hockey