1940–41 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season

1940–41 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season
Record
Overall	6–3–1
Road	0–1–1
Neutral	6–2–0
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Arthur Davis
Captain(s)	George Wolbert
Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey seasons « 1909–10 1941–42 »

The 1940–41 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of play for the program and the first in over 30 years. The Nittany Lions represented Pennsylvania State University and were coached by Arthur Davis.

Season

After nearly three decades of effort, the student body was finally able to convince the school's Athletic Association to recognize ice hockey as a varsity sport. Penn State continued to play teams in the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate League, a club sport conference, but also added other varsity clubs to its schedule. Due to a lack of ice facilities around the Penn State campus, the Nittany Lions played most of their matches in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Roster

#	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
		Anthony, BertBert Anthony
		Bitner, WayneWayne Bitner
		Dufford, JohnJohn Dufford
		Fedock, MikeMike Fedock
		Fowler, ArtArt Fowler
		Garrett, BillBill Garrett
		Gates, PennyPenny Gates
		Herrick, BuckyBucky Herrick
		Johnson, EarlEarl Johnson
		Kaiser,Kaiser
		Maslow, EddieEddie Maslow
		Wolbert, GeorgeGeorge Wolbert (C)

Standings

1940–41 Eastern Collegiate ice hockey standings
	Intercollegiate								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Army	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		11	4	6	1	38	39
Boston College	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		14	13	1	0	130	48
Boston University	14	7	6	1	.536	67	75		14	7	6	1	67	75
Bowdoin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		6	0	6	0	–	–
Clarkson	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		13	10	3	0	121	45
Colgate	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		11	6	5	0	–	–
Cornell	7	2	5	0	.286	16	29		7	2	5	0	16	29
Dartmouth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		14	7	5	2	55	43
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		9	5	4	0	–	–
Harvard	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		12	2	9	1	–	–
Lafayette	1	0	1	0	.000	1	3		5	3	2	0	19	9
Lehigh	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Middlebury	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		14	3	8	3	–	–
MIT	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		13	2	11	0	–	–
New Hampshire	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		12	5	7	0	48	63
Northeastern	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		9	6	3	0	–	–
Norwich	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		6	2	3	1	–	–
Penn State	2	1	1	0	.500	6	4		10	6	3	1	36	26
Princeton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		15	9	5	1	–	–
St. Lawrence	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		8	3	5	0	–	–
Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		8	2	5	1	–	–
Williams	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		8	6	2	0	–	–
Yale	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		17	11	4	2	–	–

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
December 6	vs. Carnegie Tech*	Shaffer Ice Palace • Johnstown, Pennsylvania	W 3–1	1–0–0
January 17	vs. Temple*	Shaffer Ice Palace • Johnstown, Pennsylvania	W 6–1	2–0–0
February 7	vs. Temple*	Shaffer Ice Palace • Johnstown, Pennsylvania	W 5–3	3–0–0
February 21	vs. Carnegie Tech*	Shaffer Ice Palace • Johnstown, Pennsylvania	W 3–1	4–0–0
February 28	vs. John Carroll*	Shaffer Ice Palace • Johnstown, Pennsylvania	L 2–3	4–1–0
March 6	at Hershey Jr. Cubs*	Hershey Sports Arena • Hershey, Pennsylvania	L 2–5	4–2–0
March 8	at Georgetown*	Riverside Stadium • Washington, D.C.	T 4–4	4–2–1
March 15	vs. Lehigh*	Hershey Sports Arena • Hershey, Pennsylvania	W 4–1	5–2–1
March 22	vs. Franklin & Marshall*	Shaffer Ice Palace • Johnstown, Pennsylvania	W 5–4	6–2–1
March 28	vs. Georgetown*	Shaffer Ice Palace • Johnstown, Pennsylvania	L 2–3	6–3–1
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll.

Note: Most of Penn State's opponents were club teams.

Scoring statistics

Name	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Dufford, JohnJohn Dufford	–	14	–	–	–
Gates, PennyPenny Gates	–	7	–	–	–
Johnson, EarlEarl Johnson	–	5	–	–	–
Wolbert, GeorgeGeorge Wolbert	–	2	–	–	–
Fedock, MikeMike Fedock	–	1	–	–	–
Total		29