1923: Boston University won its first ever game, defeating Massachusetts Agricultural College [UMass], 6-1, at Boston Arena. It was the sixth game BU had played over the course of three seasons.
The BU team showed remarkable improvement since its last game at the Arena and the effectiveness of the team proved that it should rate high among college teams before the end of the season. Joseph Almer, the BU center, featured in the scoring, smashing home a hat trick that helped to give the Bostonians a decided edge over the Aggies.
Morey Kontoff, an alert and fast defenseman, started the scoring in the first period, taking the left lane and getting away his accurate shot a quarter ice. Before the period ended Adolphus Provost, who showed flashes of brilliant hockey, duplicated Kontoff’s feat. BU’s teamwork started to show in the second, as Robert Blais passed to Almer, who was on the job to score. In the final period Almer’s alertness again counted, as he picked up a rebound and put it through Alger, the Aggies goalie. Almer completed his hat trick when he scored from a scrimmage. Harry McArdle finished BU’s scoring for the game, weaving through the Aggies defense for the goal. The Aggies were saved from being shutout when Lamb, the center, snapped the puck past BU goaltender Joe Beauchemin.
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