1929–30 Marquette Hilltoppers men's ice hockey season

1929–30 Marquette Hilltoppers men's ice hockey season
Western Intercollegiate Champions
Conference	1st NIHA
Home ice	Hilltop Rink
Record
Overall	12–4–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Kay Iverson
Captain(s)	Don McFadyen
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The 1929–30 Marquette Hilltoppers men's ice hockey season was the 8th season of play for the program.

Season

After coming up short the previous year, Marquette did not shy away from a challenge and put together the toughest schedule the team had yet undertaken. The Hilltoppers began with a tour of northern Michigan and Minnesota, playing two junior colleges during that time (they were members of the NIHA so the games counted in league standings). The team got a hard fight in the second half of their road trip but managed to hand Virginia Junior College its first loss of the season, having been 5–0 coming into the game. When the team returned home they took on Janesville A.C. and coach Iverson gave increased playing time to some of the newer player. Furlong and Moore responded with good performances, meaning that the team may be able to stay in the upper echelon of their division after the Two Macs graduated. In the drubbing of Janesville, despite not starting the match, MacKenzie and McFadyen each scored four goals.

With the team having steeled back in Milwaukee, they welcomed in Minnesota for a tough series. The team pulled out a narrow win in the first game but the second was delayed for a day due to soft ice. After a cold night the teams finished off the series with Marquette laying into the Gophers with a 5–1 victory. The win not only had the Hilltoppers atop the league standings, but gave Minnesota their fourth consecutive loss and fifth overall, meaning it would be impossible for the Gophers to challenge for the Intercollegiate title this season. Marquette finished up their home schedule with a pair of wins while Moore and Furlong both continued to show improvement.

The Hilltoppers hit the road for the remainder of the season. First the team stopped off in Ann Arbor at the end of January but could only manage a split against the Wolverines. This was the first win for Michigan over Marquette but with the Hilltoppers' lead in the standings they could absorb the loss. A few days later the team met Harvard, playing an eastern team for the first time in program history, and produced a surprising result. The Blue and Gold played a nearly perfect game, coming away with a victory over the perennial power (who were in contention for the eastern crown themselves) "Porky" Furlong had his best game to date, scoring twice to push Marquette over the top and leaving little doubt that the western clubs deserved to be on equal footing with the traditional powers of the east. After downing Army, Marquette took on the best team in the nation and produced one of the most memorable games in the history of the program. Yale entered the game 12–0 and Marquette set about trying to dent the Bulldogs for the first time on the year. Owing to the skill of the Elis, Marquette used three defensive players at a time rather than the standard two, this was caused as much by Yale's offense as the fact that no one on the team could keep up with McFadyen and MacKenzie when the Macs were skating at full tilt. The plan did not seem to work at the start as Yale came away with a 2–0 lead after the first period. Marquette began to climb back in the second; the Macs alternated goals with Yale and cut the lead to one at the start of the third. The two teams fought hard but Marquette's long road trip began to wear on the team and Yale scored its fifth goal with less than four minutes to play. The Hilltoppers knew they were swamped; the Elis surged in the final few minutes, scoring three more times before the clock read '0' and turning a very tight game into a rout.

Even with the loss to Yale, Marquette had acquitted themselves well against the east and took a few weeks off before their final series with Minnesota. When the two met at the beginning of March, Marquette was so far ahead in the standings that they had already sewn up the western championship but the two were not going to let that stop them, the teams still had a great deal of pride. The Hilltoppers split the series with the Gophers, ensuring that they had a winning record against all major competition and earned their second league championship in three seasons. The games would be the last two coached between the brothers Iverson as Emil, the Minnesota coach, had announced his resignation in February. After the season, Kay following his brother's example and resigned as the Hilltoppers' bench boss. The loss compounded the difficulties that were sure to result from losing MacKenzie and McFadyen to graduation but, unfortunately, worse was to come for the Blue and Gold as circumstances beyond their control would soon threaten the existence of the program.

Roster

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
		Arthur F. Baier	Sophomore					Chilton, Wisconsin
		Clifford F. Broderick	Sophomore					Milwaukee, Wisconsin
		R. Ward Dunphy	Junior					Milwaukee, Wisconsin
		Clarence J. Furlong	Sophomore					Hibbing, Minnesota
		Cyril Hegy	Junior
		Emil R. Kaminski	Senior	D				West Allis, Wisconsin
		Clarence MacKenzie	Senior	RW	5' 8" (1.73 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1909-07-11	Cambridge, Massachusetts
		Clifford H. McDonald	Senior					Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
		Donald P. McFadyen (C)	Senior	C	5' 9" (1.75 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	1907-03-24	Crossfield, Alberta
		Harold K. McFadyen	Sophomore	D				Crossfield, Alberta
		James Moore	Sophomore	LW
		William E. Schultz	Junior	G				Neenah, Wisconsin
		Snavely
		Cosmas B. Young	Junior					Fort Madison, Iowa

Standings

1929–30 Western Collegiate ice hockey standings
	Intercollegiate								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Loyola	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Marquette	12	9	3	0	.750	39	26		16	12	4	0	60	33
Michigan	19	10	7	2	.579	47	34		21	12	7	2	55	36
Michigan State	2	0	2	0	.000	1	14		5	1	4	0	5	18
Michigan Tech	10	2	7	1	.250	14	48		13	5	7	1	56	51
Minnesota	16	7	8	1	.469	38	35		18	7	9	2	42	44
North Dakota	1	0	1	0	.000	1	6		1	0	1	0	1	6
North Dakota Agricultural	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Wisconsin	11	5	5	1	.500	20	23		12	5	6	1	22	26

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
December 24	at Michigan Tech	Houghton, Michigan †	W 3–1	1–0–0 (1–0–0)
?	at Hibbing Junior College	Hibbing, Minnesota	W 5–0	2–0–0 (2–0–0)
?	at Hibbing Junior College	Hibbing, Minnesota	L 2–3 2OT	2–1–0 (2–1–0)
?	at Virginia Junior College	Virginia, Minnesota	W 4–3	3–1–0 (3–1–0)
January ?	vs. Janesville A.C.*	Hilltop Rink • Milwaukee, Wisconsin	W 10–1	4–1–0
January 13	vs. Minnesota	Hilltop Rink • Milwaukee, Wisconsin	W 2–1	5–1–0 (4–1–0)
January 15	vs. Minnesota	Hilltop Rink • Milwaukee, Wisconsin	W 5–1	6–1–0 (5–1–0)
January 22	vs. Michigan	Hilltop Rink • Milwaukee, Wisconsin	W 3–1	7–1–0 (6–1–0)
January 25	vs. Wisconsin	Hilltop Rink • Milwaukee, Wisconsin	W 4–0	8–1–0 (7–1–0)
January 30	at Michigan	Weinberg Coliseum • Ann Arbor, Michigan	L 1–4	8–2–0 (7–2–0)
January 31	at Michigan	Weinberg Coliseum • Ann Arbor, Michigan	W 3–2	9–2–0 (8–2–0)
February 2	at Harvard*	Boston Garden • Boston, Massachusetts	W 4–3	10–2–0
February 8	vs. Army*	Lake Popolopen • Bear Mountain, New York	W 5–1	11–2–0
February 11	at Yale*	New Haven Arena • New Haven, Connecticut	L 3–8	11–3–0
March 3	at Minnesota	Minneapolis Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota	L 2–3	11–4–0 (8–3–0)
March 4	at Minnesota	Minneapolis Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota	W 4–1	12–4–0 (9–3–0)
*Non-conference game.

† Michigan Tech records the game as being played in Milwaukee.