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1948–49 American International Aces
men's ice hockey season
1948–49 American International Aces; men's ice hockey season
Home ice	Big E Coliseum
Record
Overall	4–3–0
Home	11–7–1
Road	9–9–0
Neutral	3–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	William Turner
Captain(s)	William Turner
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The 1948–49 American International Aces men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program. The Aces represented American International College and were coached by William Turner, who also served as team captain.^[1]

Season

AIC's first ice hockey team was organized and arranged at the behest of senior William Turner. The club was able to not only secure seven opponents for the season but managed to also use the Big E Coliseum for their home games rather than have to rely on frozen ponds. The Aces played well in their first season, finishing with a winning record. More impressive, however, was the fact that their three losses on the year were to two of the strongest teams in college hockey, BU and eventual National Champion, BC.

Dick Kearns served as team manager with Ray Guilmentte as his assistant.

Roster

No.	Player	Class	Pos	Hometown
00	Joe Percy		G
21	Ray Fredricks
22	Jim Kelly
23	Howie Tompson
24	Bob Clason	Junior
25	Tom Smith	Senior
27	Fred Zanetti	Junior		Springfield, Massachusetts
29	Bonde Johnson
31	Bob Boulrice	Junior
32	Dick Lamothe	Junior
33	Bob Mister
35	William Turner (C)	Senior
36	Flem Cochi
37	Joe Bucholtz
83	Andy Poggi
	Frank Fermanti

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Standings

1948–49 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
American International	7	4	3	0	.571	37	39	7	4	3	0	37	39
Army	14	7	7	0	.500	52	59	15	8	7	0	58	63
Boston College	20	19	1	0	.950	134	64	22	21	1	0	164	67
Boston University	20	13	7	0	.650	147	77	20	13	7	0	147	77
Bowdoin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	4	8	0	–	–
Brown	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	7	7	0	58	62
California	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Clarkson	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	8	5	0	69	59
Colby	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Colgate	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	5	3	1	53	38
Colorado College	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	15	7	1	153	99
Dartmouth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23	17	6	0	148	72
Fort Devens State	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Georgetown	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	1	9	0	–	–
Harvard	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	12	8	0	130	112
Lehigh	3	1	2	0	.333	7	16	6	2	4	0	18	48
Massachusetts	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	3	0	11	29
Michigan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	20	2	3	179	74
Michigan Tech	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	5	10	0	66	76
Middlebury	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	6	4	0	–	–
Minnesota	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	22	11	11	0	120	101
Minnesota–Duluth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	7	0	0	44	12
MIT	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	4	5	0	–	–
New Hampshire	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	3	0	11	23
North Dakota	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	22	9	12	1	109	148
North Dakota Agricultural	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Northeastern	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	9	7	0	118	78
Princeton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	6	13	1	60	110
Saint Michael's	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0	4	0	23	38
St. Lawrence	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	5	2	0	41	29
Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	1	0	–	–
Williams	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	5	9	0	–	–
Wyoming	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	4	5	0	51	45
Yale	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	22	9	13	0	77	103

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
Regular season
February 2	at Boston College*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L 2–10
February 25	Boston College*	Big E Coliseum • West Springfield, Massachusetts	L 3–6
? ^†	Boston University*	? • ?	L 5–10
?	Devens State*	? • ?	W 4–3
?	Suffolk*	? • ?	W 10–6
?	Springfield*	? • ?	W 7–3
?	Springfield*	? • ?	W 6–1
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Source:^[1]