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Eastern division. The league abandoned the two-division format for 1939–1940. The other Pittsburgh colleges, Duquesne and Carnegie Tech, dropped hockey after 1940 leaving the league
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Arsenault recorded a 28-game point streak starting on
January 20, 1939, when he scored seven goals in a 9–1 win over Case. On March 10, 1939, Arsenault scored five goals against Baldwin Wallace to start a 21-game goal-scoring streak. Arsenault's point and goal streaks ended with his graduation in
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Carroll's game with Western Reserve was the second game of a double-header. The first game between Case and Fenn started late which delayed the start of John Carroll's game. A paid public skate was scheduled following the double-header at 9 p.m. After
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Carroll's hockey team played without recording a loss for 41 straight games. The unbeaten streak began with a 9–1 victory over Case on January 20, 1939. Case ended the streak two years later. After John Carroll defeated Case, 6–4, in game one of the conference championship, Case recorded a
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The NCAA does not track records for ice hockey previous to the 1947–1948 season. However, his 123 total career goals scored in 53 games averaged to 2.32 goals-per-game. Arsenault's average set a career record for college hockey, surpassing
59:. Supthin helped establish the league by offering Cleveland Arena as a home rink for local colleges. The league was officially formed in 1937 and divided into Eastern (Pittsburgh colleges) and Western (Cleveland area colleges) divisions.
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Pittsburgh on March 8, 1939, was Arsenault's lone goalless performance. Newspapers reported Arsenault played the entire game with a broken hand.
40:, sometimes called the Penn-Ohio Intercollegiate Hockey League, Ohio-Penn Intercollegiate Hockey League or Cleveland-Pittsburgh Intercollegiate Hockey League, was a varsity men's collegiate ice hockey conference from 1937 to 1941.
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Western Reserve merged to form Case Western Reserve University in 1967. The state of Ohio purchased Fenn College in 1964 and the school was re-founded as Cleveland State University.
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Carroll and Western Reserve. The four schools continued competing as a league dropping the "Penn-Ohio" name for the 1940–1941 season.
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Pittsburgh, Duquesne University had a desire to align themselves with local schools who had a commitment to varsity intercollegiate hockey. In Cleveland, Al Supthin, owner of the
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game two of the conference championship. The streak ended in the 1940–1941 season opener when John
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1100:. Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Plain Dealer. April 5, 1941
1098:"Case Ends Carroll's Reign as College Hockey Champion, 2-1"
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548:University Heights, Ohio
365:Ohio Athletic Conference
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667:Timeline
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