Early Hungarian Hockey

This page overviews early hockey activities in Hungary, prior to the formation of the first national championship in 1936-37.

Results
Note: For results in all games involving BKE prior to 1918, please see Budapesti Korcsolyázó Egylet.


 * 1916
 * February: There was a youth tournament played for the "BKE Youth Challenge Prize". Qualification matches: Barcsay-utcai gimnázium – Kegyesrendi gimnázium 9:4, V. ker. főgimnázium – IV. ker. főreál 16:0. Final: Evangelikus gimnázium - Barcsay-utcai gimnázium 14:1.


 * 1922
 * February 14: BKE Budapest - FTC II 13:3 - a game for the Budapest Graf Cup.
 * 1923
 * December: BKE Budapest I - BKE Budapest II 5:2 (3:1, 2:1). Rosters: I. Heinrich G. – Pásztor, Barna Lator – Kehrling – Péter Krempels, Minnich, - II. Boros – Gruber, Kropuska – Weiner – Vojnics, gr. Bethlen, Izsák. Game was played at City Park. Referee: Minder Frigyes.
 * 1924
 * January: A tournament for the Zsigmondy Prize was played in January 1924 and was won by BKE Budapest. The tournament was played among five teams at the City Park rink in Budapest. MAC finished second while MHC came in third. BKE's game results: BKE-FTC 4:0, BKE-MAC 4:0, BKE-MHC 3:0, BKE-BBTE 11:0.
 * December: BKE Budapest Blue (Kékek) 6 - BKE Budapest White (Fehérek) 0 (3-0, 2-0, 1-0)
 * Rosters: Blue: Lőrincz – Gruber, Milán – Kehrling, Dr. Lator, Count István Bethlen. Reserve: Reiter. White: Dunlop – Barna, Oláh – Count Bethlen Gábor, Beck, Szandovita. Reserves: Pozel, Pásztor. Referee: Minder Frigyes.
 * Details: This was the first game of "Canadian" ice hockey with a puck to be played in Hungary. It was played in three periods of 20 minutes at the City Park in Budapest. The first 20 minutes, Dunlop's excellent goalkeeping did not prevent Lator from scoring three goals for the Blue. In contrast, the blue defense turned away all attacks led by Beck of the white team. Lator scored two more goals for the blue in the second period. Meanwhile, Dunlop left his goal and played out for the white. In the final period, Count István Bethlen scored again for the blue. The game was played at a quick from the start and the players mostly played individually, while the passing game largely neglected. This is understandable because of the unusual rules of the game, forward passing was restricted. After the match, John Dunlop, a famous Canadian goalkeeper, expressed his satisfaction over the fast skating of the Hungarian players, but stressed that they were still a long ways off from perfecting the art of playing ice hockey.