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<\/p>\nThe Stanley Cup Final is heating up with the Las Vegas Golden Knights headed to the Washington Capitals this week.\u00a0 The Capitals are looking to bring the Stanley Cup to the D.C.\/Maryland area for the first time in their history.<\/p>\n
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Eighty-five years ago the University of Maryland Dental School\u2019s ice hockey team (the Maryland Dents) made their own history by winning the Baltimore Amateur Ice Hockey League championship.\u00a0\u00a0 While the University of Maryland, Baltimore does not currently have an NCAA sports team, the campus has had its share of sports teams in the past.\u00a0 The Maryland Dents, though short-lived (they played from 1932 to 1935) enjoyed a whirlwind of success, earning the title in their second year of play.<\/p>\n
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Perhaps it was a search for job security that led to the success of the team, after all, hockey players tend to need a lot of dental work.\u00a0 More likely, it was the group of students who led the team, which included players from traditional hockey outlets like New England and Canada. Perhaps the most important player for the Dents was Captain Fred Cuddy, class of 1935.\u00a0 Cuddy was from Providence, Rhode Island and had played in the Rhode Island Amateur League, and for Cranston High School and Hebron Academy before attending the University of Maryland Dental School.\u00a0 In their championship season, Cuddy led the league in points.\u00a0 Perhaps not surprisingly, after Fred Cuddy graduated hockey stopped appearing in The Mirror<\/em>, the Dental School\u2019s yearbook, as a sport.<\/p>\n While short-lived, ice hockey at the University of Maryland, Baltimore was hugely successful and popular.\u00a0 The Dents appeared in the playoffs\/championship game three out of four seasons.\u00a0 At the conclusion of the first season, a testimonial dinner was given in the team\u2019s honor and instilled in all a sense of school spirit.<\/p>\n Want to know more about the Maryland Dents?\u00a0 Check out the following links to The Mirror: <\/em><\/p>\n 1932: http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/mirror1932univ<\/a><\/p>\n 1933: http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/mirror1933univ<\/a><\/p>\n 1934: http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/mirror1934univ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eighty-five years ago the University of Maryland Dental School\u2019s ice hockey team (the Maryland Dents) made their own history by winning the Baltimore Amateur Ice Hockey League championship.\u00a0\u00a0 Continue reading