1921–22 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season

College ice hockey season March 2026 January 2025 color:white; background:#000000; a #FF6000 2px white white Princeton Tigers white 1921–22 Princeton Tigers logo.svg Princeton Tigers men Triangular Hockey League THL 3rd 3–6–1 0–4–0 0–2–0 1–3–0 2–1–1 Moylan McDonnell Eugene Maxwell Philadelphia Ice Palace 1920–21 1922–23 Princeton Tigers #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1921–22 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season was the 22nd season of play for the program. The Tigers were coached Moylan McDonnell in his 1st season. Season Entering the year, several changes were afoot for the Tigers. The program's first official head coach, Russell Ellis, left after just one season. In order to keep the team atop the college hockey landscape, the school turned to NHL veteran Moylan McDonnell, hoping he could get Princeton to keep pace with its conference foes. While they awaited the arrival of their new coach, the team began training under the supervision of team captain Eugene Maxwell.https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19211201-01.2.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- HOCKEY CANDIDATES HOLD FIRST WINDBALL PRACTICE The Princeton Daily December 1, 1921 September 27, 2023 34 men showed up for the initial practice, including several returning players, but the team would have to contend with the loss of three starters due to graduation. The Intercollegiate Athletic Association met prior to the season and agreed to several rule changes. Chief among these was officially dispensing with 7-man hockey, a move that Harvard had been loath to accept. Also, while player substitutions were only allowed during stoppages in play, the number of substitutions would be unlimited. Following the trend set by football teams, all players were now required to wear numbers on their uniform for identification. Additionally, all games would have three periods of 15 minutes each, weather permitting. In the event of a tie, two 5-minute periods would be used to try and settle the score. If the game was tied after the overtime session, the match would be called as a draw. All minor penalties would be 2 minutes in length while major offenses would be 4 minutes. While these rule changes would only affect league games, many other programs would utilize the same or similar framework. As the team was preparing itself for the trip up to Lake Placid, the program received a major boon. An anonymous donor gave the university $100,000 to build the program's first artificial rink. Plans for the new building were put into motion right away and the school broke ground before the end of the month.https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19211207-01.2.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- INDOOR HOCKEY RINK GIVEN TO UNIVERSITY The Princeton Daily December 7, 1921 September 27, 2023 While the rink would not be ready until the following year, Princeton would become just the second college in the country to have an on-campus home venue when the Hobey Baker Memorial Rink opened in 1923. By the time McDonnell took over the team in mid-December, the Tigers' roster was mostly sorted out and he only had to make the final few cuts to decide who would be going on the Christmas trip.https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19211217-01.2.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- VARSITY HOCKEY PLAYERS BOLD INTENSIVE PRACTICE The Princeton Daily December 17, 1921 September 27, 2023 Upon their arrival, the team got to work and prepared for the first match of the year. They proved to be far superior than a local aggregation, pounding the Lake Placid Snowbirds 6–0, but the faced a tougher test from the Victoria Hockey Club. The Tigers held their own against the Canadians in the first match but they ran out of season the following evening and suffered their first loss of the year.https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19220106-01.2.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- HOCKEY SEXTET PLAYS PENN AT PHILADELPHIA The Princeton Daily January 6, 1922 September 27, 2023 The team had little time to reflect on their trip as they faced their first intercollegiate opponent on January 6. Fortunately, the trip appeared to put the team in good standing and the Tigers brushed Penn away with a 4–0 victory.https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19220107-01.2.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- PENN SEXTET BEATEN BY TIGER PLAYERS 4=0 The Princeton Daily January 7, 1922 September 27, 2023 While Maxwell held the Quakers scoreless, Howell Van Gerbig scored all four goals for the Tigers, providing the best singular performance for the Tigers in years. The next game with Columbia was delayed for a week and caused their next match to be played against Yale. Unfortunately, the team was bitten by the injury bug heading into the contest. Already missing Merritt, who was injured at Lake Placid, the team lost one of their defensive starters, Wall. Burnham, who had taken Merritt's place on the wing, was shifted back to defense while Jackson, Jewett and Powers were given practice time on the wing. Merritt and Wall were both able to play in the game but were limited in play. Jackson ended up subbing in for both during the match. Once the game began, Corcoran took over on offense, giving Princeton a 2-goal lead early in the second. Unfortunately, Yale refused to lay down and fought back to tie the game in the third to force overtime. Burnham gave Princeton their second lead early in the first 5-minute period but the Elis tied the game almost immediately. Near the end of the second overtime the puck found its way behind Maxwell and sunk the hopes of the Tigers.https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19220116-01.2.10&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- YALE SEXTET WINS IN SECOND EXTRA PERIOD The Princeton Daily January 16, 1922 September 27, 2023 After playing such a strong game against Yale, Princeton was expected to have a fairly easy match against Columbia. The Lions had other ideas and used both clever teamwork and a distinct home ice advantage to hand the Tigers their third loss. Van Gerbig was shifted to defense due to Wall's lingering injury but the forward line was well regarded as Merritt, Jackson and Corcoran each scored in the game. The game went into overtime and Columbia got into the lead after just 15 seconds. Despite having nearly 10 minutes to tie the score, Princeton was unable to find the twine in either extra session.https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19220116-01.2.10&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- YALE SEXTET WINS IN SECOND EXTRA PERIOD The Princeton Daily January 16, 1922 September 27, 2023 The end of the week saw Princeton take on Harvard in Philadelphia and put forth a much better performance against the vaunted Crimson. Maxwell made several outstanding saves in the contest and held the Bostonians back for the first 25 minutes of the match. Harvard's defense, however, was even stronger and prevented the Tigers from scoring a single goal.https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19220123-01.2.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- HOCKEY TEAM LOSES TO HARVARD, 3 TO 0 The Princeton Daily January 19, 1922 September 27, 2023 With losses now to both conference teams, Princeton could ill afford any more defeats. Sadler was added to the lineup, sliding in at wing which allowed Merritt to drop back to defense. The moves appeared to work and Princeton won the game despite a rather slow pace of play.https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19220128-01.2.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- RED AND BLUE SEXTET TRIMMED BY VARSITY The Princeton Daily January 28, 1922 September 27, 2023 The remade defense continued to show out in the rematch with Yale, however, the offense was weakened in the effort. Neither team was able to score except for a fluke play in the middle of the second period; when Maxwell reached up to stop a long shot, the puck deflected off of his glove, hit the crossbar and bounced to the ice just inside the goal. While the result demonstrated that there was little to separate either squad, Yale had finished atop in both contests and rendered it nearly impossible for Princeton to claim any success on the season.https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19220207-01.2.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- YALE SKATERS DEFEAT VARSITY BY ONE GOAL The Princeton Daily February 7, 1922 September 27, 2023 The season ended with a lackluster performance against Harvard that saw the Crimson run away with the game in the second half. The addition of Norrie at center did nothing to help the Princeton offense who were shutout for the fourth time that season.https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19220220-01.2.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- HARVARD OVERWHELMS TIGER SEXTET, 9 TO 0 The Princeton Daily February 20, 1922 September 27, 2023 Roster yes Gordon W. Burnham Jr. so D/C/RW 1901 10 8 USA New York, New York yes Francis L. Corcoran sr C/LW 1899 4 3 yes William H. Jackson so D/F 1901 3 25 USA Belle Meade, Tennessee yes John H. Jewett jr LW 1902 2 21 USA yes Eugene L. Maxwell sr G USA Brooklyn, New York yes C Schuyler Merritt II sr D/RW USA Eastchester, New York yes Lewis G. Norrie so C 1901 12 25 yes William S. Powers jr LW/RW yes Houstoun M. Sadler so RW yes John L. Tallman sr D/LW 1898 11 16 USA New York, New York yes Howell Van Gerbig Howell Van Gerbig so D/C 1902 6 19 USA New York, New York yes Albert C. Wall so D/LW 1902 2 12 USA South Orange, New Jersey yes https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/1551/princeton-univ./1921-1922?tab=stats 1921-1922 Roster Elite Prospects January 4, 2020 Standings PRI PRI Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Princeton Tigers #FFFFFF;" | Regular Season December 30 w yes yes no Snowbirds Lake Placid Arena Lake Placid, New York 6–0 1–0–0 December 31 t yes yes no Victoria Hockey Club Lake Placid Arena Lake Placid, New York 3–3 1–0–1 January 1 l yes yes no Victoria Hockey Club Lake Placid Arena Lake Placid, New York 0–4 1–1–1 January 6 w yes yes no Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ice Palace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4–0 2–1–1 January 14 l yes no Yale Philadelphia Ice Palace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3–4 2OT 2–2–1 0–1–0 January 18 l yes yes no Columbia 181st Street Ice Palace Manhattan, New York 3–4 OT 2–3–1 January 21 l no Harvard Philadelphia Ice Palace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 0–3 2–4–1 0–2–0 January 27 w yes yes no Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ice Palace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2–0 3–4–1 February 4 l no Yale Philadelphia Ice Palace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 0–1 3–5–1 0–3–0 February 18 l yes no Harvard Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 0–9 3–6–1 0–4–0 no no https://goprincetontigers.com/sports/2016/6/28/mens-hockey-all-time-results.aspx?id=1097 Men's Hockey All-Time Results Princeton Tigers January 4, 2020 References 50em Category:Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey seasons Princeton Princeton Princeton