1937–38 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season

March 2026 August 2023 December 2024 April 2022 color:white; background:#99CAEA; a #183863 2px black black Columbia Lions black 1937–38 Columbia Lions wordmark.png 250 Columbia Lions men 2–8–1 2–4–1 0–4–0 Chris McFaddenAlex Green Brooklyn Ice Palace 1922–23 Columbia Lions #000000 background:#eeeeee; The 1937–38 Columbia men's ice hockey season was the 23rd season of play for the program. Season After resuscitating the squad in the mid-30's as a club team, Columbia's ice hockey program received approval from the administration for the first time in 14 years. The team was led by senior captain Chris MacFadden who had been a driving force behind the team's return. The Lions were hoping to get an early start on the year and begin practicing before Thanksgiving, however, ruptured pipes at the Brooklyn Ice Palace forced the team to wait until the beginning of December.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19371201-01.2.22&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Hockey Squad to Commence 1938 Practice Columbia Daily Spectator December 1, 1937 July 13, 2021 July 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210713194127/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19371201-01.2.22&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead Even without the issues, Columbia would have been hard pressed to defeat their first opponent of the season. Dartmouth was one of the top programs in the country and were full of players used to facing difficult opposition. The predictions bore out in Columbia's 0–7 loss while goaltender Alex Green was credited with holding the Indians scoreless in the first period.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19371213-01.2.23&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Hockey Lions Defeated 7-0 by Dartmouth Columbia Daily Spectator December 13, 1937 July 13, 2021 July 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210713194129/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19371213-01.2.23&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead Columbia's schedule didn't get any easier as their next game was against defending east intercollegiate champion Harvard just after Christmas. The match was eventually cancelled, however, and put the team on the shelf for a week. upon their return to campus, the Lions took on the Long Island Saltons, a local amateur club, and played a hard defensive game. The team earned a tie and were hoping that the result was a sign of improvement for the Blues.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380105-01&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Hockey Team Ties Logn Island Team Columbia Daily Spectator January 5, 1938 July 13, 2021 July 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210713194128/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380105-01&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead Jack Mitchell's scored Columbia's first goal of the season. Two days later the Lions suffered another lopsided loss, but their opponent, the St. Nicholas Hockey Club, had performed a similar feat on three other top collegiate teams so the loss didn't sting quite so much.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380107-01.2.10&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- St. Nicks Tops Lions Skaters Columbia Daily Spectator January 7, 1938 July 13, 2021 July 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210713194127/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380107-01.2.10&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead In Columbia's next game, the team was able to demonstrate that their defense was worthy of praise by holding the New York Athletic Club to just a single goal. Unfortunately, the Lions weren't able to score themselves, and lost their third game of the season.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380112-01.2.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- N.Y.A.C Downs Lions in Close Contest; McMahon Stars Columbia Daily Spectator January 7, 1938 July 13, 2021 July 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210713194130/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380112-01.2.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead The next recorded match came against Army after the semester break and, despite playing most of the game tied, the Cadets pulled ahead in the third and won 3–1 (Army records do not include this game so its likely that the Lions played the JV squad).http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380203-01.2.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Lion Hockey Players Bow to Cadets, 3-1 Columbia Daily Spectator February 3, 1938 July 13, 2021 July 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210713194131/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380203-01.2.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead The following weekend, the team lost another game to an amateur team, doing so without the services of their captain.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380207-01.2.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Hockey Team Loses to Brooklyn Bruins Columbia Daily Spectator February 7, 1938 July 13, 2021 July 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210713194129/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380207-01.2.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead When the team played their second game of the week the offense finally made an appearance. The Lions netted 6 goals but it was one too few and Columbia lost their rematch with the New York Athletic Club.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380209-01.2.9&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Lions Hockey Sextet Loses Close Contest Columbia Daily Spectator February 9, 1938 July 13, 2021 July 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210713194130/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380209-01.2.9&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead Columbia ended a hectic week with back-to-back meeting on Friday and Saturday night. The first game saw the Lions earn their first win of the season, downing the Long Island Falcons on the strength of a Bill Shanahan goal. Their jubilation was curtailed the following evening when they were blanked by Princeton.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380214-01.2.27&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Hockey Team Beats Falcons, 2-1; Loses To Princeton 5-0 Columbia Daily Spectator February 14, 1938 July 13, 2021 July 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210713194133/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380214-01.2.27&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead To make matters worse, they weren't even facing the primary Tigers' team and had lost to the junior-varsity squad.https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19380212-01.2.2&e=------190-en-20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-hockey----1903-- Tigers Return to Ice for Clarkson set-to at 8:30 in Baker Rink The Daily Princetonian February 12, 1938 July 13, 2021 The team's second win on the year came in the first round of the New York Amateur Hockey Association tournament, where they once again downed the Falcons.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380221-01.2.23&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Hockey Team Beats Falcons Columbia Daily Spectator February 21, 1938 July 13, 2021 July 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210713194131/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19380221-01.2.23&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead Columbia's final game of the season came against Brown and the team put up a valiant effort but were unable to come out on top.https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:1011738/ Icemen Defeat Weak Columbia Team, 2-1 Brown Daily Herald March 2, 1938 July 13, 2021 The following season, Columbia attempted to put a team together, but without the McFadden and McMahon nothing came to fruition. Any games that the program scheduled were eventually cancelled and Columbia has yet to play another varsity game (as of 2021). Roster yes Button LW yes Bob Case C yes Sam Calkins C yes Faugat yes Alex Green G yes Hall D yes Dick Hay yes Glen Hersey D yes Ed Horn C/LW/RW yes Kerrigan yes Chris McFadden sr RW yes C Jack McMahon sr D yes Jack Mitchell LW yes Julian Rice yes Tom Rothwell yes Bill Shanahan D yes Ed Wilken D yes Standings COL Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Columbia Lions #000000;" | Regular season December 11 l yes yes no Dartmouth Davis Rink Hanover, New Hampshire 0–7 0–1–0 January 4 t yes no Long Island Saltons Brooklyn Ice Palace Brooklyn, New York 1–1 0–1–1 January 6 l yes yes no St. Nicholas Hockey Club Brooklyn Ice Palace Brooklyn, New York 2–10 0–2–1 January 11 l yes no New York Athletic Club Brooklyn Ice Palace Brooklyn, New York 0–1 0–3–1 January 29† l yes yes no Army Smith Rink West Point, New York 1–3 0–4–1 February 6 l yes yes no Brooklyn Bruins Brooklyn Ice Palace Brooklyn, New York 1–4 0–5–1 February 8 l yes no New York Athletic Club Brooklyn Ice Palace Brooklyn, New York 6–7 0–6–1 February 11 w yes no Long Island Falcons Brooklyn Ice Palace Brooklyn, New York 2–1 1–6–1 February 12 l yes yes no Princeton Junior Varsity Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Princeton, New Jersey 0–5 1–7–1 February 19 w yes no Long Island Falcons Brooklyn Ice Palace Brooklyn, New York NYAHA First Round 3–1 2–7–1 March 1 l yes yes no Brown Rhode Island Auditorium Providence, Rhode Island 1–2 2–8–1 no no † Army records do not include a game against Columbia in 1938. 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