1927–28 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season

Intercollegiate hockey season March 2026 August 2023 December 2024 color:white; background:#B31B1B; a #222222 2px white white Cornell Big Red white 1927–28 Cornell "C" logo.svg Cornell Big Red men 2–3–0 2–2–0 0–1–0 Nick Bawlf James Taylor Beebe Lake 1926–27 1928–29 Cornell Big Red #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1927–28 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 23rd season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 8th season. Season A common but unwelcome occurrence, Cornell's season began late due to a lack of ice. The team didn't get on their skates until January and, as a result, the first home game wasn't scheduled until the 14th.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19280102.2.25&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Hockey Players Practice Today Cornell Daily Sun January 2, 1928 June 16, 2021 Warm weather continued to plague the team through the first half of the month and eventually the first game against Syracuse had to be cancelled.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19280114.2.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Orange Hockey Game Will Not Be Played Cornell Daily Sun January 14, 1928 June 16, 2021 The situation got so bad for the Big Red that they were forced to hold practices inside, without ice.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19280118.2.30.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Hockey Players Practice Inside Cornell Daily Sun January 18, 1928 June 16, 2021 All of the team's early misfortune resulted in a terrible game for Cornell to start the season. The Big Red lost a road game to Princeton 1–14, setting a program worst for the most goals allowed and the largest margin of defeat.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19280123.2.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Varsity Sextet Loses to Tigers by Large Score Cornell Daily Sun January 23, 1928 June 16, 2021 The result could hardly be surprising as Princeton was playing on their home rink, and was competing in their eighth game of the season. After the drubbing, Cornell returned home to find the weather still wasn't up to the take to freeze Beebe Lake. There were fears that their next game would have to be cancelled as well but the team was finally able to play at home on the 28th. The Big Red played much better than they had in the first match but their conditioning was still lacking and the team faded in the later half of the game.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19280208.2.30.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Clarkson Beats Varsity Sextet Cornell Daily Sun February 8, 1928 June 16, 2021 The following game took place two weeks later but the warm weather was still a problem. Initially the game was delayed and then cancelled but, owing to a small patch of ice on the northwest section of the lake, a temporary rink was built and the game took place on the 10th. The result was more indicative of Cornell's lack of practice than any superiority by Williams, but the Big Red lost their third game out of three matches.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19280211.2.34.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Williams Beats Varsity Sextet in Fast Contest Cornell Daily Sun February 11, 1928 June 16, 2021 Team captain Taylor was forced to sit out the game due to taking a puck in the eye in one of the few practice sessions before the match. Another game with Syracuse, which was to be held on February 18, ended up being nixed due to weather conditions.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19280217.2.35&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Hockey Team Will Meet Syracuse Cornell Daily Sun February 17, 1928 June 16, 2021 Union, owing to having the same rink arrangement as Cornell, was in much the same shape as the Ithacans. The result was a win for the Big Red in front of a very small crowd.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19280223.2.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Varsity Sextet Defeats Union in Final Game Cornell Daily Sun February 23, 1928 June 16, 2021 The match was supposed to have been the team's final game of the season, however, the weather suddenly turned cold and the ice was good enough for one more game to be tacked onto the end of the season.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19280227.2.3.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Varsity to Play Colgate Sextet This Afternoon Cornell Daily Sun February 27, 1928 June 16, 2021 The game was reported as being a 'post season' match, which it was in a literal sense as it took place after the team's schedule had concluded. Once again, Cornell faced a squad as equally impacted by weather conditions as they were and the Big Red came out on top. MacPherson scored the only goal of the game and Cornell was able to finish the season with a respectable record in spite of all their troubles.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19280228.2.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Varsity Sextet Downs Colgate in Close Game Cornell Daily Sun February 28, 1928 June 16, 2021 Roster yes Earl Clark jr C USA Utica, New York yes Ernest Kingsbury jr D USA Ithaca, New York yes Richard Llop so RW USA Manhattan, New York yes Frederick Long so G yes Charles MacBeth G CAN Ottawa, Ontario yes Lee MacPherson so RW CAN Marysville, New Brunswick yes John Parker so D USA Schenectady, New York yes Andrew G. Sharp sr LW/RW yes James Taylor sr D USA Ithaca, New York yes C Donald Uffinger so LW USA Summit, New Jersey yes Carl Weagant jr RW USA Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania yes https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/840/cornell-univ./1927-1928 1927-1928 Roster Elite Prospects December 30, 2019 Standings COR Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Cornell Big Red #FFFFFF;" | Regular season January 21 l yes yes no Princeton Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Princeton, New Jersey 1–14 0–1–0 January 28 l yes no Clarkson Beebe Lake Ithaca, New York 1–4 0–2–0 February 10 l yes no Williams Beebe Lake Ithaca, New York 1–7 0–3–0 February 22 w yes no Union Beebe Lake Ithaca, New York 7–4 1–3–0 February 27 w yes no Colgate Beebe Lake Ithaca, New York 1–0 2–3–0 no no https://s3.amazonaws.com/cornellbigred.com/documents/2015/3/13/All_Time_Results.pdf Year-By-Year results Cornell Big Red December 30, 2019 References 50em Category:Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey seasons Cornell Cornell Cornell