1939–40 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season

Intercollegiate hockey season March 2026 December 2024 August 2023 color:white; background:#B31B1B; a #222222 2px white white Cornell Big Red white 1939–40 Cornell "C" logo.svg Cornell Big Red men 5–6–0 1–0–0 2–3–0 2–3–0 Nick Bawlf Ray McElwee Beebe Lake 1938–39 1940–41 Cornell Big Red #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1939–40 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 33rd season of play for the program. The teams were coached by Nick Bawlf in his 18th season. Season The Big Red received good news at the start of the season. Not only would the team begin the year with several games at two tournaments but, unlike the previous season, the team received financial support from the organizing committee to balance out the cost of participating.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19391219.2.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Red Pucksters to Open Season on Playland Ice Cornell Daily Sun December 19, 1939 July 21, 2021 The only bad news at the time was the (typical) warm winter that prevented the team from getting any on-ice practice. The lack of ice time led directly to two rather embarrassing losses at Playland. While the first to Colgate wasn't pretty, the game against Boston College was a debacle; BC blew out Cornell 24–1. It was by far the worst loss in the history of the program and did not portend well for the rest of their season. The team headed to Lake Placid less than a week later and showed a dramatic improvement in such a short time. Their quarterfinal match against Hamilton provided the team with its first win on the season. While they lost the semifinal to MIT, Cornell recovered in the consolation game for a 3rd-place finish.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19400104.2.65&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Hockey Team Beats Middlebury by 4-2 Cornell Daily Sun January 4, 1940 July 21, 2021 The result of the tournament showed, if nothing else, that Cornell wasn't nearly as bad as the BC game may have indicated, they just hadn't gotten their skating legs. As if to further illustrate that point, Cornell had a rematch with Colgate a week after the Lake Placid Invitational. While they still lost to the Red Raiders, the score was a much more respectable 1–3.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19400111.2.86&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Colgate Sextet Trips Cornell, 3-1 Cornell Daily Sun January 11, 1940 July 21, 2021 Cornell continued to improve as the season went on, ending the week with their third win against St. Lawrence. Warm weather forced the game to be shortened to 50 minutes but the Big Red were able to produce five goals in that span.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19400115.2.24&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Red Puck Chasers Score 5-3 Victory Cornell Daily Sun January 15, 1940 July 21, 2021 The next game for Cornell was originally scheduled for the 27th of January, however, the game had to be postponed because it would have taken place during the exam period for Syracuse University.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19400120.2.17&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Hockey Game with orange Postponed Cornell Daily Sun January 20, 1940 July 21, 2021 The Orange game was eventually played, occurring after both schools had finished with their semester exams, and ended up giving Cornell their 4th win of the season. With several games remaining on their schedule, the Big Red were one away from posting the second most wins in program history and the most since winning the intercollegiate championship in 1911. The team wanted to get ready for their next match against Army, however, weather again became a problem and melted the ice on Beebe Lake to the point where the team couldn't get in any training time.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19400213.2.29&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Soft Ice Halts Hockey Practice Cornell Daily Sun February 13, 1940 July 21, 2021 They fought hard against the Cadets, forcing the game into overtime, but ultimately fell 3–4.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19400219.2.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Pucksters Drop Overtime Game Cornell Daily Sun February 19, 1940 July 21, 2021 Cornell's next match was supposed to be a third meeting with Colgate. Unfortunately, the ice on Beebe Lake was still too soft and the game was called off.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19400220.2.43&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Red Optimistic on Hockey Game against Colgate Cornell Daily Sun February 19, 1940 July 21, 2021 The lack of practice time caught up to Cornell in their penultimate match when Hamilton knocked the team down and prevented Cornell from a chance at a winning season.https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19400226.2.22&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Hamilton Sextet Catches Redmen in Off-Game, 6-3 Cornell Daily Sun February 19, 1940 July 21, 2021 Cornell was able to end its season on a high note, shutting out Syracuse in the rematch at the end of February. Despite finishing with a losing record, the Big Red would not win as many games in a season for over 20 years. Roster yes Glen Allen F USA Canandaigua, New York yes Jack Babson jr F USA Yonkers, New York yes Eckert yes Richard Franklin D USA LaPorte, Indiana yes Carl Geiger F yes Bill Houck F yes Clark Kimball USA Watertown, New York yes Richard Lahey USA Brooklyn, New York yes Ray McElwee sr D USA Ithaca, New York yes C Kenneth Reed jr F 1920 5 21 USA Ithaca, New York yes Ward Wannop so G USA Fleischmanns, New York yes Wilbur Wannop so USA Fleischmanns, New York yes Robert Wiggans D 1918 4 17 USA Ithaca, New York yes https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/840/cornell-univ./1939-1940 1939-1940 Roster Elite Prospects December 30, 2019 Standings COR Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Cornell Big Red #FFFFFF;" | Regular season December 26 l yes yes no Colgate Playland Ice Rink Rye, New York 2–9 0–1–0 December 27 l yes yes no Boston College Playland Ice Rink Rye, New York 1–24 0–2–0 |- !colspan=12 style="Cornell Big Red white;"| #FFFFFF Lake Placid Invitational Tournament January 1 w yes yes no Hamilton Jack Shea Arena Lake Placid, New York Quarterfinal 5–4 1–2–0 January 2 l yes yes no MIT Jack Shea Arena Lake Placid, New York Semifinal 3–5 1–3–0 January 3 w yes yes no Middlebury Jack Shea Arena Lake Placid, New York Consolation Game 4–2 2–3–0 |- !colspan=12 style="Cornell Big Red #FFFFFF;" | Regular season January 10 l yes yes no Colgate Hamilton, New York 1–3 2–4–0 January 13 w yes yes no St. Lawrence St. Lawrence Rink Canton, New York 5–3 3–4–0 February 9 w yes no Syracuse Beebe Lake Ithaca, New York 4–1 4–4–0 February 17 l yes yes no Army Smith Rink West Point, New York 3–4 OT 4–5–0 February 24 l yes yes no Hamilton Russell Sage Rink Clinton, New York 3–6 4–6–0 February 29 w yes yes no Syracuse Archbold Rink Syracuse, New York 4–0 5–6–0 no no References 50em Category:Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey seasons Cornell Cornell Cornell