1918–19 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season

College ice hockey season March 2026 August 2023 color:white; background:#A51C30; a #1E1E1E 2px white white Harvard Crimson white 1918–19 Harvard Crimson logo.svg Harvard Crimson men NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey) Independent 7–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 5–0–0 Robert Gross 1916–17 1919–20 Harvard Crimson #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1918–19 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 21st season of play for the program. Season When World War I ended in November, many American servicemen began to return home. With a transatlantic flight having yet to be completed, the weeks-long sea crossing was the quickest way to return home. It was no mean feat for Harvard to play its first hockey game exactly two months after the ceasefire, but the team was aided by the informal team that had played during the previous winter. The ice hockey team had to overcome an additional hardship due to their home rink, the Boston Arena, having been seriously damaged by fire shortly after the War ended. On short notice the team was able to secure the Charlesbank Rink for three games, so named due it being located on the banks of the Charles River, near where the Daly Memorial Rink currently sits (as of 2020). The team played the Boston Hockey Club on January 11 and swiftly surrendered two goals to their opponents. Harvard redoubled their efforts to cut the lead in half before the end of the half and then allowed Avery to score twice in the second half to complete his hat-trick earn the win for the Crimson.https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1919/1/13/university-seven-won-first-skirmish-3-2/ UNIVERSITY SEVEN WON FIRST SKIRMISH, 3-2 The Harvard Crimson January 13, 1919 April 11, 2020 It would be almost three weeks before the team would play their next game, but by that time they had settled on a captain. Robert Gross, who was on the 1917 squad and led the informal team the year before, was chosen to lead the squad once more. The first match with Gross as captain was against the Camp Devens team and, despite playing on soft ice, Harvard was able to overcome the larger team.https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1919/1/31/gross-hockey-captain-pbefore-the-game/ GROSS HOCKEY CAPTAIN The Harvard Crimson January 31, 1919 April 11, 2020 The next night the Crimson faced Boston College for the first time in their history. Harvard was dominant in the inaugural game for what would become an enduring cross-town rivalry.https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1919/2/1/crimson-seven-took-3rd-straight-match/ CRIMSON SEVEN TOOK 3RD STRAIGHT MATCH The Harvard Crimson February 1, 1919 April 11, 2020 After a second win over the Boston Hockey Club, Harvard headed south to renew its rivalry with Yale at the Brooklyn Ice Palace. Harvard jumped on the Elis early, scoring twice in the first seven minutes of the game and adding a fourth just before the end of the half. The second was a more even period but the Crimson skated away with a 4–1 victory.https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1919/2/10/seven-victorious-over-yale-by-4/ SEVEN VICTORIOUS OVER YALE BY 4 TO 1 SCORE ELIS OUTCLASSED IN EVERY BRANCH OF GAME The Harvard Crimson February 10, 1919 April 11, 2020 The following week Harvard headed up to Concord, New Hampshire, for a narrow victory over St. Paul's School that was marred by soft, slushy ice,https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1919/2/17/st-pauls-beaten-by-4-3-margin/ ST. PAUL'S BEATEN BY 4-3 MARGIN SATURDAY The Harvard Crimson February 17, 1919 April 11, 2020 and then returned to Brooklyn for their final game against Princeton. The Tigers blitzed Harvard early, scoring 45 seconds into the match, but Harvard settled the game down afterwards and scored three timed before Princeton could tally again. The Crimson were utterly dominant in the second half, possessing the puck for much of the time and scoring four times to take the match with a convincing win.https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1919/2/24/university-seven-overcame-princeton-7-2-closed/ UNIVERSITY SEVEN OVERCAME PRINCETON 7-2 CLOSED SEASON OF SEVEN GAMES UNDEFEATED The Harvard Crimson February 24, 1919 April 11, 2020 Harvard finished the season with a perfect record, including wins over Princeton and Yale, but with so few teams playing and most competing in only a handful of games, Harvard would not lay any claim to a championship. They would, however, use their success in 1919 as a springboard for the following year with a full season expected. Roster yes Adams C/LW yes Thomas M. Avery so C/LW 5 10 145 1898 8 3 USA Chicago, Illinois St. Paul's School yes Francis M. Bacon III so C/LW 5 10 142 1899 5 14 USA Short Hills, New Jersey St. Paul's School yes George S. Baldwin so C/LW 1898 12 3 USA Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Phillips Academy yes Edward L. Bigelow Edward Bigelow (ice hockey) so C 5 11 159 1899 4 19 USA Boston, Massachusetts St. Mark's School yes Alexander H. Bright Alec Bright sr C/RW 1897 12 16 USA Cambridge, Massachusetts Browne & Nichols School yes Roger W. Buntin so C 1898 6 23 USA Newtonville, Massachusetts Newton High School yes Edward Cabot jr C 1898 5 13 USA Milton, Massachusetts Milton Academy yes Frederic C. Church jr D 1897 5 22 USA Lowell, Massachusetts St. Paul's School yes Charles A. Clark Jr. sr D 1898 2 15 USA Somerville, Massachusetts Milton Academy yes Robert E. Gross Robert E. Gross (businessman) sr RW 5 6 135 1897 5 11 USA West Roxbury, Massachusetts St. George's School yes C Higgins LW yes Jabish Holmes Jr. so G 6 0 197 1899 3 11 USA Pelham Manor, New York Middlesex School yes John A. Sessions so D 1899 5 21 USA Brooklyn, New York St. Paul's School yes Henry B. W. Snelling jr C/LW 1899 2 14 USA Newton Center, Massachusetts St. Mark's School yes Norman S. Walker jr D 5 8 148 1897 12 21 USA Castleton Corners, New York St. Paul's School yes Henry K. White sr D 6 1 153 1897 2 23 USA Brookline, Massachusetts St. Paul's School yes https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/1339/harvard-univ./1918-1919?tab=stats 1918-1919 Roster Elite Prospects April 9, 2020 Standings HAR Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Harvard Crimson #FFFFFF;" | Regular Season January 11 w yes yes no Boston Hockey Club Charlesbank Rink Brighton, Massachusetts 3–2 1–0–0 January 30 w yes no Fort Devens Cambridge, Massachusetts 3–0 2–0–0 January 31 w yes yes no Boston College Charlesbank Rink Brighton, Massachusetts 7–2 3–0–0 February 1 w yes yes no Boston Hockey Club Charlesbank Rink Brighton, Massachusetts 3–0 4–0–0 February 8 w yes yes no Yale Brooklyn Ice Palace Brooklyn, New York Rivalry 4–1 5–0–0 February 15 w yes yes no St. Paul's School Concord, New Hampshire 4–3 6–0–0 February 22 w yes yes no Princeton Brooklyn Ice Palace Brooklyn, New York 7–2 7–0–0 no no https://d2o2figo6ddd0g.cloudfront.net/c/n/wi5fzzpvxzrd6x/IHM_Updated_Record_Book_1819_Year_by_Year.pdf Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results Harvard Crimson December 30, 2019 References 50em Category:Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey seasons Harvard Harvard Harvard Harvard