1912–13 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season

College ice hockey season March 2026 August 2023 color:white; background:#00356B white white Yale Bulldogs white 1912–13 Old Yale Bulldogs athletics logo.svg Yale Bulldogs men Intercollegiate Hockey League IHL 3rd 2–7–0 0–4–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–6–0 Archer Harmon Yale Rink 1911–12 1913–14 background:#00356B; color:#FFFFFF; background:#eeeeee; The 1912–13 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season was the 18th season of play for the program. Season Prior to the season, Yale, a founding member of the Intercollegiate Hockey Association, withdrew from the league. The Bulldogs' exit was precipitated by the building of the Yale Rink on campus, which meant the team no longer had to travel to find stable ice. League rules required all inter-squad matches to be played at the St. Nicholas Rink or the Boston Arena. Another matter was the disparity in play between the teams. Yale, Princeton and Harvard were widely considered as the cream of college hockey, with each competing for the championship year after year, while the remaining teams would rarely demonstrate an equivalent level of play. Rather than be forced into matches that would not enhance Yale's record, the Elis wanted to play the Canadian universities more often and buoy its reputation.http://digital.library.yale.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/yale-ydn/id/91369/rec/2 Vol. XXXVI, No. 59 Yale Daily News December 3, 1912 April 15, 2020 After an agreement between Yale, Princeton and Harvard to play best-of-three series against one another, the Intercollegiate Hockey League was tentatively formed. Yale, however, could hardly have picked a worse season to declare itself among the college hockey elite as it failed to defeat St. Paul's School, a prep school in its opening game. Yale dispensed with its usual winter break trip and instead played a single game against McGill. While the team performed far better than they had in their first contest they did fall to the Canadian club.http://digital.library.yale.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/yale-ydn/id/93025/rec/14 Vol. XXXVI, No. 72 Yale Daily News January 3, 1913 April 15, 2020 After returning from the break, Yale scheduled 10 games for the remainder of their season, with a majority taking place at the Yale Rink. In their first game the Elis appeared to have righted the ship by downing Columbia 6–0, though the game had to be played on the road instead of New Haven. the Yale Rink did not provide the stable ice the team hoped it would; the match against MIT was called off due to no ice at the rink which also caused the first game against Princeton, originally scheduled for the 13th, to be pushed to later in the year. A third home game against Toronto was also cancelled. Yale had to travel to the St. Nicholas Rink for their next game and despite missing out on three games, the Elis gave Princeton a tough fight. After opening the scoring, Yale found itself down by two goals early in the second half. A furious effort by Yale saw the team score four times in the span of four minutes and take a 5–4 lead late in the match. Unfortunately, 17 seconds before regulation ended, Princeton tied the game and then scored twice in overtime to take the first game of the series.http://digital.library.yale.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/yale-ydn/id/93125/rec/27 Vol. XXXVI, No. 86 Yale Daily News January 20, 1913 April 15, 2020 A fifth home contest, this time versus Cornell, was cancelled and left the Elis without a home game for the entire month of January. The team returned to the ice in February when they travelled to Boston for the first game against Harvard. Yale could not, however, field its normal lineup as several players were missing due to illness or injury. The result was that the Elis could hardly make a dent in the stout Harvard defense and fell 0–4 to the Crimson. The shot total of 34 to 6 in favor of Harvard demonstrates how lopsided the match was.http://digital.library.yale.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/yale-ydn/id/92878/rec/38 Vol. XXXVI, No. 98 Yale Daily News February 3, 1913 April 15, 2020 Two further home games were cancelled with the second being moved to the St. Nicholas Rink, where Yale fell to Dartmouth 2–3. The next day the Elis were finally able to play at home, defeating the Freshman team in an exhibition match. The second match against Princeton began well for the Bulldogs with Yale leading 1–0 at the half. The second half, however, was a nightmare for the Elis. Princeton scored 8 goals, four coming from Hobey Baker, as the defense was swamped and Yale was soundly beaten 8–2.http://digital.library.yale.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/yale-ydn/id/92941/rec/46 Vol. XXXVI, No. 107 Yale Daily News February 13, 1913 April 15, 2020 Yale was able to tack on a game against Massachusetts Agricultural College to give themselves one official home game before the rematch against Harvard. Yale scored first and led at the half but, similar to the Princeton game, Harvard scored three goals and dominated the period. The Elis closed the gap with less than a minute to play but they could not stop Harvard from claiming the Intercollegiate title.http://digital.library.yale.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/yale-ydn/id/92983/rec/51 Vol. XXXVI, No. 113 Yale Daily News February 20, 1913 April 15, 2020 The team did not have a coach, however, Alfred Cowles served as team manager. Roster yes Francis H. Bangs so C 151 St. Paul's School yes John B. Bellinger so D yes Alexander W. Chauncey sr RW 1891 4 6 USA Brooklyn Heights, New York yes Walton Cox sr R/C/D 1890 12 20 yes Merritt W. Gano Jr. jr D 175 1890 5 4 St. Paul's School yes George A. Gore sr D 163 yes Archer Harman sr C/R 1889 10 11 yes C Walter S. Heron Jr. jr LW 167 St. Paul's School yes Ranald H. MacDonald Jr. so D 148 1891 11 24 USA Brooklyn, New York St. Paul's School yes Clyde Martin sr D yes Hugh H. McLean Jr. jr C yes Lucius P. Ordway Jr. jr C 132 1890 12 2 Hotchkiss School yes Morgan B. Schiller jr G 148 1893 7 23 St. Paul's School yes Theodore P. Swift so G 1891 7 12 yes John M. Tilney sr G yes https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/786/yale-univ./1912-1913 1912-1913 Roster Elite Prospects December 30, 2019 Standings YALE YALE Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="color:white; background:#00356B" | Regular season December 19 l yes yes no St. Paul's School St. Nicholas Rink New York, New York 2–4 0–1–0 January 1 l yes yes no McGill Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts 0–2 0–2–0 January 8 w yes yes no Columbia St. Nicholas Rink New York, New York 6–0 1–2–0 January 18 l yes no Princeton St. Nicholas Rink New York, New York 5–7 1–3–0 0–1–0 February 1 l yes no Harvard Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts Rivalry 0–4 1–4–0 0–2–0 February 7 l yes no Dartmouth St. Nicholas Rink New York, New York 2–3 1–5–0 February 8 w yes yes no Yale Freshman Team Yale Rink New Haven, Connecticut Exhibition 7–1 February 12 l yes no Princeton St. Nicholas Rink New York, New York 2–8 1–6–0 0–3–0 February 15 w yes no Massachusetts Agricultural Yale Rink New Haven, Connecticut 4–0 2–6–0 February 19 l yes no Harvard St. Nicholas Rink New York, New York Rivalry 2–3 2–7–0 0–4–0 no no https://s3.amazonaws.com/yalebulldogs.com/documents/2019/6/25/YearxYearthrough2018-19Yalehockey_docx_-2-.pdf YALE MEN'S HOCKEY RESULTS, 1895 -2019 Yale Bulldogs December 30, 2019 References 50em Category:Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey seasons Yale Yale Yale