1928–29 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 1928–29 Harvard Crimson logo.svg Harvard Crimson men NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey) Independent 5–4–1 3–0–1 1–3–0 1–1–0 Joseph Stubbs John Tudor Boston Garden 1927–28 1929–30 Harvard Crimson #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1928–29 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 31st season of play for the program. Season Before the season began a major change had to be undertaken; the Boston Madison Square Garden, the new indoor facility for the Boston Bruins, was going to serve as the new home for Harvard hockey, but due to a lack of ice, the team would have to travel south to use the New York Madison Square Garden for practices. Tex Rickard controlled both buildings and he was willing to let Harvard have access to either.https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1928/11/26/first-call-is-issued-for-hockey/ FIRST CALL IS ISSUED FOR HOCKEY ASPIRANTS The Harvard Crimson November 26, 1928 August 25, 2020 There was also a change of university policy for the team as it was now able to play more than two away games per season. The team opened their season with a pair of solid wins and then lost their two-game series against Toronto. Despite the loss, Harvard had pushed the Blues into overtime in both games and looked to be as strong as they were the year before. The second game only ended in a scoreless tie due to Toronto's captain throwing his stick to knock the puck off of a Crimson stick (not a penalty at the time).https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1929/1/4/crimson-sextet-battles-toronto-to-scoreless/ CRIMSON SEXTET BATTLES TORONTO TO SCORELESS TIE The Harvard Crimson January 4, 1929 August 25, 2020 Harvard's championship hopes were dealt a serious blow when they lost the first game of their collegiate season on Dartmouth's new rink and then had to wait over a month before their next game. The Crimson were able to exact some revenge in the rematch against the Indians but they had little margin for error after an easy tilt against Pennsylvania. They entered the series against Yale with their foes having gone undefeated to that point (13–0–1) but Harvard could still spoil the Eli's season. In front of 12,000 spectators at the Garden, Harvard ground out a 2–1 overtime win in a penalty-filled game.http://digital.library.yale.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/yale-ydn/id/147657/rec/4 University Six Suffer First Defeat at Hands of Strong Harvard Sextet Yale Daily News March 4, 1929 August 25, 2020 The rematch came a week later and once again the home team won, unfortunately that team was Yale. Harvard was held scoreless throughout the game but the defense remained stout and only surrendered a single goal in the third period. The final game, which would decide whether or not Yale could claim a championship, was played at Yale on 13 March and the two teams proved to be the equal of the other once more. While Yale appeared to be the better team at times during the game they would not distance themselves from the Crimson and the two teams finished regulation tied at 2-all. Overtime was needed but after a scoreless 10-minutes another was required. Neither team was able to end the game by the 80th minute so a third extra session was yet required. With both teams visible exhausted Frank Nelson was finally able to score the deciding goal, he just happened to be wearing an Eli sweater.http://digital.library.yale.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/yale-ydn/id/147732/rec/14 Yale Clinches Eastern Intercollegiate Hockey Title by Downing Crimson 3-2 Yale Daily News March 14, 1929 August 25, 2020 While Harvard finished with a less-than-satisfying result and their record was rather poor, the Crimson had played tremendously well through most of the year, they just couldn't get luck to side in their favor in 1929. Roster yes S. L. Batchelder so D yes Albert S. Bigelow sr D yes Hugh W. Bigelow sr D yes Covel D yes John Cross jr LW yes William L. Elkins sr G yes Horace D. Everett so C/LW yes John B. Garrison John Garrison (ice hockey) so C 1909 2 13 USA West Newton, Massachusetts yes Rene F. G. Giddens jr RW yes Guy C. Holbrook Jr. jr C yes Orton P. Jackson sr G yes Charles B. Lakin jr RW yes B. Henry Newell sr G yes Pruyn RW yes Eliot T. Putnam sr C/D yes Shearor D yes Malcolm N. Stanley sr LW/D yes John Tudor sr LW yes C Watts LW yes https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/1339/harvard-univ./1928-1929?tab=stats 1928-1929 Roster Elite Prospects July 27, 2020 Standings HAR Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Harvard Crimson #FFFFFF;" | Regular Season December 12 w yes yes no MIT Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts 9–1 1–0–0 December 21 w yes no McGill Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts 3–2 OT 3–1–0 December 31 l yes yes no Toronto Madison Square Garden Manhattan, New York 2–3 OT 2–1–0 January 3 t yes no Toronto Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts 0–0 OT 2–1–1 January 12 l yes yes no Dartmouth Davis Rink Hanover, New Hampshire 1–2 2–2–1 February 16 w yes no Dartmouth Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts 3–2 3–2–1 February 22 w yes yes no Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ice Palace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 9–0 4–2–1 March 2 w yes no Yale Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts Rivalry 2–1 5–2–1 March 9 l yes yes no Yale New Haven Arena New Haven, Connecticut Rivalry 0–1 5–3–1 March 13 l yes yes no Yale New Haven Arena New Haven, Connecticut Rivalry 2–3 3OT 5–4–1 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