1921–22 YMCA College Maroons men's ice hockey season

March 2026 August 2023 color:white; background:#862633; white white YMCA College Maroons white 1921–22 YMCA College Maroons men NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey) Independent 2–4–0 1–1–0 1–3–0 Benny LeonardGeorge Bergini Benny LeonardWalt Courtney Pratt Field Rink 1920–21 1923–24 Springfield Pride #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1921–22 YMCA College Maroons men's ice hockey season was the 18th season of play for the program. Season The '22 season was a complete disaster for the Maroons. The year began with the team losing their coach, Paul Otto, who sited too many other responsibilities as the reason for his departure.https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16122coll9/id/3392/rec/27 Springfield College Yearbook, 1922 Springfield College July 25, 2023 While Benny Leonard, the team captain and manager, agreed to act as coach for the year, he was caught short and only managed to schedule 6 games.https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16122coll6/id/3185/rec/1 Hockey Season Begins Tomorrow The Springfield Student January 13, 1922 July 25, 2023 To make matters worse, J. Howard Starr, the team best defenseman, could only play on occasion due to his studies. While the team was able to get Starr in the lineup for the first game, they were missing Delano who was recovering from surgery. A warm winter meant that most of the early-season training for the team happened off the ice and all of those degrading effects caused the Maroons to open the year with a bad defeat at the hands of Williams. The Ephs were by far the better team all game long and YMCA had no chance for victory in the match.https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16122coll6/id/3190/rec/2 Puckmen Bow to Williams The Springfield Student January 20, 1922 July 25, 2023 After a subsequent loss to Amherst, Benny Leonard was admitted to hospital with acute Appendicitis and needed surgery to fix the issue. Because he was lost for the year, the team was now down to just one returning player (Courtney) with the rest of the club made up of new faces. While Courtney took over as captain, George Bergini, the coach of the Springfield Hockey Club, offered to help the team in its time of need and finished out the year as coach. Somewhat surprisingly, the team was able to win its next game but Rensselaer was and had been one of the worst programs for over a decade and the Maroons' victory had as much to do with the quality of their opponent as anything else.https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16122coll6/id/3195/rec/3 Hockey Team Defeats R.P.I. The Springfield Student January 27, 1922 July 25, 2023 The following week the team travelled to face Army and found themselves on the wrong end of a 0–7 beating. The shorthanded team got a small bit of good news heading into the rematch with Amherst; the Lord Jeffs were dealing with similar roster problems. YMCA had a chance to avenge their earlier defeat but, even handicapped, the Sabrinas were too much for the Maroons and handed them yet another shutout loss.https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16122coll6/id/3204/rec/5 R.P.I. Tomorrow The Springfield Student February 11, 1922 July 25, 2023 YMCA ended the year with a second defeat of RPI, the only goal coming from Courtney.https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16122coll6/id/3210/rec/6 Hockey Season Closes The Springfield Student February 18, 1922 July 25, 2023 The poor but respectable record belied the terrible state the program was in. The situation was so bad that the program was shuttered for the following year. Benny Leonard served as team manager. Roster yes Walter A. Courtney jr D USA Maynard, Massachusetts yes C William A. Hamm so RW USA Bridgeport, Connecticut yes Leon L. Houston sr G USA Lisbon Falls, Maine yes John G. Lang Jr. so LW CAN St. Thomas, Ontario yes Albert S. Leonard sr C 1899 2 10 USA Melrose, Massachusetts yes C W. T. Lindsay so RW USA Quincy, Massachusetts yes D. Hector Reid so C CAN Hamilton, Ontario yes J. Howard Starr John Howard Starr sr D 1899 7 16 USA New Haven, Connecticut yes F. T. Wall so D/LW USA Birmingham, Indiana yes Edwin H. Ward sr C/LW USA Norwood, Massachusetts yes https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16122coll9/id/3392/rec/27 Springfield College Yearbook, 1922 Springfield College July 25, 2023 Standings YMCA Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Springfield Pride #FFFFFF;" | Regular Season January 14 l yes yes no Williams Cole Field House Rink Williamstown, Massachusetts 1–8 0–1–0 January 18 l yes no Amherst Pratt Field Rink Springfield, Massachusetts 0–5 0–2–0 January 21 w yes yes no Rensselaer RPI Rink Troy, New York 1–0 1–2–0 January 28 l yes yes no Army Stuart Rink West Point, New York 0–7 1–3–0 February 4 l yes yes no Amherst Pratt Field Rink Amherst, Massachusetts 0–2 1–4–0 February 11 w yes no Rensselaer Pratt Field Rink Springfield, Massachusetts 1–0 2–4–0 no no https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16122coll9/id/3392/rec/27 Springfield College Yearbook, 1922 Springfield College July 25, 2023 Scoring statistics 2 Springfield Pride Name Position Games Goals Walt Courtney 1 CP - 2 W. Lindsay 1 RW - 1 Bill Hamm 1 RW - 0 Leon Houston 1 G - 0 John Lang 1 LW - 0 Benny Leonard 1 C - 0 Hector Reid 1 C - 0 Howie Starr 1 P - 0 F. Wall 1 P/LW - 0 Ed Ward 1 C/LW - 0 Total 3 References 50em Category:Springfield Pride men's ice hockey seasons YMCA College YMCA College YMCA College