1922–23 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season

1922-23 season was the 22nd season March 2026 August 2023 color:white; background:#99CAEA; a #183863 2px black black Columbia Lions black 1922–23 Columbia Lions wordmark.png 250 Columbia Lions men 0–9–0 0–5–0 0–4–0 Tom Howard Walter Rollins Iceland Rink 1921–22 1937–38 Columbia Lions #000000 background:#eeeeee; The 1922–23 Columbia men's ice hockey season was the 22nd season of play for the program. Season Columbia started its second season under Tom Howard with a 3-game series against Dartmouth in Lake Placid, New York.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19230103-01&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Volume LXVII, Number 69 Columbia Daily Spectator January 3, 1923 March 16, 2020 January 19, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250119173152/https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19230103-01&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead they returned after Christmas against Amherst, looking for a better result. After a win over the Lord Jeffs, Columbia was hoping for a repeat performance against Princeton but instead the Tigers throttled the Lions by a 0–14 score.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19230118-01.2.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Volume LXVII, Number 82 Columbia Daily Spectator January 18, 1923 March 16, 2020 January 19, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250119071547/https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19230118-01.2.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead Coach Howard didn't allow the team to surrender after the embarrassing loss and ran the Lions through hard practices leading up to their next game against Pennsylvania. The work paid off with Columbia paying much more attention to their defensive game in a 2–0 win.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19230123-01&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Volume LXVII, Number 86 Columbia Daily Spectator January 23, 1923 March 16, 2020 September 16, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190916090614/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19230123-01&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead After another few weeks off the Lions travelled to upstate New York for a pair of games.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19230210-01.2.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Volume LXVII, Number 95 Columbia Daily Spectator February 10, 1923 March 3, 2020 January 19, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250119071420/https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19230210-01.2.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead Columbia earned a road split against two teams before heading to West Point to face Army. Despite concerns that the weather may not hold the game took place but the Lions fared poorly, losing the match 1–5.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19230215-01.2.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Volume LXVII, Number 99 Columbia Daily Spectator February 15, 1923 March 3, 2020 January 19, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250119132234/https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19230215-01.2.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead In late February, however, news came to light that the team had committed several serious infractions. The team had played multiple ineligible players under false names after the Princeton game, a violation of sportsmanship and committee regulations in the eyes of Columbia University administration.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19230220-01.2.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Volume LXVII, Number 103 Columbia Daily Spectator February 20, 1923 March 3, 2020 January 19, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250119071445/https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19230220-01.2.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead Several members were disciplined and the remaining game on the schedule was abandoned. Columbia ultimately decided to forfeit all of their wins on the season.https://acdc.amherst.edu/view/Olios/Olio-1923#page/170/mode/2up/search/hockey 1924 Olio Amherst College May 7, 2024 Despite the scandal, the university was willing to continue to support the team. However, when a distinct lack of ice rinks became apparent the following November, Columbia announced that they were cancelling the season.http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19231119-01.2.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Volume XLVII, Number 46 Columbia Daily Spectator November 19, 1923 March 3, 2020 July 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210713204745/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19231119-01.2.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- dead The administration did say that they would bring the team back after one year if the rink situation had improved to their satisfaction, but the next game for the program wouldn't happen for almost 15 years. Roster yes Marshall W. Baldwin jr W yes Barthen fr D yes Folger D yes Bill Gibb G yes Frank Hanson so C yes Richard H. Marshall so LW yes Nash D yes Mackey Rackow jr D yes David B. Rogers sr D/C Acadia yes Walter Rollins sr RW yes C Herman Wahlig jr G yes Standings COL Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Columbia Lions #000000;" | Regular Season December 21 l yes yes no Dartmouth Lake Placid Arena Lake Placid, New York 1–2 0–1–0 December 22 l yes yes no Dartmouth Lake Placid Arena Lake Placid, New York 3–8 0–2–0 December 24 l yes yes no Dartmouth Lake Placid Arena Lake Placid, New York 0–2 † 0–3–0 January 12 l yes yes no Amherst Iceland Rink New York, New York 5–2 (forfeit) 0–4–0 January 17 l yes yes no Princeton Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Princeton, New Jersey 0–14 0–5–0 January 22 l yes yes no Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ice Palace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2–0 (forfeit) 0–6–0 February 9 l yes yes no Cornell Beebe Lake Ithaca, New York 1–0 (forfeit) 0–7–0 February 10 l yes yes no Hamilton Russell Sage Rink Clinton, New York 1–2 0–8–0 February 14 l yes yes no Army Stuart Rink West Point, New York 1–5 0–9–0 no no † Dartmouth records have the score at 0–7 while contemporary accounts list the final as 0–2. 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