1928–29 Colgate men's ice hockey season

March 2026 August 2023 color:white; background:#821019; a #000000 2px white white Colgate white 1928–29 Colgate Raiders logo.svg Colgate men NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey) Independent 4–3–0 2–1–0 2–2–0 Raymond A. Watkins J. Howard Starr Albert Chambers Freshman Football Rink 1927–28 1929–30 Colgate Raiders #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1928–29 Colgate men's ice hockey season was the 6th season of play for the program. The team was coached by Raymond A. Watkins in his 1st season. Season After experiencing a great deal of trouble with their home rink in 1928, the school decided to build a new temporary rink. Aside from the improvements in drainage the new rink measured in at 190' by 85'.https://digitalcollections.colgate.edu/islandora/object/studentpapers%3A5801 Watkins is Names New Coach of Hockey Team The Colgate Maroon December 12, 1928 August 10, 2023 After work had begun, the school announced that Raymond A. Watkins, who had recently been hired to coach the freshman teams at the school, agree to helm the ice hockey program. While Watkins had not played the game previously, he had coached the team at Bates a few years earlier and would be assisted by J. Howard Starr who had been on the ice hockey team at YMCA College. The team began practicing on Taylor Lake while they waited for the weather to cool off. Due in part to the poor experience the year before, the team did not bother to schedule any intercollegiate games until February. In the meantime, however, the Maroons received a welcome cold snap in the first half of January that allowed the team to get some on-ice practice.https://digitalcollections.colgate.edu/islandora/object/studentpapers%3A5657 Hockey Team Practices as First Game Approaches The Colgate Maroon January 9, 1929 August 10, 2023 The club played an exhibition match against an amateur club from Clinton in mid-January and lost 3–4. The team played terribly in the first period, allowing three goals against in a span of just 3 minutes, but they soon found their skating legs and made a game of it for the rest of the contest. Unfortunately, due to inclement weather, the team was unable to continue its exhibition calendar and had to cancel the rest of their January matches.https://digitalcollections.colgate.edu/islandora/object/studentpapers%3A5758 Hockey Team Works Out Against Clinton The Colgate Maroon January 23, 1929 August 10, 2023 Colgate faced a trial by fire at the opening of their season and ended up getting burned by Dartmouth. Hampered by a lack of practice time leading into the match, the Maroons were overwhelmed by one of the top teams in college hockey. The offense was unable to keep pace with the fast Indian skaters. The Green were in control for the entire game and hardly let Colgate out of its own end. Only a goal from Hofheins in the second prevented the team from being shutout.https://digitalcollections.colgate.edu/islandora/object/studentpapers%3A5791 Dartmouth Sextet Wins from Colgate The Colgate Maroon February 6, 1929 August 10, 2023 Three days later the team went on the road to play Cornell. The defense had a much stronger performance in the second game, however, the offense was still lacking. Howe's lone goal was insufficient to keep in the game on slow, soft ice.https://digitalcollections.colgate.edu/islandora/object/studentpapers%3A60077 Maroon Sextet Falls Before Cornell Team The Colgate Maroon February 13, 1929 August 10, 2023 A week later the team was in Schenectady to take on Union and had a near-identical performance to the Cornell game. After allowing the opening goal, Howe tied the game in the second but, with the rest of the team unable to score, the Maroons lost again.https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn96027707/1929-02-19/ed-1/seq-5/ Union Hockey Team Wins Initial Game The Concordiensis February 19, 1929 August 10, 2023 At this point, Colgate had lost 11 consecutive games and had not been in the win column since 1921. Just as it appeared that the team might be staring down at another winless season, the Maroons completely turned their season against Army. The two teams matched one another closely in the first period but, once the second began, everything tilted in Colgate's favor. Three goals followed in the second and the avalanche kept coming with a further 4 in the third. Hofheins led the way with a hat-trick and lifted the Marrons to victory.https://digitalcollections.colgate.edu/islandora/object/studentpapers%3A5615 Maroon Sextet Wins Over Army Team The Colgate Maroon February 20, 1929 August 10, 2023 The Maroons carried their newfound confidence into the next game with St. Lawrence and won an overtime match thanks to the exploits of Howe and Hofheins. The end of the week saw Cornell arrive for the rematch and fought a pitched battle with the Big Red. Chambers allowed the opening goal of the game but refused entry to every shot thereafter. Hofheins tied the score before too long and set up a mildly controversial call from referee. After a pile-up in front of the Cornell net, Earnie Paul disentangled the jumble of players only to find the puck in the cage. Nelson was credited with the goal and the Colgate defense managed to hold on to their lead until the end of the match.https://digitalcollections.colgate.edu/islandora/object/studentpapers%3A5519 Hockey Team Wins Two Close Games The Colgate Maroon February 27, 1929 August 10, 2023 Colgate was suddenly sitting in a position to finish the year with a winning record and had just Hamilton left to contend with. The defense played a stout game throughout the match, turning aside chance after chance from the Continentals. Spelder and Barnes were instrumental in keeping the scoresheet empty and sending the match into overtime. A penalty by Spelder gave Hamilton a chance in the extra session but Chambers kept the puck out of the goal and enabled Hofheins to score with just over a minute left.https://digitalcollections.colgate.edu/islandora/object/studentpapers%3A5620 Hockey Team Defeats Hamilton in Fast Game The Colgate Maroon March 6, 1929 August 10, 2023 The win gave Colgate its first winning season in over a decade. Paul Wish served as team manager.https://digitalcollections.colgate.edu/islandora/object/studentyearbooks%3A1868 Salmagundi 1930 Colgate University August 9, 2023 Note: Colgate's athletic teams did not have a moniker until 'Red Raiders' was adopted in 1932.http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,769729-2,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121103204144/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,769729-2,00.html dead November 3, 2012 Sport: Football, Oct. 31, 1932 1932-10-31 Time 2009-08-20 Roster yes Clifton W. Anderson jr USA Greenwich, Connecticut yes Warren F. Barnes jr D USA Winchester, Massachusetts yes Albert M. Chambers sr G USA Kew Gardens, New York yes Howard B. Crane fr USA Mamaroneck, New York yes Willard G. Fischer fr C USA Buffalo, New York yes Robert F. Hofheins so LW USA Buffalo, New York yes Francis W. Howe jr C USA Buffalo, New York yes James A. Nelson so RW USA Sea Cliff, New York yes Samuel B. Noyes so USA Niagara Falls, New York yes Arthur Schiebel fr USA Mount Vernon, New York yes John M. Spelder sr D USA Buffalo, New York yes Donald M. Terry so USA Albany, New York yes Milford D. Walker fr D USA Short Hills, New Jersey yes https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/913/colgate-univ./1928-1929#players 1928-1929 Roster Elite Prospects July 5, 2020 Standings CGT Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Colgate Raiders #FFFFFF;" | Exhibition January 12 l yes no Clinton Town Freshman Football Rink Hamilton, New York Exhibition 3–4 February 2 w yes no Clinton Town Clinton, New York Exhibition 4–1 |- !colspan=12 style="Colgate Raiders #FFFFFF;" | Regular Season February 5 l yes no Dartmouth Freshman Football Rink Hamilton, New York 1–9 0–1–0 February 8 l yes yes no Cornell Beebe Lake Ithaca, New York 1–3 0–2–0 February 15 l yes yes no Union Central Park Rink Schenectady, New York 1–3 0–3–0 February 16 w yes yes no Army Stuart Rink West Point, New York 8–1 1–3–0 February 20 w yes no St. Lawrence Freshman Football Rink Hamilton, New York 2–1 OT 2–3–0 February 23 w yes no Cornell Freshman Football Rink Hamilton, New York 2–1 3–3–0 March 2 w yes yes no Hamilton Russell Sage Rink Clinton, New York 1–0 OT 4–3–0 no no Colgate Raiders Men's Hockey 2017-18 Record Book https://s3.amazonaws.com/gocolgateraiders.com/documents/2018/7/18/Men_sHockey.pdf Colgate Raiders 2018-09-30 Scoring statistics 2 Colgate Raiders Name Position Games Goals Assists Points Bob Hofheins 1 LW 7 7 2 9 Francis Howe 1 C 7 5 1 6 James Nelson 1 RW 7 2 0 2 Willard Fischer 1 C 4 1 0 1 John Spelder 1 D 7 1 0 1 Clifton Anderson 1 Sub. 6 0 1 1 Albert Chambers 1 G 7 0 0 0 Milford Walker 1 D - 0 0 0 Donald Terry 1 Sub. - 0 0 0 Warren Barnes 1 D - 0 0 0 Howard Crane 1 Sub. - 0 0 0 Samuel Noyes 1 Sub. - 0 0 0 Arthur Schiebel 1 Sub. - 0 0 0 Total 16 4 20 Note: Assists were recorded infrequently. 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