1919–20 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 1919–20 Harvard Crimson logo.svg Harvard Crimson men Triangular Hockey League Triangular League 1st 10–3–0 4–0–0 6–1–0 4–2–0 William Claflin Norman Walker Pavilion Rink Intercollegiate ChampionTriangular Hockey League, Champion 1918–19 1920–21 Harvard Crimson #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1919–20 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 22nd season of play for the program. Season After a successful return in 1919, the hockey team had high hopes for a return to glory in the first full season since the end of World War I. First, however, they would have to overcome a few difficulties. Alfred Winsor, the coach who had instilled a tremendous defensive system and led the team to 7 intercollegiate championships, would not return to the program. The team decided to hire another Crimson grad with William Henry Claflin Jr. becoming the second coach in team history.https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1919/12/6/regular-practice-for-hockey-team-starts/ REGULAR PRACTICE FOR HOCKEY TEAM STARTS The Harvard Crimson December 6, 1919 April 13, 2020 Secondly, with the Boston Arena still undergoing repairs due to a fire, the university would have to find a new home for the year. With the St. Nicholas Rink now closed for hockey and the opening of the Philadelphia Ice Palace delayed, Harvard was able to secure the small Cambridge Ice Pavilion for many of its early games.https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1919/12/18/intercollegiate-hockey-centers-in-philadelphia-pphiladelphia/ INTERCOLLEGIATE HOCKEY CENTERS IN PHILADELPHIA The Harvard Crimson December 18, 1919 April 13, 2020 Due to the small size of the rink, all games that took place there were restricted to six players on each side, rather than the normal seven for college games. Additionally, many of the game were played using three 15-minute periods rather than two 20-minute halves. The changes known well ahead of time but the team may still have been put off by the strangeness in their games because the Crimson lost the first three games of their season. Fortunately, none were to other colleges and when they opened the inaugural Triangular Hockey League season against Yale, Harvard was able to overcome a 3-goal middle frame from the Elis with one of their own in the third to win the game 5–4.http://digital.library.yale.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/yale-ydn/id/94541/rec/11 Vol. XLIII, No. 84 Yale Daily News January 19, 1920 April 11, 2020 The next game against the Dartmouth Club saw a return to 20-minute halves, but the match progressed similarly with the opponents building a multi-goal lead that Harvard was just able to overcome and claim victory.https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1920/1/22/superior-team-play-gains-university-a/ SUPERIOR TEAM PLAY GAINS UNIVERSITY A WIN OVER GREEN, 4-3 The Harvard Crimson January 22, 1920 April 13, 2020 Three nights later Harvard downed the official team from Dartmouth and were beginning to get used to the style of play necessitated by the size of the Pavilion. By the time Harvard played Tufts they had rounded into form and dominated the Jumbos 8–0 while using their alternates for most of the game.https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1920/1/29/crimson-finds-tufts-easy-in-fourth/ CRIMSON FINDS TUFTS EASY IN FOURTH HOCKEY VICTORY The Harvard Crimson January 29, 1920 April 13, 2020 The offensive heart of the team, Edward Bigelow, returned from an injury just in time for the first game against Princeton. After the Tigers opened the scoring, Bigelow tied the game and set up an offensive deluge that resulted in a 4–1 lead after the first period. The teams played tighter in the final two frames but Harvard's defense was up to the task and the Crimson responded to every Tiger goal to take the game by a final score of 6–3.https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19200202-01&e=------190-en-20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-hockey----1903-- Vol. 40, No. 210 The Daily Princetonian February 2, 1920 April 13, 2020 A 5-goal game from Bigelow paced the team in their 8–0 win over MIThttps://www.thecrimson.com/article/1920/2/5/tech-swamped-8-to-0-in/ TECH SWAMPED 8 TO 0 IN ROUGH ICE BATTLE The Harvard Crimson February 5, 1920 April 13, 2020 But the team was far more impressive in their 4–3 win over the Boston All Stars. Even with several fluky goals, and a bit of controversy over the game-winner,https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1920/2/9/crimson-team-play-defeated-all-stars-pwinning-a/ CRIMSON TEAM-PLAY DEFEATED ALL-STARS The Harvard Crimson February 9, 1920 April 13, 2020 Harvard was able to run their winning streak to 7 games at the end of the most strenuous stretch of their season. Harvard won one more home game before preparing to head south and play Yale at the Philadelphia Ice Palace. With the game played on a surface even larger than modern Olympic rinks, Harvard was dominant throughout the game, their first 7-on-7 match of the season. Only through the brilliant goaltending of Walker was Harvard's score limited to 3 goals.http://digital.library.yale.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/yale-ydn/id/94422/rec/37 Vol. XLIII, No. 111 Yale Daily News February 23, 1920 April 11, 2020 The win gave the season series to Harvard as well as the intercollegiate championship. The Crimson still had to finish their series with Princeton, but the Tigers' record was so poor that even if they were to win the series Harvard would still possess the crown for 1920. In the end, however, Princeton proved no match for Harvard and the Crimson were able to post their biggest victory over the Tigers to that point with a 10–1 win. Captain Walker left the game late with a broken nose but that minor injury couldn't detract from the overpowering performance that cemented Harvard's ninth Intercollegiate Championship.https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1920/3/8/10-to-1-victory-over-tigers/ 10 TO 1 VICTORY OVER TIGERS GIVES CRIMSON CLEAR RIGHT TO INTERCOLLEGIATE ICE TITLE The Harvard Crimson March 8, 1920 April 13, 2020 Harvard was reported as both the Intercollegiate Champion and Eastern Intercollegiate Champion at the time.https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19200308-01.2.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Volume 41, Number 7 The Princeton Daily March 8, 1920 March 19, 2020 While the midwestern schools had just begun their programs and they would not regularly play the eastern teams for several years, none played more than a handful of games and most matches were not intercollegiate contests. This left Harvard with a claim for a unified National Championship, the last such claim until 1948. Roster yes Donald Angier so LW 1900 1 12 USA Newton, Massachusetts Taft School yes Thomas M. Avery jr C/RW 1898 8 3 USA Chicago, Illinois St. Paul's School yes Francis M. Bacon III jr LW 1899 5 14 USA Short Hills, New Jersey St. Paul's School yes Charles W. Baker so RW 1900 12 18 USA New York, New York St. Paul's School yes George S. Baldwin jr C 1898 12 3 USA Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Phillips Academy yes Edward L. Bigelow Edward Bigelow (ice hockey) jr C 1899 4 19 USA Boston, Massachusetts St. Mark's School yes Henry F. Colt so D 1900 4 21 USA Lakewood, New Jersey St. Paul's School yes Robert W. Emmons sr RW 1897 7 11 USA Bourne, Massachusetts Groton School yes John Gaston jr RW 1898 12 10 USA Boston, Massachusetts St. Mark's School yes Mitchell Gratwick so D 1900 5 19 USA Buffalo, New York Phillips Academy yes Jabish Holmes Jr. jr G 1899 3 11 USA Pelham Manor, New York Middlesex School yes William J. Louderback sr G 1898 5 3 USA Chicago, Illinois St. Paul's School yes John M. Martin so RW 1900 5 9 USA Manchester, New Hampshire Pomfret School yes Henry B. W. Snelling sr F 1899 2 14 USA Newton Center, Massachusetts St. Mark's School yes Joseph Stubbs sr D 1899 4 28 USA Newton, Massachusetts Newton High School yes Norman S. Walker sr D 1897 12 21 USA Castleton Corners, New York St. Paul's School yes C https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/1339/harvard-univ./1919-1920?tab=stats 1919-1920 Roster Elite Prospects April 9, 2020 Standings HAR HAR Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Harvard Crimson #FFFFFF;" | Regular Season January 3 l yes no Toronto Pavilion Rink Cambridge, Massachusetts 2–5 0–1–0 January 7 l yes yes no Harvard Club Pavilion Rink Cambridge, Massachusetts 1–3 0–2–0 January 10 l yes yes no Boston Athletic Association Pavilion Rink Cambridge, Massachusetts 4–5 0–3–0 January 17 w no Yale Pavilion Rink Cambridge, Massachusetts Rivalry 5–4 1–3–0 1–0–0 January 21 w yes no Dartmouth Club Pavilion Rink Cambridge, Massachusetts 4–3 2–3–0 January 24 w yes no Dartmouth Pavilion Rink Cambridge, Massachusetts 4–2 3–3–0 January 30 w yes no Tufts Pavilion Rink Cambridge, Massachusetts 8–0 4–3–0 January 31 w no Princeton Pavilion Rink Cambridge, Massachusetts 6–3 5–3–0 2–0–0 February 4 w yes yes no MIT Pavilion Rink Cambridge, Massachusetts 8–0 6–3–0 February 7 w yes yes no Boston All Stars Pavilion Rink Cambridge, Massachusetts 4–3 7–3–0 February 14 w yes no Sherbrook Hockey Pavilion Rink Cambridge, Massachusetts 6–4 8–3–0 February 21 w yes no Yale Philadelphia Ice Palace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rivalry 3–0 9–3–0 3–0–0 March 6 w yes no Princeton Philadelphia Ice Palace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10–1 10–3–0 4–0–0 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