1921–22 Penn Quakers men's ice hockey season

Looking to improve on the modest success the team found last year, the program first had to search for a new head coach. The team attempted to hire George Schmael, as he would also be able to handle the lacrosse team as well,[1] but George Orton remained in charge for the first part of the season. As the team was forming, two transfers stood out for the Quakers: Pinney, formerly of Minnesota, and Blank, from Army both showed talent in goal and gave the Quakers a bit of hope before their opening game against Yale.[2]

Penn won their for game of the season but, perhaps more importantly, they had defeated Yale for the first time in Program history.[3] The team would have to wait until after Christmas to play their second game and there was hope that the team was on the ascent. Princeton dampened those hopes with a 4–0 victory. Despite playing well, the Quakers were unable to stop the Tiger's star center, Van Gerbig.[4] To make matters worse, Penn lost their center, Wanamaker, to a deep cut on the leg that would heal, but not enough before their rematch with Yale.[5] Even with Yale missing their own star player, the Bulldogs avenged their earlier loss with a 8–3 dissection of the Quakers.

Wanamaker remained sidelined in the team's next game but the match with Columbia saw Penn overcome an early deficit and match the Lions goal-for-goal until they triumphed with an overtime win.[6] After a second loss to Princeton, the team paused for a few weeks for exams. When they returned, they did so with a new head coach. Frank Winters had been the coach of the Cleveland Athletic Club for four years and but wouldn't be able to take over until after the two game on the weekend of the 10th.[7]

The team headed to upstate New York for their next two games, first facing Hamilton. The team performed well but fell to the strong Continentals squad. The next day they got a chance to redeem themselves against Cornell. Even with Wanamaker back in the lineup, Penn ended Orton's tenure as coach on a low note.[8] Despite the slide, the arrival of Winters for the next game against Lafayette reignited the embers of hope and the team responded with a rousing triumph. Wanamaker scored five times in their 7–1 win and team got ready for a quick turnaround.[9]

Unfortunately, all of the team's remaining games were eventually cancelled. Two games in early March had been previous postponed due to scheduling conflicts and the game on the 25th against Army was called off at the last minute.[10] After the season, Frank Winters decided that travelling from Cleveland to Philadelphia was an untenable proposition and would not return as head coach. He was behind the bench for just a single game in the end.

† Lafayette was an unofficial club team.