1924–25 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season
The 1924–25 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 20th season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 5th season.
| 1924–25 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season | |
|---|---|
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| Home ice | Beebe Lake |
| Record | |
| Overall | 1–4–0 |
| Home | 1–1–0 |
| Road | 0–2–0 |
| Neutral | 0–1–0 |
| Coaches and captains | |
| Head coach | Nick Bawlf |
| Captain(s) | Charles Stainton |
| Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey seasons « 1923–24 1925–26 » | |
Season
The weather wasn't kind at the start of the season, but it was more accommodating than it had been the year before. Cornell was able to get some practice in before Christmas but the team had some unwelcome news at the beginning of their season. Two starters from '24 who were expected to be on the team were ineligible. Burnett and Kidd, key players in Cornell's offense, wouldn't be able to play this season and coach Bawlf would have to scramble to find their replacements.[1] The lake froze well and the first game with Boston University was played on the 10th. The new lineup didn't have enough practice time together and visitors displayed much better cohesion in their 7–2 win.[2]
An increase in practice time followed and the team responded with a win over MAC the following week. The team's defense was far sturdier and held the Aggies without much of a chance to score for the first two periods.[3] As had happened during the first game, Tilton remained at center for the entire contest while several players were rotated through both wing positions. The team played their next match a week later but were stymied by a stingy MIT squad, managing just 1 goal in a biting wind.[4]
The team wen dormant for several weeks during the exam period and their restart was delayed even further when the match against Clarkson was cancelled due to poor ice conditions.[5] The next team was against a familiar opponent in Princeton and there was hope that the Big red could take advantage of a weakened Tiger squad.[6] However, Cornell was hampered by a lack of practice and the team was soundly defeated. Moving Tilton back to defense provided a boon to the blue line but the team was unable to stop the Princeton offense from seemingly scoring at will. The final game of the year came against Hamilton and the team was held scoreless by their opponents.
Roster
| No. | S/P/C | Player | Class | Pos | Height | Weight | DoB | Hometown | Previous team |
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Richard Aronson | Junior | F/D | Winthrop, Massachusetts | |||||
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Frank Benton | Sophomore | LW/RW | Ithaca, New York | |||||
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Fritz Boesche | Sophomore | C/LW | Ithaca, New York | |||||
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Hugh Breckenridge | Junior | RW | Hamilton, Ontario | |||||
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Henry Bubier | Sophomore | LW/RW | Wellesley, Massachusetts | |||||
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Joe Cooke | Sophomore | LW | Buffalo, New York | |||||
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Frank Edminster Jr. | Junior | D | Ithaca, New York | |||||
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Albert Hatfield | Sophomore | D | Utica, New York | |||||
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Phillips Hoyt | Sophomore | LW/D | Indianapolis, Indiana | |||||
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Charles Stainton (C) | Senior | G | Buffalo, New York | |||||
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Benjamin Tilton | Junior | C/D | Washington D. C. | |||||
| White | Junior | D | |||||||
| Wright | RW | ||||||||
Standings
| Intercollegiate | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Amherst | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | |
| Army | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .583 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 17 | |
| Bates | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 12 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 33 | |
| Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 28 | |
| Boston University | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .591 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 25 | |
| Bowdoin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 13 | |
| Clarkson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 46 | |
| Cornell | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 23 | |
| Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | |
| Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | – | – | |
| Harvard | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 34 | |
| Massachusetts Agricultural | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 13 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 38 | |
| Middlebury | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | |
| MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | |
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | – | – | |
| Rensselaer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | |
| Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | |
| Union | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 22 | |
| Williams | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 19 | |
| Yale | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .885 | 46 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 16 | |
Schedule and Results
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record | |||||||
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| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| January 10 | vs. Boston University* | Beebe Lake • Ithaca, New York | L 2–7 | 0–1–0 | |||||||
| January 17 | vs. Massachusetts Agricultural College* | Beebe Lake • Ithaca, New York | W 2–1 | 1–1–0 | |||||||
| January 24 | vs. MIT* | Cayuga Lake • New York | L 1–2 | 1–2–0 | |||||||
| February 18 | at Princeton* | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | L 2–8 | 1–3–0 | |||||||
| February 28 | at Hamilton* | Hamilton College Rink • Clinton, New York | L 0–5 | 1–4–0 | |||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||||
Scoring Statistics
| Name | Position | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Tilton | C/D | 5 | 3 |
| Joe Cooke | LW | 2 | 1 |
| Richard Aronson | C/LW/RW/D | 4 | 1 |
| Frank Benton | LW/RW | 4 | 1 |
| Henry Bubier | LW/RW | 5 | 1 |
| Hugh Breckenridge | RW | 1 | 0 |
| Wright | RW | 1 | 0 |
| White | D | 2 | 0 |
| Fritz Boesche | C/RW | 3 | 0 |
| Phillips Hoyt | LW/D | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Edminster | D | 5 | 0 |
| Albert Hatfield | D | 5 | 0 |
| Charles Stainton | G | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 7 |
Note: Assists were not recorded as a statistic.
References
- "Warm Weather Impedes Hockey Card Drill". Cornell Daily Sun. December 13, 1924. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- "Hockey Sextet Loses Opening game to Boston". Cornell Daily Sun. January 12, 1925. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- "Varsity Hockey Players Defeat M.A.C. Saturday". Cornell Daily Sun. January 19, 1925. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- "Engineer Hockey Team Defeats Hamilton and Cornell Over Week End" (PDF). The Tech. January 26, 1925. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- "2 Hockey Games Now Cancelled". Cornell Daily Sun. February 12, 1925. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- "Tigers to Face Varsity Sextet This Afternoon". Cornell Daily Sun. February 18, 1925. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- "1924-1925 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- "Year-By-Year results" (PDF). Cornell Big Red. Retrieved December 30, 2019.