1926–27 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season

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1926–27 Cornell Big Red
men's ice hockey season
Home iceBeebe Lake
Record
Overall1–6–0
Home1–4–0
Road0–2–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachNick Bawlf
Captain(s)Phillips Hoyt
Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1926–27 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 22nd season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 7th season.

Season[edit]

There was both good and bad news for the team to begin the season. Beebe Lake froze early, enabling coach Bawlf to form the team at the beginning of December, but only two regulars were returning. To make matters worse, Benjamin Tilton, who had collected 70% of Cornell goals, had graduated and the new lineup would have to work hard to replace his production.[1] On a positive note, Bubier, who was ineligible for the teal last season, returned to the squad for his senior year. He ended up scoring the team's first goal of the season in what was otherwise an uninspired performance.[2]

The lineup was shuffled ahead of the second game and the team responded with a much better performance. The Big Red earned their second shutout against Syracuse in as many games.[3] After a two-goal performance, Bubier was looking like an apt replacement for Tilton. In the team's game against Princeton he opened the scoring and when the teams ended the first period with a 1–1 tie there was hope that the Big Red might be able to win the match. The Tigers, however, had other ideas and scored eight consecutive goals to end the match with a convincing victory.[4]

Once the team reformed after the exam break, there were several changed in the lineup. Burnett was brought in to start at right wing while O'Neill made an appearance on defense. Despite the changes, the team worked well together due in part to strenuous practices and they ended regulation with a 1–1 tie. In the second overtime, Barthen scored the go-ahead goal but Williams roared back with three unanswered before time ran out. Cornell wasn't expected to compete with Dartmouth, however, keeping the high-powered Indians to 5 goals was a decent result.[5] Senior netminder Nash was singled out for his play and the team stayed in the game despite using just one substitute for the entire match.

continued shuffling of the lineup didn't work for the next game and Cornell dropped its first ever meeting with St. Lawrence. While the game was close, the Big Red's offense just could not get on track against the Saints.[6] The team's offense remained dormant in their final game, scoring a single goal in another close loss.[7] Cornell would not play as many as seven games in a season again until 1940.

Roster[edit]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
Pennsylvania Joseph Ayers D Easton, Pennsylvania
New York (state) Charles Barthen D The Bronx, New York
New York (state) Fritz Boesche Senior RW/D Ithaca, New York
Massachusetts Henry Bubier Senior LW Wellesley, Massachusetts
Burnett RW
New York (state) Earl Clark Sophomore RW/D Utica, New York
Indiana Phillips Hoyt (C) Senior C Indianapolis, Indiana
New York (state) Chuck Houghton LW/RW Ithaca, New York
New York (state) Ernest Kingsbury RW/D Ithaca, New York
New York (state) Arthur Nash Senior G Queens, New York
Noble D
O'Neill D
Sharp Junior LW/RW
New York (state) James Taylor Junior D Ithaca, New York
Pennsylvania Carl Weagant Sophomore LW/RW Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania

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Standings[edit]

Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst 8 4 2 3
Army 3 0 2 1 .167 5 13 4 0 3 1 7 20
Bates 7 3 3 1 .500 11 13 9 5 3 1 16 14
Boston College 6 3 3 0 15 18
Boston University 7 2 4 1 .357 25 18 8 2 5 1 25 23
Bowdoin 7 3 4 0 .429 12 17 8 4 4 0 21 18
Brown 8 4 4 0
Clarkson 9 8 1 0 .889 42 11 9 8 1 0 42 11
Cornell 7 1 6 0 .143 10 23 7 1 6 0 10 23
Dartmouth 15 11 2 2 68 20
Hamilton 10 6 4 0
Harvard 8 7 0 1 .938 32 9 12 9 1 2 44 18
Massachusetts Agricultural 7 2 4 1 .357 5 10 7 2 4 1 5 10
Middlebury 6 6 0 0
MIT 8 3 4 1 .438 19 21 8 3 4 1 19 21
New Hampshire 6 6 0 0 22 7
NYU
Princeton 13 5 7 1
Providence 8 1 7 0 13 39
Rensselaer 3 0 2 1
St. Lawrence 7 3 4 0
Syracuse
Union 5 3 2 0 .600 18 14 5 3 2 0 18 14
Vermont
Williams 12 6 6 0 .500 38 40 12 6 6 0 38 40
Yale 12 8 3 1 .708 72 26 16 8 7 1 80 45
YMCA College 7 3 4 0 .429 16 19 7 3 4 0 16 19

Schedule and Results[edit]

Date Opponent Site Result Record
Regular Season
January 8 vs. Clarkson* Beebe LakeIthaca, New York L 1–2  0–1–0
January 15 vs. Syracuse* Beebe LakeIthaca, New York W 4–0  1–1–0
January 22 at Princeton* Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey L 1–8  1–2–0
February 4 vs. Williams* Beebe LakeIthaca, New York L 2–4 2OT 1–3–0
February 7 vs. Dartmouth* Beebe LakeIthaca, New York L 0–5  1–4–0
February 19 vs. St. Lawrence* Beebe LakeIthaca, New York L 1–2  1–5–0
February 26 at Hamilton* Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York L 1–2  1–6–0
*Non-conference game.

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Scoring Statistics[edit]

Name Position Games Goals
Henry Bubier LW 7 4
Phillips Hoyt C 7 2
Burnett RW 2 1
Charles Barthen D 4 1
Earl Clark RW/D 5 1
Chuck Houghton LW/RW 7 1
Noble D 1 0
Joseph Ayers D 2 0
O'Neill D 2 0
James Taylor D 2 0
Fritz Boesche RW/D 3 0
Carl Weagant LW/RW 3 0
Ernest Kingsbury RW/D 4 0
Sharp LW/RW 6 0
Arthur Nash G 7 0
Total 10

Note: Assists were not recorded as a statistic.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hockey Players to Start Work Today". Cornell Daily Sun. December 4, 1926. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "Sextet Loses First Game to Clarkson". Cornell Daily Sun. January 10, 1927. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Cornell Sextet Blanks Orange in Speedy Game". Cornell Daily Sun. January 17, 1927. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "Rejuvenated Stickmen Sweep Cornell Aside Functioning as Well-Organized Unit, Team Overwhelms Opponents by Count of 8 to 1". The Daily Princetonian. January 24, 1927. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "Dartmouth Six Blanks Cornell Hockey Team 5-0". Cornell Daily Sun. February 8, 1927. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  6. ^ "Captain Hoyt Stars as Cornell Loses". Cornell Daily Sun. February 21, 1927. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  7. ^ "Cornell Loses Final Hockey Contest". Cornell Daily Sun. February 28, 1927. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  8. ^ "1926-1927 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  9. ^ "Year-By-Year results" (PDF). Cornell Big Red. Retrieved December 30, 2019.