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1925–26 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season

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1925–26 Harvard Crimson
men's ice hockey season
Eastern Intercollegiate Champion
Triangular League, Champion
Conference1st Triangular League
Home iceBoston Arena
Record
Overall8–3–0
Conference4–0–0
Home6–2–0
Road1–0–0
Neutral1–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachEdward Bigelow
Captain(s)Thayer Cummings
Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1925–26 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 28th season of play for the program.

Season

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After surrendering the league championship to Yale two years running, Harvard was desperate to regain their crown. Early in the season, however, the team didn't perform well. After a less-than-impressive win over MIT the Crimson lost three consecutive games, however, two of those losses were to Canadian schools and the experience from playing tougher squads served Harvard well. When they opened their conference schedule against Princeton Harvard started slow but built up steam after the first to score the final three goals of the game, including an overtime winner from new sophomore star John Chase.[1] The rematch came at the end of the month and the Crimson again had to come back from a two-goal deficit to win another 4–3 match and capture the season series.

Harvard began February with a game against undefeated Hamilton but the Crimson proved superior with a dominating 11–1 victory. The team then had a 10-day layoff before the long-awaited match with Yale. From the start of the game Harvard assailed the Eli net and scored just five minutes in. Three more goals came from Crimson players with none in opposition giving Harvard the first leg of the series.[2] The following week Harvard faced a dangerous Dartmouth team and downed the Indians 3–2 in overtime. In doing so the Crimson had essentially erased their early-season loss to Boston University by defeating two teams that had defeated the Terriers (Williams and Dartmouth) while remaining unbeaten against all other colleges.

Harvard, however, still had one final game to play and the rematch with Yale was held at the Madison Square Garden, the home of the New York Americans. The game was played before some 11,000 spectators, by far the largest recorded crowd for a college game at the time, and saw Harvard fight a much tougher contest with the Elis than the first game. Harvard scored first but were unable to find the net again and had to carry a slim, 1–0 lead for most of the game. Captain Cummings did everything he could to keep the Elis from scoring and even with a furious effort in the third period the Yale scoresheet remained empty. Harvard tacked on a second goal just before the end of the game for a sweep of the Triangular League and a claim for the eastern Intercollegiate Championship.[3]

Roster

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No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
Massachusetts John P. Chase Sophomore C 1906-06-12 Milton, Massachusetts
Eben C. Clark Senior D
Clement D. Coady Junior D
Crawford D/RW
New York (state) Thayer Cummings (C) Senior G New York, New York
John B. Durant Junior C/RW
William P. Ellison Junior D
Courtland S. Gross Junior LW
Nathaniel Hamlen Junior RW
Charles L. Harding Jr. Senior LW/D
Nathaniel S. Howe Senior LW/D
Joseph Morill Jr. Sophomore D
Laurence O. Pratt Senior D 1904-05-07
Richard S. Scott Junior C
Cecil I. Wylde Junior LW
Isadore Zarakov Junior LW/RW

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Standings

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Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst 7 1 5 1
Army 8 3 5 0 .375 12 22 9 3 6 0 15 29
Bates 10 3 6 1 .350 18 38 10 3 6 1 18 38
Boston College 3 2 1 0 .667 9 5 16 6 9 1 46 54
Boston University 11 7 4 0 .636 28 11 15 7 8 0 31 28
Bowdoin 6 4 2 0 .667 15 12 7 4 3 0 15 17
Clarkson 5 2 3 0 .400 10 13 8 4 4 0 25 25
Cornell 6 2 4 0 .333 10 21 6 2 4 0 10 21
Dartmouth 15 12 3 0 72 34
Hamilton 10 7 3 0
Harvard 9 8 1 0 .889 34 13 11 8 3 0 38 20
Massachusetts Agricultural 8 3 4 1 .438 10 20 8 3 4 1 10 20
Middlebury 8 5 3 0
MIT 9 3 6 0 .333 16 32 9 3 6 0 16 32
New Hampshire 4 1 3 0 6 20
Norwich 2 1 1 0
Princeton 16 7 9 0
Rensselaer 6 2 4 0
Saint Michael's
St. Lawrence 2 0 2 0 .000 1 4 2 0 2 0 1 4
Syracuse 6 2 2 2 .500 8 7 7 3 2 2 10 7
Union 6 2 3 1 .417 18 24 6 2 3 1 18 24
Vermont 5 2 3 0 .400 20 11 5 2 3 0 20 11
Williams 15 10 4 1 .700 59 23 18 12 5 1 72 28
Yale 10 1 8 1 .150 9 23 14 4 9 1 25 30
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS SW GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Harvard * 4 4 0 0 1.000 2 14 6 11 8 3 0 38 20
Princeton 4 2 2 0 .500 1 12 11 16 7 9 0 44 61
Yale 4 0 4 0 .000 0 3 12 14 4 9 1 25 30
* indicates conference champion

Schedule and results

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Date Opponent Site Result Record
Regular Season
December 16 vs. MIT* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts W 2–0  1–0–0
December 18 vs. Boston University* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts L 0–3  1–1–0
January 2 vs. McGill* Madison Square GardenManhattan, New York L 4–5  1–2–0
January 6 vs. Toronto* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts L 0–2  1–3–0
January 9 at Princeton Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey W 4–3 2OT 2–3–0 (1–0–0)
January 20 vs. Williams* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts W 4–1  3–3–0
January 30 vs. Princeton Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts W 4–3  4–3–0 (2–0–0)
February 3 vs. Hamilton* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts W 11–1  5–3–0
February 13 vs. Yale Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts W 4–0  6–3–0 (3–0–0)
February 20 vs. Dartmouth* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts W 3–2 OT 7–3–0
February 27 vs. Yale Madison Square GardenManhattan, New York W 2–0  8–3–0 (4–0–0)
*Non-conference game.

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References

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  1. ^ "Rally by Harvard downs Nassau". The Daily Princetonian. January 11, 1926. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Harvard Sextet Defeats University by 4-0 Score". Yale Daily News. February 15, 1926. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  3. ^ "Harvard Defeats Yale 2-0 on Ice". Yale Daily News. March 1, 1926. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  4. ^ "1925-1926 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  5. ^ "Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 30, 2019.