1903–04 Columbia men's ice hockey season

1903–04 Columbia
men's ice hockey season
1903–04 Columbia; men's ice hockey season
Conference	3rd IHA
Home ice	St. Nicholas Rink
Record
Overall	5–6–1
Conference	2–2–0
Home	3–2–0
Road	0–1–0
Neutral	2–3–1
Coaches and captains
Captain(s)	Albert Akin
	Columbia men's ice hockey seasons; « 1902–03 1904–05 »

The 1903–04 Columbia men's ice hockey season was the 8th season of play for the program.

Season

The team did not have a head coach but E. H. Updike served as team manager.

Note: Columbia University adopted the Lion as its mascot in 1910.^[1]

1903–04 Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PCT.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Army	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	6	5	1	0	39	9
Brown	4	0	4	0	.000	0	21	5	1	4	0	2	22
City College of New York	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Columbia	6	4	2	0	.667	19	8	12	5	6	1	30	32
Cornell	1	0	1	0	.000	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2
Harvard	5	5	0	0	1.000	27	5	6	6	0	0	31	6
Princeton	6	2	3	1	.417	10	12	12	6	5	1	28	25
Rensselaer	1	1	0	0	1.000	6	2	1	1	0	0	6	2
Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	2	0	–	–
Williams	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	4	2	2	0	11	13
Yale	8	4	3	1	.563	29	19	10	4	4	2	36	32

1903–04 Intercollegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Harvard *	4	4	0	0	8	14	2	†	6	6	0	0	31	6
Yale	4	3	1	0	6	21	10		10	4	4	2	36	32
Columbia	4	2	2	0	4	9	8		12	5	6	1	30	32
Princeton	4	1	3	0	2	5	7	†	12	6	5	1	28	25
Brown	4	0	4	0	0	0	21		5	1	4	0	2	22
* indicates conference champion † The game between Princeton and Harvard was cancelled due to Princeton's inability to participate. As a result the Tigers were credited with a forfeit for the Intercollegiate Hockey Association standings.^[3]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
	vs. New York Athletic Club*	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 4–6	0–1–0
	vs. City College of New York*	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 8–0	1–1–0
	vs. Naval Reserves*	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 4–3	2–1–0
January 8	vs. Brooklyn Crescents*	Clermont Avenue Skating Rink • Brooklyn, New York	L 0–7	2–2–0
January 12	vs. New York Athletic Club*	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	T 1–1	2–2–1
January 16	vs. Yale	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 3–5 †	2–3–1 (0–1–0)
January 23	vs. New York Wanderers*	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 0–3	2–4–1
January 30	vs. Harvard	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 0–2	2–5–1 (0–2–0)
February 6	vs. Brown	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 3–0	3–5–1 (1–2–0)
February 17	vs. Princeton	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 3–1	4–5–1 (2–2–0)
February 22	vs. Cornell*	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 2–0 ‡	5–5–1
February 24	vs. New York Wanderers*	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 2–4	5–6–1
*Non-conference game.

† Yale records the score of the game as 5–2.
‡ Cornell records the score of the game as 2–1.

^ The American College. Higher Education Association. 1910. p. 162.
^ ^a ^b "The Columbian 1906". Columbia University. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
^ "Hockey with Andover at 3.30". The Harvard Crimson. January 22, 1904. Retrieved January 26, 2020.

v t e Columbia Lions men's ice hockey
Venues	St. Nicholas Rink (1896–1912) 181st Street Ice Palace (1920–1923) Brooklyn Ice Palace (1937–1938)
Coaches	Rudolph von Bernuth (1905–1906, 1907–1910, 1913–1915) J. C. Coolican (1906–1907) Percy LeSueur (1910–1911) Tom Howard (1911–1913, 1921–1923) Rufus Trimble (1913–1915) Harrison (1920–1921)
Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1937–38
Conference affiliations	Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1898–1912)
Columbia University New York, New York