1912–13 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season

1912–13 Harvard Crimson
men's ice hockey season
1912–13 Harvard Crimson; men's ice hockey season
Intercollegiate, Champion; IHL, Champion
Conference	1st IHL
Home ice	Boston Arena
Record
Overall	9–2–0
Conference	4–1–0
Home	7–1–0
Road	1–1–0
Neutral	1–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Alfred Winsor
Captain(s)	Henry Gardner
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The 1912–13 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 16th season of play for the program.

Season

Harvard entered the year with a team that may have been less talented than previous squads, but it was no less competitive.^[1] The team displayed an increasing level of play throughout December between practices and scrimmages with the Boston Athletic Association. The available ice at the Boston Arena paid dividends for the Crimson in allowing them to hone their game in their attempt to reclaim the championship.

The Crimson made up for last year's poor start with a dominant 4–0 win over MIT where the team used many of its backup players throughout the game.^[2] After returning from the winter break Harvard faced a tough Ottawa team and could not find its footing offensively, losing 0–2 despite a stellar effort from team captain Gardner. The team buckled down and prepared itself for a match against Toronto a week later. When the Blues arrived in town they found an impenetrable wall in front of the Harvard cage and left after a 0–2 loss to the Crimson.^[3]

After dismantling Cornell 8–2, Harvard welcomed defending champion Princeton in one of the most anticipated games of the season. The teams locked horns and battled nearly the same as they had the year before; Princeton's offense, led by Hobey Baker applied a continual assault on the Crimson defenders but neither team could beat the other in regulation. With the score 3–3 the two teams had agreed to play two 5-minute overtime periods in case they were needed. Harvard was able to score once in each extra frame and take the game 5–3, putting themselves at a great advantage in their pursuit of a championship.^[4]

By the time Harvard played Yale on February 1, the teams had arranged a best-of-three series so that Harvard, Yale and Princeton would play one another at least twice. If any of the three emerged as a clear victor they would likely be able to claim the collegiate championship as the teams were typically among the best in the nation. Harvard's solid win over the Bulldogs had them on the cusp of a terrific season but in the second game against Princeton the Tiger attack was too much to cope with and a third game was required to settle the series. While the third game would not officially decide the champion, as Harvard still had Yale left to play, Princeton could secure the championship if it won the rubber match. With this in mind Gardner produced one of the most brilliant goaltending performances in school history, turning away 29 shots en route to a 3–0 victory, the only time in the three years with Baker that Princeton would fail to score.^[5]

With Yale still remaining, Harvard couldn't slow down if they wanted to claim the championship. The Elis played Harvard tough in the first half, scoring the only goal of the frame to put a bit of fear in the minds of the Crimson faithful. The game remained the same through most of the second half but with 5 minutes left the Crimson offense awoke and scored three times. Yale added one just before the end of the game but it wasn't enough to turn the tide and Harvard skated away with the collegiate hockey championship.^[6]

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
Herbert Baldwin	Senior	LW	5' 9" (1.75 m)	146 lb (66 kg)	1891-08-11	Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts	Volkmann School
Philip M. Brown	Sophomore	D			1892-11-18	New Ipswich, New Hampshire
Gouverneur Carnochan	Junior	G		142 lb (64 kg)	1892-06-28	Manhattan, New York	St. Paul's School
William H. Claflin Jr.	Sophomore	D/RW		156 lb (71 kg)	1893-06-08	Swampscott, Massachusetts	Noble and Greenough School
Sydney Clark	Junior	C/RW		154 lb (70 kg)		Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania	Pomfret School
John C. Devereux	Junior	RW		146 lb (66 kg)		Utica, New York	Milton Academy
Henry H. Gardner (C)	Senior	G	5' 9" (1.75 m)	152 lb (69 kg)
Alfred Goodale	Senior	D
Thomas Gorham	Senior	C
Edward Graustein	Senior	D
Edward O. Handy	Sophomore	D			1894-03-19	Cleveland, Ohio
Donald Hanson	Junior	C/LW	5' 11" (1.8 m)	161 lb (73 kg)			Melrose High
Steve Hopkins	Junior	C/LW		158 lb (72 kg)	1892-03-19	Newtonville, Massachusetts	Newton High School
Henry Morgan	Junior	RW	5' 9" (1.75 m)	167 lb (76 kg)			St. Mark's School
Franklin Palmer	Senior	C/LW	5' 8" (1.73 m)	141 lb (64 kg)		Plattsburgh, New York
Morgan Phillips	Sophomore	C/LW		180 lb (82 kg)	1894-10-22	Newton Center, Massachusetts	Milton Academy
Paul Smart	Junior	D		141 lb (64 kg)		Yarmouth, Nova Scotia	Newton High School
Alvin Sortwell	Junior	LW	5' 6" (1.68 m)	146 lb (66 kg)		Wiscasset, Maine	St. Paul's School
Percy Wendell	Senior	D			1889-07-16	Roxbury, Massachusetts
William Willetts	Junior	D		181 lb (82 kg)	1890-05-13	Skaneateles, New York	St. Paul's School

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Standings

1912–13 Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PCT.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	2	1	–	–
Army	5	4	1	0	.800	15	7	6	5	1	0	42	7
Columbia	1	0	1	0	.000	0	6	2	0	2	0	6	13
Cornell	6	0	6	0	.000	8	41	7	0	7	0	8	51
Dartmouth	10	8	2	0	.800	43	15	10	8	2	0	43	15
Harvard	10	9	1	0	.900	42	14	11	9	2	0	42	16
Massachusetts Agricultural	6	3	3	0	.500	24	19	6	3	3	0	24	19
MIT	5	2	3	0	.400	17	13	9	4	5	0	28	32
Norwich	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Notre Dame	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	1	2	0	7	12
NYU	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Princeton	11	9	2	0	.818	64	23	14	12	2	0	78	32
Rensselaer	4	0	4	0	.000	2	17	4	0	4	0	2	17
Syracuse	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Trinity	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Williams	6	2	3	1	.417	19	24	6	2	3	1	19	24
Yale	7	2	5	0	.286	21	25	9	2	7	0	23	31
YMCA College	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

1912–13 Intercollegiate Hockey League standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	SW	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Harvard *	5	4	1	0	.800	2	16	8	11	9	2	0	42	16
Princeton	5	3	2	0	.600	1	21	13	14	12	2	0	78	32
Yale	4	0	4	0	.000	0	9	22	9	2	7	0	23	31
* indicates conference champion

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
December 18	vs. MIT*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 4–0	1–0–0
January 6	vs. Ottawa*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L 0–2	1–1–0
January 15	vs. Toronto*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 2–0	2–1–0
January 18	vs. Cornell*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 8–2	3–1–0
January 22	vs. Princeton	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 5–3	4–1–0 (1–0–0)
January 27	vs. Massachusetts Agricultural*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 9–3	5–1–0
February 1	vs. Yale	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 4–0	6–1–0 (2–0–0)
February 5	vs. Dartmouth*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 3–1	7–1–0
February 8	vs. Princeton	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 1–3	7–2–0 (2–1–0)
February 15	vs. Princeton	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 3–0	8–2–0 (3–1–0)
February 19	vs. Yale	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 3–2	9–2–0 (4–1–0)
*Non-conference game.

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Scoring Statistics

Name	Position	Games	Goals
Morgan Philips	C	10	13
Alvin Sortwell	C	10	11
Steve Hopkins	LW	10	5
William Clafin	D/RW	7	2
Henry Morgan	RW	7	2
Alfred Goodale	D	8	2
Thomas Gorham	C	4	1
Paul Smart	RW	4	1
Sydney Clark	C/RW	6	1
William Willetts	D	10	1
Edward Handy	D	1	0
Herbert Baldwin	LW	2	0
Philip Brown	D	2	0
John Devereaux	RW	2	0
Edward Graustein	D	2	0
Percy Wendell	D	2	0
Gouverneur Carnochan	G	3	0
Donald Hanson	LW	3	0
Franklin Palmer	C	5	0
Henry Gardner	G	9	0
Total			†

Note: Assists were not recorded as a statistic.
† Statistics from the game against Dartmouth are not available.

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References

^ "HOCKEY PRACTICE YESTERDAY". The Harvard Crimson. December 3, 1912. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
^ "SHUT-OUT FOR TECHNOLOGY". The Harvard Crimson. December 19, 1912. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
^ "VICTORY OVER TORONTO". The Harvard Crimson. January 16, 1913. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
^ "HARVARD, 5; PRINCETON, 3". The Harvard Crimson. January 23, 1913. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
^ "Volume 37 Number 178". The Daily Princetonian. February 17, 1913. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
^ "UNIVERSITY CAPTURES TITLE". The Harvard Crimson. February 20, 1913. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
^ "1912-1913 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ "Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
^ "Sitemap". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved March 22, 2020.

[1] "HOCKEY PRACTICE YESTERDAY". The Harvard Crimson. December 3, 1912. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

[2] "SHUT-OUT FOR TECHNOLOGY". The Harvard Crimson. December 19, 1912. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

[3] "VICTORY OVER TORONTO". The Harvard Crimson. January 16, 1913. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

[4] "HARVARD, 5; PRINCETON, 3". The Harvard Crimson. January 23, 1913. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

[5] "Volume 37 Number 178". The Daily Princetonian. February 17, 1913. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

[6] "UNIVERSITY CAPTURES TITLE". The Harvard Crimson. February 20, 1913. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

[7] "1912-1913 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[record-8] "Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

[9] "Sitemap". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved March 22, 2020.

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v t e Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey
Venues	Franklin Park (1897–1904) Harvard Stadium Rink (1904–1911) Boston Arena (1911–1917, 1921–1956) Pavilion Rink (1919–1921) Donald C. Watson Rink (1956–1978) Walter Brown Arena (1978–1979) Bright Hockey Center (1979–present)
Coaches	no coach (1897–1903, 1918–19) Alfred Winsor (1903–17, 1923–24) William Henry Claflin Jr. (1919–23) Edward Bigelow (1924–27) Joseph Stubbs (1927–38) Clark Hodder (1938–42) John Chase (1942–43, 1945–50) Cooney Weiland (1950–71) Bill Cleary (1971–90) Ronn Tomassoni (1990–99) Mark Mazzoleni (1999–2004) Ted Donato (2004– )
Seasons	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 1915–16 1916–17 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1901–1911) Intercollegiate Hockey League (1912–1917) Triangular Hockey League (1919–1926) Pentagonal League (1933–1943, 1946–1955) ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)
Rivalries	Cornell Yale
Culture & lore	Beanpot Love Story
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Scott Fusco (240 Points) Lane MacDonald (111 Goals) Grant Blair (72 Wins)
Retired numbers	Bill Cleary (4)
National championships	1989
Frozen Four appearances	1955 1957 1958 1969 1971 1974 1975 1983 1986 1987 1989 1994 2017
NCAA Tournament appearances	1955 1957 1958 1969 1971 1974 1975 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1993 1994 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2015 2016 2017 2023
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC Hockey: 1963 1971 1983 1987 1994 2002 2004 2006 2015 2017
Hobey Baker winners	Mark Fusco (1983) Scott Fusco (1986) Lane MacDonald (1989) Jimmy Vesey (2016)
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