1920–21 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season

1920–21 Harvard Crimson
men's ice hockey season
1920–21 Harvard Crimson; men's ice hockey season
Intercollegiate Champion; Triangular Hockey League, Champion
Conference	1st Triangular League
Home ice	Boston Arena
Record
Overall	8–2–0
Conference	3–0–0
Home	5–2–0
Neutral	3–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	William Claflin
Captain(s)	Edward Bigelow
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The 1920–21 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 23rd season of play for the program.

Season

Harvard received tremendous news before the season; the repairs to the Boston Arena were complete and the venue was ready to be used once more.^[1] With the Crimson now possessing a surface that could accommodate 7-on-7 hockey once more, as well as coach Clafin affirming his preference for the style,^[2] Harvard returned to its familiar style of play and began the season with a dominating win over King's College.

The results didn't change when Harvard began playing other US colleges and the Crimson ran roughshod over their competition. Jabish Holmes recorded four consecutive shutouts including matching 7–0 victories over rivals Princeton and Yale. The only thing that stopped Harvard from rolling to an undefeated season was a visit by the St. Patrick's Hockey Club of Ottawa, who won a pair of one-goal games in mid-February. Harvard seemed to take issue with the losses and thrashed their final two opponents, capping another championship season.

Princeton attempted to schedule a second game with Harvard at the Philadelphia Ice Palace but the Tigers were unsuccessful in their efforts. As a result, the single game between the two had to stand for the season series.

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
Donald Angier	Junior	LW			1900-01-12	Newton, Massachusetts	Taft School
Francis M. Bacon III	Senior	LW			1899-05-14	Short Hills, New Jersey	St. Paul's School
Charles W. Baker	Junior	RW			1900-12-18	New York, New York	St. Paul's School
Edward L. Bigelow (C)	Senior	C			1899-04-19	Boston, Massachusetts	St. Mark's School
Roger W. Buntin	Senior	C			1898-06-23	Newtonville, Massachusetts	Newton High School
Robert W. Emmons	Senior	RW			1897-07-11	Bourne, Massachusetts	Groton School
Jabish Holmes Jr.	Senior	G			1899-03-11	Pelham Manor, New York	Middlesex School
Richard S. Humphrey	Senior	D			1898-05-04	Boston, Massachusetts
Joseph Larocque	Sophomore	C				Bernardsville, New Jersey
John M. Martin	Junior	C			1900-05-09	Manchester, New Hampshire	Pomfret School
George Owen Jr.	Sophomore	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1901-12-02	Hamilton, Ontario
Henry B. W. Snelling	Senior	C			1899-02-14	Newton Center, Massachusetts	St. Mark's School
Carl S. Stillman	Senior	G			1898-03-05	Boston, Massachusetts
Elijah H. Stillman	Junior	C/D			1899-03-21	Wellesley, Massachusetts

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Standings

1920–21 Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	7	0	7	0	.000	7	18	7	0	7	0	7	18
Army	3	0	2	1	.167	6	11	3	0	2	1	6	11
Bates	4	2	2	0	.500	7	8	8	4	4	0	22	20
Boston College	7	6	1	0	.857	27	11	8	6	2	0	28	18
Bowdoin	4	0	3	1	.125	1	10	7	1	5	1	10	23
Buffalo	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	0	6	0	–	–
Carnegie Tech	5	0	4	1	.100	4	18	5	0	4	1	4	18
Clarkson	1	0	1	0	.000	1	6	3	2	1	0	12	14
Colgate	4	1	3	0	.250	8	14	5	2	3	0	9	14
Columbia	5	1	4	0	.200	21	24	5	1	4	0	21	24
Cornell	5	3	2	0	.600	22	10	5	3	2	0	22	10
Dartmouth	9	5	3	1	.611	24	21	11	6	4	1	30	27
Fordham	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	10	0	0	–	–
Harvard	6	6	0	0	1.000	42	3	10	8	2	0	55	8
Massachusetts Agricultural	7	3	4	0	.429	18	17	7	3	4	0	18	17
Michigan College of Mines	2	1	1	0	.500	9	5	10	6	4	0	29	21
MIT	6	3	3	0	.500	14	22	7	3	4	0	17	26
New York State	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Notre Dame	3	2	1	0	.667	7	9	3	2	1	0	7	9
Pennsylvania	8	3	4	1	.438	17	37	9	3	5	1	18	44
Princeton	7	4	3	0	.571	18	16	8	4	4	0	20	23
Rensselaer	4	1	3	0	.250	7	13	4	1	3	0	7	13
Williams	5	4	1	0	.800	17	10	6	5	1	0	21	10
Yale	8	3	4	1	.438	21	33	10	3	6	1	25	47
YMCA College	6	5	0	1	.917	17	9	7	5	1	1	20	16

1920–21 Triangular Hockey League standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	SW	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Harvard *	3	3	0	0	1.000	2	27	1	10	8	2	0	55	8
Princeton	3	2	1	0	.667	1	8	9	8	4	4	0	20	23
Yale	4	0	4	0	.000	0	3	28	10	3	6	1	25	47
* indicates conference champion

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 8	vs. King's College*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 8–1	1–0–0
January 12	vs. Boston Athletic Association*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 4–1	2–0–0
January 19	vs. Massachusetts Agricultural College*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 2–0	3–0–0
January 22	vs. Dartmouth*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 5–0	4–0–0
January 29	vs. Princeton	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 7–0	5–0–0 (1–0–0)
February 5	vs. Yale	Philadelphia Ice Palace • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	W 7–0	6–0–0 (2–0–0)
February 10	vs. St. Patrick's Hockey Club*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L 0–1	6–1–0
February 14	vs. St. Patrick's Hockey Club*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L 1–2	6–2–0
February 16	vs. MIT*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 8–2	7–2–0
February 29	vs. Yale	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 13–1	8–2–0 (3–0–0)
*Non-conference game.

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References

^ "New Arena Opened January 1". The Harvard Crimson. January 3, 1921. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
^ "DECIDE QUESTION OF HOCKEY LEAGUE AT MEETING SUNDAY". The Harvard Crimson. November 24, 1920. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
^ "1920-1921 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
^ "Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

[1] "New Arena Opened January 1". The Harvard Crimson. January 3, 1921. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

[2] "DECIDE QUESTION OF HOCKEY LEAGUE AT MEETING SUNDAY". The Harvard Crimson. November 24, 1920. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

[3] "1920-1921 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

[record-4] "Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

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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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