1930–31 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season

The 1930–31 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 26th season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 11th season.

1930–31 Cornell Big Red
men's ice hockey season
Home iceBeebe Lake
Record
Overall3–2–0
Home2–1–0
Road1–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachNick Bawlf
Captain(s)Harold Clark
Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey seasons
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Season edit

Cornell began the season having to contend with extended periods of thaw that prevented them from getting much practice in before the winter break.[1] The Big Red were quick out of the gate, winning their first match of the year 7–2.[2] The offense continued to play well in the second game, scoring the first 4 goal against Rensselaer before the Engineers nearly stormed back, ending the match with a 5–3 win.[3]

The team returned after the semester break and picked up right where they left off, winning their third game of the season 4–2.[4] The team suffered a serious loss when their leading goal scorer McKowne was ruled ineligible after the game. captain Clark was shifted to center while Walsh took over on defense. The result was the Big Red got shut out in their next game, ending their winning streak against Williams.[5]

The team recovered for their final game of the season, but still faced a formidable opponent in Clarkson. Cornell lost their last game of the season, but they were still able to finish with a winning record.[6] This was the first time in program history that the Big Red were able to string two winning seasons together. The team wouldn't be able to repeat that feat until 1965.[7]

Owing to the lack of available ice, Cornell was forced to cancel all games over the next two seasons. They finally resumed play in 1934.

Roster edit

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
  Harold T. Clark (C) Senior D/C Utica, New York
  Carleton Cornell D Pleasantville, New York
  Jack Draney D/RW Poughkeepsie, New York
  Carleton Endemann Senior D New York, New York
  Edward Guthrie Senior RW Ithaca, New York
  James McKowne Junior C Buffalo, New York
  Richard Nulle New York, New York
  Bill Peace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Gordon Priedeman Minneapolis, Minnesota
  Benjamin Rhodes Senior G Niagara Falls, New York
  Jack Shields Junior G East Gwillimbury, Ontario
  Robert Spitzmiller Senior LW Buffalo, New York
  Matt Walsh D/LW Dorchester, Massachusetts

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Standings edit

Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst 7 1 6 0
Army 10 4 6 0 37 34
Bates
Boston University 8 4 4 0 .500 22 30 12 6 6 0 28 41
Bowdoin 8 2 6 0
Brown 10 9 1 0
Clarkson 5 4 1 0 .800 15 9 10 9 1 0 42 15
Colgate 3 1 2 0
Cornell 5 3 2 0 .600 18 15 5 3 2 0 18 15
Dartmouth 13 5 8 0 46 39
Hamilton 9 7 1 1
Harvard 8 6 2 0 .750 39 14 13 11 2 0 62 18
Massachusetts Agricultural 13 9 4 0
Middlebury 10 6 3 1
MIT 9 2 7 0
New Hampshire 12 7 5 0 34 22
Northeastern 11 4 6 1
Norwich 4 0 4 0
Princeton 19 14 5 0
Rensselaer 4 0 4 0
St. John's
Swarthmore
Union 7 2 4 1
Villanova 1 0 1 0 .000 2 6 9 3 6 0 34 59
Williams 13 6 6 1
Yale 17 15 1 1

Schedule and results edit

Date Opponent Site Result Record
Regular Season
January 10 vs. Union* Beebe LakeIthaca, New York W 7–2  1–0–0
January 17 at Rensselaer* Troy Rink • Troy, New York W 5–3  2–0–0
February 6 vs. Colgate* Beebe LakeIthaca, New York W 4–2  3–0–0
February 21 at Williams* Sage Hall Rink • Williamstown, Massachusetts L 0–3  3–1–0
February 28 vs. Clarkson* Beebe LakeIthaca, New York L 2–5  3–2–0
*Non-conference game.

Scoring statistics edit

Name Position Games Goals
James McKowne C 3 7
Edward Guthrie RW 5 5
Harold Clark D/C 5 3
Robert Spitzmiller LW 5 2
Carleton Endemann D 5 1
Richard Nulle Substitute 1 0
Bill Peace Substitute 1 0
Carleton Cornell D 3 0
Gordon Priedeman Substitute 3 0
Jack Shields G 3 0
Matt Walsh D/LW 4 0
Jack Draney D/RW 5 0
Benjamin Rhodes G 5 0
Total 18

Note: Assists were not recorded as a statistic.

References edit

  1. ^ "Bawlf's Hockey Sextet Rounding into Shape". Cornell Daily Sun. January 6, 1931. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Union College Falls Before Speedy Sextet". Cornell Daily Sun. January 12, 1931. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "Sextet Scored Clear-Cut Win Over Engineers". Cornell Daily Sun. January 19, 1931. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "Cornell Downs Maroon Sextet in Fast Game". Cornell Daily Sun. February 7, 1931. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  5. ^ "Purple Breaks Red and While String of Wins". Cornell Daily Sun. February 23, 1931. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "Pucksters Lose in hard Battle with Tech 5 to 2". Cornell Daily Sun. March 2, 1931. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  7. ^ "Cornell Men's Hockey Media Guide Pages 59-88 (History and Records)" (PDF). Cornell Big Red. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  8. ^ "1930-1931 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.