1914–15 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season

The 1914–15 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 18th season of play for the program.

1914–15 Harvard Crimson
men's ice hockey season
Intercollegiate Hockey League, Champion
Conference1st IHL
Home iceBoston Arena
Record
Overall9–4–0
Conference4–0–0
Home7–4–0
Road1–0–0
Neutral1–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachAlfred Winsor
Captain(s)William Claflin
Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey seasons
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Season

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With Hobey Baker now graduated, there was an open question as to which was the leading team in college hockey. After a subpar end to their season, Harvard had ample reason to reclaim the intercollegiate championship.

The Crimson began the year with a convincing 6–2 win over MIT, scoring the first six goals and using the remainder of the game to ease their alternates into game action.[1] The team lost a match against the Boston Athletic Association before pausing for the winter break.

Harvard lost their first game back but recovered a few days later with a dominant performance against Cornell.[2] The first big test for the team was against defending champion Princeton, but the Tigers were missing far too many players from the previous year to put up much of a fight. With Harvard sailing towards a championship they were shocked in their very next game by Dartmouth.[3] Without a second game against the Greens, Harvard could only hope that Dartmouth would lose to keep the championship dreams alive.

A sterling performance from Wylde allowed Harvard to complete the season sweep of Princeton. A week later the Elis came to town and Harvard once more proved the better team.[4] After a shutout of Mass. Agg. Harvard was stymied by McGill, as they had been the year before, but the ensuing 9–1 win over Williams demonstrated that the Crimson was still atop their game.

Harvard has an eleven day layoff leading to their rematch with Yale, and the game could scarce have meant more. Harvard was one win away from the IHL championship and, because of the Bulldogs' win over Dartmouth at the beginning of the month, the Crimson could finish with a 3-way split for the collegiate championship as well. Harvard's defense proved stout once more as the Crimson skated to a 3–1 win capturing the season series.

With Harvard, Dartmouth and Yale having defeated one another during the season, none had a solid claim for the Intercollegiate championship. A playoff was suggested to determine the sole champion between the three, however, Harvard disbanded their team shortly after defeating Yale with the expectation that the team would claim the championship.[5]

Roster

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William Claflin ca. 1914
No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
Ames Sophomore RW
  Edwin O. Baker Sophomore C 1896-02-21 Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge Latin School
  Robert Baldwin Sophomore C/RW 5' 10" (1.78 m) 140 lb (64 kg) 1895-04-09 Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts Volkmann School
  Henry M. Bliss Sophomore RW 1895-06-11 Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Volkmann School
  William H. Claflin Jr. (C) Senior D 5' 8" (1.73 m) 156 lb (71 kg) 1893-06-08 Swampscott, Massachusetts Noble and Greenough School
  Clarence Clark Junior D 165 lb (75 kg) 1893-02-11 Germantown, Pennsylvania Milton Academy
  Alan Cunningham Junior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1895-01-11 Boston, Massachusetts Noble and Greenough School
  Laurence Curtis II Junior D 172 lb (78 kg) 1893-09-03 Boston, Massachusetts Groton School
  Augustus Doty Junior D 193 lb (88 kg) 1894-01-20 Waltham, Massachusetts St. Paul's School
  Thomas K. Fisher Sophomore C 1894-01-11 Clinton, Massachusetts St. Paul's School
  Richard Harte Sophomore G 1894-02-01 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pomfret School
  Gustav Kissel Sophomore RW 1895-03-03 Washington, D.C. Milton Academy
  John E. P. Morgan Sophomore D 5' 8" (1.73 m) 159 lb (72 kg) 1895-08-09 Lenox, Massachusetts Middlesex School
  Morgan B. Phillips Senior C 5' 9" (1.75 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1894-10-22 Newton Center, Massachusetts Milton Academy
  Greenough Townsend Sophomore C 5' 8" (1.73 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 1895-03-04 New York, New York St. Paul's School
  Elmer Wanamaker Junior C/LW 155 lb (70 kg) 1893-10-11 Wakefield, Massachusetts Melrose High
  John Wylde Sophomore G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 144 lb (65 kg) 1893-08-26 Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Noble and Greenough School

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Standings

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Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T PCT. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Army 3 0 3 0 .000 3 11 5 1 4 0 7 13
Columbia 4 2 2 0 .500 7 16 4 2 2 0 7 16
Cornell 4 1 3 0 .250 11 17 4 1 3 0 11 17
Dartmouth 5 4 1 0 .800 16 10 7 4 3 0 20 17
Harvard 9 8 1 0 .889 49 16 13 9 4 0 51 22
Massachusetts Agricultural 10 5 5 0 .500 32 22 10 5 5 0 32 22
MIT 5 0 5 0 .000 6 20 6 0 6 0 6 28
Princeton 9 4 5 0 .444 17 24 12 6 6 0 28 34
Rensselaer 3 0 3 0 .000 0 14 3 0 3 0 0 14
Trinity
Williams 7 4 3 0 .571 14 17 7 4 3 0 14 17
WPI
Yale 10 7 3 0 .700 32 21 16 9 7 0 56 43
YMCA College
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS SW GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Harvard * 4 4 0 0 1.000 2 16 5 13 9 4 0 51 22
Yale 5 2 3 0 .400 1 10 11 16 9 7 0 56 43
Princeton 5 1 4 0 .200 0 6 16 12 6 6 0 28 34
* indicates conference champion

Schedule and results

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Date Opponent Site Result Record
Regular Season
December 17 vs. MIT* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts W 6–2  1–0–0
December 19 vs. Boston Athletic Association* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts L 1–3  1–1–0
January 6 vs. Queen's* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts L 1–2  1–2–0
January 9 vs. Cornell* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts W 8–1  2–2–0
January 16 vs. Princeton St. Nicholas RinkNew York, New York W 4–1  3–2–0 (1–0–0)
January 20 vs. Dartmouth* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts L 2–4  3–3–0
January 23 vs. Princeton Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts W 5–1  4–3–0 (2–0–0)
January 30 vs. Yale Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts W 4–2  5–3–0 (3–0–0)
February 3 vs. Massachusetts Agricultural* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts W 4–0  6–3–0
February 5 vs. McGill* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts L 0–1  6–4–0
February 9 vs. Williams* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts W 9–1  7–4–0
February 12 vs. St. Nicholas Hockey Club* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts W 4–3  8–4–0
February 23 at Yale New Haven ArenaNew Haven, Connecticut W 3–1  9–4–0 (4–0–0)
*Non-conference game.

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References

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  1. ^ "Vol. XXXIV No. 74" (PDF). The Tech. December 18, 1914. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "CORNELL OUTCLASSED ON ICE". The Harvard Crimson. January 11, 1915. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  3. ^ "DARTMOUTH WON FAST CONTEST". The Harvard Crimson. January 21, 1915. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  4. ^ "YALE DOWNED IN FIRST GAME". The Harvard Crimson. February 1, 1915. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "No Extra Games for Hockey Title". The Harvard Crimson. February 25, 1915. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "1914-1915 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  7. ^ "Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 30, 2019.