1920–21 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season
The 1920–21 Columbia men's ice hockey season was the 20th season of play for the program.
| 1920–21 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Home ice | 181st Street Ice Palace |
| Record | |
| Overall | 1–4–0 |
| Home | 1–3–0 |
| Road | 0–1–0 |
| Coaches and Captains | |
| Head Coach | Coach Harrison |
| Captain(s) | Ewen C. Anderson |
| Columbia Lions men's ice hockey seasons « 1914–15 1921–22 » | |
Season
After resigning from the Intercollegiate Hockey Association in 1912 the ice hockey team had difficulties scheduling games due to no longer having the St. Nicholas Rink as a venue. The team was unable to play a single game in either 1916 or 1917 and while a group of students did manage to play four games during the 1917–18 season, it was done informally and not as representatives of Columbia University.[1] In 1920 an effort was made to revive the team and the 181st Street Ice Palace was secured as a practice facility. Once enough interest had been demonstrated and a team was formed, manager A. L. Walker Jr. put together a tentative schedule.[2]
Columbia opened its season against Yale and, unsurprisingly for a team that hadn't played in six seasons, lost 5–7.[3] The Lions took more than two weeks to play their next game and, once they did, they found themselves on a sheet of ice nearly double the size of their practice rink.[4] In their game against Williams the team began well, leading 1–0 after the first, but slumped badly in the middle frame, allowing 5 goals and losing any chance they had at winning their first game of the season.[5]
After letting another early lead slip away against Cornell a lineup change seemed to give Columbia the spark they needed and the Lions mauled Colgate 11–3, winning their first game in over six years.[6]
Roster
| No. | S/P/C | Player | Class | Pos | Height | Weight | DoB | Hometown | Previous team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewen C. Anderson (C) | Junior | D | Montclair High School | ||||||
| Baldwin | F/D | ||||||||
| Church | C | ||||||||
| Harry Kopper | Junior | G | |||||||
| Park | D | ||||||||
| James R. Rivet | Sophomore | C/D | |||||||
| Walter Rollins | Sophomore | LW | |||||||
| Neil Skelton | Freshman | G | |||||||
| Warren M. Squires | Junior | D | |||||||
| Walker | C/RW |
Standings
1920–21 Collegiate ice hockey standings | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Amherst | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | |
| Army | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |
| Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 19 | |
| Bowdoin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | – | |
| Clarkson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 14 | |
| Colgate | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | |
| Columbia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 24 | |
| Cornell | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | |
| Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 27 | |
| Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | |
| Massachusetts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |
| Michigan Tech | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |
| MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |
| Notre Dame | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
| Pennsylvania | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | – | |
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |
| Rensselaer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | |
| Williams | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | |
| Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | – | |
Schedule and Results
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| January 15 | vs. Yale* | 181st Street Ice Palace • New York, New York | L 5–7 | 0–1–0 | |||||||
| February 2 | at Pennsylvania* | Philadelphia Ice Palace • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | L 0–2 | 0–2–0 | |||||||
| February 11 | vs. Williams* | 181st Street Ice Palace • New York, New York | L 1–5 | 0–3–0 | |||||||
| February 19 | vs. Cornell* | 181st Street Ice Palace • New York, New York | L 4–7 | 0–4–0 | |||||||
| February 26 | vs. Colgate* | 181st Street Ice Palace • New York, New York | W 11–3 | 1–4–0 | |||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||||
Scoring Statistics
| Name | Position | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker | C/RW | 5 | 7 |
| Ewen Anderson | D | 5 | 7 |
| Walter Rollins | LW | 5 | 4 |
| James Rivet | C/D | 5 | 2 |
| Baldwin | F/D | 3 | 1 |
| Church | C | 1 | 0 |
| Park | D | 1 | 0 |
| Neil Skelton | G | 2 | 0 |
| Warren Squires | D | 4 | 0 |
| Harry Kopper | G | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 21 |
Note: Assists were not recorded as a statistic.
References
- "Volume XLIV, Number 45". Columbia Daily Spectator. November 24, 1920. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- "Volume XLIV, Number 60". Columbia Daily Spectator. December 17, 1920. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- "Volume XLIV, Number 71". Columbia Daily Spectator. January 17, 1921. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- "Volume XLIV, Number 77". Columbia Daily Spectator. February 3, 1921. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- "Volume XLIV, Number 84". Columbia Daily Spectator. February 14, 1921. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- "Volume XLIV, Number 93". Columbia Daily Spectator. February 28, 1921. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- "Browse by date". The Columbia Spectator. Retrieved March 5, 2020.