1908–09 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season

1908–09 Cornell Big Red
men's ice hockey season

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The 1908–09 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 8th season of play for the program.

Season

With an eye on joining the Intercollegiate Hockey Association, Cornell increased its slate of game once more, beginning the season with a three-game series against Pennsylvania, who were returning after an eight-year absence. The Big Red performed well, winning two and tying once, but they were unable to schedule any further games until the four weeks later when they went on another road trip. Their second sojourn went poorly as they were beaten in each of the three games and did not play particularly well in any.

In an effort to show their worth to the IHA committee, Cornell made a further road swing, with games scheduled against Dartmouth and Harvard. Despite several of the players being hurt or injured the Big Red played well against Dartmouth, losing 0–1, but the game against Harvard had to be called off due to poor ice conditions.^[1]

The team did not have a head coach but Jefferson Vincent served as team manager.

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	DoB	Hometown
Crawford
Frank H. Crassweller	Sophomore	F	1887-10-13	Huron, Ontario
Henry W. Ford	Sophomore	G
Harold Jones	Junior	LW
Clarence V. Lally	Junior	D	1888-06-23	Cleveland, Ohio
Edmund B. Magner	Sophomore	C	1888-02-10	Kalamazoo, Michigan
William W. Matchneer	Junior	D	1886-12-04
Albert D. Matthai	Junior	G	1887-08-23	Baltimore, Maryland
Eugene L. Smith	Sophomore	D
Jefferson D. Vincent	Junior	RW	1888-05-03	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Curtis M. Yohe (C)	Senior	R	1887-09-22	Connellsville, Pennsylvania

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Standings

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	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PCT.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	6	2	3	1	.417	7	14	6	2	3	1	7	14
Army	1	0	1	0	.000	1	2	2	0	1	1	2	3
Carnegie Tech	5	4	0	1	.900	15	4	8	5	2	1	17	8
Columbia	5	1	4	0	.200	12	27	5	1	4	0	12	27
Cornell	7	2	4	1	.357	17	21	7	2	4	1	17	21
Dartmouth	8	6	2	0	.750	24	11	14	11	3	0	47	23
Harvard	6	6	0	0	1.000	25	5	9	9	0	0	36	7
Massachusetts Agricultural	5	1	4	0	.200	6	10	6	2	4	0	12	10
MIT	5	2	2	1	.500	5	6	8	4	3	1	12	8
Pennsylvania	5	0	4	1	.100	3	17	6	0	5	1	5	21
Pittsburgh	4	1	2	1	.375	6	7	4	1	2	1	6	7
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Princeton	8	5	2	1	.688	26	15	11	7	3	1	33	21
Rensselaer	6	2	4	0	.333	13	20	6	2	4	0	13	20
Springfield Training	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Trinity	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	1	0	–	–
Williams	9	4	4	1	.500	33	26	9	4	4	1	33	26
Yale	10	4	5	1	.450	31	34	13	4	8	1	39	40

Schedule and Results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
December 31	vs. Pennsylvania*	Elysium Arena • Cleveland, Ohio	T 2–2	0–0–1
January 1	vs. Pennsylvania*	Elysium Arena • Cleveland, Ohio	W 2–1	1–0–1
January 2	vs. Pennsylvania*	Elysium Arena • Cleveland, Ohio	W 6–0	2–0–1
January 28	vs. Williams*	Empire Rink • Albany, New York	L 2–8	2–1–1
January 29	at Rensselaer*	Empire Rink • Albany, New York	L 2–3	2–2–1
January 30	vs. Yale*	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 3–6	2–3–1
February 5	at Dartmouth*	Hanover, New Hampshire	L 0–1	2–4–1
*Non-conference game.

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References

^ "Volume XXIX, Number 90". The Cornell Daily Sun. February 8, 1909. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^ "1908-1909 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
^ "Year-By-Year results" (PDF). Cornell Big Red. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

v t e Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Beebe Lake (1906–1948) Lynah Rink (1957–present)
Head coaches	G.A. Smith (1900–1901) Talbot Hunter (1909–1912, 1914–1916) Edmund Magner (1912–1913) E.J. Sawyer (1913–1914) Nick Bawlf (1920–1947) Arthur Boeringer (1947–1948) Paul Patten (1957–1963) Ned Harkness (1963–1970) Dick Bertrand (1970–1982) Lou Reycroft (1982–1987) Brian McCutcheon (1987–1995) Mike Schafer (1995–present)
Seasons	1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 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 1999–00 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
Conference affiliations	Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1909–1913) ECAC Hockey (1961–present)
Rivalries	Harvard
Culture & lore	Florida College Hockey Classic
All-time leaders	Lance Nethery (271 Points) Brock Tredway (113 Goals) Ken Dryden (76 Wins)
Retired numbers	Ken Dryden (1) Joe Nieuwendyk (25)
National championships	1967 1970
Frozen Four appearances	1967 1968 1969 1970 1972 1973 1980 2003
NCAA Tournament appearances	1967 1968 1969 1970 1972 1973 1980 1981 1986 1991 1996 1997 2002 2003 2005 2006 2009 2010 2012 2017 2018 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC: 1967 1968 1969 1970 1973 1980 1986 1996 1997 2003 2005 2010 2024
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