1909–10 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season

1909–10 Cornell Big Red
men's ice hockey season

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The 1909–10 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 9th season of play for the program.

Season

After being rejected the year before, Cornell was admitted to the Intercollegiate Hockey Association.^[1] Unfortunately, warm weather prevented the Big Red from playing any home games for the second year in a row.^[2] In order to help the team live up to expectations, Talbot Hunter was hired as head coach and began working with the team on January 1.^[3]

Cornell opened its season with a three-game series versus Yale in Cleveland. The Elis won the first two matched but Cornell fought back to claim the third contest. The Big Red began the IHA season two days later, losing to Princeton and Harvard in quick succession. Cornell had to wait until February to continue their season but the break allowed the gain their second wind and defeat Yale for their first ever conference victory. The game against Columbia was postponed for two weeks^[4] but when it was finally played the Big Red hadn't lost any of their steam and evened their conference record to 2–2. Cornell was supposed to play Dartmouth on February 9 but that game was postponed indefinitely. Attempts were made to have the game played later^[5] but with neither team in contention for the championship the game was eventually cancelled.^[6]

Despite the rough start to the IHA season Cornell finished strong and hopes were high for the following year.

F. S. Bosworth served as team manager.

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	DoB	Hometown
Frank Crassweller	Junior	W	1887-10-13	Huron, Ontario
Harold Jones	Senior	W
Clarence Lally	Senior	D	1888-06-23	Cleveland, Ohio
Lawrence
Alexius Loughran			1888-10-06	New York, New York
Edmund Magner	Junior	C	1888-02-10	Kalamazoo, Michigan
William Matchneer (C)	Senior	R	1886-12-04
Albert Matthai	Junior	G	1887-08-23	Baltimore, Maryland
Eugene L. Smith	Junior	D
Malcolm Vail	Sophomore	G	1888-10-04	Highland Park, Illinois
Munroe Warner	Sophomore	D		Duluth, Minnesota

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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	4	2	0	–	–
Army	5	0	3	2	.200	1	8	6	0	4	2	1	12
Carnegie Tech	7	5	1	1	.786	27	8	7	5	1	1	27	8
Case	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Columbia	6	0	5	1	.083	2	22	7	1	5	1	7	26
Cornell	7	3	4	0	.429	18	18	7	3	4	0	18	18
Dartmouth	5	1	4	0	.200	7	16	8	1	7	0	8	25
Harvard	6	5	1	0	.833	23	4	8	6	2	0	36	11
Massachusetts Agricultural	6	3	3	0	.500	10	18	7	4	3	0	12	19
MIT	5	3	2	0	.600	19	9	8	4	4	0	29	25
Norwich	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pennsylvania	1	1	0	0	1.000	1	0	2	2	0	0	6	0
Penn State	2	0	2	0	.000	1	9	2	0	2	0	1	9
Pittsburgh	4	1	2	1	.375	4	6	4	1	2	1	4	6
Princeton	9	7	2	0	.778	24	12	10	7	3	0	24	16
Rensselaer	3	1	2	0	.333	4	7	3	1	2	0	4	7
Springfield Training	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Trinity	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	1	0	–	–
Wesleyan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Western Reserve	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Williams	5	4	1	0	.800	28	8	7	6	1	0	39	12
Yale	14	8	6	0	.571	39	32	15	8	7	0	42	36

1909–10 Intercollegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Princeton *	5	5	0	0	1.000	12	2		10	7	3	0	24	16
Harvard	5	4	1	0	.800	19	3		8	6	2	0	36	11
Cornell	4	2	2	0	.500	10	8	†	7	3	4	0	18	18
Yale	5	2	3	0	.400	12	12		15	8	7	0	42	36
Dartmouth	4	1	3	0	.250	7	15	†	8	1	7	0	8	25
Columbia	5	0	5	0	.000	2	22		7	1	5	1	7	26
* indicates conference champion † A game between Cornell and Dartmouth was suspended and later cancelled due to poor ice conditions

Schedule and Results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 1	vs. Yale*	Elysium Arena • Cleveland, Ohio	L 3–5	0–1–0
January 3	vs. Yale*	Elysium Arena • Cleveland, Ohio	L 2–4	0–2–0
January 4	vs. Yale*	Elysium Arena • Cleveland, Ohio	W 3–1	1–2–0
January 5	vs. Princeton	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 0–1 ^2OT	1–3–0 (0–1–0)
January 8	vs. Harvard	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 0–5	1–4–0 (0–2–0)
February 5	vs. Yale	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 3–1	2–4–0 (1–2–0)
February 26	at Columbia	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 7–1	3–4–0 (2–2–0)
*Non-conference game.

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References

^ "Volume XXX, Number 55". The Cornell Daily Sun. December 2, 1909. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^ "Volume XXX, Number 56". The Cornell Daily Sun. December 3, 1909. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^ "Volume XXX, Number 60". The Cornell Daily Sun. December 8, 1909. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^ "Volume XXX, Number 94". The Cornell Daily Sun. February 10, 1910. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^ "Volume XXX, Number 110". The Cornell Daily Sun. March 2, 1910. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^ "Volume XXX, Number 111". The Cornell Daily Sun. March 3, 1910. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^ "1909-1910 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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