1920–21 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season

Intercollegiate hockey season

1920–21 Cornell Big Red
men's ice hockey season

Home iceBeebe LakeRecordOverall3–2–0Home2–1–0Road1–1–0Coaches and captainsHead coachNick BawlfCaptain(s)T. D. FinnCornell Big Red men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1920–21 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 16th season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 1st season.

Season

After World War I, the continued interest in ice hockey prompted Cornell to restart its varsity program. The school brought in Nick Bawlf to head the program as well as the lacrosse and soccer teams, and he set about rebuilding the Big Red. The biggest impediment for the program, as it had been before the war, was the lack of an ice rink either on campus or otherwise. The team was forced to use Beebe Lake despite several attempts to build artificial rinks.^[1] Weather would be a constant source of frustration for the men's team for the next 37 years.

Cornell's season began against Hamilton and, unsurprisingly, the team lost its first game in almost 5 years. The Big Red went scoreless but the did keep the game close, losing 0–2 in front of a good-sized crowd.^[2] In the game Cornell eschewed the rover position, deciding to go with the updated rules that had only six players on each side. The second game a week later had a much better result for the team. After small adjustments to the lineup, Cornell scored 10 goals in the 40-minute match to get their first win since 1916.^[3]

After the win the team didn't play another game until mid-February due to semester exams. When the team rejoined several changes had been made. Their goaltender Whitehall had been replaced by Kaw while Rollo and McDonald were gone from the team. The changed didn't prevent the Big Red from winning as they defeated Colgate in their final home game and prepared for a renewal with a pair of old rivals. Pennsylvania was making their third attempt at a varsity team but now the squad had access to a home rink. Cornell played its first game at a proper ice rink when they arrived for a game at the Philadelphia Ice Palace. The two sides were evenly matched and finished regulation tied 3–3. Penn scored a goal in the waning minutes of overtime and Cornell couldn't produce the equalized with little time remained.^[4] Their final game of the year came a week later against Columbia, who were returning to the game after a longer layoff than Cornell. The game was close early but Cornell surged at the end, scoring 4 goals late to win 7–4, ending their season with a winning record.

M. G. Sullivan served as team manager.

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	Hometown
Gardner Barker		RW	Chatham, New York
William Betts		LW/D
Colwell Carney		F	Marlboro, New York
Thomas D. Finn (C)	Junior	LW/D	Exeter, New Hampshire
Edgar Kaw		G	Saint Paul, Minnesota
Henry Kerr Jr.			Evanston, Illinois
McDonald
Rollo		D
George H. Thornton		C	New York, New York
Arthur Tuttle Jr.		D	Parral, Mexico
Stanley Wight		G	Detroit, Michigan
Whitehall		G
Harold Young		D	Bloomfield, New Jersey

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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	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	0	7	0	–	–
Army	3	0	2	1	.167	6	11	3	0	2	1	6	11
Bates	4	2	2	0	.500	7	8	8	4	4	0	22	20
Boston College	7	6	1	0	.857	27	11	8	6	2	0	28	18
Bowdoin	4	0	3	1	.125	1	10	7	1	5	1	10	23
Buffalo	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	0	6	0	–	–
Carnegie Tech	5	0	4	1	.100	4	18	5	0	4	1	4	18
Clarkson	1	0	1	0	.000	1	6	3	2	1	0	12	14
Colgate	4	1	3	0	.250	8	14	5	2	3	0	9	14
Columbia	5	1	4	0	.200	21	24	5	1	4	0	21	24
Cornell	5	3	2	0	.600	22	10	5	3	2	0	22	10
Dartmouth	9	5	3	1	.611	24	21	11	6	4	1	30	27
Fordham	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	10	0	0	–	–
Harvard	6	6	0	0	1.000	42	3	10	8	2	0	55	8
Massachusetts Agricultural	7	3	4	0	.429	18	17	7	3	4	0	18	17
Michigan College of Mines	2	1	1	0	.500	9	5	10	6	4	0	29	21
MIT	6	3	3	0	.500	14	22	7	3	4	0	17	26
New York State	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Notre Dame	3	2	1	0	.667	7	9	3	2	1	0	7	9
Pennsylvania	8	3	4	1	.438	17	37	9	3	5	1	18	44
Princeton	7	4	3	0	.571	18	16	8	4	4	0	20	23
Rensselaer	4	1	3	0	.250	7	13	4	1	3	0	7	13
Williams	5	4	1	0	.800	17	10	6	5	1	0	21	10
Yale	8	3	4	1	.438	21	33	10	3	6	1	25	47
YMCA College	6	5	0	1	.917	17	9	7	5	1	1	20	16

Schedule and Results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 15	vs. Hamilton*	Beebe Lake • Ithaca, New York	L 0–2	0–1–0
January 21	vs. Buffalo*	Beebe Lake • Ithaca, New York	W 10–0	1–1–0
February 11	vs. Colgate*	Beebe Lake • Ithaca, New York	W 2–0	2–1–0
February 12	at Pennsylvania*	Philadelphia Ice Palace • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	L 3–4 ^OT	2–2–0
February 19	at Columbia*	181st Street Ice Palace • New York, New York	W 7–4 ^†	3–2–0
*Non-conference game.

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† Cornell records list this game as a 7–3 victory, however, contemporary reports from both Cornell and Columbia's newspapers report a 7–4 score.

References

^ "Hockey Squad Begins Training". Cornell Daily Sun. December 7, 1920. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
^ "Varsity Hockey Team Defeated in First Game". Cornell Daily Sun. January 17, 1921. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
^ "Varsity Hockey Team Trounces Buffalo Sextet". Cornell Daily Sun. January 22, 1921. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
^ "Varsity Hockey Season So Far an Even Break". Cornell Daily Sun. February 15, 1921. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
^ "1920-1921 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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