1923–24 Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey season

1923–24 Clarkson Golden Knights
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The 1923–24 Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey season was the 4th season of play for the program. The team was coached by Gordon Croskery in his first season.

Season

Entering its fourth year, Clarkson's ice hockey team were now without the services of three-year captain Bill Johnson. Two events demonstrated that the team would be able to survive after his graduation, however; a temporary rink was built next to Main Street so that the players could both practice and play on consistent ice, and the team secured the services of a coach to help improve their game. Gordon Croskery, an assistant professor of Engineering at the school and a World War I veteran, was a Canadian who had grown up with the game and would be able to teach some of the finer points to the players. While he technically wasn't the team's coach, he is typically regarded as the program's first bench boss.^[1]

Clarkson's season began with a game against Hamilton and the loss of Johnson's offensive touch was felt in their 0–5 loss. The team's defence shut down Ogdensburg in the next game, winning 1–0 in overtime. After losing the next two games, Clarkson earned two more shutouts on the year, defeating a pair of Vermont colleges before the Green Mountain State got its revenge with Saint Michael's handing Tech their fourth loss of the year in double overtime.^[2]

Russell Sanford served as team manager with Roland Fitch as an assistant.

Roster

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
		Beverly Bond	Senior	F				Buffalo, New York
		Jack Croskery	Freshman	D				Kinburn, Ontario
		Cyril Fenn (C)	Senior	F				New York, New York
		Everett Ginn	Junior	G				Rensselaer Falls, New York
		Samuel LaFontaine	Junior	D				Champlain, New York
		Bill Macartney	Freshman	F				Fort Covington, New York
		Joseph Mercer	Junior	F				Malone, New York
		Lloyd Northup	Freshman	F				Alexandria Bay, New York

^[3]

Standings

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	Intercollegiate								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		10	4	6	0	–	–
Army	6	3	3	0	.500	15	13		8	3	5	0	23	30
Bates	8	8	0	0	1.000	31	3		11	9	2	0	34	9
Boston College	1	1	0	0	1.000	6	3		18	7	10	1	32	45
Boston University	7	1	6	0	.143	10	34		9	1	8	0	11	42
Bowdoin	5	1	2	2	.400	10	17		6	1	3	2	10	24
Clarkson	4	1	3	0	.250	8	12		7	3	4	0	12	19
Colby	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		8	1	5	2	–	–
Cornell	4	2	2	0	.500	22	11		4	2	2	0	22	11
Dartmouth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		17	10	5	2	81	32
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		12	7	3	2	–	–
Harvard	9	6	3	0	.667	35	19		14	6	7	1	–	–
Maine	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		12	4	8	0	–	–
Massachusetts Agricultural	8	2	6	0	.250	18	38		9	3	6	0	20	38
Middlebury	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		7	0	6	1	–	–
MIT	4	0	4	0	.000	2	27		4	0	4	0	2	27
Pennsylvania	6	1	4	1	.250	6	23		8	1	5	2	8	28
Princeton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		18	12	6	0	–	–
Rensselaer	5	2	3	0	.400	5	31		5	2	3	0	5	31
Saint Michael's	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Syracuse	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Union	4	2	2	0	.500	13	10		5	3	2	0	18	12
Williams	11	2	7	2	.273	11	22		13	4	7	2	18	24
Yale	15	14	1	0	.933	60	12		23	18	4	1	80	33
YMCA College	6	1	5	0	.167	6	39		7	2	5	0	11	39

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 19	at Hamilton*	Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York	L 0–5	0–1–0
January 26	vs. Ogdensburg*	Clarkson Rink • Potsdam, New York	W 1–0 OT	1–1–0
February 2	vs. Syracuse*	Clarkson Rink • Potsdam, New York	L 2–4	1–2–0
February 5	at Massena A. C.*	Massena, New York	L 1–7	1–3–0
February 8	at Middlebury*	Middlebury, Vermont	W 4–0	2–3–0
February 9	at Vermont †*	Burlington, Vermont	W 2–0	3–3–0
February 16	vs. Saint Michael's*	Clarkson Rink • Potsdam, New York	L 2–3 2OT	3–4–0
*Non-conference game.

† Vermont did not field a varsity team at this time. ^[4]

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