1923–24 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season

Intercollegiate hockey season

1923–24 Cornell Big Red
men's ice hockey season

Home iceBeebe LakeRecordOverall2–2–0Home2–0–0Road0–2–0Coaches and captainsHead coachNick BawlfCaptain(s)Frank ToneCornell Big Red men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1923–24 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 19th season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 4th season.

Season

After a terrible season, Cornell's chance to improve itself was delayed due to a lack of ice and the team didn't play its first practice until January 7.^[1] The late start caused the team to compress its schedule to play 5 or 6 games,^[2] but that was reduced when the first game against Buffalo was cancelled. Even though the team could practice on Beebe Lake, soft ice and rain made playing the game impossible. This was the first game that the team had to cancel since returning after World War I.^[3] The weather got so bad that the second schedule match, a week later, also had to be cancelled.^[4]

While the start to their season couldn't have been worse, Cornell knew that weather wouldn't cancel their third game as they were to travel to Princeton. Predictably, the delayed start caused the team to come out flat against the Tigers and the Big Red lost their opening game 0–5.^[5] Stainton played well in net, however, stopping 36 shots and kept Cornell in the match until the 3rd period. By the time of their next scheduled game, Beebe Lake had frozen enough to be usable and the Big Red were finally able to play a home game. Coach Bawlf changed up his offense by swapping in Tilton at center with Burnett and started Kidd at left wing. The changes seemed to work as Cornell dominated a good Penn team to earn their first win in almost 2 years. The Big Red scored as many goals in the game as they had the entire previous year.

The veritable offensive deluge continued in the next match when Cornell throttled Renssealer 13–1.^[6] The team tied the program record for goals in a game and gave hope that, despite facing Yale, the Big Red may be able to finish the season with a winning record. To that point, Yale had gone 11–0 against fellow varsity clubs and hadn't allowed a goal over their previous four games. Despite playing at the Bulldogs's home arena, Cornell gave the Elis a tough test. Yale jumped out to a 2–0 lead after the first period but Tilton cut their advantage in half at the start of the second. From then on the team traded goals with the Big Red coming with a goal of tying the score on three separate occasions, but they could never find the equalizer and Yale escaped with a victory.^[7]

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	DoB	Hometown
Richard Aronson	Sophomore	LW		Winthrop, Massachusetts
William Betts		LW
Newton Burnett		C/RW		Newton, Massachusetts
Robert Kidd	Sophomore	LW		Tivoli, New York
Nesbit		D
Ainsworth Rane		LW		Durham, New Hampshire
Charles Stainton	Junior	G		Buffalo, New York
Benjamin Tilton	Sophomore	C/RW		Washington D. C.
Frank J. Tone Jr. (C)	Senior	D	1901-03-30	Niagara Falls, New York
White	Sophomore	D

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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	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	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 26	at Princeton*	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey	L 0–5	0–1–0
February 8	vs. Pennsylvania*	Beebe Lake • Ithaca, New York	W 6–1	1–1–0
February 16	vs. Rensselaer*	Beebe Lake • Ithaca, New York	W 13–1	2–1–0
February 19	vs. Yale*	New Haven Arena • New Haven, Connecticut	L 3–4	2–2–0
*Non-conference game.

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References

^ "Hockey Players Will Take Ice Today". Cornell Daily Sun. January 7, 1924. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ "Varsity Hockey Card Includes 6 contests". Cornell Daily Sun. January 9, 1924. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ "First Hockey Tilt May be Postponed". Cornell Daily Sun. January 11, 1924. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ "Hockey Contest with Springfield Cancelled". Cornell Daily Sun. January 18, 1924. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ "Sextet Beats Cornell in Cleat-Cut Victory". The Daily Princetonian. January 28, 1924. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ "R.P.I. Downed by Varsity Skaters". Cornell Daily Sun. February 18, 1924. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ "Yale Barely Wins 4-3 Game from Cornell". Yale Daily News. February 20, 1924. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ "1923-1924 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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