1928–29 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season

Intercollegiate hockey season

1928–29 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season


Home ice	Beebe Lake
Record
Overall	2–3–0
Home	1–2–0
Road	1–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Nick Bawlf
Captain(s)	Earl Clark
Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey seasons « 1927–28 1929–30 »

The 1928–29 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 24th season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 9th season.

Season

The hockey team got some help at the start of the season when Beebe Lake froze in December. The ice was thin but it could be skated on, allowing the team to practice much earlier than they had in recent years.^[1] The team was preparing for their first game against Union but the game was scuppered when four members of the opposition came down with Influenza.^[2]

Weather became a concern prior to the next match but the Big Red managed to find enough solid ice to play the game. The puddles and cracks ended up hampering the team and led to a fairly slow match. Unfortunately, Cornell wasn't able to score in the game, despite several chances, and lost 0–1.^[3] Cornell was able to even their record with a road win against Williams a week later. Llop ended up with the team's first goal of the season but it was the defensive work in the later part of the game that won it for the Big Red.^[4]

After the semester break, Cornell would have to content with a change in net as Rhodes replaced Heye, whose heroics had won the Williams match. He ended up turning in a fine performance and the Big Red won their next game 3–1.^[5] Their next game looked to be the team's biggest challenge of the season as they took on a very strong Clarkson squad. The team played hard but the Golden Knights were too much for them and overwhelmed the normally stingy Cornell defense with 5 goals.^[6] Rhodes performed well despite taking a stick in the eye and remaining in the contest.

Entering the final game of the season, Cornell lost three regular players to academic ineligibility and would have to replace Guthrie, Kingsbury and Llop. Endemann, Redding and Schoales each played their first game of the season, serving as alternates, with normal alternates filling in the starting roles. Captain Clark also switched to wing for the game, allowing Spitzmiller to start at center. All the changes caused a bit of havoc for the team and the Big Red ended up losing the match 1–2.^[7]

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	Hometown
Earl Clark (C)	Senior	C/RW	Utica, New York
Harold T. Clark	Sophomore	D	Utica, New York
Carleton Endemann	Sophomore		New York, New York
Edward Guthrie	Sophomore	W	Ithaca, New York
Lawrence Heye	Sophomore	G	Manhattan, New York
Ernest Kingsbury	Junior	D	Ithaca, New York
Richard Llop	Junior		Manhattan, New York
John Parker	Junior	D	Schenectady, New York
William Redding			Worcester, Massachusetts
Benjamin Rhodes	Sophomore	G	Niagara Falls, New York
Dudley Schoales			Cleveland, Ohio
Robert Spitzmiller	Sophomore	C	Buffalo, New York
Donald Uffinger	Junior	W	Summit, New Jersey
Carl Weagant	Senior		Wilkinsburg, 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	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	3	5	1	–	–
Army	9	2	7	0	.222	11	50	12	3	9	0	23	61
Bates	11	4	6	1	.409	26	20	12	5	6	1	28	21
Boston College	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	5	9	0	36	42
Boston University	10	9	1	0	.900	36	9	12	9	2	1	39	14
Bowdoin	9	5	4	0	.556	11	14	9	5	4	0	11	14
Brown	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	8	5	0	–	–
Clarkson	7	6	1	0	.857	43	11	10	9	1	0	60	19
Colgate	7	4	3	0	.571	16	18	7	4	3	0	16	18
Connecticut Agricultural	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cornell	5	2	3	0	.400	7	9	5	2	3	0	7	9
Dartmouth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	9	5	3	58	28
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	4	6	0	–	–
Harvard	7	4	3	0	.571	26	10	10	5	4	1	31	15
Massachusetts Agricultural	11	6	5	0	.545	30	20	12	7	5	0	33	21
Middlebury	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	6	3	0	–	–
MIT	11	5	6	0	.455	26	32	11	5	6	0	26	32
New Hampshire	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	6	4	1	23	20
Norwich	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	2	6	0	–	–
Pennsylvania	11	2	9	0	.182	12	82	13	2	10	1	–	–
Princeton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	15	3	1	–	–
Rensselaer	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	3	0	–	–
St. John's	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	3	3	1	–	–
St. Lawrence	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	3	4	1	–	–
St. Stephen's	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Syracuse	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Union	5	2	2	1	.500	17	14	5	2	2	1	17	14
Vermont	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Williams	10	6	4	0	.600	33	16	10	6	4	0	33	16
Yale	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	15	1	1	–	–

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 19	vs. St. Lawrence*	Beebe Lake • Ithaca, New York	L 0–1	0–1–0
January 26	at Williams*	Sage Hall Rink • Williamstown, Massachusetts	W 1–0	1–1–0
February 8 ^†	vs. Colgate*	Beebe Lake • Ithaca, New York	W 3–1	2–1–0
February 16	vs. Clarkson*	Beebe Lake • Ithaca, New York	L 2–5	2–2–0
February 23	at Colgate*	Hamilton, New York	L 1–2	2–3–0
*Non-conference game.

† Cornell records have the Colgate game being played on February 9 and the score as 3–2 in their favor.
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References

^ "Hockey Aspirants Have First Practice". Cornell Daily Sun. December 11, 1928. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
^ "Influenza Troublesome; Union Hockey Game Off". Cornell Daily Sun. January 11, 1929. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
^ "Varsity Sextet Defeated, 1-0 by St. Lawrence". Cornell Daily Sun. January 21, 1929. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
^ "Varsity Hockey Team Wins from Williams". Cornell Daily Sun. February 6, 1929. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
^ "Hockey Players Defeat Colgate in hard Battle". Cornell Daily Sun. February 9, 1929. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
^ "Hockey Players Lose Hard Game". Cornell Daily Sun. February 18, 1929. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
^ "Hockey Players Drop Hard Game". Cornell Daily Sun. February 25, 1929. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
^ "1928-1929 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
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC: 1967 1968 1969 1970 1973 1980 1986 1996 1997 2003 2005 2010
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