1945–46 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season

Intercollegiate hockey season

1945–46 Cornell Big Red
men's ice hockey season

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The 1945–46 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 39th season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 24th season.

Season

Cornell opened its first post-war season with a rematch against Yale. The Elis had handled the Big Red in last season's finale and the Cornellians were looking to even the score. Unfortunately, the Big Red were only able to get in 4 days worth of practice prior to the game while Yale had been on the ice for over a month. The Bulldogs embarrassed Cornell in the game, building a 10–2 lead in the first two periods and then tacking on another 8 markers before time was called.^[1] It was the second-worst defeat in the history of the program but the team was able to rebound when they played their second game a week later. The team allowed 6 goals in the opening period but seemed to settle down afterwards. Though they lost to the Cadets, the score was much closer at 4–9.^[2]

The team returned to Ithaca for their only home game of the year, facing Colgate in the first of a weekend home-and-home series. From the start of the game, Cornell pressed their opponents and hemmed the Red Raiders in their own zone until finally score near the end of the first period. Colgate replied with a strong second frame and tied the score. Bruce Care scored the final goal in the third and earned Cornell its first win in over two years.^[3] The effort required to win the match seemed take everything the Big Red had to offer because two night later, Cornell fell to the same Colgate squad 1–9.

The team did not name a captain for the season.

Roster

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
		Eddie Best		LW
		Bruce Care		RW
		George Ebel
		Hanson		D
		Joseph Harron		D
		Johnson		C
		McEntree		G
		Brendan O'Hara
		Schnideau
		Weber

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Standings

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	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Army	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	7	6	0	87	70
Boston College	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	2	0	3	17
Boston University	3	2	0	1	.833	20	10	3	2	0	1	20	10
Colgate	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	2	6	0	–	–
Colorado College	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	3	8	0	–	–
Cornell	4	1	3	0	.250	9	37	4	1	3	0	9	37
Dartmouth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	6	2	0	66	28
Gustavus Adolphus	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	1	8	1	–	–
Harvard	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	2	4	2	–	–
Michigan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	17	7	1	167	104
Michigan Tech	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	4	12	0	–	–
Minnesota	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	9	4	1	–	–
Princeton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	3	0	–	–
St. Olaf	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	3	1	0	–	–
Williams	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	4	0	–	–
Yale	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	6	2	0	–	–

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 19	at Yale*	New Haven Arena • New Haven, Connecticut	L 2–18	0–1–0
January 26	at Army*	Smith Rink • West Point, New York	L 4–9	0–2–0
February 7	vs. Colgate*	Beebe Lake • Ithaca, New York	W 2–1	1–2–0
February 10	at Colgate*	Hamilton, New York	L 1–9	1–3–0
*Non-conference game.

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References

^ "Pucksters Drop Opener to Yale; Face Army Next". Cornell Daily Sun. January 25, 1946. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
^ "Stickmen to Face Colgate on Beebe After 9-4 Defeat in West Point Tilt". Cornell Daily Sun. February 1, 1946. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
^ "Stickmen Annex Initial Victory". Cornell Daily Sun. February 8, 1946. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
^ "1945-1946 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cornell Big Red. Retrieved August 1, 2021.

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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