1923–24 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season

1923–24 Harvard Crimson
men's ice hockey season
1923–24 Harvard Crimson; men's ice hockey season
Conference	2nd Triangular League
Home ice	Boston Arena
Record
Overall	6–7–1
Conference	2–2–0
Home	2–6–1
Road	1–1–0
Neutral	3–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Alfred Winsor
Captain(s)	William Crosby
	Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey seasons; « 1922–23 1924–25 »

The 1923–24 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 26th season of play for the program.

Season

Though he is credited with coaching the 1923–24 team, William Henry Claflin Jr. left Harvard after 1923 and was replaced by his predecessor for one season. Alfred Winsor faced a tough task in trying to implement his defensive structure with college hockey now playing a 6-on-6 format rather than the 7-on-7 that saw him win seven Intercollegiate Championships. After early season success, the team faced a tough challenge from visiting Canadian colleges and lost all three matches, though the defense did perform well. After winning their next three intercollegiate games Harvard had hopes of winning another championship, but their campaign took a hit when they were stymied by Yale in early February.^[1]

Harvard still had a chance for the championship if they could win the season series against the Elis, but they would have to get by three other clubs before the rematch. After winning the season series over Princeton, Harvard had to face down Dartmouth and lost to the Indians for the second year in a row. No longer in the running for the Intercollegiate Championship, Harvard could still manage a league title if they could defeat Yale but the Elis had other ideas and downed the Crimson 6–1.

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
William M. Austin	Junior	LW
Edward M. Beals Jr.	Junior	RW
Bradford		G
George W. Burgess	Junior	C/LW/RW
Philip W. Chase	Junior	C/D
William E. Crosby Jr. (C)	Senior	D				West Newton, Massachusetts
Thayer Cummings	Sophomore	G				New York, New York
Harrison Gardner	Senior	C				Boston, Massachusetts
Sidney C. Graves	Senior	D			1901-07-21
John W. Hammond	Junior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	174 lb (79 kg)
Charles L. Harding Jr.	Sophomore	C/LW
Francis S. Hill	Senior	LW/RW			1900-12-14	Boston, Massachusetts
Clark Hodder	Junior	C/RW			1903-11-09	Newton, Massachusetts
Nathaniel S. Howe	Sophomore	LW/RW/D
Martin		D
John L. Newell	Sophomore	G
C. L. Pierson	Junior	RW
Laurence O. Pratt	Sophomore	D			1904-05-07
George G. Walker	Senior	LW			1900-12-14	Richmond, New York	St. Paul's School

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Standings

1923–24 Eastern Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	11	5	5	1	.500	16	17	11	5	5	1	16	17
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	7	1	4	2	.286	9	18	8	1	5	2	11	21
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	7	3	4	0	.429	20	18	12	4	8	0	33	60
Massachusetts Agricultural	8	2	6	0	.250	18	38	9	3	6	0	20	38
Middlebury	5	0	4	1	.100	2	10	7	0	6	1	3	16
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	13	8	5	0	.615	35	20	18	12	6	0	63	28
Rensselaer	5	2	3	0	.400	5	31	5	2	3	0	5	31
Saint Michael's	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Syracuse	2	1	1	0	.500	5	11	6	2	4	0	11	24
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

1923–24 Triangular Hockey League standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	SW	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Yale *	5	4	1	0	.800	2	15	6	23	18	4	1	80	33
Harvard	4	2	2	0	.500	1	7	12	14	6	7	1	–	–
Princeton	5	1	4	0	.200	0	8	12	18	12	6	0	63	28
* indicates conference champion

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
December 15	Aura Lees*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L ?	0–1–0
December 18	vs. Boston University*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 8–1	1–1–0
December 21	McGill*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L 0–2	1–2–0
January 3	Toronto*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L 1–2	1–3–0
January 5	Toronto*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L 1–4	1–4–0
January 9	vs. MIT*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 7–0	2–4–0
January 14	Maple Athletic Association*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	T 1–1 ^2OT	2–4–1
January 19	at Princeton	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey	W 4–2	3–4–1 (1–0–0)
January 30	vs. Boston University*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 5–0	4–4–1
February 9	Yale	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts (Rivalry)	L 0–3	4–5–1 (1–1–0)
February 18	Princeton	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 2–1 ^2OT	5–5–1 (2–1–0)
February 20	Hamilton*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 5–2	6–5–1
February 23	Dartmouth*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L 3–4	6–6–1
March 1	at Yale	New Haven Arena • New Haven, Connecticut (Rivalry)	L 1–6	6–7–1 (2–2–0)
*Non-conference game.

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References

^ "WINSOR LOOKS AHEAD AFTER YALE TRIUMPH". The Harvard Crimson. February 11, 1923. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
^ "1923-1924 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
^ "Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

[1] "WINSOR LOOKS AHEAD AFTER YALE TRIUMPH". The Harvard Crimson. February 11, 1923. Retrieved July 28, 2020.

[2] "1923-1924 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

[record-3] "Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

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v t e Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey
Venues	Franklin Park (1897–1904) Harvard Stadium Rink (1904–1911) Boston Arena (1911–1917, 1921–1956) Pavilion Rink (1919–1921) Donald C. Watson Rink (1956–1978) Walter Brown Arena (1978–1979) Bright Hockey Center (1979–present)
Coaches	no coach (1897–1903, 1918–19) Alfred Winsor (1903–17, 1923–24) William Henry Claflin Jr. (1919–23) Edward Bigelow (1924–27) Joseph Stubbs (1927–38) Clark Hodder (1938–42) John Chase (1942–43, 1945–50) Cooney Weiland (1950–71) Bill Cleary (1971–90) Ronn Tomassoni (1990–99) Mark Mazzoleni (1999–2004) Ted Donato (2004– )
Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 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 1999–2000 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 2024–25
Conference affiliations	Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1901–1911) Intercollegiate Hockey League (1912–1917) Triangular Hockey League (1919–1926) Pentagonal League (1933–1943, 1946–1955) ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)
Rivalries	Cornell Yale
Culture & lore	Beanpot Love Story
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Scott Fusco (240 Points) Lane MacDonald (111 Goals) Grant Blair (72 Wins)
Retired numbers	Bill Cleary (4)
National championships	1989
Frozen Four appearances	1955 1957 1958 1969 1971 1974 1975 1983 1986 1987 1989 1994 2017
NCAA Tournament appearances	1955 1957 1958 1969 1971 1974 1975 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1993 1994 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2015 2016 2017 2023
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC Hockey: 1963 1971 1983 1987 1994 2002 2004 2006 2015 2017
Hobey Baker winners	Mark Fusco (1983) Scott Fusco (1986) Lane MacDonald (1989) Jimmy Vesey (2016)
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