1920–21 Dartmouth Indians men's ice hockey season

1920–21 Dartmouth Indians
men's ice hockey season
1920–21 Dartmouth Indians; men's ice hockey season
Conference	Independent
Home ice	Occom Pond
Record
Overall	6–4–1
Home	4–1–1
Road	1–3–0
Neutral	1–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Leon Tuck
Captain(s)	Ryland Rothschild
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The 1920–21 Dartmouth Indians men's ice hockey season was the 15th season of play for the program. The Indians were coached by Leon Tuck in his 1st season.

Season

Fresh from winning a silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics, new head coach Leon Tuck took over a program looking to finally get over the hump. Though they were still forced to use a natural surface for their home rink, Dartmouth was able to gather a team together that looked primed for a championship early. The team won its first three games and then travelled south for its first big test of the year. Unfortunately, the Indians weren't as good on unfamiliar surfaces as they were at home and Dartmouth suffered a pair of embarrassing losses in Boston.

After being shutout in back-to-back games, the Indians returned home and paused for the exam break. When the season resumed in mid-February, the offense was still finding it difficult to score and Dartmouth extended their scoreless streak to three games. The main culprit in the Yale match was the extremely poor ice that caused the game to be called off just 3 minutes into the second period.^[1] No such excuse was available in the following game against MIT Engineers and Dartmouth posted a program-worst fourth consecutive game without a single goal to their credit. The Indians were finally able to get on the board against St. Paul's School but extended their winless streak to 5 games and, by all accounts, their season looked like it was spiraling into the abyss.

The games against Williams saw the team suddenly change its fortunes. Led by a hat-trick from defenseman J. Philip Bower, the Indians posted their first win in a month and a half. The offensive explosion carried over into the final two games of the year when Dartmouth headed down to Philadelphia for a 2-game stay at the Ice Palace. Dartmouth easily took down a pair of undermanned teams as both Penn and Princeton were missing several of their regulars.^[2]^[3] The final two games were played with 6-man units with Perry moving from rover to cover point.

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	DoB	Hometown
Raymond P. Atwood	Junior	C	1900-03-27	Boston, Massachusetts
J. Philip Bower	Senior	D	1894-10-22	Richmond, Virginia
Charles A. Colder	Sophomore	R	1901-05-25	Cleveland, Ohio
John F. Dorney	Senior	D	1897-06-24	Newtonville, Massachusetts
John E. Foster	Sophomore	D	1900-06-28	Montclair, New Jersey
Edward R. Furey	Sophomore	RW	1897-05-10	New York, New York
Lloyd K. Neidlinger	Sophomore	G	1901-12-23	Brooklyn, New York
James M. Osborne	Sophomore	LW/RW	1901-05-09	Cleveland, Ohio
William H. Perry	Junior	D/R	1899-09-05	Somerville, Massachusetts
Frank A. Ross Jr.	Senior	LW/RW	1900-07-21	Allston, Massachusetts
Ryland J. Rothschild	Senior	C	1899-08-21	Saint Paul, Minnesota
Walter W. Sands	Junior	RW	1900-02-25	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Robert A. Smith	Sophomore	RW	1902-04-07	Arlington, Massachusetts

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Standings

1920–21 Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	7	0	7	0	.000	7	18	7	0	7	0	7	18
Army	3	0	2	1	.167	6	11	3	0	2	1	6	11
Bates	4	2	2	0	.500	7	8	8	4	4	0	22	20
Boston College	7	6	1	0	.857	27	11	8	6	2	0	28	18
Bowdoin	4	0	3	1	.125	1	10	7	1	5	1	10	23
Buffalo	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	0	6	0	–	–
Carnegie Tech	5	0	4	1	.100	4	18	5	0	4	1	4	18
Clarkson	1	0	1	0	.000	1	6	3	2	1	0	12	14
Colgate	4	1	3	0	.250	8	14	5	2	3	0	9	14
Columbia	5	1	4	0	.200	21	24	5	1	4	0	21	24
Cornell	5	3	2	0	.600	22	10	5	3	2	0	22	10
Dartmouth	9	5	3	1	.611	24	21	11	6	4	1	30	27
Fordham	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	10	0	0	–	–
Harvard	6	6	0	0	1.000	42	3	10	8	2	0	55	8
Massachusetts Agricultural	7	3	4	0	.429	18	17	7	3	4	0	18	17
Michigan College of Mines	2	1	1	0	.500	9	5	10	6	4	0	29	21
MIT	6	3	3	0	.500	14	22	7	3	4	0	17	26
New York State	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Notre Dame	3	2	1	0	.667	7	9	3	2	1	0	7	9
Pennsylvania	8	3	4	1	.438	17	37	9	3	5	1	18	44
Princeton	7	4	3	0	.571	18	16	8	4	4	0	20	23
Rensselaer	4	1	3	0	.250	7	13	4	1	3	0	7	13
Williams	5	4	1	0	.800	17	10	6	5	1	0	21	10
Yale	8	3	4	1	.438	21	33	10	3	6	1	25	47
YMCA College	6	5	0	1	.917	17	9	7	5	1	1	20	16

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 8	Amherst*	Occom Pond • Hanover, New Hampshire	W 4–2	1–0–0
January 11	King's*	Occom Pond • Hanover, New Hampshire	W 5–2	2–0–0
January 15	Massachusetts Agricultural*	Occom Pond • Hanover, New Hampshire	W 3–2	3–0–0
January 20	at Boston College*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L 0–4	3–1–0
January 22	at Harvard*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L 0–5	3–2–0
February 12	Yale*	Occom Pond • Hanover, New Hampshire	T 0–0	3–2–1
February 22	MIT*	Occom Pond • Hanover, New Hampshire	L 0–1	3–3–1
February 24	at St. Paul's School*	St. Paul's Rink • Concord, New Hampshire	L 1–4	3–4–1
February 26	Williams*	Occom Pond • Hanover, New Hampshire	W 6–4	4–4–1
March 4	at Pennsylvania*	Philadelphia Ice Palace • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	W 7–2	5–4–1
March 5	vs. Princeton*	Philadelphia Ice Palace • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	W 4–1	6–4–1
*Non-conference game.

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References

^ "DARTMOUTH SEVEN TIED 0-0; 1924 WINS FROM HARVARD". Yale Daily News. February 14, 1921. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
^ "Dartmouth Sextette Trims Puck Chasers". The Daily Pennsylvanian. March 5, 1921. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
^ "GREEN HOCKEY SEXTET IS VICTOR OVER TIGERS". The Daily Princetonian. March 7, 1921. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
^ "1920-1921 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
^ "Year-By-Year results" (PDF). Dartmouth Big Green. Retrieved July 23, 2023.

[1] "DARTMOUTH SEVEN TIED 0-0; 1924 WINS FROM HARVARD". Yale Daily News. February 14, 1921. Retrieved July 23, 2023.

[2] "Dartmouth Sextette Trims Puck Chasers". The Daily Pennsylvanian. March 5, 1921. Retrieved July 23, 2023.

[3] "GREEN HOCKEY SEXTET IS VICTOR OVER TIGERS". The Daily Princetonian. March 7, 1921. Retrieved July 23, 2023.

[4] "1920-1921 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

[5] "Year-By-Year results" (PDF). Dartmouth Big Green. Retrieved July 23, 2023.

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Conference affiliations	Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1906–1913) Pentagonal League (1933–1943, 1946–1955) ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)
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All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Bill Riley (228 Points) Bill Riley (118 Goals) Nick Boucher (50 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1948 1949 1979 1980
NCAA Tournament appearances	1948 1949 1979 1980
NHL players	T. J. Galiardi Tanner Glass David Jones Grant Lewis Ben Lovejoy Lee Stempniak
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