1921–22 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season

1921–22 Harvard Crimson
men's ice hockey season
1921–22 Harvard Crimson; men's ice hockey season
Eastern Intercollegiate Champion; Triangular Hockey League, Champion
Conference	1st Triangular League
Home ice	Boston Arena
Record
Overall	8–1–2
Conference	4–0–0
Home	5–1–1
Road	1–0–0
Neutral	2–0–1
Coaches and captains
Head coach	William Claflin
Captain(s)	George Owen
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The 1921–22 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 24th season of play for the program.

Season

Before the season, Harvard finally accepted the trend of all other college teams and agreed to play 6-on-6 hockey for the year. Additionally, Harvard accepted the new practice of playing its two defenders side by sire rather than one in front of the other. The changes did little to hamper the Crimson in their first game, however, when they returned from their Christmas break the team had to quickly prepare for Toronto. The Blues were considered by many as the top amateur team in North America^[1] and they demonstrated why when they dominated Harvard to the tune of a 6–1 victory. Harvard was able to get much more practice time before their next game and when they faced Dalhousie they appeared much more themselves.

The Crimson didn't lose another game after the Toronto debacle, though they did tie two amateur clubs in the middle of their season. After wrapping up the Triangular League championship, Harvard put together an informal group of players, composed of members of both the varsity and freshman teams, and played an exhibition match with Boston College.^[2] The cross-town rivals won the game in overtime, but Harvard was missing both its starting goaltender and team captain, so there was little doubt as to which varsity squad was the better.

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
Donald Angier	Senior	W			1900-01-12	Newton, Massachusetts	Taft School
Charles W. Baker	Senior	W			1900-12-18	New York, New York	St. Paul's School
William E. Crosby Jr.	Sophomore	D				West Newton, Massachusetts
John G. Flint	Junior	G				Boston, Massachusetts
Mitchell Gratwick	Senior	D			1900-05-15	Buffalo, New York	Philips Academy
Sidney C. Graves	Sophomore	D			1901-07-21
Richard R. Higgins	Senior	G				Winchester, Massachusetts
Francis S. Hill	Sophomore	C/LW			1900-12-14	Boston, Massachusetts
Joseph Larocque Jr.	Junior	C/W				Bernardsville, New Jersey
John M. Martin	Senior	C			1900-05-09	Manchester, New Hampshire	Pomfret School
George Owen Jr. (C)	Junior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1901-12-02	Hamilton, Ontario
George G. Walker	Sophomore	W			1900-12-14	Richmond, New York	St. Paul's School

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Standings

1921–22 Eastern Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	10	4	6	0	.400	14	15	10	4	6	0	14	15
Army	7	4	2	1	.643	23	11	9	5	3	1	26	15
Bates	7	3	4	0	.429	17	16	13	8	5	0	44	25
Boston College	3	3	0	0	1.000	16	3	8	4	3	1	23	16
Bowdoin	3	0	2	1	.167	2	4	9	2	6	1	12	18
Clarkson	1	0	1	0	.000	2	12	2	0	2	0	9	20
Colby	4	1	2	1	.375	5	13	7	3	3	1	16	25
Colgate	3	0	3	0	.000	3	14	4	0	4	0	7	24
Columbia	7	3	3	1	.500	21	24	7	3	3	1	21	24
Cornell	5	4	1	0	.800	17	10	5	4	1	0	17	10
Dartmouth	6	4	1	1	.750	10	5	6	4	1	1	10	5
Hamilton	8	7	1	0	.875	45	13	9	7	2	0	–	–
Harvard	7	7	0	0	1.000	33	5	11	8	1	2	51	17
Massachusetts Agricultural	9	5	4	0	.556	16	23	11	6	5	0	20	30
MIT	6	3	3	0	.500	14	18	10	4	6	0	–	–
Pennsylvania	7	2	5	0	.286	16	28	8	3	5	0	23	29
Princeton	7	2	5	0	.286	12	21	10	3	6	1	21	28
Rensselaer	5	0	5	0	.000	2	28	5	0	5	0	2	28
Union	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	6	2	4	0	12	12
Williams	8	3	4	1	.438	27	19	8	3	4	1	27	19
Yale	14	7	7	0	.500	46	39	19	9	10	0	55	54
YMCA College	6	2	4	0	.333	3	21	6	2	4	0	3	21

1921–22 Triangular Hockey League standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	SW	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Harvard *	4	4	0	0	1.000	2	21	3	11	8	1	2	51	17
Yale	4	2	2	0	.500	1	8	12	19	9	10	0	55	54
Princeton	4	0	4	0	.000	0	3	17	10	3	6	1	21	27
* indicates conference champion

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
December 21	vs. St. Paul's School*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 9–1	1–0–0
January 3	vs. Toronto*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L 1–6	1–1–0
January 14	vs. Dalhousie*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 4–1	2–1–0
January 21	vs. Princeton	Philadelphia Ice Palace • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	W 3–0	3–1–0 (1–0–0)
January 27	vs. MIT*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 9–2	4–1–0
January 31	vs. Boston Athletic Association*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	T 3–3 ^2OT	4–1–1
February 6	vs. Westminster Hockey Club*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	T 1–1	4–1–2
February 11	vs. Yale	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 6–2	5–1–2 (2–0–0)
February 15	vs. Dartmouth*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 3–0	6–1–2
February 18	vs. Princeton	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 9–0	7–1–2 (3–0–0)
February 25	at Yale	New Haven Arena • New Haven, Connecticut	W 3–1	8–1–2 (4–0–0)
March 2	vs. Boston College*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts (Exhibition)	L 2–4 ^2OT
*Non-conference game.

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References

^ "CRIMSON SEXTET TO PLAY TORONTO". The Harvard Crimson. January 3, 1922. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
^ "RAMBLERS TO MEET EAGLE PLAYERS ON ARENA ICE AT 8.15". The Harvard Crimson. March 2, 1922. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
^ "1921-1922 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
^ "Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

[1] "CRIMSON SEXTET TO PLAY TORONTO". The Harvard Crimson. January 3, 1922. Retrieved July 26, 2020.

[2] "RAMBLERS TO MEET EAGLE PLAYERS ON ARENA ICE AT 8.15". The Harvard Crimson. March 2, 1922. Retrieved July 26, 2020.

[3] "1921-1922 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

[record-4] "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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