1908–09 Columbia men's ice hockey season

The 1908–09 Columbia men's ice hockey season was the 13th season of play for the program.

1908–09 Columbia men's ice hockey season
Conference	5th IHA
Home ice	St. Nicholas Rink
Record
Overall	1–4–0
Conference	0–4–0
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Rudolph Von Bernuth
Captain(s)	George Shafer
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Season

P. E. Locke served as team manager. Despite being one of the earliest universities to support an ice hockey team, Columbia had never achieved much success against collegiate opponents. Owing to this, the incoming class had little enthusiasm for the club which was demonstrated by the lack of candidates for the freshman team.[1] While the freshman squad was eventually compiled, the varsity team finished the season dead last in the IHA.[2]

Note: Columbia University adopted the Lion as its mascot in 1910.[3]

Roster

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
		Ray Barnum	Junior	D
		H. M. Bond	Freshman	C
		Albert Borchardt	Senior	D
		Warren Kinney	Sophomore	LW
		Lloyd Kistler	Senior	W/D
		John Lovejoy	Junior	R/RW
		James Mackenzie	Junior	LW
		Robert Murphy	Junior	G
		S. F. Murphy	Junior	C
		Samuel Nathan	Senior	LW
		George C. Shafer (C)	Senior	R

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Standings

1908–09 Collegiate ice hockey standings
	Intercollegiate								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PCT.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		6	1	4	1	–	–
Army	1	0	1	0	.000	1	2		2	0	1	1	2	3
Carnegie Tech	5	4	0	1	.900	15	4		8	5	2	1	17	8
Columbia	5	1	4	0	.200	12	27		5	1	4	0	12	27
Cornell	7	2	4	1	.357	17	21		7	2	4	1	17	21
Dartmouth	8	6	2	0	.750	24	11		14	11	3	0	47	23
Harvard	6	6	0	0	1.000	25	5		9	9	0	0	37	7
Massachusetts Agricultural College	5	1	4	0	.200	6	10		6	2	4	0	12	10
MIT	5	2	2	1	.500	5	6		8	4	3	1	12	8
Pennsylvania	5	0	4	1	.100	3	17		6	0	5	1	5	21
Pittsburgh	4	1	2	1	.375	6	7		4	1	2	1	6	7
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Princeton	8	5	2	1	.688	26	15		11	7	3	1	33	21
Rensselaer	6	2	4	0	.333	13	20		6	2	4	0	13	20
Springfield Training	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Trinity	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		2	1	1	0	–	–
Williams	9	4	4	1	.500	33	26		9	4	4	1	33	26
Yale	10	4	5	1	.450	31	34		13	4	8	1	39	40

1908–09 Intercollegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Harvard *	4	4	0	0	8	14	3		9	9	0	0	37	7
Dartmouth	4	3	1	0	6	10	7		14	11	3	0	47	23
Yale	4	1	2	1	3	18	17		13	4	8	1	39	40
Princeton	4	1	2	1	3	14	13		11	7	3	1	33	21
Columbia	4	0	4	0	0	9	25		5	1	4	0	12	27
* indicates conference champion

Schedule and Results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 6	vs. Princeton	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 2–5	0–1–0 (0–1–0)
January 9	vs. Harvard	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 1–5	0–2–0 (0–2–0)
January 15	at Rensselaer*	Empire Rink • Albany, New York	W 3–2	1–2–0
January 20	vs. Dartmouth	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 2–4 ^OT †	1–3–0 (0–3–0)
February 2	vs. Yale	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 4–11	1–4–0 (0–4–0)
*Non-conference game.

† some overtime games were not sudden-death and teams played an entire extra period.

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Scoring Statistics

Name	Position	Games	Goals
H. M. Bond	C	4	6
S. F. Murphy	C	1	2
C. Schaefer	R	4	2
Albert Borschard	D	5	1
John Lovejoy	R/RW	5	1
James Mackenzie	LW	1	0
Warren Kinney	LW	1	0
Lloyd Kistler	W/D	3	0
Samuel Nathan	LW	4	0
Ray Barnum	D	4	0
Robert Murphy	G	5	0
Total			12

Note: Assists were not recorded as a statistic.

References

1. "Volume LII, Number 72". Columbia Daily Spectator. December 19, 1908. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
2. "Volume LII, Number 93". Columbia Daily Spectator. February 3, 1909. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
3. The American College. Higher Education Association. 1910. p. 162.
4. "The Columbian 1911". Columbia University. Retrieved February 5, 2020.