1925–26 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season

The 1925–26 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 28th season of play for the program.

1925–26 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season
Eastern Intercollegiate Champion Triangular League, Champion
Conference	1st Triangular League
Home ice	Boston Arena
Record
Overall	8–3–0
Conference	4–0–0
Home	6–2–0
Road	1–0–0
Neutral	1–1–0
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Edward Bigelow
Captain(s)	Thayer Cummings
Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey seasons « 1924–25 1926–27 »

Season

After surrendering the league championship to Yale two years running, Harvard was desperate to regain their crown. Early in the season, however, the team didn't perform well. After a less-than-impressive win over MIT the Crimson lost three consecutive games, however, two of those losses were to Canadian schools and the experience from playing tougher squads served Harvard well. When they opened their conference schedule against Princeton Harvard started slow but built up steam after the first to score the final three goals of the game, including an overtime winner from new sophomore star John Chase.[1] The rematch came at the end of the month the Crimson again had to come back from a two-goal deficit to win another 4–3 match and capture the season series.

Harvard began February with a game against an undefeated Hamilton but the Crimson proved superior with a dominating 11–1 victory. The team then had a 10-day layoff before the long-awaited match with Yale. From the start of the game Harvard assailed the Eli net and scored just five minutes in. Three more goals came from Crimson players with none in opposition giving Harvard the first leg of the series.[2] The following week Harvard faced a dangerous Dartmouth team and downed the Indians 3–2 in overtime. In doing so the Crimson had essentially erased their early-season loss to Boston University by defeating two teams that had defeated the Terriers (Williams and Dartmouth) while remaining unbeaten against all other colleges.

Harvard, however, still had one final game to play and the rematch with Yale was held at the Madison Square Garden, the home of the New York Americans. The game was played before some 11,000 spectators, by far the largest recorded crowd for a college game at the time, and saw Harvard fight a much tougher contest with the Elis than the first game. Harvard scored first but were unable to find the net again and had to carry a slim, 1–0 lead for most of the game. Captain Cummings did everything he could to keep the Elis from scoring and even with a furious effort in the third period the Yale scoresheet remained empty. Harvard tacked on a second goal just before the end of the game for a sweep of the Triangular League and a claim for the eastern Intercollegiate Championship.[3]

Roster

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
		John P. Chase	Sophomore	C			1906-06-12	Milton, Massachusetts
		Eben C. Clark	Senior	D
		Clement D. Coady	Junior	D
		Crawford		D/RW
		Thayer Cummings (C)	Senior	G				New York, New York
		John B. Durant	Junior	C/RW
		William P. Ellison	Junior	D
		Courtland S. Gross	Junior	LW
		Nathaniel Hamlen	Junior	RW
		Charles L. Harding Jr.	Senior	LW/D
		Nathaniel S. Howe	Senior	LW/D
		Joseph Morill Jr.	Sophomore	D
		Laurence O. Pratt	Senior	D			1904-05-07
		Richard S. Scott	Junior	C
		Cecil I. Wylde	Junior	LW
		Isadore Zarakov	Junior	LW/RW

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Standings

1925–26 Eastern Collegiate ice hockey standings
	Intercollegiate								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		7	1	5	1	–	–
Army	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		9	3	6	0	17	30
Boston College	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		16	6	9	1	46	54
Boston University	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		15	7	8	0	31	28
Bowdoin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		8	4	4	0	–	–
Clarkson	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		8	4	4	0	25	25
Cornell	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		6	2	4	0	–	–
Dartmouth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		15	12	3	0	72	34
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		10	7	3	0	–	–
Harvard	9	8	1	0	.889	34	13		11	8	3	0	38	20
Massachusetts Agricultural College	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		8	3	4	1	–	–
Middlebury	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		8	5	3	0	–	–
MIT	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		8	3	4	1	–	–
New Hampshire	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		4	1	3	0	6	20
Norwich	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		2	1	1	0	–	–
Princeton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		16	7	9	0	–	–
Rensselaer	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		6	2	4	0	–	–
St. Lawrence	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		2	0	2	0	–	–
Syracuse	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		5	2	3	0	–	–
Williams	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		17	13	4	0	–	–
Yale	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		14	4	9	1	–	–

1925–26 Triangular Hockey League standings
	Conference									Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	SW	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Harvard *	4	4	0	0	1.000	2	14	6		11	8	3	0	38	20
Princeton	4	2	2	0	.500	1	12	11		16	7	9	0	44	61
Yale	4	0	4	0	.000	0	3	12		14	4	9	1	25	30
* indicates conference champion

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
December 16	vs. MIT*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 2–0	1–0–0
December 18	vs. Boston University*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L 0–3	1–1–0
January 2	vs. McGill*	Madison Square Garden • Manhattan, New York	L 4–5	1–2–0
January 6	vs. Toronto*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L 0–2	1–3–0
January 9	at Princeton	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey	W 4–3 ^2OT	2–3–0 (1–0–0)
January 20	vs. Williams*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 4–1	3–3–0
January 30	vs. Princeton	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 4–3	4–3–0 (2–0–0)
February 3	vs. Hamilton*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 11–1	5–3–0
February 13	vs. Yale	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 4–0	6–3–0 (3–0–0)
February 20	vs. Dartmouth*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 3–2 ^OT	7–3–0
February 27	vs. Yale	Madison Square Garden • Manhattan, New York	W 2–0	8–3–0 (4–0–0)
*Non-conference game.

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References

1. "Rally by Harvard downs Nassau". The Daily Princetonian. January 11, 1926. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
2. "Harvard Sextet Defeats University by 4-0 Score". Yale Daily News. February 15, 1926. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
3. "Harvard Defeats Yale 2-0 on Ice". Yale Daily News. March 1, 1926. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
4. "1925-1926 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
5. "Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 30, 2019.