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1923–24 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season
Cornell 'C' logo
Home ice Beebe Lake
Record
Overall 2–2–0
Home 2–0–0
Road 0–2–0
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach Nick Bawlf
Captain(s) Frank Tone
Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey seasons
« 1922–23 1924–25 »

The 1923–24 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 18th season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 4th season.

Season[]

After a terrible season, Cornell's chance to improve itself was delayed due to a lack of ice and the team didn't play its first practice until January 7.[1] The late start caused the team to compress its schedule to play 5 or 6 games,[2] but that was reduced when the first game against Buffalo was cancelled. Even though the team could practice on Beebe Lake, soft ice and rain made playing the game impossible. This was the first game that the team had to cancel since returning after World War I.[3] The weather got so bad that the second schedule match, a week later, also had to be cancelled.[4]

While the start to their season couldn't have been worse, Cornell knew that weather wouldn't cancel their third game as they were to travel to Princeton. Predictably, the delayed start caused the team to come out flat against the Tigers and the Big Red lost their opening game 0–5.[5] Stainton played well in net, however, stopping 36 shots and kept Cornell in the match until the 3rd period. By the time of their next scheduled game, Beebe Lake had frozen enough to be usable and the Big Red were finally able to play a home game. Coach Bawlf changed up his offense by swapping in Tilton at center with Burnett and started Kidd at left wing. The changes seemed to work as Cornell dominated a good Penn team to earn their first win in almost 2 years. The Big Red scored as many goals in the game as they had the entire previous year.

The veritable offensive deluge continued in the next match when Cornell throttled Renssealer 13–1.[6] The team tied the program record for goals in a game and gave hope that, despite facing Yale, the Big Red may be able to finish the season with a winning record. To that point, Yale had gone 11–0 against fellow varsity clubs and hadn't allowed a goal over their previous four games. Despite playing at the Bulldogs's home arena, Cornell gave the Elis a tough test. Yale jumped out to a 2–0 lead after the first period but Tilton cut their advantage in half at the start of the second. From then on the team traded goals with the Big Red coming with a goal of tying the score on three separate occasions, but they could never find the equalizer and Yale escaped with a victory.[7]

Roster[]

# S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
Flag of Massachusetts Aronson, RichardRichard Aronson Sophomore LW Winthrop, Massachusetts
Betts, WilliamWilliam Betts LW
Flag of Massachusetts Burnett, NewtonNewton Burnett C/RW Newton, Massachusetts
Flag of New York Kidd, RobertRobert Kidd Sophomore LW Tivoli, New York
Nesbit,Nesbit D
Flag of New Hampshire Rane, AinsworthAinsworth Rane LW Durham, New Hampshire
Flag of New York Stainton, CharlesCharles Stainton Junior G Buffalo, New York
Flag of Washington, D.C. Tilton, BenjaminBenjamin Tilton Sophomore C/RW Washington D. C.
Flag of New York Tone Jr., Frank J.Frank J. Tone Jr. (C) Senior D 1901-03-30 Niagara Falls, New York
White,White Sophomore D

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Standings[]

Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst 10 4 6 0
Army 8 3 5 0 23 30
Boston College 18 7 10 1 32 45
Boston University 9 1 8 0 11 42
Bowdoin 8 4 2 2
Clarkson 7 3 4 0 12 19
Colby 8 1 5 2
Cornell 4 2 2 0
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 12 4 8 0
Massachusetts Agricultural College 9 3 6 0
Middlebury 7 0 6 1
MIT
Pennsylvania 7 1 6 0
Princeton 18 12 6 0
Rensselaer 5 2 3 0
Syracuse
Union 4 1 3 0
Williams 14 5 7 2
Yale 15 14 1 0 .933 60 12 23 18 4 1 80 33

Schedule and Results[]

Date Opponent Site Result Record
Regular Season
January 26 at Princeton* Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey L 0–5  0–1–0
February 8 vs. Pennsylvania* Beebe LakeIthaca, New York W 6–1  1–1–0
February 16 vs. Rensselaer* Beebe LakeIthaca, New York W 13–1  2–1–0
February 19 vs. Yale* New Haven ArenaNew Haven, Connecticut L 3–4  2–2–0
*Non-conference game.

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References[]

  1. Hockey Players Will Take Ice Today. Cornell Daily Sun (January 7, 1924). Retrieved on June 10, 2021.
  2. Varsity Hockey Card Includes 6 contests. Cornell Daily Sun (January 9, 1924). Retrieved on June 10, 2021.
  3. First Hockey Tilt May be Postponed. Cornell Daily Sun (January 11, 1924). Retrieved on June 10, 2021.
  4. Hockey Contest with Springfield Cancelled. Cornell Daily Sun (January 18, 1924). Retrieved on June 10, 2021.
  5. Sextet Beats Cornell in Cleat-Cut Victory. The Daily Princetonian (January 28, 1924). Retrieved on June 10, 2021.
  6. R.P.I. Downed by Varsity Skaters. Cornell Daily Sun (February 18, 1924). Retrieved on June 10, 2021.
  7. Yale Barely Wins 4-3 Game from Cornell. Yale Daily News (February 20, 1924). Retrieved on June 10, 2021.
  8. 1923-1924 Roster. Elite Prospects. Retrieved on December 30, 2019.
  9. Year-By-Year results. Cornell Big Red. Retrieved on December 30, 2019.
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