1937–38 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season

The 1937–38 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 31st season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 16th season.

1937–38 Cornell Big Red
men's ice hockey season
Home iceBeebe Lake
Record
Overall0–4–0
Home0–1–0
Road0–3–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachNick Bawlf
Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey seasons
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Season

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Cornell commenced its season on January 4 while the ice was still too thin for the temporary boards to be set up.[1] The team scheduled its first game in mid-January so it would have a couple of weeks to practice together ahead of the match, a luxury the Big Red rarely possessed in recent years. The first game of the season, a contest against Columbia, was cancelled at the last minute, leaving Cornell with two games prior to the semester break.[2] The opening game came against Colgate and the Maroons got the better of the Big Red once again.[3] The team had to fix its problems quickly as the second game was just three days away. Unfortunately, Cornell was hopelessly outmatched by Clarkson and embarrassed to the tune of 0–10.

Cornell had to live with that loss for a full month before their next game. A rematch with Clarkson that was to be played on the 10th was cancelled due to weather.[4] The temperature got so bad that even the rematch with Colgate had to be scrapped.[5] Cornell ended up having to finish its season on the road and the lack of available ice for practice proved disastrous. The Big Red lost a pair of 1-goal games and ended the year without a loss, producing their worst season in 25 years.

Roster

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No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
  Jack Babson RW Yonkers, New York
  Albert Bosson Junior G Cambridge, Massachusetts
  Ernest Dahman Senior D 1915-10-02 Ithaca, New York
  Oliver Gildersleeve F 1917-01-22 Portland, Connecticut
  Glen Guthrie Senior C Ithaca, New York
  Hays LW Ithaca, New York
  Ray McElwee Sophomore D Ithaca, New York
  Robert Wiggans D 1918-04-17 Ithaca, New York

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Standings

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Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Army 10 5 4 1 29 21
Boston College 15 9 6 0 75 56
Boston University 15 9 4 2 .667 88 61 15 9 4 2 88 61
Bowdoin 12 6 6 0
Brown 14 5 9 0
Clarkson 15 13 1 1 105 34
Colgate 7 3 4 0
Columbia 2 0 2 0 .000 1 9 11 2 8 1 17 42
Cornell 4 0 4 0 .000 4 17 4 0 4 0 4 17
Dartmouth 22 18 4 0 105 78
Hamilton 9 5 4 0
Harvard 14 6 7 1
Lafayette 1 0 1 0 .000 0 5 2 1 1 0 5 7
Massachusetts State 7 2 4 1
Middlebury 11 2 7 2
MIT 12 6 6 0
New Hampshire 10 6 3 1 69 41
Northeastern 13 3 9 1
Princeton 18 5 12 1
Rensselaer 3 0 3 0
Union 4 0 3 1
Williams 14 10 3 1
Yale 18 7 10 1

Schedule and results

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Date Opponent Site Result Record
Regular Season
January 19 vs. Colgate* Beebe LakeIthaca, New York L 1–2  0–1–0
January 22 at Clarkson* Ives Park • Potsdam, New York L 0–10  0–2–0
February 22 at Hamilton* Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York L 2–3 OT 0–3–0
February 26 at Army* Smith RinkWest Point, New York L 1–2  0–4–0
*Non-conference game.

References

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  1. ^ "Hockey Squads Practice". Cornell Daily Sun. January 4, 1938. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "Hockey Squads Drills for Maroon Tilt". Cornell Daily Sun. January 15, 1938. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "Colgate Pucksters Win on Beebe". Cornell Daily Sun. January 20, 1938. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "Hockey Game Postponed". Cornell Daily Sun. February 10, 1938. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "Hockey Game Postponed". Cornell Daily Sun. February 16, 1938. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "1937-1938 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.