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1920–21 Bowdoin Polar Bears
men's ice hockey season
ConferenceIndependent
Home iceDelta Rink
Record
Overall1–5–1
Home1–3–0
Road0–2–1
Coaches and captains
Captain(s)Allen Morrell
Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1920–21 Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of play for the program.

Season

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Due to on-campus improvements, particularly on the stretch of land where the team's rink had been the previous year, The school made plans to build a new rink on the nearby river delta.[1] Quite literally, the biggest change that resulted from this was the larger skating surface that would result. The new rink would measure 180' by 90' and, though it was still smaller than a standard rink size, it was more than double the area that the Hyde Hall Rink had provided.[2] The team put together a schedule of 8 games, however, warm weather caused the match on January 6 to be cancelled.[3] The weather did not cool off over the next week so the team's first official contest against Tufts had to be played on the Portland Country Club Rink. The rainy conditions led to a 0–0 final score as both squads could hardly move the puck from puddle to puddle in only 30 minutes of game time.[4]

Conditions were better for the next game but the result was worse. In spite of the addition of Stonemetz and Palmer to the lineup, the later of which scored the first goal of the season for Bowdoin, the Polar Bears lost 1–4.[5] The team's first game on the Delta Rink ended without a single Bowdoin goal and they lost to rival Bates 0–4. During the exam break, Portland C.C. came to the Delta for a rematch but the time off didn't appear to help Bowdoin as they allowed 8 goals to their opponents. Morrell's move to wing helped spark the offense but caused the defense to turn into a sieve.

Warm weather forced the cancellation of several more games and Bowdoin wasn't able to get back on the ice until the 19th. This time, however, they were able to skate away in triumph after defeating the Association of St. Dominiques.[6] The next two games came in short order and, with Morrell back on defense, the team was unable to score. Bowdoin managed just one goal in the two games and ended the season on a sour note.[7]

Roster

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No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
Maine Romeo A. Beliveau Senior R/C/LW 1896-08-21 Lewiston, Maine
Massachusetts Malcolm W. Burr Sophomore R/RW 1901-07-29 Boston, Massachusetts
Maine L. Arthur Daviau Sophomore R/C 1901-03-12 Waterville, Maine
Massachusetts John F. Handy Sophomore G/D 1895-12-05 Worcester, Massachusetts
Maine Alonzo B. Holmes Senior D/F 1896-09-30 Avon, Maine
Massachusetts Arthur J. D. Miguel Freshman G 1901-08-29 Cambridge, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Allen E. Morrell (C) Junior D/RW 1897-07-07 Hyde Park, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Stephen Palmer Sophomore RW 1900-12-21 Newton, Massachusetts
Maine Adolphe J. Provost Freshman R/LW 1898-10-20 Auburn, Maine
Massachusetts Preston M. Putnam Freshman D 1902-08-20 Danvers, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Raymond G. Putnam Junior D/LW 1900-05-05 Danvers, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Harold T. Stonemetz Sophomore D/C 1901-01-26 Newton, Massachusetts
Pennsylvania Elmer N. Swinglehurst Sophomore RW 1901-10-27 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Maine Victor S. Whitman Sophomore R/W 1901-04-05 Canton, Maine
New Jersey Merritt L. Willson Sophomore D 1899-09-27 Sussex, New Jersey
Massachusetts Douglas W. Young Freshman RW 1903-12-04 Boston, Massachusetts

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Standings

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1920–21 Collegiate ice hockey standings
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst 7 0 7 0 .000 7 18 7 0 7 0 7 18
Army 3 0 2 1 .167 6 11 3 0 2 1 6 11
Bates 4 2 2 0 .500 7 8 8 4 4 0 22 20
Boston College 7 6 1 0 .857 27 11 8 6 2 0 28 18
Bowdoin 4 0 3 1 .125 1 10 7 1 5 1 10 23
Buffalo – – – – – – – 6 0 6 0 – –
Carnegie Tech 5 0 4 1 .100 4 18 5 0 4 1 4 18
Clarkson 1 0 1 0 .000 1 6 3 2 1 0 12 14
Colgate 4 1 3 0 .250 8 14 5 2 3 0 9 14
Columbia 5 1 4 0 .200 21 24 5 1 4 0 21 24
Cornell 5 3 2 0 .600 22 10 5 3 2 0 22 10
Dartmouth 9 5 3 1 .611 24 21 11 6 4 1 30 27
Fordham – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Hamilton – – – – – – – 10 10 0 0 – –
Harvard 6 6 0 0 1.000 42 3 10 8 2 0 55 8
Massachusetts Agricultural 7 3 4 0 .429 18 17 7 3 4 0 18 17
Michigan College of Mines 2 1 1 0 .500 9 5 10 6 4 0 29 21
MIT 6 3 3 0 .500 14 22 7 3 4 0 17 26
New York State – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Notre Dame 3 2 1 0 .667 7 9 3 2 1 0 7 9
Pennsylvania 8 3 4 1 .438 17 37 9 3 5 1 18 44
Princeton 7 4 3 0 .571 18 16 8 4 4 0 20 23
Rensselaer 4 1 3 0 .250 7 13 4 1 3 0 7 13
Williams 5 4 1 0 .800 17 10 6 5 1 0 21 10
Yale 8 3 4 1 .438 21 33 10 3 6 1 25 47
YMCA College 6 5 0 1 .917 17 9 7 5 1 1 20 16

Schedule and results

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Date Opponent Site Result Record
Regular Season
January 14 at Tufts* Country Club Rink • Portland, Maine T 0–0  0–0–1
January 19 at Portland Country Club* Country Club Rink • Portland, Maine L 1–4  1–1–0
January 22 Bates* Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine L 0–4  0–2–1
February 2 Portland Country Club* Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine L 4–8  0–3–1
February 19 St. Dominiques* Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine W 4–1  1–3–1
February 22 at Bates* Lake Andrews Rink • Lewiston, Maine L 0–2 †  1–4–1
February 26 YMCA College* Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine L 1–4  1–5–1
*Non-conference game.

† Bates records have the score of the game as 1–2 in their favor. [9]

Scoring statistics

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Name Position Games Goals
Adolphe Provost R/LW 5 3
Victor Whitman R/LW/RW 7 3
Allen Morrell P/CP/RW 7 2
Stephen Palmer RW 2 1
Alonzo Holmes CP/C/RW 5 1
Elmer Swinglehurst RW 1 0
Merritt Wilson P 1 0
Malcolm Burr R/RW 2 0
Preston Putnam CP 2 0
Douglas Young RW 2 0
Arthur Daviau R/C 3 0
Romeo Beliveau R/C/LW 4 0
Harold Stonemetz P/CP/C 5 0
John Handy G/P 6 0
Raymond Putnam P/CP/RW 6 0
Arthur Miguel G 7 0
Total 10

Note: The scorer of the second goal in the game on January 24 was not recorded.
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References

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  1. ^ "Campus News". Bowdoin Orient. May 15, 1920. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "Campus News". Bowdoin Orient. December 8, 1920. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  3. ^ "Campus News". Bowdoin Orient. January 12, 1921. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  4. ^ "Bowdoin and Tufts Pay to Scoreless tie". Bowdoin Orient. January 18, 1921. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  5. ^ "Bowdoin Loses to Portland C.C." Bowdoin Orient. February 9, 1921. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  6. ^ "Bowdoin 4, St. Dominiques 1". Bowdoin Orient. February 23, 1921. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  7. ^ "Bowdoin Loses Again to Bates, 2-0". Bowdoin Orient. March 2, 1921. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  8. ^ "General Catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine: A Biographical Record of Alumni and Officers, 1794-1950". Bowdoin College. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Bowdoin Orient". Bowdoin Orient. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
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