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1912–13 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season

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1912–13 Columbia Lions
men's ice hockey season
Record
Overall0–2–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachTom Howard
Captain(s)John S. Bates
Francis Bangs
Columbia Lions men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1912–13 Columbia men's ice hockey season was the 17th season of play for the program.

Season

After a very good finish the year before, Columbia was looking forward to competing for the IHA championship. Shortly after the final cuts were announced and the lineup for the team was announce the team encountered a sizeable problem. The IHA had held a meeting regarding player eligibility (no freshman and only three years of eligibility in league games) to which Columbia could not immediately agree. The Columbia representative referred the matter to his faculty committee and the team would continue to play its IHA schedule in the interim. The operators of the St. Nicholas Rink, however, decided that since the matter had not been settled Columbia's place in the IHA was not stable enough to allow the team to practice at the rink.[1] While Columbia decided to play games against the IHA opponents regardless of their place in the league, the Columbia athletic committee decided to uphold its own eligibility requirements (four years of eligibility) regardless of what the IHA rules were.[2] After a resolution could not be reached, Columbia left the IHA in mid-December.[3] Fortunately, despite resigning from the IHA, the St. Nicholas rink did become available for the team afterwards. J. S. Bates, due to being ineligible for intercollegiate games, turned over captaincy of the team to F. N. Bangs.

After the upheaval in December, Columbia began its season on a low note, losing 0–6 to Yale with many of the previous season's players not appearing.[4] After a game against Saegkill Golf Club was postponed due to no ice, Columbia attempted to produce a schedule on the fly. Unfortunately, all members of the IHA refused to schedule any games against the Lions, leaving Columbia with few opportunities.[5] The match against Saegkill was played in early February with the Lions narrowly falling 6–7 in double overtime.[6] Unable to schedule any further games, Columbia's season ended shortly thereafter.

Roster

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
Francis Bangs (C) Senior D
John S. Bates Senior R
Charles Bartow Freshman C
George P. Butler Jr. Sophomore C
W. S. Johnson Sophomore G
Robert W. Milbank Jr. Junior G
Andrew R. Shiland Senior RW
Neil C. Stevens Senior LW
Warwick Todd Sophomore C/LW
Rufus Trimble Senior D
Torrey Webb Freshman R/C

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Standings

Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T PCT. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst 4 1 2 1
Army 5 4 1 0 .800 15 7 6 5 1 0 42 7
Columbia 1 0 1 0 .000 0 6 2 0 2 0 6 13
Cornell 6 0 6 0 .000 8 41 7 0 7 0 8 51
Dartmouth 10 8 2 0 .800 43 15 10 8 2 0 43 15
Harvard 10 9 1 0 .900 42 14 11 9 2 0 42 16
Massachusetts Agricultural 6 3 3 0 .500 24 19 6 3 3 0 24 19
MIT 5 2 3 0 .400 17 13 9 4 5 0 28 32
Norwich
Notre Dame 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 7 12
NYU
Princeton 11 9 2 0 .818 64 23 14 12 2 0 78 32
Rensselaer 4 0 4 0 .000 2 17 4 0 4 0 2 17
Syracuse
Trinity
Williams 6 2 3 1 .417 19 24 6 2 3 1 19 24
Yale 7 2 5 0 .286 21 25 9 2 7 0 23 31
YMCA College

Schedule and Results

Date Opponent Site Result Record
Regular Season
January 8 vs. Yale St. Nicholas RinkNew York, New York L 0–6  0–1–0
February 8 at Saegkill Golf Club Audubon Rink • Yonkers, New York L 6–7 2OT 0–2–0
*Non-conference game.

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References

  1. ^ "Volume LVI, Number 63". Columbia Daily Spectator. December 11, 1912. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Volume LVI, Number 66". Columbia Daily Spectator. December 14, 1912. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  3. ^ "Volume LVI, Number 68". Columbia Daily Spectator. December 17, 1912. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "Volume LVI, Number 76". Columbia Daily Spectator. January 9, 1913. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  5. ^ "Volume LVI, Number 92". Columbia Daily Spectator. February 5, 1913. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "Volume LVI, Number 96". Columbia Daily Spectator. February 10, 1913. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "The Columbian 1914". Columbia University. Retrieved March 3, 2020.