1908–09 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season

The 1908–09 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 7th season of play for the program.

1908–09 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season
Home ice	Beebe Lake
Record
Overall	2–4–1
Road	0–2–0
Neutral	2–2–1
Coaches and Captains
Captain(s)	Curtis Yohe
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Season

With an eye on joining the Intercollegiate Hockey Association, Cornell increased its slate of game once more, beginning the season with a three-game series against Pennsylvania, who were returning after an eight-year absence. The Big Red performed well, winning two and tying once, but they were unable to schedule any further games until the four weeks later when they went on another road trip. Their second sojourn went poorly as they were beaten in each of the three games and did not play particularly well in any.

In an effort to show their worth to the IHA committee, Cornell made a further road swing, with games scheduled against Dartmouth and Harvard. Despite several of the players being hurt or injured the Big Red played well against Dartmouth, losing 0–1, but the game against Harvard had to be called off due to poor ice conditions.[1]

The team did not have a head coach but Jefferson Vincent served as team manager.

Roster

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
		Crawford
		Frank H. Crassweller	Sophomore	F			1887-10-13	Huron, Ontario
		Henry W. Ford	Sophomore	G
		Harold Jones	Junior	LW
		Clarence V. Lally	Junior	D			1888-06-23	Cleveland, Ohio
		Edmund B. Magner	Sophomore	C			1888-02-10	Kalamazoo, Michigan
		William W. Matchneer	Junior	D			1886-12-04
		Albert D. Matthai	Junior	G			1887-08-23	Baltimore, Maryland
		Eugene L. Smith	Sophomore	D
		Jefferson D. Vincent	Junior	RW			1888-05-03	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
		Curtis M. Yohe (C)	Senior	R			1887-09-22	Connellsville, Pennsylvania

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Standings

1908–09 Collegiate ice hockey standings
	Intercollegiate								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PCT.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		6	1	4	1	–	–
Army	1	0	1	0	.000	1	2		2	0	1	1	2	3
Carnegie Tech	5	4	0	1	.900	15	4		8	5	2	1	17	8
Columbia	5	1	4	0	.200	12	27		5	1	4	0	12	27
Cornell	7	2	4	1	.357	17	21		7	2	4	1	17	21
Dartmouth	8	6	2	0	.750	24	11		14	11	3	0	47	23
Harvard	6	6	0	0	1.000	25	5		9	9	0	0	37	7
Massachusetts Agricultural College	5	1	4	0	.200	6	10		6	2	4	0	12	10
MIT	5	2	2	1	.500	5	6		8	4	3	1	12	8
Pennsylvania	5	0	4	1	.100	3	17		6	0	5	1	5	21
Pittsburgh	4	1	2	1	.375	6	7		4	1	2	1	6	7
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Princeton	8	5	2	1	.688	26	15		11	7	3	1	33	21
Rensselaer	6	2	4	0	.333	13	20		6	2	4	0	13	20
Springfield Training	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Trinity	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		2	1	1	0	–	–
Williams	9	4	4	1	.500	33	26		9	4	4	1	33	26
Yale	10	4	5	1	.450	31	34		13	4	8	1	39	40

Schedule and Results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
December 31	vs. Pennsylvania*	Elysium Arena • Cleveland, Ohio	T 2–2	0–0–1
January 1	vs. Pennsylvania*	Elysium Arena • Cleveland, Ohio	W 2–1	1–0–1
January 2	vs. Pennsylvania*	Elysium Arena • Cleveland, Ohio	W 6–0	2–0–1
January 28	vs. Williams*	Empire Rink • Albany, New York	L 2–8	2–1–1
January 29	at Rensselaer*	Empire Rink • Albany, New York	L 2–3	2–2–1
January 30	vs. Yale*	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 3–6	2–3–1
February 5	at Dartmouth*	Hanover, New Hampshire	L 0–1	2–4–1
*Non-conference game.

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References

1. "Volume XXIX, Number 90". The Cornell Daily Sun. February 8, 1909. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
2. "1908-1909 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
3. "Year-By-Year results" (PDF). Cornell Big Red. Retrieved December 30, 2019.