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1927–28 Harvard Crimson
men's ice hockey season
ConferenceIndependent
Home iceBoston Arena
Record
Overall7–2–0
Home4–1–0
Road1–0–0
Neutral2–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachJoseph Stubbs
Captain(s)John Chase
Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1927–28 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 30th season of play for the program.

Season

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Joseph Stubbs was brought in as the program's 4th head coach and like his predecessors he was a Harvard grad. Unlike the previous three coaches, however, Stubbs had not been a member of the team. That seemed to make little difference when the team began the season with a 9–0 drubbing of MIT.[1] The Crimson played well thorough the early part of their season, winning their first three games before dropping a match against McGill at Madison Square Garden.[2]

Harvard dominated in their next two games, but those matches were spread out over a month. By mid-February the Crimson had played only three games from the start of the year and when they met Dartmouth the Indians finally broke through with their first win over Harvard in four years. Following their second loss, Harvard had just its series with Yale remaining and the two titans fought a close battle in the first match. Regulation ended in a 1–1 draw and the arrangement between the two teams called for two 5-minute overtime periods to be played. John Chase scored mid-way through the first and then the Harvard defense held the fort to earn the Crimson the win.[3]

The rematch was played a week later and this time Harvard was able to win the game in regulation, shutting down Yale's offense. The win prevented Yale from being able to claim an Intercollegiate championship, with the Eli's having been undefeated against all other collegiate opponents. Because Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale had all defeated one another during the season and with no conference championship to settle the difference, no Eastern champion was named in 1928.

Roster

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No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
Albert S. Bigelow Junior D
Hugh W. Bigelow Junior D
Massachusetts John P. Chase (C) Senior C 1906-06-12 Milton, Massachusetts
C. P. Clifford Graduate LW
John Cross Sophomore LW
Davis C
Rene F. G. Giddens Sophomore LW/RW
Guy C. Holbrook Jr. Sophomore C
Willard Howard Graduate D
Waldo Howland Sophomore RW
Charles B. Lakin Sophomore RW
Mills LW/RW
Joseph Morill Jr. Senior G
B. Henry Newell Junior G
Arthur W. Richardson C
William G. Saltonstall Senior D
John Tudor Junior LW/RW
H. T. Wetmore Sophomore LW/RW

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Standings

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1927–28 Eastern Collegiate ice hockey standings
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst 7 4 2 1 .643 12 7 7 4 2 1 12 7
Army 8 1 7 0 .125 6 36 9 1 8 0 9 44
Bates 10 5 5 0 .500 21 26 12 6 5 1 26 28
Boston College – – – – – – – 7 2 4 1 19 25
Boston University 9 6 2 1 .722 42 23 9 6 2 1 42 23
Bowdoin 8 3 5 0 .375 16 27 9 4 5 0 20 28
Brown – – – – – – – 12 4 8 0 – –
Clarkson 10 9 1 0 .900 59 13 11 10 1 0 61 14
Colgate 4 0 4 0 .000 4 18 4 0 4 0 4 18
Cornell 5 2 3 0 .400 11 29 5 2 3 0 11 29
Dartmouth – – – – – – – 10 6 4 0 64 23
Hamilton – – – – – – – 8 5 2 1 – –
Harvard 6 5 1 0 .833 28 8 9 7 2 0 45 13
Holy Cross – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Massachusetts Agricultural 6 0 6 0 .000 5 17 6 0 6 0 5 17
Middlebury – – – – – – – 8 7 1 0 – –
MIT 4 1 3 0 .250 6 35 4 1 3 0 6 35
New Hampshire – – – – – – – 9 7 1 1 33 26
Norwich – – – – – – – 4 0 2 2 – –
Princeton – – – – – – – 12 5 7 0 – –
Rensselaer – – – – – – – 4 2 1 1 – –
St. Lawrence – – – – – – – 4 2 2 0 – –
Syracuse – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Union 5 0 4 1 .100 10 21 5 0 4 1 10 21
Williams 8 6 2 0 .750 27 12 8 6 2 0 27 12
Yale 13 11 2 0 .846 88 22 18 14 4 0 114 39
YMCA College 6 2 4 0 .333 10 15 6 2 4 0 10 15

Schedule and Results

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Date Opponent Site Result Record
Regular Season
December 9 vs. MIT* Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts W 9–0  1–0–0
December 16 vs. Boston University* Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts W 5–3  2–0–0
December 31 vs. Toronto* Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts W 4–1  3–0–0
January 7 vs. McGill* Madison Square Garden • Manhattan, New York L 1–3  3–1–0
January 18 vs. Brown* Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts W 7–0  4–1–0
February 9 vs. St. Francis Xavier* Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts W 12–1  5–1–0
February 18 vs. Dartmouth* Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts L 1–4  5–2–0
February 25 at Yale* New Haven Arena • New Haven, Connecticut W 2–1 2OT 6–2–0
March 3 vs. Yale* Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts W 2–0  7–2–0
*Non-conference game.

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References

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  1. ^ "CRIMSON HOCKEY SEASON IS OPENED WITH SHUTOUT WIN". The Harvard Crimson. December 10, 1927. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "UNIVERSITY SEXTET DOWNED BY McGill". The Harvard Crimson. January 9, 1928. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  3. ^ "Crimson Wins Overtime Contest By 2-1 Margin". Yale Daily News. February 27, 1928. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "1927-1928 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  5. ^ "Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
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