| 1907–08 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season | |
|---|---|
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| Intercollegiate Champion Intercollegiate Hockey Association, Champion | |
| Conference | 1st IHA |
| Record | |
| Overall | 5–4–0 |
| Conference | 4–0–0 |
| Home | 1–0–0 |
| Road | 3–3–0 |
| Neutral | 1–1–0 |
| Coaches and captains | |
| Captain(s) | Harold Stanley |
| Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey seasons « 1906–07 1908–09 » | |
The 1907–08 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season was the 13th season of play for the program.
Season
Yale began its season poorly, losing its first three games and not contending much in any. However, because those game were against professional hockey clubs, the losses did not harm the Elis as far as the Intercollegiate season went. When they did play their fellow colleges, starting in mid-January, Yale's recent embarrassment against the pros may have lit a fire under them because the Bulldogs torched their next three opponents. After defeating defending champion Princeton, Yale lost its fourth contest to a pro squad before gearing up for their final game of the year. The Elis met Harvard at the St. Nicholas Rink on February 15 and, with both teams entering undefeated against college opponents, the winner would claim the Intercollegiate championship. Yale had failed to overcome the Crimson every season since 1902 but with two goals from John Heron,[1] the Bulldogs were finally able to slay the Crimson dragon and win their fifth intercollegiate title.
The team did not have a coach, however, Tyson Dines served as team manager.
Roster
| No. | S/P/C | Player | Class | Pos | Height | Weight | DoB | Hometown | Previous team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Donald C. Bakewell | Senior | G | 1887-12-05 | Salem, Ohio | ||||
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Lucius Biglow | Senior | D | 1885-02-28 | Brooklyn, New York | ||||
| Conrad Driscoll | Senior | R | |||||||
| Grover C. Fels | Junior | F | 1885-10-09 | ||||||
| John Heron | Sophomore | F | |||||||
| Henry Howe | Junior | G | |||||||
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Harold Stanley (C) | Senior | F | 1885-10-02 | Great Barrington, Massachusetts | ||||
| Leonard Stanley | Sophomore | ||||||||
| Gordon Thayer | Senior | D | |||||||
| Charley Williams | Senior | D | |||||||
Standings
| Intercollegiate | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PCT. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Army | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 9 | |
| Carnegie Tech | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Columbia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 30 | |
| Cornell | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dartmouth | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 15 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 37 | |
| Harvard | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 32 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 17 | |
| MIT | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | |
| Princeton | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 54 | 44 | |
| Rensselaer | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | |
| Rochester | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Springfield Training | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Trinity | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Tufts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |
| Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | |
| Williams | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 6 | |
| Yale | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 35 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 34 | |
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| Yale * | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 34 | ||
| Harvard | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 17 | ||
| Princeton | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 54 | 44 | ||
| Dartmouth | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 37 | ||
| Columbia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 30 | ||
| * indicates conference champion | |||||||||||||||
Schedule and Results
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| December 11 | at New York Wanderers* | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | L 3–10 | 0–1–0 | |||||||
| December 17 | vs. Brooklyn Crescents* | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | L 1–3 | 0–2–0 | |||||||
| January 3 | vs. Brooklyn Crescents* | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | L 1–6 | 0–3–0 | |||||||
| January 15 | vs. Dartmouth | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | W 9–3 | 1–3–0 (1–0–0) | |||||||
| January 24 | at Columbia | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | W 10–1 | 2–3–0 (2–0–0) | |||||||
| February 5 | vs. MIT* | New Haven Lawn Club • New Haven, Connecticut | W 7–1 | 3–3–0 | |||||||
| February 8 | vs. Princeton | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | W 6–4 | 4–3–0 (3–0–0) | |||||||
| February 13 | vs. Brooklyn Crescents* | Washington Park Rink • New York, New York | L 1–4 | 4–4–0 | |||||||
| February 17 | vs. Harvard | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | W 3–2 | 5–4–0 (4–0–0) | |||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||||
References
- ↑ Blanchard, John Adams (April 26, 1923). "The H Book of Harvard Athletics 1852-1922". Harvard Varsity Club – via Google Books.
- ↑ "1908 Yale University hockey team | HockeyGods". hockeygods.com.
- ↑ "1907-1908 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ↑ "YALE MEN'S HOCKEY RESULTS, 1895 -2019" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Retrieved December 30, 2019.