1911–12 Princeton Tigers
men's ice hockey season
Intercollegiate Champion
Intercollegiate Hockey Association, Champion
Conference1st IHA
Home iceLake Carnegie
Record
Overall8–2–0
Conference4–0–0
Road2–0–0
Neutral6–2–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachGus Hornfeck
Captain(s)Alfred Kay
Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1911–12 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season was the 13th season of play for the program.

Season

After a disappointing end to their previous season, second-year captain Alfred Kay looked to lead the team back to the top of the Intercollegiate Hockey Association. That job was made slightly easier due to Harvard removing itself from the conference due to a new policy by the operators at the St. Nicholas Rink.[1] The Tigers began their season just after the start of the winter break with a game against Williams. Princeton won the extraordinarily lopsided game 14–0 and the headed to Cleveland for a three-game series with Yale. As they had the year before, Princeton won two of the three games but through their first four games it was apparent that the Tigers had a budding star on their hands.[2]

Hobey Baker

Sophomore Hobey Baker distinguished himself from the first game against Williams, scoring 6 goals and immediately becoming the focal point of the Princeton offense. Baker's first real test with the team came in early January against Dartmouth. In their first conference game of the year Princeton utterly dominated the greens, posting the largest victory in the history of IHA play, 14–0.[3] Throughout the game Baker was obvious as the best player on the ice and, while he scored four goals himself, he was responsible for a dozen of Princeton's scores, assisting directly on five of Kuhn's six tallies.

The next game came against Harvard who, despite having left the IHA, had agreed to play two games against Princeton that year. Despite their impressive wins to that point the Tigers had yet to face a team as talented as the Crimson and that was proven when Harvard skated away with a 3–2 win.[4] Even in defeat Baker starred, scoring a goal and assisting on the other while simultaneously trying to hold back the vaunted Harvard attack. Still stinging after the defeat, Princeton laid into defending champion Cornell in their next game with Baker again the center of attention. The rover scored his second hat-trick of league play and assisted on at least two other goals in the Tigers' 6–1 win.[5] A week later the Tigers played their second game against Harvard, this time at the Crimson's home venue. Princeton repaid Harvard for the earlier loss with their own 3–2 victory with Baker's second goal of the game serving as the eventual game-winner.[6]

Princeton returned to its conference schedule just two days later against an improving Columbia team. The Lions kept the game close until midway through the second half when Baker scored a natural hat-trick to give the Tigers a commanding lead that they would ride to a 6–2 victory.[7] In Princeton's final game of the season they took on Yale, the only team that could stop them from claiming the IHA championship. The two teams battled to a 0–0 draw after the first half but in the second half, as he had done all season, Hobey Baker came alive for the Tigers. He recorded yet another hat-trick and added an assist on Alfred Kay's goal to give the Tigers a 4–1 victory and their second championship in three years.[8]

Despite being a sophomore, Hobey Baker was the best player on his team and likely the best in college hockey, if not the entire country. He scored a hat-trick in each of the four IHA games, notching 26 goals and at least 15 assists in just 10 games. The team, recognizing his talent and leadership, elected him captain for the following season.

Roster

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
Pennsylvania Hobey Baker Sophomore R 5' 9" (1.75 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 1892-01-15 Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania St. Paul's School
Lawrence Blair Senior D
Thornton Emmons Sophomore D
Dean Kalbfleisch Senior G
Pennsylvania Alfred Kay Senior RW Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Wendel Kuhn Sophomore C
Robert C. Lee Junior D
James McKinney Senior LW

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Standings

1911–12 Collegiate ice hockey standings
Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T PCT. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Amherst–––––––7241––
Army5221.5009195221919
Columbia4310.750201643102016
Connecticut Agricultural1010.0000102110210
Cornell9360.3332427125704037
Dartmouth5050.000123550501235
Harvard8530.6252619107303621
Massachusetts Agricultural7511.7863397511339
MIT6510.833327106404324
Norwich–––––––––––––
Notre Dame0000–00110071
Princeton10820.8006316108206316
Rensselaer5131.30051462311015
Rochester–––––––––––––
Springfield Training–––––––––––––
Stevens Tech–––––––––––––
Syracuse–––––––––––––
Trinity–––––––––––––
Williams6141.250102972411129
Yale16970.56341461811704649
1911–12 Intercollegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Princeton *44008304108206316
Columbia43106201643102016
Yale4220411151811704649
Cornell41302816125704037
Dartmouth4040092850501235
* indicates conference champion

Schedule and Results

DateOpponentSiteResultRecord
Regular Season
December 21 vs. Williams* St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York W 14–0  1–0–0
December 28 vs. Yale* Elysium Arena • Cleveland, Ohio W 4–1  2–0–0
December 29 vs. Yale* Elysium Arena • Cleveland, Ohio W 7–2  3–0–0
December 30 vs. Yale* Elysium Arena • Cleveland, Ohio L 3–4 OT 3–1–0
January 6 vs. Dartmouth Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts W 14–0  4–1–0 (1–0–0)
January 10 vs. Harvard* St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York L 2–3  4–2–0
January 13 vs. Cornell St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York W 6–1  5–2–0 (2–0–0)
January 20 at Harvard* Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts W 3–2  6–2–0
January 22 at Columbia St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York W 6–2  7–2–0 (3–0–0)
January 27 vs. Yale St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York W 4–1  8–2–0 (4–0–0)
*Non-conference game.

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References

  1. ↑ "Volume 36, Number 158". The Princeton Daily. January 12, 1912. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Volume 36, Number 154". The Princeton Daily. January 5, 1912. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Volume 36, Number 156". The Princeton Daily. January 8, 1912. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Volume 36, Number 159". The Princeton Daily. January 11, 1912. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Volume 36, Number 162". The Princeton Daily. January 15, 1912. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Volume 36, Number 168". The Princeton Daily. January 22, 1912. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Volume 36, Number 169". The Princeton Daily. January 23, 1912. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Volume 36, Number 171". The Princeton Daily. February 8, 1912. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  9. ↑ "1911-1912 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Men's Hockey All-Time Results". Princeton Tigers. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
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