1922–23 Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey season
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The 1922–23 Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program.
Season
Increased interest by the student body caused Middlebury College to recognize ice hockey as a minor sport this season.[1] The first game was swiftly arranged with Rensselaer and the team began to work on the temporary rink that had been built atop the tennis courts. The general lack of experience both with the game and with one another left the players handicapped in their opening match but the team still performed well. Middlebury limited the Engineers to just three goals and played aggressively despite their newness to the game.[2]
Due to their late start, the team wasn't able to schedule another game for almost a month. However, The time in between games did give the Panthers a change to fine tune their game. When they finally travelled to play Saint Michael's, Middlebury looked far more composed and played the Purple Knights evenly all game. The offense had no ability to penetrate the St. Mike's defense and were restricted to long shots that missed more often than not. Fortunetely, the Panthers' defense was just as effective and neither team was able to score in regulation. During the overtime, a rink-length rush from Papineau resulted in the only goal of the game and gave Middlebury its second loss.[3] The rematch wasn't long in coming as the two were set to play during Middlebury's Winter Carnival on the 22nd. Ross opened the scoring with the first goal in the program's history and had his team in the lead by the midway point of the game. Saint Michael's rallied with two goals in the second half to take the match but that didn't stop the first home game for the Panthers being a huge and popular success.[4]
Erwin Drost served as team manager and head coach.
Roster
No. | S/P/C | Player | Class | Pos | Height | Weight | DoB | Hometown | Previous team |
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![]() | Stanton E. Ashley | Senior | 1901-03-17 | New Britain, Connecticut | |||||
![]() | Paris Fletcher | Junior | LW | Middlebury, Vermont | |||||
![]() | Elbert T. Gallagher | Senior | G | St. Johnsbury, Vermont | |||||
![]() | John J. Leary | Sophomore | D | Boston, Massachusetts | |||||
![]() | William J. McLaughlin | Freshman | D | Dorchester, Massachusetts | |||||
![]() | Donald Ross | Senior | RW | West Rutland, Vermont | |||||
![]() | Malcolm Ross | Senior | C | Rutland, Vermont | |||||
![]() | Edward S. Twitchell | Freshman | D | New Britain, Connecticut |
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Standings
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Intercollegiate | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Amherst | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .611 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 29 | |
Army | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 26 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 39 | |
Bates | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 32 | |
Boston College | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 18 | |
Boston University | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 26 | |
Bowdoin | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 33 | |
Clarkson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .833 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 17 | |
Colby | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 21 | |
Columbia | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 14 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 35 | |
Cornell | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .167 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | |
Dartmouth | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 49 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 26 | |
Hamilton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | – | |
Harvard | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 19 | |
Maine | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 23 | |
Massachusetts Agricultural | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .444 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 24 | |
Middlebury | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
MIT | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 16 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 52 | |
Pennsylvania | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .083 | 8 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 38 | |
Princeton | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .733 | 84 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 97 | 32 | |
Rensselaer | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 23 | |
Saint Michael's | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | |
Williams | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .611 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 17 | |
Yale | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 70 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 75 | 26 |
Schedule and results
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record | |||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
January 20 | at Rensselaer* | Russell Sage Rink • Troy, New York | L 0–3 | 0–1–0 | |||||||
February 17 | at Saint Michael's* | Colchester, Vermont | L 0–1 OT | 0–2–0 | |||||||
February 22 | Saint Michael's* | Middlebury Rink • Middlebury, Vermont | L 1–2 | 0–3–0 | |||||||
*Non-conference game. |
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References
- ^ "Outing Club to Receive Funds to Build Ski Jump". Middlebury Campus. January 10, 1923. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ "Blue Holds Troy Six to 3-0 Score". Middlebury Campus. January 24, 1923. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ "Blue Puck Chasers Lose to Winooski Sextet 1-0". Middlebury Campus. February 21, 1923. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ "Blue Rink Artists Fall in Saints Third Period Drive". Middlebury Campus. February 28, 1923. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ a b "The Kaleidoscope 1924". Middlebury College. Retrieved September 29, 2023.