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1920–21 Dartmouth Indians men's ice hockey season

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1920–21 Dartmouth Indians
men's ice hockey season
ConferenceIndependent
Home iceOccom Pond
Record
Overall6–4–1
Home4–1–1
Road1–3–0
Neutral1–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachLeon Tuck
Captain(s)Ryland Rothschild
Dartmouth Indians men's ice hockey seasons
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The 1920–21 Dartmouth Indians men's ice hockey season was the 15th season of play for the program. The Indians were coached by Leon Tuck in his 1st season.

Season

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Fresh from winning a silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics, new head coach Leon Tuck took over a program looking to finally get over the hump. Though they were still forced to use a natural surface for their home rink, Dartmouth was able to gather a team together that looked primed for a championship early. The team won its first three games and then travelled south for its first big test of the year. Unfortunately, the Indians weren't as good on unfamiliar surfaces as they were at home and Dartmouth suffered a pair of embarrassing losses in Boston.

After being shutout in back-to-back games, the Indians returned home and paused for the exam break. When the season resumed in mid-February, the offense was still finding it difficult to score and Dartmouth extended their scoreless streak to three games. The main culprit in the Yale match was the extremely poor ice that caused the game to be called off just 3 minutes into the second period.[1] No such excuse was available in the following game against MIT Engineers and Dartmouth posted a program-worst fourth consecutive game without a single goal to their credit. The Indians were finally able to get on the board against St. Paul's School but extended their winless streak to 5 games and, by all accounts, their season looked like it was spiraling into the abyss.

The games against Williams saw the team suddenly change its fortunes. Led by a hat-trick from defenseman J. Philip Bower, the Indians posted their first win in a month and a half. The offensive explosion carried over into the final two games of the year when Dartmouth headed down to Philadelphia for a 2-game stay at the Ice Palace. Dartmouth easily took down a pair of undermanned teams as both Penn and Princeton were missing several of their regulars.[2][3] The final two games were played with 6-man units with Perry moving from rover to cover point.

Roster

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No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
Massachusetts Raymond P. Atwood Junior C 1900-03-27 Boston, Massachusetts
Virginia J. Philip Bower Senior D 1894-10-22 Richmond, Virginia
Ohio Charles A. Colder Sophomore R 1901-05-25 Cleveland, Ohio
Massachusetts John F. Dorney Senior D 1897-06-24 Newtonville, Massachusetts
New Jersey John E. Foster Sophomore D 1900-06-28 Montclair, New Jersey
New York (state) Edward R. Furey Sophomore RW 1897-05-10 New York, New York
New York (state) Lloyd K. Neidlinger Sophomore G 1901-12-23 Brooklyn, New York
Ohio James M. Osborne Sophomore LW/RW 1901-05-09 Cleveland, Ohio
Massachusetts William H. Perry Junior D/R 1899-09-05 Somerville, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Frank A. Ross Jr. Senior LW/RW 1900-07-21 Allston, Massachusetts
Minnesota Ryland J. Rothschild Senior C 1899-08-21 Saint Paul, Minnesota
Massachusetts Walter W. Sands Junior RW 1900-02-25 Cambridge, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Robert A. Smith Sophomore RW 1902-04-07 Arlington, Massachusetts

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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 7 0 7 0 .000 7 18 7 0 7 0 7 18
Army 3 0 2 1 .167 6 11 3 0 2 1 6 11
Bates 4 2 2 0 .500 7 8 8 4 4 0 22 20
Boston College 7 6 1 0 .857 27 11 8 6 2 0 28 18
Bowdoin 4 0 3 1 .125 1 10 7 1 5 1 10 23
Buffalo 6 0 6 0
Carnegie Tech 5 0 4 1 .100 4 18 5 0 4 1 4 18
Clarkson 1 0 1 0 .000 1 6 3 2 1 0 12 14
Colgate 4 1 3 0 .250 8 14 5 2 3 0 9 14
Columbia 5 1 4 0 .200 21 24 5 1 4 0 21 24
Cornell 5 3 2 0 .600 22 10 5 3 2 0 22 10
Dartmouth 9 5 3 1 .611 24 21 11 6 4 1 30 27
Fordham
Hamilton 10 10 0 0
Harvard 6 6 0 0 1.000 42 3 10 8 2 0 55 8
Massachusetts Agricultural 7 3 4 0 .429 18 17 7 3 4 0 18 17
Michigan College of Mines 2 1 1 0 .500 9 5 10 6 4 0 29 21
MIT 6 3 3 0 .500 14 22 7 3 4 0 17 26
New York State
Notre Dame 3 2 1 0 .667 7 9 3 2 1 0 7 9
Pennsylvania 8 3 4 1 .438 17 37 9 3 5 1 18 44
Princeton 7 4 3 0 .571 18 16 8 4 4 0 20 23
Rensselaer 4 1 3 0 .250 7 13 4 1 3 0 7 13
Williams 5 4 1 0 .800 17 10 6 5 1 0 21 10
Yale 8 3 4 1 .438 21 33 10 3 6 1 25 47
YMCA College 6 5 0 1 .917 17 9 7 5 1 1 20 16

Schedule and results

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Date Opponent Site Result Record
Regular Season
January 8 Amherst* Occom Pond • Hanover, New Hampshire W 4–2  1–0–0
January 11 King's* Occom Pond • Hanover, New Hampshire W 5–2  2–0–0
January 15 Massachusetts Agricultural* Occom Pond • Hanover, New Hampshire W 3–2  3–0–0
January 20 at Boston College* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts L 0–4  3–1–0
January 22 at Harvard* Boston ArenaBoston, Massachusetts L 0–5  3–2–0
February 12 Yale* Occom Pond • Hanover, New Hampshire T 0–0  3–2–1
February 22 MIT* Occom Pond • Hanover, New Hampshire L 0–1  3–3–1
February 24 at St. Paul's School* St. Paul's Rink • Concord, New Hampshire L 1–4  3–4–1
February 26 Williams* Occom Pond • Hanover, New Hampshire W 6–4  4–4–1
March 4 at Pennsylvania* Philadelphia Ice PalacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania W 7–2  5–4–1
March 5 vs. Princeton* Philadelphia Ice PalacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania W 4–1  6–4–1
*Non-conference game.

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References

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  1. ^ "DARTMOUTH SEVEN TIED 0-0; 1924 WINS FROM HARVARD". Yale Daily News. February 14, 1921. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "Dartmouth Sextette Trims Puck Chasers". The Daily Pennsylvanian. March 5, 1921. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "GREEN HOCKEY SEXTET IS VICTOR OVER TIGERS". The Daily Princetonian. March 7, 1921. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "1920-1921 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "Year-By-Year results" (PDF). Dartmouth Big Green. Retrieved July 23, 2023.