1922–23 Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey season

1922–23 Middlebury Panthers
men's ice hockey season
1922–23 Middlebury Panthers; men's ice hockey season
Conference	Independent
Home ice	Middlebury Rink
Record
Overall	0–3–0
Home	0–1–0
Road	0–2–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Erwin Drost
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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

Player	Class	Pos	DoB	Hometown
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

1922–23 Eastern Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	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
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.

[1] "Outing Club to Receive Funds to Build Ski Jump". Middlebury Campus. January 10, 1923. Retrieved September 29, 2023.

[2] "Blue Holds Troy Six to 3-0 Score". Middlebury Campus. January 24, 1923. Retrieved September 29, 2023.

[3] "Blue Puck Chasers Lose to Winooski Sextet 1-0". Middlebury Campus. February 21, 1923. Retrieved September 29, 2023.

[4] "Blue Rink Artists Fall in Saints Third Period Drive". Middlebury Campus. February 28, 1923. Retrieved September 29, 2023.

[yearbook-5] "The Kaleidoscope 1924". Middlebury College. Retrieved September 29, 2023.

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v t e Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Duke Nelson Arena (1950–1999) Kenyon Arena (1999–Present)
Head coaches	Erwin Drost (1922–1924) John Leary (1924–1925) William McLaughlin (1925–1926) Carleton Simmons (1926–1928) Roy Clogston (1928–1929) Richard Phelan (1929–1932) Duke Nelson (1932–1936, 1946–1964) John Nash (1936–1940) George Ackerstrom (1940–1942) George Phinny (1942–1943) Wendall Forbes (1964–1986) Bill Beaney (1986–2002, 2003–2015) Neil Sinclair (2002–2003, 2015–Present)
Seasons	1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22 2022–23
Conference affiliations	Tri-State League (1950–1959) ECAC Hockey (1962–1964) ECAC 2 (1964–1985) ECAC East (1985–2000) NESCAC (2000–Present)
All-time leaders	Phil Latreille (250 goals) Phil Latreille (346 points)
National championships	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2004 2005 2006
Frozen Four appearances	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
NCAA Tournament appearances	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2010
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC 2: 1979 ECAC East: 1991 NESCAC: 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2010
Sid Watson winners	Ray Alcindor Ian Smith Mark Spence Kevin Cooper
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