1927–28 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season

1927–28 Harvard Crimson
men's ice hockey season
1927–28 Harvard Crimson; men's ice hockey season
Conference	Independent
Home ice	Boston Arena
Record
Overall	7–2–0
Home	4–1–0
Road	1–0–0
Neutral	2–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Joseph Stubbs
Captain(s)	John Chase
	Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey seasons; « 1926–27 1928–29 »

The 1927–28 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 30th season of play for the program.

Season

Joseph Stubbs was brought in as the program's 4th head coach and like his predecessors he was a Harvard grad. Unlike the previous three coaches, however, Stubbs had not been a member of the team. That seemed to make little difference when the team began the season with a 9–0 drubbing of MIT.^[1] The Crimson played well thorough the early part of their season, winning their first three games before dropping a match against McGill at Madison Square Garden.^[2]

Harvard dominated in their next two games, but those matches were spread out over a month. By mid-February the Crimson had played only three games from the start of the year and when they met Dartmouth the Indians finally broke through with their first win over Harvard in four years. Following their second loss, Harvard had just its series with Yale remaining and the two titans fought a close battle in the first match. Regulation ended in a 1–1 draw and the arrangement between the two teams called for two 5-minute overtime periods to be played. John Chase scored mid-way through the first and then the Harvard defense held the fort to earn the Crimson the win.^[3]

The rematch was played a week later and this time Harvard was able to win the game in regulation, shutting down Yale's offense. The win prevented Yale from being able to claim an Intercollegiate championship, with the Eli's having been undefeated against all other collegiate opponents. Because Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale had all defeated one another during the season and with no conference championship to settle the difference, no Eastern champion was named in 1928.

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	DoB	Hometown
Albert S. Bigelow	Junior	D
Hugh W. Bigelow	Junior	D
John P. Chase (C)	Senior	C	1906-06-12	Milton, Massachusetts
C. P. Clifford	Graduate	LW
John Cross	Sophomore	LW
Davis		C
Rene F. G. Giddens	Sophomore	LW/RW
Guy C. Holbrook Jr.	Sophomore	C
Willard Howard	Graduate	D
Waldo Howland	Sophomore	RW
Charles B. Lakin	Sophomore	RW
Mills		LW/RW
Joseph Morill Jr.	Senior	G
B. Henry Newell	Junior	G
Arthur W. Richardson		C
William G. Saltonstall	Senior	D
John Tudor	Junior	LW/RW
H. T. Wetmore	Sophomore	LW/RW

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Standings

1927–28 Eastern Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	7	4	2	1	.643	12	7	7	4	2	1	12	7
Army	8	1	7	0	.125	6	36	9	1	8	0	9	44
Bates	10	5	5	0	.500	21	26	12	6	5	1	26	28
Boston College	6	2	3	1	.417	18	23	7	2	4	1	19	25
Boston University	9	6	2	1	.722	42	23	9	6	2	1	42	23
Bowdoin	8	3	5	0	.375	16	27	9	4	5	0	20	28
Brown	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	4	8	0	–	–
Clarkson	10	9	1	0	.900	59	13	11	10	1	0	61	14
Colby	5	2	3	0	.400	10	16	7	3	3	1	20	19
Colgate	4	0	4	0	.000	4	18	4	0	4	0	4	18
Cornell	5	2	3	0	.400	11	29	5	2	3	0	11	29
Dartmouth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	6	4	0	64	23
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	5	2	1	–	–
Harvard	6	5	1	0	.833	28	8	9	7	2	0	45	13
Holy Cross	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Massachusetts Agricultural	6	0	6	0	.000	5	17	6	0	6	0	5	17
Middlebury	7	6	1	0	.857	27	10	8	7	1	0	36	11
MIT	4	1	3	0	.250	6	35	4	1	3	0	6	35
New Hampshire	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	7	1	1	33	26
Norwich	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0	2	2	–	–
Princeton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	5	7	0	–	–
Rensselaer	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	1	1	–	–
St. Lawrence	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	2	0	–	–
Syracuse	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Union	5	0	4	1	.100	10	21	5	0	4	1	10	21
Williams	8	6	2	0	.750	27	12	8	6	2	0	27	12
Yale	13	11	2	0	.846	88	22	18	14	4	0	114	39
YMCA College	6	2	4	0	.333	10	15	6	2	4	0	10	15

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
December 9	vs. MIT*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 9–0	1–0–0
December 16	vs. Boston University*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 5–3	2–0–0
December 31	Toronto*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 4–1	3–0–0
January 7	vs. McGill*	Madison Square Garden • Manhattan, New York	L 1–3	3–1–0
January 18	Brown*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 7–0	4–1–0
February 9	St. Francis Xavier*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	W 12–1	5–1–0
February 18	Dartmouth*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	L 1–4	5–2–0
February 25	at Yale*	New Haven Arena • New Haven, Connecticut (Rivalry)	W 2–1 ^2OT	6–2–0
March 3	Yale*	Boston Arena • Boston, Massachusetts (Rivalry)	W 2–0	7–2–0
*Non-conference game.

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References

^ "CRIMSON HOCKEY SEASON IS OPENED WITH SHUTOUT WIN". The Harvard Crimson. December 10, 1927. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
^ "UNIVERSITY SEXTET DOWNED BY McGill". The Harvard Crimson. January 9, 1928. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
^ "Crimson Wins Overtime Contest By 2-1 Margin". Yale Daily News. February 27, 1928. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
^ "1927-1928 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
^ "Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

[1] "CRIMSON HOCKEY SEASON IS OPENED WITH SHUTOUT WIN". The Harvard Crimson. December 10, 1927. Retrieved August 24, 2020.

[2] "UNIVERSITY SEXTET DOWNED BY McGill". The Harvard Crimson. January 9, 1928. Retrieved August 24, 2020.

[3] "Crimson Wins Overtime Contest By 2-1 Margin". Yale Daily News. February 27, 1928. Retrieved August 18, 2020.

[4] "1927-1928 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

[record-5] "Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

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v t e Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey
Venues	Franklin Park (1897–1904) Harvard Stadium Rink (1904–1911) Boston Arena (1911–1917, 1921–1956) Pavilion Rink (1919–1921) Donald C. Watson Rink (1956–1978) Walter Brown Arena (1978–1979) Bright Hockey Center (1979–present)
Coaches	no coach (1897–1903, 1918–19) Alfred Winsor (1903–17, 1923–24) William Henry Claflin Jr. (1919–23) Edward Bigelow (1924–27) Joseph Stubbs (1927–38) Clark Hodder (1938–42) John Chase (1942–43, 1945–50) Cooney Weiland (1950–71) Bill Cleary (1971–90) Ronn Tomassoni (1990–99) Mark Mazzoleni (1999–2004) Ted Donato (2004– )
Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 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 1945–46 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 1999–2000 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 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1901–1911) Intercollegiate Hockey League (1912–1917) Triangular Hockey League (1919–1926) Pentagonal League (1933–1943, 1946–1955) ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)
Rivalries	Cornell Yale
Culture & lore	Beanpot Love Story
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Scott Fusco (240 Points) Lane MacDonald (111 Goals) Grant Blair (72 Wins)
Retired numbers	Bill Cleary (4)
National championships	1989
Frozen Four appearances	1955 1957 1958 1969 1971 1974 1975 1983 1986 1987 1989 1994 2017
NCAA Tournament appearances	1955 1957 1958 1969 1971 1974 1975 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1993 1994 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2015 2016 2017 2023
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC Hockey: 1963 1971 1983 1987 1994 2002 2004 2006 2015 2017
Hobey Baker winners	Mark Fusco (1983) Scott Fusco (1986) Lane MacDonald (1989) Jimmy Vesey (2016)
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