1908–09 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season

The 1908–09 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 12th season of play for the program.

1908–09 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season
Intercollegiate Champion Intercollegiate Hockey Association, Champion
Conference	1st IHA
Home ice	Harvard Stadium Rink
Record
Overall	9–0–0
Conference	4–0–0
Home	5–0–0
Road	1–0–0
Neutral	3–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Alfred Winsor
Captain(s)	Joseph Willetts
Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey seasons « 1907–08 1909–10 »

Season

After two season where they narrowly missed winning the Intercollegiate Hockey Association championship, Harvard returned to the top of the heap in 1909.^[1] The defense for the Crimson was stellar all season with the team surrendering just 7 goals in 9 games as they shut out opponents 5 times to earn the sixth undefeated season in the twelve years the program had existed.

For the first time since 1899 Harvard did not play its final game of the season against Yale.

Roster

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
		Templeton Briggs	Senior	F			1887-02-09	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
		Shirley Ford	Senior	D			1887-03-09	Sun River, Montana
		George Gardner	Junior	F			1888-01-28	Boston, Massachusetts
		S. Trafford Hicks	Junior	F			1888-04-04	Arlington, Massachusetts
		Ralph Hornblower	Sophomore	F			1892-11-17	Arlington, Massachusetts
		Howard Leslie	Sophomore	F
		William Morgan	Junior	F				Short Hills, New Jersey
		John Paine	Senior	F
		Thompson Sampson	Senior	D			1886-04-23	Boston, Massachusetts
		Frank Washburn	Senior	G			1887-12-04	New York, New York
		Joseph Willetts (C)	Senior	D			1886-10-17	Brooklyn, New York

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Standings

1908–09 Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PCT.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	6	2	3	1	.417	7	14		6	2	3	1	7	14
Army	1	0	1	0	.000	1	2		2	0	1	1	2	3
Carnegie Tech	5	4	0	1	.900	15	4		8	5	2	1	17	8
Columbia	5	1	4	0	.200	12	27		5	1	4	0	12	27
Cornell	7	2	4	1	.357	17	21		7	2	4	1	17	21
Dartmouth	8	6	2	0	.750	24	11		14	11	3	0	47	23
Harvard	6	6	0	0	1.000	25	5		9	9	0	0	36	7
Massachusetts Agricultural	5	1	4	0	.200	6	10		6	2	4	0	12	10
MIT	5	2	2	1	.500	5	6		8	4	3	1	12	8
Pennsylvania	5	0	4	1	.100	3	17		6	0	5	1	5	21
Pittsburgh	4	1	2	1	.375	6	7		4	1	2	1	6	7
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Princeton	8	5	2	1	.688	26	15		11	7	3	1	33	21
Rensselaer	6	2	4	0	.333	13	20		6	2	4	0	13	20
Springfield Training	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Trinity	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		2	1	1	0	–	–
Williams	9	4	4	1	.500	33	26		9	4	4	1	33	26
Yale	10	4	5	1	.450	31	34		13	4	8	1	39	40

1908–09 Intercollegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Harvard *	4	4	0	0	8	14	3		9	9	0	0	36	7
Dartmouth	4	3	1	0	6	10	7		14	11	3	0	47	23
Yale	4	1	2	1	3	18	17		13	4	8	1	39	40
Princeton	4	1	2	1	3	14	13		11	7	3	1	33	21
Columbia	4	0	4	0	0	9	25		5	1	4	0	12	27
* indicates conference champion

Schedule and Results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 7	vs. MIT*	Brae Burn Rink • West Newton, Massachusetts	W 1–0	1–0–0
January 9	at Columbia	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 5–1	2–0–0 (1–0–0)
January 13	vs. Williams*	Harvard Stadium Rink • Cambridge, Massachusetts	W 9–2	3–0–0
January 16	vs. Princeton	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 3–2	4–0–0 (2–0–0)
January 25	vs. St. Francis Xavier*	Harvard Stadium Rink • Cambridge, Massachusetts	W 1–0	5–0–0
January 27	vs. Laval*	Harvard Stadium Rink • Cambridge, Massachusetts	W 3–0	6–0–0
January 30	vs. New York Wanderers*	Harvard Stadium Rink • Cambridge, Massachusetts	W 8–2	7–0–0
February 20	vs. Yale	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 5–0	8–0–0 (3–0–0)
February 22	vs. Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Rink • Cambridge, Massachusetts	W 1–0	9–0–0 (4–0–0)
*Non-conference game.

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References

1. "The H Book of Harvard Athletics 1852-1922". Harvard University. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
2. "1908-1909 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
3. "Harvard Men's Hockey year-By-year results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 30, 2019.