1947–48 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season

1947–48 Cornell Big Red
men's ice hockey season
Home iceBeebe Lake
Record
Overall0–4–0
Home0–1–0
Road0–3–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachBud Boeringer
Captain(s)Irving Holcomb
Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey seasons
« 1946–47 1957–58 »

The 1947–48 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 41st season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Bud Boeringer in his 1st season.

Season

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In the first season for the Big Red without Nick Bawlf in 32 years, the team had a dismal performance. The hope for the season was quickly quashed in the first game when Army trounced the nearly all-sophomore Cornell squad to the tune of 0–9.[1] The team didn't get much better as the year went on; after a second shutout loss the following weekend, Cornell had to wait on the sidelines for four weeks before they were able to play their third match.

The team, as it had since 1942, could only manage 4 contests on the year. For the third time in four years, they lost every one. To make matters worse, they weren't even competitive in any of their games, with the closest score being 2–10. The lack of practice time due to still using Lake Beebe as their primary surface was just too great an obstacle to overcome. This was also the first year that the NCAA sponsored ice hockey, which meant that the sport was becoming much more than just a fad for some schools.

After the year, with no chance to improve the program's fortunes on the horizon, Cornell decided to shelve the ice hockey team. In the decade afterwards, the flame for the program was kept alive long enough for the school to secure funding for the first on-campus rink. Completed in 1957, the Lynah Rink enabled Cornell to return to the ice and keep the tradition alive for the Big Red.

Roster

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No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
Dave Batt LW
John Brady G
Dick Coffin D
Hank Drost D
Buck Ellis D
Ted Eskild F
Irving Holcomb (C) C
Joe Louis RW

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Standings

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Intercollegiate Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Army 16 11 4 1 .719 78 39 16 11 4 1 78 39
Bemidji State 5 0 5 0 .000 13 36 10 2 8 0 37 63
Boston College 19 14 5 0 .737 126 60 19 14 5 0 126 60
Boston University 24 20 4 0 .833 179 86 24 20 4 0 179 86
Bowdoin 9 4 5 0 .444 45 68 11 6 5 0 56 73
Brown 14 5 9 0 .357 61 91 14 5 9 0 61 91
California 10 2 8 0 .200 45 62 17 5 12 0 87 89
Clarkson 12 5 6 1 .458 67 39 17 10 6 1 96 54
Colby 8 2 6 0 .250 28 41 8 2 6 0 28 41
Colgate 10 7 3 0 .700 54 34 13 10 3 0 83 45
Colorado College 14 9 5 0 .643 84 73 27 19 8 0 207 120
Cornell 4 0 4 0 .000 3 43 4 0 4 0 3 43
Dartmouth 23 21 2 0 .913 156 76 24 21 3 0 156 81
Fort Devens State 13 3 10 0 .231 33 74
Georgetown 3 2 1 0 .667 12 11 7 5 2 0 37 21
Hamilton 14 7 7 0
Harvard 22 9 13 0 .409 131 131 23 9 14 0 135 140
Lehigh 8 0 8 0 .000 8 95 10 0 10 0 12 108
Massachusetts 2 0 2 0 .000 1 23 3 0 3 0 3 30
Michigan 18 16 2 0 .889 105 53 23 20 2 1 141 63
Michigan Tech 19 7 12 0 .368 87 96 20 8 12 0 91 97
Middlebury 14 8 5 1 .607 111 68 16 10 5 1 127 74
Minnesota 16 9 7 0 .563 78 73 21 9 12 0 100 105
Minnesota–Duluth 6 3 3 0 .500 21 24 9 6 3 0 36 28
MIT 19 8 11 0 .421 93 114 19 8 11 0 93 114
New Hampshire 13 4 9 0 .308 58 67 13 4 9 0 58 67
North Dakota 10 6 4 0 .600 51 46 16 11 5 0 103 68
North Dakota Agricultural 5 3 2 0 .600 27 28 6 4 2 0 37 29
Northeastern 19 10 9 0 .526 135 119 19 10 9 0 135 119
Norwich 9 3 6 0 .333 38 58 13 6 7 0 56 70
Princeton 18 8 10 0 .444 65 72 21 10 11 0 79 79
St. Cloud State 12 10 2 0 .833 55 35 16 12 4 0 73 55
St. Lawrence 9 6 3 0 .667 65 27 13 8 4 1 95 50
Suffolk
Tufts 4 3 1 0 .750 17 15 4 3 1 0 17 15
Union 9 1 8 0 .111 7 86 9 1 8 0 7 86
Williams 11 3 6 2 .364 37 47 13 4 7 2
Yale 16 5 10 1 .344 60 69 20 8 11 1 89 85

Schedule and results

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Date Opponent Site Result Record
Regular Season
January 17 vs. Army* Beebe LakeIthaca, New York L 0–9  0–1–0
January 24 at Clarkson* Clarkson ArenaPotsdam, New York L 0–10  0–2–0
February 21 at Colgate* Hamilton, New York L 1–14  0–3–0
February ? at Hamilton* Russell Sage RinkClinton, New York L 2–10  0–4–0
*Non-conference game.

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References

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  1. ^ "Snyder, Kuyk Pace Cadet Skaters to 9-0 Win Over Big Red Sextet". Cornell Daily Sun. January 19, 1948. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "1947-1948 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cornell Big Red. Retrieved August 1, 2021.