1920–21 Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey season

1920–21 Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey season


Home ice	Ives Park
Record
Overall	2–1–0
Home	1–0–0
Road	1–1–0
Coaches and captains
Captain(s)	Bill Johnson
Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey seasons 1921–22 »

The 1920–21 Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program.

Season

With colleges in the United States now back in full swing after the end of World War I, the Thomas S. Clarkson Memorial College of Technology, or Clarkson for short, joined a growing list of schools who added ice hockey as a varsity sport.^[1] Students at Clarkson had organized a team before the war but it was not officially recognized by the school. Their continued efforts, however, led the college to sign off on the 'minor' program for the 20–21 scholastic year. Gordon Croskery is listed by Clarkson as being the team's head coach this season, however, according to their records, Croskery was still attending MIT and wouldn't graduate until the spring of 1922.^[2] For their ice rink, the team was forced to wait for the weather to grow cold enough to freeze the water in and around Ives Park, a wooded area on the shore of Norwood Lake. This would serve as the team's home for the first 18 years of its existence.

On the ice, sophomore Bill Johnson was the team's captain and, by all accounts, its best player. In the program's first game, they played an amateur club from Alexandria Bay. Johnson scored all 6 of the Knights' goals in their 6–4 win. Four days later the team was in Clinton for its first intercollegiate match, facing off against Hamilton College. Their second game didn't go nearly as smoothly and Clarkson lost 1–6. Their final game of the season served as not only the team's first ever home game but also as a rematch with Alexandria Bay. The two produced a near replica of the first match with Clarkson winning 5–4.

While its first season lasted just over a week, the team could take pride in being able to produce a winning record, albeit against relatively weak competition.

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	Hometown
Richard Conboy	Sophomore	G
Dillion	Sophomore
Cyril Fenn	Freshman	D	New York, New York
Bill Johnson (C)	Sophomore	F
Russel Sanford	Freshman
Leland Stevens	Sophomore

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Standings

1920–21 Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
February 12	at Alexandria Bay*	Alexandria Bay, New York	W 6–4	1–0–0
February 16	at Hamilton*	Clinton, New York	L 1–6	1–1–0
February 19	vs. Alexandria Bay*	Ives Park • Potsdam, New York	W 5–4	2–1–0
*Non-conference game.

^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Clarkson Record Book 2021" (PDF). Clarkson Golden Knights. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
^ "Clarksonian 1924-1925". Clarkson University. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
^ "1920-1921 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved November 13, 2021.

v t e Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Ives Park (1920–1923, 1925–1938) Clarkson Rink (1923–1925) Walker Arena (1938–1991) Cheel Arena (1991–Present)
Head coaches	Gordon Croskery (1923–1929) Jack Roos (1929–1948) Bill Harrison (1948–1958) Len Ceglarski (1958–1972) Jerry York (1972–1979) Bill O'Flaherty (1979–1985) Cap Raeder (1985–1988) Mark Morris (1988–2002) Fred Parker (2002–2003) George Roll (2003–2011) Casey Jones (2011–Present)
Seasons	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 1943–44 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 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	Tri-State League 1950–1972 ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)
Rivalries	Rensselaer St. Lawrence
Culture & lore	North Country Thanksgiving Festival
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Dave Taylor (251 Points) Kevin Zappia (103 Goals) Dan Murphy (85 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1957 1958 1962 1963 1966 1970 1991
NCAA Tournament appearances	1957 1958 1962 1963 1966 1970 1981 1982 1984 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2007 2008 2018
Conference Tournament titles	1966 1991 1993 1999 2007
Clarkson University Potsdam, NY

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