# 1908–09 Columbia men's ice hockey season

The 1908–09 Columbia men's ice hockey season was the 13th season of play for the program.

## Season

P. E. Locke served as team manager. Despite being one of the earliest universities to support an ice hockey team, Columbia had never achieved much success against collegiate opponents. Owing to this, the incoming class had little enthusiasm for the club which was demonstrated by the lack of candidates for the freshman team. While the freshman squad was eventually compiled, the varsity team finished the season dead last in the IHA.
Note: Columbia University adopted the Lion as its mascot in 1910.

## Standings

1908–09 Collegiate ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | 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 standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | 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 6 | Princeton | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | L 2–5 | 0–1–0 (0–1–0) |
| January 9 | Harvard | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | L 1–5 | 0–2–0 (0–2–0) |
| January 15 | at Rensselaer* | Empire Rink • Albany, New York | W 3–2 | 1–2–0 |
| January 20 | Dartmouth | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | L 2–4 $^{OT†}$ | 1–3–0 (0–3–0) |
| February 2 | Yale | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | L 4–11 | 1–4–0 (0–4–0) |
| *Non-conference game. |||||
† some overtime games were not sudden-death and teams played an entire extra period.

## Scoring Statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals |
| H. M. Bond | C | 4 | 6 |
| S. F. Murphy | C | 1 | 2 |
| C. Schaefer | R | 4 | 2 |
| Albert Borschard | D | 5 | 1 |
| John Lovejoy | R/RW | 5 | 1 |
| James Mackenzie | LW | 1 | 0 |
| Warren Kinney | LW | 1 | 0 |
| Lloyd Kistler | W/D | 3 | 0 |
| Samuel Nathan | LW | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Barnum | D | 4 | 0 |
| Robert Murphy | G | 5 | 0 |
| Total | | | 12 |
Note: Assists were not recorded as a statistic.