# 1921–22 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season

The 1921–22 Columbia men's ice hockey season was the 21st season of play for the program.

## Season

Columbia opened their season with the first game ever played at Yale's new home building. The game was, unfortunately, a disaster for the Lions who were wholly unable to stop the Bulldog attack in a 10–2 loss. The next two contests, against Colgate and Princeton were both cancelled due to warm weather causing a lack of available ice, not an uncommon problem at the time. The extra practice served Columbia well as their next official game ended as a 4–3 overtime win over Princeton.
After a close loss to Penn, the team took two weeks off to study for mid-term exams before returning in early February against Hamilton. After dropping the match Columbia headed to Hanover to play Dartmouth at their winter carnival but a snowstorm caused the game to be called part-way through the second period. Columbia finished their season with two convincing home wins (a further game against Army was cancelled) leaving the team with its first non-losing season in a decade. Unfortunately, the team struggled to sell tickets for those games, an ill omen for the future of the program.
Douglas MacKay served as manager of the team until taking a job with the Winnipeg Tribune. After his departure W. A. Southall took over duties on a temporary basis.

## Standings

1921–22 Eastern 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 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 15 |
| Army | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .643 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 15 |
| Bates | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 25 |
| Boston College | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 16 |
| Bowdoin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .167 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 18 |
| Clarkson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| Colby | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .375 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 25 |
| Colgate | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Columbia | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .500 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 24 |
| Cornell | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 |
| Dartmouth | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| Hamilton | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 22 |
| Harvard | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 33 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 17 |
| Massachusetts Agricultural | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 30 |
| MIT | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | – |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 29 |
| Princeton | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 28 |
| Rensselaer | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Williams | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .438 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 19 |
| Yale | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 46 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 55 | 54 |
| YMCA College | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 21 |

## Schedule and results

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record |
| Regular Season |||||
| December 14 | at Yale* | New Haven Arena • New Haven, Connecticut | L 2–10 | 0–1–0 |
| January 9 | St. Paul's School* | 181st Street Ice Palace • New York, New York (Exhibition) | W 7–3 | |
| January 18 | Princeton* | 181st Street Ice Palace • New York, New York | W 4–3 $^{OT}$ | 1–1–0 |
| January 20 | at Pennsylvania* | Philadelphia Arena • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | L 4–5 $^{OT}$ | 1–2–0 |
| February 6 | at Hamilton* | Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York | L 1–2 | 1–3–0 |
| February 11 | at Dartmouth* | Hanover, New Hampshire | T 0–0 | 1–3–1 |
| February 18 | Rensselaer* | 181st Street Ice Palace • New York, New York | W 5–1 | 2–3–1 |
| March 4 | Williams* | 181st Street Ice Palace • New York, New York | W 5–3 | 3–3–1 |
| *Non-conference game. |||||

## Scoring Statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals |
| Ewen Anderson | D | 7 | 9 |
| David Rogers | C/RW | 7 | 7 |
| Walter Rollins | LW | 7 | 4 |
| Church | D/F | 6 | 1 |
| Frank Hanson | RW | 1 | 0 |
| Park | D | 1 | 0 |
| Wilson | RW | 1 | 0 |
| Harry Kopper | G | 1 | 0 |
| Marshall Baldwin | C/RW | 3 | 0 |
| Mackay Rakckow | D | 6 | 0 |
| Warren Squires | D/RW | 7 | 0 |
| Jennings | G | 7 | 0 |
| Total | | | 21 |
Note: Assists were not recorded as a statistic.