# 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.

## Season

After two season where they narrowly missed winning the Intercollegiate Hockey Association championship, Harvard returned to the top of the heap in 1909. 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.

## 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 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 | 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 | St. Francis Xavier* | Harvard Stadium Rink • Cambridge, Massachusetts | W 1–0 | 5–0–0 |
| January 27 | Laval* | Harvard Stadium Rink • Cambridge, Massachusetts | W 3–0 | 6–0–0 |
| January 30 | 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 (Rivalry) | 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. |||||