# 1920–21 Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey season

The 1920–21 Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of play for the program.

## Season

Due to on-campus improvements, particularly on the stretch of land where the team's rink had been the previous year, The school made plans to build a new rink on the nearby river delta. Quite literally, the biggest change that resulted from this was the larger skating surface that would result. The new rink would measure 180' by 90' and, though it was still smaller than a standard rink size, it was more than double the area that the Hyde Hall Rink had provided. The team put together a schedule of 8 games, however, warm weather caused the match on January 6 to be cancelled. The weather did not cool off over the next week so the team's first official contest against Tufts had to be played on the Portland Country Club Rink. The rainy conditions led to a 0–0 final score as both squads could hardly move the puck from puddle to puddle in only 30 minutes of game time.
Conditions were better for the next game but the result was worse. In spite of the addition of Stonemetz and Palmer to the lineup, the later of which scored the first goal of the season for Bowdoin, the Polar Bears lost 1–4. The team's first game on the Delta Rink ended without a single Bowdoin goal and they lost to rival Bates 0–4. During the exam break, Portland C.C. came to the Delta for a rematch but the time off didn't appear to help Bowdoin as they allowed 8 goals to their opponents. Morrell's move to wing helped spark the offense but caused the defense to turn into a sieve.
Warm weather forced the cancellation of several more games and Bowdoin wasn't able to get back on the ice until the 19th. This time, however, they were able to skate away in triumph after defeating the Association of St. Dominiques. The next two games came in short order and, with Morrell back on defense, the team was unable to score. Bowdoin managed just one goal in the two games and ended the season on a sour note.

## Standings

1920–21 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 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 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 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 25 |
| 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 |
| Tufts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 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 |||||
| January 14 | at Tufts* | Country Club Rink • Portland, Maine | T 0–0 | 0–0–1 |
| January 19 | at Portland Country Club* | Country Club Rink • Portland, Maine | L 1–4 | 1–1–0 |
| January 22 | Bates* | Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine | L 0–4 | 0–2–1 |
| February 2 | Portland Country Club* | Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine | L 4–8 | 0–3–1 |
| February 19 | St. Dominiques* | Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine | W 4–1 | 1–3–1 |
| February 22 | at Bates* | Lake Andrews Rink • Lewiston, Maine | L 0–2 $^†$ | 1–4–1 |
| February 26 | YMCA College* | Delta Rink • Brunswick, Maine | L 1–4 | 1–5–1 |
| *Non-conference game. |||||
† Bates records have the score of the game as 1–2 in their favor.

## Scoring statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals |
| Adolphe Provost | R/LW | 5 | 3 |
| Victor Whitman | R/LW/RW | 7 | 3 |
| Allen Morrell | P/CP/RW | 7 | 2 |
| Stephen Palmer | RW | 2 | 1 |
| Alonzo Holmes | CP/C/RW | 5 | 1 |
| Elmer Swinglehurst | RW | 1 | 0 |
| Merritt Wilson | P | 1 | 0 |
| Malcolm Burr | R/RW | 2 | 0 |
| Preston Putnam | CP | 2 | 0 |
| Douglas Young | RW | 2 | 0 |
| Arthur Daviau | R/C | 3 | 0 |
| Romeo Beliveau | R/C/LW | 4 | 0 |
| Harold Stonemetz | P/CP/C | 5 | 0 |
| John Handy | G/P | 6 | 0 |
| Raymond Putnam | P/CP/RW | 6 | 0 |
| Arthur Miguel | G | 7 | 0 |
| Total | | | 10 |
Note: The scorer of the second goal in the game on January 24 was not recorded.