1960–61 Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey season

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1960–61 Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey season

Conference	Independent
Home ice	War Memorial Field House
Record
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Duke Nelson
Captain(s)	Phil Latreille
Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey seasons « 1959–60 1961–62 »

The 1960–61 Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey season was the 36th season of play for the program. The Panthers represented Middlebury College and were coached by Duke Nelson, in his 19th season. During the season, Phil Latreille set many NCAA records including goals in a season (80), career goals (250), and career points (346) that still stand as of 2024.

Season

No Middlebury team had more anticipation from the start of the season than the 1960–61 Panthers. Phil Latreille, the new team captain had already twice set the record for goals in season by scoring 57 as a sophomore and then 77 as a junior. His astounding performances convinced the local radio station, WRMC to take the extraordinary measure of broadcasting every Middlebury hockey game, both home and away, which would include the station's first international events when the Panthers traveled to Canada. Even with Latreille's massive scoring totals, the team had been held back by their lack of defensive acumen over the past two seasons. However, since most of the players from the previous season were returning, coach Nelson's boys would at least begin a leg-up in experience and familiarity. In that vein, the second line for the Panthers was made up entirely by the brothers Fryberger. The twins, Bob and Jerry, were in their final season and would play the wings around Sophomore Dates, who appeared to be the best of the bunch.

The season began on November 19 with Latreille once again in command of the Panther offense. After assisting on the opening goal, Phil scored the eventual game-winner in the second. Both Latreille and Dates Fryberger had several chances for goals in the second half of the match but several of their shots hit the post and bounced away. Despite the win, Latreille was critical of the team's performance, particularly their passing, but he believed that the team would soon round into form. True enough, after a week and a half of practice, Middlebury hammered Saint-Jean in the return game. From almost the drop of the puck, the panthers stalked the Remparts' net with the top two lines dealing most of the damage. Even with the home team scoring first, Middlebury shot out to a huge lead in the opening period with five goals to their credit, two each from Latreille and Dates Fryberger. Latreille added two more in the second and then a goal and an assist in the third. Though the latter part of the match was marred by penalties, Middlebury was able to stop any real comeback attempt by the Canadians which was a good sign for their defensive efforts. The Panthers looked to be sailing to an easy win in the next game when they opened with three quick goals against Princeton. While the Tigers provided a bit of a fight in the second, Middlebury scored three more in the second to take a commanding 6–2 lead midway through the game. However, just before the end of the period, the match was upended by a controversial ruling by the referee. Latreille hit one of the Princeton players in the face with his stick on a follow-through after a shot. While also being hooked on the play, Latreille was the only one penalized and received a 5-minute major. When coach Nelson tried to argue against the call, the referee changed his ruling and disqualified Latreille for the remainder of the match. Middlebury was incensed by the call while Princeton sought to capitalize on their opportunity. After cutting the lead down to just 2 at the start of the third, Middlebury appeared to have calmed down and played a solid defensive game for 17 minutes. With time winding down, Princeton scored two goals, the last coming with just 9 seconds left on the clock, to force overtime. Once the extra period began, Princeton took two penalties in rapid succession and Jerry Fryberger was able to wrap the puck around the cage for a winning tally.

After the close call, the Panthers were able to squeeze in a couple of games before the winter break. Home against Colgate, many students delayed their holidays in order to get a glimpse of Latreille and the Panthers and were rewarded with another brilliant performance by the captain. After assisting on the opening goal, Phil scored his first of the night near the middle of the second period. After a 4-on-4 marker from Dates, Latreille lasered the puck into the top corner of the net. A second goal from the younger Fryberger ended the second with the score 5–0. The third was a rather muted period that allowed Gately to post the first shutout for Middlebury in about three years. Two days later the team faced their first big test of the season when they were at Clarkson. The Panthers had won just once in the previous eighteen meetings dating back to 1927 and the Knights were eager to build upon their 9–6 victory from a year earlier. Calrkson was quick off the mark and scored first but Middlebury quickly rose to the challenge. Latreille assisted on Ed Germond's tying goal and then scored to give the Panthers a lead after one. The home team got the only goal in the second, thanks in large part to a number of huge saves by Gately. Unfortunately, past was prologue and Clarkson's third goal proved to be the final marker in the match, handing Middlebury its first loss of the campaign.

The team then had several weeks to rest and prepare themselves for a return to action against Hamilton. The memory of their loss to Clarkson seemed to spur the team against the rebuilding Continentals and they took no mercy on the Blue and Buff. After Dates Fryberger kicked things off, Latreille recorded a hat-trick and an assist to finish out the first period. The captain added two more in the second while the Fryberger line netted a pair on the third. The Panthers kept rolling in the next game when they flattened American International 16–0 in one of the more comical games in program history. The entire team seemed to score at will with captain Latreille accounting for half of their goal total. AIC managed to score more goals on themselves than they did on Middlebury when one of the Yellow Jacket defensemen hit his goaltender with a clearing attempt and caused the puck to rebound into the net. Gately and Constanzo shared the shutout. Latreille ended the weekend with 31 points and 24 goals in just 7 games.

The Fryberger line got the ball rolling against Army with two goals in the first period. Latreille nabbed a hat-trick in the second while Jerry Fryberger finished things off to give the team a 6–2 edge after two. The third saw a barrage of five more goals from the Panthers that came at such a quick pace that the account of the game couldn't be sure whether or nor Latreille ended up with five or six goals. The following night, the team met Yale and were in for another dogfight with an ivy league school. After falling behind thanks to two quick Eli tallies, Dates got the Panthers on the board but Yale was able to get the goal back just before the end of the first. A second from Fryberger at the start of the second was equaled by a short-handed marker but Dates was able to finish off his hat-trick thanks to a pass from Latreille, leaving Middlebury just a goal behind as the third period began. Yale got their 2-gaol lead back during a Latreille penalty but the captain soon made up for the infraction when he scored from in tight. After Latreille had been moved onto a line with Dates and Bobby Fryberger, Dates notched his fourth goal of the night to tie the score. With less than 2 minutes to play, Yale regained the lead but it lasted for just 19 seconds before Latreille evened the count with his second of the game. Overtime had barely begun when Dates snapped his fifth goal of the game, the third on a pass from Latreille, much to the chagrin of the home crowd.

Roster

No.	Player	Class	Pos	DoB	Hometown
1	Chuck Gately	Junior	G		Melrose, Massachusetts
2	Jim McKeown	Sophomore	D		Lake Placid, New York
3	C. Barry White	Sophomore	F		Melrose, Massachusetts
6	Ed Germond	Sophomore	F		Clinton, New York
7	John Weekes	Sophomore			Oyster Bay, New York
8	Robert Fryberger	Senior	F	1937-05-14	Duluth, Minnesota
9	Keith Dollar	Senior	D
14	Frank Coy	Senior	D		St. Catharines, Ontario
15	Tor Hultgren	Senior	F	1938-08-25	Drammen, Norway
16	Phil Latreille (C)	Senior	F	1938-04-22	Montreal, Quebec
18	Roger Lewandowski	Freshman	F		Oyster Bay, New York
19	Dates Fryberger	Sophomore	F	1940-05-04	Duluth, Minnesota
20	John Flynn	Sophomore			Milton, Massachusetts
22	Peter Connal	Senior			Yonkers, New York
	Frank Constanzo		G
	Tracy Perry	Senior	D
	Jerry Fryberger	Senior	F	1937-05-14	Duluth, Minnesota
	Peter McLagan	Junior	D		Montreal, Quebec
	Nick Orr	Sophomore	D		West Islip, New York
	Paul Wrubel	Senior

Standings

1960–61 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	4	13	0	–	–
American International	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	5	12	0	–	–
Army	21	13	8	0	.619	107	58	25	17	8	0	139	62
Boston College	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	19	5	1	143	55
Boston University	24	10	14	0	.417	98	104	24	10	14	0	98	104
Bowdoin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	15	5	0	–	–
Brown	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	0	20	0	30	117
Colby	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23	18	5	0	–	–
Colgate	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	8	15	1	88	110
Connecticut	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	4	6	1	55	69
Cornell	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	7	12	0	66	58
Dartmouth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	8	11	0	87	118
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	2	14	1	–	–
Harvard	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	18	4	2	106	47
Massachusetts	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	7	6	1	45	69
Merrimack	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	5	7	0	52	64
Middlebury	16	14	2	0	.875	158	44	21	19	2	0	192	56
MIT	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	8	6	0	–	–
New Hampshire	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	3	11	0	41	74
Northeastern	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	12	14	0	106	131
Norwich	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	10	11	0	–	–
Princeton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23	9	14	0	82	127
Providence	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	11	9	0	120	90
St. Olaf	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	3	4	0	–	–
Williams	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	16	4	0	–	–
Yale	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	12	12	1	92	94

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
November 19	Royal Military College Saint-Jean*	War Memorial Field House • Middlebury, Vermont	W 3–2	1–0–0
December 3	at Royal Military College Saint-Jean*	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec	W 10–2	2–0–0
December 7	at Princeton*	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey	W 7–6	3–0–0
December 10	Colgate*	War Memorial Field House • Middlebury, Vermont	W 5–0	4–0–0
December 12	at Clarkson*	Clarkson Arena • Potsdam, New York	L 2–3	4–1–0
January 6	Hamilton*	War Memorial Field House • Middlebury, Vermont	W 9–0	5–1–0
January 7	American International*	War Memorial Field House • Middlebury, Vermont	W 16–0	6–1–0
January 13	at Army*	Smith Rink • West Point, New York	W 11–2	7–1–0
January 14	at Yale*	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	W 7–6	8–1–0
*Non-conference game.

Phil Latreille's scoring totals

Date	Opponent	Goals	Assists	Points
Nov. 19	RMCSJ	1	1	2
Dec. 3	RMCSJ	5	1	6
Dec. 7	Princeton	2	1	3
Dec. 10	Colgate	2	1	3
Dec. 12	Clarkson	1	1	2
Jan. 6	Hamilton	5	1	6
Jan. 7	AIC	8	1	9
Jan. 13	Army	6	1	7
Jan. 14	Yale	2	3	6
Total		32	11	43

References

"Hockey Team To Open Against C.M.R.: Hoopsters Take Floor After Vacation". Middlebury Campus. November 17, 1960. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
"Radio WRMC Announces WRMC - - 750 on Your Dial Expanded Program Slate". Middlebury Campus. November 17, 1960. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
"Stickmen Edge C.M.R. 3-2, Will Try Repeat Sat.; Cagers Vs. Tufts". Middlebury Campus. December 1, 1960. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
"Panthers Rout C. M. R. 10 - 2, Out For Colgate; Hoopsters Lose Pair". Middlebury Campus. December 8, 1960. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
"Pucksters and Latreille Romp, 9-0, 16-0; Cagers To Take On Catamount". Middlebury Campus. January 12, 1961. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
"Hockey Plays Over Recess". Middlebury Campus. December 8, 1960. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
"Pucksters and Latreille Romp, 9-0, 16-0; Cagers To Take On Catamount". Middlebury Campus. January 12, 1961. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
"Cadets Routed, Blazing Finish Nips Yale; Cats Beat Midd Hoopsters". Middlebury Campus. January 19, 1961. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
^ "The Kaleidoscope 1961". Middlebury College. Retrieved January 20, 2025.

v t e Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Duke Nelson Arena (1950–1999) Kenyon Arena (1999–Present)
Head coaches	Erwin Drost (1922–1924) John Leary (1924–1925) William McLaughlin (1925–1926) Carleton Simmons (1926–1928) Roy Clogston (1928–1929) Richard Phelan (1929–1932) Duke Nelson (1932–1936, 1946–1964) John Nash (1936–1940) George Ackerstrom (1940–1942) George Phinny (1942–1943) Wendall Forbes (1964–1986) Bill Beaney (1986–2002, 2003–2015) Neil Sinclair (2002–2003, 2015–Present)
Seasons	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 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 2021–22 2022–23
Conference affiliations	Tri-State League (1950–1959) ECAC Hockey (1962–1964) ECAC 2 (1964–1985) ECAC East (1985–2000) NESCAC (2000–Present)
All-time leaders	Phil Latreille (250 goals) Phil Latreille (346 points)
National championships	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2004 2005 2006
Frozen Four appearances	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
NCAA Tournament appearances	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2010
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC 2: 1979 ECAC East: 1991 NESCAC: 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2010
Sid Watson winners	Ray Alcindor Ian Smith Mark Spence Kevin Cooper
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