1916–17 RPI men's ice hockey season

The 1916–17 RPI men's ice hockey season was the 14th season of play for the program.

1916–17 RPI men's ice hockey season
Conference	Independent
Record
Overall	2–4–0
Home	1–1–0
Road	0–3–0
Neutral	1–0–0
Coaches and captains
Captain(s)	Donald Patterson
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Season

Note: Rensselaer's athletic teams were unofficially known as 'Cherry and White' until 1921 when the Engineers moniker debuted for the men's basketball team.

Roster

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
		Bower		G
		Forsythe		LW
		Keefer		D
		Kelly		LW
		Kraehn		C
		Mohun		RW
		Omerly		R
		Donald B. Patterson (C)		D

Standings

1916–17 Collegiate ice hockey standings
	Intercollegiate								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PCT.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Army	7	4	3	0	.571	18	15		11	6	5	0	31	21
Colgate	3	2	1	0	.667	14	10		3	2	1	0	14	10
Dartmouth	7	6	1	0	.857	20	9		10	7	3	0	26	16
Harvard	8	5	3	0	.625	23	9		12	8	4	0	39	18
Massachusetts Agricultural	8	3	3	2	.500	22	15		8	3	3	2	22	15
MIT	7	2	4	1	.357	17	26		7	2	4	1	17	26
New York State	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Princeton	8	4	4	0	.500	18	21		10	5	5	0	26	27
Rensselaer	6	2	4	0	.333	10	21		6	2	4	0	10	21
Williams	6	2	3	1	.417	15	13		7	2	4	1	17	17
Yale	11	7	4	0	.636	35	24		14	10	4	0	47	31
YMCA College	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–

Schedule and Results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 13	vs. New York State*	RPI Rink • Troy, New York	W 4–0	1–0–0
January 20	at Williams*	Weston Field Rink • Williamstown, Massachusetts	L 1–7	1–1–0
January 27	at YMCA College*	RPI Rink • Troy, New York	L 0–4	1–2–0
February 7	Albany Hockey Club*	(Exhibition)	T 0–0
February 10	at Army*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 0–2	1–3–0
February 17	at Colgate*	Hamilton, New York	L 1–6	1–4–0
February 24	vs. New York State*	State College Rink • Albany, New York	W 4–2	2–4–0
*Non-conference game.