The 1897–98 Brown men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program.
| 1897–98 Brown men's ice hockey season | |
|---|---|
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| Intercollegiate Champion Intercollegiate Hockey Association, Champion | |
| Conference | 1st IHA |
| Record | |
| Overall | 4–1–1 |
| Conference | 3–0–1 |
| Road | 4–1–1 |
| Coaches and captains | |
| Captain(s) | Irving Hunt |
| Brown men's ice hockey seasons 1898–99 » | |
Season
editFor Brown's first ice hockey season all games were played on the road. The travel schedule was rather light, however, as the furthest they had to travel was New York City. The Bears finished with a very good record of 4–1–1 and, with their only loss coming against a non-collegiate opponent, the Bears could lay claim to the Intercollegiate championship (though there were few active college programs).
First game
editIncorrectly cited as the "first game of intercollegiate ice hockey played in the United States" is the contest against Harvard on January 19, 1898 at Franklin Park, Boston.[1] Students from Brown took the train to Boston, where they met with some students from Harvard.[1] They commandeered a patch of a frozen pond in Franklin Park, asked pleasure skaters to move aside, set up some poles to mark the goals, and played the game of ice hockey they had learned in Canada.[1] The details and outcome of the game were recorded in the following day's Boston Herald: Brown 6, Harvard 0.[1]
Mascot
editBrown University did not formally adopt the Bear as its mascot until the fall of 1905.[2]
Roster
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| No. | S/P/C | Player | Class | Pos | Height | Weight | DoB | Hometown | Previous team |
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Albert Barrows | Senior | F | 1877-10-13 | Providence, Rhode Island | ||||
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William Bates | Freshman | 1879-01-07 | Providence, Rhode Island | |||||
| Harris Bucklin | Sophomore | F | |||||||
| Charles Cooke | Junior | ||||||||
| Horace Day | Junior | ||||||||
| Irving Hunt (C) | Junior | F | |||||||
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Jesse Pevear | Junior | 1877-05-26 | Lynn, Massachusetts | |||||
| Robert Steere | Freshman |
Standings
edit| Intercollegiate | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PCT. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Brown | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .900 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | |
| Columbia | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .125 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | |||
| Harvard | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | |
| Haverford | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Johns Hopkins | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .125 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 32 | |
| Maryland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .833 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| MIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Pennsylvania Dental College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Yale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PCT. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Brown | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .875 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | |
| Yale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |
| Columbia | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .125 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | |||
Schedule and results
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record | |||||||
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| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| January 19 | at Harvard* | Franklin Park • Boston, Massachusetts | W 6–0 | 1–0–0 | |||||||
| January 29 | at Yale | New Haven, Connecticut | W 1–0 | 2–0–0 (1–0–0) | |||||||
| February 12 | at Columbia | Clermont Avenue Skating Rink • New York, New York | W 3–1 | 3–0–0 (2–0–0) | |||||||
| February 18 | at Yale | New Haven, Connecticut | T 0–0 OT | 3–0–1 (2–0–1) | |||||||
| February 19 | at New York Athletic Club* | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | L 1–8 | 3–1–1 | |||||||
| February 26 | at Yale | New Haven, Connecticut | W 2–1 | 4–1–1 (3–0–1) | |||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c d Hanlon, John (April 17, 1967). "When Harvard Met Brown It Wasn't Ice Polo". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
A lot of weird games between a lot of scrub teams probably were played on ice before Jan. 19, 1898, but on that day modern intercollegiate hockey competition was officially born
- ^ "Bear". Brown University. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "1897-1898 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "2009–10 Brown men's ice hockey media guide part 2" (PDF). Brown Bears. Retrieved December 30, 2019.