The 1896–97 Columbia men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program. Columbia University became just the third American university to support an ice hockey team.
| 1896–97 Columbia men's ice hockey season | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Home ice | St. Nicholas Rink |
| Record | |
| Overall | 2–3–0 |
| Conference | 0–2–0 |
| Home | 2–2–0 |
| Road | 0–1–0 |
| Coaches and captains | |
| Captain(s) | Bartow Van Voorhis |
| Columbia men's ice hockey seasons 1897–98 » | |
Season
editA year after Yale played the first intercollegiate game against Johns Hopkins, Columbia organized their own team and found that it had sufficient interest to support two full teams.[1] The team played two practice games in December in order to get their feet wet and help the novice players learn the game.
Note: Columbia University adopted the Lion as its mascot in 1910.[2]
Roster
edit| No. | S/P/C | Player | Class | Pos | Height | Weight | DoB | Hometown | Previous team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Belden | Junior | D | |||||||
| Elliott | F/D | ||||||||
| Harry Gregg | Sophomore | G | |||||||
| Harold N. Hall | Sophomore | D | |||||||
| Orleans Longacre Jr. | Junior | F | |||||||
| Henry Coit Mortimer | Junior | F | |||||||
| O'Connor | F | ||||||||
| Joseph O'Dwyer | Graduate | F | |||||||
| James Pell | Sophomore | F | |||||||
| Albert W. Putnam | Senior | G | |||||||
| Bartow Van Voorhis (C) | Junior | F | |||||||
| John T. Williams | Junior | D |
Standings
edit| Intercollegiate | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PCT. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Yale | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .750 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 31 | |
| Johns Hopkins | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 25 | |
| Columbia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 17 | |
Schedule and Results
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| February 27 | vs. Pennsylvania* | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | L 0–5 | 0–1–0 (0–1–0) | |||||||
| March 16 | vs. Naval Reserves* | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | W 2–0 | 1–1–0 | |||||||
| March 23 | vs. Staten Island Cricket Club* | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | W 1–0 | 2–1–0 | |||||||
| at Montclair Athletic Club* | Clermont Avenue Skating Rink • Brooklyn, New York | L 1–5 | 2–2–0 | ||||||||
| March 27 | vs. Yale* | St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York | L 2–7 | 2–3–0 (0–2–0) | |||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Hockey Notes". The Columbia Daily Spectator. January 5, 1897. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
- ^ The American College. Higher Education Association. 1910. p. 162.