1896–97 Penn Quakers men's ice hockey season

1896–97 Penn Quakers
men's ice hockey seasonRecordOverall1–0–0Road1–0–0Coaches and captainsCaptain(s)George OrtonPenn Quakers men's ice hockey seasons
 1897–98 »

The 1896–97 Penn Quakers men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program.

Season

After seeing Yale and Johns Hopkins play the first intercollegiate game the year before, George Orton a graduate student from Canada, organized the first ice hockey team for Pennsylvania University.^[1] The Quakers won their first game against Columbia with William Agnew recording the first hat-trick in program history.

Pennsylvania's season was hampered by a lack of local facilities, something that Orton would fix the following year when he helped build the first indoor rink in the Philadelphia area, the West Park Ice Palace.

Roster

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
		William Agnew	Sophomore	F
		John Chattin
		Clinton Decker
		Horace Gibbons		F
		John Gosman
		Arthur Moore	Sophomore	G
		George Orton (C)	Graduate	F			1873-01-10	Strathroy, Ontario
		William Phymester		D
		Arthur Stackhouse	Sophomore	F
		Stanley Willett		D

^[2]

Standings

v t e
	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
February 27	vs. Columbia*	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 5–0	1–0–0
*Non-conference game.

References