1906–07 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season

1906–07 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season


Intercollegiate Champion Intercollegiate Hockey Association, Champion

Conference	1st IHA
Record
Overall	5–3–0
Conference	4–0–0
Road	2–3–0
Neutral	3–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Thomas Howard
Captain(s)	Afton Zahniser
Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey seasons « 1905–06 1907–08 »

The 1906–07 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season was the 8th season of play for the program.

Season

Beginning with this season the undergraduates at Princeton were limited to just two sports during one school year.^[1] As a result, several players who had tried out for the team in recent years were ineligible to play for the ice hockey team. Despite this setback the team was well represented with many returning members from a year before. Counterbalancing the dearth of players was the team's new practice facility located on Lake Carnegie, the first home venue the Tigers' possessed.^[2] After a decent showing in three early games Princeton had to cancel it's Holiday road trip to Norfolk, Virginia and were limited to a single practice game over the winter break.^[3] While there was worry that the lack of play would inhibit the team's ability to compete against conference opponents, the Tigers won both games in early January. The fast start was then buoyed by the addition of Thomas Howard as coach.^[4]

Princeton's third conference game came to define their season as the Tigers were able to take down four-time defending champion Harvard 4–3.^[5] The victory was the first for Princeton over the Crimson^[6] and set the icers up for a chance at their first championship. In their final game against Yale the teams battled fairly evenly throughout the extended game (25-minute halves were used rather than the normal 20-minute halves) but a goal by Joshua Brush put the Tigers ahead for good and gave Princeton its first Intercollegiate Hockey Association Championship.^[7]

J.G. Thomas served as team manager with F. Leake as his assistant.^[8]

Roster

Player	Class	Pos
Oscar Auerbach	Sophomore	F
Joshua Brush	Sophomore	F
Philip Chew	Senior	F
John Chislett	Senior	G
Charles Coxe	Sophomore	F/D
Chester Levis	Senior	F
Ralph Osborne	Junior	F
Harral Tenney	Senior	D
Afton Zahniser (C)	Senior	D

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Standings

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	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PCT.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Army	3	1	2	0	.333	2	6	9	3	6	0	15	27
Carnegie Tech	2	1	1	0	.500	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
Columbia	4	0	4	0	.000	4	17	5	0	5	0	4	28
Cornell	2	2	0	0	1.000	11	0	2	2	0	0	11	0
Dartmouth	5	3	2	0	.600	15	20	7	5	2	0	30	25
Harvard	6	5	1	0	.833	49	11	10	8	2	0	66	21
MIT	4	1	3	0	.250	4	17	7	3	4	0	19	26
Princeton	4	4	0	0	1.000	14	6	8	5	3	0	20	25
Rensselaer	3	2	1	0	.667	4	2	3	2	1	0	4	2
Rochester	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Springfield Training	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Trinity	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–
Western University of Pennsylvania	2	0	2	0	.000	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	3
Williams	2	0	2	0	.000	3	5	5	1	4	0	12	17
Yale	6	3	3	0	.500	13	12	9	3	6	0	15	20

1906–07 Intercollegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Princeton *	4	4	0	0	8	14	6	8	5	3	0	20	25
Harvard	4	3	1	0	6	25	9	10	8	2	0	66	21
Dartmouth	4	2	2	0	4	12	18	7	5	2	0	30	25
Yale	4	1	3	0	2	9	12	9	3	6	0	15	20
Columbia	4	0	4	0	0	4	17	5	0	5	0	4	28
* indicates conference champion

Schedule and Results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
December 12	at Lawrenceville School*	Lawrenceville, New Jersey	W 2–0	1–0–0
December 13	at New York Hockey Club*	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 1–7	1–1–0
December 14	at New York Athletic Club*	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 1–2	1–2–0
January 2	at St. Nicholas Hockey Club*	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	L 2–10	1–3–0
January 5	at Columbia	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 3–0	2–3–0 (1–0–0)
January 9	vs. Dartmouth	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 5–2	3–3–0 (2–0–0)
January 19	vs. Harvard	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 4–3	4–3–0 (3–0–0)
February 9	vs. Yale	St. Nicholas Rink • New York, New York	W 2–1	5–3–0 (4–0–0)
*Non-conference game.

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References

^ "Volume 31, Number 140". The Princeton Daily. December 6, 1906. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ "Volume 31, Number 143". The Princeton Daily. December 10, 1906. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ "Volume 31, Number 152". The Princeton Daily. January 4, 1907. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ "Volume 31, Number 157". The Princeton Daily. January 10, 1907. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ "Volume 31, Number 166". The Princeton Daily. January 21, 1907. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ "Men's Hockey Series History". Princeton Tigers. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ "Volume 31, Number 172". The Princeton Daily. February 11, 1907. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ "Volume 31, Number 149". The Princeton Daily. December 17, 1906. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ "1906-1907 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
^ "Men's Hockey All-Time Results". Princeton Tigers. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

v t e Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Lake Carnegie (1907–1923) Hobey Baker Memorial Rink (1923–present)
Head coaches	Russell O. Ellis (1920–1921) Moylan McDonnell (1921–1922) Chippy Gaw (1922–1924) Beattie Ramsay (1924–1927) Lloyd Neidlinger (1927–1933) Frank Fredrickson (1933–1935) Richard Vaughan (1935–1943, 1946–1959) R. Norman Wood (1959–1965) Johnny Wilson (1965–1967) Bill Quackenbush (1967–1973) Jack Semler (1973–1977) Jim Higgins (1977–1991) Don Cahoon (1991–2000) Len Quesnelle (2000–2004) Guy Gadowsky (2004–2011) Bob Prier (2011–2014) Ron Fogarty (2014–2024)
Seasons	1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 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 1945–46 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 1999–2000 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 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1899–1913) Intercollegiate Hockey League (1912–1917) Triangular Hockey League (1919–1926) Pentagonal League (1933–1943, 1946–1955) ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders John Messuri (178 Points) Ryan Kuffner (75 Goals) Zane Kalemba (57 Wins)
NCAA Tournament appearances	1998 2008 2009 2018
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC: 1998 2008 2018
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