1916–17 RPI men's ice hockey season

1916–17 RPI
men's ice hockey season
1916–17 RPI; men's ice hockey season
Record
Overall	2–4–0
Home	1–1–0
Road	0–3–0
Neutral	1–0–0
Coaches and captains
Captain(s)	Donald Patterson
	RPI men's ice hockey seasons; « 1915–16 1917–18 »

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

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.^[1]

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

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Standings

1916–17 Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	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 College*	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*	Army 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 College*	State College Rink • Albany, New York	W 4–2	2–4–0
*Non-conference game.

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References

^ "Symbols of the Institute". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
^ "1916-1917 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
^ "Results by Season" (PDF). RPI Engineers. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

[1] "Symbols of the Institute". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

[2] "1916-1917 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

[season-3] "Results by Season" (PDF). RPI Engineers. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

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v t e RPI Engineers men's ice hockey
Formerly the RPI Bachelors
Playing venues	Houston Field House (1949–present)
Head coaches	Leroy Clark (1917–1923) W. J. Cook (1924–1925) Marvin Callan (1925–1931, 1936–1937) Ned Harkness (1949–1963) Rube Bjorkman (1963–1964) Garry Kearns (1964–1969) Leon Abbott (1969–1972) Jim Salfi (1972–1979) Mike Addesa (1979–1989) Buddy Powers (1989–1994) Dan Fridgen (1994–2006) Seth Appert (2006–2017) Dave Smith (2017– )
Seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 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 1936–37 1937–38 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 1999–00 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 2024–25
Conference affiliations	Tri-State League (1950–1972) ECAC Hockey (1961–present)
Rivalries	Union Dutchmen Clarkson Golden Knights
Culture & lore	Rensselaer Holiday Tournament
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Frank Chiarelli (265 Points) Frank Chiarelli (155 Goals) Neil Little (58 Wins)
National championships	1954 1985
Frozen Four appearances	1953 1954 1961 1964 1985
NCAA Tournament appearances	1953 1954 1961 1964 1984 1985 1994 1995 2011
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC: 1984 1985 1995
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