1915–16 RPI men's ice hockey season

1915–16 RPI
men's ice hockey season
1915–16 RPI; men's ice hockey season
Conference	Independent
Record
Overall	1–2–1
Home	1–0–0
Road	0–2–1
Coaches and captains
Captain(s)	Donald Patterson
	RPI men's ice hockey seasons; « 1914–15 1916–17 »

The 1915–16 RPI men's ice hockey season was the 13th season of play for the program.

Season[edit]

Rensselaer ended the team's losing streak at 9 games and later earned the first win for the program in over four years.

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[edit]

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
		Donald Patterson (C)

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Standings[edit]

1915–16 Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PCT.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Army	3	1	1	1	.500	4	10	4	2	1	1	13	11
Colgate	1	1	0	0	1.000	6	1	1	1	0	0	6	1
Cornell	2	1	1	0	.500	2	3	2	1	2	0	2	3
Dartmouth	7	4	3	0	.571	25	13	11	6	5	0	37	27
Harvard	6	6	0	0	1.000	20	2	10	8	2	0	31	12
Massachusetts Agricultural	7	3	4	0	.429	13	16	7	3	4	0	13	16
MIT	6	1	5	0	.167	6	22	8	1	6	1	8	29
New York State	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Princeton	9	4	5	0	.444	17	21	10	5	5	0	23	24
Rensselaer	4	1	2	1	.375	9	13	4	1	2	1	9	13
Stevens Tech	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Trinity	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Williams	6	4	2	0	.667	22	14	6	4	2	0	22	14
Yale	12	7	5	0	.583	36	26	15	9	6	0	47	36
YMCA College	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Schedule and Results[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 8	at Williams*	Williamstown, Massachusetts	L 1–7	0–1–0
February 12	at Army*	West Point, New York	T 0–0 ^OT	0–1–1
February 19	at Colgate*	Hamilton, New York	L 1–6	0–2–1
February 26	vs. New York State College*	Troy, New York	W 7–0	1–2–1
*Non-conference game.

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References[edit]

^ "Symbols of the Institute". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
^ "1915-1916 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] "1915-1916 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
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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