1922–23 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season

1922–23 RPI Engineers
men's ice hockey season
1922–23 RPI Engineers; men's ice hockey season
Conference	Independent
Record
Overall	1–4–0
Home	1–1–0
Road	0–3–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Leroy Clark
Captain(s)	MacKenzie McIntyre
	RPI Engineers men's ice hockey seasons; « 1921–22 1923–24 »

The 1922–23 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season was the 20th season of play for the program. The team was coached by Leroy Clark in his 6th season.

Season

After a terrible season, particularly on the offensive side of the puck, Rensselaer entered its twentieth season looking for a better effort from its ice hockey team. They didn't see much in the way of improvement in the first game against Williams and the team lost 0–3 and managed just a single shot on goal for the entire game.^[1] The second match a week later saw the team take on Middlebury, which was a welcome relief for the beleaguered Engineers. Not only were the Panthers playing their first varsity season, but the team had only been able to practice for a few days ahead of the match. Even with those shortcomings, Middlebury gave RPI a fight and it wasn't until the second half that the Cherry and White got on the scoresheet. Reuther recorded a hat-trick in the match, single-handedly surpassing the team's scoring totals from '22 and gave the Engineers their first win in almost two calendar years.^[2]

Unfortunately, the team didn't have a chance to build upon their win as the next game for the Engineers didn't come for almost 3 weeks. In the interim the Engineers practiced as much as they could so by the time they hit the ice in West Point the team looked bit more composed than they did in January. RPI lost to Army, however, they were playing a squad that had just taken down one of the best teams in the country and the fact that RPI could hold its own was a testament to the team's improvement. Unfortunately, whatever positive signs was shown against the Cadets vanished in the final two games. Rensselaer was hammered by both Amherst and Williams, losing by a combined score of 1–15.^[3]

Even with the embarrassing loses, Rensselaer had shown modest improvement. However, it was not enough for the team's head coach as Leroy Clark stepped down from his post after the season.

Roster

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
		Boileau		RW
		William Cramp		C/LW
		Dureau		LW/RW
		Farquhar		D
		MacKenzie MacIntyre (C)		D
		John Reuther		C/RW
		Robbins		G
		White		RW

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Standings

1922–23 Eastern Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Amherst	9	5	3	1	.611	17	29	9	5	3	1	17	29
Army	11	5	6	0	.455	26	35	14	7	7	0	36	39
Bates	9	6	3	0	.667	34	25	12	8	4	0	56	32
Boston College	5	5	0	0	1.000	30	6	14	12	1	1	53	18
Boston University	7	2	5	0	.286	21	22	8	2	6	0	22	26
Bowdoin	6	3	3	0	.500	18	28	9	5	4	0	37	33
Clarkson	3	2	0	1	.833	15	3	6	3	2	1	30	17
Colby	6	2	4	0	.333	15	21	6	2	4	0	15	21
Columbia	9	0	9	0	.000	14	35	9	0	9	0	14	35
Cornell	6	0	4	2	.167	6	16	6	0	4	2	6	16
Dartmouth	12	10	2	0	.833	49	20	15	13	2	0	67	26
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	4	6	0	–	–
Harvard	10	7	3	0	.700	27	11	12	8	4	0	34	19
Maine	6	2	4	0	.333	16	23	6	2	4	0	16	23
Massachusetts Agricultural	9	3	4	2	.444	13	24	9	3	4	2	13	24
Middlebury	3	0	3	0	.000	1	6	3	0	3	0	1	6
MIT	8	3	5	0	.375	16	52	8	3	5	0	16	52
Pennsylvania	6	0	5	1	.083	8	36	7	1	5	1	11	38
Princeton	15	11	4	0	.733	84	21	19	13	5	1	97	32
Rensselaer	5	1	4	0	.200	6	23	5	1	4	0	6	23
Saint Michael's	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Union	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	2	1	0	–	–
Williams	9	5	3	1	.611	33	17	10	6	3	1	40	17
Yale	13	9	4	0	.692	70	16	15	9	6	0	75	26

Schedule and Results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 13	Williams*	Russell Sage Rink • Troy, New York	L 0–3	0–1–0
January 20	Middlebury*	Russell Sage Rink • Troy, New York	W 3–0	1–1–0
February 10	at Army*	Stuart Rink • West Point, New York	L 2–5	1–2–0
February 17	at Amherst*	Pratt Field Rink • Amherst, Massachusetts	L 1–7	1–3–0
February 24	at Williams*	Weston Field Rink • Williamstown, Massachusetts	L 0–8	1–4–0
*Non-conference game.

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References

^ "Hockey Team Beats R.P.I. in First Game". The Williams Record. January 16, 1923. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
^ "Blue Holds Troy Six to 3-0 Score". The Middlebury Campus. January 24, 1923. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
^ "R.P.I. Hockey Team is Defeated 8 to 0". The Williams Record. February 27, 1923. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
^ "1922-1923 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
^ "Results by Season" (PDF). RPI Engineers. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

[1] "Hockey Team Beats R.P.I. in First Game". The Williams Record. January 16, 1923. Retrieved October 4, 2023.

[2] "Blue Holds Troy Six to 3-0 Score". The Middlebury Campus. January 24, 1923. Retrieved October 4, 2023.

[3] "R.P.I. Hockey Team is Defeated 8 to 0". The Williams Record. February 27, 1923. Retrieved October 4, 2023.

[4] "1922-1923 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

[season-5] "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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