1922–23 Hamilton Continentals men's ice hockey season

1922–23 Hamilton Continentals
men's ice hockey season
1922–23 Hamilton Continentals; men's ice hockey season
Conference	Independent
Home ice	Russell Sage Rink
Record
Overall	4–6–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Albert Prettyman
Captain(s)	Watson Thompson
	Hamilton Continentals men's ice hockey seasons; « 1921–22 1923–24 »

The 1922–23 Hamilton Continentals men's ice hockey season was the 5th season of play for the program. The Continentals represented Hamilton College and were coached by Albert Prettyman in his 5th season.

Season

For the team's fifth season, Hamilton put together a very ambitions schedule of games. After opening with two matches against amateur clubs, the Continentals took on two ivy league teams that were routinely vying for the intercollegiate championship. After a respectable loss to Dartmouth, who would end as the runners-up for the eastern championship, Hamilton travelled to Princeton for their first road game of the year. Captain Thompson scored twice in an otherwise abysmal performance against the Tigers.^[1]

After the dismal loss, the team took time off for the exam break before resume their season in early February. Time off seemed to serve them well as they returned with a triumphant victory over Clarkson. A week later the team defeated a rather poor Columbia outfit before embarking on another arduous stretch of games.^[2]

The Continentals hosted Queen's, the world's oldest college program, in the middle of February. The team did well to score 4 goals against the Canadians but ultimately fell in the match. The next week Hamilton faced off against Boston College, who were undefeated to that point, and Hamilton proved to be just a bump in the road. The Blue and Buff were hardly able to compete with the Eagles, who would go on to claim the intercollegiate championship of the east at season's end. Two days later, the team travelled south to face another perennial powerhouse in Yale and were flattened by the Elis. Hamilton wasn't able to get any traction in the game and had to return home after a 0–8 drubbing.^[3]

The final game of the season came in early March and soft ice prevented the team from using the their home rink effectively. Due to the conditions, the game was limited to four 10-minute periods. Williams, who was much more used to playing on poor ice, had an easier time navigating up and down the rank and managed to limit the Continentals' chances. The only goal from the home team came when the visiting netminder was serving one of his two penalties for dropping to the ice and covering the puck but it was not enough for Hamilton to stave off defeat and end the year with a losing record.^[4]

Henry L. George served as team manager.

Roster

Player	Class	Pos	DoB	Hometown
L. Danforth Bates	Junior	D		Jamaica, New York
Frank W. Marlow	Senior	D	1902-01-23	Syracuse, New York
George A. Marks	Junior	G		Old Forge, New York
Burton S. Price	Senior			New Rochelle, New York
A. Russell Thompson	Sophomore	RW
Watson M. Thompson (C)	Senior	C/LW		Jamaica, New York
Harvey H. Valentine	Sophomore	D/C	1904-10-22	Wading River, New York
Joseph C. Valentine	Sophomore	RW	1902-03-17	Wading River, New York
Gilbert L. Van Vleet	Freshman	D
Harry D. Yates	Sophomore	C/LW	1903-07-21	Buffalo, New York

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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	7	2	5	0	.286	20	35	10	4	6	0	37	54
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
December 16	Nichols Hockey Club*	Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York	W 5–4	1–0–0
January 6	Donnacona Hockey Club*	Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York	W 8–6	2–0–0
January 13	Dartmouth*	Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York	L 2–6	2–1–0
January 20	at Princeton*	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey	L 2–10	2–2–0
February 2	Clarkson*	Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York	W 12–1	3–2–0
February 10	Columbia*	Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York	W 2–1	4–2–0
February 17	Queen's*	Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York	L 4–9	4–3–0
February 22	Boston College*	Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York	L 1–7	4–4–0
February 24	at Yale*	New Haven Arena • New Haven, Connecticut	L 0–8	4–5–0
March 3	Williams*	Russell Sage Rink • Clinton, New York	L 1–2	4–6–0
*Non-conference game.

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References

^ "HAMILTON STICKMEN FALL BEFORE PRINCETON SEXTET". The Princeton Daily. January 22, 1923. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
^ "LION ICE TEAM BOWS TO HAMILTON SEXTET". The Columbia Spectator. February 12, 1923. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
^ "HAMILTON HOCKEY TEAM DEFEATED IN 8-0 CONTEST". Yale Daily News. February 26, 1923. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
^ "Purple Skaters Gain Even Break". The Williams Record. March 6, 1923. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Hamilton College - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Clinton, NY) - Class of 1924". E-Yearbook. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

[1] "HAMILTON STICKMEN FALL BEFORE PRINCETON SEXTET". The Princeton Daily. January 22, 1923. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

[2] "LION ICE TEAM BOWS TO HAMILTON SEXTET". The Columbia Spectator. February 12, 1923. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

[3] "HAMILTON HOCKEY TEAM DEFEATED IN 8-0 CONTEST". Yale Daily News. February 26, 1923. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

[4] "Purple Skaters Gain Even Break". The Williams Record. March 6, 1923. Retrieved June 22, 2023.

[yearbook-5] "Hamilton College - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Clinton, NY) - Class of 1924". E-Yearbook. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

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v t e Hamilton Continentals men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Russell Sage Rink (1921–present)
Head coaches	Albert Prettyman (1918–1943) Roswell Rudd (1946–1948) Gregory Batt (1948–1984) Phil Grady (1984–2008) Norm Bazin (2008–2011) Rob Haberbusch (2011–present)
Seasons	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 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 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	ECAC Hockey (1961–1964) ECAC 2 (1964–1984) ECAC West (1984–1992) ECAC East (1992–1999) NESCAC (1999–present)
All-time leaders	Mike Marta (209 Points) Mike Marta (119 Goals)
NCAA Tournament appearances	2017
Sid Watson winners	Evan Buitenhuis
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