1896–97 Penn Quakers men's ice hockey season

March 2026 August 2023 color:white; background:#011F5B; a #990000 2px white white Penn Quakers white 1896–97 Penn Quakers logo.svg Penn Quakers men 1–0–0 1–0–0 George Orton West Park Ice Palace 1897–98 Penn Quakers #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1896–97 Penn Quakers men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program. Season thumb|right|300px|Univ. of Penn team in 1896–97, its first season of existence. Top row, from left: Arthur Stackhouse, William Agnew, George Orton, Clinton Decker. Middle row, from left: William Phymister, Horace Gibbons, Miles Gibbons, John Chattin, Stanley Willett. Bottom row, from left: John Gosman, Arthur Moore. After seeing Yale and Johns Hopkins play the first intercollegiate game the year before, George Orton a graduate student from Canada, organized the first ice hockey team for Pennsylvania University.https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/?a=d&d=tdp18961209-01.2.14&e=-12-1897--03-1898--en-20--1--txt-txIN-hockey------ Volume XIII, Number 61 The Daily Pennsylvanian December 9, 1896 February 1, 2020 The Quakers won their first game against Columbia with William Agnew recording the first hat-trick in program history. Pennsylvania's season was hampered by a lack of local facilities, something that Orton would fix the following year when he helped build the first indoor rink in the Philadelphia area, the West Park Ice Palace. Roster yes William Agnew so F yes John Chattin yes Clinton Decker yes Horace Gibbons F yes John Gosman yes Arthur Moore so G yes George Orton George Orton gr F 1873 1 10 CAN Strathroy, Ontario yes C William Phymester D yes Arthur Stackhouse so F yes Stanley Willett D yes https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/?a=d&d=tdp18970301-01&e=-12-1897--03-1898--en-20--1--txt-txIN-hockey------ Volume XIII, Number 108 The Daily Pennsylvanian March 1, 1897 February 1, 2020 Standings PENN Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Penn Quakers #FFFFFF;" | Regular Season February 27 w yes yes no Columbia St. Nicholas Rink New York, New York 5–0 1–0–0 no no References 50em Category:Penn Quakers men's ice hockey seasons Penn Penn Penn