1898–99 Penn Quakers men's ice hockey season

March 2026 August 2023 color:white; background:#011F5B; a #990000 2px white white Penn Quakers white 1898–99 Penn Quakers logo.svg Penn Quakers men Intercollegiate Hockey Association IHA 2nd 4–2–0 2–1–0 4–0–0 0–2–0 William Wallace West Park Ice Palace 1897–98 1900–01 Penn Quakers #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1898–99 Penn Quakers men's ice hockey season was the 3rd season of play for the program. Season Penn was to open its season in mid-December against the Quaker City Hockey Club, an organization captained by program founder George Orton, but the school's athletic department refused to allow the team to play.https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/?a=d&d=tdp18981217-01&e=-12-1897--03-1898--en-20--1--txt-txIN-hockey------ Volume XV, Number 67 The Daily Pennsylvanian December 17, 1898 February 1, 2020 shortly afterwards the university opted to officially recognize the team for the first time. With this official approval also came the insistence that Penn join the Intercollegiate Hockey Association and play against the likes of Yale and Brown.https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/?a=d&d=tdp18981222-01.2.16&e=-12-1897--03-1898--en-20--1--txt-txIN-hockey------ Volume XV, Number 71 The Daily Pennsylvanian December 22, 1898 February 1, 2020 While those plans were being ironed out the Philadelphia Hockey League, of which Penn was still a member, replaced Haverford College with Central High School and arranged inter-squad games between each of the four clubs.https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/?a=d&d=tdp18981222-01.2.6&e=-12-1897--03-1898--en-20--1--txt-txIN-hockey------ Volume XV, Number 71 The Daily Pennsylvanian December 21, 1898 February 1, 2020 In late December a team composed of current and former Quaker members played Yale, losing 3–4.https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/?a=d&d=tdp18990103-01.2.6&e=-12-1897--03-1898--en-20--1--txt-txIN-hockey------ Volume XV, Number 73 The Daily Pennsylvanian January 3, 1899 February 1, 2020 The game had been arranged earlier but as many Quaker players had returned home for the holidays the team needed to use graduates as replacements. When the team finally played its first official game on January 10 they opened with a bang, defeating Central High School 12–0. The Quakers played well through several games but after the managers of the West Park Ice Palace failed to carry through on an agreement for a benefit night the school refused to use the rink for the remainder of the season.https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/?a=d&d=tdp18990223-01.2.4&e=-12-1897--03-1898--en-20--1--txt-txIN-hockey------ Volume XV, Number 103 The Daily Pennsylvanian February 23, 1899 February 1, 2020 The team did not have a head coach but Benjamin Parish served as team manager. In December of the following year the Athletic department released the figures for all of the athletic programs the university supported.https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/?a=d&d=tdp18991212-01.2.7&e=-12-1897--03-1898--en-20--1--txt-txIN-hockey------ Volume XVI, Number 61 The Daily Pennsylvanian December 12, 1899 February 1, 2020 They did this due to the $12,000 deficit the school had incurred from all programs over the previous fiscal year. The ice hockey team cost the school $210 to support, seventh out of ten programs, but the team had brought in just $38 in gate receipts. With the debt from the school's athletic department mounting, combined with the closing of the West Park Ice Palace, the ice hockey team was suspended as a luxury that it could not afford. Roster yes William Agnew sr RW yes Cross jr D yes Laing jr C yes Long sr LW yes Arthur Moore sr G yes Arthur Stackhouse sr D yes William E. Wallace jr R yes C https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/?a=d&d=tdp18980114-01.2.6&e=-12-1897--03-1898--en-20--1--txt-txIN-hockey------ Volume XIV, Number 85 The Daily Pennsylvanian January 14, 1898 February 1, 2020 Standings PENN PENN Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Penn Quakers #FFFFFF;" | Regular Season December 23 l yes yes no Yale New Haven, Connecticut 3–4 0–1–0 January 10 w yes yes no Central High School West Park Ice Palace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12–0 1–1–0 January 20 w no Brown West Park Ice Palace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3–0 2–1–0 1–0–0 January 28 l yes no Yale New Haven, Connecticut 1–4 2–2–0 1–1–0 February 3 w no Columbia West Park Ice Palace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3–2 3–2–0 2–1–0 February 10 w yes no All-Scholastic Hockey Team February 11, 1899 Close Hockey Game Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4 West Park Ice Palace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2–1 4–2–0 2–1–0 no no References 50em Category:Penn Quakers men's ice hockey seasons Penn Penn Penn