1896–97 Columbia men's ice hockey season

March 2026 August 2023 color:white; background:#99CAEA; a #183863 2px black black Columbia black 1896–97 Columbia Lions wordmark.png 250 Columbia men 2–3–0 0–2–0 2–2–0 0–1–0 Bartow Van Voorhis St. Nicholas Rink 1897–98 Columbia Lions #000000 background:#eeeeee; The 1896–97 Columbia men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program. Columbia University became just the third American university to support an ice hockey team. Season A year after Yale played the first intercollegiate game against Johns Hopkins, Columbia organized their own team and found that it had sufficient interest to support two full teams.Hockey Notes http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs18970105-01.2.29&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- The Columbia Daily Spectator January 5, 1897 January 26, 2020 June 2026 InternetArchiveBot The team played two practice games in December in order to get their feet wet and help the novice players learn the game. Note: Columbia University adopted the Lion as its mascot in 1910.The American College https://archive.org/details/americancollege00usgoog 1910 Higher Education Association 162 Roster yes William Belden jr D yes Elliott F/D yes Harry Gregg so G yes Harold N. Hall so D yes Orleans Longacre Jr. jr F yes Henry Coit Mortimer jr F yes O'Connor F yes Joseph O'Dwyer gr F yes James Pell so F yes Albert W. Putnam sr G yes Bartow Van Voorhis jr F yes C John T. Williams jr D yes Standings COL Schedule and results no |- !colspan=12 style="Columbia Lions #000000;" | Regular Season February 27 l yes no Pennsylvania St. Nicholas Rink New York, New York 0–5 0–1–0 0–1–0 March 16 w yes yes no Naval Reserves St. Nicholas Rink New York, New York 2–0 1–1–0 March 23 w yes yes no Staten Island Cricket Club St. Nicholas Rink New York, New York 1–0 2–1–0 l yes yes no Montclair Athletic Club Clermont Avenue Skating Rink Brooklyn, New York 1–5 2–2–0 March 27 l yes no Yale St. Nicholas Rink New York, New York 2–7 2–3–0 0–2–0 no no References 50em Category:Columbia Lions men's ice hockey seasons Columbia Columbia Columbia