John Haeussler writes:
 
>I have seen multiple sources state that the first hockey game
>between to US colleges was Yale's 2-1 victory over Johns
>Hopkins in Baltimore on February 14, 1896.  However, the
>following appeared in a 100th anniversary article ("A Century
>On The Ice") in THE NCAA NEWS (February 12, 1996):
 
>(begin quoted material)
>It is believed that the first game of ice hockey played between
>U.S. colleges took place February 1, 1896, when Yale traveled
>to Baltimore to play Johns Hopkins University.  The two schools
>played to a 2-2 draw at the North Avenue Rink, now a parking lot.
>(end quoted material)
 
According to the American Hockey Coaches Association, the Yale/Hopkins
game took place on Feb. 14. The AHCA's source is a Feb. 18, 1896 article
from the Yale Alumni Weekly.
 
Geoff Howell
Drop the Puck Magazine
 
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