1901–02 RPI men's ice hockey season

The 1901–02 RPI men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program.

1901–02 RPI men's ice hockey season
Conference	Independent
Record
Overall	0–1–0
Conference	0–1–0
Home	0–1–0
Coaches and captains
Captain(s)	Norman Taylor
RPI men's ice hockey seasons  1902–03 »

Season

RPI played its first intercollegiate game against Williams College at a rink just north of Troy, New York.

Note: Rensselaer's athletic teams were unofficially known as 'Cherry and White' until 1921 when the Engineers moniker debuted for the men's basketball team.^[1]

Roster

No.	Nat.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
		Norman Taylor (C)	Senior					Albany, New York

^[2]

Standings

1901–02 Collegiate ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PCT.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Brown	5	2	3	0	.400	13	25		6	2	4	0	14	32
Columbia	4	0	4	0	.000	10	23		8	2	4	2	22	30
Cornell	1	0	1	0	.000	0	5		1	0	1	0	0	5
Harvard	6	3	3	0	.500	24	20		10	7	3	0	46	29
MIT	1	0	1	0	.000	0	5		6	3	2	1	15	14
Princeton	4	2	2	0	.500	11	14		9	5	3	1	29	22
Rensselaer	1	0	1	0	.000	1	4		1	0	1	0	1	4
Yale	7	7	0	0	1.000	45	10		17	11	5	1	75	47

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
January 25	vs. Williams †	Cohoes, New York	L 1–4	0–1–0 (0–1–0)
*Non-conference game.

† It is unclear whether this was an officially sanctioned team from Williams or if it was just made up of students from Williams College.^[3]