Skating Engineers: Hockey at Rpi (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738536927)

Hockey at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) began on a frozen pond in Cohoes in 1902 and has twice reached the pinnacle of the collegiate game. Along the way, championship performances and awe-inspiring play have made hockey at RPI an institution. Starting with the nearly forgotten early years and continuing to the present, Skating Engineers: Hockey at RPI follows the course of the sport at Rensselaer, which emerged as a powerhouse a few short years after the program was resurrected following World War II. Highlights include the legendary coach Ned Harkness, who led an underdog team to the national title in 1954; the high-scoring early-1960s teams that returned to the national stage; the powerful mid-1980s squad that won the championship again; and the modern era, in which the women skate on the same historic field house ice as the men.

Author: Kurt Stutt
ISBN-10: 073853692X
ISBN-13: 9780738536927
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 01/19/2005
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.66w x 0.37d