# 1898–99 Penn Quakers men's ice hockey season

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. 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. 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. In late December a team composed of current and former Quaker members played Yale, losing 3–4. 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.
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. 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.

## Standings

1898–99 Collegiate ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Intercollegiate | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PCT. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Brown | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 |
| Columbia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | | |
| Harvard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pennsylvania | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Western University of Pennsylvania | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yale | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 |
1898–99 Intercollegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Yale | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Brown | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 |
| Columbia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | | |

## Schedule and results

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record |
| Regular Season |||||
| December 23 | at Yale* | New Haven, Connecticut | L 3–4 | 0–1–0 |
| January 10 | vs. Central High School* | West Park Ice Palace • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | W 12–0 | 1–1–0 |
| January 20 | Brown | West Park Ice Palace • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | W 3–0 | 2–1–0 (1–0–0) |
| January 28 | at Yale | New Haven, Connecticut | L 1–4 | 2–2–0 (1–1–0) |
| February 3 | Columbia | West Park Ice Palace • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | W 3–2 | 3–2–0 (2–1–0) |
| *Non-conference game. |||||