1897–98 American ice hockey season

This was the 1897-98 American ice hockey season:
==Baltimore, Maryland==
Five teams competed in the Baltimore Hockey League during the 1897-98 season - Johns Hopkins University, Maryland Athletic Club, University of Maryland, Northampton Hockey Club, and the Walbrook Athletic Club (who won a qualification series to earn the right to compete in the league). 
On December 31, 1897, the Maryland Hockey Club defeated Yale University 3-2 at the North Avenue Ice Palace. According to The Baltimore Sun, it was “the greatest game of hockey ever seen in Baltimore, the most exciting and the most desperately contested… There have been more scientific games played at the rink, when the crack Canadian teams were there last year, but those were exhibition games, well played, but lacking the desperate earnestness that characterized the game last night. Another striking feature of last night was the intense earnestness with which the big crowd ‘rooted’ for the home team.” 
The next day, Yale defeated a combination team composed of Johns Hopkins defensemen and University of Maryland forwards by the score of 2-0. On January 7, the Montclair Athletic Club of New Jersey traveled to Baltimore and beat the Maryland Hockey Club 2-1. Two days later, Montclair lost 2-1 to the Northamptons. 
On January 21, the Maryland Hockey Club thrashed Princeton University 13-0. The New York Hockey Club defeated the Maryland Hockey Club 2-0 on February 4. The Maryland Hockey Club and Yale met two more times on February 21 and 22, 1898. They split the games, each side winning one by 2-1 scores. 
Some of the last competitive ice hockey games at the North Avenue rink were Baltimore Hockey League matches held on March 10, 1898, between Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland, and a second game between Walbrook and the Maryland Athletic Club. Hopkins and University tied 0-0 and Walbrook defeated the Athletic Club 2–0. The league decided to not replay the tie and the championship was awarded to the University of Maryland. 
On March 11 and 12, the New York Hockey Club traveled to Baltimore to play exhibition games against "All-Baltimore" teams comprised of players from teams in the Baltimore League.
;1897-98 Game Results
*December 17: Maryland Hockey Club - University of Pennsylvania 4:1
*December 18: University of Pennsylvania - University of Maryland 6:3
*December 24: Druid Athletic Club - Baltimore City College 4:0
*December 31: Maryland Hockey Club - Yale University 3:2 (0:2, 3:0)
MHC roster: Cochran (G), Harrison (P), Focke (CP), Bisnaw (R), Corning (LF), Peterson (CF), Simmonds (RF). Yale roster: Morris (G), Corbin (P), Hall (CP), Chace (R), Matteson (LF), Barnett (CF), Hunt (RF). Goals: Simmonds, Peterson, Bisnaw - Hunt, Barnett. Official: Mr. Perry. 
*January 1: Yale University - Johns Hopkins/University of Maryland 2:0 (2:0, 0:0)
Yale roster: Morris (G), Corbin (P), Hall (CP), Chace (R), Matteson (LF), Barnett (CF), Ryder (RF). JHU/UM roster: Schall (G), Mitchell (P), M. Whitehurst (CP), McInnes (R), Kennard (LF), H. Whitehurst (CF), Pond (RF). Goals: Hall, Chace. Official: C. Corning
*January 7: Montclair Athletic Club - Maryland Hockey Club 3:2
MAC roster: Jacobus (G), Williams (P), Ewing (CP), Kennedy (R), Koehler (LF), Hornfeck (RF), E. Parmley, Jr. (CF). MHC roster: Cochran (G), Harrison (P), Focke (CP), Clark (R), Corning (LF), Simmons (RF), Bisnaw (CF).
*January 7: Northampton Hockey Club - Montclair Athletic Club 3:2 OT
*January 8: Northampton Hockey Club - Montclair Athletic Club 2:1
*January 14: Maryland Hockey Club - Quaker City Hockey Club 3:3 - Quakers protested a goal, claimed they won 3-2
*January 15: Quaker City Hockey Club - Northampton Hockey Club 4:1
*January 21: Maryland Hockey Club - Princeton University 13:0 (4:0, 9:0)
MHC roster: Cochran (G), Harrison (P), Focke (CP), Clarke (R), A. Corning (LF), Simmonds (RF), Peterson (CF). Princeton roster: Spurgin (G), Ayers (P), Robb (CP), Miserole (R), Vanderpool (LF), Tilford (RF), Edwards (CF). Goals: Peterson (7), Simmonds (2), Corning (4). Officials: Greshan, Poe. 
*January 22: University of Maryland - Princeton University 1:0
*January 29: New York St. Nicholas - Maryland Hockey Club 3:2
*February 4: New York Hockey Club - Maryland Hockey Club 2:0 (0:0, 2:0)
NYHC roster: O’Donnell (G), Curren (P), B. Philips (CP), S. Phillips (R), De Casanova (RF), Russell (LF), Hunt (CF). MHC roster: Cochran (G), Harrison (P), Focke (CP), Clarke (R), Simmonds (RF), Corning (LF), Peterson (CF). Goals: De Casanova, S. Philips. Official: Harry Krebs. 
*February 11: Maryland Hockey Club - University of Pennsylvania 2:1
*February 12: University of Pennsylvania - Maryland Athletic Club 2:2 - Maryland refused to play OT, so referee awarded game to Penn 
*February 19: Maryland Hockey Club - Montclair Athletic Club 2:2
*February 21: Yale University - Maryland Hockey Club 2:1
*February 22: Maryland Hockey Club - Yale University 2:1 (1:0, 1:1)
MHC roster: Cochran (G), Harrison (P), Focke (CP), Bisnaw (R), Corning (LF), Peterson (CF), Clarke (RF). Yale roster: Smith (G), Stoddart (P), Walworth (CP), Hall (R), Barnett (LF), Palmer (CF), Cox (RF). Goals: Peterson (2) - Hall. Official: Krebs. 
*March 4: Baltimore All-Star Team - Princeton University 5:1
*March 5: Baltimore All-Star Team - Princeton University 6:1
*March 11: New York Hockey Club - Baltimore All-Star Team 1:0
*March 12: New York Hockey Club - Baltimore All-Star Team 1:0
;Baltimore Hockey League - Qualifying Round results
*November 24: Druid Athletic Club - Baltimore City College 4:0
*November 24: Baltimore Medical College - College of Dental Surgery 3:0
*November 24: Walbrook Athletic Club - Madison Athletic Club 1:0 
*November 30: Baltimore Medical College - Druid Athletic Club 1:0 - Druid protested the goal
*November 30: Walbrook Athletic Club - Broadway Athletic Club 1:0
*December 3: Walbrook Athletic Club - Baltimore Medical College 7:0
Walbrook earned entry into the Baltimore Hockey League. 
;Baltimore Hockey League results
*December 14: Northampton Hockey Club - Johns Hopkins University 4:2
*December 16: University of Maryland - Walbrook Athletic Club 2:1 OT
*December 21: Johns Hopkins University - Walbrook Athletic Club 3:1
*December 23: University of Maryland - Maryland Athletic Club 6:1
*December 28: Northampton Hockey Club - Maryland Athletic Club 3:2
*December 30: Maryland Athletic Club - Walbrook Athletic Club 4:0
*January 4: Johns Hopkins University - Walbrook Athletic Club 2:0 
JHU roster: Schall, Mitchell, Hodges, Williams, Fitzgerald, Corey, McInnes. Walbrook roster: Klipper, Wilson, D. Moore, Willett, Barrett, Purnell, P. Moore. Goals: McInnes, Hodges. Official: George Hicks 
*January 6: University of Maryland - Northampton Hockey Club 4:3 (2:2, 2:1)
UM roster: Denmead, Hicks, Sumner, M. Whitehurst, Pond, Kennard, H. Whitehurst. NH roster: Jenkins, Whitehurst, Rothstein, Wagner, Hall, Poe, Bailey. Goals: Pond, M. Whitehurst, H. Whitehurst (2) - Hall, Poe (2). Official: Mr. Perry. 
*January 11: Northampton Hockey Club - Maryland Athletic Club 3:0
*January 13: Johns Hopkins University - Maryland Athletic Club 5:5 OT
*January 17: Johns Hopkins University - Maryland Athletic Club 1:0 OT - replay of 1/13 tie
*January 18: Walbrook Athletic Club - Northampton Hockey Club 3:1 (2:1, 1:0) 
Walbrook roster: Klipper, C. Moore, Barrett, Willett, Purnell, Grurad, Moore. Northampton roster: Jenkins, W. Whitehurst, Rothstein, Wagner, Hall, Poe. Bailey. Goals: Purnell, Moore (2) - Poe. Official: W.W. Williams. 
*January 20: University of Maryland - Walbrook Athletic Club 4:0
*January 25: Northampton Hockey Club - University of Maryland 3:1
*January 28: Maryland Athletic Club - Johns Hopkins University 1:0
*February 1: University of Maryland - Johns Hopkins University 2:0
*February 3: Walbrook Athletic Club - Northampton Hockey Club 2:1
*February 8: Johns Hopkins University - Walbrook Athletic Club 2:2 OT
*February 14: Johns Hopkins University - Walbrook Athletic Club 1:1 2OT - replay of 2/8 tie
*February 17: Northampton Hockey Club - Johns Hopkins University 2:1 OT
*February 25: University of Maryland - Johns Hopkins University 6:0 (4:0, 2:0) 
UM roster: Winslow, Denmead, Sumner, M. Whitehurst, Hicks, Pond, H. Whitehurst. JHU roster: Madden, White, Williams, McInnes, Carey, Baetjer, Abercrombie. Goals: Pond (4), M. Whitehurst, Sumner. Official: Penniman. 
*March 1: Johns Hopkins University - Maryland Athletic Club 1:0 
*March 3: Northampton Hockey Club - University of Maryland 3:0
*March 7: University of Maryland - Walbrook Athletic Club 4:0
*March 7: Northampton Hockey Club - Johns Hopkins University 1:0 OT
*March 8: Northampton Hockey Club - Walbrook Athletic Club 4:0
*March 8: University of Maryland - Maryland Athletic Club 4:0
*March 9: Northampton Hockey Club - Maryland Athletic Club 2:0
*March 9: Johns Hopkins University - Walbrook Athletic Club 1:0
*March 10: Johns Hopkins University - University of Maryland 0:0
*March 10: Walbrook Athletic Club - Maryland Athletic Club 2:0
==Chicago, Illinois==
The players of the Wanderer's Cricket Club took the initiative in the formation of a hockey league in Chicago, organizing a meeting with representatives from the Kenwood and Saddle and Cycle clubs. It was later reported that the Kenwoods, Eaglewoods, Chicagos and Wanderers were planning to compete.Chicago Tribune, 1897-12-24
There were talks of a Winnipeg team visiting Chicago this winter. The Berlin Hockey Club of Ontario also considered a trip to the Windy City.
;1897-98 Game Results
*January 1: Wanderers - Englewoods 5:5
Wanderers roster: Warriner (goal), Fenwick (cover point), Dale, Wonham, Davis, ? (forwards). Englewoods roster: Emerson (goal), Bryan (cover point), Whiting, Jeffrey, Miller, Waller (forwards).
*January 5: Wanderers - Englewoods
==Cleveland, Ohio==
In late December, it was said that there were plans for hockey to be played and a league formed in Cleveland for the 1897-98 season. 50 players had signified their intention of playing, and several of the players proposed that a league be created. A meeting to elect officers for the season was set to be held on December 21. Everyone interested in hockey was invited to attend.Plain Dealer, 1897-12-19
On January 6, 1898, it was reported that the Wellington Hockey Club was eager to meet other hockey teams in Cleveland in a friendly game, to be played under Ontario Hockey Association rules. The club was headquartered at the rink located at the corner of Kennard street and Cedar avenue. Their roster was as follows: H. Powell (goal), H.W. Bell (point), B. O'Connor (cover point), D.L. Dow, Art Jackson, L. Marshall, T.J. Walsh (forwards); J. Jackson, L. Le Blond (spares).Cleveland Leader, 1898-01-06 The club held a meeting on January 15, with all interested in the game welcome.Cleveland Leader, 1898-01-15 On February 6, the Wellington Hockey Club challenged the West Side Hockey Club, captained by Mr. Anderson, to a series of games for the championship of the city.Plain Dealer, 1898-02-06
No actual games are recorded to have been played.
==Colorado==
The Leadville Hockey Club defeated the Denver Athletic Club on February 5, 1898. It was the first game Leadville played against an outside team.Denver Rocky Mountain News, 1898-02-06
;1897-98 Game Results
*1/20: Leadville Hockey Club Maroons - Leadville Hockey Club Yellows 5:2
Maroons roster: Leonard (left center), Harris (left wing), Coleman (right center), Keith (right wing), Macnutt (cover point), A. Harvey (point), Moore (goal). Yellows roster: Robinson (left center), W. Harvey (left wing), J. Harvey (right center), Sullivan (right wing), Riggs (cover point), Gillis (point), Bloss (goal).
*2/5: Leadville Hockey Club - Denver Athletic Club 7:1 @ Leadville
*2/24: Leadville Hockey Club Yellows - Leadville Hockey Club Maroons 2:1
*3/3: Leadville Hockey Club Maroons - Leadville Hockey Club Yellows 1:1 
*3/31: Leadville Hockey Club Yellows - Leadville Hockey Club Maroons 8:1 
*4/7: Leadville Hockey Club Maroons - Leadville Hockey Club Yellows 1:1
==Massachusetts==
Ice polo remained the most popular sport in Massachusetts in 1897-98. Five teams competed in the Interscholastic League: English High, Melrose High, Somerville High, Roxbury High, and Cambridge High and Latin. The Suburban League consisted of six teams: Melrose High, Everett High, Lynn High, Winchester High, Malden High, and Medford High.
The Massachusetts Ice Polo League was once again organized, with the Newtowne Club (formerly Felton AA), Falmouth AA, Dorchester, Roxbury, Oxford, Waltham, Melrose, Wakefield, Stoneham, and Newton AA competing. The Newtowne team was reported to have won the championship. Many of the scheduled games were postponed or cancelled altogether. 
The Newtowne team planned to go on a tour, on which they intended to visit New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, but it did not come off. 
;1897-98 ice polo results
*December 23: Boston College - Franklins 3:2
*December 23: Dorchester - Picked Team 4:4
*December 24: Norfolks - Roxbury Latin 7:3
*December 24: Picked Team - Roxbury Combination 6:3
*December 25: Elm Hills - Winonas 5:2
*December 25: Picked Team - Franklins 5:3
*December 28: Dorchester - Norfolk 1:1
*December 28: Norfolk - Cambridge 6:5
*December 28: Harvard University - Dorchester 8:3
*December 28: Boston Latin School - Dorchester High 6:5
*December 28: Melrose - Roxbury Combination 10:2
*December 28: Somerville High - Franklins 9:2
*December 29: Cambridge - Oxford 8:2
*December 29: Dorchester - Norfolk 1:1
*December 29: Norfolk - Dorchester 6:5
*January 3: Mechanic Arts High - Boston Latin 2:0
*January 3: Dorchester High - Ashmont 3:2
*January 4: Dorchester - Norfolk 2:1
*January 4: Boston Latin - Belvidere 3:1
*January 4: Cambridge Picked Team - Arlington High 2:1 
*January 4: English High - Roxbury Latin 4:0 
*January 5: Dorchester High - Roxbury High 4:0 
*January 5: Woburn High - Boston Latin 2:1
*January 5: Belvidere - Suffolks 4:2
*January 5: Brookfords - Brunswick 6:0 
*January 6: Arlington High - Winchester High 2:0
*January 6: Boston Latin - Roxbury Latin 2:1
*January 6: Dorchester - Picked Team 5:4
*January 10: Dorchester High - Boston Latin 2:2
*January 10: English High - Franklins 3:2
*January 10: Somerville High - Arlington High 7:0
*January 10: Dorchester - Norfolk 4:3
*January 10: Dorchester Edsons - Picked Team 7:0 
*January 11: Boston College - Jamaica AA 3:1
*January 11: Dorchester - Roxbury/Cambridge Combination 3:2
*January 11: Falmouth AA - Harvard Scrub 5:3
*January 11: Cambridge High and Latin - Roxbury Latin 5:2
*January 11: Melrose High - English High 9:1
*January 11: Roxbury Warrens - Mechanic Arts High 5:3
*January 14: Cambridge High and Latin - English High 8:1
*January 14: Somerville Picked Team - Norfolk 2:1
*January 14: Salem High - Dorchester High 1:0 
*January 14: Winchester High - Stoneham High 2:1
*January 17: Stoneham - Somerville High 7:5
*January 18: Cambridge Manual High - English High 2:1
*January 18: Boston College - Dorchester 4:3 2OT - Dorchester committed three fouls, giving BC the win
*January 18: Mechanic Arts High - Dorchester High 2:0 (Interprepatory League)
*January 18: Melrose High - Roxbury Latin 7:1
*January 18: West Roxbury AA - Dedham High 1:0 
*January 19: Cambridge High and Latin - Somerville High 4:3
*January 19: Boston College - Oxford 1:1
*January 19: Mechanic Arts High - Woburn High 1:0
*January 19: Dorchester - English High 4:2
*January 19: Malden High - Medford High 1:1
*January 19: Melrose High - Winchester High 3:0 
*January 25: Boston College - Picked Team 8:1
*January 25: Boston College - Norfolks 5:2
*January 25: Arlington High - Dorchester High 3:1 (Interprepatory League)
*January 25: Melrose High - Cambridge High and Latin 6:5
*January 25: Roxbury Latin - Harrison Square 5:1
*January 25: Belvidere - Picked Team 4:3
*January 27: Waltham High - Dorchester High 2:1
*January 27: Mechanic Arts High - Roxbury-Dorchester Combination 7:2
*January 27: Belvidere - Elm Hills 5:2
*January 27: Wedgemere - Woburn 3:2
*January 28: Mechanic Arts High - Bristol 5:4
*January 28: Dorchester High - Norfolk 8:2
*January 28: West Roxbury High - Dedham High 1:0
*January 28: Boston College - Dorchester Picked Team 11:5
*January 29: Boston College - Woburn High 2:2
*January 29: Dorchester High - Salem High 2:1
*January 29: Bristol - Norfolk 6:2
*January 29: Belvidere - Monadnocks 6:1
*January 29: Waltham High - Mechanic Arts High 3:2 (Interprepatory League) 
*January 29: Dorchester High II - Ashmont 5:4
*January 29: West Roxbury AA - Jog-Along Cycle Club 1:0
;Massachusetts Ice Polo League
*January 3: Stoneham - Dorchester 2:0
*January 4: Newtowne - Falmouth AA 11:0 
*January 4: Dorchester - Roxbury 5:0
*January 5: Newtowne - Roxbury - Roxbury failed to appear and forfeited
*January 5: Newtowne - Dorchester 10:0
*January 6: Newtowne - Oxford 5:0 
*January 17: Newtowne - Melrose 3:0 
*January 17: Oxford - Dorchester 2:1
*January 18: Melrose - Stoneham 15:0 
*January 22: Newtowne - Stoneham 5:1
*January 25: Melrose - Oxford 5:1
==Michigan==
Although some ice polo had previously been played, the first hockey game to take place in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula was on December 29, 1897, when the Reds and Whites from Dollar Bay played a game at the Skating Pavilion in Calumet. The game ended in a draw, neither team registering a goal. It was also reported that attempts were being made to organize a hockey team at Portage Lake.The Calumet News, 1897-12-30 A team was soon put together by some of the Mining School boys, and the Smelting Works also organized a club.The Calumet News, 1898-01-13
On January 5, 1898, Dollar Bay beat Woodside 1-0 at Lake Linden.Marquette Daily Mining Journal, 1898-01-07 On January 7, the two Dollar Bay clubs played in Ripley, an unincorporated community close to Houghton. According to the Daily Mining Gazette, “The game of hockey was introduced into Houghton last Friday evening [Jan. 7] by a game between two teams from Dollar Bay...the conditions were rather unfavorable, the ice being soft and the light dim in places. Then the posts down the center of the rink bothered the players considerable, but as the place was not built for the game it couldn't be helped…”Daily Mining Gazette, 1898-01-13
The teams were as follows: White Team - L. Fissette (Goal), N. Rogers (Point), B. Kitto (Cover Point), H. Rosberg (Center), S. McGrath (CF), G. Williams (RW), E. Yates (LW). Red Team - B. Wagner (Goal), A. Penberthy (Point), F. Fernette (Cover Point), W. Middlemiss (Center), M. McGrath (CF), T. Glendening (RW), H. Yates (LW).
The rink in Ripley was known as “The Palace”, and was the first covered facility in the area. 
It was reported that the crack hockey team of Marquette was considering a visit to the copper country and wanted to arrange games with various towns in the district.The Calumet News, 1898-01-11 The Laurium hockey team was eager to arrange games with outside teams.The Calumet News, 1898-01-26 The Dollar Bay club was reorganized in late January.
On February 5, the Dollar Bay and Marquette hockey teams were slated to play a game at the Palace ice rink in Dollar Bay. Two games wound up being played on this day, the second at the Mammoth ice rink at Lake Linden, and Dollar Bay won both handily (by scores of 5-0 and 2-0), thoroughly outplaying the Marquette team.The Calumet News, 1898-02-07 On February 14, Dollar Bay defeated Lake Linden 7-3.Marquette Daily Mining Journal, 1898-02-16 The Laurium hockey team traveled to play Dollar Bay on February 23, and were defeated, 10-2.Marquette Daily Mining Journal, 1898-02-25
The Dollar Bay hockey club defeated the Lake Linden team at the Mammoth ice rink on March 5.The Calumet News, 1898-03-08 On March 16, the Dollar Bay team beat the Laurium Superiors at the Superior rink.The Calumet News, 1898-03-18
The Detroit College of Medicine competed in the 1898 Peninsular Hockey League. They beat the Windsor (Ontario) Hockey Club 5-3 on February 1 and 6-0 on February 19 at the Windsor Curling Rink to win the championship. 
;1897-98 Game Results
*January 24: Detroit College of Medicine - Detroit Railway Skating Park
*February 26: Berlin Hockey Club - Detroit College of Medicine 18:9 @ Berlin, ON
==Minnesota==
Both ice hockey and ice polo were played in Minnesota this winter. The St. Paul Hockey Club planned to go on a tour of the Eastern United States, with stops in New York, Brooklyn, Washington, and Philadelphia. The trip ended up being cancelled by the team president, Richard Neely, as the club had been unable to practice much and had struggled to gather enough players to make the journey. The itinerary was set to be as follows: Play the Washington Hockey Club in Washington on January 20, before playing in Philadelphia on the 21st, and then heading to New York to play the New York Athletic Club, and the Brooklyn Crescents. 
A picked St. Cloud hockey team was set to play St. Paul on February 22. 
;1897-98 Ice Hockey Game Results
*January 24: Stephen - Hallock 7:6 @ Stephen - Hallock team was said to be the "champions of the Red River Valley"
*February 7: Omegas - Alphas 4:3 @ St. Germain street rink, St. Cloud - first hockey game played in St. Cloud
*February 23: St. Paul Hockey Club - St. Cloud Normals 6:0 @ St. Cloud
;1897-98 Ice Polo Game Results
The St. Paul Summits and Twin City played a series of polo games. On January 15, it was reported that the Summits had won two of the three games played thus far, and that a fourth game was scheduled for the next day. The Minnehahas (formerly the Mascots) and the Northern Pacifics were also active this winter. 
*January 27: Endions - Mercuries 4:1 @ Duluth
*February 6: Twin City - St. Paul Minnehahas 1:0 @ Como
*February 6: St. Paul Summits - Twin City 3:1 @ Como 
*February 10: Endions - Mercuries @ Duluth
The Duluth Zeniths and St. Paul Northern Pacifics were set to play a three game series for the Minnesota State Ice Polo Championship in Duluth on January 21 and 22, but the Northern Pacifics failed to appear for the games. The Zeniths claimed that the Northern Pacifics had thus forfeited the series, and laid claim to the State title.
==New York==
See: 1897-98 AAHL season
The second season of the American Amateur Hockey League took place during the 1897-98 season. The Montclair Athletic Club from New Jersey joined the league, replacing the Brooklyn Crescents. The new York Athletic Club won the title, beating New York St. Nicholas 2-1 in a tiebreaker game on March 26, 1898. The New York State Interscholastic Hockey League was also organized again.
On January 7, the Brooklyn Skating Club defeated an aggregation of hockey players who designated themselves as the “Yale Hockey Team” by the score of 4-1 at the Clermont Avenue Rink. 
The Welland Hockey Club of Ontario wanted to play the Buffalo Olympics in Buffalo this winter. There wasn't much hockey played in the city in 1898, with no records of local games being found.
A competition known as the American Intercollegiate Hockey Association was played between Brown, Columbia, and Yale, at the Clermont Avenue Rink in Brooklyn. The teams competed for a trophy offered by Mr. Ireland of the Brooklyn Skating Club. Yale defeated Columbia 4-1 in the decisive match to earn the trophy. 
Both the Montreal Shamrocks and the Montreal Victorias played games in New York this winter.
;1897-98 Game Results
*December 4: New York St. Nicholas - Columbia University 4:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*December 10: New York Hockey Club - New Jersey Athletic Club 5:0 @ Ice Palace Rink
*December 17: Brooklyn Skating Club - New Jersey Athletic Club 4:1 @ Ice Palace Rink
*December 17: St. Paul's Alumni (NH) - St. Paul's School (NH) 6:2 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*December 23: New York Hockey Club - US 1st Naval Reserves 1:0 @ Ice Palace Rink
*January 1: Niagara Falls Hockey Club - Buffalo Olympics 15:1 @ Niagara Falls, ON
*January 2: New York St. Nicholas - Columbia University 3:0
*January 5: Columbia University - New Jersey Athletic Club 4:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*January 7: Brooklyn Skating Club - Yale Hockey Team 4:1 (0:0, 4:1) @ Clermont Rink
*January 7: New York Hockey Club II - Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club 5:1
*January 8: New York St. Nicholas - Yale University 6:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*January 8: Columbia University - US 1st Naval Reserves 2:0
*January 11: Montclair Athletic Club - Columbia University 3:2 @ Clermont Rink
*January 12: Columbia University - New York Athletic Club II 5:4
*January 15: New York St. Nicholas - US First Naval Battalion 5:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*January 18: New York Hockey Club II - Columbia University 2:0 @ Ice Palace Rink
*January 18: Brooklyn Skating Club II - New York St. Nicholas II 3:1 @ Clermont Rink
*January 20: Yale University - New Jersey Athletic Club 1:0 @ Clermont Rink
*January 22: Brooklyn Skating Club - Princeton University 2:0 @ Clermont Rink
*January 27: Brooklyn Skating Club - Yale University 5:1 @ Clermont Rink
*January 27: US 1st Naval Reserves - Stevens Institute 4:0 @ Ice Palace Rink
*January 29: Brown University - Yale University 1:0 @ Clermont Rink
*January 29: New York Athletic Club - Columbia University 6:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*February 1: Columbia University - New York St. Nicholas II 3:1
*February 2: Columbia University - US 1st Naval Reserves 3:0
*February 2: Malone Hockey Club - Pontiac Hockey Club 0:0 @ Saranac Lake
*February 5: Yale University - Columbia University 4:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*February 5: Staten Island Cricket Club - Brooklyn Skating Club II 2:1 @ Clermont Rink
*February 10: New Jersey Athletic Club - Stevens Institute 5:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*February 14: Montreal Shamrocks - New York Hockey Club 2:1 @ Ice Palace Rink
*February 14: Brooklyn Skating Club - US 1st Naval Reserves 6:0 @ Clermont Rink
*February 16: New York Hockey Club - Montreal Shamrocks 1:0 @ Ice Palace Rink
*February 17: New York Hockey Club - Montreal Shamrocks 1:0 @ Ice Palace Rink
*February 17: Montclair Athletic Club - US 1st Naval Reserves 2:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*February 18: University of Pennsylvania - Johns Hopkins University 2:1 @ Ice Palace Rink
*February 18: New York St. Nicholas - US 1st Naval Reserves 6:2 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*February 19: Montreal Shamrocks - Brooklyn Skating Club 4:3 @ Clermont Rink
*February 19: New York Athletic Club - Brown University 8:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*February 24: New Jersey Athletic Club - Richmond Borough Hockey Club 4:0 @ Clermont Rink
*February 25: New York Hockey Club II - Brooklyn Skating Club II 2:0 @ Clermont Rink
*February 26: Columbia University - New Jersey Athletic Club 3:3 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*March 2: New York Athletic Club - US 1st Naval Reserves 3:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*March 3: New Jersey Athletic Club - Staten Island Cricket Club 4:0 @ Clermont Rink
*March 4: Montreal Victorias - New York Athletic Club 6:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*March 5: Montreal Victorias - New York St. Nicholas 8:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
;New York State Interscholastic Hockey League results
*February 16: Dreisler School - Sachs School 2:1 @ Ice Palace Rink
*February 19: Cutler School - Columbia Grammar School 2:0 @ Ice Palace Rink
*February 22: De La Salle Institute - Berkeley School 4:2
*February 26: Sachs School - Columbia Grammar School 1:0 @ Ice Palace Rink
*March 2: Cutler School - Dreisler School 3:0 @ Ice Palace Rink
*March 5: Berkeley School - Columbia Grammar School 1:0 @ Ice Palace Rink
*March 19: Cutler School - De La Salle Institute 2:1
==North Dakota==
The Langdon Hockey Club was formed in Langdon, North Dakota, in January 1898. The club was said to have been given a "vigorous start by a dozen or more enthusiastic skaters at the rink".Langdon Courier Democrat, 1898-01-20 On the 27th, it was reported that they had played a number of friendly games during the week with their new sticks.Langdon Courier Democrat, 1898-01-27
==Pennsylvania==
In December 1897, the West Park Ice Palace at 52nd and Jefferson opened in Philadelphia. The American Hockey League of Philadelphia was soon established and began play in January 1898. Four teams participated in the league - Haverford College Grammar School (who won the championship), Wayne School, Philadelphia Dental College, and the University of Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Interscholastic Hockey League was also formed.
The Maryland Hockey Club traveled to Philadelphia to face Quaker City at the Ice Palace on April 1, 1898. The hosts were victorious by a score of 5-0, although it should have only been 3-0, as two of the goals allowed in the first half were wide of the goal posts. 
;1897-98 Game Results
*December 28: Montclair Athletic Club - University of Maryland 1:0
*January 6: Swarthmore College Seniors - Swarthmore College Sophomores 1:0 @ Crum Creek
*January 6: Swarthmore College Juniors - Swarthmore College Freshmen 1:0 @ Crum Creek
*January 21: Quaker City Hockey Club - Philadelphia All Collegiate Team 10:0
*January 24: Montclair Athletic Club - Quaker City Hockey Club 5:4
*January 31: Central Manual Training School - Germantown Academy Forfeit
*February 2: Monterey Wheelmen - Kenilworth Wheelmen 1:0
*February 5: Quaker City Hockey Club - New York St. Nicholas 4:2
*February 11: Quaker City Hockey Club - Northampton Hockey Club 4:0
*February 12: Parkside Athletic Club - Philadelphia Instructors 1:1
*February 19: Quaker City Hockey Club - Johns Hopkins University 5:0
*February 26: Quaker City Hockey Club - New York Hockey Club 2:1
*March 5: Quaker City Hockey Club - Montclair Athletic Club 6:1
*March 30: Quaker City Hockey Club - Montclair Athletic Club 6:4
*April 1: Quaker City Hockey Club - Maryland Hockey Club 5:0 (2:0, 3:0)
QC roster: Moore (Goal), Russell (Point), Phymister (CP), Willett (Rover), Gorman (RF), Wallace (CF), Nett (LF). MHC roster: Cochran (Goal), Harrison (Point), Focke (CP), Bisnaw (Rover), Peterson (RF), Corning (CF), Clark (LF). Goals: Neff (2), Wallace, Willett (2). Official: A.W. Stackhouse. 
;American Hockey League of Philadelphia results
*January 11: Philadelphia Dental College - Wayne School 1:0
*January 13: Haverford College Grammar School - University of Pennsylvania 2:1 (2:0, 0:1)
HC roster: Marshall (Goal), Chase (Point), Sharpless (CP), Battey (Rover), De Motte (RF), Mifflin (CF), Babbitt (LF). UP roster: Riliott and Padley (Goal), Rogers (Point), Stackhouse (CP), Decker (Rover), Wallace (RF), Laing (CF), Gorman (LF). Goals: Mifflin (2) - Gorman. Official: Mr. Willett. 
*January 18: Philadelphia Dental College - University of Pennsylvania 2:2
*January 21: Haverford College Grammar School - Wayne School 3:0 (1:0, 2:0)
HC roster: Marshall (Goal), Chase (Point), Sharpless (CP), Battey (Rover), De Motte (RF), Mifflin (CF), Babbitt (LF). WS roster: Rhodes (Goal), Martin (Point), R. Clark (CP), C. Clark (Rover), Wetherill (RF), H. Clark (CF), Coffin (LF). Goals: Mifflin, Battey, Babbitt. Official: Mr. Orton
*January 25: Philadelphia Dental College - Haverford College Grammar School 2:0 - stopped at halftime as fire broke out at rink
PDC roster: Brill (Goal), Lamb (Point), Babcock (CP), Ritchie (Rover), Parsons (RF), Galbreith (CF), Neff (LF). HU roster: Marshall (Goal), Chase (Point), Sharpless (CP), Battey (Rover), De Motte (RF), Mifflin (CF), Babbitt (LF). Goals: Parsons (2). 
*January 27: University of Pennsylvania - Wayne School 3:1
*February 1: Haverford College Grammar School - University of Pennsylvania 4:1
HC roster: Marshall (Goal), Chase (Point), Battey (CP), Patton (Rover), De Motte (RF), Mifflin (CF), Babbitt (LF). UP roster: Moore (Goal), Caldwell (Point), Gorman (CP), Wallace (Rover), Stackhouse (RF), Laing (CF), Rogers (LF). Goals: Babbitt (2), Patton, De Motte - Stackhouse. Official: Mr. Willett. 
*February 3: Philadelphia Dental College - Wayne School 5:0
*February 8: University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Dental College 3:1
*February 10: Haverford College Grammar School - Wayne School 3:2
*February 12: Philadelphia Dental College - Haverford College Grammar School - 2nd half of 1/25 game
*February 15: Haverford College Grammar School - Philadelphia Dental College 6:2
*February 17: University of Pennsylvania - Wayne School 3:2
;Philadelphia Interscholastic Hockey League results
*January 26: Haverford College Grammar School - Penn Charter School 2:0
*February 2: DeLancey School - Friends’ Central High School Forfeit - FCHS unable to ice team
*February 7: Penn Charter School - Eastburn Academy 6:1
*February 12: DeLancey School - Hamilton School 5:0
*February 14: Penn Charter School - Friends’ Central High School 2:0
*February 19: Haverford College Grammar School - DeLancey School 2:0
*February 19: Hamilton School - Friends’ Central High School 1:0
==Rhode Island==
;1897-98 Ice Polo Game Results
*1/3: Washington Russells - Lakewood Lakewoods 1:0 
*1/10: Pawtucket High School - Providence High School 5:3
*1/19: Pawtucket High School - Central Falls High School 4:1
==College ice hockey==
See: 1897–98 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season
==References==
Category:1897 in ice hockey
Category:1898 in ice hockey