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Fred Rocque

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Fred Rocque
Rocque in 1923.
Rocque in 1923
Biographical details
Born(1880-04-22)April 22, 1880
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
DiedFebruary 5, 1956(1956-02-05) (agedย 75)
Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Hockey
1912โ€“1915Dartmouth
1914โ€“1916Boston Arenas
1916โ€“1917Yale
1920โ€“1923Boston College
1922โ€“1923Boston Athletic Association
1923โ€“1924Minneapolis Millers
1924โ€“1925Minneapolis Rockets
1925โ€“1927Boston College
Rocque (pictured as #8) with the Boston Arenas during the 1914โ€“15 season.

Napoleon Frederick Rocque (April 22, 1880 โ€“ February 5, 1956) was a Canadian ice hockey coach who was active in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s.

Career

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Born in Sherbrooke, Rocque played ice hockey as a goaltender in his hometown in Canada before moving to the United States.[1]

Rocque coached hockey at two Ivy League schools: Dartmouth and Yale. At Dartmouth, he coached the likes of Clarence Wanamaker and Lawrence Whitney. The former would succeed him as head coach at the school, as well as at Yale, though not immediately. After Yale, Rocque moved to Boston College, when he was hired by Francis A. Reynolds. While in Boston, Rocque also coached the Boston Arenas and the Boston Athletic Association Unicorns hockey teams.[2] Between 1923 and 1925 he coached in Minneapolis.

Rocque died in Somerville on February 5, 1956, from injuries sustained in an accident six days earlier.[3]

Head coaching record

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Record table
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Dartmouth (IHA) (1912โ€“1913)
1912โ€“13 Dartmouth 8โ€“2โ€“01โ€“1โ€“02nd
Dartmouth: 8โ€“2โ€“01โ€“1โ€“0
Dartmouth Independent (1913โ€“1915)
1913โ€“14 Dartmouth 7โ€“2โ€“0
1914โ€“15 Dartmouth 4โ€“3โ€“0
Dartmouth: 11โ€“5โ€“0
Yale Bulldogs Independent (1916โ€“1917)
1916โ€“17 Yale 10โ€“4โ€“0
Yale: 10โ€“4โ€“0
Boston College Eagles Independent (1920โ€“1923)
1920โ€“21 Boston College 6โ€“2โ€“0
1921โ€“22 Boston College 5โ€“3โ€“1
1922โ€“23 Boston College 12โ€“1โ€“1
Boston College Eagles Independent (1925โ€“1927)
1925โ€“26 Boston College 6โ€“9โ€“1
1926โ€“27 Boston College 3โ€“3โ€“0
Boston College: 32โ€“18โ€“3
Total:61โ€“29โ€“3

ย ย ย ย ย ย National championย ย  ย ย ย ย ย ย Postseason invitational championย ย 
ย ย ย ย ย ย Conference regular season championย ย  ย ย ย ย ย ย Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
ย ย ย ย ย ย Division regular season champion ย ย ย ย ย ย Division regular season and conference tournament champion
ย ย ย ย ย ย Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. โ†‘ "ROCQUE HOCKEY COACH AT YALE" The Harvard Crimson, Dec. 15, 1916. Retrieved Jan. 9, 2020.
  2. โ†‘ Before the Stars: Early Major League Hockey and the St. Paul Athletic Club Team (pg. 120). Godin, Roger A.. Minnesota Historical Society Press (2005).
  3. โ†‘ "Noted Hockey Coach, Dies in Somerville", Boston Globe, Feb. 6, 1956, pg. 11