Fred Rocque
Rocque in 1923 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 22, 1880 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | February 5, 1956 (agedย 75) Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Hockey | |
| 1912โ1915 | Dartmouth |
| 1914โ1916 | Boston Arenas |
| 1916โ1917 | Yale |
| 1920โ1923 | Boston College |
| 1922โ1923 | Boston Athletic Association |
| 1923โ1924 | Minneapolis Millers |
| 1924โ1925 | Minneapolis Rockets |
| 1925โ1927 | Boston College |

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
[edit]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
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth (IHA) (1912โ1913) | |||||||||
| 1912โ13 | Dartmouth | 8โ2โ0 | 1โ1โ0 | 2nd | |||||
| Dartmouth: | 8โ2โ0 | 1โ1โ0 | |||||||
| Dartmouth Independent (1913โ1915) | |||||||||
| 1913โ14 | Dartmouth | 7โ2โ0 | |||||||
| 1914โ15 | Dartmouth | 4โ3โ0 | |||||||
| Dartmouth: | 11โ5โ0 | ||||||||
| Yale Bulldogs Independent (1916โ1917) | |||||||||
| 1916โ17 | Yale | 10โ4โ0 | |||||||
| Yale: | 10โ4โ0 | ||||||||
| Boston College Eagles Independent (1920โ1923) | |||||||||
| 1920โ21 | Boston College | 6โ2โ0 | |||||||
| 1921โ22 | Boston College | 5โ3โ1 | |||||||
| 1922โ23 | Boston College | 12โ1โ1 | |||||||
| Boston College Eagles Independent (1925โ1927) | |||||||||
| 1925โ26 | Boston College | 6โ9โ1 | |||||||
| 1926โ27 | Boston College | 3โ3โ0 | |||||||
| Boston College: | 32โ18โ3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 61โ29โ3 | ||||||||
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ย ย ย ย ย ย National championย ย
ย ย ย ย ย ย Postseason invitational championย ย
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References
[edit]- โ "ROCQUE HOCKEY COACH AT YALE" The Harvard Crimson, Dec. 15, 1916. Retrieved Jan. 9, 2020.
- 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).
- โ "Noted Hockey Coach, Dies in Somerville", Boston Globe, Feb. 6, 1956, pg. 11
- 1880 births
- 1956 deaths
- Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey coaches
- Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey coaches
- Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey coaches
- Canadian ice hockey coaches
- Canadian expatriates in the United States
- Ice hockey people from Sherbrooke
- Accidental deaths in Massachusetts
- Canadian ice hockey coach stubs