Fred Rocque

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Fred Rocque
Fred Rocque.jpg
Photo from Boston College yearbook, 1923.
Biographical details
BornApril 22, 1880
Sherbrooke, Quebec
DiedFebruary 5, 1956 (aged 75)
Somerville, Massachusetts
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Hockey
1912–1915Dartmouth College
1914–1916Boston Arenas
1916–17Yale University Bulldogs
1920–1923Boston College Eagles
1922–23Boston A. A.
1923–1924Minneapolis Millers
1924–1925Minneapolis Rockets
1925–1927Boston College Eagles
Rocque (8) with the Boston Arenas during the 1914–15 season.

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

Biography[]

Rocque was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1880 and played ice hockey as a goaltender in his hometown before moving to the United States.[1]

Rocque coached ice hockey at two Ivy League schools (at Dartmouth and Yale) and at Boston College. In Boston Rocque also coached the Boston Arenas and the Boston Athletic Association ice hockey teams.[2] Between 1923 and 1925 he coached in Minneapolis.

He died in Somerville, Massachusetts on February 5, 1956 from injuries sustained in an accident on January 30, 1956.[3]

Head coaching record[]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Dartmouth (IHA) (1912–1913)
1912–13 Dartmouth 8–2–0 1–1–0 2nd
Dartmouth: 8–2–0 1–1–0
Dartmouth (Independent) (1913–1915)
1913–14 Dartmouth 7–2–0
1914–15 Dartmouth 4–3–0
Dartmouth: 11–5–0
Yale Bulldogs (Independent) (1916–1917)
1916–17 Yale 10–4–0
Yale: 10–4–0
Boston College Eagles (Independent) (1920–1923)
1920–21 Boston College 6–2–0
1921–22 Boston College 5–3–1
1922–23 Boston College 12–1–1
Boston College: 23–6–2
Total: 52–17–2

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

References[]

  1. ^ "ROCQUE HOCKEY COACH AT YALE" The Harvard Crimson, Dec. 15, 1916. Retrieved Jan. 9, 2020.
  2. ^ 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. ^ "Noted Hockey Coach, Dies in Somerville", Boston Globe, Feb. 6, 1956, pg. 11


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