John_Chase_(ice_hockey)
John Chase (ice hockey)
American ice hockey player and coach
John Pierce Chase (June 12, 1906 – April 1, 1994) was an American ice hockey player and coach who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.
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| Born | (1906-06-12)June 12, 1906 Milton, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | April 1, 1994(1994-04-01) (aged 87) Marblehead, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | |||||||||||||||
| 1925–1928 | Harvard | ||||||||||||||
| 1932 | American ice hockey team | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| 1942–1950 | Harvard | ||||||||||||||
| Accomplishments and honors | |||||||||||||||
| Awards | |||||||||||||||
| 1973 United States Hockey Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chase grew up in Massachusetts where he excelled in ice hockey and baseball at Harvard University. He was the 1932 Harvard University Man at the Plate (baseball). He played three seasons for Harvard's baseball team (1926–1928)[1] while simultaneously serving as the team captain for the Harvard hockey team.
Chase was highly sought by National Hockey League teams but chose to pursue a career in business instead. He did continue to play amateur hockey, however. In 1932 he was a member of the American ice hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all six matches and scored four goals.
He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Harvard Crimson (Quadrangular League) (1942–1943) | |||||||||
| 1942–43 | Harvard | 14-4-1 | |||||||
| Harvard Crimson (Independent) (1945–1946) | |||||||||
| 1945–46 | Harvard | 2-4-2 | |||||||
| Harvard Crimson (Pentagonal League) (1946–1950) | |||||||||
| 1946–47 | Harvard | 6-6-0 | |||||||
| 1947–48 | Harvard | 9-14-0 | |||||||
| 1948–49 | Harvard | 12-8-0 | |||||||
| 1949–50 | Harvard | 10-8-0 | |||||||
| Harvard: | 53-44-3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 53-44-3 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- "Baseball Media Center: All-Time Letterwinners". GoCrimson.com. Harvard Sports Information. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- "2008-09 Harvard Crimson Media Guide" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- United States Hockey Hall of Fame bio
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