Ice Hockey Historical Records of the

Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn

“New Mooners”

(New York Amateur Hockey League 1896-1918)

(AKA United States Hockey League)

1900 Champion Crescent Athletic Club Hockey Club

(Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Jan. 5, 1901)

Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn



Regular Season Records
American Amateur Hockey League
Season		W		L		T	Pts
1896-1897
	A.H.L.	0	-	6	-	3	3
	Exhib.	2	-	2	-	1

1897-1898	no team

1898-1899	no team

1899-1900
	A.H.L.	10	-	0	-	0	20	1st Champions
	Exhib.	4	-	0	-	0

1900-1901
	A.H.L.	8	-	2	-	0	16	1st Champions
	Exhib.	1	-	0	-	0

1901-1902
	A.H.L.	6	-	2	-	0	12	1st, tie
	playoff	1	-	0				Champions
	Exhib.	2	-	1	-	0

1902-1903
	A.H.L.	6	-	2	-	0		1st Champions
	Exhib.	4	-	0	-	0

1903-1904
	A.H.L.	6	-	2	-	0		2nd
	Exhib.	0	-	1	-	0

1904-1905
	A.H.L.	9	-	0	-	1	19	1st Champions
	Exhib.	4	-	0	-	0

1905-1906
	A.H.L.	4	-	2	-	0		1st, tie
	play-off	1	-	0				Champions
	Exhib.		-		-

1906-1907
	A.H.L.	4	-	2	-	0	8	2nd
	Int'l. Ch.	0	-	1	-	0

1907-1908
	A.H.L.	8	-	0	-	0	16	1st Champions
	Int'l. Ch.	0	-	1	-	0
	Exhib.	1	-	0	-	0

1908-1909
	A.H.L.	3	-	5	-	0		3rd, tie
	Exhib.		-		-

1909-1910
	A.H.L.	3	-	5	-	0	6	4th

1910-1911
	A.H.L.	6	-	0	-	0	12	1st Champions
	Exhib.	4	-	4	-	0

1911-1912
	A.H.L.	6	-	2	-	3	15	1st, tie
	play-off	1	-	0				Champions
	Exhib.		-		-

1912-1913
	A.H.L.	5	-	4	-	0	10	2nd
	Exhib.		-		-

1913-1914
	A.H.L.	4	-	4	-	0	8	3rd, tie
	Exhib.	0	-	1	-

1914-1915
	A.H.L.	4	-	4	-	0		3rd, tie
	Exhib.	2	-	1	-

1915-1916
	A.H.L.	4	-	4	-	0	8	3rd
	Exhib.	0	-	1	-	0

1916-1917
	A.H.L.	4	-	2	-	0		2nd
	Exhib.	1	-	1	-	0
	Old-Timers	1	-	0	-	0

1917-1918
	A.H.L.	1	-	0	-	0
	Exhib.	0	-	0	-	1
Triangle Series
	Series	1	-	2	-	1	3	2nd

Post-Season & Tournament Games
1896-97
City of Brooklyn Championship Clermont Avenue Rink
3/9/1897   Brooklyn Skating Club W 3 - 0 Crescent Athletic Club

1900-01
(de facto)National Championship Game (v. Pennsylvania Hockey League Champion)
3/9/1901   Crescent A.C. W 1 - 0 Pittsburgh A.C. Duquesne Garden, Pitt. 6,000
    •The A.H.L. season wasn't over, this game took place before Crescents officially won.
U.S. Hockey Championship Game (v. Pennsylvania Hockey League Champion)
3/__/1901   Crescent A.C. v. Pittsburgh A.C. could not be scheduled. at Clermont Avenue Rink

1901-02
Amateur Hockey League Tie-Breaker Play-off
3/26/1902 Crescent Athletic Club W 5 - 1 New York Athletic Club Clermont Avenue Ice Rink
    The Crescent Athletic Club win, AHL Champions!

1905-06
Amateur Hockey League Tie Breaker Play-off at Clermont Avenue Rink
3/7/1906   Crescent Athletic Club W 12 - 1 New York Athletic Club
    The Crescent Athletic Club win, AHL Champions!

1906-07
End of Season A.H.L. Championship-Deciding Game St. Nicholas Rink
2/14/1907 Crescents W 3 - 2 St. Nicholas Skating Club, 4:30 O.T.
    The Crescent Athletic Club win, AHL Champions!
International Post-Season Game at Toronto
2/23/1907 Toronto Varsity W 14 - 5 Crescent Athletic Club

1907-08
International (Amateur) Hockey Championship at St. Nicholas Rink
3/14/1908 Toronto University W 12 - 3 Crescent Athletic Club

1910-11
Post-Season Game at St. Nicholas Rink
3/4/1911   Crescent A.C. W 8-2 Shamrocks of Montreal
International Amateur Hockey Championship at St. Nicholas Rink,
3/11/1911 Parkdale A.C. of Toronto W 3-0 Crescent Athletic Club

1911-12
Amateur Hockey League Tie-Breaker Championship St.Nicholas Rink
3/13/1912 Crescent Athletic Club W 4-1 Wanderers
    The Crescent Athletic Club win, AHL Champions!
    •The Wanderers team was disqualified two weeks later because the players had demanded pay to play the championship game.
International Amateur Hockey Championship at St. Nicholas Rink
3/16/1912 Crescent A.C. v. Victorias of Winnipeg canceled
    The Victorias of Winnipeg received an Allan Cup challenge by the Reginas of Winnipeg, and they had to play that game and cancel the scheduled game with the Crescents.]

1915-16
Post-Season Exhibition Game
3/25/1916 Monarchs of Winnipeg W 7-3 Crescent Athletic Club St. Nicholas Rink

1916-17
Lord Drummond Hospital Benefit Game
3/21/1917 Crescent Athletic Club W 5-3 All New York (All-Stars) Brooklyn Ice Palace
Two-Game Series (Total Goals)
3/30/1917 Crescent A.C. W 7-2 Stars of Montreal Brooklyn Ice Palace
Six-Man to a Side Demonstration Game
3/31/1917 Stars of Montreal W 10-7 Crescent A.C. Ice Palace
    Crescent Athletic Club win 14 to 12 goals.

1917-18
Amateur Hockey League Triangle Series
3/4/1918    Crescent Athletic Club T 2-2 (N.Y.) Hockey Club Crystal Ice Rink [On Upper Broadway]
3/7/1918    St. Nicholas Hockey Club W 5-2 Crescent A.C.
3/14/1918 Hockey Club W 1-0 Crescent A.C. Brooklyn Ice Palace
3/21/1918 Crescent A.C. W 9-1 St. Nicholas HC Brooklyn Ice Palace
    Crescents (1-2-1) 2nd place, Hockey Club of New York (3-0) wins.

Collegiate Opponents
1896-97
2/20/1897 Crescent A.C. W 5 - 0 Yale Seniors

1899-00
Holiday Challenge at Clermont Avenue Ice Skating Rink
1/1/1900   Crescent Athletic Club W 7 - 1 Yale University

1901-02
2/7/1902   Crescent A.C. W 9 - 2 Yale Clermont Avenue Rink

1907-08
Ballpark Game at Washington Park, Brooklyn
2/12/1908 Crescent A.C. W 4 - 1 Yale University [Game started with only 6 men a side.]

1910-11
12/10/1910 Crescent A.C. W 7 - 3 Yale

1914-15
12/19/1914 Crescent A.C. W 6 - 5 Yale at St. Nicholas Rink

Other Notable Games
1903-04
“Travesty on Hockey” (Thrown Game) at St. Nicholas Rink
Tune-up Game (for upcoming Wanderers game)
3/1/1904   Hockey Club of New York W 8 - 5 Crescent Athletic Club
    The New York Times report was open about it, "Crescent Team Made Ludicrous Attempt to Lose and Succeeded." One game behind the Wanderers in the A.H.L. with the final Crescent game against the Wanderers coming up on Friday night, they scheduled a tune-up exhibition game against the lowly Hockey Club of New York. The 6-1 Crescent A.C. tried to lose, the press reported, to the 3-4 team. Although gambling wasn't mentioned the boos and hissing of the crowd was. The Wanderers would win that final regular season game, besting the Crescents 3-1 for the championship.

1910-11
Inter-City Series
12/16/1910 Cleveland All-Stars W 4 - 3 Crescent A.C., 2:55 of O.T. at the Elysium, Cleveland, Oh.
12/17/1910 Crescent A.C. W 3 - 0 Cleveland All-Stars at the Elysium
Exhibition Game at St. Nicholas Rink
1/9/1911   McGill University W 3 - 2 Crescent A.C.
Inter-City Series
2/4/1911   Cleveland All-Stars W 7 - 6 Crescent A.C., 5:38 of 3rd O.T. St. Nicholas Rink, N.Y.
    [3 O.T.s, each score goal in 1st non-sudden death O.T., 11:45 minutes long, 2nd is sudden death, 10 minutes. L. Brookbanks score at 5:28 of 3rd O.T (sudden death). With two 20 min. reg. periods, game 36:18 long.]
Double-Overtime Exhibition Game at St. Nicholas Rink
2/11/1911 Crescent A.C. W 6-5 Maple Leafs of Montreal, 0:17 of 2nd 5 min. O.T. (Liffiton from Dobby)
    Crescents Player-coach Bill Dobby rushes up ice, passed to Liffiton, who beat Canada's best goalie, Percy Law for the winning goal

1913-14
1^st Six Men a Side Game at St. Nicholas Rink
2/5/1914   Crescent A.C. W 4 - 2 Wanderers (of New York)
Exhibition Game at St. Nicholas Rink
2/7/1914   Victorias of Montreal W 6 - 2 Crescent A.C.

1914-15
Exhibition Game at St. Nicholas Rink
12/28/1914 Ottawa University W 7 - 3 Crescent A.C.

1916-17
New Moon Ice Carnival Old-Timers Game at Brooklyn Ice Palace
4/19/1917 Crescent A.C. Old-Timers W 6-3 New York Athletic Club Old-Timers

1917-18
Exhibition Game
1/19/1918 Crescent Athletic Club W 7-3 306^th Infantry, Camp Upton Brooklyn Ice Palace
        Brooklyn All-Stars
(Brooklyn All-Stars made up of Crescent players and some from high school teams)
Post-War Exhibition Game
1/31/1918 Brooklyn All-Stars W 3-2 New York All-Stars

The Great War's need for men brought a halt to the league and the Crescent A.C. hockey team as well.

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The Crescent Athletic Club took the ice again in 1925.
•For later Crescent A.C. hockey records, see the New York Rovers list.

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•Also see the Crescent Athletic Club historic football records.

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