The 1922–23 Hamilton Continentals men's ice hockey season was the 5th season of play for the program. The Continentals represented Hamilton College and were coached by Albert Prettyman in his 5th season.
Season
For the team's fifth season, Hamilton put together a very ambitions schedule of games. After opening with two matches against amateur clubs, the Continentals took on two ivy league teams that were routinely vying for the intercollegiate championship. After a respectable loss to Dartmouth, who would end as the runners-up for the eastern championship, Hamilton travelled to Princeton for their first road game of the year. Captain Thompson scored twice in an otherwise abysmal performance against the Tigers.[1]
After the dismal loss, the team took time off for the exam break before resume their season in early February. Time off seemed to serve them well as they returned with a triumphant victory over Clarkson. A week later the team defeated a rather poor Columbia outfit before embarking on another arduous stretch of games.[2]
The Continentals hosted Queen's, the world's oldest college program, in the middle of February. The team did well to score 4 goals against the Canadians but ultimately fell in the match. The next week Hamilton faced off against Boston College, who were undefeated to that point, and Hamilton proved to be just a bump in the road. The Blue and Buff were hardly able to compete with the Eagles, who would go on to claim the intercollegiate championship of the east at season's end. Two days later, the team travelled south to face another perennial powerhouse in Yale and were flattened by the Elis. Hamilton wasn't able to get any traction in the game and had to return home after a 0–8 drubbing.[3]
The final game of the season came in early March and soft ice prevented the team from using the their home rink effectively. Due to the conditions, the game was limited to four 10-minute periods. Williams, who was much more used to playing on poor ice, had an easier time navigating up and down the rank and managed to limit the Continentals' chances. The only goal from the home team came when the visiting netminder was serving one of his two penalties for dropping to the ice and covering the puck but it was not enough for Hamilton to stave off defeat and end the year with a losing record.[4]
