NEHJ contributor Tim Rappleye is the author of “Hobey Baker, Upon Further Review”.
New England Hockey Journal contributor Tim Rappleye’s new book — “Hobey Baker, Upon Further Review: Exploring the Life and Death of a Hockey Immortal” explores the Ivy League legacy of the collegiate game’s most enduring figure. Exclusive to NEHJ readers, enjoy this excerpt. “Hobey Baker, Upon Further Review” is available at Amazon.
No one prepared for Hobey more than Harvard, thanks to their Hall-of-Fame coach Alfred Winsor, a tireless tactician. His Crimson squad was Hobey’s foil in the greatest game of his college career. No one lucky enough to score a ticket to the Princeton-Harvard game on January 24, 1914 ever forgot it. This was the night Hobey became a true icon in the mecca of eastern hockey—Boston.
