Holt Hockey Archives

The Charles E. Holt Archives of American Hockey—named after UNH's legendary Hall of Fame coach—was established in 2000 to provide a repository for materials documenting the history of men's and women's hockey. It aims to be inclusive of all American hockey, not just New England or college hockey. The Holt Archives is now the official repository for the American Hockey Coaches Association, the Hockey East Association and the Eastern College Athletic Conference's records. Additional partners include the Society for International Hockey Research, the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, and USA Hockey. Materials in the archive include organizational records, deliberations on rules changes, tournament developments, league branding initiatives, player scrapbooks, photographs, media publications, taped interviews, and artifacts. Its collection of NCAA Hockey Guides and rule books is likely the most comprehensive in the country publicly available to researchers.

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    Charlie E. Holt led the UNH Men's hockey team from 1968-86. He died from cancer on March 17, 2000. This collection contains mostly newspaper clippings and articles written about Holt and his carreer as a hockey player, coach and mentor.
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    Bill Rothwell did his undergraduate studies at the University of New Hampshire where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1968 with a dual major in physical education and history. He lettered four years in hockey and tennis at the University. After four…
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    The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) was a college athletic conference that participated in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. This collection of random CCHA prospectus and guide books as been aquired through various donations to the Holt Hockey Archives.
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    The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern, Western, and Southeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference.
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    Tom Burke, a freelance writer, has been a sports writer for over 40 years, covering mostly college hockey. This collection is made up of three series: game summaries; reporter notebooks, miscellaneous published articles.
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    This series contains the records of the University of New Hampshire Men's and Women's Hockey Teams.
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    Herbert “Herb” Wendell Gallagher (1911-1992) served Northeastern University for over 60 years as player, coach and athletic director. In 1948 he was named New England Hockey Coach of the Year. He was one of the founders of the Beanpot tournament,…
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    The Intercollegiate Hockey Newsletter covered scores, standings and game notes for all 4 leagues of NCAA Division I hockey and was the authoritative source for information about the college hockey scene. It was published in Troy, NY by Don T.…
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    These materials include programs and individual items from mostly non-collegiate hockey programs.
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    The collection was donated by Dr. Stephen Hardy of the University of New Hampshire. It consists of articles on coaching taken from magazines, newspapers and manuals, and typewritten documents on Charlie Holt’s training system.
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    Hobart Amory Hare Baker (January 15, 1892-December 21, 1918), known as Hobey Baker, was a noted athlete and fighter pilot of the early 20th century born in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. He attended St. Paul's School in Concord,…
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    The Beanpot Tournament is played each year by four Boston area colleges: Northeastern University, Boston University, Boston College, and Harvard University. It was founded in 1952, and became an annual event in 1954. The collection consists of Beanpot…
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    Hockey East is a collegiate hockey league that was founded in 1983 by five institutions: Boston College, Boston University, the University of Maine, the University of New Hampshire and Providence College. Since then the league has expanded to include…
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    Dr. Stephen Hardy played as a defenseman for the Bowdoin College hockey team in ECAC Division II in the late 1960s. He and his twin brother Erland were co-captains in the 1969-1970 season and were the only twins playing collegiate hockey in the country. They helped Bowdoin’s 1968-1969 squad win the…
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    Prior to the start of each college hockey season the National Intercollegiate Athletic Association publishes an annual NCAA Ice Hockey Guide. In addition to a recap of the previous season, the publication includes rules and regulations that will…
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    The American Hockey Coaches Association was formed in May of 1947 in Boston, MA by a handful of college coaches concerned about the game they loved. It has grown to include professional, junior, high school, and youth hockey coaches, as well as…
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    Joe Bertagna played high school hockey in Arlington, Massachusetts for the legendary Eddie Burns, then at Harvard University, where he was a standout goaltender. He graduated from Harvard in 1973 and then studied journalism at Marquette University.…
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    This collection was assembled by University of New Hampshire sports faculty. This collection consists of videotapes of Hockey East games, including some tournament play, as well as Hobey Baker Award show tapes. Please be advised that in a number of cases only partial…
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    The Eastern College Athletic Conference was founded in 1938 and was an umbrella conference consisting of smaller conferences of college and university athletic programs. The collection includes historical materials for ECAC hockey, including media…
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    This collection consists of media guides for a wide variety of American college hockey programs. Most are from the 1980s and the 1990s.