Fred Rocque
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Fred Rocque
| image = Fred Rocque.jpg
| alt = Rocque in 1923.
| caption = Rocque in 1923.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|4|22}}
| birth_place = Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1956|2|5|1880|4|2}}
| death_place = Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S.
| coach_sport1 = Hockey
| coach_years2 = 1912–1915
| coach_team2 = Dartmouth
| coach_years3 = 1914–1916
| coach_team3 = Boston Arenas
| coach_years4 = 1916–1917
| coach_team4 = Yale
| coach_years5 = 1920–1923
| coach_team5 = Boston College
| coach_years7 = 1922–1923
| coach_team7 = Boston Athletic Association
| coach_years8 = 1923–1924
| coach_team8 = Minneapolis Millers
| coach_years9 = 1924–1925
| coach_team9 = Minneapolis Rockets
| coach_years10 = 1925–1927
| coach_team10 = Boston College
}}
File:Boston Arenas.jpg during the 1914–15 season.]]
Napoleon Frederick Rocque (April 22, 1880 – February 5, 1956) was a Canadian ice hockey coach who was active in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s.
Career
Born in Sherbrooke, Rocque played ice hockey as a goaltender in his hometown in Canada before moving to the United States.[https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1916/12/15/rocque-hockey-coach-at-yale-pfred/ "ROCQUE HOCKEY COACH AT YALE"] The Harvard Crimson, Dec. 15, 1916. Retrieved Jan. 9, 2020.
Rocque coached hockey at two Ivy League schools: Dartmouth and Yale. At Dartmouth, he coached the likes of Clarence Wanamaker and Lawrence Whitney. The former would succeed him as head coach at the school, as well as at Yale, though not immediately. After Yale, Rocque moved to Boston College, when he was hired by Francis A. Reynolds. While in Boston, Rocque also coached the Boston Arenas and the Boston Athletic Association Unicorns hockey teams.Before the Stars: Early Major League Hockey and the St. Paul Athletic Club Team (pg. 120). Godin, Roger A.. Minnesota Historical Society Press (2005). Between 1923 and 1925 he coached in Minneapolis.
Rocque died in Somerville on February 5, 1956, from injuries sustained in an accident six days earlier."Noted Hockey Coach, Dies in Somerville", Boston Globe, Feb. 6, 1956, pg. 11
Head coaching record
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey
|color = color:white; background:#00693E; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}
|startyear = 1912
|conflong = Intercollegiate Hockey Association
|conference = IHA
|endyear = 1913
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1912–13
| name = Dartmouth
| overall = 8–2–0
| conference = 1–1–0
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Dartmouth
| overall = 8–2–0
| confrecord = 1–1–0
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = {{color|white|Dartmouth}}
|color = color:white; background:#00693E; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}
|startyear = 1913
|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
|conference = Independent
|endyear = 1915
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1913–14
| name = Dartmouth
| overall = 7–2–0
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1914–15
| name = Dartmouth
| overall = 4–3–0
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Dartmouth
| overall = 11–5–0
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey
|color = color:white; background:#00356B
|startyear = 1916
|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
|conference = Independent
|endyear = 1917
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1916–17
| name = Yale
| overall = 10–4–0
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| name = Yale
| overall = 10–4–0
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey
|color = color:white; background:#8C2232; {{box-shadow border|a|#DBCCA4|2px}}
|startyear = 1920
|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
|conference = Independent
|endyear = 1923
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1920–21
| name = Boston College
| overall = 6–2–0
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1921–22
| name = Boston College
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1922–23
| name = Boston College
| overall = 12–1–1
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey
|color = color:white; background:#8C2232; {{box-shadow border|a|#DBCCA4|2px}}
|startyear = 1925
|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
|conference = Independent
|endyear = 1927
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1925–26
| name = Boston College
| overall = 6–9–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1926–27
| name = Boston College
| overall = 3–3–0
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Boston College
| overall = 32–18–3
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall = 61–29–3
|confrecord =
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References
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{{Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey}}
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