Washington Potomacs

The Washington Potomacs and Lehigh University battle on December 2, 1961.

Brooklyn St. Nicholas and the Washington Potomacs in action on November 10, 1962.

The Washington Potomacs were an amateur team in Washington, D.C., that was active from 1961-1966. They played an independent schedule from 1961-1963, and then in the Mid Atlantic Amateur Hockey League from 1963-1965. They changed their name to the Washington Patriots for 1965-66. The team lasted two seasons under this name.

Game results

1961-62

• 11/26: Baltimore Clippers - Washington Potomacs 7:3
• 12/2: Washington Potomacs - Lehigh University 2:1
• 1/7: Washington Potomacs - Baltimore Clippers 3:2
• 1/13: Washington Potomacs - Morristown 8:4
• 1/21: Baltimore Clippers - Washington Potomacs 5:4
• 2/4: Washington Potomacs - Baltimore Clippers 5:0
• 2/11: Washington Potomacs - Lancaster Red Wings 9:4
• 2/18: Washington Potomacs - Morristown
• 2/25: Washington Potomacs - Lehigh University 5:4
• 3/4: Washington Potomacs - Elizabethown Hornets
• 3/11: Washington Potomacs - Baltimore Clippers 8:7

1962-63

• 11/10: Brooklyn St. Nicholas - Washington Potomacs 16:1
• 11/11: Washington Potomacs - Baltimore Jr. Clippers 7:6
• 11/23: Washington Potomacs - Elizabethtown Hornets 9:4
• 12/2: Rutgers University - Washington Potomacs 7:5
• 12/7: Washington Potomacs beat Baltimore Jr. Clippers
• 12/21: Washington Potomacs - Atlantic City
• 1/6: Washington Potomacs - Allentown Hockey Club
• 1/13: Baltimore Jr. Clippers - Washington Potomacs 6:4
• 1/19: Washington Potomacs - Hershey Jr. Bears 9:1
• 1/26: Washington Potomacs - Morristown 3:0
• 2/2: Asbury Park Casino Hockey Club - Washington Potomacs 3:2
• 2/9: Pittsburgh Knights - Washington Potomacs 7:2
• 2/16: Washington Potomacs - Hershey Jr. Bears

1963-64

• 11/15: Washington Potomacs - Hershey Jr. Bears 9:3
• 12/6: Washington Potomacs - Baltimore Jr. Clippers 6:1
• 12/15: Washington Potomacs - Pittsburgh Knights 6:2
• 12/22: Baltimore Jr. Clippers - Washington Potomacs 7:3
• 1/4: Washington Potomacs - Pittsburgh Knights 4:1
• 1/18: Washington Potomacs - Asbury Park Casinos 3:2
• 2/1: Asbury Park Casinos - Washington Potomacs 11:1
• 2/8: Washington Potomacs - Brooklyn Eagles
• 2/28: Washington Potomacs - Hershey Jr. Bears 7:1 - Potomacs finished second in Mid Atlantic League
• 3/7: Washington Potomacs - South Mountain Rockets 4:4

1964-65

• 10/31: 'Washington Potomacs - New York Flyers 10:3
• 11/7: Washington Potomacs - Hershey Jr. Bears 15:1
• 12/4: Washington Potomacs - Baltimore Jr. Clippers 8:4
• 12/12: Pittsburgh Knights - Washington Potomacs 9:2
• 12/19: Washington Potomacs - Pittsburgh Knights 13:7
• 1/9: Washington Potomacs - Asbury Park Casinos 3:3
• 1/16: Washington Potomacs - New York Flyers 5:1
• 1/23: Washington Potomacs - New York Flyers 7:6
• 1/31: Washington Potomacs - Baltimore Jr. Clippers 6:1
• 2/6: Asbury Park Casinos - Washington Potomacs 5:2
• 2/13: Washington Potomacs - Baltimore Jr. Clippers
• 2/20: Washington Potomacs - Long Island Barons
• 2/27: Washington Potomacs - Pittsburgh Knights 5:3

1965-66

• 12/4: Washington Patriots - New York Flyers
• 12/11: Pittsburgh Knights - Washington Patriots 4:3
• Pittsburgh Knights - Washington Patriots 11:6
• 1/15: Washington Patriots - Akron Mercurys
• 1/22: Washington Patriots - Cleveland Jr. Barons
• 2/19: Washington Patriots - Erie Lions
• 2/26: Pittsburgh Knights beat Washington Patriots
• 3/12: Washington Patriots - Philadelphia

1966-67

• 11/12: Washington Patriots - Asbury Park Casinos
• 12/10: Pittsburgh Knights - Washington Patriots 9:3
• 12/17: Washington Patriots - Detroit Oak Leafs
• 1/7: Washington Patriots - Pittsburgh Knights
• 1/14: Washington Patriots - Akron Mercurys 3:3 - team was 2-3-1 after this game
• 2/18: Washington Patriots - Cleveland Muellers
• 2/25: Washington Patriots - Pittsburgh Knighta
• 3/4: Washington Patriots - Akron Mercurys

Sources

• Washington Evening Star