RI's First Family of Hockey, Bennetts Honored by Brown University

RI's First Family of Hockey, Bennetts Honored by Brown University

 

For decades, the Bennett family has been the powerhouse force in Rhode Island hockey.

This weekend, Brown University dedicated the Bennett Family Suite at Meehan Auditorium and recognized the 2026 Senior Class and the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Ivy League Championship team. 

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The Brown Hockey Locker Room Center is named in honor of Curt Bennett ’70, John Bennett ’72, and James Bennett ’79.
 

GoLocal caught up with Curt and Jim Bennett at Saturday’s dedication ceremony at Meehan. 

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“I consider the Bennett family probably THE hockey family of Rhode Island,” said Buster Clegg of the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame.

RIHHOF wrote:

It started with the patriarch: Harvey Bennett Sr., a former goaltender who played for the Boston Bruins in the mid-1940s and then spent 12 years, from 1947-59, with the Reds, during which time he settled in Cranston with his wife Diana. It continued with five sons – Curt, Harvey Jr., John, Bill and Jim – who all starred in high school hockey at Cranston East and went on to play professionally, three in the NHL. Then came a third generation, Harvey Sr.’s grandchildren, who are also active in the game (including Jim’s son Mac, a Montreal Canadiens draftee who played in the American Hockey League in the 2010s).