Maximilian Roland Hornfeck (January 13, 1874 – October 25, 1968) was an American amateur ice hockey center and speed skater active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

[4] During the 1896–97 season Max Hornfeck played exhibition games with the Montclair Athletic Club ice hockey team against opponents from New York City and New Jersey, as well as against Queen's University (of Kingston, Ontario) and an All-Baltimore aggregation.

[7] On the New York Athletic Club forward line he teamed up with newly acquired Canadian right winger Tom Howard, a former Stanley Cup champion with the Winnipeg Victorias (in 1896).

Before the 1903–04 AAHL season Hornfeck, Howard, Charlie Clarke and John Carruthers of the New York AC jumped ship, and along with forward Kenneth "Kay" Gordon and goaltender Harold "Buster" Hayward of the St. Nicholas Hockey Club they formed a new team called the New York Wanderers which took the place of the St. Nicholas HC in the AAHL for the 1903–04 season.

[8] The new club was successful at its first try at the championship title as the Wanderers finished at the top of the league table in 1903–04 after having defeated the Brooklyn Crescents 3 goals to 1 on March 4, 1904.