Castleton Spartans

The Castleton Spartans are a Men's Division III and Women's Division III team in the New England Hockey Conference which was known as ECAC East until 2015. The teams represent Castleton University located in Castleton, Vermont.  The teams play out of the Spartan Arena in Rutland, Vermont, located about a 15-20 minute drive from campus.  The school was renamed from Castleton State College to Castleton University on July 23, 2015.
==Men's program==
The men's program was established for the 2003-04 season.  The team played an independent schedule for the first season and joined the then ECAC East for the 2004-05 season.  The team suffered through back to back winless seasons to get the program off the ground.  The team reached it first conference tournament in 2006. The team's best season to date was 2010-11 when they finished 2nd in the conference with a 15-3-1 record and a 22-4-1 record overall.  The team reached their first conference final in 2012 when they lost to the Norwich Cadets in the championship game. For more detail please see Castleton Spartans men's ice hockey.
==Women's program==
The women's program was also established for the 2003-04 season but they played a club schedule for the first season.  The team joined the then ECAC East for the 2004-05 season, playing a partial conference schedule for that first season.  The team made the conference final in 2014 and 2015 losing to the undefeated regular season conference champion Norwich Cadets both years.
DJ Fimiani resigned as head coach on March 20, 2017.  Ashley Salerno (Vermont '14) was named head coach on May 9, 2017. For more detail please see Castleton Spartans women's ice hockey.
Category:NCAA Division III Teams
Category:Established in 2003
Category:New England Hockey Conference
Category:ECAC East