Castleton Spartans men's ice hockey

The Castleton Spartans are a Men's Division III team in the New England Hockey Conference which was known as ECAC East until 2015. The team represents Castleton University located in Castleton, Vermont. The team plays 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.
The team will join the Little East Conference when it commences play with the 2025-26 playing season.https://littleeast.com/news/2023/7/24/lec-announces-mens-ice-hockey-as-conferences-22nd-championship-sport.aspx
==Conferences==
*NCAA Division III Independent (2003-2004)
*ECAC East (2004-2015)
*New England Hockey Conference (2015-2025)
*Little East Conference (2025-)
==Arenas==
*Spartan Arena (2003-present)
==Head Coaches==
*Greg Stone (2003-2005) 0-44-0
*Alex Todd (2005-2013) 114-78-21
*Steve Moffat (2013-2016) 32-43-11
*Bill Silengo (2016-present) 28-60-16 as of end of 2019-20 season
==Year by Year Record==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Conference Tournament 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	 	 	 	
NCAA Division III Independent	NCAA Division III Independent 	NCAA Division III Independent 	NCAA Division III Independent 	NCAA Division III Independent 	NCAA Division III Independent 	NCAA Division III Independent 	NCAA Division III Independent 	NCAA Division III Independent 	NCAA Division III Independent 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	 	 	 	
2003-04 	19 	0 	19 	0 	24 	177 	- 	N/A 	N/A 	19 	0 	19 	0 	24 	177 	 	 	 	
ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	 	 	 	
2004-05 	19 	0 	19 	0 	24 	189 	0 	10th of 10 	L, QF 16-0 (Norwich) 	25 	0 	25 	0 	42 	236 	 	 	 	
2005-06 	19 	1 	15 	3 	36 	91 	5 	9th of 10 	Did not qualify 	26 	4 	19 	3 	55 	110 	 	 	 	
2006-07 	19 	11 	4 	4 	68 	47 	26 	T-3rd of 10 	W, QF 3-2 (ot) (S. Maine) L, SF 3-2 (New England College) 	27 	17 	6 	4 	114 	67 	 	 	 	
2007-08 	19 	11 	6 	2 	66 	48 	24 	3rd of 10 	L, QF 6-3 (Salem State) 	26 	13 	11 	2 	88 	70 	 	 	 	
2008-09 	19 	11 	6 	2 	61 	49 	24 	2nd of 10 	L, QF 4-1 (Babson) 	26 	15 	9 	2 	82 	64 	 	 	 	
2009-10 	19 	7 	9 	3 	58 	59 	17 	T-4th of 10 	L, QF 6-1 (New England College) 	26 	9 	12 	5 	80 	86 	 	 	 	
2010-11 	19 	15 	3 	1 	80 	48 	31 	2nd of 10 	W, QF 5-1 (New England College) L, SF 4-3 (Babson) 	27 	22 	4 	1 	123 	61 	 	 	 	
2011-12 	18 	12 	4 	2 	81 	42 	26 	2nd of 10 	W, QF 2-1 (New England College) W, SF 6-2 (Skidmore) L, F 11-1 (Norwich)	28 	19 	7 	2 	124 	67 	 	 	 	
2012-13 	18 	9 	8 	1 	62 	53 	19 	5th of 10 	W, QF 6-1 (New England College) L, SF 6-2 (Norwich) 	27 	15 	10 	2 	90 	74 	 	 	 	
2013-14 	18 	8 	7 	3 	50 	50 	19 	5th of 10 	W, QF 3-2 (ot) (New England College) L,SF 4-3 (Norwich) 	27 	13 	11 	3 	86 	81 	 	 	 	
2014-15 	18 	8 	10 	0 	50 	53 	16 	4th of 10 	W, QF 3-2 (U New England) L, SF 2-1 (Norwich) 	27 	11 	16 	0 	69 	77 	 	 	 	
New England Hockey Conference	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
2015-16 	19 	7 	10 	2 	48 	56 	16 	6th of 10 	L, QF 4-1 (Norwich) 	26 	8 	16 	2 	59 	87 	 	 	 	
2016-17 	18 	9 	5 	4 	55 	43 	22 	4th of 9 	W, QF 7-2 (Skidmore) L, SF 5-2 (Norwich) 	27 	11 	10 	6 	76 	70 	 	 	 	
2017-18 	18 	3 	14 	1 	38 	80 	7 	8th of 8 	L, QF 2-1 (2ot) (Norwich) 	26 	7 	16 	3 	61 	96 	 	 	 	
2018-19 	18 	2 	14 	2 	38 	77 	6 	T-9th of 10 	Did not qualify 	25 	4 	17 	4 	54 	98 	 	 	 	
2019-20 	18 	4 	12 	2 	50 	86 	10 	8th of 10 	L, QF 9-0 (Norwich) 	25 	6 	16 	3 	66 	117 	 	 	 	
2020-21 	NEHC Conference season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	NEHC Conference season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	NEHC Conference season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	NEHC Conference season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	NEHC Conference season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	NEHC Conference season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	NEHC Conference season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	NEHC Conference season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	NEHC Conference season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 	7 	0 	7 	0 	9 	38 	 	 	 	
2021-22 	18 	1 	15 	2 	35 	92 	7 	9th 	L, 1R 2-1 (ot) (Southern Maine) 	26 	5 	19 	2 	59 	116 	 	 	 	
2022-23 	18 	7 	11 	0 	44 	71 	20 	8th 	L, QF 7-3 (Castleton) 	25 	8 	17 	0 	60 	100 	 	 	 	
2023-24 	18 	4 	14 	0 	43 	89 	12 	8th 	L, QF 8-1 (Hobart) 	26 	7 	19 	0 	68 	124 	 	 	 	
==NCAA Tournament Appearances==
*None
==References==
==Links==
*New England Hockey Conference men's website
*Castleton Spartans men's ice hockey website
Category:ECAC East
Category:New England Hockey Conference men's teams
Category:NCAA Division III Teams
Category:American ice hockey teams
Category:Established in 2003