Worcester State Lancers men's ice hockey

The Worcester State Lancers are a Men's Division III team in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.
==Program==
On November 11, 2016 the team announced they had signed an agreement to become the anchor tenant at the Worcester Sports Center which is an arena under construction in the Canal District of the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. The facility will open in time for the 2017-18 hockey season. The facility will be host to all team games and practices. The team will have a permanent locker room in the facility. The school had been previously playing at the Hart Center on campus of College of the Holy Cross which was several miles away from the school.
==Conferences==
*Worcester Collegiate Hockey League (1966-1972)
*ECAC Division II (1967-1971)
*ECAC Division III (1971-1985)
*ECAC North (1975-1998)
*ECAC Northeast (1998-2009)
*Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (2009-present)
==Arenas==
*Worcester Arena (1966-1985)
*Hart Center (1975-2017)
*Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center (2017-present)
==Head Coaches==
*John Coughlin Sr. (1966-1981) 140-149-5
*Bill Collins (1981-1983) 18-25-0
*Dave Quinn (1983-1990) 27-104-0
*Marvin Degon (1990-1992) 13-24-4
*John Guiney (1992-2014) 161-340-34
*Shayne Toporowski (2014-present) 58-86-12 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 	 	 	 	
ECAC Division II 	ECAC Division II 	ECAC Division II 	ECAC Division II 	ECAC Division II 	ECAC Division II 	ECAC Division II 	ECAC Division II 	ECAC Division II 	ECAC Division II 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	 	 	 	
1966-67 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	WCHL: L, SF 8-5 (Nichols) ? 3P (Assumption) 	12 	2 	9 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1967-68 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	11 	3 	8 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1968-69 	5 	3 	2 	0 	22 	20 	6 	9th 	WCHL: L, SF 8-5 (Holy Cross) W, 3P 6-5 (ot) (Nichols) 	11 	8 	3 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1969-70 	9 	6 	2 	1 	45 	35 	13 	5th 	Did not qualify 	16 	10 	5 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1970-71 	12 	6 	5 	1 	69 	62 	13 	11th 	Did not qualify 	18 	11 	6 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	 	 	 	
1971-72 	16 	13 	3 	0 	148 	72 	26 	1st 	W, F 8-5 (Nichols) 	24 	21 	3 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1972-73 	21 	12 	9 	0 	133 	115 	24 	2nd 	W, F 10-3 (North Adams St) 	23 	13 	10 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1973-74 	9 	8 	0 	1 	74 	37 	16 	1st 	W, F 11-5 (Wesleyan) 	22 	14 	7 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1974-75 	11 	8 	3 	0 	96 	41 	16 	3rd 	L, SF 5-3 (North Adams St) 	22 	14 	7 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1975-76 	9 	8 	1 	0 	61 	33 	16 	2nd 	W, SF 11-0 (RIT) L, F 3-2 (ot) (Amherst) 	23 	11 	11 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1976-77 	12 	11 	1 	0 	110 	65 	24 	1st 	W, SF 7-5 (Trinity) W, F 7-6 (ot) (Framingham St) 	25 	15 	10 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1977-78 	13 	6 	7 	0 	 	 	 	12th 	Did not qualify 	22 	7 	15 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1978-79 	12 	2 	10 	0 	63 	95 	4 	21st 	Did not qualify 	21 	2 	19 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1979-80 	13 	1 	12 	0 	33 	132 	2 	22nd 	Did not qualify 	23 	1 	22 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1980-81 	17 	8 	9 	0 	 	 	16 	14th 	Did not qualify 	22 	9 	13 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1981-82 	14 	5 	9 	0 	 	 	10 	18th 	Did not qualify 	21 	8 	13 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1982-83 	16 	9 	7 	0 	 	 	18 	11th 	Did not qualify 	22 	10 	12 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1983-84 	13 	2 	11 	0 	 	 	4 	24th 	Did not qualify 	18 	2 	16 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1984-85 	17 	4 	13 	0 	79 	143 	8 	22nd 	Did not qualify 	21 	4 	17 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
ECAC North 	ECAC North 	ECAC North 	ECAC North 	ECAC North 	ECAC North 	ECAC North 	ECAC North 	ECAC North 	ECAC North 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
1985-86 	20 	8 	12 	0 	121 	156 	16 	12th 	Did not qualify 	25 	9 	16 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1986-87 	16 	5 	11 	0 	73 	126 	10 	12th 	Did not qualify 	25 	8 	17 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1987-88 	20 	6 	14 	0 	96 	132 	12 	13th 	Did not qualify 	23 	7 	16 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1988-89 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Did not qualify 	20 	2 	18 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1989-90 	18 	2 	16 	0 	49 	127 	4 	14th 	Did not qualify 	20 	2 	18 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1990-91 	16 	3 	12 	1 	 	 	7 	13th 	Did not qualify 	21 	3 	15 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	
1991-92 	19 	10 	7 	2 	 	 	22 	7th 	Did not qualify 	21 	10 	8 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	
1992-93 	16 	5 	10 	1 	 	 	11 	7th 	Did not qualify 	24 	7 	16 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1993-94 	16 	6 	7 	3 	 	 	 	5th 	Did not qualify 	24 	8 	13 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	
1994-95 	15 	6 	8 	1 	 	 	13 	6th 	Did not qualify 	22 	8 	13 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1995-96 	14 	3 	11 	0 	 	 	6 	7th 	Did not qualify 	24 	7 	16 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1996-97 	12 	7 	4 	1 	50 	39 	15 	3rd 	L, QF 6-5 (ot) (Fitchburg St) 	25 	13 	11 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1997-98 	16 	11 	5 	0 	 	 	22 	3rd 	L, QF 5-2 (St. Michael's) 	25 	13 	2 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
ECAC Northeast 	ECAC Northeast 	ECAC Northeast 	ECAC Northeast 	ECAC Northeast 	ECAC Northeast 	ECAC Northeast 	ECAC Northeast 	ECAC Northeast 	ECAC Northeast 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
1998-99 	16 	4 	12 	0 	56 	84 	8 	15th 	Did not qualify 	24 	6 	18 	0 	75 	129 	 	 	 	
1999-00 	13 	4 	8 	1 	40 	63 	9 	10th 	Did not qualify 	24 	11 	12 	1 	84 	101 	 	 	 	
2000-01 	17 	9 	7 	1 	64 	61 	19 	T-6th 	L, QF 8-3 (Johnson & Wales) 	25 	12 	12 	1 	93 	94 	 	 	 	
2001-02 	15 	4 	9 	2 	43 	46 	10 	9th 	Did not qualify 	23 	5 	15 	3 	61 	87 	 	 	 	
2002-03 	16 	7 	7 	2 	58 	68 	16 	8th 	L, QF 1-0 (Wentworth) 	25 	8 	14 	3 	84 	121 	 	 	 	
2003-04 	16 	3 	13 	0 	34 	70 	6 	12th 	Did not qualify 	23 	4 	19 	0 	48 	100 	 	 	 	
2004-05 	15 	2 	12 	1 	47 	92 	5 	12th 	Did not qualify 	23 	3 	19 	1 	69 	144 	 	 	 	
2005-06 	15 	2 	13 	0 	36 	111 	4 	T-10th 	Did not qualify 	24 	2 	20 	2 	50 	171 	 	 	 	
2006-07 	15 	4 	11 	0 	44 	76 	8 	10th 	Did not qualify 	23 	6 	16 	1 	69 	110 	 	 	 	
2007-08 	16 	2 	14 	0 	40 	104 	4 	12th 	Did not qualify 	24 	2 	22 	0 	58 	169 	 	 	 	
2008-09 	17 	4 	10 	3 	61 	81 	11 	11th 	Did not qualify 	24 	6 	15 	3 	81 	112 	 	 	 	
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2009-10 	18 	3 	13 	2 	49 	92 	8 	6th 	L, QF 7-3 (Plymouth St) 	25 	5 	18 	2 	71 	127 	 	 	 	
2010-11 	18 	7 	10 	1 	45 	62 	15 	5th 	L, QF 3-0 (Fitchburg St) 	26 	11 	12 	3 	74 	85 	 	 	 	
2011-12 	18 	5 	11 	2 	42 	55 	12 	T-5th 	W, QF 4-1 (Fitchburg St) L, SF 7-1 (Plymouth St) 	27 	9 	15 	3 	68 	82 	 	 	 	
2012-13 	18 	3 	12 	3 	44 	65 	9 	6th 	L, QF 5-0 (Salem St) 	26 	6 	17 	3 	59 	93 	 	 	 	
2013-14 	18 	5 	12 	1 	41 	73 	11 	6th 	L, QF 1-0 (Westfield St) 	25 	9 	15 	1 	56 	89 	 	 	 	
2014-15 	18 	7 	10 	1 	51 	58 	15 	T-5th 	L, QF 6-4 (Westfield St) 	26 	9 	15 	2 	67 	83 	 	 	 	
2015-16 	18 	3 	14 	1 	36 	73 	7 	7th 	Did not qualify 	25 	6 	18 	1 	53 	96 	 	 	 	
2016-17 	18 	6 	10 	2 	48 	53 	14 	5th 	L, QF 5-2 (Fitchburg St) 	26 	9 	14 	3 	70 	76 	 	 	 	
2017-18 	18 	8 	8 	2 	62 	51 	18 	3rd 	L, QF 3-2 (Salem St) 	26 	13 	11 	2 	86 	69 	 	 	 	
2018-19 	18 	9 	7 	2 	57 	55 	20 	4th 	W, QF 5-3 (Fitchburg St) L, SF 6-1 (Plymouth St) 	27 	15 	10 	2 	85 	80 	 	 	 	
2019-20 	18 	4 	13 	1 	42 	63 	9 	6th 	L, QF 6-0 (Mass-Dartmouth) 	24 	5 	17 	2 	57 	90 	 	 	 	
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2021-22 	18 	8 	8 	2 	50 	41 	18 	3rd 	L, QF 4-3 (Salem St) 	26 	11 	13 	2 	77 	84 	 	 	 	
2022-23 	18 	12 	5 	1 	69 	50 	37.5 	2nd 	W, SF 5-4 (ot) (Salem St) L, F 5-2 (Plymouth St) 	25 	13 	11 	1 	86 	94 	 	 	 	
2023-24 	21 	7 	14 	0 	60 	85 	22 	6th 	L, QF 4-2 (Mass-Dartmouth) 	26 	8 	18 	0 	73 	104 	 	 	 	
==NCAA Tournament Appearances==
*None 
==Links==
*MASCAC men's ice hockey website
*Worcester State Lancers men's ice hockey website
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