New England Pilgrims men's ice hockey

The New England Pilgrims are the name of the sports teams of New England College of Henniker, New Hampshire.
They are a NCAA Division III team playing in the New England Hockey Conference, which was known as ECAC East until 2015.
Both the men's and women's hockey teams are located out of the Lee Clement Arena which opened in 1991. The arena is located on campus and also houses the John Stark Regional High School Hockey team and is the home of the Henniker Youth Hockey Association.
==Men's Program==
The men's program dates back to at least the 1971-72 season when the team played in the Division II conference of the ECAC. The team moved to the Division III ECAC East in 1985. The team has stayed in the division through the changeover to the New England Hockey Conference in 2015.
On February 13, 2024 the New England Pilgrims men's ice hockey team and New England Pilgrims women's ice hockey team were announced as being added to the Little East Conference when each conference begins play with the 2025-26 playing season. The addition of the women's team enabled the conference to also start sponsoring women's ice hockey when it begins play with the 2025-26 seasonhttps://littleeast.com/news/2024/2/8/lec-announces-new-england-college-as-mens-and-womens-ice-hockey-affiliate-womens-ice-hockey-as-conferences-23rd-championship-sport.aspx
==Conferences==
*NCAA College Division Independent (1969-1971)
*ECAC Division II (1971-1985)
*ECAC East (1985-2015)
*New England Hockey Conference (2015-2025
*Little East Conference (2025-)
==Arenas==
*? (1969-1991)
*Lee Clement Arena (1991-present)
==Head Coaches==
*Leo Callahan (1969-1971) 30-11-1
*Dave Conte (1971-1973) 21-13-0
*Mickey Goulet (1973-1977) 32-56-1
*Bill Beaney (1977-1984) 86-76-8
*Scott Stuart (1984-1988)32-60-2
*Dan Davidge (1988-1990) 11-34-5
*Tom Pratt (1990-1995) 40-79-5
*Mark Ostapina (1995-2001) 63-84-8
*Scott Borek (2001-2002) 14-11-2
*Tom Carroll (2002-present) 258-179-44 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 College Division Independent	NCAA College Division Independent 	NCAA College Division Independent 	NCAA College Division Independent 	NCAA College Division Independent 	NCAA College Division Independent 	NCAA College Division Independent 	NCAA College Division Independent 	NCAA College Division Independent 	NCAA College Division Independent 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	 	 	 	
1969-70 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	14 	10 	3 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1970-71 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	21 	16 	5 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
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	 	 	 	
1971-72 	10 	6 	4 	0 	48 	40 	.600 	 	Did not qualify 	21 	16 	5 	0 	152 	68 	 	 	 	
1972-73 	19 	8 	11 	0 	71 	78 	.421 	 	Did not qualify 	20 	9 	11 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1973-74 	12 	4 	8 	0 	43 	56 	.333 	 	Did not qualify 	22 	11 	11 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1974-75 	12 	3 	9 	0 	50 	100 	.250 	 	Did not qualify 	21 	7 	14 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1975-76 	18 	4 	14 	0 	40 	106 	.222 	 	Did not qualify 	23 	6 	16 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1976-77 	17 	4 	13 	0 	45 	97 	.235 	 	Did not qualify 	23 	8 	15 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1977-78 	16 	3 	12 	1 	64 	99 	.219 	 	Did not qualify 	22 	7 	13 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
1978-79 	21 	7 	12 	2 	 	 	.381 	 	Did not qualify 	25 	10 	13 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
1979-80 	21 	9 	12 	0 	105 	111 	.429 	 	Did not qualify 	22 	9 	13 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1980-81 	20 	14 	6 	0 	 	 	.700 	 	L, QF 3-2 (Bowdoin) 	24 	16 	8 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1981-82 	25 	15 	9 	1 	 	 	.620 	 	W, QF 5-2 (Colby) L, SF 3-2 (ot) (Lowell) 	26 	15 	10 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1982-83 	23 	13 	10 	0 	123 	94 	.565 	 	L, QF 5-3 (Babson) 	24 	13 	11 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1983-84 	24 	16 	6 	2 	 	 	.708 	 	L, QF 3-2 (Colby) 	27 	16 	8 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	
1984-85 	22 	10 	12 	0 	83 	110 	.455 	 	Did not qualify 	22 	10 	12 	0 	83 	110 	 	 	 	
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	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
1985-86 	22 	6 	15 	1 	 	 	.295 	 	Did not qualify 	24 	8 	15 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1986-87 	22 	6 	15 	1 	73 	105 	.295 	 	Did not qualify 	23 	7 	15 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1987-88 	24 	6 	18 	0 	114 	175 	.250 	 	Did not qualify 	25 	7 	18 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1988-89 	19 	3 	16 	0 	71 	152 	.158 	 	Did not qualify 	23 	3 	19 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1989-90 	20 	5 	12 	3 	82 	112 	.325 	 	Did not qualify 	27 	8 	15 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	
1990-91 	18 	4 	13 	1 	 	 	.250 	 	Did not qualify 	23 	8 	14 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1991-92 	20 	3 	16 	1 	 	 	.175 	 	Did not qualify 	27 	8 	18 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1992-93 	21 	8 	11 	2 	 	 	.429 	 	Did not qualify 	25 	11 	12 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
1993-94 	17 	1 	15 	1 	 	 	3 	 	Did not qualify 	24 	3 	20 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1994-95 	17 	6 	11 	0 	71 	97 	12 	 	Did not qualify 	25 	10 	15 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1995-96 	19 	5 	14 	0 	 	 	10 	 	Did not qualify 	24 	7 	17 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1996-97 	19 	6 	13 	0 	60 	113 	12 	 	Did not qualify 	25 	8 	17 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1997-98 	19 	3 	13 	3 	59 	101 	9 	18th 	Did not qualify 	24 	6 	15 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	
1998-99 	17 	8 	7 	2 	67 	73 	18 	9th 	W, QF 3-2 (Babson) L, SF 8-3 (Williams) 	26 	11 	13 	2 	100 	132 	 	 	 	
1999-00 	17 	5 	9 	3 	77 	71 	13 	T-4th 	W, QF 7-3 (Southern Maine) L SF 6-1 (Norwich) 	26 	11 	12 	3 	135 	106 	 	 	 	
2000-01 	17 	10 	7 	0 	72 	66 	20 	3rd 	W, QF 5-3 (Mass-Boston) W, 4-1 (Salem St) W, F 2-1 (Norwich) 	30 	20 	10 	0 	129 	108 	 	 	 	
2001-02 	19 	9 	8 	2 	62 	80 	20 	2nd 	W, QF 4-2 (Mass-Boston) L, SF 3-1 (MCLA) 	27 	14 	11 	2 	96 	106 	 	 	 	
2002-03 	19 	15 	4 	0 	104 	55 	30 	2nd 	W, QF 8-1 (Southern Maine) W, SF 5-1 (Babson) L, F 6-2 (Norwich)	26 	20 	6 	0 	138 	76 	 	 	 	
2003-04 	18 	12 	4 	2 	82 	42 	26 	2nd 	W, QF 9-1 (Mass-Boston) L, SF 3-2 (Babson) 	27 	19 	6 	2 	148 	60 	 	 	 	
2004-05 	19 	11 	8 	0 	83 	64 	22 	4th 	W, QF 7-1 (Salem St) W, SF 6-5 (ot) (Norwich) W,F 6-4 (Babson) 	30 	18 	12 	0 	131 	96 	 	 	 	
2005-06 	19 	11 	5 	3 	55 	47 	25 	3rd 	W, QF 11-1 (Skidmore) W, SF 4-0 (Babson) L, F 5-2 (Norwich) 	28 	19 	6 	3 	111 	67 	 	 	 	
2006-07 	19 	13 	5 	1 	79 	48 	27 	2nd 	W, QF 4-3 (Salem St) W, SF 3-2 (Castleton St) L, F 5-3 (Babson) 	28 	17 	10 	1 	108 	82 	 	 	 	
2007-08 	19 	10 	6 	3 	61 	49 	23 	4th 	W, QF 5-2 (Southern Maine) L, 4-2 (Salem St) 	27 	16 	8 	3 	107 	69 	 	 	 	
2008-09 	19 	9 	8 	2 	51 	51 	20 	4th 	W, QF 4-3 (ot) (Southern Maine) L, 5-4 (Mass-Boston) 	27 	15 	10 	2 	91 	69 	 	 	 	
2009-10 	19 	6 	11 	2 	57 	70 	14 	6th 	W, QF 6-1 (Castleton St) L, SF 3-1 (Norwich) 	27 	11 	14 	2 	87 	92 	 	 	 	
2010-11 	19 	5 	13 	1 	47 	70 	11 	7th 	L, QF 5-1 (Castleton St) 	26 	7 	17 	2 	71 	95 	 	 	 	
2011-12 	18 	6 	8 	4 	58 	59 	16 	7th 	L, QF 2-1 (Castleton St) 	26 	9 	12 	5 	79 	80 	 	 	 	
2012-13 	18 	7 	8 	3 	47 	51 	17 	T-5th 	L, QF 6-1 (Castleton St) 	26 	9 	13 	4 	67 	82 	 	 	 	
2013-14 	18 	10 	8 	0 	47 	46 	20 	4th 	L, QF 3-2 (ot) (Castleton St) 	25 	14 	11 	0 	74 	60 	 	 	 	
2014-15 	18 	6 	9 	3 	45 	50 	15 	6th 	L, QF 3-1 (Babson) 	26 	9 	12 	5 	69 	70 	 	 	 	
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	 	 	 	
2015-16 	18 	6 	6 	6 	58 	51 	18 	5th 	L, QF 4-1 (U New England) 	26 	11 	9 	6 	88 	68 	 	 	 	
2016-17 	18 	13 	5 	0 	73 	37 	26 	2nd of 9 	W, QF 3-0 (S. Maine) W, SF 3-2 (ot) Babson) L, F 4-1 (Norwich) 	27 	19 	8 	0 	103 	56 	 	 	 	
2017-18 	18 	7 	10 	1 	55 	55 	15 	5th of 8 	L, QF 5-3 (Mass-Boston) 	26 	12 	12 	2 	85 	73 	 	 	 	
2018-19 	18 	9 	4 	5 	55 	41 	23 	5th of 10 	L, QF 4-1 (Hobart) 	26 	16 	5 	5 	92 	52 	 	 	 	
2019-20 	18 	12 	6 	0 	76 	57 	24 	4th of 10 	W, QF 4-1 (Mass-Boston) L, SF 4-2 (Hobart) 	27 	17 	9 	1 	110 	81 	 	 	 	
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 	10 	3 	7 	0 	25 	36 	 	 	 	
2021-22 	18 	7 	10 	1 	62 	57 	23 	7th 	W, 1R 2-1 (ot) (Johnson & Wales) L, QF 7-1 (Elmira) 	25 	13 	11 	1 	89 	72 	 	 	 	
2022-23 	18 	7 	10 	1 	43 	61 	22 	7th 	L, QF 2-1 (Norwich) 	25 	9 	15 	1 	60 	84 	 	 	 	
2023-24 	18 	2 	15 	1 	28 	64 	7 	10th 	Did not qualify 	25 	4 	20 	1 	38 	90 	 	 	 	
==NCAA Tournament Appearances==
Season 	First Round 	Quarterfinals 	Semifinals 	Championship 	Third Place 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III 	NCAA Division III 	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III
1984 	N/A 	L, 6 goals to 5 (Babson) 	-- 	-- 	-- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2001 	N/A 	L, 2 games to none (WI-River Falls)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2005 	Bye 	W, QF 4-2 (Manhattanville) 	L, SF 5-2 (Middlebury)	-- 	N/A 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Links==
*New England Hockey Conference men's website
*New England College Pilgrims men's ice hockey website
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