Wentworth Leopards men's ice hockey

The Wentworth Leopards are a Men's Division III team representing the Wentworth Institute of Technology playing in the Commonwealth Coast Conference formerly the ECAC Northeast.
The school is located near the Longwood Medical Area along Huntington Avenue on the MBTA's Green Line (famed in the Green Line Rivalry between Boston College and Boston University, although on a different branch) in Boston, Massachusets a few blocks up the street from Northeastern University As the school is in a downtown setting they do not have their own ice rink. The program uses Boston University's Walter Brown Arena and the Allied Veterans Rink in nearby Everett, Massachusetts as its home rinks. The team has also on occasion used Matthews Arena on the campus of Northeastern University.
==Program History==
The men's varsity program appears to date back to the 1992-93 season.
The team won the ECAC Northeast championship and made NCAA Division III tournament appearances in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012, and 2013.
==Conferences==
*ECAC South (1992-1998)
*ECAC Northeast (1998-2016)
*Commonwealth Coast Conference (2016-present)
==Arenas==
*Walter Brown Arena (1992-present)
*Matthews Arena (1992-present) (occassional use)
*Allied Veterans Rink (1992-present)
==Head Coaches==
*Mike Lebel (1992-1993) 3-20-0 (coached 4 games of 1993-94 season)
*Walter Newell (1993-1995) 2-39-0
*Bill Bowes (1995-2003) 127-95-9 (coached 11 games of 2003-04 season)
*Jonathan Deptula (2003-2006) 36-24-4
*R.J. Tolan (2006-2014) 128-74-16
*Jay Pecora (2014-Present) 52-88-18 (as of end of 2019-20 season)
===Men's Year by Year Record===
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Conference Tournament 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	 	 	 	 	
ECAC South 	ECAC South 	ECAC South 	ECAC South 	ECAC South 	ECAC South 	ECAC South 	ECAC South 	ECAC South 	ECAC South 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	 	 	 	 	
1992-93 	5 	0 	5 	0 	- 	- 	0 	7th 	Did not qualify 	19 	2 	17 	0 	78 	195 	 	 	 	 	
1993-94 	13 	1 	12 	0 	20 	106 	2 	8th 	Did not qualify 	23 	3 	20 	0 	59 	184 	 	 	 	 	
1994-95 	14 	0 	14 	0 	22 	133 	0 	8th 	Did not qualify 	22 	0 	22 	0 	38 	199 	 	 	 	 	
1995-96 	12 	0 	12 	0 	28 	88 	0 	7th 	Did not qualify 	19 	0 	19 	0 	43 	126 	 	 	 	 	
1996-97 	14 	4 	10 	0 	38 	62 	8 	6th 	Did not qualify 	24 	6 	18 	0 	57 	110 	 	 	 	 	
1997-98 	8 	7 	1 	0 	26 	11 	14 	1st of 5 	W, QF 4-2 (New Hampshire College) L, SF 7-1 (St. Michael's) 	27 	17 	10 	0 	102 	86 	 	 	 	 	
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 	 	 	 	 	
1998-99 	17 	13 	3 	1 	125 	71 	27 	3rd of 18 	L, QF 3-2 (New Hampshire College) 	26 	16 	9 	1 	125 	71 	 	 	 	 	
1999-00 	13 	11 	1 	1 	88 	30 	23 	3rd of 18 	W, QF 8-2 (Salve Regina) W, SF 9-1 (Mass-Dartmouth) W, F 5-1 (Fitchburg St) 	30 	17 	12 	1 	148 	111 	 	 	 	 	
2000-01 	17 	14 	2 	1 	94 	27 	29 	3rd of 18 	W, QF 7-2 (Fitchburg St) W, SF 7-0 (Salve Regina) L, F 4-3 (Lebanon Valley) 	28 	18 	8 	2 	133 	65 	 	 	 	 	
2001-02 	15 	13 	2 	0 	77 	31 	26 	3rd of 16 	W, QF 2-1 (Fitchburg St) W, SF 5-4 (ot) (Johnson & Wales) W, F 5-4 (Lebanon Valley) 	30 	23 	7 	0 	128 	84 	 	 	 	 	
2002-03 	16 	13 	1 	2 	101 	26 	28 	2nd of 17 	W, QF 1-0 (Worcester St) W, SF 6-1 (Fitchburg St) W, F 5-1 (Lebanon Valley) 	29 	21 	5 	3 	153 	58 	 	 	 	 	
2003-04 	16 	12 	2 	2 	73 	35 	26 	3rd of 17 	W, QF 8-2 (Fitchburg St) W, SF 6-4 (Lebanon Valley) W, F 5-4 (Curry) 	29 	16 	9 	4 	112 	84 	 	 	 	 	
2004-05 	15 	11 	2 	2 	73 	39 	24 	3rd of 16 	W, QF 6-2 (Johnson & Wales) L, SF 3-2 (Mass-Dartmouth) 	27 	15 	10 	2 	110 	89 	 	 	 	 	
2005-06 	15 	10 	5 	0 	76 	54 	20 	5th of 16 	L, QF 6-5 (ot) (Nichols) 	26 	14 	12 	0 	108 	112 	 	 	 	 	
2006-07 	15 	11 	2 	2 	71 	35 	24 	3rd of 16 	W, QF 5-1 (Johnson & Wales) W, SF 4-3 (Curry) L, F 4-3 (Mass-Dartmouth) 	28 	16 	9 	3 	116 	94 	 	 	 	 	
2007-08 	16 	10 	5 	1 	74 	45 	21 	4th of 17 	L, QF 3-2 (ot) (Suffolk) 	26 	11 	14 	1 	87 	98 	 	 	 	 	
2008-09 	17 	13 	3 	1 	94 	44 	27 	4th of 18 	W, QF 5-1 (Becker) W, SF 4-3 (Curry) L, F 4-3 (Nichols) 	27 	18 	8 	1 	134 	74 	 	 	 	 	
2009-10 	14 	11 	3 	0 	64 	36 	22 	1st of 8 	W, QF 10-7 (Salve Regina) L, SF 5-3 (Johnson & Wales) 	26 	20 	5 	1 	125 	75 	 	 	 	 	
2010-11 	14 	10 	3 	1 	65 	33 	21 	2nd of 8 	W, SF 4-3 (ot) (Johnson & Wales) L,F 2-1 (ot) (Curry) 	27 	14 	9 	4 	106 	75 	 	 	 	 	
2011-12 	14 	11 	2 	1 	65 	34 	23 	1st of 8 	W, SF 5-3 (Western New England) W, F 1-0 (ot( (Curry) 	29 	21 	7 	1 	107 	72 	 	 	 	 	
2012-13 	14 	10 	2 	2 	56 	30 	22 	1st of 8 	W, SF 4-1 (Johnson & Wales) W, F 3-1 (Salve Regina) 	28 	16 	9 	3 	86 	64 	 	 	 	 	
2013-14 	14 	9 	5 	0 	39 	37 	18 	2rd of 8 	W, SF 4-0 (Johnson & Wales) L, F 3-2 (ot) (Nichols) 	27 	12 	13 	2 	70 	77 	 	 	 	 	
2014-15 	14 	6 	6 	2 	37 	41 	14 	5th of 8 	L, QF 8-4 (Curry) 	26 	11 	12 	3 	67 	87 	 	 	 	 	
2015-16 	16 	8 	7 	1 	42 	46 	17 	5th of 9 	W, QF 4-3 (Suffolk) L, SF 4-0 (Endicott) 	27 	10 	15 	2 	66 	94 	 	 	 	 	
Commonwealth Coast Conference	Commonwealth Coast Conference 	Commonwealth Coast Conference 	Commonwealth Coast Conference 	Commonwealth Coast Conference 	Commonwealth Coast Conference 	Commonwealth Coast Conference 	Commonwealth Coast Conference 	Commonwealth Coast Conference 	Commonwealth Coast Conference 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	
2016-17 	18 	3 	13 	2 	30 	58 	8 	10th of 10 	Did not qualify 	25 	5 	17 	3 	52 	80 	 	 	 	 	
2017-18 	18 	7 	8 	3 	51 	54 	17 	6th of 10 	L, QF 6-3 (U New England) 	26 	9 	14 	3 	68 	90 	 	 	 	 	
2018-19 	17 	6 	10 	1 	57 	75 	13 	6th of 8 	L, QF 5-1 (U New England) 	26 	8 	14 	4 	81 	111 	 	 	 	 	
2019-20 	18 	3 	12 	3 	58 	77 	12 	6th of 8 	W, QF 2-1 (Curry) W, SF 2-1 (U New England) L, F 2-0 (Endicott) 	28 	9 	16 	3 	91 	109 	 	 	 	 	
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2021-22 	21 	4 	15 	2 	44 	78 	16 	7th of 8 	L, QF 6-1 (Endicott) 	26 	5 	18 	3 	55 	98 	 	 	 	 	
2022-23 	21 	4 	16 	1 	39 	84 	16 	6th of 8 	L, QF 5-2 (Salve Regina) 	26 	6 	19 	1 	53 	101 	 	 	 	 	
2023-24 	18 	6 	11 	1 	38 	61 	19 	5th of 8 	L, 4-2 (Salve Regina) 	26 	10 	15 	1 	65 	90 	 	 	 	 	
==NCAA Tournament Appearances==
Season	First Round 	Quarterfinals 	Semifinals	Championship
2000 	N/A 	L, 2g-0 (St. Thomas)	-- 	--
2002 	Bye 	L, 2g-0 (Middlebury)	-- 	--
2003 	Bye 	L, 4-3 (Oswego) 	-- 	--
2004 	Bye 	L, 9-1 (Middlebury) 	-- 	--
2012 	W, 1-0 (ot) (Plymouth St.)	L, 3-0 (Norwich) 	-- 	--
2013 	L, 6-1 (Babson) 	-- 	-- 	--
==Links==
*Commonwealth Coast Conference men's ice hockey website
*Wentworth Leopards men's ice hockey website
Category:ECAC Northeast
Category:Commonwealth Coast Conference teams
Category:NCAA Division III Teams
Category:American ice hockey teams
Category:Established in 1992