Plymouth State Panthers men's ice hockey

The Plymouth State Panthers are a Men's Division III team in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.
==Men's program==
The men's program dates back to 1973-74. The program has won 2 MASCAC conference tournaments and made 2 NCAA Division III tournament appearances as a result (2012 and 2015).
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 College Division Independent (1971-1972)
*ECAC Division II (1972-1973)
*ECAC Division III (1973-1975
*NCAA Division III Independent (1975-1976
*ECAC Division III (1976-1985)
*ECAC North (1985-1998)
*ECAC Northeast (1998-2009)
*Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (2009-2025)
*Little East Conference (2025-)
==Arenas==
*Waterville Valley Ice Arena (1971-2010)
*Hanaway Rink (2010-present)
==Head Coaches==
*Glen Olsen (1971-1972) 9-2-0
*Rick Hutchins (1972-1976) 24-26-1
*Dave Webster (1976-1996) 208-173-16
*Sal Leale (1996-1998) 23-23-2
*Mike Bonelli (1998-2001) 23-44-3
*Chris Hudon (2001-2003) 12-26-6
*Brett Tryder (2003-2010) 86-80-12
*Craig Russell (2010-present) 172-73-25 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	 	 	 	
1971-72 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	11 	9 	2 	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	 	 	 	
1972-73 	5 	1 	3 	1 	15 	23 	.300 	 	Did not qualify 	11 	5 	5 	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	 	 	 	
1973-74 	8 	4 	4 	0 	37 	35 	.500 	 	Did not qualify 	14 	7 	7 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1974-75 	7 	3 	4 	0 	20 	27 	.426 	 	Did not qualify 	15 	6 	9 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
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	 	 	 	
1975-76 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	 	- 	11 	6 	5 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
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	 	 	 	
1976-77 	3 	3 	0 	0 	25 	7 	1.000 	 	Did not qualify 	12 	11 	1 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1977-78 	4 	1 	2 	1 	 	 	.375 	 	Did not qualify 	13 	10 	2 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1978-79 	8 	7 	1 	0 	52 	26 	.875 	 	Did not qualify 	15 	13 	2 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1979-80 	8 	3 	5 	0 	35 	37 	.375 	 	Did not qualify 	13 	6 	7 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1980-81 	9 	5 	3 	1 	 	 	.611 	 	Did not qualify 	15 	10 	4 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1981-82 	10 	5 	5 	0 	 	 	.500 	 	Did not qualify 	18 	9 	9 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1982-83 	12 	5 	7 	0 	 	 	.417 	 	Did not qualify 	17 	6 	10 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1983-84 	13 	4 	9 	0 	 	 	.308 	 	Did not qualify 	17 	5 	12 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1984-85 	21 	12 	9 	0 	115 	95 	.571 	 	Did not qualify 	22 	12 	10 	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 	22 	17 	5 	0 	132 	88 	.773 	 	W, DQF 4-2 (St. Michael's) W, DSF 7-6 (St. Michael's) L, DF 5-2 (Curry) 	26 	19 	7 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1986-87 	10 	4 	6 	0 	105 	92 	.545 	T-3rd 	Did not qualify 	22 	12 	10 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1987-88 	22 	13 	9 	0 	114 	83 	.591 	6th 	L, DQF 5-2 (Southeastern Massachusetts) 	23 	13 	10 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1988-89 	19 	9 	9 	1 	91 	78 	.500 	7th 	Did not qualify 	21 	9 	11 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1989-90 	19 	7 	9 	3 	88 	85 	.447 	9th 	Did not qualify 	20 	7 	10 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	
1990-91 	20 	12 	7 	1 	 	 	.625 	3rd 	W, DQF 5-4 (Assumption) L, DSF 5-3 (Fitchburg St) 	20 	12 	8 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
1991-92 	20 	10 	8 	2 	 	 	.550 	8th 	Did not qualify 	21 	10 	9 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
1992-93 	16 	10 	4 	2 	 	 	22 	3rd 	L, QF 4-2 (Assumption) 	25 	15 	7 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	
1993-94 	16 	11 	5 	0 	 	 	22 	3rd 	W, QF 5-3 (Skidmore) L, SF 6-0 (Fitchburg St) 	25 	17 	8 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1994-95 	16 	3 	12 	1 	 	 	5 	9th 	Did not qualify 	25 	5 	19 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1995-96 	14 	6 	8 	0 	 	 	12 	5th 	Did not qualify 	25 	7 	17 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1996-97 	12 	8 	3 	1 	61 	47 	17 	2nd 	Did not qualify 	22 	19 	9 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
1997-98 	16 	9 	6 	1 	74 	61 	19 	4th 	L, QF 11-2 (Fitchburg St) 	26 	11 	14 	1 	104 	126 	 	 	 	
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 	17 	10 	7 	0 	73 	50 	20 	7th 	L, QF 6-2 (Fitchburg St) 	25 	13 	12 	0 	90 	74 	 	 	 	
1999-00 	13 	5 	6 	2 	40 	63 	12 	9th 	Did not qualify 	20 	6 	12 	2 	61 	69 	 	 	 	
2000-01 	17 	4 	13 	0 	40 	78 	8 	T-11th 	Did not qualify 	25 	4 	20 	1 	54 	126 	 	 	 	
2001-02 	15 	7 	8 	0 	41 	57 	14 	8th 	L, QF 6-1 (Lebanon Valley) 	22 	7 	14 	1 	53 	97 	 	 	 	
2002-03 	16 	3 	9 	4 	54 	86 	10 	10th 	Did not qualify 	22 	5 	12 	5 	75 	120 	 	 	 	
2003-04 	16 	4 	11 	1 	54 	72 	9 	11th 	Did not qualify 	24 	8 	15 	1 	81 	103 	 	 	 	
2004-05 	15 	9 	5 	1 	51 	54 	19 	4th 	W, QF 6-1 (Fitchburg St) L, SF 8-2 (Curry) 	25 	13 	10 	2 	92 	106 	 	 	 	
2005-06 	15 	13 	2 	0 	87 	34 	26 	3rd 	W, QF 1-0 (Johnson & Wales) L, SF 6-0 (Curry) 	26 	16 	9 	1 	114 	83 	 	 	 	
2006-07 	15 	10 	4 	1 	62 	44 	21 	4th 	L, QF 3-2 (Fitchburg St) 	26 	11 	13 	2 	86 	100 	 	 	 	
2007-08 	16 	7 	7 	2 	55 	46 	16 	9th 	Did not qualify 	25 	10 	12 	3 	79 	76 	 	 	 	
2008-09 	17 	7 	8 	2 	55 	56 	16 	9th 	Did not qualify 	25 	11 	12 	2 	75 	92 	 	 	 	
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2009-10 	18 	12 	5 	1 	81 	61 	25 	3rd 	W, SF 7-3 (Worcester St) L, SF 6-1 (Salem St) 	27 	17 	9 	1 	115 	93 	 	 	 	
2010-11 	18 	10 	5 	3 	61 	44 	23 	3rd 	L, QF 4-1 (Westfield St) 	26 	15 	6 	5 	97 	61 	 	 	 	
2011-12 	18 	12 	3 	3 	60 	41 	27 	1st 	W, SF 7-1 (Worcester St) W, F 5-4 (2ot) (Salem St) 	27 	17 	7 	3 	89 	65 	 	 	 	
2012-13 	18 	14 	3 	1 	67 	38 	29 	1st 	W, SF 7-1 (Fitchburg St) L, F 2-1 (Mass-Dartmouth) 	27 	19 	7 	1 	97 	59 	 	 	 	
2013-14 	18 	11 	5 	2 	71 	41 	24 	T-1st 	W, SF 3-2 (Westfield St) L, F 5-1 (Salem St) 	27 	14 	11 	2 	99 	79 	 	 	 	
2014-15 	18 	14 	3 	1 	78 	49 	29 	1st 	W, SF 3-0 (Westfield St) W, F 6-2 (Salem St) 	28 	16 	9 	3 	110 	88 	 	 	 	
2015-16 	18 	15 	2 	1 	70 	35 	31 	2nd 	W, SF 6-2 (Fitchburg St) L, F 4-0 (Salem St) 	27 	21 	5 	1 	97 	57 	 	 	 	
2016-17 	18 	16 	1 	1 	80 	32 	33 	1st 	W, SF 7-1 (Fitchburg St) L, F 4-3 (Salem St) 	27 	19 	6 	2 	113 	62 	 	 	 	
2017-18 	18 	15 	2 	1 	88 	39 	31 	1st 	L, Sf 3-1 (Mass-Dartmouth) 	26 	19 	5 	2 	110 	56 	 	 	 	
2018-19 	18 	12 	4 	2 	74 	49 	26 	1st 	W, SF 6-1 (Worcester St) W, F 3-0 (Salem St) 	28 	17 	8 	3 	108 	72 	 	 	 	
2019-20 	18 	13 	3 	2 	78 	38 	28 	1st 	W, SF 4-2 (Westfield St) W, F 6-2 (Mass-Dartmouth) 	27 	15 	9 	3 	101 	80 	 	 	 	
2020-21 	Conference season cancelled November 13thhttps://www.uscho.com/2020/11/13/risks-are-far-too-great-as-mascac-makes-decision-to-cancels-2020-21-hockey-season/	Conference season cancelled November 13thhttps://www.uscho.com/2020/11/13/risks-are-far-too-great-as-mascac-makes-decision-to-cancels-2020-21-hockey-season/	Conference season cancelled November 13thhttps://www.uscho.com/2020/11/13/risks-are-far-too-great-as-mascac-makes-decision-to-cancels-2020-21-hockey-season/	Conference season cancelled November 13thhttps://www.uscho.com/2020/11/13/risks-are-far-too-great-as-mascac-makes-decision-to-cancels-2020-21-hockey-season/	Conference season cancelled November 13thhttps://www.uscho.com/2020/11/13/risks-are-far-too-great-as-mascac-makes-decision-to-cancels-2020-21-hockey-season/	Conference season cancelled November 13thhttps://www.uscho.com/2020/11/13/risks-are-far-too-great-as-mascac-makes-decision-to-cancels-2020-21-hockey-season/	Conference season cancelled November 13thhttps://www.uscho.com/2020/11/13/risks-are-far-too-great-as-mascac-makes-decision-to-cancels-2020-21-hockey-season/	Conference season cancelled November 13thhttps://www.uscho.com/2020/11/13/risks-are-far-too-great-as-mascac-makes-decision-to-cancels-2020-21-hockey-season/	Conference season cancelled November 13thhttps://www.uscho.com/2020/11/13/risks-are-far-too-great-as-mascac-makes-decision-to-cancels-2020-21-hockey-season/	4 	4 	0 	0 	23 	20 	 	 	 	
2021-22 	18 	14 	2 	2 	85 	36 	30 	1st 	W, SF 8-4 (Framingham St) W, F 8-4 (Salem St) 	27 	19 	6 	2 	117 	58 	 	 	 	
2022-23 	18 	18 	0 	0 	97 	37 	53 	1st 	W, SF 6-0 (Westfield St) W, F 5-2 (Worcester St) 	28 	23 	4 	1 	133 	60 	 	 	 	
2023-24 	21 	18 	1 	2 	111 	38 	56 	1st 	W, SF 5-4 (Westfield St) W, F 3-0 (Fitchburg St) 	27 	23 	2 	2 	135 	50 	 	 	 	
==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
2012 	L, 3-1 (Wentworth) 	-- 	-- 	-- 	N/A 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2015 	L, 3-2 (Norwich) 	-- 	-- 	-- 	N/A 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2019 	L, 2-1 (Hobart) 	 	 	 	N/A 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2020 	Tournament cancelled prior first round by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled prior first round by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled prior first round by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled prior first round by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled prior first round by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2022 	L, 3-2 (2ot) (U. New England) 	-- 	-- 	-- 	N/A 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2023 	L, 2-0 (U. New England) 	-- 	-- 	-- 	N/A 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2024 	W, 5-2 (Cortland St) 	L, 4-1 (Utica) 	-- 	-- 	N/A 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==References==
==Links==
*MASCAC men's ice hockey website
*Plymouth State Panther men's ice hockey website
==References==
Category:Established in 1973
Category:ECAC Northeast
Category:Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
Category:NCAA Division III Teams
Category:American ice hockey teams