Utica Pioneers men's ice hockey

The Utica Pioneers are the name of the athletics teams of Utica College in Utica, New York. They play in the ECAC West, which is a NCAA Division III conference.
Both the men's and women's programs were started for the 2001-02 season and joined the ECAC West for that inaugural season, The teams have been based out of the Utica Memorial Auditorium since their founding. The arena is located about five miles off campus. The team joined the United Collegiate Hockey Conference when it was formed for the 2017-18 season.
==Men's program==
The team has won the ECAC West regular season title in 2004-05, 2012-13,  2013-14 and 2016-17. It won the UCHC regular season title in 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20.
The team won the UCHC conference's post season tournament in 2018 and 2020
The team qualified for the 2013 NCAA Tournament reaching the frozen four.
The school hosted the 2017 NCAA Division III Men's hockey championship at the Utica Memorial Auditorium.
The school has lead NCAA Division III Men's hockey in attendance every season since 2006-07 to present (upto and including the 2019-20 season).
==Conferences==
*ECAC West (2001-2017)
*United Collegiate Hockey Conference (2017-present)
==Arenas==
*Utica Memorial Auditorium (2001-present)
==Head Coaches==
*Gary Heenan (2001-present) 290-169-47 as of end of 2019-20 season
==Team Year by Year==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Conference Tournament 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
2001-02 	10 	2 	7 	1 	30 	45 	5 	5th 	Did not qualify 	25 	10 	12 	3 	80 	93
2002-03 	10 	4 	5 	1 	37 	35 	9 	5th 	Did not qualify 	25 	11 	13 	1 	84 	96
2003-04 	10 	4 	5 	1 	37 	35 	9 	4th 	L, SF 4-2 (Hobart) 	26 	15 	10 	1 	120 	85
2004-05 	12 	9 	1 	2 	54 	34 	20 	1st 	W, SF 4-3 (2ot) (Elmira) L, F 3-1 (Manhattanville) 	27 	16 	5 	6 	99 	74
2005-06 	15 	7 	6 	2 	38 	32 	16 	4th 	W, SF 5-3 (Manhattanville), L, F 3-2 (Elmira) 	27 	13 	11 	3 	73 	66
2006-07 	15 	7 	5 	3 	52 	39 	17 	3rd 	L, SF 2-1 (Neumann) 	25 	13 	9 	3 	87 	61
2007-08 	15 	8 	6 	1 	61 	39 	17 	3rd 	L, SF 6-2 (Manhattanville) 	26 	15 	10 	1 	97 	67
2008-09 	15 	5 	9 	1 	54 	56 	11 	5th 	L, QF 4-3 (Neumann) 	26 	11 	12 	3 	101 	82
2009-10 	15 	4 	9 	2 	47 	72 	10 	5th 	L, QF 3-1 (Neumann) 	26 	8 	14 	4 	90 	105
2010-11 	12 	6 	5 	1 	32 	36 	13 	3rd 	L, SF 5-2 (Neumann) 	26 	17 	8 	1 	96 	59
2011-12 	12 	4 	6 	2 	37 	41 	10 	4th 	L, QF 4-3 (ot) (Neumann) 	26 	15 	9 	2 	109 	74
2012-13 	15 	11 	3 	1 	69 	37 	23 	2nd 	L, SF 2-1 (ot) (Manhattanville) 	28 	21 	6 	1 	122 	64
2013-14 	15 	10 	4 	1 	51 	37 	21 	1st 	W, SF 1-0 (Manhattanville), L, F 5-2 (Elmira) 	27 	16 	7 	4 	91 	65
2014-15 	15 	4 	8 	3 	35 	49 	11 	5th 	L, QF 5-2 (Elmira) 	26 	11 	10 	5 	74 	73
2015-16 	15 	6 	6 	3 	42 	44 	15 	3rd 	W, QF 5-3 (Elmira), W, SF 4-3 (ot) (Manhattanville) L, F 5-0 (Hobart)	28 	14 	10 	4 	77 	71
2016-17 	14 	12 	2 	0 	57 	28 	27 	1st 	W, SF 4-3 (Neumann) L, F 2-1 (ot) (Hobart) 	27 	18 	9 	0 	101 	75
United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
2017-18 	16 	12 	4 	0 	79 	34 	24 	1st 	W, SF 5-2 (Neumann) W, F 8-3 (Elmira) 	27 	21 	5 	1 	133 	55
2018-19 	18 	14 	3 	1 	85 	29 	44 	1st 	W, SF 4Pts-0 (Nazareth) L, F 2G-1 (Manhattanville) 	29 	20 	7 	2 	119 	55
2019-20 	18 	15 	2 	1 	100 	33 	46 	1st 	W, SF 4Pts-0 (Nazareth W, F 2G-0 (Wilkes) 	29 	25 	2 	2 	147 	57
2020-21 	8 	7 	1 	0 	49 	16 	.875 	1st 	W, QF 9-0 (Manhattanville) L, SF 2-1 (3ot) (Elmira) 	10 	8 	2 	0 	59 	18
2021-22 	18 	17 	0 	1 	120 	21 	53 	1st 	W, 11-1 (Lebanon Valley) W, 4-0 (Manhattanville) W, F 7-4 (Wilkes) 	29 	25 	3 	1 	164 	40
2022-23 	20 	20 	0 	0 	123 	30 	58 	1st 	W, QF 5-2 (Arcadia) W, 11-0 (Manhattanville) W, 5-3 (Nazareth) 	29 	25 	3 	1 	165 	57
2023-24 	20 	19 	0 	1 	114 	28 	58 	1st 	W, QF 3-0 (Nazareth) W, 4-0 (Alvernia) W, F 3-2 (Stenvenson) 	28 	23 	2 	3 	132 	41
==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
2013 	Bye 	W, 4-2 (Bowdoin) 	L, 5-1 (WI-Eau Claire) 	 	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 	Bye 	L, 2-0 (U. New England) 	-- 	-- 	-- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2023 	Bye 	L, 5-4 (ot) (U. New England) 	-- 	-- 	-- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2024 	W, 4-1 (Plymouth St) 	L, 3-1 (Hobart) 	-- 	-- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Links==
*United Collegiate Hockey League men's website
*Utica Pioneers men's ice hockey men's website
Category:Established in 2001
Category:ECAC West teams
Category:United Collegiate Hockey Conference teams
Category:NCAA Division III Teams
Category:American ice hockey teams