Buffalo State Bengals men's ice hockey

The Buffalo State Bengals are a Men's Division III team in the State University of New York Athletic Conference.
Both the men's and women's teams are based out of the Buffalo State Ice Arena. The facility is located on campus and seats 1,800. The rink opened in 1991 and is part of a larger Buffalo State Sports Arena which houses the college's other indoor sports teams.
==Men's Program==
The men's team was established for the 1993-94 season.
==Conferences==
*State University of New York Athletic Conference (1993-present)
==Arenas==
*Buffalo State Sports Arena (1993-present)
==Head Coaches==
*Brian Dickinson (1993-1996) 14-48-6
*Jim Fowler (1996-2005) 57-150-16
*Nick Carriere (2005-2015) 109-127-27
*Steve Murphy (2015-Present) 73-47-12 (as of end of 2015-16 season)
===Men's Year by Year Record===
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Conference Tournament 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	
State University of New York Athletic Conference	State University of New York Athletic Conference 	State University of New York Athletic Conference 	State University of New York Athletic Conference 	State University of New York Athletic Conference 	State University of New York Athletic Conference 	State University of New York Athletic Conference 	State University of New York Athletic Conference 	State University of New York Athletic Conference 	State University of New York Athletic Conference 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	
1993-94 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	19 	4 	11 	4 	44 	97 	
1994-95 	14 	3 	10 	1 	48 	83 	7 	7th of 8 	Did not qualify 	24 	6 	17 	1 	89 	134 	
1995-96 	14 	2 	12 	0 	37 	89 	4 	7th of 8 	Did not qualify 	25 	4 	20 	1 	68 	164 	
1996-97 	14 	0 	12 	2 	30 	80 	2 	8th of 8 	Did not qualify 	25 	3 	20 	2 	68 	140 	
1997-98 	14 	2 	9 	3 	35 	72 	7 	7th of 8 	Did not qualify 	24 	3 	18 	3 	 	 	
1998-99 	14 	1 	12 	1 	 	 	3 	8th of 8 	Did not qualify 	23 	3 	19 	1 	40 	135 	
1999-00 	14 	1 	11 	2 	42 	89 	4 	8th of 8 	Did not qualify 	24 	7 	13 	4 	101 	116 	
2000-01 	14 	4 	10 	0 	49 	73 	8 	7th of 8 	Did not qulaify 	25 	12 	12 	1 	108 	110 	
2001-02 	14 	5 	8 	1 	48 	68 	11 	6th of 8 	L, QF 1-2, 3-1, 0-1 (Cortland) 	27 	11 	15 	1 	100 	110 	
2002-03 	14 	3 	11 	0 	43 	79 	6 	8th of 8 	Did not qualify 	25 	6 	18 	1 	78 	123 	
2003-04 	14 	3 	11 	0 	39 	72 	6 	7th of 8 	Did not qualify 	25 	7 	18 	0 	79 	119 	
2004-05 	14 	1 	10 	3 	44 	71 	5 	T-7th of 8 	Did not qualify 	25 	5 	17 	3 	77 	116 	
2005-06 	14 	8 	6 	0 	50 	48 	16 	5th of 8 	L, QF 5-4 8-0 (Plattsburgh) 	26 	11 	14 	1 	83 	104 	
2006-07 	14 	6 	7 	1 	45 	46 	13 	4th of 8 	L, QF 2-1 (2ot) (Fredonia) 	26 	12 	12 	2 	90 	86 	
2007-08 	16 	5 	7 	4 	47 	54 	14 	T-5th of 9 	L, QF 4-2 (Fredonia) 	26 	10 	12 	4 	74 	79 	
2008-09 	16 	5 	7 	4 	65 	63 	14 	6th of 9 	L, QF 4-3 (ot) (Geneseo) 	26 	10 	12 	4 	107 	87 	
2009-10 	16 	2 	14 	0 	37 	74 	4 	9th of 9 	Did not qualify 	25 	6 	18 	1 	71 	109 	
2010-11 	16 	8 	5 	3 	50 	43 	19 	3rd of 9 	L, QF 3-2 (Fredonia) 	26 	12 	11 	3 	81 	69 	
2011-12 	16 	8 	7 	1 	65 	46 	17 	3rd of 9 	W, QF 4-3 (Potsdam) L, SF 4-3 (3ot) (Plattsburgh) 	27 	13 	12 	2 	99 	85 	
2012-13 	16 	7 	8 	1 	50 	48 	15 	4th of 9 	W, QF 6-0 (Fredonia) L, SF 5-2 (Oswego) 	27 	13 	12 	2 	85 	71 	
2013-14 	16 	6 	6 	4 	47 	41 	16 	4th of 9 	W, QF 7-2 (Brockport) L, SF 2-0 (Geneseo) 	27 	10 	12 	5 	120 	128 	
2014-15 	16 	7 	6 	3 	50 	57 	17 	5th of 9 	W, QF 6-2 (Potsdam) L, SF 2-0 (Oswego) 	27 	12 	12 	3 	79 	101 	
2015-16 	16 	11 	4 	1 	61 	30 	23 	T-2nd of 9 	L, SF 6-1 (Geneseo) 	26 	15 	7 	4 	90 	56 	
2016-17 	16 	9 	6 	1 	45 	41 	19 	4th of 9 	W, QF 2-1 (Fredonia) L, SF 6-2 (Oswego) 	27 	18 	8 	1 	92 	63 	
2017-18 	16 	9 	4 	3 	54 	37 	21 	3rd of 9 	W, QF 4-3 (Potsdam) L, SF 5-2 (Geneseo) 	27 	17 	7 	3 	100 	62 	
2018-19 	16 	8 	6 	2 	49 	60 	18 	4th of 9 	L, QF 3-2 (Fredonia) 	26 	11 	13 	2 	82 	93 	
2019-20 	16 	8 	7 	1 	48 	40 	17 	T-3rd of 9 	L, QF 3-1 (Potsdam) 	26 	12 	12 	2 	79 	68 	
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2021-22 	15 	3 	12 	0 	25 	50 	8th 	Did not qualify 	23 	5 	18 	0 	46 	88 	 	
2022-23 	16 	8 	8 	0 	52 	55 	16 	5th 	W, QF 3-2 (Cortland) L, SF 4-1 (Oswego) 	27 	14 	13 	0 	87 	88 	
2023-24 	16 	4 	10 	2 	39 	55 	10 	8th 	Did not qualify 	25 	9 	14 	2 	71 	88 	
Note: The team was a member of the SUNYAC for the 1993-94 season but was unable to begin a conference schedule until the 1994-95 playing season.
==NCAA Tournament Appearances==
*None
==Links==
*SUNYAC men's ice hockey website
*Buffalo State Bengals men's ice hockey website
==References==
Category:Established in 1993
Category:ECAC West teams
Category:SUNYAC teams
Category:American ice hockey teams
Category:NCAA Division III Teams