Mass-Boston Beacons men's ice hockey

The Mass-Boston Beacons are a Men's Division III team in New England Hockey Conference which was known as ECAC East until 2015. Both teams play out of the Edward T. Barry Ice Rink located on campus which is part of the larger Clark Athletic Center. The arena was previously known as the Beacons Ice Arena until being renamed in the fall of 2016.
University of Massachusetts-Boston in its present form was established in 1982. The school was created out of a merger of Boston State College which dated back to 1852 and several previous names. and the then University of Massachusetts-Boston which was established in 1964. Both schools were previously located in the heart of Boston with Boston State College being located where Massachusetts College of Art is located on Huntington Avenue in the Longwood Medical Area near Northeastern University. The school was moved to the present location from a location on Park Street in 1974 at Columbia Point next to the JFK Presidential Library along the shore of Boston Harbor.
As much as the school has moved the school has not had on campus housing for its students. In December of 2016 the school broke ground on a 1,077 bed student residence hall which should be ready for the fall of 2018. The school has grown since it moved to its current location and always been a commuter school as it has a stop (JFK/UMASS) on the MBTA's red line subway service that links to dedicated buses for the school. Much of the student body comes from the city of Boston and the immediate suburbs. This should make the school more attractive to students from outside the area as well as Boston is a major college town and apartment hunting is a major challenge and lack of dorm room discourages people from considering the school.
==Men's program==
Boston State College won the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference championship in outright 1971-72 and 1972-73 and share the 1974-75 championship with Salem State College.
The UMass-Boston men's program appears to date back to 1980-81 when the school was being re-aligned.
The team won the 2016 New England Hockey Conference title advancing to the 2016 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament where they made it to the semifinals in Lake Placid, New York before losing 8-7 in double overtime to the St. Norbert Green Knights.
In 2009 they made an improbable run at the conference tournament after finishing as the lowest seed (8th) pulling off a 1-0 win in overtime over the Norwich Cadets a 5-4 win over the New England College Pilgrims in the semifinals and losing 4-3 in overtime to the Babson Beavers in the championship game.
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==
*ECAC Division II East (1980-1985)
*ECAC East (1985-2015)
*New England Hockey Conference (2015-2025)
*Little East Conference (2025-)
==Arenas==
*Edward T. Barry Ice Rink (1980-present) (known as Beacons Ice Arena until 2016)
==Head Coaches==
*Joe Mallen (1980-1985) 80-46-2
*Gary Doak (1985-1987) 23-29-2
*Bill Stewart (1987-1990) 44-32-4
*Dick Bradley (1990-1993) 41-30-3
*Paul Cannata (1993-1996) 17-51-1
*Kevin McGonagle (1996-2000) 19-35-1
*Joe Mallen (2000-2002) 4-40-5
*Jack Foley (2002-2003) 2-33-2 (no longer coach partway through 2003-04 season)
*Mike Bertoni (2003-2006) 5-40-2
*John Giuliotti (2005-2006) 0-9-1
*Peter Belisle (2006-present)
==Year by Year==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Conference Tournament 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	 	 	 	
ECAC Division II East 	ECAC Division II East 	ECAC Division II East 	ECAC Division II East 	ECAC Division II East 	ECAC Division II East 	ECAC Division II East 	ECAC Division II East 	ECAC Division II East 	ECAC Division II East 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	 	 	 	
1980-81 	11 	7 	4 	0 	 	 	.636 	10th 	Did not qualify 	24 	17 	7 	0 	138 	74 	 	 	 	
1981-82 	17 	16 	1 	0 	132 	45 	.974 	1st 	Did not qualify 	27 	24 	3 	0 	202 	86 	 	 	 	
1982-83 	16 	4 	12 	0 	74 	120 	.438 	10th 	Did not qualify 	25 	13 	12 	0 	157 	149 	 	 	 	
1983-84 	16 	7 	9 	0 	65 	82 	.438 	10th 	L, QF 6-4 (Bowdoin) 	27 	16 	11 	0 	151 	123 	 	 	 	
1984-85 	16 	4 	11 	1 	63 	85 	.295 	14th 	Did not qualify 	25 	10 	13 	2 	122 	113 	 	 	 	
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 	20 	6 	14 	0 	 	 	.300 	13th 	Did not qualify 	26 	10 	16 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	
1986-87 	22 	8 	12 	2 	104 	108 	.409 	10th 	Did not qualify 	28 	13 	13 	2 	154 	128 	 	 	 	
1987-88 	19 	11 	8 	0 	84 	83 	.579 	7th 	L, QF 5-0 (Babson) 	25 	15 	10 	0 	120 	110 	 	 	 	
1988-89 	21 	12 	8 	1 	97 	74 	.595 	5th 	W, QF 6-2 (Babson) L, SF 12-1 (Merrimack) 	28 	17 	10 	1 	129 	100 	 	 	 	
1989-90 	22 	8 	12 	2 	88 	99 	.409 	8th 	Did not qualify 	26 	11 	12 	3 	118 	113 	 	 	 	
1990-91 	21 	14 	4 	3 	107 	88 	.738 	2nd 	Did not qualify 	26 	16 	7 	3 	128 	110 	 	 	 	
1991-92 	19 	9 	19 	0 	94 	90 	.500 	7th 	L, QF 3-2 (Williams) 	25 	15 	10 	0 	131 	111 	 	 	 	
1992-93 	28 	7 	11 	0 	 	 	.389 	12th 	L, QF 6-2 (Middlebury) 	23 	10 	3 	0 	111 	140 	 	 	 	
1993-94 	17 	3 	14 	0 	64 	112 	6 	17th 	Did not qualify 	22 	3 	19 	0 	80 	150 	 	 	 	
1994-95 	17 	3 	14 	0 	55 	105 	6 	T-16th 	Did not qualify 	24 	5 	19 	0 	87 	153 	 	 	 	
1995-96 	19 	6 	12 	1 	81 	115 	13 	T-14th 	Did not qualify 	23 	9 	13 	1 	111 	134 	 	 	 	
1996-97 	19 	6 	13 	0 	77 	80 	12 	T-14th 	Did not qualify 	22 	8 	14 	0 	90 	90 	 	 	 	
1997-98 	19 	5 	14 	0 	61 	81 	10 	T-16th 	Did not qualify 	24 	7 	17 	0 	83 	99 	 	 	 	
1998-99 	17 	8 	8 	1 	68 	61 	17 	10th 	W, 1st Rd 2-1 (Salem St) L, QF 5-3 (Norwich) 	26 	13 	11 	2 	106 	86 	 	 	 	
1999-00 	17 	7 	10 	0 	61 	62 	14 	3rd 	W, QF 6-1 (MCLA) L, SF 3-1 (Salem St) 	25 	13 	12 	0 	97 	87 	 	 	 	
2000-01 	17 	2 	13 	2 	41 	96 	6 	7th 	L, QF 5-3 (New England College) 	24 	4 	17 	3 	62 	122 	 	 	 	
2001-02 	19 	3 	14 	2 	45 	106 	8 	7th 	L, QF 4-2 (New England College) 	25 	4 	18 	3 	66 	135 	 	 	 	
2002-03 	19 	0 	18 	1 	33 	153 	1 	8th 	L, QF 12-0 (Norwich) 	24 	0 	22 	2 	43 	183 	 	 	 	
2003-04 	18 	0 	18 	0 	29 	113 	0 	7th 	L, QF 9-1 (New England College) 	26 	3 	23 	0 	56 	155 	 	 	 	
2004-05 	19 	2 	16 	1 	29 	93 	5 	7th 	L, QF 8-0 (Babson) 	24 	4 	19 	1 	44 	115 	 	 	 	
2005-06 	19 	0 	17 	2 	29 	104 	2 	6th 	L, QF 8-1 (Norwich) 	26 	0 	23 	3 	39 	139 	 	 	 	
2006-07 	19 	3 	16 	0 	39 	100 	6 	8th 	L, QF 8-2 (Norwich) 	26 	5 	20 	1 	48 	115 	 	 	 	
2007-08 	19 	5 	12 	2 	58 	74 	12 	7th 	W, QF 4-1 (Babson) L, SF 5-2 (Norwich) 	27 	11 	14 	2 	87 	100 	 	 	 	
2008-09 	19 	4 	14 	1 	48 	76 	9 	8th 	W, QF 1-0 (ot) (Norwich) W, SF (New England College) L, F 4-3 (ot) (Babson)	28 	10 	16 	2 	85 	100 	 	 	 	
2009-10 	19 	6 	11 	2 	53 	72 	14 	T-6th 	L, QF 4-2 (Babson) 	25 	10 	13 	2 	79 	84 	 	 	 	
2010-11 	19 	10 	9 	0 	65 	57 	20 	3rd 	L, QF 4-1 (Southern Maine) 	26 	15 	11 	0 	99 	74 	 	 	 	
2011-12 	18 	9 	8 	1 	55 	51 	19 	5th 	L, QF 3-2 (Skidmore) 	26 	13 	10 	3 	87 	65 	 	 	 	
2012-13 	18 	11 	5 	2 	78 	60 	24 	2nd 	W, QF 5-2 (U New England) L, SF 4-3 (ot) (Babson) 	27 	19 	6 	2 	126 	86 	 	 	 	
2013-14 	18 	9 	5 	4 	60 	47 	22 	3rd 	W, QF 7-2 (U New England) L, SF 4-2 (Babson) 	27 	17 	6 	4 	114 	65 	 	 	 	
2014-15 	18 	16 	2 	0 	75 	45 	32 	2nd 	W, QF 11-1 (Skidmore) L, SF 5-2 (Babson) 	27 	22 	4 	1 	129 	71 	 	 	 	
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2015-16 	18 	14 	2 	2 	78 	40 	30 	1st 	W, QF 4-0 (S Maine) W, SF 6-3 (U New England) W, F 3-2 (ot) (Babson) 	31 	23 	5 	3 	134 	69 	 	 	 	
2016-17 	18 	7 	9 	2 	60 	52 	16 	6th of 9 	L, QF 7-3 (Babson) 	26 	12 	11 	3 	98 	72 	 	 	 	
2017-18 	18 	11 	7 	0 	74 	53 	22 	4th of 8 	W, QF 5-3 (New England College) L, SF 6-3 (Norwich) 	27 	17 	10 	0 	121 	77 	 	 	 	
2018-19 	18 	14 	3 	1 	72 	35 	29 	1st of 10 	W, QF 4-0 (S. Maine) L, SF 4-0 (Hobart) 	28 	19 	8 	1 	103 	57 	 	 	 	
2019-20 	18 	10 	7 	1 	82 	57 	21 	5th of 10 	L, QF 4-1 (New England College 	26 	14 	11 	1 	116 	82 	 	 	 	
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2021-22 	18 	10 	4 	4 	75 	43 	35 	3rd 	L, QF 5-3 (Skidmore) 	26 	14 	8 	4 	102 	68 	 	 	 	
2022-23 	18 	8 	10 	0 	45 	47 	26 	6th 	L, QF 5-1 (Babson) 	26 	11 	15 	0 	60 	74 	 	 	 	
2023-24 	18 	7 	11 	0 	45 	63 	22 	6th 	L, QF 5-1 (Skidmore) 	26 	9 	15 	2 	67 	91 	 	 	 	
==NCAA Tournament Appearances==
===University of Massachusetts Boston Beacons===
Season	First Round 	Quarterfinals 	Semifinals 	Championship	Third Place
2016 	W, 4-0 (Trinity)	W, 2-0 (Hobart)	L, 8-7 (ot) St. Norbert)	-- 	N/A
==References==
==Links==
*New England Hockey Conference men's website
*Mass-Boston Beacons men's ice hockey website
Category:Established in 1980
Category:NCAA Division II Teams
Category:ECAC East teams
Category:New England Hockey Conference men's teams