Western New England Golden Bears men's ice hockey

The Western New England Golden Bears are a Men's Division III team in Commonwealth Coast Conference. The school was called Western New England College until July of 2011 when it was renamed Western New England University. The university is located in a suburban neighborhood in Springfield, Massachusetts near the border with Wilbraham, Massachusetts. The team had played out of the Smead Arena in Springfield about 2.5 miles (4 km) off campus until 2016. The team moved to the Olympia Ice Center in Springfield for the 2016-17 season.
==Program==
The program was established for the 1980-81 season. The team became a member of the Commonwealth Coast Conference as the ECAC Northeast morphed into the CCC for the 2016-17 season.
==Conferences==
*ECAC South (1980-1999)
*ECAC Northeast (1999-2016)
*Commonwealth Coast Conference (2016-present)
==Arenas==
*Smead Arena (-2016
*Olympia Ice Center (2016-present)
==Head Coaches==
*Jeff Kravitz (1980-1986) 19-82-1
*Michael Badger (1986-2001) 146-166-16  
*Karl Enroth (2001-2006) 26-79-11
*Chris Bernard (2006-2009) 17-52-4
*Greg Heffernan (2009-present) 81-181-18 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 	 	 	 	 	
Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	Overall Record 	 	 	 	 	
1980-81 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	15 	4 	10 	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 	 	 	 	 	
1981-82 	5 	1 	4 	0 	 	 	2 	20th of 23 	Did Not Qualify 	16 	5 	11 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1982-83 	12 	0 	12 	0 	 	 	0 	23rd of 24 	Did Not Qualify 	16 	1 	15 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1983-84 	13 	2 	11 	0 	 	 	4 	22nd of 28 	Did Not Qualify 	16 	4 	12 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1984-85 	20 	3 	17 	0 	83 	148 	6 	25th of 29 	Did Not Qualify 	23 	5 	18 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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 	 	 	 	 	
1985-86 	19 	2 	17 	0 	65 	176 	4 	14th of 15 	Did Not Qualify 	19 	2 	17 	0 	65 	176 	 	 	 	 	
1986-87 	16 	5 	10 	1 	77 	107 	11 	9th of 15 	Did Not Qualify 	19 	6 	12 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1987-88 	16 	5 	11 	0 	54 	108 	10 	12th of 16 	Did Not Qualify 	19 	5 	14 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1988-89 	15 	10 	4 	1 	95 	50 	21 	4th of 14 	L, DQF 4-1 (Amherst) 	18 	11 	6 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1989-90 	21 	13 	7 	1 	131 	100 	27 	4th of 15 	W, DQF 4-3 (Amherst) L, DSF 5-1 (Trinity) 	22 	14 	7 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1990-91 	22 	11 	9 	2 	 	 	24 	6th of 14 	L, DQF 5-2 (Amherst) 	23 	11 	10 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1991-92 	20 	13 	7 	0 	 	 	26 	2nd of 11 	W, DSF 5-2 (Fairfield) L, DF 5-4 (ot) (Amherst) 	23 	14 	8 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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 	 	 	 	 	
1992-93 	16 	6 	8 	2 	 	 	14 	T-5th of 9 	Did Not Qualify 	23 	8 	13 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1993-94 	16 	12 	4 	0 	 	 	24 	2nd of 9 	L, QF 6-1 (Assumption) 	23 	15 	7 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1994-95 	15 	5 	10 	0 	 	 	10 	7th of 9 	Did Not Qualify 	24 	9 	15 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1995-96 	14 	5 	9 	0 	 	 	10 	6th of 8 	Did Not Qualify 	24 	9 	14 	1 	87 	97 	 	 	 	 	
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 	 	 	 	 	
1996-97 	14 	7 	6 	1 	47 	56 	15 	5th of 8 	Did Not Qualify 	22 	10 	11 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1997-98 	8 	1 	7 	0 	- 	- 	2 	5th of 5 	Did Not Qualify 	17 	7 	10 	0 	66 	88 	 	 	 	 	
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 	5 	11 	1 	106 	123 	11 	14th of 18 	Did Not Qualify 	23 	9 	13 	1 	- 	- 	 	 	 	 	
1999-00 	13 	7 	6 	0 	62 	53 	14 	9th of 18 	L, QF 5-4 (ot) (Fitchburg St)  	25 	11 	12 	2 	120 	112 	 	 	 	 	
2000-01 	17 	4 	12 	1 	60 	82 	9 	14th of 18 	Did Not Qualify 	23 	7 	14 	2 	76 	111 	 	 	 	 	
2001-02 	15 	1 	14 	0 	29 	78 	2 	16th of 16 	Did Not Qualify 	21 	3 	18 	0 	44 	110 	 	 	 	 	
2002-03 	16 	4 	11 	1 	50 	77 	9 	14th of 17 	Did Not Qualify 	25 	8 	14 	3 	84 	121 	 	 	 	 	
2003-04 	1 	4 	9 	3 	53 	65 	11 	T-12th of 17 	Did Not Qualify 	25 	9 	13 	3 	80 	92 	 	 	 	 	
2004-05 	15 	2 	11 	2 	34 	78 	6 	T-14th of 16 	Did Not Qualify 	24 	5 	16 	3 	65 	119 	 	 	 	 	
2005-06 	15 	1 	12 	2 	39 	89 	4 	T-13th of 16 	Did Not Qualify 	23 	4 	16 	3 	65 	117 	 	 	 	 	
2006-07 	15 	2 	13 	0 	36 	78 	4 	T-14th of 16 	Did Not Qualify 	23 	8 	15 	0 	64 	98 	 	 	 	 	
2007-08 	16 	4 	10 	2 	33 	62 	10 	13th of 17 	Did Not Qualify 	25 	6 	17 	2 	47 	96 	 	 	 	 	
2008-09 	17 	3 	12 	2 	29 	72 	8 	16th of 18 	Did Not Qualify 	25 	3 	20 	2 	43 	125 	 	 	 	 	
2009-10 	14 	2 	12 	0 	31 	64 	4 	7th of 8 	L, QF 13-2 (Curry) 	25 	3 	21 	1 	67 	138 	 	 	 	 	
2010-11 	14 	5 	9 	0 	49 	73 	10 	6th of 8 	L, QF 7-1 (Johnson & Wales) 	26 	8 	17 	1 	96 	140 	 	 	 	 	
2011-12 	14 	8 	5 	1 	53 	45 	17 	4th of 8 	W, QF 2-1 (ot) (Johnson & Wales) L, SF 5-3 (Wentworth) 	27 	14 	12 	1 	82 	81 	 	 	 	 	
2012-13 	14 	8 	6 	0 	44 	43 	16 	4th of 8 	L, QF 8-4 (Salve Regina) 	26 	11 	15 	0 	86 	95 	 	 	 	 	
2013-14 	14 	4 	9 	1 	39 	55 	9 	7th of 8 	Did Not Qualify 	25 	10 	14 	1 	71 	93 	 	 	 	 	
2014-15 	14 	5 	9 	0 	33 	57 	10 	7th of 8 	Did Not Qualify 	24 	5 	16 	3 	52 	95 	 	 	 	 	
2015-16 	16 	1 	13 	2 	25 	69 	4 	9th of 9 	Did Not Qualify 	25 	2 	19 	4 	41 	100 	 	 	 	 	
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 	5 	12 	1 	43 	77 	11 	T-7th of 10 	L, QF 8-3 (Endicott) 	25 	7 	13 	5 	59 	94 	 	 	 	 	
2017-18 	18 	4 	12 	2 	43 	69 	10 	8th of 10 	L, QF 8-1 (Salve Regina) 	26 	9 	14 	3 	69 	95 	 	 	 	 	
2018-19 	17 	3 	14 	0 	30 	89 	6 	7th of 8 	Did not qualify 	25 	8 	17 	0 	61 	113 	 	 	 	 	
2019-20 	18 	1 	16 	1 	32 	96 	4 	8th of 8 	Did not qualify 	24 	3 	19 	2 	47 	112 	 	 	 	 	
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2021-22 	21 	2 	18 	1 	48 	105 	6 	8th of 8 	Lm QF 4-1 (U. New England) 	26 	4 	20 	2 	59 	120 	 	 	 	 	
2022-23 	21 	5 	15 	1 	53 	89 	18 	5th of 8 	L, QF 5-2 (Salve Regina) 	25 	6 	18 	1 	64 	106 	 	 	 	 	
2023-24 	18 	2 	13 	3 	37 	72 	12 	8th of 8 	Did not qualify 	25 	5 	17 	3 	65 	99 	 	 	 	 	
==NCAA Tournament Appearances==
None
==References==
==Links==
*Commonwealth Coast Conference men's ice hockey website
*Western New England Golden Bears men's ice hockey website
Category:Established in 1980
Category:ECAC Northeast
Category:Commonwealth Coast Conference teams
Category:NCAA Division III Teams
Category:American ice hockey teams