The Amherst Mammoths (formerly known as the Amherst Lord Jeffs) are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Amherst College, located in Amherst, Massachusetts from the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Orr Rink, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1908-09 season, and then revived for the 1952-53 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Amherst College
• Location: Amherst, Massachusetts
• School Founded: 1821
• Enrollment: 1,914
• Colors: Purple, White, & Black
• Home Arena: Orr Rink
• Arena Capacity: 1,000
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
• Head Coach: Eddie Effinger
• Conference Titles: 5 (1976, 1980, 1984, 2009, 2012)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 6 (1976, 1992, 1996, 2009, 2012, 2015)

Conferences

• Independent (1908-1914; 1919-1933)
• NCAA Independent (1952-1961)
• ECAC (1961-1964)
• ECAC Division II (1964-1972)
• ECAC Division III (1972-1985)
• ECAC South (1985-1992)
• ECAC East (1992-1999)
• New England Small College Athletic Conference (1999-present)

Arenas

• Pratt Field (1908-1954)
• Orr Rink (1954-present)

Head Coaches

• No coach (1908-1914; 1919-1921; 1922-1923; 1924-1925)
• Leon Plimmer (1921-1922) 4-6-0 (.400)
• H.L. Davenport (1923-1924) 4-6-0 (.400)
• Professor March (1925-1926) 1-5-1 (.214)
• Henry White (1926-1929) 10-9-5 (.521)
• Ellsworth Richardson (1929-1933, 1952-1962) 66-99-0 (.400)
• Ben McCabe (1962-1978) 95-183-2 (.343)
• Dennis Daly (1978-1983) 49-59-0 (.454)
• Jack Arena (1983-2025) 538-399-87 (.568)
• Eddie Effinger (2025-present) 11-11-2 (.500)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Independent Program										Overall Record
1908-09	6	2	3	1	7	14	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	2	3	1	7	14
1909-10	6	4	2	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	4	2	0
1910-11	7	3	3	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	3	3	1
1911-12	7	2	4	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	2	4	1
1912-13	4	1	2	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	4	1	2	1
1913-14	6	1	4	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	1	4	1
No Varsity Program from 1914-1920
1919-20	2	2	0	0	4	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	2	0	0	4	1
1920-21	7	0	7	0	8	19	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	0	7	0	8	19
1921-22	10	4	6	0	14	15	N/A	N/A	N/A	10	4	6	0	14	15
1922-23	8	4	3	1	15	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	4	3	1	15	24
1923-24	10	5	5	1	16	17	N/A	N/A	N/A	10	5	5	1	16	17
1924-25	5	2	3	0	11	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	2	3	0	11	24
1925-26	7	1	4	2	11	28	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	1	4	2	11	28
1926-27	8	3	2	3	9	9	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	3	2	3	9	9
1927-28	7	4	2	1	12	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	4	2	1	12	7
1928-29	9	3	5	1	14	20	N/A	N/A	N/A	9	3	5	1	14	20
1929-30	9	2	7	0	12	30	N/A	N/A	N/A	9	2	7	0	12	30
1930-31	7	1	6	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	1	6	0
1931-32	4	0	4	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	4	0	4	0
1932-33	1	0	1	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	0	1	0
No Varsity Program from 1933-1952
NCAA Independent										Overall Record
1952-53	11	5	6	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	11	5	6	0
1953-54	12	6	6	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	12	6	6	0
1954-55	13	4	9	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	13	4	9	0
1955-56	14	7	7	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	14	7	7	0
1956-57	14	7	7	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	14	7	7	0
1957-58	14	10	4	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	14	10	4	0
1958-59	17	10	7	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	17	10	7	0
1959-60	17	9	8	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	17	9	8	0
1960-61	17	4	13	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	17	4	13	0
ECAC										Overall Record
1961-62	15	1	14	0	20	143	0.067	-	Did not qualify	15	1	14	0	20	143
1962-63	15	2	13	0	28	111	0.133	-	Did not qualify	18	4	14	0	34	118
1963-64	16	2	14	0	48	94	0.125	-	Did not qualify	19	5	14	0	48	94
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1964-65	12	4	8	0			0.333		Did not qualify	17	8	9	0
1965-66	13	5	8	0			0.385		Did not qualify	17	7	10	0
1965-67	16	4	12	0	65	118	0.25		Did not qualify	16	4	12	0	65	118
1967-68	17	2	15	0	52	118	0.118		Did not qualify	17	2	15	0	52	118
1968-69	16	1	15	0	51	135	0.063		Did not qualify	16	1	15	0	51	135
1969-70	16	3	13	0	53	137	0.188		Did not qualify	16	3	13	0	53	137
1970-71	13	7	6	0	77	78	0.538		Did not qualify	16	10	6	0
1971-72	13	3	10	0	44	92	0.231		Did not qualify	19	7	12	0	76	113
1972-73	17	3	14	0	71	107	0.176		Did not qualify	18	4	14	0
ECAC Division III										Overall Record
1973-74	2	1	1	0	4	6	0.5		Did not qualify	17	9	7	1
1974-75	6	4	2	0	45	26	0.667		Did not qualify	21	6	15	0
1975-76	7	6	0	1	35	20	0.929	1st	W, SF 7-4 (Framingham St.) W, F 3-2 OT (Worcester St.)	22	11	10	1
1976-77	7	4	3	0	36	35	0.571		Did not qualify	18	5	13	0
1977-78	9	6	3	0			0.667		Did not qualify	10	8	10	0
1978-79	10	6	4	0	63	58	0.6		Did not qualify	20	6	14	0
1979-80	12	11	1	0	88	27	0.917	1st	L, SF 8-4 (RIT)	23	12	11	0
1980-81	13	8	5	0			0.615		Did not qualify	22	8	14	0
1981-82	14	10	3	1			0.75	4th	L, SF 7-3 (UMass-Boston)	22	11	11	0
1982-83	11	8	3	0			0.727		Did not qualify	21	12	9	0
1983-84	14	13	1	0			0.929	1st	W, QF 8-1 (Wesleyan) W, SF 10-5 (Bentley) L, F 4-3 OT (SE Mass.)	24	17	6	1
1984-85	16	12	3	1	96	59	0.781	7th	W, QF 6-5 OT (Assumption) L, SF 7-4 (Trinity)	24	15	8	1
ECAC South										Overall Record
1985-86	15	8	7	0	90	79	0.533	6th	L, DQF 8-4 (Iona)	23	11	12	0
1986-87	15	5	10	0	64	84	0.333		Did not qualify	23	7	16	0
1987-88	17	5	11	1	57	71	0.324		Did not qualify	23	5	17	1
1988-89	16	10	6	0	68	42	0.625		W, DQF 4-1 (W. New England) L, DSF 3-0 (Iona)	28	16	12	0
1989-90	18	11	7	0	93	72	0.611		L, DQF 4-3 (W. New England)	23	11	11	1
1990-91	18	11	7	0			0.611		W, DQF 5-2 (W. New England) W, DSF 8-6 (Iona) L, DF 4-3 (Trinty)	26	13	12	1
1991-92	15	10	4	1			0.7		W, DSF 6-1 (Iona) W, DF 5-4 OT (W. New England) W, F 3-2 (Fitchburg St.)	26	13	11	2
ECAC East										Overall Record
1992-93	11	1	8	2			0.182		Did not qualify	23	12	9	2
1993-94	17	5	10	2			12	T-12	Did not qualify	22	6	14	2
1994-95	17	4	12	1	57	79	9	14th	Did not qualify	22	6	15	1
1995-96	19	13	6	0			26	6th	W, QF 4-3 (Williams) W, SF 3-2 (Babson) W, F 5-4 OT (Hamilton)	26	17	9	0
1996-97	19	11	7	1	83	66	23	6th	L, QF 3-1 (Colby)	25	14	10	1
1997-98	19	8	10	1	69	65	17	13th	Did not qualify	23	10	12	1
1998-99	17	14	3	0	80	28	28	2nd	Declined to participate	24	19	5	0	114	55
New England Small College Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1999-00	17	11	4	2	68	43	24	5th	L, QF 2-1 (Williams)	24	15	8	3	89	58
2000-01	17	12	2	3	78	33	27	2nd	W, QF 3-0 (Williams) W, SF 3-0 (Bowdoin) L, F 4-3 OT (Middlebury)	26	18	5	3	118	55
2001-02	19	6	9	4	68	72	16	T-7th	L, QF 3-2 (Bowdoin)	25	6	14	5	86	101
2002-03	19	7	8	4	70	76	18	T-6th	L, QF 11-0 (Colby)	25	7	13	5	78	116
2003-04	18	6	10	2	54	64	14	8th	L, QF 3-0 (Trinity)	25	11	11	3	83	82
2004-05	19	11	6	2	91	59	24	5th	L, QF 6-4 (Bowdoin)	25	13	10	2	110	80
2005-06	19	9	9	1	67	64	19	6th	L, QF 5-1 (Bowdoin)	25	12	12	1	84	85
2006-07	19	10	8	1	71	71	21	5th	W, QF 2-0 (Wesleyan) L, SF 6-3 (Bowdoin)	25	14	10	1	93	86
2007-08	19	11	6	2	62	47	24	4th	W, QF 3-2 OT (Conn. College) L, SF 2-1 (Middlebury)	26	14	9	3	81	64
2008-09	19	16	2	1	72	30	33	1st	W, QF 4-1 (Tufts) W, SF 3-0 (Trinity) W, F 5-2 (Middlebury)	28	22	5	1	98	41
2009-10	19	11	4	4	60	38	26	4th	L, QF 2-1 OT (Trinity)	25	16	5	4	84	44
2010-11	19	10	6	3	62	48	23	T-3rd	L, QF 4-3 OT (Bowdoin)	25	12	9	4	79	64
2011-12	18	17	1	0	73	30	34	1st	W, QF 6-0 (Hamilton) W, SF 2-1 (Williams) W, F 4-3 (Middlebury)	29	24	4	1	109	48
2012-13	18	11	5	2	56	38	24	T-4th	L, QF 4-3 (Middlebury)	25	15	7	3	82	52
2013-14	18	12	4	2	57	35	26	2nd	W, QF 4-2 (Conn. College) W, SF 3-1 (Williams) L, F 3-2 2OT (Bowdoin)	27	16	8	3	80	58
2014-15	18	14	4	0	67	40	28	2nd	W, QF 3-0 (Middlebury) W, SF 3-2 (Tufts) W, F 1-0 (Williams)	29	22	5	2	96	62
2015-16	18	8	7	3	33	38	17	6th	W, QF 8-5 (Bowdoin) W, SF 4-2 (Middlebury) L, F 5-1 (Trinity)	27	11	12	4	64	71
2016-17	18	9	6	3	44	38	21	5th of 10	L, QF 2-1 (Williams)	24	14	7	3	73	49
2017-18	18	8	5	5	49	41	21	T-3rd	L, QF 5-1 (Colby)	25	11	9	5	63	60
2018-19	18	10	4	4	55	36	24	3rd	W, QF 5-0 (Colby) W, SF 1-0 2OT (Wesleyan) L, F 3-2 OT (Trinity)	26	15	7	4	74	52
2019-20	18	7	8	3	41	43	17	T-5th	L, QF 5-3 (Trinity)	25	9	12	4	55	59
2020-21	Season cancelled October 8th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	18	8	7	3	51	40	27.5	6th	L, QF 3-1 (Williams)	24	9	13	2	63	52
2022-23	18	13	3	2	49	28	39	3rd	W, QF 3-2 OT (Tufts) L, SF 1-0 OT (Williams)	25	15	6	4	61	41
2023-24	18	9	8	1	57	55	27.5	5th	L, QF 4-3 (Hamilton)	25	14	10	1	86	73
2024-25	18	8	8	2	54	51	26	T-5th of 10	L, QF 3-2 2OT (Colby)	25	11	12	2	77	70
2025-26	18	7	10	1	42	49	22	7th of 10	L, QF 3-1 (Bowdoin)	25	12	11	2	60	61

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
1999	N/A	L, 2-7, 2-6 (RIT Tigers)	--	--	--
2009	W, 4-1 (Babson Beavers)	L, 2-1 OT (Hobart Statesmen)	--	--	N/A
2012	Bye	W, 3-1 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	L, 2-1 OT (Oswego Lakers)	--	N/A
2015	Bye	W, 4-3 OT (Norwich Cadets)	L, 6-2 (Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers)	--	N/A
4 appearances			2-time National Semifinalist

See Also

• Amherst Mammoths men’s ice hockey website
• NESCAC men’s hockey website