The Babson Beavers are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Babson College, located in Wellesley, Massachusetts from the Little East Conference. The team is based out of the Babson Skating Center, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was elevated to varsity status for the 1952-53 season, after playing as a club team since 1946-47.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Babson College
• Location: Wellesley, Massachusetts
• School Founded: 1919
• Enrollment: 3,989
• Colors: Green, White, & Gray
• Home Arena: Babson Skating Center
• Arena Capacity: 600
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Little East Conference
• Head Coach: Jamie Rice
• Conference Titles: 2 (1990, 2014 co-champ)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 7 (1984, 1992, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2022)
• National Titles: 1 (1984)

Conferences

• Independent (1952-1958; 1960-1967)
• ECAC Division II (1967-1971; 1973-1985)
• ECAC Division III (1971-1973)
• ECAC East (1985-2015)
  • League rebranded as the NEHC in 2015
• New England Hockey Conference (2015-2025)
• Little East Conference (2025-present)

Arenas

• Unknown (1952-1958; 1960-1974)
• Babson Skating Center (1974-present)

Head Coaches

• Wally Pratt (1952-1955) 19-13-0 (.594)
• Dick Thomas (1955-1958) 17-9-2 (.643)
• John Abee (1958-1959) 1-2-0 (.333)
• Harry Cleaverly (1965-1966) 5-5-0 (.500)
• Dave Coleman (1966-1968) 11-15-0 (.423)
• Peter Brady (1968-1970) 18-14-0 (.563)
• Paul Schilling (1970-1975) 40-47-4 (.462)
• Rick McCarthy (1974-1978) 19-43-3 (.315)
• Steve Stirling (1978-1983) 246-101-21 (.697)
• Rob Riley (1983-1985) 49-14-1 (.761)
• Steve Stirling (1985-1993) 246-101-21 (.697)
• Paul Donato (1993-2004) 139-121-21 (.532)
• Jamie Rice (2004-present) 354-180-51 (.649)

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
1952-53	9	8	1	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	9	8	1	0
1953-54	15	8	7	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	15	8	7	0
1954-55	8	3	5	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	8	3	5	0
1955-56	4	1	2	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	4	1	2	0
1956-57	12	10	1	1			N/A	N/A	N/A	12	10	1	1
1957-58	12	6	6	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	12	6	6	0
Varsity Team inactive 1958 to 1960
1960-61							N/A	N/A	N/A
1961-62							N/A	N/A	N/A
1962-63							N/A	N/A	N/A
1963-64							N/A	N/A	N/A
1964-65							N/A	N/A	N/A
NCAA College Division Independent										Overall Record
1965-66	10	5	5	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	10	5	5	0
1966-67	12	7	5	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	12	7	5	0
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1967-68	7	1	6	0	32	101	0.143		Did not qualify	14	4	10	0
1968-69	10	3	7	0	38	60	0.3		Did not qualify	15	7	8	0
1969-70	11	8	3	0	53	30	0.727		Did not qualify	17	11	6	0
1970-71	12	2	8	2	50	69	0.25		Did not qualify	16	5	9	2
ECAC Division III										Overall Record
1971-72	17	6	11	0	64	96	0.353		Did not qualify	20	8	11	1
1972-73	16	9	7	0	79	62	0.563		Did not qualify	17	10	7	0
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1973-74	12	2	10	0	30	71	0.167		Did not qualify	19	8	10	1
1974-75	12	3	9	0	44	70	0.25		Did not qualify	19	9	10	0
1975-76	16	2	14	0	42	90	0.125		Did not qualify	21	5	16	0	62	97
1976-77	18	4	12	2	46	63	0.278		Did not qualify	22	8	12	2	78	72
1977-78	20	4	15	1	67	100	0.225		Did not qualify	22	6	15	1
1978-79	19	11	8	0			0.579		Did not qualify	23	15	8	0
1979-80	24	15	7	2	78	63	0.667		L, QF 9-3 (Merrimack)	28	17	8	3	95	80
1980-81	20	11	9	0	85	79	0.55		L, QF 4-3 (Salem St.)	24	14	10	0	111	87
1981-82	22	16	5	1			0.75		L, QF 6-3 (Salem St.)	29	20	7	2	133	103
1982-83	20	15	4	1	103	62	0.775		W, QF 5-3 (New England Coll.) W, SF 6-2 (Holy Cross) L, F 3-2 OT (Lowell)	31	22	8	1	149	90
1983-84	20	16	3	1			0.825		W, QF 6-2 (Salem St.) W, SF 3-1 (Norwich) W, 4-1 (Bowdoin)	33	27	5	1	184	77
1984-85	22	16	6	0	123	58	0.727	2nd	W, QF 9-2 (St. Anselm) W, SF 5-2 (Norwich) L, F 7-1 (Salem St.)	31	22	9	0	173	95
ECAC East										Overall Record
1985-86	20	13	6	1	98	56	0.675	3rd	W, QF 4-2 (Connecticut) W, SF 3-2 2OT (Merrimack) L, F 6-3 (Bowdoin)	29	20	8	1	141	85
1986-87	21	15	6	0	93	61	0.714	3rd	W, QF 3-2 (St. Anselm) W, SF 6-3 (Bowdoin) L, F 3-0 (Merrimack)	29	20	8	1	121	79
1987-88	24	19	5	0	126	74	0.792	2nd	W, QF 5-0 (UMass-Boston) L, SF 3-2 (Bowdoin)	33	24	9	0	155	101
1988-89	25	17	8	0	89	52	0.68	4th	L, QF 6-2 (UMass-Boston)	30	19	10	1	106	75
1989-90	21	15	2	4	95	47	0.81	1st	L, SF 5-2 (AIC)	29	18	3	8	124	70
1990-91	20	14	6	0	85	53	0.7	3rd	W, QF 3-2 (AIC) W, SF 4-3 (Salem St.) L, F 1-0 Middlebury)	28	20	8	0	117	72
1991-92	22	16	3	3	97	48	0.795	4th	W, QF 7-3 (Bowdoin) W, SF 4-1 Middlebury) W, F 4-1 (Connecticut)	28	21	4	3	131	64
1992-93	23	17	5	1	143	80	0.761	2nd	L, QF 5-4 (Salem St.)	26	18	7	1	153	99
1993-94	17	5	11	1	67	92	11	14th	Did not qualify	23	11	11	1	96	107
1994-95	17	10	7	0	81	57	20	T-7th	W, QF 5-4 (Williams) L, SF 3-0 (Bowdoin)	24	15	9	0	102	83
1995-96	16	13	4	2	79	66	28	4th	W, QF 7-5 (Connecticut) L, SF 3-2 (Amherst)	26	18	6	2	108	88
1996-97	19	9	9	1	54	63	19	10th	L, FR 1-0 (Holy Cross)	25	11	13	1	76	76
1997-98	18	9	8	2	56	54	20	10th	L, FR 5-0 (Norwich)	25	14	9	2	81	69
1998-99	17	5	9	3	52	60	13	12th	L, FR 5-0 (Norwich)	25	7	15	3	83	94
1999-00	17	1	15	1	39	77	3	9th	L, QF 7-4 (Norwich)	25	7	17	1	74	100
2000-01	17	8	6	3	63	55	19	4th	W, QF 3-2 (Skidmore) L, SF 10-3 (Norwich)	27	15	8	4	102	85
2001-02	19	5	11	3	46	70	13	6th	L, QF 4-2 (MCLA)	25	8	14	3	66	88
2002-03	19	10	6	3	83	72	23	3rd	W, QF 7-5 (MCLA) L, SF 5-1 (New England Coll.)	27	17	7	3	143	93
2003-04	18	9	8	1	76	76	19	4th	W,SF 6-1 (Skidmore) W, SF 3-2 (New England Coll.) L, F 2-1 OT (Norwich)	28	17	10	1	138	91
2004-05	19	13	3	3	87	39	29	2nd	W, QF 8-0 (UMass-Boston) W, SF 5-3 (So. Maine) L, F 6-4 (New England Coll.)	28	20	5	3	141	66
2005-06	19	14	5	0	76	43	28	2nd	W, QF 4-1 (Castleton) L, SF 4-0 (New England Coll.)	27	17	10	0	98	69
2006-07	19	11	7	1	71	51	223	6th	W, QF 5-4 OT (Skidmore) W, SF 4-1 (Norwich) W, F 5-3 (New England Coll.)	29	18	10	1	112	81
2007-08	19	13	4	2	76	43	28	2nd	L, QF 4-1 (UMass-Boston)	26	17	6	3	100	64
2008-09	19	9	10	0	66	55	18	7th	W, QF 4-1 (Castleton) W, SF 3-2 (Skidmore)  W, F 4-3 OT (UMass-Boston)	28	13	14	1	90	80
2009-10	19	9	9	1	57	42	19	2nd	W, QF 4-2 (UMass-Boston) W, SF 3-0 (Skidmore)  L, F 4-1 (Norwich)	28	14	12	2	87	67
2010-11	18	7	9	3	65	65	17	5th	W, QF 5-0 (Skidmore) W, SF 4-3 (Castleton)  L, F 3-2 OT (Norwich)	28	11	14	3	87	93
2011-12	19	9	5	4	55	56	22	3rd	L, QF 2-1 (So. Maine)	26	9	13	4	69	92
2012-13	18	10	5	3	62	43	23	3rd	W, QF 7-1 (Skidmore) W, SF 4-3 OT (UMass-Boston) W, F 6-1 (Norwich)	30	18	7	5	100	67
2013-14	18	13	3	2	50	28	28	T-1st	W, QF 6-2 (So. Maine) W, SF 2-1 (UMass-Boston)  W, F 2-1 (Norwich)	29	22	5	2	83	46
2014-15	18	14	4	2	62	33	30	3rd	W, QF 3-1 (New England Coll.) W, SF 5-2 (UMass-Boston) L, F 3-2 OT (Norwich)	28	19	6	3	97	48
New England Hockey Conference										Overall Record
2015-16	18	13	3	2	61	25	28	2nd	W, QF 5-2 (Skidmore) W, SF 5-0 (Norwich) L, F 3-2 OT (UMass-Boston)	28	19	6	3	96	47
2016-17	18	11	5	2	46	29	24	3rd	W, QF 7-3 (UMass-Boston) L, SF 3-2 OT (New England Coll.)	27	15	9	3	71	54
2017-18	18	12	4	2	67	44	26	3rd	W, QF 3-2 2OT (Skidmore) L, SF 3-2 (Hobart)	27	15	9	3	85	66
2018-19	18	11	4	3	67	51	25	3rd	W, QF 2-1 (Skidmore) L, SF 5-3 (Norwich)	27	17	7	3	95	73
2019-20	18	13	4	1	68	32	27	2nd	L, QF 3-2 (So. Maine)	25	17	6	2	89	43
2020-21	NEHC season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic									8	8	0	0	40	12
2021-22	18	11	5	2	75	52	35	4th	W, QF 2-1 OT (Norwich) W, 3-2 OT (Elmira) W, 5-3 (Skidmore)	28	20	6	2	110	74
2022-23	18	10	6	2	56	38	32	3rd	W, QF 5-1 (UMass-Boston) W, SF 4-0 (Norwich) L, F 5-1 (Hobart)	28	17	9	2	92	57
2023-24	18	12	5	1	57	50	34	5th	L, QF 3-2 OT (Elmira)	26	14	10	2	79	75
2024-25	20	11	8	1	61	56	36	3rd of 11	L, QF 2-0 (New England Coll.)	26	13	11	2	72	75
Little East Conference										Overall Record
2025-26	18	14	3	1	70	35	42	2nd of 10	W, SF 4-0 (Plymouth St.) L, F 4-1 (Norwich)	27	20	5	2	100	56

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
NCAA Division II
1982	N/A	L, 3-4, 1-1 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	--	--	--
1983	N/A	W, 3-1, 1-2 OT (Norwich Cadets)	L, 1-3 (Bemidji State Beavers)	--	L, 3-5 (Lowell Chiefs)
NCAA Division III
1984	N/A	W, 4-3, 2-2 2OT (New England College Pilgrims)	W, 7-2 (Augsburg Auggies)	W, 8-0 (Union Dutchmen)	--
1985	N/A	L, 1-5, 3-2 (Union Dutchmen)	--	--	--
1986	N/A	L, 5-7, 8-5, 1-3 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	--	--	--
1987	N/A	L, 2-3, 2-1, 0-1 (Oswego Lakers)	--	--	--
1988	N/A	W, 5-2, 2-3, 1-0 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	L, 4-3, 1-9, 1-2 (Elmira Soaring Eagles)	--	N/A
1989	N/A	W, 1-1, 3-2 (Union Dutchmen)	L, 2-6, 5-7, (RIT Tigers)	--	N/A
1990	N/A	W, 3-3, 1-1, 1-0 (Geneseo Knights)	L, 4-4, 4-4, 1-2 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	--	N/A
1991	N/A	W, 4-1, 10-4 (Oswego Lakers)	L, 2-5 (Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers)	--	W, 3-2 (Elmira Soaring Eagles)
1992	N/A	L, 4-6, 4-3, 0-3 (Salem State Vikings)	--	--	--
1993	N/A	L, 2-5, 4-9 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	--	--	--
2007	Bye	L, 3-5 (Manhattanville Valiants)	--	--	N/A
2009	L, 1-4 (Amherst Lord Jeffs)	--	--	--	N/A
2013	W, 6-1 (Wentworth Leopards)	L, 0-4 (Norwich Cadets)	--	--	N/A
2014	Bye	L, 0-3 (Oswego Lakers)	--	--	N/A
2020	(Wesleyan Cardinals)*	*Tournament cancelled prior to first round by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	W, 3-0 (Trinity Bantams)	L, 2-3 (Geneseo Knights)	--	--	N/A
16 appearances		1 National Championship	4-time National Semifinalist	1 Third Place Finish	5 Frozen Fours

*totals not including Division II appearances

See Also

• Babson Beavers men’s ice hockey website
• LEC men’s hockey website