The Buffalo State Bengals are a Women’s Division III ice hockey team representing Buffalo State University, located in Buffalo, New York from the State University of New York Athletic Conference. The team is based out of the Buffalo State Ice Arena, which is located on the school’s campus.  The women’s program was established for the 1999-00 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: SUNY Buffalo State
• Location: Buffalo, New York
• School Founded: 1871
• Enrollment: 5,306
• Colors: Black, Burnt Orange, & White
• Home Arena: Buffalo State Ice Arena
• Arena Capacity: 1,800
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC)
• Head Coach: Rachel Grampp

Conferences

• NCAA Division III Independent (1999-2001)
• ECAC West (2001-2017)
• Northeast Women’s Hockey League (2017-2023)
  • league absorbed by SUNYAC
• State University of New York Athletic Conference (2023-present)

Arenas

• Buffalo State Ice Arena (1999-present)

Head Coaches

• Bill Filighera (1999-2006) 45-88-11 (.351)
• Rob Burke (2006-2013) 47-107-14 (.321)
• Candice Moxley (2013-2017) 48-50-7 (.491)
• Jennifer Wilson (2017-2018) 12-11-2 (.520)
• Jim Fowler (2018-2019) 7-16-2 (.320)
• David Dee (2019-2021) 6-22-0 (.214)
  • stepped down midseason in 2021-22
• Rachel Grampp (2021-present) 28-88-6 (.254)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Division III Independent										Overall Record
1999-00	12	5	7	0	30	82	-	-	N/A	12	5	7	0	30	82
2000-01	16	11	4	1	75	34	-	-	N/A	16	11	4	1	75	34
ECAC West										Overall Record
2001-02	20	7	12	1	42	63	15	4th of 6	L, SF 6-5 OT (Elmira)	22	7	14	1	47	76
2002-03	12	3	6	3	22	44	9	4th of 7	L, SF 4-0 (Elmira)	23	5	15	3	29	82
2003-04	12	2	8	2	26	56	6	6th of 7	Did not qualify	25	4	18	3	41	97
2004-05	12	2	10	0	14	42	4	6th of 7	Did not qualify	19	5	13	1	50	60
2005-06	12	3	9	0	12	46	6	5th of 7	Did not qualify	23	7	14	2	33	73
2006-07	14	5	9	0	24	47	10	5th of 8	Did not qualify	23	7	15	1	37	83
2007-08	16	5	9	2	23	42	12	6th of 9	L, QF 3-2 (Elmira)	22	7	12	3	38	60
2008-09	18	2	12	4	27	67	8	T-7th of 10	Did not qualify	24	2	18	4	32	94
2009-10	18	6	11	1	34	58	13	6th of 10	Did not qualify	24	9	14	1	46	78
2010-11	18	5	12	1	33	50	11	8th of 10	Did not qualify	24	9	14	1	53	60
2011-12	18	4	13	1	28	65	9	8th of 10	Did not qualify	25	7	16	2	43	80
2012-13	16	3	13	0	21	50	6	8th of 9	Did not qualify	25	6	18	1	38	76
2013-14	16	3	12	1	25	63	7	T-6th of 9	L, QF 6-1 (Oswego)	26	3	21	2	35	105
2014-15	18	8	9	1	45	50	17	5th of 10	L, QF 4-1 (Utica)	26	10	13	3	63	72
2015-16	18	12	6	0	43	33	24	4th of 10	L, QF 5-0 (Oswego)	26	18	8	0	72	51
2016-17	18	11	6	1	51	33	23	T-3rd of 10	W, QF 4-0 (Potsdam) L, SF 6-0 (Elmira)	27	17	8	2	80	51
Northeast Women's Hockey League										Overall Record
2017-18	16	9	6	1	54	51	19	2nd of 5	L, SF 5-0 (Oswego)	26	13	11	2	54	56
2018-19	16	4	11	1	20	50	9	5th of 5	Did not qualify	25	7	16	2	44	78
2019-20	18	4	14	0	29	71	8	6th of 7	Did not qualify	25	6	19	0	39	89
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	18	0	18	0	13	117	0	7th of 7	Did not qualify	25	1	23	1	24	153
2022-23	18	1	17	0	15	84	3	7th of 7	Did not qualify	25	7	18	0	58	91
State University of New York Athletic Conference										Overall Record
2023-24	18	0	18	0	18	87	1	7th of 7	Did not qualify	25	2	22	1	37	107
2024-25	18	2	14	2	24	57	8	7th of 7	Did not qualify	25	6	17	2	56	72
2025-26	14	4	9	1	30	46	10	7th of 8	Did not qualify	25	12	11	2	80	59

See Also

• Buffalo State Bengals women’s ice hockey website
• SUNYAC women’s hockey website