The Colby Mules are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Colby College, located in Waterville, Maine from the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Jack Kelley Rink, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1921-22 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Colby College
• Location: Waterville, Maine
• School Founded: 1813
• Enrollment: 2,262
• Colors: Colby Blue, Priscilla Gray, & White
• Home Arena: Jack Kelley Rink
• Arena Capacity: 1,796
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
• Head Coach: Blaise MacDonald
• Conference Titles: 4 (1962, 1972, 2008, 2022)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 3 (1966, 1997, 2018)

Conferences

• Independent (1921-1961)
• ECAC (1961-1964)
• ECAC Division II (1964-1985)
• ECAC East (1985-1999)
• New England Small College Athletic Conference (1999-present)

Arenas

• Paine’s Rink (1921-1922)
• South End Arena (1922-1955)
• Alfond Rink (1955-2020)
• Jack Kelley Rink (2020-present)

Head Coaches

• Richard Wason (1921-1922) 3-3-1 (.500)
• James March (1922-1923) 2-4-0 (.333)
• Euclid Heile (1923-1924) 1-5-2 (.250)
• Eddie Roundy (1924-1929) 7-12-5 (.369)
• Bill Millett (1929-1947) 73-57-9 (.558)
• Romeo Lemieux (1947-1948) 2-7-0 (.222)
• Nelson Corey (1947-1948) 12-16-1 (.431)
• Wilford Rancourt (1948-1951) 4-16-0 (.200)
• Bernard LaLiberty (1953-1955) 1-9-0 (.100)
• Jack Kelley (1955-1962; 1976-1977) 97-67-5 (.589)
• Charlie Holt (1962-1968) 65-71-4 (.479)
• Richard Green (1968-1972) 45-41-2 (.523)
• Kenneth Mukai (1972-1976) 16-65-4 (.212)
• Michael Goulet (1977-1989) 126-145-10 (.466)
• Charles Corey (1989-1992) 28-33-7 (.463)
• Scott Borek (1992-1995) 33-35-5 (.486)
• Jim Tortorella (1995-2011) 230-138-33 (.615)
• Stan Moore (2011-2012) 7-15-1 (.326)
• Blaise MacDonald (2012-present) 141-145-45 (.494)

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
1921-22	7	3	3	1	16	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	3	3	1	16	25
1922-23	6	2	4	0	15	21	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	2	4	0	15	21
1923-24	8	1	5	2	11	21	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	1	5	2	11	21
1924-25	5	0	4	0	1	20	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	0	4	0	1	20
1925-26	6	1	4	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	1	4	1	-	-
1926-27	7	3	4	0	16	12	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	3	4	0	16	12
1927-28	7	3	3	1	20	19	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	3	3	1	20	19
1928-29	5	0	4	1	4	11	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	0	4	1	4	11
1929-30	7	4	2	1	19	15	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	4	2	1	19	15
1930-31	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1931-32	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1932-33	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1933-34	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934-35	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1935-36	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1936-37	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1937-38	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938-39	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1939-40	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1940-41	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1941-42	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1942-43	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1943-44	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1944-45	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1945-46	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1946-47	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1947-48	9	2	7	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	9	2	7	0	-	-
1948-49	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1949-50	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950-51	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1951-52	12	2	10	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	12	2	10	0	-	-
1952-53	8	2	6	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	2	6	0	-	-
1953-54	4	0	4	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	4	0	4	0	-	-
1954-55	6	1	5	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	1	5	0	-	-
1955-56	13	5	8	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	13	5	8	0	-	-
1956-57	14	7	6	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	14	7	6	1	-	-
1957-58	20	9	10	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	20	9	10	1	-	-
1958-59	19	10	8	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	19	10	8	1	-	-
1959-60	23	16	7	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	23	16	7	0	-	-
1960-61	23	18	5	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	23	18	5	0	-	-
Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
ECAC										Overall Record
1961-62	19	17	1	1	124	30	35	1st	W, QF 7-6 (RPI) L, SF 4-1 (Clarkson) L, 3P 2-0 (Harvard)	27	16	6	2	147	62
1962-63	17	6	11	0	58	89	12	21st	Did not qualify	21	7	14	0	72	103
1963-64	19	6	12	1	63	110	11	23rd	Did not qualify	20	7	12	1	68	115
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1964-65	9	6	3	0			12	4th	Did not qualify	22	6	16	0	70	130
1965-66	12	8	4	0	70	42	16	5th	W, SF 2-1 (New Hampshire) W, F 5-0 (Merrimack)	26	13	12	1	113	112
1966-67	12	9	2	1	95	46	19	2nd	W, SF 4-3 2OT (Middlebury) L, F 6-4 (Merrimack)	24	14	9	1	143	96
1967-68	17	15	2	0	97	37	30	2nd	L, SF 6-3 (Hamilton)
1968-69	18	12	6	0	79	49	24	4th	L, SF 10-3 (AIC)	21	13	8	0	90	64
1969-70	20	12	7	1	103	74	25	11th	Did not qualify
1970-71	20	7	13	0	93	111	14	21st	Did not qualify	20	7	13	0	93	111
1971-72	14	14	1	0	99	44	28	1st	Did not qualify	21	17	4	0	124	78
1972-73	21	4	16	1	65	114	9	25th	Did not qualify	23	4	18	1
1973-74	14	1	12	1	42	81	3	23rd	Did not qualify	19	3	15	1
1974-75	17	3	12	2	64	93	8	23rd	Did not qualify	21	5	14	2
1975-76	19	3	16	0	54	127	6	25th	Did not qualify	22	4	18	0
1976-77	21	5	16	0	51	113	10	13th East	Did not qualify	24	8	16	0
1977-78	22	9	12	1	79	77	19	9th East	L, QF 7-4 (Bowdoin)
1978-79	23	10	13	0			20	11th East	Did not qualify	23	10	13	0
1979-80	20	12	8	0	89	63	24	8th East	L, QF 5-2 (Bowdoin)	23	12	11	0
1980-81	21	13	8	0			26	5th East	L, QF 4-3 (Lowell)	23	13	10	0
1981-82	21	12	7	2			26	5th East	L, QF 5-2 (New England Coll.)	23	12	9	2
1982-83	19	11	8	0	72	63	22	5th East	L, QF 5-4 (Salem St.)
1983-84	16	7	8	1			15	8th East	W, QF 3-2 (New England Coll/) L, SF 4-3 OT (Bowdoin)	21	7	13	1
1984-85	19	8	10	1	69	76	17	10th East	Did not qualify	23	11	11	1
ECAC East										Overall Record
1985-86	22	11	9	2			24	8th	L, QF 7-3 (Merrimack)	24	13	9	2
1986-87	23	10	13	0	86	91	20	9th	Did not qualify
1987-88	21	6	15	0	70	107	12	12th	Did not qualify
1988-89	20	7	10	3	64	78	17	9th	Did not qualify	23	9	11	3
1989-90	18	6	10	2	46	70	14	9th	Did not qualify	22	9	11	2
1990-91	19	6	9	4			16	9th	Did not qualify	22	9	9	4
1991-92	21	8	12	1			17	11th	Did not qualify
1992-93	23	5	17	1			11	17th	Did not qualify	24	6	17	1
1993-94	17	10	5	2			22	7th	L, QF 5-4 (Connecticut)
1994-95	17	10	6	1	102	64	21	6th	L, QF 9-2 (Salem St.)
1995-96	19	16	3	0			32	2nd	Did not participate to play in NCAA tournament	25	19	6	0
1996-97	19	13	5	1	103	62	27	5th	W, QF 3-1 (Amherst) W, SF 10-1 (Hamilton) W, F 3-2 (Bowdoin)	27	19	7	1
1997-98	19	10	6	3	61	51	23	8th	L, QF 3-2 OT (Hamilton)	24	13	8	3
1998-99	17	9	4	4	69	39	22	5th	W, QF 5-0 (Conn. College) L, SF 3-1 (Williams)	26	13	9	4	98	63
New England Small College Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1999-00	17	14	3	0	66	41	28	2nd	W, QF 4-2 (Wesleyan) L, SF 6-1 (Williams)	28	16	9	1	94	80
2000-01	17	12	4	1	69	46	25	3rd	L, QF 4-0 (Hamilton)	25	15	9	1	94	81
2001-02	19	11	5	3	94	53	25	6th	W, QF 5-1 (Hamilton) L, SF 4-2 (Middlebury)	25	15	7	3	117	69
2002-03	19	14	4	1	88	48	29	3rd	W, QF 11-0 (Amherst) L, SF 3-2 OT (Trinity)	25	18	6	1	125	60
2003-04	18	10	4	4	69	44	24	T-3rd	W, QF 3-1 (Williams) L, SF 4-2 (Trinity)	25	14	7	4	113	66
2004-05	19	12	6	1	92	51	25	T-3rd	W, QF 7-0 (Williams) L, SF 4-1 (Middlebury)	25	15	8	2	120	65
2005-06	19	11	7	1	71	53	23	T-3rd	L, QF 3-2 OT (Trinity)	25	15	9	1	99	73
2006-07	19	11	7	1	76	56	23	3rd	W, QF 5-1 (Conn. College) L, SF 4-3 (Middlebury)	25	14	9	2	106	70
2007-08	19	13	5	1	68	42	27	1st	W, QF 4-1 (Wesleyan) L, SF 2-1 (Trinity)	25	15	9	1	85	60
2008-09	19	4	13	2	46	69	10	T-9th	Did not qualify	24	6	15	3	56	78
2009-10	19	7	8	4	57	59	18	8th	L, QF 2-1 OT (Bowdoin)	24	11	9	4	75	69
2010-11	19	10	7	2	70	56	22	6th	W, QF 2-1 (Middlebury) L, SF 3-1 (Bowdoin)	25	12	11	2	85	75
2011-12	18	4	13	1	48	65	16	10th	Did not qualify	23	7	15	1	64	78
2012-13	18	5	11	2	47	69	12	7th	L, QF 2-1 (Williams)	25	7	15	3	67	88
2013-14	18	8	9	1	45	62	17	T-6th	L, QF 7-3 (Williams)	25	11	11	3	73	87
2014-15	18	2	13	3	38	66	7	9th	Did not qualify	24	5	16	3	63	83
2015-16	18	6	9	3	41	49	15	7th	L, QF 3-1 (Trinity)	25	9	11	5	63	68
2016-17	18	11	4	3	47	36	25	2nd of 10	L, QF 5-4 (Wesleyan)	24	13	7	4	75	61
2017-18	18	9	7	2	57	43	20	T-5th of 10	W, QF 5-1 (Amherst) W, SF 5-1 (Wesleyan) W, F 4-1 (Trinity)	30	17	11	2	101	72
2018-19	18	7	7	4	50	45	18	6th of 10	L, QF 5-0 (Amherst)	25	10	10	5	64	65
2019-20	18	3	13	2	30	51	8	10th of 10	Did not qualify	24	7	14	3	50	66
2020-21	Season cancelled October 8th due to COVID-19 pandemic									4	1	3	0	9	11
2021-22	18	12	4	2	46	23	38	1st of 10	W, QF 5-1 (Tufts) W, SF 6-4 (Hamilton) L, F 4-1 (Trinity)	25	17	6	2	75	42
2022-23	18	10	6	2	54	38	31.5	5th of 10	W, QF 3-2 OT (Hamilton) L, SF 3-1 (Bowdoin)	26	13	11	2	69	54
2023-24	18	5	9	4	41	48	20	8th of 10	L, QF 2-1 (Trinity)	25	9	12	4	68	63
2024-25	18	8	5	5	49	43	27	3rd of 10	W, QF 3-2 2OT (Amherst) L, SF 6-2 (Tufts)	26	14	6	6	81	64
2025-26	18	6	11	1	44	55	19	10th of 10	Did not qualify	24	10	12	2	64	69

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
1996	N/A	L, 1-2, 1-5 (Middlebury Panthers)	--	--	--
2018	W, 4-2 (UNE Nor'Easters)	W, 2-1 (Geneseo Knights)	L, 4-3 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	--	N/A
2 appearances

See Also

• Colby Mules men’s ice hockey website
• NESCAC men’s hockey website