The Cortland Red Dragons are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing the State University of New York at Cortland, located in Cortland, New York from the State University of New York Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Alumni Arena, which is located on the school’s campus.  The men’s program was established for the 1975-76 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: SUNY Cortland
• Location: Cortland, New York
• School Founded: 1868
• Enrollment: ~6,256
• Colors: Red & White
• Home Arena: Alumni Arena
• Arena Capacity: 2,500
• Rink Dimensions: 185′ x 85′
• Conference: State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC)
• Head Coach: Joe Cardarelli
• Conference Titles: 1 (2025)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 1 (2024)

Conferences

• ECAC Division III (1975-1976)
• ECAC Division II (1976-1985)
• New York Collegiate Hockey Association (1977-1986)
  • conference ran within ECAC Division II until 1985, within ECAC West until 1986
• ECAC West (1985-1992)
• State University of New York Athletic Conference (1992-present)

Arenas

• Alumni Arena (1975-present)

Head Coaches

• Unknown (1975-1976) 5-9-1 (.367)
• Keith Forbes (1976-1981)
• Allan MacCormack (1981-?)
• Doug Roberts (?-?)
• Tom Cranfield (2001-2007; 2013-2014) 57-108-19 (.361)
• Joe Baldarotta (2007-2013) 45-95-11 (.334)
• Joe Cardarelli (2014-present) 141-126-18 (.526)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
ECAC Division III										Overall Record
1975-76	5	4	1	0	30	18	0.8	4th	Did not qualify	15	5	9	1	63	112
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1976-77	17	8	9	0	88	100	0.471	10th West	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
ECAC Division II (New York Collegiate Hockey Association)										Overall Record
1977-78	18 (-)	4 (-)	14 (-)	0 (-)	69 (-)	139 (-)	0.222 (-)	14th West (-)	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978-79	17 (12)	3 (2)	14 (10)	0 (0)	- (48)	- (81)	0.176 (4)	15th West (7th)	Did not qualify	23	5	18	0	102	142
1979-80	18 (-)	4 (-)	14 (-)	0 (-)	55 (-)	122 (-)	0.222 (-)	14th West (-)	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980-81	15 (-)	1 (-)	14 (-)	0 (-)	(-)	(-)	0.067 (-)	16th West (-)	Did not qualify	20	2	18	0	50	139
1981-82	- (14)	- (4)	- (10)	- (0)	- (-)	- (-)	- (8)	- (6th)	Did not qualify	29	6	22	1	-	-
1982-83	20 (16)	5 (5)	14 (10)	1 (1)	- (-)	- (-)	0.275 (0.344)	14th West (T-6th)	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983-84	21 (-)	6 (-)	15 (-)	0 (-)	- (-)	- (-)	0.286	12th West (-)	Did not qualify	25	9	16	0	-	-
1984-85	19 (18)	1 (1)	18 (17)	0 (0)	50 (-)	191 (-)	0.053 (2)	14th West (10th)	Did not qualify	24	1	23	0	-	-
ECAC West (New York Collegiate Hockey Association)										Overall Record
1985-86	21 (18)	3 (3)	18 (15)	0 (0)	- (49)	- (133)	0.143 (6)	12th (9th)	Did not qualify	25	5	20	0	-	-
ECAC West										Overall Record
1986-87	16	2	14	0	61	100	0.125	13th	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987-88	17	6	11	0	75	88	0.353	9th	Did not qualify	23	12	11	0	-	-
1988-89	22	11	11	0	105	102	0.5	9th	SUNYAC: L, SF 6-5 (Oswego) ECAC West: L, QF 9-3 (RIT)	25	13	12	0	-	-
1989-90	22	7	14	1	95	109	0.341	12th	Did not qualify	24	9	14	1	-	-
1990-91	23	10	12	1	-	-	0.457	9th	SUNYAC: L, SF 8-4 (Geneseo) ECAC West L, QF 5-2 (Mercyhurst)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991-92	23	13	10	0	-	-	0.565	7th	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
State University of New York Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1992-93	12	8	4	0			16	2nd	W, SF 5-2, 5-3 (Fredonia) L, F 10-5, 12-4 (Plattsburgh)
1993-94	12	3	8	1	39	59	7	6th	Did not qualify	23	7	14	2	87	97
1994-95	14	5	7	2	54	69	12	5th	Did not qualify	24	10	12	2	109	104
1995-96	14	6	7	1	59	66	13	5th	Did not qualify	22	10	11	1	101	95
1996-97	14	3	11	1	46	63	7	7th	Did not qualify	24	7	16	1	76	121
1997-98	14	0	14	0	24	85	0	8th	Did not qualify	23	3	20	0
1998-99	14	2	10	0	27	77	4	7th	Did not qualify	25	2	23	0	45	174
1999-00	14	3	8	3	38	57	9	T-6th	Did not qualify	24	9	12	3	70	88
2000-01	14	4	8	2	39	57	10	6th	L, QF 4-0, 7-5 (Potsdam)	27	9	16	2	84	108
2001-02	14	7	5	2	57	50	16	T-3rd	W, QF 0-4, 5-2, 1-0 minigame (Buffalo St.) L, SF 1-1 OT, 4-5 OT (Oswego)	29	14	11	4	118	102
2002-03	14	3	9	2	40	69	8	T-6th	L, QF 9-2, 7-2 (Plattsburgh)	27	5	18	4	80	140
2003-04	14	5	9	0	52	77	10	6th	L, QF 5-4 OT, 9-2 (Oswego)	27	10	16	1	111	143
2004-05	14	5	8	1	45	63	11	6th	L, QF 2-4, 4-3, 1-2 OT minigame (Fredonia)	27	11	14	2	96	117
2005-06	14	2	11	1	41	77	5	7th	Did not qualify	25	4	19	2	74	127
2006-07	14	3	8	3	41	62	9	7th	Did not qualify	25	8	14	3	71	102
2007-08	16	6	8	2	53	66	14	T-5th	L, QF 7-2 (Potsdam)	26	11	12	3	88	99
2008-09	16	5	9	2	52	67	12	T-7th	Did not qualify	25	8	15	2	90	104
2009-10	16	4	12	0	43	69	8	8th	Did not qualify	25	7	18	0	74	104
2010-11	16	5	10	1	47	71	11	7th	Did not qualify	25	6	17	2	64	114
2011-12	16	4	11	1	47	80	9	T-8th	Did not qualify	25	6	18	1	69	124
2012-13	16	3	11	2	45	73	8	T-8th	Did not qualify	25	7	15	3	77	99
2013-14	16	4	10	2	48	68	10	T-7th	Did not qualify	24	5	16	3	72	106
2014-15	16	3	11	2	52	77	8	8th	Did not qualify	25	9	13	3	93	107
2015-16	16	3	10	3	36	68	9	8th	Did not qualify	25	9	12	4	73	91
2016-17	16	6	9	1	60	74	13	7th	Did not qualify	25	10	13	2	94	106
2017-18	16	5	9	2	40	49	1	7th	Did not qualify	25	10	13	2	67	72
2018-19	16	3	13	0	33	66	6	8th	Did not qualify	25	9	16	0	50	83
2019-20	16	5	11	0	39	57	10	T-8th	Did not qualify	25	12	12	1	72	79
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	16	9	5	2	46	39	29	4th	W, QF 5-1 (Fredonia) L, SF 4-0 (Oswego)	27	15	10	2	85	62
2022-23	16	11	5	0	64	41	22	4th	L, QF 3-2 (Buffalo St.)	26	16	9	1	105	76
2023-24	16	10	5	1	56	40	21	4th	W, QF 5-1 (Brockport) W, SF 3-2 (Geneseo) W, F 3-2 (Plattsburgh)	28	18	8	2	106	68
2024-25	14	12	2	0	56	27	24	1st	L, SF 4-3 OT (Plattsburgh)	26	19	7	0	111	68
2025-26	18	10	7	1	63	43	24	4th	W, QF 2-0 (Canton) L, SF 4-0 (Hobart)	27	14	12	1	89	69

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
2024	L, 5-2 (Plymouth State Panthers)	--	--	--
1 appearance

See Also

• Cortland Red Dragons men’s ice hockey website
• SUNYAC men’s hockey website