The Fitchburg State Falcons are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Fitchburg State University, located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts from the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of the Wallace Civic Center, located just off the school’s campus. The men’s program was initially established for the 1934-35 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Fitchburg State University
• Location: Fitchburg, Massachusetts
• School Founded: 1894
• Enrollment: 3,421
• Colors: Green, Gold, & White
• Home Arena: Wallace Civic Center
• Arena Capacity: 1,000
• Conference: Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC)
• Head Coach: Dean Fuller
• Conference Titles: 3 (1989 co-champ*, 1996 co-champ*, 2010)
  • *MASCAC conference titles; were held within ECAC East
• Conference Tournament Titles: 3 (2011, 2018, 2025)

Conferences

• Independent Program (1934-1937; 1959-1962; 1970-1973)
• ECAC Division III (1973-1985)
• ECAC North (1985-1998)
• ECAC Northeast (1998-2009)
• Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (2009-present)

Arenas

• Carmelita Landry Arena (1934-1937; 1959-1962)
• Wallace Civic Center (1970-present)

Head Coaches

• Maurice Burns (1934-1935) 4-1-0 (.800)
• Donald McNeil (1935-1937) 4-4-1 (.500)
• Joseph Chiasson (1959-1961) 6-16-0 (.273)
• Eugene Cassara (1961-1962) 1-8-0 (.111)
• Fred Belanger (1970-1971)
• Tom Christopher (1971-1978)
• Jim Gorman (1978-1984) 83-55-1 (.601)
• Dean Fuller (1984-present) 636-387-68 (.614)

Year by Year Results

Independent Program										Overall Record
Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
1934-35	5	4	1	0			-	-	-	5	4	1	0
1935-36	6	2	4	0			-	-	-	6	2	4	0
1936-37	3	2	0	1			-	-	-	3	2	0	1
No Varsity Program from 1937-38 until 1958-59
1959-60	13	5	8	0			-	-	-	13	5	8	0
1960-61	9	1	8	0			-	-	-	9	1	8	0
1961-62	9	3	4	2			-	-	-	9	3	4	2
No Varsity Program from 1962-63 until 1969-70
1970-71							-	-	-
1971-72							-	-	-
1972-73							-	-	-
ECAC Division III										Overall Record
1973-74	7	1	6	0	25	59	2	16th	Did not qualify	12	2	10	0
1974-75	12	5	7	0	65	59	10	14th	Did not qualify	19	8	11	0
1975-76	9	1	8	0	37	64	2	T-14th	L, SF 7-4 (Amherst)	14	1	13	0
1976-77	10	2	8	0	43	69	4	17th	W, SF 6-4 (Westfield St.) L, F 7-6 OT (Worcester St.)
1977-78	15	5	9	1			11	16th	L, SF 6-4 (Trinity)	20	6	13	1
1978-79	14	7	7	0	64	66	14	T-12th	W, SF 5-0 (Wesleyan) W, F 6-5 (Trinity)	22	11	11	0
1979-80	16	13	3	0	73	35	26	T-3rd	Did not qualify	25	18	7	0
1980-81	18	13	5	0			26	6th	Did not qualify	25	17	8	0
1981-82	17	8	8	1			17	11th	Did not qualify	24	10	13	1
1982-83	19	15	4	0			30	3rd	L, SF 2-0 (Iona)	24	16	8	0
1983-84	18	12	6	0			24	8th	Did not qualify	26	13	13	0
1984-85	20	16	4	0	163	84	32	6th	L, QF 4-1 (SE Mass.)	28	17	11	0
ECAC North										Overall Record
1985-86	20	15	5	0	167	93	30	3rd	L, DSF 7-6 (Plymouth St.)	26	16	10	0
1986-87	19	15	4	0	139	72	30	3rd	W, DQF 7-3 (Hawthorne) W, DSF 4-3 (Framingham St.) L, DF 8-3 (SE Mass.)	28	19	9	0
1987-88	20	18	1	1	146	59	37	2nd	W, DSF 4-3 (SE Mass.) W, DF 8-2 (Tufts) L, CF 2-1 (Trinity)	29	22	6	1
1988-89	20	14	6	0	99	58	28	5th	W, DQF 3-2 (Tufts) L, DSF 4-3 (SE Mass.)	28	18	10	0	135	90
1989-90	21	17	4	0	122	57	34	1st	W, DSF 10-4 (New Hampshire Coll.) W DF 3-1 (SE Mass.) W, Conf F 6-5 (Connecticut Coll.)	28	21	7	0	153	89
1990-91	17	17	0	0	120	41	34	1st	W,DSF 5-3 (Plymouth St.) W, DF 10-8 (Suffolk) L CF 4-3 OT (Trinity)	26	21	5	0	161	87
1991-92	17	14	2	1	101	51	29	2nd	W, DSF 4-3 (So. Maine) W, DF 7-4 (Assumption) L CF 3-2 (Amherst)	27	17	9	1	132	102
1992-93	16	10	4	2	84	57	22	T-3rd	L, QF 5-3 (Iona)	23	11	10	2	108	104
1993-94	16	13	2	1			27	1st	W, QF 10-4 (Bentley) W, SF 6-0 (Plymouth St.) W, F 6-4 (Assumption)	24	18	5	1
1994-95	16	16	0	0			32	1st	W, QF 6-4 (Assumption) W, SF 7-4 (Skidmore) L, F 5-1 (UMass-Dartmouth)	28	22	6	0
1995-96	14	12	2	0			24	1st	W, QF 6-3 (St. Michael's) W, SF 6-2 (Skidmore) W, F 2-1 OT (UMass-Dartmouth)	26	20	6	0
1996-97	12	10	2	0	93	34	20	1st	W, QF 6-5 OT (Worcester St.) W, SF 5-2 (Framingham St.) L, F 6-3 (UMass-Dartmouth)	28	18	9	2
1997-98	16	14	1	1			29	1st	W, QF 11-2 (Plymouth St.) L, SF 5-4 OT (UMass-Dartmouth)	27	21	5	1
ECAC Northeast										Overall Record
1998-99	17	14	1	2	109	46	30	T-1st	W, QF 6-2 (Plymouth St.) W, SF 6-4 (St. Michael's) W, F 3-2 OT (UMass-Dartmouth)	28	20	5	3	134	82
1999-00	13	10	1	2	63	29	22	2nd	W, QF 5-4 OT (W. New England) W, SF 4-3 OT (Tufts) L, F 5-1 (Wentworth)	28	18	6	4	126	80
2000-01	17	9	7	1	67	57	19	T-6th	L, QF 7-2 (Wentworth)	26	11	13	2	92	98
2001-02	15	9	6	0	66	50	18	6th	L, QF 2-1 (Wentworth)	26	15	9	2	106	72
2002-03	16	12	3	1	97	60	25	4th	W, QF 4-3 (Johnson & Wales) L, SF 5-1 (Wentworth)	26	16	8	2	107	86
2003-04	16	7	6	3	48	50	17	6th	L, QF 8-2 (Wentworth)	25	9	13	3	67	98
2004-05	15	8	6	1	53	51	17	5th	L, QF 6-1 (Plymouth St.)	25	12	12	1	84	93
2005-06	15	8	7	0	63	46	16	T-6th	L, QF 5-1 (Curry)	26	14	11	1	113	85
2006-07	15	9	4	2	62	48	20	5th	W, QF 3-2 (Plymouth St.) L, SF 7-3 (UMass-Dartmouth)	27	14	10	3	99	93
2007-08	16	8	5	3	64	49	19	T-6th	W, QF 7-2 (Curry) L, SF 5-2 (UMass-Dartmouth)	27	13	10	4	106	78
2008-09	17	9	5	3	62	47	21	5th	W, QF 3-2 (UMass-Dartmouth) L, SF 4-2 (Nichols)	27	13	9	5	86	77
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference										Overall Record
2009-10	18	14	4	0	89	62	28	1st	W, SF 3-2 (UMass-Dartmouth) L, F 2-1 OT (Salem St.)	27	20	6	1	121	85
2010-11	18	9	8	1	61	49	19	4th	W, QF 3-0 (Worcester St.) W, SF 4-3 2OT (UMass-Dartmouth) W, F 6-5 OT (Salem St.)	28	18	9	1	114	78
2011-12	18	8	7	3	58	58	19	4th	L, QF 4-1 (Worcester St.)	26	9	13	4	72	84
2012-13	18	9	8	1	68	54	19	5th	W, QF 4-3 (Westfield St.) L, SF 7-1 (Plymouth St.)	27	11	14	2	95	90
2013-14	18	8	9	3	56	53	17	5th	L, QF 7-1 (Framingham St.)	26	11	14	1	76	83
2014-15	18	8	8	2	57	56	18	T-3rd	L, QF 5-4 (UMass-Dartmouth)	26	10	13	3	81	84
2015-16	18	7	9	2	58	57	16	3rd	W, QF 4-0 (Framingham St.) L, SF 6-2 (Plymouth St.)	27	11	14	2	87	90
2016-17	18	7	10	1	52	58	15	4th	W, QF 5-2 (Worcester St.) L, SF 7-1 (Plymouth St.)	27	11	15	1	76	98
2017-18	18	11	4	3	82	53	25	2nd	W, SF 5-2 (Salem St.) W, F 2-0 (UMass-Dartmouth)	28	18	7	3	119	78
2018-19	18	9	7	2	58	42	20	5th	L, QF 5-3 (Worcester St.)	26	12	12	2	91	70
2019-20	18	11	3	4	50	37	26	2nd	L, SF 4-0 (UMass-Dartmouth)	26	14	8	4	75	58
2020-21	Season cancelled November 13th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	18	14	3	1	74	36	29	2nd	L, 1-0 OT (Framingham St.)	24	17	6	1	85	49
2022-23	18	9	6	3	65	51	32.5	3rd	L, QF 6-2 (Salem St.)	25	12	10	3	83	73
2023-24	21	13	6	2	69	40	40	2nd	W, SF 2-1 (UMass-Dartmouth) L, F 3-0 (Plymouth St.)	27	15	10	2	80	77
2024-25	18	8	9	1	61	54	28	4th of 10	W, QF 4-1 (Worcester St.) W, SF 4-3 3OT (Salem St.) W, F 3-1 (MCLA)	29	15	13	1	91	83
2025-26	14	10	4	0	58	29	29	T-2nd of 8	L, SF 4-3 OT (Westfield St.)	26	17	9	0	104	64

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
2018	L, 3-1 (Nichols Bison)
2025	L, 5-1 (Utica Pioneers)	--	--	--
2 appearances

See Also

• Fitchburg State Falcons men’s ice hockey website
• MASCAC men’s hockey website