The Framingham State Rams are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Framingham State University, located in Framingham, Massachusetts from the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Loring Arena, which is just two miles from campus.  The men’s program was established for the 1971-72 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Framingham State University
• Location: Framingham, Massachusetts
• School Founded: 1839
• Enrollment: 4,111
• Colors: Black, Gold, & White
• Home Arena: Loring Arena
• Arena Capacity: 2,500
• Conference: Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC)
• Head Coach: Mike Bailey
• Conference Titles: 2 (1973, 1979)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 1 (1979)

Conferences

• NCAA College Division Independent (1971-1972)
• ECAC Division III (1972-1979; 1982-1985)
• ECAC Division II 1979-1982)
• ECAC North (1985-1998)
• ECAC Northeast (1998-2009)
• Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (2024-present)

Arenas

• Loring Arena (1971-present)

Head Coaches

• Jack Tanner (1971-1979) 129-86-4 (.598)
• Jim Duffy (1979-1980) 1-17-0 (.056)
• Orrin Gould (1980-1983) 15-50-0 (.231)
• John Binkowski (1983-1988) 60-71-3 (.459)
• Tim Friday (1988-1990) 10-38-2 (.220)
• Guy Angers (1990-1996; 2016-2018) 85-107-10 (.446)
  • 80-64-8 in 1st stint; 5-43-2 in 2nd stint
• Ken Gouveia (1996-2001) 45-74-4 (.382)
• Bob Lavin (2001-2003) 6-40-2 (.146)
• Chris Googins (2003-2005) 18-26-4 (.417)
• Chris Heaney (2005-2009) 8-81-7 (.120)
• T.J. Brown (2009-2016) 37-118-17 (.265)
• Mike Bailey (2018-present) 30-129-12 (.189)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
NCAA College Division Independent										Overall Record
1971-72	21	7	12	2			-	-	-	21	7	12	2
ECAC Division III										Overall Record
1972-73	13	12	1	0	104	29	24	1st	N/A	29	24	5	0
1973-74	13	8	4	1	86	61	17	5th	Did not qualify	25	14	10	1
1974-75	14	8	6	0	99	77	16	7th	Did not qualify	27	13	14	0
1975-76	12	9	3	0	76	47	18	5th	L, SF 7-4 (Amherst)	27	12	14	1
1976-77	13	9	4	0	93	73	18	6th	W, SF 6-4 (Westfield St.) L, F 7-6 OT (Worcester St.)	28	13	15	0
1977-78	14	13	1	0			26	3rd	L, SF 6-4 (Trinity)	25	20	5	0
1978-79	13	12	1	0	97	33	24	1st	W, SF 6-0 (Wesleyan) W, F 6-5 (Trinity)	29	20	9	0
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1979-80	17	1	16	0	53	136	2	15th East	Did not qualify	26	6	20	0
1980-81	11	1	10	0				13th East	Did not qualify	18	3	15	0
1981-82	15	0	15	0				14th East	Did not qualify	25	5	20	0
ECAC Division III										Overall Record
1982-83	14	6	8	0			12	15th	Did not qualify	22	7	15	0
1983-84	17	8	8	1			17	14th	Did not qualify	24	8	15	1
1984-85	18	12	5	1	103	85	25	9th	L, QF 7-5 (Trinity)	28	13	14	1
ECAC North										Overall Record
1985-86	20	11	9	0			22	9th	Did not qualify	28	13	14	1
1986-87	22	18	4	0	156	102	36	2nd	L, DSF 4-3 (Fitchburg St.)	30	21	9	0
1987-88	19	5	14	0	75	106	10	14th	Did not qualify	25	5	19	1
1988-89	20	4	15	1	69	128	9	11th	Did not qualify	25	5	19	1
1989-90	22	5	16	1	95	128	11	12th	Did not qualify	25	5	19	1
1990-91	21	8	12	1			17	10th	Did not qualify	23	8	14	1
1991-92	22	15	7	0			30	4th	L, DQF 3-1 (So. Maine)	25	16	9	0
1992-93	16	11	4	1			23	2nd	Did not qualify	24	14	9	1
1993-94	16	9	5	2			20	4th	L, QF 6-2 (UMass-Dartmouth)	25	13	9	3
1994-95	16	11	4	1			23	2nd	W, QF 2-1 2OT (Fairfield) L, SF 4-3 (UMass-Dartmouth)	26	17	7	2
1995-96	14	10	4	0			20	3rd	L, QF 8-1 (UMass-Dartmouth)	23	12	12	1
1996-97	12	7	5	0	53	44	14	4th	W, QF 5-4 OT (Bentley) L, SF 5-2 (Fitchburg St.)	26	15	10	1
1997-98	16	9	7	0			18	5th	Did not qualify	24	12	12	0
ECAC Northeast										Overall Record
1998-99	17	6	11	0	71	70	12	14th	Did not qualify	24	6	18	0	85	124
1999-00	13	3	8	2	37	51	8	11th	Did not qualify	25	6	16	3	71	111
2000-01	17	4	13	0	58	84	8	11th	Did not qualify	24	6	18	0	78	117
2001-02	15	2	13	0	39	126	4	14th	Did not qualify	24	3	20	1	67	175
2002-03	16	2	14	0	35	118	4	12th	Did not qualify	24	3	20	1	52	179
2003-04	16	11	3	2	51	37	24	4th	L, QF 5-1 (UMass-Dartmouth)	25	12	11	2	72	75
2004-05	15	5	10	0	45	54	10	8th	L, QF 3-2 (Curry)	23	6	15	2	60	83
2005-06	15	2	13	0	39	75	4	10th	Did not qualify	23	5	17	1	62	112
2006-07	15	0	14	1	46	83	1	12th	Did not qualify	23	2	20	1	68	122
2007-08	16	0	15	1	37	92	1	13th	Did not qualify	25	1	23	1	60	143
2008-09	17	0	14	3	36	97	3	13th	Did not qualify	25	5	18	2	58	156
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference										Overall Record
2009-10	18	2	15	1	54	100	5	7th	Did not qualify	24	2	20	2	66	133
2010-11	18	4	13	1	44	92	9	T-6th	Did not qualify	23	4	18	1	55	113
2011-12	18	3	12	3	42	75	9	7th	Did not qualify	25	6	15	4	62	102
2012-13	18	0	15	3	45	98	3	7th	Did not qualify	24	2	19	3	70	127
2013-14	18	8	7	3	50	57	19	4th	W, QF 7-1 (Fitchburg St.) L, SF 3-1 (Salem St.)	26	11	11	4	79	85
2014-15	18	5	12	1	50	77	11	7th	Did not qualify	24	6	16	2	65	105
2015-16	18	5	12	1	42	77	11	6th	L, QF 4-0 (Fitchburg St.)	26	6	19	1	62	112
2016-17	18	1	17	0	26	90	2	7th	Did not qualify	25	2	23	0	45	132
2017-18	18	2	16	0	30	101	4	7th	Did not qualify	25	3	20	2	47	130
2018-19	18	0	17	1	33	88	1	7th	Did not qualify	25	2	22	1	51	118
2019-20	18	3	13	2	38	76	8	7th	Did not qualify	25	4	18	3	51	102
2020-21	Season cancelled November 13th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	18	1	16	1	24	82	3	7th	W, QF 1-0 (Fitchburg St.) L, SF 8-4 (Plymouth St.)	25	3	21	1	37	111
2022-23	18	3	13	2	41	71	11	7th	Did not qualify	25	5	18	2	59	100
2023-24	21	8	11	2	61	73	28	5th	L, QF 4-0 (Westfield St.)	26	8	16	2	66	90
2024-25	18	2	14	2	43	81	11	T-9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	3	19	3	58	111
2025-26	14	4	10	0	28	60	11	7th of 8	Did not qualify	25	7	18	0	70	110

See Also

• Framingham State Rams men’s ice hockey website
• MASCAC men’s hockey website