The Geneseo Knights (informally Ice Knights) are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing the State University of New York at Geneseo, located in Geneseo, New York from the United Collegiate Hockey Conference. The team is based out of Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena, which is located on the school’s campus.  The men’s program was elevated to varsity status for the 1975-76 season, after playing as a club team for one season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: State University of New York at Geneseo
• Location: Geneseo, New York
• School Founded: 1871
• Enrollment: ~4,018
• Colors: Blue & White
• Home Arena: Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena
• Arena Capacity: 2500
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: United Collegiate Hockey Conference
• Head Coach: Chris Schultz
• Conference Titles: 5 (2014, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 9 (1986*, 2005, 2006, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2025)

Conferences

• NCAA Division II Independent (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 (1992-2024)
• United Collegiate Hockey Conference (2024-present)

Arenas

• Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena (1975-present)

Head Coaches

• Paul Duffy (1975-2001) 358-342-34 (.511)
• Brian Hills (2001-2005) 53-42-14 (.550)
• Jason Lammers (2005-2006) 19-2-2 (.667)
• Chris Schultz (2006-present) 341-148-32 (.685)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
NCAA Division II Independent										Overall Record
1975-76	26	18	7	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	26	18	7	1	-	-
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1976-77	6	0	6	0	22	48	0	17th West	Did not qualify	26	17	9	2	-	-
ECAC Division II (New York Collegiate Hockey Association)										Overall Record
1977-78	23 (-)	12 (-)	11 (-)	0 (-)	140 (-)	137 (-)	0.522 (-)	9th West (-)	Did not qualify	26	15	11	0	-	-
1978-79	15 (12)	7 (6)	8 (6)	0 (0)	- (67)	- (62)	0.467 (12)	9th West (T-5th)	Did not qualify	25	13	12	0	-	-
1979-80	17 (-)	9 (-)	8 (-)	0 (-)	- (-)	- (-)	0.529 (-)	8th West (-)	Did not qualify	28	16	11	1	-	-
1980-81	18 (-)	5 (-)	13 (-)	0 (-)	- (-)	- (-)	0.278 (-)	13th West (-)	Did not qualify	25	8	17	0	-	-
1981-82	- (13)	- (3)	- (10)	0 (0)	- (-)	- (-)	- (6)	- (8th)	Did not qualify	26	10	16	0	-	-
1982-83	23 (16)	8 (7)	15 (9)	0 (0)	- (-)	- (-)	0.348 (16)	10th West (5th)	Did not qualify	28	12	16	0	-	-
1983-84	23 (-)	9 (-)	14 (-)	0 (-)	- (-)	- (-)	0.391 (-)	10th West (-)	Did not qualify	30	12	18	0	-	-
1984-85	29 (18)	19 (13)	9 (4)	1 (1)	156 (-)	114 (-)	0.672 (27)	6th West (3rd)	ECAC: L, DQF 5-4 (Oswego) SUNYAC: L, SF 3-1 (Oswego)	33	22	10	1	-	-
ECAC West (New York Collegiate Hockey Association)										Overall Record
1985-86	28 (18)	15 (12)	12 (5)	1 (1)	- (85)	- (72)	0.554 (25)	7th West (4th)	ECAC: L, QF 6-3 (Plattsburgh) SUNYAC: W, SF 10-0 (Buffalo) W, F 3-2 OT (Oswego)	36	20	15	1	-	-
ECAC West										Overall Record
1986-87	29	16	13	0	132	124	0.552	7th West	ECAC: L, QF 14-1 (Hamilton) SUNYAC: L, SF 8-3 (Oswego)	36	19	17	0	-	-
1987-88	24	8	16	0	117	142	0.333	11th West	SUNYAC: L, SF 8-1 (Plattsburgh)	28	9	19	0	-	-
1988-89	28	14	13	1	166	127	0.518	8th West	ECAC: L, QF 7-1 (Hamilton) SUNYAC: W, SF 7-5 (Potsdam) L, F 5-4 (Oswego)	28	14	13	1	166	127
1989-90	26	19	7	0	151	83	0.731	4th West	ECAC: W, QF 3-1 (Plattsburgh) W, SF 3-2 (Mercyhurst) L, F 9-7 (Elmira) SUNYAC: W, SF 7-6 (Oswego) L, F 5-4 (Plattsburgh)	34	23	9	2	-	-
1990-91	27	21	3	3	-	-	0.833	2nd West	ECAC: W, QF 6-5 (Fredonia) L, SF 8-2 (Elmira) SUNYAC: W, SF 8-4 (Cortland) L, F 6-2 (Oswego)	30	23	4	3	-	-
1991-92	26	15	10	1	-	-	0.596	6th West	ECAC: L, QF 4-2 (Fredonia) SUNYAC: L, SF 6-4 (Plattsburgh)	27	15	11	1	-	-
State University of New York Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1992-93	12	1	10	1	-	-	2	7th	Did not qualify	25	5	18	2	-	-
1993-94	12	2	8	2	32	71	6	7th	Did not qualify	25	8	15	2	92	118
1994-95	14	4	10	0	48	81	8	6th	Did not qualify	25	8	17	0	108	143
1995-96	14	4	10	0	39	56	8	6th	Did not qualify	24	7	16	1	71	88
1996-97	14	5	5	4	47	51	14	5th	Did not qualify	24	12	6	6	103	83
1997-98	14	9	3	2	53	44	20	2nd	L, SF 1-7, 2-4 (Plattsburgh)	27	17	7	3
1998-99	14	8	6	0	54	43	16	4th	W, QF 2-2, 3-2 (Potsdam) L, SF 0-5, 1-8 (Plattsburgh)	28	12	14	2	102	124
1999-00	14	4	9	1	59	69	9	6th	W, QF 3-3, 3-2 (Fredonia) L, SF 3-9, 2-7 (Plattsburgh)	29	8	18	3	104	142
2000-01	14	5	7	2	55	57	12	5th	W, QF 6-0, 4-1 (Fredonia) L, SF 2-8, 1-7 (Plattsburgh)	29	14	13	2	124	127
2001-02	14	7	5	2	39	41	16	T-3rd	W, QF 2-1, 1-3, 1-0 minigame (Potsdam) L, SF 1-7, 2-1, 0-3 minigame (Plattsburgh)	29	12	15	2	76	118
2002-03	14	7	6	1	37	39	15	T-4th	L, QF 2-6, 3-7 (Potsdam)	25	9	13	3	79	89
2003-04	14	8	4	2	53	45	18	4th	L, QF 3-5, 3-3 OT (Fredonia)	26	14	7	5	104	86
2004-05	14	10	3	1	69	43	21	2nd	W, SF 3-3 OT, 5-1 (Fredonia) W, F 5-2, 5-4 OT (Plattsburgh)	29	18	7	4	125	86
2005-06	14	10	4	0	57	51	20	2nd	W, SF 4-3, 2-5, 1-0 minigame (Fredonia) W, F 1-4, 4-3, 4-3 (Plattsburgh)	30	19	9	2	117	109
2006-07	14	10	4	0	52	30	20	2nd	L, SF 8-2 (Plattsburgh)	26	16	10	0	99	86
2007-08	16	6	10	0	50	59	12	7th	Did not qualify	25	8	17	0	68	91
2008-09	16	8	7	1	54	60	17	3rd	W, QF 4-3 OT (Buffalo St.) L, SF 5-1 (Oswego)	27	14	12	1	83	89
2009-10	16	9	6	1	50	47	19	4th	Ineligible due to NCAA Sanctions	25	13	10	2	88	77
2010-11	16	10	5	1	52	42	21	2nd	L, SF 3-2 OT (Plattsburgh)	26	16	8	2	94	64
2011-12	16	7	8	1	44	52	15	4th	L, QF 4-1 (Fredonia)	26	13	12	1	88	80
2012-13	16	11	4	1	64	43	23	3rd	W, QF 9-0 (Potsdam) L, SF 5-1 (Plattsburgh)	27	17	9	1	102	70
2013-14	16	14	2	0	67	40	28	1st	W, SF 2-0 (Buffalo St.) L, F 7-6 (Oswego)	30	23	7	0	122	82
2014-15	16	9	6	1	51	34	19	3rd	L, QF 6-4 (Brockport)	26	12	10	4	79	60
2015-16	16	9	2	5	59	42	23	T-2nd	W, QF 4-1 (Potsdam) W, SF 6-1 (Buffalo St.) W, F 7-1 (Plattburgh)	31	20	5	6	122	82
2016-17	16	10	5	1	71	42	21	T-2nd	W, QF 7-0 (Brockport) L, SF 5-2 (Plattsburgh)	28	17	7	3	125	76
2017-18	16	10	3	3	60	31	23	2nd	W, SF 5-2 (Buffalo St.) W, F 7-1 (Fredonia)	29	20	6	3	125	60
2018-19	16	13	1	2	69	19	28	1st	W, SF 5-2 (Fredonia) W, F 4-3 (Oswego)	29	25	2	2	142	38
2019-20	16	13	1	2	77	30	28	1st	W, SF 7-0 (Potsdam) W, F 4-1 (Oswego)	27	22	3	2	138	52
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	15	12	2	1	73	26	37	1st	W, SF 3-1 (Brockport) W, F 6-1 (Oswego)	28	23	4	1	131	50
2022-23	16	11	4	1	61	31	23	3rd	W, QF 3-0 (Fredonia) L, SF 5-1 (Plattsburgh)	27	18	17	2	94	51
2023-24	16	14	2	0	73	31	28	1st	L, SF 3-2 (Cortland)	26	21	5	0	112	56
United Collegiate Hockey Conference										Overall Record
2024-25	20	16	3	1	97	54	48	2nd	W, SF 5-2 (Manhattanville) W, F 7-3 (Utica)
2025-26	16	12	4	0	64	35	36	2nd of 9	W, SF 7-5 (Chatham) L, F 4-1 (Utica)	27	18	8	1	104	69

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1987; 1991-2001)
1990	N/A	L, 3-3, 1-1, 0-1 (Babson Beavers)	--	--	--
2005	Bye	L, 4-0 (Trinity Bantams)	--	--	N/A
2006	L, 8-2 (UMass Dartmouth Corsairs)	--	--	--	N/A
2014	W, 3-2 (Nichols Bison)	W, 3-2 (Norwich Cadets)	L, 6-2 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	--	N/A
2016	W, 7-1 (Salve Regina Seahawks)	W, 2-1 (Williams Ephs)	L, 5-1 (Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers)	--	N/A
2018	W, 4-2 (Hobart Statesmen)	L, 2-1 (Colby Mules)	--	--	N/A
2019	Bye	W, 8-2 (Manhattanville Valiants)	L, 4-2 (Norwich Cadets)	--	N/A
2020	Bye	(Adrian/Hobart)*	*Tournament cancelled prior to first round by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Bye	W, 3-2 (Babson Beavers)	W, 8-3 (UNE Nor'Easters)	L, 5-3 (Adrian Bulldogs)	N/A
2024	L, 3-0 (Curry Colonels)	--	--	--	N/A
2025	W, 3-1 (Stevenson Mustangs)	W, 7-4 (Aurora Spartans)	L, 2-1 (Hobart Statesmen)	--	N/A
11 appearances		1-time National Runner Up		4-Time National Semifinalist

See Also

• Geneseo ice hockey website
• SUNYAC men’s hockey website