The Hamilton Continentals are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Hamilton College, located in Clinton, New York from the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Russell Sage Rink, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1918-19 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Hamilton College
• Location: Clinton, New York
• School Founded: 1812
• Enrollment: 2,046
• Colors: Blue, Buff, & White
• Home Arena: Russell Sage Rink
• Arena Capacity: 722
• Rink Dimensions: 210′ x 85′
• Conference: New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
• Head Coach: Rob Haberbusch
• Conference Titles: 4 (2011, 2017, 2025, 2026)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 2 (1998, 2025)
• National Titles: 1 (2026)

Conferences

• Independent (1918-1943; 1946-1961)
• ECAC (1961-1964)
• ECAC Division II (1964-1985)
• ECAC East (1985-1999)
• New England Small College Athletic Conference (1999-present)

Arenas

• Russell Sage Rink (1921-present)

Head Coaches

• Albert Prettyman (1918-1943) 135-76-6 (.636)
• Roswell Rudd (1946-1948) 11-12-1 (.479)
• Gregory Batt (1948-1984) 263-365-17 (.421)
• Phil Grady (1984-2008) 304-260-34 (.537)
• Norm Bazin (2008-2011) 38-31-7 (.546)
• Rob Haberbusch (2011-present) 186-135-40 (.571)

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
1918-19	2	1	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	0	1
1919-20	5	3	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	2	0
1920-21	10	10	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	0	0
1921-22	9	7	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	2	0
1922-23	10	4	6	0	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	6	0
1923-24	12	7	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	12	7	3	2
1924-25	13	8	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	13	8	3	2
1925-26	10	7	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	3	0
1926-27	10	6	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	4	0
1927-28	8	5	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	2	0
1928-29	10	4	6	0	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	6	0
1929-30	8	4	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	4	0
1930-31	9	7	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	1	1
1931-32	4	2	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	2	0
1932-33	6	5	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	1	0
1933-34	10	9	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	1	0
1934-35	8	6	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	2	0
1935-36	8	5	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	3	0
1936-37	7	1	6	0	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	6	0
1937-38	9	5	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	4	0
1938-39	11	5	6	0	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	6	0
1939-40	13	9	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	13	9	4	0
1940-41	9	5	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	4	0
1941-42	8	5	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	3	0
1942-43	9	5	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	4	0
Program suspended due to World War II
1946-47	10	4	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	5	1
1947-48	16	8	8	0	-	-	-	-	-	16	8	8	0
1948-49	10	1	9	0	-	-	-	-	-	10	1	9	0
1949-50	13	4	9	0	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	9	0
1950-51	16	7	9	0	-	-	-	-	-	16	7	9	0
1951-52	11	5	6	0	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	6	0
1952-53	10	0	10	0	-	-	-	-	-	10	0	10	0
1953-54	13	4	9	0	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	9	0
1954-55	14	3	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	14	3	10	1
1955-56	13	4	9	0	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	9	0
1956-57	17	4	13	0	-	-	-	-	-	17	4	13	0
1957-58	18	6	10	2	-	-	-	-	-	18	6	10	2
1958-59	18	8	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	18	8	9	1
1959-60	18	13	5	0	-	-	-	-	-	18	13	5	0
1960-61	17	2	14	1	-	-	-	-	-	17	2	14	1
ECAC										Overall Record
1961-62	15	1	14	0			0.067	27th	Did not qualify	15	1	14	0	20	143
1962-63	16	2	13	1	21	100	0.156	26th	Did not qualify	18	4	14	0	25	108
1963-64	17	5	12	0	45	90	0.294	21st	Did not qualify	18	6	12	0	45	90
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1964-65	8	3	5	0			0.375	10th	Did not qualify	15	4	11	0
1965-66	12	6	6	0	47	62	0.5	9th	Did not qualify	15	4	11	0
1966-67	15	8	7	0	89	74	0.533	8th	Did not qualify	19	8	11	0	99	101
1967-68	16	13	2	1	93	45	0.844	3rd	W, SF 6-3 (Colby) L, F 5-4 (Merrimack)	21	15	5	1
1968-69	16	8	8	0	105	92	0.5	12th	Did not qualify	18	8	10	0	116	107
1969-70	14	6	8	0	89	65	0.429	18th	Did not qualify	18	8	10	0
1970-71	17	10	7	0	89	84	0.588	9th	Did not qualify	19	12	7	0
1971-72	17	7	9	1	52	72	0.441	13th	Did not qualify	19	8	9	2	56	75
1972-73	19	6	13	0	72	108	0.316	23rd	Did not qualify	22	7	15	0
1973-74	13	8	5	0	52	54	0.615	7th	Did not qualify	21	4	7	0
1974-75	19	13	5	1	99	79	0.711	2nd	W, QF 6-3 (Salem St.) W, SF 4-3 (Merrimack) L, F 6-4 (Bowdoin)	26	17	8	1
1975-76	17	9	7	1	98	76	0.559	10th	L, QF 7-3 (Bowdoin)	22	12	9	1
1976-77	16	10	6	0	101	73	0.625	7th West	Did not qualify	22	15	6	1
1977-78	19	11	8	0	95	81	0.579	6th West	L, QF 5-4 (Elmira)	23	13	10	0
1978-79	20	5	15	0			0.25	13th West	Did not qualify	23	7	16	0
1979-80	19	5	14	0	79	115	0.263	13th West	Did not qualify	23	7	16	0
1980-81	19	6	10	3			0.395	11th West	L, QF 6-4 (Oswego)	25	9	13	3
1981-82	19	7	12	0			0.368	11th West	Did not qualify	24	11	13	0
1982-83	19	5	14	0	85	112	0.263	15th West	Did not qualify	24	8	16	0
1983-84	19	9	10	0			0.474	8th West	L, QF 7-0 (RIT)	24	9	15	0
1984-85	19	6	13	0	67	108	0.316	11th West	Did not qualify	24	8	16	0
ECAC West										Overall Record
1985-86	19	5	12	2			0.316	9th	Did not qualify	24	7	15	2
1986-87	20	15	2	0	109	56	0.75	2nd	W, QF 14-1 (Geneseo) L, SF 5-4 (Oswego)	25	18	7	0
1987-88	21	12	9	0	169	116	0.571	8th	L, QF 3-2 (Oswego)	23	13	10	0
1988-89	23	17	6	0	121	66	0.739	3rd	W, QF 7-1 (Geneseo) L, SF 3-2 OT (Union)	25	18	7	0
1989-90	23	13	9	1	118	67	0.587	8th	L, QF 6-5 (Elmira)	25	13	11	1
1990-91	23	8	13	2			0.391	10th	Did not qualify	23	8	13	2
1991-92	23	8	13	2			0.391	12th	Did not qualify	24	9	13	2
ECAC East										Overall Record
1992-93	23	13	9	1			0.587	8th	L, QF 5-3 (Connecticut)	25	14	10	1
1993-94	17	11	6	0			22	T-6th	W, SF 5-4 OT (St. Anselm) L, SF 4-3 (Salem St.)	25	17	7	1
1994-95	17	10	7	0	71	58	20	T-7th	L, QF 9-4 (Connecticut)	26	16	9	0
1995-96	19	10	8	1			21	T-8th	W, QF 9-3 (Conn. College) W, SF 8-3 (Salem St) L, F 5-4 OT (Amherst)	27	15	11	1
1996-97	19	14	4	1	95	51	29	T-3rd	W, SF 5-0 (St. Anselm) L, SF 10-1 (Colby)	26	19	6	1
1997-98	19	11	5	3	83	55	25	T-4th	W, QF 3-2 OT (Colby) W, SF 6-2 (Salem St.) W, F 2-1 OT (Conn. College)	27	16	8	3
1998-99	17	9	6	2	72	55	20	7th	L, QF 5-1 (Trinity)	23	12	9	2	102	77
New England Small College Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1999-00	17	11	5	1	86	55	23	6th	W, QF 5-4 OT (Bowdoin) L, SF 5-2 (Middlebury)	26	15	8	3	116	86
2000-01	17	10	7	0	67	60	20	6th	W, QF 4-0 (Colby) L, SF 4-2 (Middlebury)	25	11	13	1	96	101
2001-02	19	13	5	1	88	55	27	3rd	L, QF 5-1 (Colby)	25	14	10	1	103	88
2002-03	19	10	7	2	93	57	22	5th	W, QF 6-3 (Bowdoin) L, SF 5-3 Middlebury)	26	14	10	2	122	75
2003-04	18	10	6	2	77	45	22	6th	W, QF 4-0 (Bowdoin) L, SF (Middlebury)	26	15	9	2	110	75
2004-05	19	8	8	3	65	53	19	7th	L, QF 3-0 (Hamilton)	25	9	12	4	76	74
2005-06	19	8	9	2	71	73	18	7th	W, QF 9-5 (Williams) L, SF 9-2 (Middlebury)	26	11	12	3	98	99
2006-07	19	6	12	1	57	76	13	9th	Did not qualify	24	7	16	1	68	99
2007-08	19	4	14	1	52	83	9	T-9th	Did not qualify	24	5	18	1	59	99
2008-09	19	8	11	0	54	60	16	T-7th	L, QF 6-2 (Middlebury)	25	9	15	1	67	84
2009-10	19	11	7	1	67	68	23	6th	W, QF 2-1 OT (Williams) L, SF 6-2 (Bowdoin)	26	15	9	2	94	93
2010-11	19	11	4	4	72	57	26	1st	L, QF 5-2 (Wesleyan)	25	14	7	4	93	73
2011-12	18	9	8	1	46	65	19	4th	L, QF 6-0 (Amherst)	25	12	11	2	69	83
2012-13	18	4	12	2	42	64	10	8th	L, QF 5-3 (Bowdoin)	25	6	16	3	56	93
2013-14	18	4	12	2	43	65	10	9th	Did not qualify	23	5	15	3	56	83
2014-15	18	7	7	4	49	46	18	6th	L, QF 4-3 OT (Conn. College)	25	9	10	6	71	65
2015-16	18	8	6	4	46	38	20	4th	L, QF 2-1 (Middlebury)	25	13	8	4	72	48
2016-17	18	11	3	4	50	28	26	1st	W, QF 8-2 (Bowdoin) W, SF 5-4 (Wesleyan) L, F 3-2 OT (Trinity)	29	20	5	4	92	54
2017-18	18	9	6	3	44	36	21	T-3rd	L, QF 2-1 (Wesleyan)	25	15	7	3	69	42
2018-19	18	10	5	3	53	52	23	4th	W, QF 4-3 OT (Williams) L, SF 2-1 OT (Trinity)	26	13	10	3	70	72
2019-20	18	10	6	2	46	40	22	3rd	W, QF 5-1 (Bowdoin) L, SF 3-2 (Trinity)	26	12	10	4	63	56
2020-21	Season cancelled October 8th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	18	9	5	4	41	40	28.5	5th	W, QF 3-2 (Wesleyan) L, SF 6-4 (Colby)	22	11	10	1	47	56
2022-23	18	11	4	3	53	35	36	4th	L, QF 3-2 OT (Colby)	25	13	10	2	68	58
2023-24	18	11	6	1	55	46	33.5	4th	W, QF 4-3 (Amherst) L, SF 1-0 (Tufts)	25	17	7	1	82	62
2024-25	18	13	4	1	55	46	39	1st of 10	W, QF 5-2 (Conn. College) W, SF 3-2 OT (Middlebury) W, F 3-0 (Tufts)	27	20	6	1	102	49
2025-26	18	14	3	1	63	27	42	1st of 10	W, QF 5-4 OT (Conn. College) L, SF 5-4 OT (Williams)	30	23	5	2	113	55

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
2017	W, 3-1 (Oswego Lakers)	L, 6-2 (Norwich Cadets)	--	--
2025	W, 4-2 (UNE Nor'Easters)	L, 4-1 (Curry Colonels)	--	--
2026	W, 6-2 (Neumann Knights)	W, 2-1 OT (Norwich Cadets)	W, 6-3 (Aurora Spartans)	W, 2-1 OT (Hobart Statesmen)
3 appearances		1 National Championship

See Also

• Hamilton College men’s ice hockey website
• NESCAC men’s hockey website