The Hamline Pipers are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Hamline University, located in St. Paul, Minnesota from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of TRIA Rink, which is located in downtown St. Paul. The men’s program was established for the 1920-21 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Hamline University
• Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
• School Founded: 1854
• Enrollment: 2,117
• Colors: Burgundy, Gray, Black, & White
• Home Arena: TRIA Rink
• Arena Capacity: 1,200
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)
• Head Coach: Shane Wagner
• Conference Titles: 5 (1923 co-champ, 1932 co-champ, 1948, 2008, 2011)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 2 (2011, 2015)

 

Conferences

• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1920-present)

Arenas

• Unknown (1920-1951)
• Warner Coliseum (1951-1971)
• Oscar Johnson Arena (1971-2018)
• TRIA Rink (2018-present)

Head Coaches

-no official information on coaches prior to 2001-02 season

• Tim Cornwell (approx. 1990-1995)
• Kurt Stahura (at least 1996-1997)
• Pat Cullen (2001-2004) 19-52-4 (.280)
• Chris Brown (2004-2005) 4-20-1 (.180)
• Scott Bell (2005-2011) 76-67-17 (.528)
• Scott Steffen (2011-2012) 10-14-2 (.423)
• Doc DelCastillo (2012-2014) 3-41-6 (.120)
• Cory Laylin (2014-2021) 56-84-23 (.414)
• Shane Wagner (2021-present) 32-62-7 (.352)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1920-21								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1921-22								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1922-23								T-1st	No Tournament
1923-24								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1924-25								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1925-26								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1926-27								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1927-28									No Tournament
1928-29									No Tournament
1929-30									No Tournament
1930-31									No Tournament
1931-32								T-1st	No Tournament
1932-33									No Tournament
1933-34									No Tournament
1934-35									No Tournament
1935-36									No Tournament
1936-37									No Tournament
1937-38									No Tournament
1938-39									No Tournament
1939-40									No Tournament
1940-41									No Tournament
1941-42									No Tournament
1942-43								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1943-44								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1944-45								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1945-46								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1946-47									No Tournament
1947-48								1st	No Tournament
1948-49									No Tournament
1949-50									No Tournament
1950-51									No Tournament
1951-52									No Tournament
1952-53									No Tournament
1953-54									No Tournament
1954-55									No Tournament
1955-56									No Tournament
1956-57									No Tournament
1957-58									No Tournament
1958-59									No Tournament
1959-60									No Tournament
1960-61									No Tournament
1961-62									No Tournament
1962-63									No Tournament
1963-64									No Tournament
1964-65	11	3	8	0	30	49	6	7th	No Tournament	15	4	11	0
1965-66									No Tournament
1966-67	14	1	12	1			3	7th	No Tournament
1967-68	14	3	9	2			8	T-5th	No Tournament
1968-69	14	7	6	1			15	4th	No Tournament
1969-70									No Tournament
1970-71	13	3	10	0	44	58	6	T-6th	No Tournament
1971-72	14	3	11	0	33	85	6	6th	No Tournament
1972-73	14	3	11	0			6	6th	No Tournament
1973-74	14	3	11	0			6	6th	No Tournament	20	6	14	0
1974-75	16	2	14	0			2	8th	No Tournament
1975-76									No Tournament
1976-77									No Tournament
1977-78	14	7	7	0			14	T-4th	No Tournament	25	11	14	0
1978-79	14	5	9	0			10	6th	No Tournament	27	12	15	0
1979-80	16	8	7	1			15	5th	No Tournament
1980-81	15	7	8	0			14	7th	No Tournament
1981-82	16	8	8	0			16	T-5th	No Tournament
1982-83	16	4	12	0			8	T-7th	No Tournament
1983-84	16	8	7	1	82	82	17	4th	No Tournament	29	12	15	2
1984-85	16	3	13	0	70	101	6	T-8th	No Tournament	28	8	17	0	113	143
1985-86	16	7	8	1	69	70	15	5th	Did not qualify	26	9	15	2	104	120
1986-87	16	8	8	0	69	64	16	T-5th	Did not qualify	26	9	17	0	99	125
1987-88	16	2	13	1	50	98	5	9th	Did not qualify	26	6	19	1	98	145
1988-89	16	3	13	0	43	90	6	9th	Did not qualify	25	6	19	0	88	162
1989-90	16	2	14	0	55	113	4	8th	Did not qualify	22	3	19	0	76	162
1990-91	16	3	12	1	52	104	7	8th	Did not qualify	25	5	19	1	81	189
1991-92	16	5	11	0	65	111	10	8th	Did not qualify	24	8	16	0	118	165
1992-93	16	5	9	2	69	86	12	6th	Did not qualify	21	8	11	2	98	114
1993-94	16	1	14	1	47	114	3	8th	Did not qualify	23	3	19	1	68	162
1994-95	16	3	12	1	58	110	7	8th	Did not qualify	21	4	16	1	79	141
1995-96	16	1	14	1	41	132	1	9th	Did not qualify	24	3	20	1	72	194
1996-97	16	1	15	0	42	144	2	9th	Did not qualify	25	2	23	0	69	208
1997-98	16	0	16	0	23	165	0	9th	Did not qualify	25	1	24	0
1998-99	16	0	16	0	30	152	0	9th	Did not qualify	25	2	23	0	60	218
1999-00	16	1	13	2	31	96	4	9th	Did not qualify	25	5	17	3	71	139
2000-01	16	4	12	0	43	82	8	T-8th	Did not qualify	25	11	14	0	96	113
2001-02	16	4	11	1	54	76	9	7th	Did not qualify	25	7	17	1	77	119
2002-03	16	7	7	2	55	70	16	T-5th	Did not qualify	25	9	13	3	76	106
2003-04	16	1	15	0	24	75	2	9th	Did not qualify	25	3	22	0	55	117
2004-05	16	1	14	1	18	92	3	9th	Did not qualify	25	4	20	1	42	133
2005-06	16	3	11	2	40	77	8	8th	Did not qualify	25	4	18	3	56	110
2006-07	16	3	13	0	39	79	6	T-8th	Did not qualify	25	7	18	0	71	123
2007-08	16	11	3	2	64	45	24	1st	W, SF 4-2 (Saint John's) L, F 4-1 (St. Thomas)	27	16	7	4	106	75
2008-09	16	9	7	0	71	54	18	4th	W, FR 5-4 (Augsburg) W, SF 5-1 (St. Olaf) L, 5-2 (Gustavus)	28	16	11	1	113	85
2009-10	16	11	3	2	65	38	24	2nd	L, SF 5-4 OT (St. Thomas)	26	16	6	4	100	68
2010-11	16	9	3	4	58	43	22	1st	W, SF 3-0 (Gustavus) W, F 5-2 (Concordia)	29	17	7	5	94	74
2011-12	16	7	8	1	44	43	15	5th	L, QF 3-2 (St. Olaf)	26	10	14	2	72	81
2012-13	16	1	12	3	27	64	5	9th	Did not qualify	25	1	19	5	45	99
2013-14	16	1	15	0	23	66	3	9th	Did not qualify	25	2	22	1	40	109
2014-15	16	7	6	3	48	48	25	5th	W, QF 4-3 (Augsburg) W, SF 6-3 (St. Thomas) W, F 4-2 (Saint Mary's)	29	14	11	4	89	91
2015-16	16	6	8	2	55	61	22	5th	W, QF 3-0 (Concordia) L, SF 5-2 (Augsburg)	27	10	12	5	92	103
2016-17	16	7	5	4	54	46	27	4th of 9	L, QF 3-2 (Concordia)	26	10	10	6	84	78
2017-18	16	4	10	2	49	60	14	8th of 9	Did not qualify	25	9	14	2	74	89
2018-19	16	5	10	1	35	64	17	6th of 9	Did not qualify	25	5	18	2	52	96
2019-20	16	4	9	3	35	61	16	8th of 9	Did not qualify	25	6	15	4	54	91
2020-21	3	1	2	0	5	9	0.333	N/A	Cancelled	6	2	4	0	12	21
2021-22	14	2	10	2	34	55	0.167	8th	L, FR 4-3 (Gustavus)	26	4	18	4	58	102
2022-23	16	6	7	3	38	52	17	8th	Did not qualify	25	13	11	1	66	72
2023-24	16	3	12	1	37	60	12	9th	Did not qualify	25	7	16	2	65	85
2024-25	16	6	10	0	47	64	19	8th of 9	Did not qualify	25	8	17	0	66	107
2025-26	16	4	10	2	34	66	16	7th of 9	Did not qualify	25	4	18	3	50	103

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
NAIA
1982	N/A	L, 6-2 (Bemidji State Beavers)	--	--	L, Consolation Round 5-4 (Bethel Royals)
NCAA Division III
2011	W, 3-2 OT (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	L, 4-0 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	--	--	--
2015	Bye	L, 4-2 (Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers)	--	--	--
2 appearances*

See Also

• Hamline Pipers men’s ice hockey website
• MIAC men’s hockey website