The Middlebury Panthers are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Middlebury College, located in Middlebury, Vermont from the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The team is based out of the Chip Kenyon ’85 Arena, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1922-23 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Middlebury College
• Location: Middlebury, Vermont
• School Founded: 1800
• Enrollment: 2,600
• Colors: Blue & White
• Home Arena: Chip Kenyon ’85 Arena
• Arena Capacity: 2,600
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 95′
• Conference: New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
• Head Coach: Jack Ceglarski
• Conference Titles: 16 (1951 co-champ, 1965, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 co-champ)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 10 (1979, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010)
• National Titles: 8 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006)

Conferences

• Independent (1922-1943; 1946-1950; 1959-1961)
• Tri-State League (1950-1959)
• ECAC (1961-1964)
• ECAC Division II (1964-1985)
• ECAC East (1985-1999)
• New England Small College Athletic Conference (1999-present)

Arenas

• Middlebury Outdoor Rink (1922-1950)
• Duke Nelson Arena (1948-2002)
• Chip Kenyon ’85 Arena (1999-present)

Head Coaches

• Erwin Drost (1922-1924) 0-9-1 (.050)
• John Leary (1924-1925) 1-2-0 (.333)
• William McLaughlin (1925-1926) 5-3-0 (.625)
• Carleton Simmons (1926-1928) 13-1-0 (.923)
• Roy Clogston (1928-1929) 6-3-0 (.667)
• Richard Phelan (1929-1932) 16-7-1 (.688)
• John Nash (1936-1940) 14-29-4 (.340)
• George Ackerstrom (1940-1942) 9-16-3 (.375)
• George Phinny (1942-1943) 3-10-0 (.231)
• Walter “Duke” Nelson (1932-1936; 1946-1964) 208-166-6 (.555)
• Wendall Forbes (1948-1984) 254-233-18 (.521)
• Bill Beaney (1984-2002 & 2003-2015) 516-184-51 (.721)
• Neil Sinclair (2002-2003; 2015-2023) 66-108-25 (.394)
• Jack Ceglarski (2023-present) 36-35-8 (.506)

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
1922-23	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	3	0	3	0
1923-24	7	0	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	0	6	1
1924-25	3	1	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	0
1925-26	8	5	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	3	0
1926-27	6	6	0	0	-	-	-	Vermont State Champions	-	6	6	0	0
1927-28	8	7	1	0	-	-	-	Vermont State Champions	-	8	7	1	0
1928-29	9	6	3	0	-	-	-	Vermont State Champions	-	9	6	3	0
1929-30	8	6	2	0	-	-	-	Vermont State Champions	-	8	6	2	0
1930-31	10	6	3	1	-	-	-	Vermont State Champions	-	10	6	3	1
1931-32	6	4	2	0	-	-	-	Vermont State Champions	-	6	4	2	0
1932-33	7	2	5	0	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	5	0
1933-34	11	4	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	11	4	6	1
1934-35	8	3	5	0	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	5	0
1935-36	12	5	7	0	-	-	-	-	-	12	5	7	0
1936-37	9	5	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	3	1
1937-38	11	2	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	11	2	7	2
1938-39	14	5	9	0	-	-	-	-	-	14	5	9	0
1939-40	13	2	10		-	-	-	-	-	13	2	10
1940-41	14	3	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	14	3	8	3
1941-42	14	6	8	0	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	8	0
1942-43	13	3	10	0	-	-	-	-	-	13	3	10	0
Program suspended due to World War II
1946-47	10	7	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	2	1
1947-48	16	10	5	1	-	-	-	Vermont State Champions	-	16	10	5	1
1948-49	10	6	4	0	-	-	-	Vermont State Champions	-	10	6	4	0
1949-50	21	11	10	0	-	-	-	Vermont State Champions	-	21	11	10	0
Tri-State League										Overall Record
1950-51	5	4	1	0	-	-	8	T-1st (Vermont State Champions)	L, Tie-breaker 16-3 (Clarkson)	15	13	2	0
1951-52	7	2	5	0	-	-	4	4th	No tournament	21	10	11	0
1952-53	3	0	3	0	-	-	0	4th	No tournament	16	10	6	0
1953-54	4	0	4	0	-	-	0	4th	No tournament	17	9	8	0
1954-55	6	1	5	0	-	-	2	T-3rd	No tournament	21	12	9	0
1955-56	6	0	6	0	-	-	0	4th	No tournament	21	10	11	0
1956-57	6	0	6	0	-	-	0	4th	No tournament	22	11	11	0
1957-58	3	1	2	0	-	-	4	3rd	No tournament	21	15	6	0
1958-59	3	0	3	0	-	-	0	4th	No tournament	20	11	8	1
Independent Program										Overall Record
1959-60	23	16	7	0	-	-	-	-	-	23	16	7	0
1960-61	21	19	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	21	19	2	0
ECAC										Overall Record
1961-62	17	8	8	1	83	81	0.5	15th	Did not qualify	22	11	9	2	107	98
1962-63	17	7	10	0	79	87	0.412	18th	Did not qualify	22	10	12	0	104	109
1963-64	20	4	16	0	57	125	0.2	26th	Did not qualify	23	4	19	0	60	136
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1964-65	13	11	2	0			0.846	1st	No Tournmaent	22	14	8	0	105	82
1965-66	12	7	5	0	59	34	0.583	6th	Did not qualify	24	12	12	0	100	91
1965-67	11	8	3	0	74	34	0.727	3rd	L, SF 4-3 2OT Colby	21	11	10	0	103	73
1967-68	13	8	4	1	59	29	0.654	7th	Did not qualify	22	11	10	1	109	106
1968-69	13	6	7	0	63	51	0.462	15th	Did not qualify	22	9	13	0
1969-70	16	11	5	0	93	62	0.688	T-8th	L, SF 5-1 (Vermont)	25	15	10	0
1970-71	17	7	10	0	72	65	0.412	19th	Did not qualify	24	11	13	0
1971-72	12	4	6	2	50	52	0.417	15th	Did not qualify	21	7	12	2	88	89
1972-73	16	9	7	0	60	60	0.563	T-10th	L, QF 10-2 (Massachusetts)	23	11	11	1
1973-74	15	3	12	0	33	47	0.2	19th	Did not qualify	21	7	14	0
1974-75	15	10	4	1	81	58	0.7	3rd	W, QF 5-4 (St. Anselm) L, 3-2 OT (Bowdoin)	23	15	7	1
1975-76	15	7	8	0	74	79	0.467	17th	Did not qualify	23	12	11	0
1976-77	16	11	4	1	91	56	0.719	5th West	Did not qualify	22	15	6	1
1977-78	14	11	3	0	83	55	0.786	3rd West	W, QF 7-3 (Buffalo) W, SF 5-4 OT (Norwich) L, F 6-3 (Elmira)	22	16	6	0	112	73
1978-79	19	14	4	1	102	60	0.763	3rd West	W, QF 7-2 (Oswego) W, SF 5-3 (Elmira) W, F 2-1 (Norwich)	26	19	6	1	138	83
1979-80	19	11	5	3	78	66	0.658	4th West	W, QF 5-4 OT (Westfield St.) L, SF 4-2 (Oswego)	25	15	7	3	105	85
1980-81	18	4	13	1	57	78	0.25	14th West	Did not qualify	23	7	15	1	77	96
1981-82	17	6	9	2	59	75	0.412	10th West	Did not qualify	23	9	11	3	90	101
1982-83	17	7	9	1	67	73	0.441	9th West	W, QF 5-3 (RIT) L, SF 8-2 (Oswego)	24	11	12	1	96	102
1983-84	17	5	11	1	47	68	0.324	12th East	Did not qualify	23	10	12	1	85	85
1984-85	18	5	12	1	58	93	0.306	12th East	Did not qualify	23	8	14	1
ECAC East										Overall Record
1985-86	16	6	9	1	53	81	0.406	10th	Did not qualify	23	9	13	1	81	114
1986-87	18	3	14	1	62	102	0.194	15th	Did not qualify	24	7	16	1	84	121
1987-88	17	3	13	1	57	90	0.206	14th	Did not qualify	24	7	16	1	84	116
1988-89	15	7	8	0	64	52	0.467	7th	L, QF 5-1 (Bowdoin)	24	11	12	1	106	80
1989-90	19	14	4	1	118	69	0.763	2nd	W, QF 4-3 (Salem St.) W, SF 5-2 (Bowdoin) L, F 8-6 (AIC)	27	21	5	1	168	90
1990-91	19	17	2	1	119	56	0.875	1st	W, QF 4-3 (Bowdoin) W, SF 2-0 (Williams) W, F 1-0 (Babson)	26	22	3	1	144	67
1991-92	23	19	4	0	145	58	0.826	2nd	W, QF 6-2 (UMass-Boston) L, SF 4-1 (Babson)	26	21	5	0	156	67
1992-93	22	18	2	2	150	74	0.864	1st	L, QF 2-1 (Bowdoin)	24	18	4	2	154	83
1993-94	17	9	8	0	75	75	18	10th	Did not qualify	24	13	11	0	107	91
1994-95	17	14	1	2	108	34	30	1st	Opted out to play in NCAA Tournament	26	22	2	2	157	50
1995-96	19	17	2	0	111	35	34	1st	Opted out to play in NCAA Tournament	28	26	2	0	159	46
1996-97	19	16	1	2	120	41	34	1st	Opted out to play in NCAA Tournament	27	22	3	2	154	68
1997-98	19	16	1	2	108	23	34	1st	Opted out to play in NCAA Tournament	28	24	2	2	152	42
1998-99	17	13	3	1	83	30	27	3rd	Opted out to play in NCAA Tournament	27	21	5	1	132	52
New England Small College Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1999-00	17	14	2	1	82	35	29	1st	W, SF 5-2 (Hamilton) W, F 3-2 OT (Williams)	28	20	5	3	118	61
2000-01	17	16	1	0	85	20	32	1st	W, SF 4-2 (Hamilton) W, F 4-3 OT (Amherst)	28	23	4	1	120	44
2001-02	19	18	0	1	104	24	37	1st	W, SF 4-2 (Colby) W, F 3-2 (Trinity)	29	26	2	1	144	43
2002-03	19	16	1	2	99	33	34	1st	W, QF 7-1 (Tufts) W, SF 5-3 (Hamilton) L, F 4-2 (Trinity)	29	22	5	2	135	63
2003-04	18	15	3	0	94	33	30	1st	W, QF 7-1 (Tufts) W, SF 3-1 (Hamilton) W, F 6-2 (Trinity)	30	27	3	0	152	48
2004-05	19	13	4	2	80	39	28	1st	W, QF 3-0 (Hamilton) W, SF 4-1 (Colby) W, F 3-0 (Bowdoin)	30	23	4	3	124	50
2005-06	19	16	2	1	90	29	33	1st	W, QF 7-0 (Wesleyan) W, SF 9-2 (Hamilton) W, 3-1 (Bowdoin)	30	26	2	2	137	44
2006-07	19	11	6	2	64	46	24	T-1st	W, QF 5-1 (Williams) W, SF 4-3 (Colby) W, F 4-2 (Bowdoin)	31	20	8	3	112	71
2007-08	19	12	5	2	68	47	26	T-2nd	W, QF 6-0 (Williams) W, SF 2-1 (Amherst) L, F 3-2 OT (Trinity)	27	18	7	2	96	66
2008-09	19	14	4	1	91	47	29	2nd	W, SF 6-2 (Hamilton) W, SF 4-1 (Williams) L, F 5-2 (Amherst)	27	19	7	1	119	69
2009-10	19	12	3	4	74	47	28	2nd	W, QF 6-2 (Tufts) W, SF 4-2 (Trinity) W, F 3-2 (Bowdoin)	28	19	5	4	111	67
2010-11	19	9	5	5	65	48	23	T-3rd	L, QF 2-1 (Colby)	25	11	8	6	78	62
2011-12	18	11	6	1	53	38	23	3rd	W, QF 2-1 (Wesleyan) W, SF 6-3 (Bowdoin) L, F 4-3 (Amherst)	27	14	10	3	73	63
2012-13	18	11	5	2	70	53	24	T-4th	W, QF 4-3 (Amherst) L, QF 4-2 (Bowdoin)	26	13	11	2	88	82
2013-14	18	9	7	2	58	46	20	4th	L, QF 6-2 (Bowdoin)	25	11	11	3	76	68
2014-15	18	7	8	3	40	46	17	7th	L, QF 3-0 (Amherst)	25	10	12	3	54	63
2015-16	18	6	5	7	46	41	19	5th	W, QF 2-1 (Hamilton) L, SF 4-2 (Amherst)	26	8	11	7	64	65
2016-17	18	3	15	0	32	66	6	10th	Did not qualify	24	3	19	2	44	86
2017-18	18	2	13	3	15	53	7	10th	Did not qualify	24	4	17	3	33	75
2018-19	18	5	9	4	44	51	14	7th	L, QF 4-1 (Wesleyan)	26	16	8	2	83	48
2019-20	18	8	7	3	54	47	21	4th	L, QF 4-2 (Wesleyan)	25	10	12	3	71	69
2020-21	Season cancelled October 8th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	18	5	9	4	49	65	18	9th of 10	Did not qualify	22	6	13	3	62	94
2022-23	18	4	10	4	32	64	16.5	9th of 10	Did not qualify	24	5	18	1	43	87
2023-24	18	5	8	5	41	48	20.5	7th of 10	W, QF 5-1 (Bowdoin) L, SF 5-2 (Trinity)	26	8	14	4	59	77
2024-25	18	8	9	1	41	48	25	7th of 10	W, QF 1-0 (Trinity) L, SF 3-2 2OT (Hamilton)	26	13	12	1	74	67
2025-26	18	9	7	2	46	45	28	4th of 10	W, QF 5-4 OT (Wesleyan) W, SF 3-2 OT (Bowdoin) L, F 4-2 (Williams)	27	15	9	3	70	67

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
1995	N/A	W, 3-2, 6-1 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	W, 3-1 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	W, 1-0 (Fredonia Blue Devils)	--
1996	N/A	W, 2-1, 5-1 (Colby Mules)	W, 4-3 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	W, 3-2 (RIT Tigers)	--
1997	N/A	W, 6-4, 6-3 (RIT Tigers)	W, 4-1 (Saint John's Johnnies)	W, 3-2 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	--
1998	N/A	W, 5-1, 6-3 (Oswego Lakers)	W, 5-2 (Augsburg Auggies)	W, 2-1 (Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers)	--
1999	N/A	W, 2-4, 6-3, 2-0 minigame (St. Norbert Green Knights)	W, 9-3 (RIT Tigers)	W, 5-0 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	--
2000	N/A	L, 1-1, 4-4, 0-1 minigame (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	--	--	--
2001	N/A	L, 1-3, 2-5 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	--	--	--
2002	Bye	W, 6-0, 9-1 (Wentworth Leopards)	L, 5-2 (Norwich Cadets)	--	N/A
2003	Bye	W, 5-1 (Elmira Soaring Eagles)	L, 6-0 (Oswego Lakers)	--	N/A
2004	Bye	W, 9-1 (Wentworth Leopards)	W, 3-2 2OT (Norwich Cadets)	W, 1-0 OT (St. Norbert Green Knights)	N/A
2005	Bye	W, 6-0 (Curry Colonels)	W, 5-2 (New England College Pilgrims)	W, 5-0 (St. Thomas Tommies)	N/A
2006	Bye	W, 3-1 (UMass Dartmouth Corsairs)	W, 2-1 (Elmira Soaring Eagles)	W, 3-0 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	N/A
2007	W, 9-0 (Fredonia Blue Devils)	W, 3-2 (UMass Dartmouth Corsairs)	W, 3-2 (Manhattanville Valiants)	L, 4-3 OT (Oswego Lakers)	N/A
2010	Bye	L, 3-2 OT (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	--	--	N/A
14 appearances		8-Time National Champions	1 Runner-Up Finish	2-time National Semifinalist	11 Frozen Fours

See Also

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