The New England College Pilgrims are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing New England College, located in Henniker, New Hampshire from the Little East Conference. The team is based out of Lee Clement Arena, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1969-70 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: New England College
• Location: Henniker, New Hampshire
• School Founded: 1946
• Enrollment: 4,300
• Colors: Navy, Red, & White
• Home Arena: Lee Clement Arena
• Arena Capacity: 750+
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Little East Conference (LEC)
• Head Coach: Tom Carroll
• Conference Tournament Titles: 2 (2001, 2005)

Conferences

• NCAA College Division Independent (1969-1971)
• ECAC Division II (1971-1985)
• ECAC East (1985-2015)
  • League rebranded as the NEHC in 2015
• New England Hockey Conference (2015-2025)
• Little East Conference (2025-present)

Arenas

• Unknown (1969-1991)
• Lee Clement Arena (1991-present)

Head Coaches

• Leo Callahan (1969-1971) 30-11-1 (.726)
• Dave Conte (1971-1973) 21-13-0 (.618)
• Mickey Goulet (1973-1977) 32-56-1 (.365)
• Bill Beaney (1977-1984) 86-76-8 (.529)
• Scott Stuart (1984-1988) 32-60-2 (.351)
• Dan Davidge (1988-1990) 11-34-5 (.270)
• Tom Pratt (1990-1995) 40-79-5 (.343)
• Mark Ostapina (1995-2001) 63-84-8 (.432)
• Scott Borek (2001-2002) 14-11-2 (.556)
• Tom Carroll (2002-present) 308-263-48 (.536)

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
1969-70	14	10	3	1			-	-	-	14	10	3	1
1970-71	21	16	5	0			-	-	-	21	16	5	0
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1971-72	10	6	4	0	48	40	0.6	6th	Did not qualify	21	16	5	0	152	68
1972-73	19	8	11	0	71	78	0.421	20th	Did not qualify	20	9	11	0
1973-74	12	4	8	0	43	56	0.333	17th	Did not qualify	22	11	11	0
1974-75	12	3	9	0	50	100	0.25	T-21st	Did not qualify	21	7	14	0
1975-76	18	4	14	0	40	106	0.222	24th	Did not qualify	23	6	16	1
1976-77	17	4	13	0	45	97	0.235	14th- East	Did not qualify	23	8	15	0
1977-78	16	3	12	1	64	99	0.219	15th- East	Did not qualify	22	7	13	2
1978-79	21	7	12	2			0.381	12th- East	Did not qualify	25	10	13	2
1979-80	21	9	12	0	105	111	0.429	11th- East	Did not qualify	22	9	13	0
1980-81	20	14	6	0			0.7	4th- East	L, QF 3-2 (Bowdoin)	24	16	8	0
1981-82	25	15	9	1			0.62	4th- East	W, QF 5-2 (Colby) L, SF 3-2 OT (Lowell)	26	15	10	1
1982-83	23	13	10	0	123	94	0.565	6th- East	L, QF 5-3 (Babson)	24	13	11	0
1983-84	24	16	6	2			0.708	3rd- East	L, QF 3-2 (Colby)	27	16	8	3
1984-85	22	10	12	0	83	110	0.455	9th- East	Did not qualify	22	10	12	0	83	110
ECAC East										Overall Record
1985-86	22	6	15	1			0.295	14th	Did not qualify	24	8	15	1
1986-87	22	6	15	1	73	105	0.295	13th	Did not qualify	23	7	15	1
1987-88	24	6	18	0	114	175	0.25	13th	Did not qualify	25	7	18	0
1988-89	19	3	16	0	71	152	0.158	15th	Did not qualify	23	3	19	1
1989-90	20	5	12	3	82	112	0.325	10th	Did not qualify	27	8	15	4
1990-91	18	4	13	1			0.25	12th	Did not qualify	23	8	14	1
1991-92	20	3	16	1			0.175	T-14th	Did not qualify	27	8	18	1
1992-93	21	8	11	2			0.429	11th	Did not qualify	25	11	12	2
1993-94	17	1	15	1			3	18th	Did not qualify	24	3	20	1
1994-95	17	6	11	0	71	97	12	13th	Did not qualify	25	10	15	0
1995-96	19	5	14	0			10	16th	Did not qualify	24	7	17	0
1996-97	19	6	13	0	60	113	12	T-14th	Did not qualify	25	8	17	0
1997-98	19	3	13	3	59	101	9	18th	Did not qualify	24	6	15	3
1998-99	17	8	7	2	67	73	18	9th	W, QF 3-2 (Babson) L, SF 8-3 (Williams)	26	11	13	2	100	132
1999-00	17	5	9	3	77	71	13	T-4th	W, QF 7-3 (So. Maine) L SF 6-1 (Norwich)	26	11	12	3	135	106
2000-01	17	10	7	0	72	66	20	3rd	W, QF 5-3 (UMass-Boston) W, 4-1 (Salem St.) W, F 2-1 (Norwich)	30	20	10	0	129	108
2001-02	19	9	8	2	62	80	20	2nd	W, QF 4-2 (UMass-Boston) L, SF 3-1 (MCLA)	27	14	11	2	96	106
2002-03	19	15	4	0	104	55	30	2nd	W, QF 8-1 (So. Maine) W, SF 5-1 (Babson) L, F 6-2 (Norwich)	26	20	6	0	138	76
2003-04	18	12	4	2	82	42	26	2nd	W, QF 9-1 (UMass-Boston) L, SF 3-2 (Babson)	27	19	6	2	148	60
2004-05	19	11	8	0	83	64	22	4th	W, QF 7-1 (Salem St.) W, SF 6-5 OT (Norwich) W,F 6-4 (Babson)	30	18	12	0	131	96
2005-06	19	11	5	3	55	47	25	3rd	W, QF 11-1 (Skidmore) W, SF 4-0 (Babson) L, F 5-2 (Norwich)	28	19	6	3	111	67
2006-07	19	13	5	1	79	48	27	2nd	W, QF 4-3 (Salem St.) W, SF 3-2 (Castleton) L, F 5-3 (Babson)	28	17	10	1	108	82
2007-08	19	10	6	3	61	49	23	4th	W, QF 5-2 (So. Maine) L, 4-2 (Salem St.)	27	16	8	3	107	69
2008-09	19	9	8	2	51	51	20	4th	W, QF 4-3 OT (So. Maine) L, 5-4 (UMass-Boston)	27	15	10	2	91	69
2009-10	19	6	11	2	57	70	14	6th	W, QF 6-1 (Castleton) L, SF 3-1 (Norwich)	27	11	14	2	87	92
2010-11	19	5	13	1	47	70	11	7th	L, QF 5-1 (Castleton)	26	7	17	2	71	95
2011-12	18	6	8	4	58	59	16	7th	L, QF 2-1 (Castleton)	26	9	12	5	79	80
2012-13	18	7	8	3	47	51	17	T-5th	L, QF 6-1 (Castleton)	26	9	13	4	67	82
2013-14	18	10	8	0	47	46	20	4th	L, QF 3-2 OT (Castleton)	25	14	11	0	74	60
2014-15	18	6	9	3	45	50	15	6th	L, QF 3-1 (Babson)	26	9	12	5	69	70
New England Hockey Conference										Overall Record
2015-16	18	6	6	6	58	51	18	5th	L, QF 4-1 (UNE)	26	11	9	6	88	68
2016-17	18	13	5	0	73	37	26	2nd of 9	W, QF 3-0 (So. Maine) W, SF 3-2 OT (Babson) L, F 4-1 (Norwich)	27	19	8	0	103	56
2017-18	18	7	10	1	55	55	15	5th of 8	L, QF 5-3 (UMass-Boston)	26	12	12	2	85	73
2018-19	18	9	4	5	55	41	23	5th of 10	L, QF 4-1 (Hobart)	26	16	5	5	92	52
2019-20	18	12	6	0	76	57	24	4th of 10	W, QF 4-1 (UMass-Boston) L, SF 4-2 (Hobart)	27	17	9	1	110	81
2020-21	NEHC season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic									10	3	7	0	25	36
2021-22	18	7	10	1	62	57	23	7th	W, FR 2-1 OT (Johnson & Wales) L, QF 7-1 (Elmira)	25	13	11	1	89	72
2022-23	18	7	10	1	43	61	22	7th	L, QF 2-1 (Norwich)	25	10	15	1	64	86
2023-24	18	2	15	1	28	64	7	10th	Did not qualify	25	4	20	1	38	90
2024-25	20	9	10	1	48	51	29	6th of 11	W, QF 2-0 (Babson) L, SF 2-0 (Hobart)	27	11	15	1	61	73
Little East Conference										Overall Record
2025-26	18	8	10	0	49	54	23	7th of 10	Did not qualify	25	9	16	0	62	83

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
1984	N/A	L, 4-3, 2-2 2OT (Babson Beavers)	--	--	--
2001	N/A	L, 8-1, 2-1 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	--	--	--
2005	Bye	W, 4-2 (Manhattanville Valiants)	L, 5-2 (Middlebury Panthers)	--	N/A
3 appearances			1-time National Semifinalist

See Also

• New England College Pilgrims men’s ice hockey website
• LEC men’s hockey website