The Norwich Cadets are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Norwich University, located in Northfield, Vermont from the Little East Conference. The team is based out of Kreitzberg Arena, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1910-11 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Norwich University
• Location: Northfield, Vermont
• School Founded: 1819
• Enrollment: 3,275
• Colors: Maroon & Gold
• Home Arena: Kreitzberg Arena
• Arena Capacity: 3,000
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 90′
• Conference: Little East Conference (LEC)
• Head Coach: Dominick Dawes
• Conference Titles: 22 (1967, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 co-champ, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2026)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 15 (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2026)
• National Titles: 4 (2000, 2003, 2010, 2017)

 

Conferences

• American Collegiate Hockey (1910-1952)
• NCAA Independent (1952-1961)
• ECAC Hockey (1961-1964)
• ECAC Division II (1964-1985)
• ECAC East (1985-2015)
  • League rebranded as the NEHC in 2015
• New England Hockey Conference (2015-2025)
• Little East Conference (2025-present)

Arenas

• Unknown (1910-1921)
• Sabine Field Rink (1921-1948)
• Taylor Arena (1948-1998)
• Kreitzberg Arena (1998-present)

Head Coaches

• Dewey Graham (1925-1926; 1927-1928)
• Jerry Ellis (1928-1930)
• Les Heon (1935-1936)
• Joe Chouinard (1940-1941)
• Chub Simeone (1946-1947)
• Gerald DesRosier (1947-1949)
• J Santosuosso (1949-1951) 12-10-1 (.544)
• Bob Priestley (1951-1979) 290-289-12 (.501)
• Don Cahoon (1979-1982) 48-35-2 (.577)
• Tony Mariano (1982-1992) 147-111-9 (.567)
• Bill Cahill (1992-1995) 34-33-2 (.507)
• Mike McShane (1995-2018) 495-132-38 (.773)
• Cam Ellsworth (2018-2025) 115-39-19 (.720)
• Dominick Dawes (2025-present) 19-6-4 (.724)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
American Collegiate Hockey										Overall Record
1910-11					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1911-12					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1912-13					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1913-14					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1914-15					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1915-16					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1916-17					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1917-18					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1918-19					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1919-20					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1920-21					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1921-22					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1922-23					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1923-24					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1924-25					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1925-26	2	1	1	0	-	-	N/A	-	N/A	2	1	1	0
1926-27					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1927-28	2	0	2	2	-	-	N/A	-	N/A	2	0	2	2
1928-29	8	2	6	0	-	-	N/A	-	N/A	8	2	6	0
1929-30	4	0	4	2	-	-	N/A	-	N/A	4	0	4	2
1930-31	4	0	4	0	-	-	N/A	-	N/A	4	0	4	0
1931-32					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1932-33					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1933-34					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1934-35					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1935-36	3	0	3	0	-	-	N/A	-	N/A	3	0	3	0
1936-37					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1937-38					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1938-39	4	1	3	0	-	-	N/A	-	N/A	4	1	3	0
1939-40	5	4	3	1	-	-	N/A	-	N/A	5	4	3	1
1940-41	6	2	3	1	-	-	N/A	-	N/A	6	2	3	1
1941-42					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1942-43					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1943-44					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1944-45					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1945-46					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1946-47	8	4	4	0	-	-	N/A	-	N/A	8	4	4	0
1947-48	14	7	7	0	-	-	N/A	-	N/A	14	7	7	0
1948-49					-	-	N/A	-	N/A
1949-50	10	6	4	0	-	-	N/A	-	N/A	10	6	4	0
1950-51	12	6	6	1	-	-	N/A	-	N/A	12	6	6	1
1951-52	15	14	1	0	-	-	N/A	-	N/A	15	14	1	0
NCAA Independent										Overall Record
1952-53	14	11	2	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	14	11	2	1
1953-54	15	9	6	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	15	9	6	0
1954-55	15	10	5	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	15	10	5	0
1955-56	12	6	6	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	12	6	6	0
1956-57	19	6	12	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	19	6	12	1
1957-58	18	8	10	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	18	8	10	0
1958-59	18	8	10	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	18	8	10	0
1959-60	18	6	12	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	18	6	12	0
1960-61	21	10	11	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	21	10	11	0
ECAC Hockey										Overall Record
1961-62	20	8	11	1	105	103	0.425	18th	Did not qualify	21	8	12	1	109	110
1962-63	22	12	9	1	140	104	0.568	10th	Did not qualify	22	12	9	1	140	104
1963-64	17	9	7	1	73	65	0.559	13th	Did not qualify	19	10	8	1	79	74
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1964-65	16	11	5	0	73	57	0.688	2nd	No Tournament	21	13	8	0	92	91
1965-66	18	6	12	0	64	112	0.333	T-11th	Did not qualify	22	7	15	0	77	132
1966-67	17	14	2	1	74	59	0.853	1st	L, SF 12-3 (Merrimack)	24	15	8	1	94	109
1967-68	19	2	17	0	52	111	0.105	22nd	Did not qualify	25	3	22	0	64	146
1968-69	16	10	6	0	81	65	0.625	6th	W, SF 5-3 (Merrimack) L, F 7-6 (AIC)	22	12	10	0	101	91
1969-70	18	7	11	0	82	87	0.389	20th	Did not qualify	22	9	13	0	110	104
1970-71	18	10	8	0	109	84	0.556	10th	L, SF 8-2 (Bowdoin)	24	11	13	0	133	129
1971-72	17	4	12	1	56	100	0.265	18th	Did not qualify	23	5	17	1	78	134
1972-73	19	11	6	2	94	76	0.632	8th	L, QF 3-2 (Merrimack)	26	13	11	2	129	111
1973-74	19	10	8	1	80	79	0.553	11th	L, QF 4-3 (Merrimack)	24	13	9	2	115	99
1974-75	19	9	10	0	98	112	0.474	15th	Did not qualify	27	13	14	0	148	169
1975-76	20	10	9	1	100	103	0.525	11th	Did not qualify	24	12	11	1	119	127
1976-77	23	11	12	0	111	115	0.478	9th- West	Did not qualify	25	12	13	0	123	131
1977-78	22	13	9	0	114	95	0.591	5th- West	W, QF 5-3 (Oswego) L, SF 5-4 OT (Middlebury)	25	14	11	0	121	106
1978-79	23	15	8	0	118	92	0.652	5th- West	W, QF 9-1 (Westfield St.) W, SF 6-5 (Plattsburgh) L, F 2-1 (Middlebury)	29	19	10	0	152	111
1979-80	21	9	12	0	103	117	0.429	T-10th- West	L, QF 4-3 (Plattsburgh)	25	12	13	0	138	127
1980-81	23	14	8	1	126	94	0.63	5th- West	W, QF 6-3 (Williams) L, SF 12-5 (Oswego)	30	18	11	1	165	141
1981-82	25	16	9	0			0.64	5th- West	L, QF 5-4 (RIT)	33	17	15	1	163	147
1982-83	21	14	7	0	120	82	0.667	T-3rd- West	L, QF 5-3 (North Adams St.)	27	17	10	0	138	92
1983-84	21	14	7	0	124	76	0.667	4th- East	W, QF 7-4 (Merrimack) L, SF 3-1 (Babson)	26	17	9	0	153	96
1984-85	22	13	9	0	109	87	0.591	4th- East	W, QF 7-4 (Holy Cross) L, SF 5-2 (Babson)	29	18	11	0	157	112
ECAC East										Overall Record
1985-86	22	13	8	1	122	82	0.614	5th	W, QF 8-2 (Salem St.) L, SF 5-2 (Bowdoin)	28	16	11	1	150	108
1986-87	20	12	8	0	95	61	0.6	5th	W, QF 4-3 (Salem St.) L, SF 3-2 (Merrimack)	29	16	12	1	127	98
1987-88	21	15	6	0	121	80	0.714	T-3rd	L, QF 4-3 (Salem St.)	25	17	8	0	143	98
1988-89	20	9	11	0	89	86	0.45	8th	Did not qualify	24	12	12	0	119	98
1989-90	21	10	7	4	99	80	0.571	6th	L, QF 6-5 (AIC)	26	11	11	4	117	101
1990-91	22	7	15	0	82	93	0.318	10th	Did not qualify	26	10	16	0	108	107
1991-92	23	11	9	3	82	100	0.543	6th	W, QF 7-5 (Salem St.) L, SF 5-1 (Connecticut)	27	13	11	3	100	115
1992-93	22	12	10	0	90	100	0.545	9th	Did not qualify	23	13	10	0	101	101
1993-94	17	8	9	0	76	79	16	11th	Did not qualify	23	11	11	1	113	101
1994-95	17	7	10	0	86	93	14	12th	Did not qualify	23	10	12	1	118	118
1995-96	19	8	11	0			16	12th	Did not qualify	22	12	12	0	113	119
1996-97	19	15	3	1	97	41	31	2nd	W, QF 3-2 (Holy Cross) L, SF 5-4 OT (Bowdoin)	30	21	7	2
1997-98	19	9	8	2	85	58	20	T-10th	W, FR 5-0 (Babson) W, QF 5-3 (Holy Cross) L, SF 7-6 OT (Conn. College)	27	13	12	2
1998-99	17	15	1	1	101	32	31	1st	W, QF 5-3 (UMass-Boston) W, SF 9-3 (Trinity) W, F 7-3 (Williams)	31	27	2	2	189	67
1999-00	17	16	0	1	108	31	33	1st	W, QF 7-4 (Babson) W, SF 6-1 (New England Coll.) W, F 3-2 (Salem St.)	32	29	2	1	188	64
2000-01	17	13	3	1	104	40	27	1st	W, QF 3-0 (MCLA) W, SF 10-3 (Babson) L, F 2-1 (New England Coll.)	28	18	9	1	141	73
2001-02	19	15	4	0	112	37	30	1st	W, QF 5-1 (Skidmore) W, SF 1-0 OT (Salem St.) W, F 10-1 (MCLA)	32	27	5	0	183	54
2002-03	19	16	3	0	129	50	32	1st	W, QF 12-0 (UMass-Boston) W, SF 5-1 (Salem St.) W, F 6-2 (New Engand Coll.)	30	27	3	0	191	73
2003-04	18	16	2	0	96	41	32	1st	W, SF 7-4 (Salem St.) W, F 2-1 OT (Babson)	28	24	4	0	146	60
2004-05	19	15	2	2	103	37	32	1st	W, QF 16-0 (Castleton) L, SF 6-5 OT (New England Coll.)	26	18	5	3	138	57
2005-06	19	15	2	2	97	32	32	1st	W, QF 8-1 (UMass-Boston) W, SF 5-3 (So. Maine) W, F 5-2 (New England Coll.)	29	22	5	2	151	56
2006-07	19	14	5	0	75	40	28	1st	W, QF 8-2 (UMass-Boston) L, SF 4-1 (Babson)	28	20	8	0	116	62
2007-08	19	15	4	0	87	44	30	1st	W, QF 8-0 (Skidmore) W, SF 5-2 (UMass-Boston) W, F 8-2 (Salem St.)	30	23	7	0	141	69
2008-09	19	11	5	3	73	41	25	1st	L, QF 1-0 OT (UMass-Boston)	25	13	8	4	85	55
2009-10	19	16	1	2	91	29	34	1st	W, QF 8-1(UNE) W, SF 3-1 (New England Coll.) W, F 4-1 (Babson)	31	26	1	4	147	43
2010-11	19	15	1	3	90	37	33	1st	W, QF 10-2 (UNE) W, SF 4-0 (So. Maine) W, F 3-2 OT (Babson)	31	22	6	3	132	67
2011-12	18	15	2	1	85	35	31	1st	W, QF 5-0 (UNE) W, SF 3-2  (So. Maine) W, F 11-1 (Castleton)	29	24	3	2	134	51
2012-13	18	16	1	1	79	28	33	1st	W, QF 2-0 (So. Maine) W, SF 6-2 (Castleton) L, F 6-1 (Babson)	29	24	4	1	116	50
2013-14	18	13	3	2	65	27	28	T-1st	W, QF 6-0 (Skidmore) W, SF 4-3 (Castleton) L, F 2-1 (Babson)	30	20	7	3	114	52
2014-15	18	17	1	0	88	24	34	1st	W, QF 4-0 (So. Maine) W, SF 2-1 (Castleton) W, F 3-2 OT (Babson)	30	25	4	1	127	45
New England Hockey Conference										Overall Record
2015-16	18	11	5	2	49	35	24	3rd	W, QF 4-1 (Castleton) L, SF 5-0 (Babson)	27	17	8	2	87	59
2016-17	18	16	1	1	80	26	33	1st	W, SF 5-2 (Castleton) W, F 4-1 (New England Coll.)	31	27	1	3	134	54
2017-18	18	13	3	2	60	36	28	1st	W, QF 2-1 2OT (Castleton) W, SF 6-3 (UMass-Boston) L, F 3-0 (Hobart)	28	19	7	2	90	57
2018-19	18	13	4	1	62	30	27	2nd	W, QF 5-3 (New England Coll.) W, SF 5-3 (Babson) W, F 2-1 (Hobart)	27	17	10	0	121	77
2019-20	18	16	1	1	66	16	33	1st	W, QF 9-0 (Castleton) W, SF 5-0 (So. Maine) W, F 3-0 (Hobart)	28	24	2	2	105	24
2020-21	NEHC season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic									8	7	1	0	24	6
2021-22	18	9	5	4	64	41	30	5th	L, QF 2-1 (Babson)	23	12	6	5	82	49
2022-23	18	14	2	2	51	22	42	2nd	W, QF 2-1 (New England Coll.) L, SF 4-0 (Babson)	25	9	15	1	60	84
2023-24	18	11	4	3	56	27	37	2nd	L, QF 3-1 (So. Maine)	26	14	8	4	77	45
2024-25	20	12	6	2	62	50	37	2nd of 11	W, 3-2 (Elmira) W, 3-2 (Skidmore) L, 5-2 (Hobart)	28	15	10	3	73	69
Little East Conference										Overall Record
2025-26	18	13	2	3	71	35	46	1st of 10	W, SF 6-0 (UMass Boston) W, F 4-1 (Babson)	29	19	6	4	105	58

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
NCAA Division II
1983	N/A	L, 1-3, 2-1 OT (Babson Beavers)	--	--	--
NCAA Division III
1987	N/A	L, 2-6, 4-3, 1-2 OT (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	--	--	--
1997	N/A	W, 3-3, 5-2 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	L, 1-2 2OT (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	--	L, 3-4 (Saint John's Johnnies)
1999	N/A	W, 4-4, 3-2 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	L, 2-4 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	--	W, 9-2 (RIT Tigers)
2000	N/A	W, 4-1, 5-1 (RIT Tigers)	W, 5-4 OT (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	W, 2-1 (St. Thomas Tommies)	--
2002	Bye	W, 3-0, 7-0 (Bowdoin Polar Bears)	W, 5-2 (Middlebury Panthers)	L, 2-3 OT (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	N/A
2003	Bye	W, 6-4 (Trinity Bantams)	W, 6-3 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	W, 2-1 (Oswego Lakers)	N/A
2004	Bye	W, 9-5 (Hobart Statesmen)	L, 2-3 2OT (Middlebury Panthers)	--	N/A
2006	Bye	L, 1-3 (Hobart Statesmen)	--	--	N/A
2007	Bye	L, 0-3 (Oswego Lakers)	--	--	N/A
2008	Bye	W, 3-0 (Manhattanville Valiants)	L, 0-3 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	--	N/A
2010	Bye	W, 2-1 OT (Elmira Soaring Eagles)	W, 3-2 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	W, 2-1 OT (St. Norbert Green Knights)	N/A
2011	W, 5-1 (Curry Colonels)	W, 3-2 OT (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	L, 2-3 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	--	N/A
2012	Bye	W, 3-0 (Wentworth Leopards)	L, 1-4 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	--	N/A
2013	Bye	W, 4-0 (Babson Beavers)	L, 3-6 (Oswego Lakers)	--	N/A
2014	W, 8-2 (Salem State Vikings)	L, 2-3 (Geneseo Knights)	--	--	N/A
2015	W, 3-2 (Plymouth State Panthers)	L, 3-4 OT (Amherst Lord Jeffs)	--	--	N/A
2017	W, 3-1 (Salem State Vikings)	W, 6-2 (Hamilton Continentals)	W, 5-4 OT (Adrian Bulldogs)	W, 4-1 (Trinity Bantams)	N/A
2019	Bye	W, 2-1 (UNE Nor'Easters)	W, 4-2 (Geneseo Knights)	L, 2-3 OT (Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers)	N/A
2020	Bye	(Winner of Endicott/Plymouth State)*	*Tournament cancelled prior to first round by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic
2023	W, 2-1 OT (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	L, 0-3 (Endicott Gulls)	--	--	N/A
2026	W, 6-1 (Salve Regina Seahawks)	L, 1-2 OT (Hamilton Continentals)	--	--	N/A
21 appearances		4-time National Champions	2-time Runner-Up	7-time National Semifinalist	13 Frozen Fours

*totals not including Division II appearances

See Also

• Norwich Cadets men’s ice hockey website
• LEC men’s hockey website