The Plymouth State Panthers are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Plymouth State University, located in Plymouth, New Hampshire from the Little East Conference. The team is based out of Hanaway Rink, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1971-72 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Plymouth State University
• Location: Plymouth, New Hampshire
• School Founded: 1871
• Enrollment: 4,491
• Colors: Green, White, & Black
• Home Arena: Hanaway Rink
• Arena Capacity: 860
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Little East Conference (LEC)
• Head Coach: Craig Russell
• Conference Titles: 12 (2012, 2013, 2014 co-champ, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 7 (2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Conferences

• NCAA College Division Independent (1971-1972)
• ECAC Division II (1972-1973)
• ECAC Division III (1973-1975; 1976-1985)
• NCAA Division III Independent (1975-1976)
• ECAC North (1985-1998)
• ECAC Northeast (1998-2009)
• Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (2009-25)
• Little East Conference (2025-present)

Arenas

• Waterville Valley Ice Arena (1971-2010)
• Hanaway Rink (2010-present)

Head Coaches

• Glen Olsen (1971-1972) 9-2-0 (.818)
• Rick Hutchins (1972-1976) 24-26-1 (.480)
• Dave Webster (1976-1996) 208-173-16 (.544)
• Sal Leale (1996-1998) 23-23-2 (.500)
• Mike Bonelli (1998-2001) 23-44-3 (.350)
• Chris Hudon (2001-2003) 12-26-6 (.341)
• Brett Tryder (2003-2010) 86-80-12 (.517)
• Craig Russell (2010-present) 276-108-31 (.702)

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
1971-72	11	9	2	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	11	9	2	0
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1972-73	5	1	3	1	15	23	0.3	24th	Did not qualify	11	5	5	1
ECAC Division III										Overall Record
1973-74	8	4	4	0	37	35	0.5	9th	Did not qualify	14	7	7	0
1974-75	7	3	4	0	20	27	0.426	13th	Did not qualify	15	6	9	0
NCAA Division III Independent										Overall Record
1975-76	11	6	5	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	11	6	5	0
ECAC Division III										Overall Record
1976-77	3	3	0	0	25	7	1	-	Did not qualify	12	11	1	0
1977-78	4	1	2	1			0.375	-	Did not qualify	13	10	2	1
1978-79	8	7	1	0	52	26	0.875	-	Did not qualify	15	13	2	0
1979-80	8	3	5	0	35	37	0.375	-	Did not qualify	13	6	7	0
1980-81	9	5	3	1			0.611	-	Did not qualify	15	10	4	1
1981-82	10	5	5	0			0.5	-	Did not qualify	18	9	9	0
1982-83	12	5	7	0			0.417	-	Did not qualify	17	6	10	1
1983-84	13	4	9	0			0.308	-	Did not qualify	17	5	12	0
1984-85	21	12	9	0	115	95	0.571	12th	Did not qualify	22	12	10	0
ECAC North										Overall Record
1985-86	22	17	5	0	132	88	0.773	2nd	W, DQF 4-2 (St. Michael's) W, DSF 7-6 (Fitchburg St.) L, DF 5-2 (Curry)	26	19	7	0
1986-87	10	4	6	0	105	92	0.545	T-3rd	Did not qualify	22	12	10	0
1987-88	22	13	9	0	114	83	0.591	6th	L, DQF 5-2 (SE Mass.)	23	13	10	0
1988-89	19	9	9	1	91	78	0.5	7th	Did not qualify	21	9	11	1
1989-90	19	7	9	3	88	85	0.447	9th	Did not qualify	20	7	10	3
1990-91	20	12	7	1			0.625	3rd	W, DQF 5-4 (Assumption) L, DSF 5-3 (Fitchburg St.)	20	12	8	2
1991-92	20	10	8	2			0.55	8th	Did not qualify	21	10	9	2
1992-93	16	10	4	2			22	3rd	L, QF 4-2 (Assumption)	25	15	7	3
1993-94	16	11	5	0			22	3rd	W, QF 5-3 (Skidmore) L, SF 6-0 (Fitchburg St.)	25	17	8	0
1994-95	16	3	12	1			5	9th	Did not qualify	25	5	19	1
1995-96	14	6	8	0			12	5th	Did not qualify	25	7	17	1
1996-97	12	8	3	1	61	47	17	2nd	Did not qualify	22	19	9	1
1997-98	16	9	6	1	74	61	19	4th	L, QF 11-2 (Fitchburg St.)	26	11	14	1	104	126
ECAC Northeast										Overall Record
1998-99	17	10	7	0	73	50	20	7th	L, QF 6-2 (Fitchburg St.)	25	13	12	0	90	74
1999-00	13	5	6	2	40	63	12	9th	Did not qualify	20	6	12	2	61	69
2000-01	17	4	13	0	40	78	8	T-11th	Did not qualify	25	4	20	1	54	126
2001-02	15	7	8	0	41	57	14	8th	L, QF 6-1 (Lebanon Valley)	22	7	14	1	53	97
2002-03	16	3	9	4	54	86	10	10th	Did not qualify	22	5	12	5	75	120
2003-04	16	4	11	1	54	72	9	11th	Did not qualify	24	8	15	1	81	103
2004-05	15	9	5	1	51	54	19	4th	W, QF 6-1 (Fitchburg St.) L, SF 8-2 (Curry)	25	13	10	2	92	106
2005-06	15	13	2	0	87	34	26	3rd	W, QF 1-0 (Johnson & Wales) L, SF 6-0 (Curry)	26	16	9	1	114	83
2006-07	15	10	4	1	62	44	21	4th	L, QF 3-2 (Fitchburg St.)	26	11	13	2	86	100
2007-08	16	7	7	2	55	46	16	9th	Did not qualify	25	10	12	3	79	76
2008-09	17	7	8	2	55	56	16	9th	Did not qualify	25	11	12	2	75	92
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference										Overall Record
2009-10	18	12	5	1	81	61	25	3rd	W, SF 7-3 (Worcester St.) L, SF 6-1 (Salem St.)	27	17	9	1	115	93
2010-11	18	10	5	3	61	44	23	3rd	L, QF 4-1 (Westfield St.)	26	15	6	5	97	61
2011-12	18	12	3	3	60	41	27	1st	W, SF 7-1 (Worcester St.) W, F 5-4 2OT (Salem St.)	27	17	7	3	89	65
2012-13	18	14	3	1	67	38	29	1st	W, SF 7-1 (Fitchburg St.) L, F 2-1 (UMass-Dartmouth)	27	19	7	1	97	59
2013-14	18	11	5	2	71	41	24	T-1st	W, SF 3-2 (Westfield St.) L, F 5-1 (Salem St.)	27	14	11	2	99	79
2014-15	18	14	3	1	78	49	29	1st	W, SF 3-0 (Westfield St.) W, F 6-2 (Salem St.)	28	16	9	3	110	88
2015-16	18	15	2	1	70	35	31	2nd	W, SF 6-2 (Fitchburg St.) L, F 4-0 (Salem St.)	27	21	5	1	97	57
2016-17	18	16	1	1	80	32	33	1st	W, SF 7-1 (Fitchburg St.) L, F 4-3 (Salem St.)	27	19	6	2	113	62
2017-18	18	15	2	1	88	39	31	1st	L, Sf 3-1 (UMass-Dartmouth)	26	19	5	2	110	56
2018-19	18	12	4	2	74	49	26	1st	W, SF 6-1 (Worcester St.) W, F 3-0 (Salem St.)	28	17	8	3	108	72
2019-20	18	13	3	2	78	38	28	1st	W, SF 4-2 (Westfield St.) W, F 6-2 (UMass-Dartmouth)	27	15	9	3	101	80
2020-21	MASCAC season cancelled November 13th									4	4	0	0	23	20
2021-22	18	14	2	2	85	36	30	1st	W, SF 8-4 (Framingham St.) W, F 8-4 (Salem St.)	27	19	6	2	117	58
2022-23	18	18	0	0	97	37	53	1st	W, SF 6-0 (Westfield St.) W, F 5-2 (Worcester St.)	28	23	4	1	133	60
2023-24	21	18	1	2	111	38	56	1st	W, SF 5-4 (Westfield St.) W, F 3-0 (Fitchburg St.)	27	23	2	2	135	50
2024-25	18	16	2	0	86	28	46	1st	L, QF 2-1 (MCLA)	26	19	7	0	110	52
Little East Conference										Overall Record
2025-26	18	11	6	1	72	59	33	3rd of 10	W, QF 5-2 (Castleton) L, SF 4-0 (Babson)	27	15	11	1	106	93

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
2012	L, 3-1 (Wentworth Leopards)	--	--	--
2015	L, 3-2 (Norwich Cadets)	--	--	--
2019	L, 2-1 (Hobart Statesmen)	--	--	--
2020	(Endicott Gulls)*	*Tournament cancelled prior to first round by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	L, 3-2 2OT (UNE Nor'Easters)	--	--	--
2023	L, 2-0 (UNE Nor'Easters)	--	--	--
2024	W, 5-2 (Cortland Red Dragons)	L, 4-1 (Utica Pioneers)	--	--
7 appearances

See Also

• Plymouth State Panthers men’s ice hockey website
• LEC men’s hockey website