The Salem State Vikings are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Salem State University, located in Salem, Massachusetts from the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Rockett Arena, located on the school’s campus.  The men’s program was established at the varsity level for the 1961-62 season, after playing as a club team for three years.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Salem State University
• Location: Salem, Massachusetts
• School Founded: 1854
• Enrollment: 6,539
• Colors: Blue, Orange, & White
• Home Arena: Rockett Arena
• Arena Capacity: 2,200
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC)
• Head Coach: Chris MacInnis
• Conference Titles: 30 (1974*, 1975 co-champ*, 1976*, 1977*, 1978*, 1979*, 1980*, 1981*, 1982*, 1983*, 1984 co-champ*, 1985*, 1987*, 1988*, 1989 co-champ*, 1990*, 1991*, 1992*, 1993*, 1994*, 1995*, 1996 co-champ*, 1997*, 1998*, 1999*, 2001*, 2003*, 2009*, 2014 co-champ, 2016)
  • *MASCAC conference titles that were held within ECAC East
• Conference Tournament Titles: 7 (1985, 1994, 1995, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017)

Conferences

• NCAA Independent (1961-1964)
• NCAA College Division Independent (1964-1967)
• ECAC Division II (1967-1985)
• ECAC East (1985-2025)
• Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (2009-present)

Arenas

• Danvers Twin Rinks (1961-1976)
• Rockett Arena (1976-present)

Head Coaches

• Joe Morency (1961-1962) 7-2-0 (.779)
• Don Dupuir (1962-1964) 16-6-1 (.717)
• Barry Urbanski (1964-1975) 137-65-4 (.675)
• Mike Gilligan (1975-1981) 124-48-2 (.718)
• Bill O’Neill (1981-2023) 626-436-76 (.584)
• Chris MacInnis (2023-present) 32-39-4 (.453)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
NCAA Independent										Overall Record
1961-62	9	7	2	0			-	-	-	9	7	2	0
1962-63	14	11	3	0			-	-	-	14	11	3	0
1963-64	9	5	3	1			-	-	-	9	5	3	1
NCAA College Division Independent										Overall Record
1964-65	11	10	1	0			-	-	-	11	10	1	0
1965-66	15	11	4	0			-	-	-	15	11	4	0
1966-67	16	11	4	1			-	-	-	16	11	4	1
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1967-68	11	6	5	0	56	42	0.545	14th	Did not qualify	18	11	7	0
1968-69	16	10	5	1	116	67	0.656	5th	Did not qualify	18	12	5	1	120	87
1969-70	16	9	7	0	108	70	0.563	13th	Did not qualify	17	9	8	0
1970-71	16	9	6	1	76	64	0.594	8th	Did not qualify	19	11	7	1
1971-72	20	10	9	1	87	93	0.525	9th	L, QF 4-2 (Merrimack)	23	12	10	1	108	102
1972-73	19	10	9	0	91	90	0.526	14th	Did not qualify
1973-74	21	18	3	0	137	78	0.857	2nd	W, QF 9-6 (Williams) L, SF 7-2 (Merrimack)	24	21	3	0
1974-75	22	15	7	0	111	81	0.682	5th	L, QF 6-3 (Hamilton)	26	19	7	0
1975-76	20	15	5	0	108	54	0.75	4th	W, QF 3-1 (Oswego) L, SF 4-1 (Bowdoin)	27	21	6	0
1976-77	22	16	6	0	107	78	0.727	3rd	L, QF 12-6 (Union)	27	22	5	0
1977-78	24	17	7	0	108	84	0.708	4th	W, QF 4-1 (Holy Cross) L, SF 4-1 (Bowdoin)	29	21	8	0
1978-79	27	18	8	1			0.685	4th	W, QF 4-3 OT (Bowdoin) W, SF 7-4 (Maine) L, F 4-1 (Lowell)	35	23	11	1
1979-80	25	19	6	0	104	72	0.76	3rd	L, QF 5-1 (Holy Cross)	29	21	8	0
1980-81	23	16	6	1			0.717	3rd	W, QF 4-3 (Babson) L, SF 5-3 (Merrimack)	31	20	10	1
1981-82	26	14	11	1			0.558	7th	L, QF 6-3 (Babson)	31	16	14	1
1982-83	25	14	8	3	103	96	0.62	4th	W, QF 5-4 (Colby) L, SF 5-1 (Lowell)	30	17	10	3
1983-84	24	10	11	3			0.479	7th	L, QF 6-2 (Babson)	31	13	51	3
1984-85	24	18	6	0	109	77	0.75	1st	W, QF 5-2 (Connecticut) W, SF 6-5 (Bowdoin) W, F 7-1 (Babson)	33	24	9	0
ECAC East										Overall Record
1985-86	22	14	8	0			0.636	4th	L, QF 8-2 (Norwich)	27	18	9	0
1986-87	27	17	9	1	130	88	0.648	4th	L, QF 4-3 (Norwich)	34	22	11	1
1987-88	27	18	9	0	147	95	0.667	T-5th	W, QF 4-3 (Norwich) L, SF 7-2 (Merrimack)	36	22	14	0
1988-89	20	11	9	0	102	72	0.55	6th	L, QF 4-3 (AIC)	27	15	12	0
1989-90	22	11	10	1	99	95	0.523	7th	L, QF 4-3 (Middlebury)	27	15	11	1
1990-91	21	15	5	1			0.738	T-2nd	W, QF 8-7 (Connecticut), L, SF 4-3 (Babson)	28	21	6	1
1991-92	15	12	3	0			0.8	3rd	L, QF 7-5 (Norwich)	29	19	10	0
1992-93	15	10	4	1			0.7	5th	W, QF 5-4 (Babson) W, SF 5-4 (Williams) L, F 6-2 (Bowdoin)	28	19	8	1
1993-94	17	12	3	2	89	49	26	2nd	W, QF 8-3 (Holy Cross) W, SF 4-3 (Hamilton) W, F 6-3 (Bowdoin)	32	23	6	3	181	95
1994-95	17	12	5	0	92	66	24	5th	W, QF 9-2 (Colby) W, SF 4-3 (Connecticut) W, F 7-1 (Bowdoin)	27	19	7	1	160	94
1995-96	19	14	5	0			28	5th	W, QF (7-2 (Holy Cross) L, SF 8-3 (Hamilton)	27	17	9	1
1996-97	19	8	9	2	65	77	18	T-11th	Did not qualify	24	12	10	2
1997-98	19	11	6	2	65	59	24	T-6th	W, QF 5-1 (Bowdoin) L, SF 6-2 (Hamilton)	27	15	10	2
1998-99	17	7	9	1	51	54	17	11th	L, QF 2-1 (UMass-Boston)	26	14	11	1	88	76
1999-00	17	8	7	2	69	68	18	2nd	W, QF 6-1 (Skidmore) W, SF 3-1 (UMass-Boston) L, F 3-2 (Norwich)	27	15	9	3	117	90
2000-01	17	10	5	2	73	39	22	2nd	W, QF 5-2 (So. Maine) L, SF 4-1 (New England Coll.)	26	16	6	4	117	59
2001-02	19	9	9	1	72	61	19	T-3rd	W, QF 3-2 (So. Maine) L, SF 1-0 OT (Norwich)	27	15	11	1	105	83
2002-03	19	9	7	3	85	79	21	4th	L, QF 6-1 (Skidmore) L, SF 5-1 (Norwich)	27	15	9	3	127	103
2003-04	18	7	9	2	66	75	16	4th	W, QF 6-1 (So. Maine) L, SF 7-4 (Norwich)	26	12	11	3	105	96
2004-05	19	6	10	3	71	86	15	5th	L, QF 7-1 (New England Coll.)	26	11	12	3	105	109
2005-06	19	7	8	4	54	64	18	5th	L, QF 3-1 (So. Maine)	26	11	11	4	102	86
2006-07	19	5	14	0	41	68	10	7th	L, QF 4-3 (New England Coll.)	26	9	17	0	67	84
2007-08	19	9	9	1	64	69	19	T-5th	W, QF 6-3 (Castleton) W, SF 4-2 (New England Coll.) L, F 8-2 (Norwich)	28	16	11	1	114	91
2008-09	19	10	8	1	58	55	21	3rd	L, QF 4-3 (Skidmore)	25	14	9	2	87	73
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference										Overall Record
2009-10	18	11	3	4	80	42	26	2nd	W, SF 6-1 (Plymouth St.) W, F 2-1 OT (Fitchburg St.)	27	15	8	4	110	72
2010-11	18	11	5	2	78	42	24	2nd	W, SF 3-2 OT (Westfield St.) L, F 6-5 OT (Fitchburg St.)	27	18	7	2	116	69
2011-12	18	11	4	3	74	45	25	2nd	W, SF 4-3 OT (UMass-Dartmoth) L, F 5-4 2OT (Plymouth St.)	27	15	9	3	104	78
2012-13	18	10	7	1	60	57	21	T-3rd	W, QF 5-0 (Worcester St.) L, SF 5-4 3OT (UMass-Dartmouth)	27	14	12	1	89	85
2013-14	18	11	5	2	69	53	24	T-1st	W, SF 3-1 (Framingham St.) W, F 5-1 (Plymouth St.)	28	16	10	6	94	83
2014-15	18	9	7	2	56	46	20	2nd	W, SF 4-0 (UMass-Dartmouth) L, F 6-2 (Plymouth St.)	27	13	11	3	83	77
2015-16	18	16	2	0	88	31	32	1st	W, SF 5-4 OT (Westfield St.) W, F 4-0 (Plymouth St.)	28	22	6	0	118	60
2016-17	18	12	4	2	69	49	26	2nd	W, SF 1-0 (Westfield St.) W, F 4-3 (Plymouth St.)	27	19	6	2	113	62
2017-18	18	6	9	3	50	47	15	6th	W, QF 3-2 (Worcester St.) L, SF 5-2 (Fitchburg St.)	27	10	12	5	79	84
2018-19	18	7	11	0	50	70	14	6th	W, QF 4-3 (UMass-Dartmouth) W, SF 5-2 (Westfield St.) L, F 3-0 (Plymouth St.)	28	10	17	1	68	104
2019-20	18	4	9	5	40	66	13	5th	L, QF 3-2 (Westfield St.)	26	4	15	7	58	97
2020-21	Season cancelled November 13th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	18	8	10	0	47	64	16	5th	W, QF 4-3 (Worcester St.) W, SF 4-2 (Westfield St.) L, F 8-4 (Plymouth St.)	25	12	13	0	69	90
2022-23	18	5	13	0	50	79	13	6th	W, QF 6-2 (Fitchburg St.) L, SF 5-4 OT (Worcester St.)	27	8	19	0	77	120
2023-24	21	6	14	1	68	84	20.5	7th	Did not qualify	25	6	18	1	80	112
2024-25	18	14	4	0	72	43	41	T-2nd of 10	W, QF 3-1 (UMass Dartmouth) L, SF 4-3 3OT (Fitchburg St.)	26	19	7	0	98	64
2025-26	14	6	5	3	43	38	24	4th of 8	L, QF 3-2 (MCLA)	26	8	14	4	68	95

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
NAIA
1969	N/A	N/A	L, 2-13 (Bemidji State Beavers)	--	L, 2-6 (Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties)
NCAA Division II
1979	N/A	N/A	L, 3-5 (Mankato State Mavericks)	--	L, 3-4 OT (Illinois-Chicago Circle)
NCAA Division III
1985	N/A	L, 1-6, 2-4 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	--	--	--
1987	N/A	L, 8-4, 2-3 OT, 1-2 (St. Cloud State Huskies)	--	--	--
1992	N/A	W, 6-4, 3-4, 3-0 (Babson Beavers)	L, 7-12 (Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers)	--	W, 7-6 OT (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)
1993	N/A	L, 6-2, 4-10, 0-4 (Elmira Soaring Eagles)	--	--	--
1994	N/A	W, 6-4, 4-4 (Elmira Soaring Eagles)	L, 2-3 OT (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	--	L, 4-7 (Fredonia Blue Devils)
1995	N/A	L, 2-8, 8-3, 0-3 (Fredonia Blue Devils)	--	--	--
2014	L, 2-8 (Norwich Cadets)	--	--	--	N/A
2016	L, 1-7 (Williams Ephs)	--	--	--	N/A
2017	L, 1-3 (Norwich Cadets)	--	--	--	N/A
9 appearances*		1 Third Place Finish		1 Fourth Place Finish

See Also

• Salem State Vikings men’s ice hockey website
• MASCAC men’s hockey website