The Skidmore Thoroughbreds are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Skidmore College, located in Saratoga Springs, New York from the State University of New York Athletic Conference. The team is based out of the Saratoga City Rink, which is located three miles from the school’s campus.  The men’s program was established for the 1982-83 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Skidmore College
• Location: Saratoga Springs, New York
• School Founded: 1903
• Enrollment: ~2,700
• Colors: Green, Gold & White
• Home Arena: Saratoga City Rink
• Arena Capacity: 1,500
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 100′
• Conference: State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC)
• Head Coach: Rob Hutchison
• Conference Titles: 2 (1994, 1995)

Conferences

• NCAA Division III Independent (1982-1983)
• ECAC Division III (1983-1985)
• ECAC South (1985-1998)
• ECAC East (1998-2015)
• New England Hockey Conference (2015-2025)
• State University of New York Athletic Conference (2025-present)

Arenas

• Saratoga City Rink (1982-present)

Head Coaches

• Paul Dion (1982-2005) 213-286-24 (.430)
• Neil Sinclair (2005-2015) 94-140-27 (.412)
• Rob Hutchison (2015-present) 125-119-25 (.511)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
NCAA Division III Independent										Overall Record
1982-83	16	6	9	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	16	6	9	0	-	-
ECAC Division III										Overall Record
1983-84	8	1	6	1	-	-	.188	23rd	Did not quallify	16	5	11	0	-	-
1984-85	15	1	14	0	-	-	.067	28th	Did not qualify	18	4	14	0	-	-
ECAC South										Overall Record
1985-86	20	3	17	0	55	154	6	13th	Did not qualify	21	4	17	0	-	-
1986-87	21	6	14	1	94	121	13	12th	Did not qualify	23	6	16	1	-	-
1987-88	20	12	8	0	127	84	24	5th	L, DQF 6-1 (Quinnipiac)	25	14	11	0	-	-
1988-89	19	12	7	0	103	74	24	7th	Did not qualify	23	15	8	0	-	-
1989-90	21	8	12	1	91	104	17	9th	Did not qualify	22	8	13	1	-	-
1990-91	22	13	7	2	-	-	28	3rd	L, DQF 8-3 (Roger Williams)	26	13	9	2	-	-
1991-92	18	8	9	0	-	-	16	7th	L, DQF 5-4 OT (Fairfield)	23	9	14	0	-	-
1992-93	11	6	4	1	-	-	13	3rd Div.	L, QF 10-0 (UMass Dartmouth)	23	12	9	2	-	-
1993-94	13	13	0	0	-	-	26	1st Div. (1st Conf.)	L, QF 5-3 (Plymouth St.)	23	19	4	0	-	-
1994-95	14	13	0	1	-	-	27	1st Div. (1st Conf.)	W, QF 6-4 (Tufts) L, SF 7-4 (Fitchburg St.)	24	20	3	1	-	-
1995-96	12	10	1	1	-	-	21	1st Div. (2nd Conf.)	W, QF 7-4 (Tufts) L, SF 6-2 (Fitchburg St.)	25	17	7	1	-	-
1996-97	14	12	2	0	63	33	24	1st Div. (2nd Conf.)	W, QF 8-3 (Assumption) L, SF 3-2 (UMass Dartmouth)	24	15	8	1	-	-
1997-98	8	5	2	1	-	-	11	2nd Div.	Did not qualify	23	8	12	3	-	-
ECAC East										Overall Record
1998-99	17	3	14	0	29	109	6	17th	Did not qualify	22	6	16	0	49	132
1999-00	17	2	14	1	39	80	5	8th	L, QF 6-1 (Salem St.)	23	3	18	2	56	107
2000-01	17	5	10	2	41	79	12	5th	L, QF 3-2 (Babson)	24	8	14	2	62	106
2001-02	19	2	14	3	36	91	7	8th	L, QF 5-1 (Norwich)	25	2	20	3	50	116
2002-03	19	6	12	1	48	75	13	5th	L, QF 6-1 (Salem St.)	25	7	17	1	66	103
2003-04	18	5	12	1	42	72	11	8th	L, QF 6-1 (Babson)	26	8	17	1	66	101
2004-05	19	5	13	1	50	89	11	6th	L, QF 6-1 (So. Maine)	26	6	19	1	65	126
2005-06	19	5	13	1	55	88	11	6th	L, QF 11-1 (New England Coll.)	25	6	18	1	68	124
2006-07	19	12	5	2	56	49	26	T-3rd	L, QF 5-4 OT (Babson)	26	16	8	2	89	72
2007-08	19	4	14	1	56	92	9	8th	L, QF 8-0 (Norwich)	26	7	17	2	76	120
2008-09	19	8	8	3	54	53	19	T-5th	W, QF 4-3 (Salem St.) L, SF 3-2 (Babson)	26	13	10	3	80	74
2009-10	19	7	10	2	60	60	16	5th	W, QF 6-3 (So. Maine L, SF 3-0 (Babson)	27	9	16	2	80	97
2010-11	19	8	8	3	60	55	19	4th	L, QF 5-0 (Babson)	26	9	14	3	73	84
2011-12	18	10	8	0	64	54	20	4th	W, QF 3-2 (UMass Boston) L, SF 4-0 (Castleton)	27	12	13	2	90	87
2012-13	18	8	9	1	66	67	17	T-5th	L, QF 7-1 (Babson)	26	11	13	2	89	104
2013-14	18	3	9	6	48	72	12	T-7th	L, QF 6-0 (Norwich)	27	7	17	3	74	105
2014-15	18	3	14	1	37	65	7	T-7th	L, QF 11-1 (UMass Boston)	26	6	19	1	35	90
New England Hockey Conference										Overall Record
2015-16	18	5	10	3	47	54	13	7th	L, QF 5-2 (Babson)	26	5	17	4	62	84
2016-17	18	9	6	3	56	45	21	5th of 9	L, QF 7-2 (Castleton)	27	11	10	6	76	70
2017-18	18	4	12	2	35	64	10	6th of 8	L, QF 3-2 2OT (Babson)	26	6	18	2	48	91
2018-19	18	9	6	3	56	51	21	6th of 10	L, QF 2-1 (Babson)	26	13	10	3	77	72
2019-20	18	7	9	2	54	52	16	6th of 10	L, QF 4-2 (Hobart)	26	11	11	4	77	70
2020-21	Season cancelled November 9th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	18	9	7	2	62	43	29	6th	W, QF 5-3 (UMass Boston) W, SF 3-2 (Hobart) L, 5-3 (Babson)	28	16	10	2	92	63
2022-23	18	9	7	2	57	53	29	5th	W, QF 4-3 OT (Elmira) L, SF 1-0 (Hobart)	27	16	9	2	88	69
2023-24	18	12	5	1	60	35	37	3rd	W, QF 5-1 (UMass Boston) W, SF 4-1 (Elmira) L, F 5-0 (Hobart)	28	19	7	2	99	55
2024-25	20	11	9	0	70	58	33	4th	W, QF 4-3 OT (Salve Regina) L, SF 3-2 (Norwich)	27	14	13	0	90	81
State University of New York Athletic Conference										Overall Record
2025-26	18	11	6	1	59	41	28	3rd of 10	W, QF 4-3 (Plattsburgh) L, SF 6-3 (Oswego)	28	15	10	2	90	72

See Also

• Skidmore Thoroughbreds men’s ice hockey website
• SUNYAC men’s hockey website