The Southern Maine Huskies are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing the University of Southern Maine, located in Gorham, Maine from the Little East Conference. The team is based out of the USM Ice Arena, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1972-73 season, when the school was known as the University of Maine at Portland-Gorham.

 

Quick Hits

• School: University of Southern Maine
• Location: Gorham, Maine
• School Founded: 1878
• Enrollment: 6,257
• Colors: Blue, Gold, & White
• Home Arena: USM Ice Arena
• Arena Capacity: 1,000
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 100′
• Conference: Little East Conference (LEC)
• Head Coach: Matt Pinchevsky

Conferences

• NAIA (1972-1979)
• ECAC North (1985-1995)
• ECAC East (1995-2015)
  • League rebranded as the NEHC in 2015
• New England Hockey Conference (2015-2025)
• Little East Conference (2025-present)

Arenas

• Riverside Ice Arena Portland (1972-1974; 1976-1977)
• Biddeford Ice Arena (1974-1975; 1977-1979)
• Kennebec Ice Arena (1985-1998)
• USM Ice Arena (1998-present)

Head Coaches

• Lee Roy (1972-1973) 1-12-0 (.077)
• Maynard Howe (1973-1977) 32-28-1 (.533)
• Ted Child (1977-1978) 10-4-0 (.714)
• Jim Laliberty (1978-1979) 2-9-1 (.208)
• Gordie Clark (1985-1987) 8-18-0 (.308)
• Jeff Beaney (1987-2015) 260-380-50 (.413)
  • stepped down midway through 2014-15 season
• Ed Harding (2015-2023) 53-127-17 (.312)
• Matt Pinchevsky (2023-present) 29-44-1 (.399)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics										Overall Record
1972-73	13	1	12	0						13	1	12	0
1973-74	16	5	10	1						16	5	10	1
1974-75	16	9	7	0						16	9	7	0
1975-76	14	12	2	0					*Lost QF 22-1 (Gustavus)	14	12	2	0
1976-77	15	6	9	0						15	6	9	0
1977-78	14	10	4	0						14	10	4	0
1978-79	12	2	9	1						12	2	9	1
Program inactive from 1979-80 to 1984-85
ECAC North										Overall Record
1985-86	9	2	7	0	42	55	4	14th	Did not qualify	11	4	7	0	69	62
1986-87	14	2	12	0	53	98	4	15th	Did not qualify	15	4	11	0	65	98
1987-88	17	9	8	0	75	76	18	7th	Did not qualify	18	10	8	0	88	78
1988-89	20	4	16	0	62	102	8	12th	Did not qualify	22	5	17	0	68	112
1989-90	19	11	6	2	88	56	24	3rd	L, DQF 4-2 (New Hampshire Coll.)	20	10	8	2	90	74
1990-91	20	10	10	0	74	78	20	8th	Did not qualify	24	11	13	0	89	102
1991-92	21	12	8	1	100	67	25	6th	W, DQF 3-1 (Framingham St.) L, DSF 4-3 (Fitchburg St.)	27	13	13	1	121	92
1992-93	16	14	2	0	84	44	28	1st	W, QF 4-3 (Suffolk) W, SF 4-3 (Iona) L, F 3-0 (UMass-Dartmouth)	28	18	9	1	121	94
1993-94	15	6	8	1	58	59	13	6th	Did not qualify	24	8	14	2	85	105
1994-95	16	8	8	0	69	90	16	4th	Did not qualify	25	10	15	0	90	113
ECAC East										Overall Record
1995-96	19	3	15	1	50	116	7	19th	Did not qualify	25	4	19	2	70	155
1996-97	19	4	15	0	43	98	8	19th	Did not qualify	25	4	21	0	62	141
1997-98	19	5	13	1	58	111	11	15th	Did not qualify	24	6	17	1	78	141
1998-99	17	5	12	0	41	71	10	T-15th	Did not qualify	25	8	17	0	66	109
1999-00	17	6	10	1	43	76	13	T-4th	L, QF 7-3 (New England Coll.)	26	11	13	2	77	110
2000-01	17	2	14	1	33	86	5	7th	L, QF 5-2 (Salem St.)	26	5	19	2	62	122
2001-02	19	7	9	3	61	67	17	5th	L, QF 3-2 (Salem St.)	26	10	13	3	91	91
2002-03	19	3	14	2	50	101	8	T-6th	L, QF 8-1 (New England Coll.)	25	6	17	2	86	135
2003-04	18	6	11	1	57	93	13	5th	L, QF 6-1 (Salem St.)	26	11	14	1	98	126
2004-05	19	11	7	1	82	62	23	3rd	W, QF 6-1 (Skidmore) L, SF 5-3 (Babson)	27	15	10	2	113	86
2005-06	19	9	8	2	62	55	20	4th	W, QF 3-1 (Salem St.) L, SF 5-3 (Norwich)	27	12	13	2	84	84
2006-07	19	12	5	2	72	47	26	T-3rd	L, QF 3-2 OT (Castleton)	26	15	9	2	102	69
2007-08	19	8	8	3	66	40	19	T-5th	L, QF 5-2 (New England Coll.)	26	14	9	3	96	82
2008-09	19	8	8	3	63	65	19	T-5th	L, QF 4-3 OT (New England Coll.)	26	11	12	3	84	85
2009-10	19	7	9	3	51	66	17	T-3rd	L, SF 6-3 (Skidmore)	26	10	13	3	79	93
2010-11	19	5	11	3	46	70	13	6th	W, QF 4-1 (UMass-Boston) L, SF 4-0 (Norwich)	26	8	13	5	64	88
2011-12	18	7	7	4	56	57	18	6th	W, QF 2-1 (Babson)	27	10	11	6	77	84
2012-13	18	4	14	0	46	76	8	8th	L, SF 3-2 (Norwich)	26	7	19	0	71	111
2013-14	18	5	11	2	42	59	12	T-7th	L, QF 2-0 (Norwich)	26	6	15	5	62	93
2014-15	18	3	14	1	17	60	7	T-7th	L, QF 6-2 (Babson)	26	6	19	1	35	90
New England Hockey Conference										Overall Record
2015-16	18	5	13	0	36	70	10	8th	L, QF 4-0 (UMass-Boston)	26	8	17	1	54	91
2016-17	18	5	12	1	43	56	11	8th	L, QF 3-0 (New England Coll.)	26	9	15	2	59	71
2017-18	18	3	2	3	27	64	9	7th	L, QF 8-0 (Hobart)	26	3	19	4	37	97
2018-19	18	4	13	1	38	70	9	8th	L, QF 4-0 (UMass-Boston)	26	5	18	3	58	102
2019-20	18	6	10	2	44	59	714	7th	W, QF 3-2 (Babson) L, SF 5-0 Norwich	27	8	16	3	62	93
2020-21	NEHC season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic									4	2	2	0	7	11
2021-22	16	5	10	1	34	68	16	8th	W, FR 2-1 OT (Castleton) L, QF 5-2 (Hobart)	22	8	13	1	51	87
2022-23	18	4	14	0	39	62	12	9th	Did not qualify	24	5	17	2	58	82
2023-24	18	6	9	3	52	73	21	7th	W, QF 3-1 (Norwich) L, SF 4-0 (Hobart)	27	10	14	3	80	98
2024-25	20	4	15	1	38	78	12	T-10th of 11	Did not qualify	25	7	17	1	56	100
Little East Conference										Overall Record
2025-26	18	10	7	1	65	66	31	4th of 10	L, QF 3-2 (UMass Boston)	26	12	13	1	83	93

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place
1976 (NAIA)	N/A	L, 22-1 (Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties)	--	--	--

See Also

• Southern Maine Huskies men’s ice hockey website
• LEC men’s hockey website