The Suffolk Rams are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Suffolk University, located in Boston, Massachusetts from the Conference of New England. The team is based out of of Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink, which is located in East Boston, MA. The men’s program was established for the 1980-81 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Suffolk University
• Location: Boston, Massachusetts
• School Founded: 1906
• Enrollment: 5,290
• Colors: Navy, Gold, & White
• Home Arena: Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Rink
• Arena Capacity: 550
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Conference of New England (CNE)
• Head Coach: Shawn McEachern

Conferences

• ECAC Division III (1980-1985)
• ECAC North (1985-1992
• ECAC Central (1992-1998)
• ECAC Northeast (1998-2016)
• New England Hockey Conference (2018-2020)
• Conference of New England (2016-2018; 2020-present)
  • formerly named the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) until 2024

Arenas

• Steriti Memorial Rink (1980-2020)
  • backup rink
• Emmons Horrigan O’Neil Rink (1980-2022)
  • primary rink
• Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink (2020-present)

Head Coaches

• John Corbett (1980-1983) 21-45-0 (.318)
• Jim Palumbo (1983-1986) 38-30-1 (.558)
• Peter Saggase (1986-1990) 48-51-1 (.485)
• Bill Burns (1990-1996) 65-76-5 (.462)
• Mark McHale (1996-1999) 16-53-0 (.232)
• Brian Horan (1999-2004) 36-65-8 (.367)
• Chris Glionna (2004-2022) 139-246-39 (.374)
• Shawn McEachern (2022-present) 41-55-8 (.433)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
ECAC Division III										Overall Record
1980-81	13	6	7	0			12	16th	Did not qualify	19	9	10	0
1981-82	17	3	14	0			6	21st	Did not qualify	25	6	19	0
1982-83	18	4	14	0			8	21st	Did not qualify	22	6	16	0
1983-84	13	5	8	0			10	19th	Did not qualify	22	11	11	0
1984-85	18	9	9	0	101	88	18	17th	Did not qualify	25	15	10	0	98	101
ECAC North										Overall Record
1985-86	19	10	8	1			21	8th	Did not qualify	22	12	9	1
1986-87	9	3	6	0	43	65	6	11th	Did not qualify	24	9	15	0
1987-88	21	7	14	0	94	134	14	12th	Did not qualify	24	9	15	0
1988-89	21	14	6	1	165	103	29	6th	L, DQF 5-4 (St. Michael's)	27	19	7	1
1989-90	24	10	14	0	122	143	20	10th	Did not qualify	25	11	14	0
1990-91	24	20	4	0			40	3rd	W, DSF 6-4 (SE Mass.) L, DF 10-8 (Fitchburg St.)	27	22	5	0
1991-92	23	14	8	1			29	5th	L, 5-2 (UMass-Dartmouth)	26	15	10	1
ECAC Central										Overall Record
1992-93	14	9	5	0			18	2nd of 8 (7th overall)	L, QF 4-3 (So. Maine)	25	15	10	0
1993-94	14	5	9	0			10	T-5th of 8	Did not qualify	23	9	13	1
1994-95	14	0	12	2			2	8th of 8	Did not qualify	22	3	16	3
1995-96	14	0	14	0			0	8th of 8	Did not qualify	23	1	22	0
1996-97	14	1	13	0	34	84	2	8th of 8	Did not qualify	25	5	19	1	86	147
1997-98	14	0	13	1			1	8th of 8	Did not qualify	24	5	19	0	83	189
ECAC Northeast										Overall Record
1998-99	17	3	13	1	83	128	7	16th of 18	Did not qualify	21	5	15	1	83	128
1999-00	13	3	9	1	49	81	7	16th of 18	Did not qualify	20	4	15	1	65	130
2000-01	17	6	11	0	55	90	12	12th of 18	Did not qualify	22	9	12	1	78	109
2001-02	15	2	12	1	41	77	5	13th of 16	Did not qualify	22	4	16	2	73	115
2002-03	16	6	9	1	62	67	13	12th of 17	Did not qualify	21	9	10	2	84	91
2003-04	16	6	8	2	47	62	14	11th of 17	L, QF 4-2 (Lebanon Valley)	24	10	12	2	70	84
2004-05	15	3	11	1	39	66	7	13th of 16	Did not qualify	22	4	16	2	63	106
2005-06	15	5	9	1	45	84	11	11th of 16	Did not qualify	24	6	14	4	81	137
2006-07	15	6	8	1	62	66	13	11th of 16	Did not qualify	24	7	15	2	88	104
2007-08	16	10	6	0	57	43	20	5th of 17	W, QF 3-2 OT (Wentworth) L, SF 4-2 (Nichols)	27	13	14	0	92	87
2008-09	16	7	7	3	53	60	17	8th of 18	Did not qualify	25	8	14	3	64	92
2009-10	14	8	4	2	49	36	18	3rd of 8	L, QF 3-1 (Johnson & Wales)	26	12	11	3	78	83
2010-11	14	4	10	0	36	51	8	7th of 8	Did not qualify	24	8	16	0	61	85
2011-12	14	1	13	0	29	89	2	8th of 8	Did not qualify	24	3	21	0	52	134
2012-13	14	3	7	4	40	49	10	7th of 8	Did not qualify	25	6	13	6	72	97
2013-14	14	6	7	1	45	42	13	5th of 8	L, QF 7-0 (Johnson & Wales)	25	9	15	1	67	92
2014-15	14	5	7	2	39	42	12	6th of 8	L, QF 5-0 (Johnson & Wales)	26	11	13	2	74	88
2015-16	16	8	6	2	40	47	18	4th of 9	L, QF 4-3 OT (Wentworth)	27	13	10	2	80	81
Commonwealth Coast Conference										Overall Record
2016-17	18	4	11	3	35	72	11	T-7th of 10	Did not qualify	26	8	16	2	60	104
2017-18	18	6	10	2	49	62	14	7th of 10	L, QF 10-2 (Endicott)	25	9	13	3	69	89
New England Hockey Conference										Overall Record
2018-19	18	5	13	0	47	75	10	7th of 10	L, QF 1-0 (Norwich)	26	13	10	3	77	72
2019-20	18	2	14	2	41	79	6	9th of 10	Did not qualify	24	5	17	2	56	106
Conference of New England (née CCC until 2024)										Overall Record
2020-21	Season cancelled January 21st due to COVID-19 pandemic									2	1	1	0	7	7
2021-22	21	7	10	4	58	74	28	5th of 8	L, QF 2-1 (Curry)	25	8	13	4	67	88
2022-23	21	4	16	1	36	74	13	8th of 8	Did not qualify	25	6	17	2	46	85
2023-24	18	4	13	1	39	62	14	7th of 8	Did not qualify	25	5	18	2	55	92
2024-25	18	7	9	2	32	40	27	4th of 8	W, QF 4-0 (Nichols) L, SF 4-2 (Curry)	27	13	11	3	58	54
2025-26	20	15	4	1	85	37	45	3rd of 9	W, QF 8-1 (Johnson & Wales) L, SF 4-1 (Endicott)	27	17	9	1	108	59

See Also

• Suffolk Rams men’s ice hockey website
• CNE men’s hockey website