The Trinity Bantams are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Trinity College, located in Hartford, Connecticut from the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The team is based out of the Koeppel Community Sports Center, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1974-75 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Trinity College
• Location: Hartford, Connecticut
• School Founded: 1823
• Enrollment: 2,241
• Colors: Blue & Gold
• Home Arena: Koeppel Community Sports Center
• Arena Capacity: 3,400
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 90′
• Conference: New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
• Head Coach: Matthew Greason
• Conference Titles: 11 (1985, 1986 co-champ, 1987, 1988, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 co-champ, 2023 co-champ, 2024)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 11 (1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2003, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024)
• National Titles: 1 (2015)

Conferences

• ECAC Division III (1974-1985)
• ECAC South (1985-1991)
• ECAC East (1991-1999)
• New England Small College Athletic Conference (1999-present)

Arenas

• Colt Park Outdoor Rink (1974-1980)
  • part-time
• Glastonbury Arena (1974-1980)
  • part-time
• Kingswood Oxford School Rink (1980-2006)
• Koeppel Community Sports Center (2006-present)

Head Coaches

• John Dunham (1974-2007) 441-306-34 (.586)
• David Cataruzolo (2007-2011) 58-39-8 (.590)
• Matthew Greason (2011-present) 255-96-24 (.712)

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
1974-75	12	8	4	0	73	74	0.667	5th	Did not qualify	17	9	8	0	104	77
1975-76	11	3	7	1	40	57	0.318	12th	Did not qualify	20	5	14	1	57	100
1976-77	14	10	4	0	90	64	0.714	5th	L, SF 7-5 (Worcester St.)	19	10	9	0	100	109
1977-78	15	10	5	0	103	67	0.667	T-4th	W, SF 6-4 (Framingham St.) L, F 4-3 (Westfield St.)	22	12	10	0	132	108
1978-79	17	14	3	0	128	55	0.824	4th	W, SF 9-6 (RIT) L, F 6-5 (Framingham St.)	23	16	7	0	166	97
1979-80	14	8	6	0	62	51	0.571	9th	Did not qualify	20	9	11	0	83	83
1980-81	16	6	10	0	78	76	0.375	18th	Did not qualify	21	7	14	0	88	104
1981-82	16	9	6	1			0.594	8th	Did not qualify	21	10	10	1	103	83
1982-83	15	10	5	0	87	63	0.667	9th	Did not qualify	22	10	11	1	104	109
1983-84	17	9	6	1	71	48	0.559	13th	L, QF 11-2 (SE Massachusetts)	23	11	11	1	93	88
1984-85	16	14	2	0	87	38	0.875	1st	W, QF 7-5 (Framingham St.) W, SF 7-4 (Amherst) L, F 3-2 (SE Massachusetts)	24	16	8	0	117	73
ECAC South										Overall Record
1985-86	16	15	1	0	108	36	0.938	T-1st	W, DSF 7-1 (St. John's) W, SF 9-4 (Conn. College) W, F 5-1 (Curry)	27	22	5	0	174	79
1986-87	17	17	0	0	136	25	1	1st	W, DSF 11-1 (Wesleyan) W, DF 7-5 (Quinnipiac) W, F 5-3 (SE Massachusetts)	25	24	1	0	189	57
1987-88	18	18	0	0	126	42	1	1st	W, DSF 8-3 (Iona) W, DF 7-5 (Conn. College) W, F 2-1 (Fitchburg St.)	26	22	4	0	158	79
1988-89	17	12	5	0	99	55	0.706	3rd	W, DQF 11-1 (Wesleyan) W, DSF 3-1 (Conn. College) L, DF 5-3 (Iona)	26	19	7	0	142	83
1989-90	19	16	3	0	122	49	0.842	2nd	W, DSF 5-1 (W. New England) L, DF 4-3 (Conn. College)	25	18	7	0	143	72
1990-91	17	13	3	1	76	37	0.794	2nd	W, DSF 2-1 (Roger Williams) W, DF 4-3 (Amherst) W, F 4-3 OT (Fitchburg St.)	26	17	8	1	106	77
ECAC East										Overall Record
1991-92	15	4	9	2	37	67	0.333	13th	Did not qualify	24	10	10	4	91	96
1992-93	19	4	13	2	58	92	0.263	14th	Did not qualify	23	8	13	2	88	99
1993-94	17	5	10	2			12	T-12th	Did not qualify	23	8	13	2	65	105
1994-95	17	9	6	2	82	82	20	T-7th	Did not qualify	24	14	8	2	110	106
1995-96	19	7	11	1			15	13th	Did not qualify	22	8	12	2
1996-97	19	9	10	0	69	75	18	T-11th	L, FR 5-3 (Bowdoin)	24	11	13	0
1997-98	19	9	8	2	71	72	20	T-10th	L, FR 3-1 (Connecticut)	24	11	11	2
1998-99	17	11	6	0	73	45	22	5th	W, QF 5-1 (Hamilton) L, SF 9-3 (Norwich)	25	14	11	0	99	74
New England Small College Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1999-00	17	6	11	0	60	67	12	8th	Did not qualify	23	9	14	0	87	85
2000-01	17	12	4	1	65	44	25	T-3rd	L, SF 4-3 OT (Bowdoin)	24	15	7	2	93	69
2001-02	19	13	5	1	79	33	27	T-3rd	W, QF 4-1 (Williams) W, SF 3-2 OT (Bowdoin) L, F 3-2 (Middlebury)	26	17	8	1	105	55
2002-03	19	15	3	1	93	43	31	2nd	W, QF 3-2 OT (Williams) W, SF 3-2 OT (Colby) W, F 4-2 (Middlebury)	27	19	6	2	119	73
2003-04	18	12	5	1	84	45	25	2nd	W, QF 3-0 (Amherst) W, SF 4-2 (Colby) L, F 6-2 (Middlebury)	26	16	9	1	115	67
2004-05	19	15	2	2	101	51	32	1st	W, QF 9-2 (Tufts) L, SF 3-2 (Bowdoin)	27	21	4	2	142	67
2005-06	19	9	7	3	63	52	21	5th	W, QF 3-2 OT (Colby) L, SF 3-1 (Bowdoin)	26	13	10	3	88	73
2006-07	19	6	10	3	67	61	15	8th	L, QF 7-3 (Bowdoin)	25	8	13	4	86	83
2007-08	19	8	9	2	42	54	18	T-6th	W, QF 5-2 (Bowdoin) W, SF 2-1 (Colby) W, F 3-2 OT (Middlebury)	29	16	11	2	81	79
2008-09	19	12	7	0	67	46	24	4th	W, QF 3-1 (Conn. College) L, SF 3-0 (Amherst)	25	16	9	0	90	62
2009-10	19	11	6	2	59	45	24	5th	W, QF 2-1 OT (Amherst) L, SF 4-2 (Middlebury)	26	15	9	2	83	69
2010-11	19	9	8	2	51	46	20	7th	L, QF 4-3 (Williams)	25	11	10	4	66	61
2011-12	18	6	10	2	46	59	14	7th	L, QF 2-1 (Bowdoin)	24	9	13	2	67	77
2012-13	18	11	4	3	61	37	25	3rd	W, QF 5-4 OT (Wesleyan) L, SF 4-2 (Williams)	25	15	7	3	83	56
2013-14	18	15	3	0	77	45	30	1st	W, QF 9-1 (Wesleyan) L, SF 5-1 (Bowdoin)	26	21	5	0	121	66
2014-15	18	16	1	1	76	28	33	1st	L, QF 2-1 (Tufts)	29	25	3	1	125	53
2015-16	18	14	4	0	62	38	28	2nd	W, QF 3-1 (Colby) W, SF 4-3 (Tufts) W, F 5-1 (Amherst)	28	21	6	1	97	63
2016-17	18	11	5	2	65	35	24	3rd of 10	W, QF 3-1 (Tufts) W, SF 4-2 (Williams) W, F 3-2 OT (Hamilton)	31	21	7	3	123	58
2017-18	18	14	3	1	56	31	29	1st of 10	W, QF 2-0 (Tufts) W, SF 5-2 (Williams) L, F 4-1 (Colby)	27	19	6	2	87	48
2018-19	18	12	2	4	56	30	28	T-1st of 10	W, QF 3-0 (Tufts) W, SF 2-1 OT (Hamilton) W, F 3-2 OT (Amherst)	28	19	4	5	91	48
2019-20	18	12	5	1	55	35	25	2nd of 10	W, QF 5-3 (Amherst) W, SF 3-2 (Hamilton) L, F 7-2 (Wesleyan)	26	18	7	1	92	56
2020-21	Season cancelled October 8th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	18	12	4	2	60	39	36.5	2nd of 10	W, QF 5-0 (Conn. College) W, SF 4-0 (Williams) W, F 4-1 (Colby)	26	17	8	1	82	50
2022-23	18	13	4	1	58	26	39.5	T-1st of 10	L, QF 2-1 OT (Bowdoin)	25	16	8	1	78	46
2023-24	18	16	1	1	61	22	48.5	1st of 10	W, QF 2-1 (Colby) W, SF 5-2 (Middlebury) W, F 4-0 (Tufts)	25	21	3	1	94	34
2024-25	18	12	4	2	61	22	36	2nd of 10	L, QF 1-0 (Middlebury)	25	16	7	2	85	52
2025-26	18	6	11	1	44	55	21	T-8th of 10	Did not qualify	24	12	11	1	83	63

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
2003	Bye	L, 6-4 (Norwich Cadets)	--	--
2005	Bye	W, 4-0 (Geneseo Knights)	L, 4-1 (St. Thomas Tommies)	--
2008	W, 7-3 (UMass Dartmouth Corsairs)	L, 6-1 (Elmira Soaring Eagles)	--	--
2015	W, 4-2 (Nichols Bison)	W, 5-1 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	W, 5-3 (Adrian Bulldogs)	W, 5-2 (Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers)
2016	L, 4-0 (UMass Boston Beacons)	--	--	--
2017	W, 4-1 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	W, 2-1 2OT (Endicott Gulls)	W, 3-2 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	L, 4-1 (Norwich Cadets)
2019	L, 2-1 (UNE Nor'Easters)	--	--	--
2022	L, 3-0 (Babson Beavers)	--	--	--
2024	Bye	W, 2-0 (Elmira Soaring Eagles)	W, 2-1 (Adrian Bulldogs)	L, 2-0 (Hobart Statesmen)
9 appearances		1 National Championship	2-Time National Runner-Up	1-Time National Semifinalist

See Also

• Trinity Bantams men’s ice hockey website
• NESCAC men’s hockey website