The Tufts Jumbos are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Tufts University, located in Medford, Massachusetts from the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Malden Valley Forum, which is located 3 miles from the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1917-18 season, then revived for the 1942-43 season, then revived again for the 1986-87 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Tufts University
• Location: Medford, Massachusetts
• School Founded: 1852
• Enrollment: 13,500
• Colors: Blue, Brown & White
• Home Arena: Malden Valley Forum
• Arena Capacity: 500
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
• Head Coach: Pat Norton
• Conference Titles: 1 (2001)

Conferences

• Independent (1917-1918; 1919-1921; 1942-1960)
• ECAC North (1986-1992)
• ECAC Central (1992-1998)
• ECAC Northeast (1998-2001)
• New England Small College Athletic Conference (2001-present)

Arenas

• Various rinks (1917-1918; 1919-1921; 1942-1960; 1986-2001)
• Malden Valley Forum (2001-present)

Head Coaches

• No Coach (1917-1921) 1-10-1 (.125)
• Harry Briggs (1942-1947) 11-22-2 (.343)
• Frank Anderson (1947-1948) 3-1-0 (.750)
• Warren Price (1948-1951) 14-21-1 (.403)
• Charles Arthur (1951-1960) 66-75-2 (.469)
• Ben Sands (1986-1991; 1993-1994) 73-63-4 (.536)
• Nick Mitropoulos (1991-1992) 11-30-4 (.289)
• Steve Hoar (1994-1998) 43-40-10 (.516)
• Brian Murphy (1998-2015) 158-226-26 (.417)
• Pat Norton (2015-present) 94-133-25 (.423)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Independent Program										Overall Record
1917-18	4	1	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	3	0	-	-
Program did not play in 1918-19
1919-20	4	0	4	0	4	16	-	-	-	4	0	4	0	4	16
1920-21	4	0	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	0	3	1	-	-
Program inactive from 1921-1942
1942-43	8	2	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	5	1	-	-
1943-44	7	2	5	0	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	5	0	-	-
1944-45	8	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	2	1	-	-
1946-47	12	2	10	0	-	-	-	-	-	12	2	10	0	-	-
1947-48	4	3	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	1	0	-	-
1948-49	2	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	0	0	-	-
1949-50	16	7	9	0	-	-	-	-	-	16	7	9	0	-	-
1950-51	18	5	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	18	5	12	1	-	-
1951-52	13	5	8	0	-	-	-	-	-	13	5	8	0	-	-
1952-53	18	10	8	0	-	-	-	-	-	18	10	8	0	-	-
1953-54	14	7	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	14	7	6	1	-	-
1954-55	22	16	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	22	16	3	0	-	-
1955-56	17	5	12	0	-	-	-	-	-	17	5	12	0	-	-
1956-57	16	10	6	0	-	-	-	-	-	16	10	6	0	-	-
1957-58	15	5	10	0	-	-	-	-	-	15	5	10	0	-	-
1958-59	14	6	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	7	1	-	-
1959-60	17	2	15	0	-	-	-	-	-	17	2	15	0	-	-
Program inactive from 1960-1986
ECAC North										Overall Record
1986-87	20	11	9	0	101	98	22	T-6th	Did not qualify	22	13	9	0	-	-
1987-88	20	14	6	0	113	86	24	4th	W, QF 9-5 (St. Michael's) L, SF 7-2 (Curry)	25	18	7	0	-	-
1988-89	19	13	5	1	101	57	27	4th	L, DQF 3-2 (Fitchburg St)	28	24	4	0	-	-
1989-90	19	6	13	0	85	98	12	11th	Did not qualify	22	7	16	0	-	-
1990-91	20	11	7	2	-	-	24	5th	L, DQF 6-3 (Southeastern Mass)	24	12	10	2	-	-
1991-92	18	2	13	3	-	-	7	13th	Did not qualify	22	3	16	3	-	-
ECAC Central										Overall Record
1993-94	14	7	6	1	-	-	15	T-3rd	Did not qualify	23	9	13	1	-	-
1992-93	14	5	9	0	-	-	10	6th	Did not qualify	23	8	14	1	-	-
1994-95	14	6	3	5	-	-	17	3rd	L, QF 6-4 (Skidmore)	24	13	6	5	-	-
1995-96	14	9	5	0	-	-	18	3rd	L, QF 7-4 (Skidmore)	23	13	8	2	-	-
1996-97	14	4	10	0	39	71	8	T-6th	Did not qualify	23	8	13	2	-	-
1997-98	14	5	9	0	-	-	10	6th	Did not qualify	23	9	13	1	-	-
ECAC Northeast										Overall Record
1998-99	17	12	4	1	101	53	25	T-4th	L, QF 3-2 (St. Michael's)	24	13	10	1	126	84
1999-00	13	9	3	1	56	34	19	3rd	W, QF 7-4 (Johnson & Wales) L, SF 4-3 OT (Fitchburg St.)	24	13	10	1	99	89
2000-01	17	15	1	1	98	46	34	1st	L, QF 6-5 OT (Salve Regina)	24	17	6	1	131	81
New England Small College Athletic Conference										Overall Record
2001-02	19	4	15	0	54	128	8	10th	Did not qualify	23	6	17	0	76	144
2002-03	19	7	10	2	78	85	16	8th	L, QF 7-1 (Middlebury)	22	7	11	4	87	100
2003-04	18	4	13	1	50	106	9	9th	Did not qualify	24	8	15	1	88	131
2004-05	19	8	10	1	62	78	17	8th	L, QF 9-2 (Trinity)	25	12	12	1	93	101
2005-06	19	6	11	2	61	79	14	9th	Did not qualify	24	9	12	3	84	92
2006-07	19	3	16	0	53	99	6	10th	Did not qualify	24	6	18	0	71	119
2007-08	19	4	14	1	49	89	9	T-9th	Did not qualify	24	6	17	1	64	115
2008-09	19	7	10	2	46	70	16	T-7th	L, QF 4-1 (Amherst)	25	11	12	2	71	83
2009-10	19	8	8	3	55	59	19	7th	L, QF 6-2 (Middlebury)	25	12	10	3	81	73
2010-11	19	5	14	0	52	93	10	10th	Did not qualify	23	6	16	1	66	106
2011-12	18	9	8	1	46	65	19	4th	L, QF 4-3 OT (Williams)	25	12	11	2	69	83
2012-13	18	2	14	2	46	86	6	10th	Did not qualify	24	7	15	2	67	100
2013-14	18	2	15	1	41	70	5	10th	Did not qualify	24	4	19	1	60	92
2014-15	18	5	11	2	37	63	12	8th	W, QF 2-1 OT (Trinity) L, SF 3-2 (Amherst)	26	9	15	2	63	91
2015-16	18	5	8	5	43	42	15	8th	W, QF 2-1 (Williams) L, SF 5-3 (Trinity)	26	10	10	6	71	60
2016-17	18	9	8	1	43	44	19	6th	L, QF 3-1 (Trinity)	25	11	11	3	59	60
2017-18	18	4	11	3	33	50	11	8th	L, QF 2-0 (Trinity)	25	5	16	4	49	78
2018-19	18	3	12	3	34	50	9	8th	L, QF 3-0 (Trinity)	25	6	16	3	47	70
2019-20	18	6	11	1	42	58	13	9th	Did not qualify	24	8	15	1	55	73
2020-21	Season cancelled October 8th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	18	5	8	5	37	53	20	8th of 10	W, FR 4-1 (Middlebury) L, QF 5-1 (Colby)	24	6	16	2	47	65
2022-23	18	7	9	2	44	56	22.5	6th of 10	L, QF 3-2 OT (Amherst)	24	10	13	1	65	69
2023-24	18	9	3	6	54	45	34	3rd of 10	W, QF 5-3 (Conn. College) W, SF 1-0 (Hamilton) L, F 4-0 (Trinity)	25	13	9	3	76	62
2024-25	18	8	10	0	54	45	26	5th of 10	W, QF 2-1 OT (Bowdoin) W, SF 6-2 (Colby) L, F 3-0 (Hamilton)	26	12	13	1	72	69
2025-26	18	9	9	0	55	45	30	3rd of 10	L, QF 5-3 (Williams)	25	12	12	1	76	66

See Also

• Tufts Jumbos men’s ice hockey website
• NESCAC men’s hockey website