The Wentworth Leopards are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Wentworth Institute of Technology, located in Boston, Massachusetts from the Conference of New England. The team is based out of the Allied Veterans Rink, which is located 10 miles from campus, in Everett, Massachusetts. The men’s program was established for the 1992-93 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Wentworth Institute of Technology
• Location: Boston, Massachusetts
• School Founded: 1904
• Enrollment: 3,920
• Colors: Black, Yellow, White & Red
• Home Arena: Allied Veterans Rink
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Conference of New England (CNE)
• Head Coach:Yet to be hired as of 8/2/2026
• Conference Titles: 4 (2003, 2010, 2012, 2013)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 6 (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2013)

Conferences

• ECAC South (1992-1998)
• ECAC Northeast (1998-2016)
• Conference of New England (2016-present)
  • formerly named the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) until 2024

Arenas

• Matthews Arena (1992-2014)
  • sparingly used
• Tsongas Center (1992-2014)
  • sparingly used
• Walter Brown Arena (1992-2016)
• Allied Veterans Rink (1992-present)

Head Coaches

• Mike Lebel (1992-1993) 3-20-0 (.130)
  • replaced midway through 1993-94 season
• Walter Newell (1993-1995) 2-39-0 (.049)
• Bill Bowes (1995-2003) 127-95-9 (.569)
  • replaced midway through 2003-04 season
• Jonathan Deptula (2003-2006) 36-24-4 (.594)
• R.J. Tolan (2006-2014) 128-74-16 (.624)
• Jay Pecora (2014-2026) 86-173-28 (.348)
• Yet to be hired (2026-present) 0-0-0 (.000)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
ECAC South										Overall Record
1992-93	5	0	5	0	-	-	0	7th	Did not qualify	19	2	17	0	78	195
1993-94	13	1	12	0	20	106	2	8th	Did not qualify	23	3	20	0	59	184
1994-95	14	0	14	0	22	133	0	8th	Did not qualify	22	0	22	0	38	199
1995-96	12	0	12	0	28	88	0	7th	Did not qualify	19	0	19	0	43	126
1996-97	14	4	10	0	38	62	8	6th	Did not qualify	24	6	18	0	57	110
1997-98	8	7	1	0	26	11	14	1st of 5	W, QF 4-2 (New Hampshire Coll.) L, SF 7-1 (St. Michael's)	27	17	10	0	102	86
ECAC Northeast										Overall Record
1998-99	17	13	3	1	125	71	27	3rd of 18	L, QF 3-2 (New Hampshire Coll.)	26	16	9	1	125	71
1999-00	13	11	1	1	88	30	23	3rd of 18	W, QF 8-2 (Salve Regina) W, SF 9-1 (UMass-Dartmouth) W, F 5-1 (Fitchburg St.)	30	17	12	1	148	111
2000-01	17	14	2	1	94	27	29	3rd of 18	W, QF 7-2 (Fitchburg St.) W, SF 7-0 (Salve Regina) L, F 4-3 (Lebanon Valley)	28	18	8	2	133	65
2001-02	15	13	2	0	77	31	26	3rd of 16	W, QF 2-1 (Fitchburg St.) W, SF 5-4 OT (Johnson & Wales) W, F 5-4 (Lebanon Valley)	30	23	7	0	128	84
2002-03	16	13	1	2	101	26	28	T-1st of 17	W, QF 1-0 (Worcester St.) W, SF 6-1 (Fitchburg St.) W, F 5-1 (Lebanon Valley)	29	21	5	3	153	58
2003-04	16	12	2	2	73	35	26	3rd of 17	W, QF 8-2 (Fitchburg St.) W, SF 6-4 (Lebanon Valley) W, F 5-4 (Curry)	29	16	9	4	112	84
2004-05	15	11	2	2	73	39	24	3rd of 16	W, QF 6-2 (Johnson & Wales) L, SF 3-2 (UMass-Dartmouth)	27	15	10	2	110	89
2005-06	15	10	5	0	76	54	20	5th of 16	L, QF 6-5 OT (Nichols)	26	14	12	0	108	112
2006-07	15	11	2	2	71	35	24	3rd of 16	W, QF 5-1 (Johnson & Wales) W, SF 4-3 (Curry) L, F 4-3 (UMass-Dartmouth)	28	16	9	3	116	94
2007-08	16	10	5	1	74	45	21	4th of 17	L, QF 3-2 OT (Suffolk)	26	11	14	1	87	98
2008-09	17	13	3	1	94	44	27	4th of 18	W, QF 5-1 (Becker) W, SF 4-3 (Curry) L, F 4-3 (Nichols)	27	18	8	1	134	74
2009-10	14	11	3	0	64	36	22	1st of 8	W, QF 10-7 (Salve Regina) L, SF 5-3 (Johnson & Wales)	26	20	5	1	125	75
2010-11	14	10	3	1	65	33	21	2nd of 8	W, SF 4-3 OT (Johnson & Wales) L, F 2-1 OT (Curry)	27	14	9	4	106	75
2011-12	14	11	2	1	65	34	23	1st of 8	W, SF 5-3 (W. New England) W, F 1-0 OT (Curry)	29	21	7	1	107	72
2012-13	14	10	2	2	56	30	22	1st of 8	W, SF 4-1 (Johnson & Wales) W, F 3-1 (Salve Regina)	28	16	9	3	86	64
2013-14	14	9	5	0	39	37	18	2rd of 8	W, SF 4-0 (Johnson & Wales) L, F 3-2 OT (Nichols)	27	12	13	2	70	77
2014-15	14	6	6	2	37	41	14	5th of 8	L, QF 8-4 (Curry)	26	11	12	3	67	87
2015-16	16	8	7	1	42	46	17	5th of 9	W, QF 4-3 (Suffolk) L, SF 4-0 (Endicott)	27	10	15	2	66	94
Conference of New England (née CCC until 2024)										Overall Record
2016-17	18	3	13	2	30	58	8	10th of 10	Did not qualify	25	5	17	3	52	80
2017-18	18	7	8	3	51	54	17	6th of 10	L, QF 6-3 (UNE)	26	9	14	3	68	90
2018-19	17	6	10	1	57	75	13	6th of 8	L, QF 5-1 (UNE)	26	8	14	4	81	111
2019-20	18	3	12	3	58	77	12	6th of 8	W, QF 2-1 (Curry) W, SF 2-1 (UNE) L, F 2-0 (Endicott)	28	9	16	3	91	109
2020-21	Season cancelled January 21st due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	21	4	15	2	44	78	16	7th of 8	L, QF 6-1 (Endicott)	26	5	18	3	55	98
2022-23	21	4	16	1	39	84	16	6th of 8	L, QF 5-2 (Salve Regina)	26	6	19	1	53	101
2023-24	18	6	11	1	38	61	19	5th of 8	L, QF 4-2 (Salve Regina)	26	10	15	1	65	90
2024-25	18	5	12	1	37	59	17	6th of 8	L, QF 3-2 (Endicott)	26	7	16	3	59	85
2025-26	20	5	14	1	41	70	17	7th of 9	Did not qualify	25	6	17	2	54	91

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
2000	N/A	L, 6-0, 10-3 (St. Thomas Tommies)	--	--	--
2002	Bye	L, 6-0, 9-0 (Middlebury Panthers)	--	--	N/A
2003	Bye	L, 4-3 (Oswego Lakers)	--	--	N/A
2004	Bye	L, 9-1 (Middlebury Panthers)	--	--	N/A
2012	W, 3-1 (Plymouth State Panthers)	L, 3-0 (Norwich Cadets)	--	--	N/A
2013	L, 6-1 (Babson Beavers)	--	--	--	N/A
6 appearances

See Also

• Wentworth Leopards men’s ice hockey website
• CNE men’s hockey website