The Wesleyan Cardinals are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Wesleyan University, located in Middletown, Connecticut from the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The team is based out of the Spurrier-Snyder Rink, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1971-72 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Wesleyan University
• Location: Middletown, Connecticut
• School Founded: 1831
• Enrollment: 2,852
• Colors: Black, Cardinal, & White
• Home Arena: Spurrier-Snyder Rink
• Arena Capacity: 1,500
• Conference: New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
• Head Coach: Chris Potter
• Conference Titles: 2 (2019 co-champ, 2023 co-champ)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 1 (2020)

Conferences

• ECAC Division II (1971-1973)
• ECAC Division III (1973-1985)
• ECAC South (1985-1995)
• ECAC East (1995-1999)
• New England Small College Athletic Conference (1999-present)

Arenas

• Spurrier-Snyder Rink (1971-present)
  • know as Wesleyan Arena until 11/30/2004

Head Coaches

• Dave Snyder (1971-2003) 273-434-31 (.391)
• Chris Potter (2003-present) 200-280-61 (.426)

Year by Year Results

*1971-72 goal totals are missing the final score of the season, but all other games are correct

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1971-72	16	9	7	0	53	52	0.563	2nd	Did not qualify	21	9	11	1	107*	113*
1972-73	18	7	11	0	104	99	0.389	5th	Did not qualify	21	10	11	0	126	109
ECAC Division III										Overall Record
1973-74	7	5	2	0	58	21	0.714	3rd	L, F 11-5 (Worcester St.)	23	10	12	1	116	106
1974-75	9	5	4	0	55	34	0.556	8th	L, SF 4-1 (Bryant)	23	7	16	0	104	128
1975-76	10	6	4	0	61	40	0.6	7th	Did not qualify	22	7	15	0	81	124
1976-77	9	3	6	0	38	50	0.333	T-14th	Did not qualify	23	5	17	1	82	138
1977-78	12	4	8	0	53	68	0.333	T-18th	Did not qualify	22	4	18	0	75	147
1978-79	13	9	4	0	98	63	0.692	T-5th	L, SF 5-0 (Framingham St.)	24	11	13	0	123	119
1979-80	13	9	4	0	53	54	0.692	7th	L, SF 4-1 (Bentley)	24	12	12	0	84	135
1980-81	15	12	3	0	92	47	0.8	4th	L, SF 5-3 (SE Massachusetts)	22	13	8	1	108	78
1981-82	15	7	7	1	46	54	0.5	T-9th	Did not qualify	20	9	10	1	56	77
1982-83	16	12	3	1	107	48	0.781	4th	L, SF 7-4 (SE Massachusetts)	23	12	9	2	143	99
1983-84	19	12	7	0	98	79	0.632	10th	L, QF 8-1 (Amherst)	24	12	12	0	114	110
1984-85	17	11	6	0	100	66	0.647	11th	Did not qualify	22	12	10	0	114	93
ECAC South										Overall Record
1985-86	17	8	9	0	78	77	0.471	7th South	Did not qualify	23	7	15	1	98	111
1986-87	18	12	5	1	90	69	0.694	4th South	W, DQF 8-5 (Iona) L, DSF 11-1 (Trinity)	24	14	8	2	111	98
1987-88	19	7	11	1	90	92	0.395	9th South	Did not qualify	22	8	13	1	99	104
1988-89	19	12	7	0	101	83	0.632	T-6th South	L, DQF 11-1 (Trinity)	24	13	11	0	119	107
1989-90	22	8	12	2	84	105	0.409	8th South	Did not qualify	24	8	14	2	86	115
1990-91	22	8	12	2	96	102	0.409	9th South	Did not qualify	24	7	15	2	98	118
1991-92	20	10	9	1	109	92	0.525	4th South	L, DQF 7-5 (Iona)	25	10	13	2	126	128
1992-93	11	5	6	0	-	-	0.455	5th South	Did not qualify	23	5	18	0	70	146
1993-94	13	6	7	0	79	56	0.462	5th South	Did not qualify	24	8	16	0	108	129
1994-95	14	8	5	1	71	44	17	3rd South	Did not qualify	24	8	15	1	93	128
ECAC East										Overall Record
1995-96	19	1	17	1	43	140	3	20th	Did not qualify	24	4	19	1	64	163
1996-97	19	2	17	0	49	123	4	20th	Did not qualify	24	3	21	0	62	151
1997-98	19	4	13	2	50	92	10	T-16th	Did not qualify	23	6	15	2	69	111
1998-99	17	5	12	0	56	70	10	T-16th	Did not qualify	24	10	14	0	87	95
New England Small College Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1999-00	17	5	9	3	41	68	13	7th	L, QF 4-2 (Colby)	25	9	11	5	83	102
2000-01	17	4	12	1	66	88	9	T-8th	Did not qualify	24	8	14	2	96	114
2001-02	19	5	14	0	45	86	10	9th	Did not qualify	24	5	17	2	58	109
2002-03	19	7	11	1	49	75	15	9th	Did not qualify	23	7	13	3	56	93
2003-04	18	7	8	3	48	61	17	7th	Did not qualify	23	9	10	4	65	72
2004-05	19	4	13	2	50	84	10	10th	Did not qualify	24	4	18	2	57	104
2005-06	19	6	9	4	44	41	16	8th	L, QF 7-0 (Middlebury)	24	7	13	4	55	61
2006-07	19	9	6	4	56	48	22	4th	L, QF 2-0 (Amherst)	24	11	8	5	72	64
2007-08	19	6	10	3	45	68	15	8th	L, QF 4-1 (Colby)	24	8	13	3	55	86
2008-09	19	4	13	2	40	68	10	T-9th	Did not qualify	23	4	17	2	43	81
2009-10	19	4	15	0	54	84	8	10th	Did not qualify	23	7	16	0	67	97
2010-11	19	8	10	1	67	60	17	8th	W, QF 5-2 (Hamilton) L, SF 3-2 OT (Williams)	27	12	12	3	82	73
2011-12	18	4	12	2	39	59	10	T-8th	L, QF 2-1 (Middlebury)	25	8	14	3	63	86
2012-13	18	6	8	4	56	49	16	6th	L, QF 5-4 OT (Trinity)	25	10	11	4	88	69
2013-14	18	6	11	1	53	63	13	8th	L, QF 9-1 (Trinity)	25	11	12	2	81	86
2014-15	18	2	16	0	27	68	4	10th	Did not qualify	24	3	21	0	47	95
2015-16	18	2	9	7	39	57	11	9th	Did not qualify	24	2	14	8	52	86
2016-17	18	7	7	4	46	49	18	7th of 10	W, QF 5-4 (Colby) L, SF 5-4 (Hamilton)	26	13	9	4	80	65
2017-18	18	8	6	4	50	41	20	5th of 10	W, QF 2-1 (Hamilton) L, SF 5-1 (Colby)	26	13	8	5	77	63
2018-19	18	13	3	2	56	28	28	T-1st of 10	W, QF 4-1 (Middlebury) L, SF 1-0 2OT (Amherst)	26	16	8	2	83	48
2019-20	18	8	9	1	44	45	17	T-5th of 10	W, QF 3-2 (Conn. College) W, SF 3-2 OT (Williams) W, F 7-2 (Trinity)	26	15	10	1	77	60
2020-21	Season cancelled October 8th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	18	8	5	5	47	47	29.5	4th of 10	L, QF 3-2 (Hamilton)	22	11	10	1	47	56
2022-23	18	11	1	6	53	38	39.5	T-1st of 10	L, QF 4-3 (Williams)	25	15	7	3	86	54
2023-24	18	3	13	2	29	58	10.5	10th of 10	Did not qualify	24	5	18	1	37	71
2024-25	18	5	12	1	45	64	16	10th of 10	Did not qualify	24	6	15	3	55	79
2025-26	18	8	10	0	41	54	25	5th of 10	L, QF 3-2 2OT (Middlebury)	25	9	16	0	53	76

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
2020	(Babson Beavers)*	*Tournament cancelled prior to first round by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic
1 appearance*

See Also

• Wesleyan Cardinals men’s ice hockey website
• NESCAC men’s hockey website