The Williams Ephs are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Williams College, located in Williamstown, Massachusetts from the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Lansing Chapman Rink, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1902-03.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Williams College
• Location: Williamstown, Massachusetts
• School Founded: 1793
• Enrollment: 2,171
• Colors: Purple, Gold, & White
• Home Arena: Lansing Chapman Rink
• Arena Capacity: 2,500
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
• Head Coach: Bill Kangas
• Conference Titles: 3 (1994 co-champ, 2016, 2020)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 1 (2026)

 

Conferences

• Independent Program (1902-1904; 1905-1944; 1945-1947)
• NCAA Independent (1947-1950; 1953-1961)
• Tri-State League (1950-1952)
• ECAC (1961-1964)
• ECAC Division II (1964-1985)
• ECAC East (1985-1999)
• New England Small College Athletic Conference (1999-present)

Arenas

• Campus Pond (1902-1953)
• Weston Field Athletic Complex (1910-1919)
  • used alongside Campus Pond
• Lansing Chapman Rink (1953-present)

Head Coaches

• No Coach (1902-1904; 1905-1922; 1942-1944) 51-55-15 (.484)
• Russell Barkell (1922-1923) 6-3-1 (.650)
• Ralph Cordingly (1923-1924) 5-7-2 (.429)
• Phillip Bowers (1924-1926) 17-8-0 (.680)
• Leo Bellerose (1926-1929) 18-9-0 (.667)
• Alex Sayles (1929-1931) 10-10-2 (.500)
• A.B. Snively (1931-1942; 1945-1949) 70-60-7 (.536)
• Frank Bell (1949-1953) 8-34-0 (.190)
• William McCormick (1953-1989) 329-351-18 (.484)
• Bill Kangas (1989-present) 461-337-75 (.571)

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
1902-03	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	-	-	3	2	1	0	9	11
1903-04	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	4	2	2	0	11	13
Program did not play in 1904-05
1905-06	6	2	4	0	16	20	0	-	-	6	2	4	0	16	20
1906-07	5	1	4	0	12	17	0	-	-	5	1	4	0	12	17
1907-08	4	4	0	0	48	6	1	-	-	4	4	0	0	48	6
1908-09	9	4	4	1	33	26	0.5	-	-	9	4	4	1	33	26
1909-10	7	6	1	0	39	12	0.8	-	-	7	6	1	0	39	12
1910-11	8	1	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	6	1	-	-
1911-12	7	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	4	1	-	-
1912-13	6	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	3	1	-	-
1913-14	7	5	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	2	0	-	-
1914-15	8	5	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	3	0	-	-
1915-16	6	4	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	2	0	-	-
1916-17	7	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	4	1	-	-
1917-18	12	2	1	9	-	-	-	-	-	12	2	1	9	-	-
1918-19	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	1	0	-	-
1919-20	5	3	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	2	0	-	-
1920-21	6	4	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	2	0	-	-
1921-22	8	3	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	4	1	-	-
1922-23	10	6	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	3	1	-	-
1923-24	14	5	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	14	5	7	2	-	-
1924-25	8	4	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	4	0	-	-
1925-26	17	13	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	17	13	4	0	-	-
1926-27	9	6	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	3	0	-	-
1927-28	8	6	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	2	0	-	-
1928-29	10	6	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	4	0	-	-
1929-30	9	4	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	4	1	-	-
1930-31	13	6	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	13	6	6	1	-	-
1931-32	8	5	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	3	0	-	-
1932-33	6	0	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	6	0	4	2	-	-
1933-34	8	5	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	3	0	-	-
1934-35	10	6	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	3	1	-	-
1935-36	9	6	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	3	0	-	-
1936-37	9	5	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	3	1	-	-
1937-38	14	10	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	14	10	3	1	-	-
1938-39	10	5	5	0	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	5	0	-	-
1939-40	11	6	5	0	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	5	0	-	-
1940-41	8	6	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	2	0	-	-
1941-42	7	4	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	3	0	-	-
1942-43	4	1	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	3	0	-	-
1943-44	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	3	0	3	0	-	-
Program did not play in 1944-45
1945-46	5	1	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	4	0	-	-
1946-47	9	2	7	0	-	-	-	-	-	9	2	7	0	-	-
NCAA Independent										Overall Record
1947-48	9	4	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	3	2	-	-
1948-49	14	5	9	0	-	-	-	-	-	14	5	9	0	-	-
1949-50	9	3	6	0	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	6	0	-	-
Tri-State League										Overall Record
1950-51	5	2	3	0	-	-	4	4th	No tournament	13	4	9	0	-	-
1951-52	5	0	5	0	-	-	0	5th	No tournament	10	0	10	0	-	-
Program did not play in 1952-53
NCAA Independent										Overall Record
1953-54	10	1	9	0	-	-	-	-	-	10	1	9	0	-	-
1954-55	12	5	7	0	-	-	-	-	-	12	5	7	0	-	-
1955-56	13	5	8	0	-	-	-	-	-	13	5	8	0	-	-
1956-57	17	10	7	0	-	-	-	-	-	17	10	7	0	-	-
1957-58	19	8	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	19	8	10	1	-	-
1958-59	17	7	10	0	-	-	-	-	-	17	7	10	0	-	-
1959-60	19	5	14	0	-	-	-	-	-	19	5	14	0	-	-
1960-61	20	16	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	20	16	4	0	-	-
ECAC Hockey										Overall Record
1961-62	20	16	3	1	159	64	0.825	4th	Did not qualify	20	16	3	1	159	64
1962-63	21	12	9	0	112	78	0.571	9th	Did not qualify	22	13	9	0	121	82
1963-64	17	8	9	0	71	100	0.471	17th	Did not qualify	18	9	9	0	71	100
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1964-65	12	7	5	0	-	-	0.583	5th	Did not qualify	18	8	10	0	80	69
1965-66	14	10	4	0	-	-	0.714	3rd	Did not qualify	20	12	8	0	-	-
1966-67	15	6	9	0	64	61	0.4	11th	Did not qualify	19	8	11	0	82	80
1967-68	14	5	8	1	49	50	0.393	15th	Did not qualify	16	5	10	1	-	-
1968-69	15	5	9	1	67	85	0.367	17th	Did not qualify	19	5	13	1	73	124
1969-70	16	6	9	1	82	86	0.406	19th	Did not qualify	19	7	11	1	-	-
1970-71	21	7	14	0	83	95	0.333	22nd	Did not qualify	22	8	14	0	-	-
1971-72	19	10	8	1	87	89	0.553	7th	Did not qualify	20	10	9	1	83	93
1972-73	19	14	5	0	121	65	0.737	4th	L, QF 5-4 OT (Bowdoin)	23	16	7	0	-	-
1973-74	14	7	5	2	53	49	0.571	10th	L, QF 9-6 (Salem St.)	21	13	6	2	-	-
1974-75	17	8	9	0	74	82	0.471	16th	Did not qualify	21	12	9	0	-	-
1975-76	17	8	8	1	90	86	0.5	T-14th	Did not qualify	21	12	8	1	-	-
1976-77	17	4	13	0	58	96	0.235	15th West	Did not qualify	22	9	13	0	-	-
1977-78	17	7	10	0	76	85	0.412	11th West	Did not qualify	21	10	11	0	-	-
1978-79	18	8	10	0	-	-	0.444	T-10th West	L, QF 11-1 (Plattsburgh)	23	11	12	0	-	-
1979-80	21	9	12	0	91	105	0.429	T-10th West	Did not qualify	21	9	12	0	91	105
1980-81	16	10	3	3	-	-	0.719	4th West	L, QF 6-3 (Norwich)	23	16	4	3	-	-
1981-82	18	10	7	1	-	-	0.583	6th West	L, QF 5-3 (North Adams St.)	22	12	11	1	-	-
1982-83	20	6	14	0	57	78	0.3	12th West	Did not qualify	23	5	15	0	-	-
1983-84	17	8	8	1	-	-	0.5	T-6th East	Did not qualify	22	10	11	1	-	-
1984-85	17	6	11	0	72	85	0.353	11th East	Did not qualify	19	8	11	0	-	-
ECAC East										Overall Record
1985-86	17	3	13	2	-	-	0.222	15th	Did not qualify	23	3	17	3	-	-
1986-87	18	6	11	1	67	84	0.361	12th	Did not qualify	20	6	12	2	-	-
1987-88	16	5	11	0	77	82	0.313	11th	Did not qualify	22	8	14	0	-	-
1988-89	15	5	10	0	48	65	0.333	T-11th	Did not qualify	23	10	13	0	-	-
1989-90	14	3	10	1	39	64	0.25	12th	Did not qualify	22	8	12	2	-	-
1990-91	19	9	6	4	-	-	0.579	7th	W, QF 3-2 (UMass Boston) L, SF 2-0 (Middlebury)	25	15	7	3	-	-
1991-92	21	8	11	2	-	-	0.429	10th	Did not qualify	23	10	11	2	-	-
1992-93	22	16	6	0	-	-	0.727	4th	W, QF 6-2 (AIC) L, SF 5-4 (Salem St.)	25	18	7	0	-	-
1993-94	17	13	4	0	-	-	26	T-1st	Declined to participate	22	17	5	0	-	-
1994-95	17	11	3	3	76	52	25	T-2nd	L, QF 5-4 (Babson)	22	12	7	3	-	-
1995-96	19	10	8	1	-	-	21	T-8th	L, QF 4-3 (Amherst)	25	11	13	1	-	-
1996-97	19	14	4	1	80	44	29	T-3rd	L, QF 2-1 2OT (Bowdoin)	25	16	8	1	-	-
1997-98	19	16	2	1	75	36	33	2nd	Declined to participate	24	18	5	1	-	-
1998-99	17	12	4	1	60	39	25	4th	W, QF 8-3 (New England Coll.) W, SF 3-1 (Colby) L, F 7-3 (Norwich)	27	18	7	2	107	67
New England Small College Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1999-00	17	12	3	2	74	45	26	T-3rd	W, QF 2-1 (Amherst) W, SF 6-1 (Colby) L, F 3-2 OT (Middlebury)	27	17	7	3	107	74
2000-01	17	7	9	1	61	58	15	7th	L, QF 3-0 (Amherst)	25	9	15	1	81	90
2001-02	19	12	5	2	76	45	26	5th	L, QF 4-1 (Trinity)	25	14	9	2	91	68
2002-03	19	8	9	2	89	64	18	T-6th	L, QF 3-2 OT (Trinity)	25	8	15	2	104	96
2003-04	18	11	6	1	73	54	23	5th	L, QF 3-1 (Colby)	24	12	9	3	89	74
2004-05	19	11	7	1	75	54	23	7th	L, QF 7-0 (Colby)	25	11	12	2	87	84
2005-06	19	13	3	3	78	54	29	2nd	L, QF 9-5 (Hamilton)	24	14	7	3	92	82
2006-07	19	8	9	2	53	58	18	7th	L, QF 5-1 (Middlebury)	24	8	14	2	61	85
2007-08	19	7	8	4	59	66	18	T-6th	L, QF 6-0 (Middlebury)	25	9	12	4	71	94
2008-09	19	12	5	2	61	54	26	3rd	W, QF 3-2 OT (Bowdoin) L, SF 4-1 (Middlebury)	26	15	9	2	72	74
2009-10	19	13	5	1	59	42	27	3rd	L, QF 2-1 OT (Hamilton)	24	15	6	3	76	50
2010-11	19	11	6	2	70	46	24	2nd	W, QF 4-3 (Trinity) W, SF 3-2 OT (Wesleyan) L, F 5-2 (Bowdoin)	27	16	8	3	95	67
2011-12	18	8	8	2	57	52	18	5th	W, QF 4-3 OT (Tufts) L, SF 2-1 (Amherst)	26	12	9	5	82	67
2012-13	18	12	4	2	54	35	26	2nd	W, QF 2-1 (Colby) W, SF 4-2 (Trinity) L, F 2-1 (Bowdoin)	27	17	7	3	81	54
2013-14	18	10	5	3	44	33	23	3rd	W, QF 7-3 (Colby) L, SF 3-1 (Amherst)	26	15	8	3	72	52
2014-15	18	10	7	1	55	47	21	T-3rd	W, QF 4-3 OT (Bowdoin) W, SF 4-2 (Conn. College) L, F 1-0 (Amherst)	27	16	9	2	82	66
2015-16	18	14	2	2	49	27	30	1st	L, QF 2-1 (Tufts)	27	19	6	2	77	45
2016-17	18	10	5	3	57	49	23	4th	W, QF 2-1 (Amherst) L, SF 4-2 (Trinity)	26	14	9	3	78	67
2017-18	18	9	8	1	48	45	19	7th	W, QF 4-2 (Conn. College) L, SF 5-2 (Trinity)	26	14	11	1	75	70
2018-19	18	10	6	2	51	41	22	5th	L, QF 4-3 OT (Hamilton)	25	14	9	2	73	60
2019-20	18	13	5	0	59	35	26	1st	W, QF 3-2 (Conn. College) L, SF 3-2 OT (Wesleyan)	26	17	8	1	83	56
2020-21	Season cancelled October 8th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	18	9	7	2	41	36	30.5	3rd of 10	W, QF 3-1 (Amherst) L, SF 4-0 (Trinity)	23	11	11	1	45	50
2022-23	18	5	11	2	32	64	18	8th of 10	W, QF 4-3 (Wesleyan) W, SF 1-0 OT (Amherst) L, F 3-2 OT (Bowdoin)	27	9	16	2	62	70
2023-24	18	6	11	1	47	64	18.5	9th of 10	Did not qualify	24	5	18	1	37	71
2024-25	18	5	11	2	47	64	20	9th of 10	Did not qualify	24	8	13	3	53	76
2025-26	18	8	10	0	52	65	24	6th of 10	W, SF 3-1 (Tufts) W, SF 5-4 OT (Hamilton) W, F 4-2 (Middlebury)	28	12	14	2	84	100

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
2016	W, 7-1 (Salem State Vikings)	L, 2-1 (Geneseo Knights)	--	--
2026	L, 3-0 (Utica Pioneers)	--	--	--
2 appearances

See Also

• Williams Ephs men’s ice hockey website
• NESCAC men’s hockey website