The Worcester State Lancers are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Worcester State University, located in Worcester, Massachusetts from the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center, located just minutes from campus.  The men’s program was established at the varsity level for the 1966-67 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Worcester State University
• Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
• School Founded: 1874
• Enrollment: 5,772
• Colors: Royal Blue, Gold, & White
• Home Arena: Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center
• Arena Capacity: 250
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC)
• Head Coach: Bob Deraney
• Conference Titles: 3 (1972, 1974, 1977)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 4 (1972, 1973, 1974, 1977)

Conferences

• Worcester Collegiate Hockey League (1966-1972)
• ECAC Division II (1967-1971)
• ECAC Division III (1971-1985)
• ECAC North (1985-1998)
• ECAC Northeast (1998-2009)
• Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (2009-present)

Arenas

• Worcester Arena (1966-1985)
• Hart Center (1975-2017)
• Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center (2017-present)

Head Coaches

• John Coughlin Sr. (1966-1981) 140-149-5 (.485)
• Bill Collins (1981-1983) 18-25-0 (.419)
• Dave Quinn (1983-1990) 27-104-0 (.206)
• Marvin Degon (1990-1992) 13-24-4 (.366)
• John Guiney (1992-2014) 161-340-34 (.333)
• Shayne Toporowski (2014-2021) 58-86-12 (.410)
• Bob Deraney (2021-2023) 25-25-3 (.500)
• Jay Punsky (2023-2025) 19-31-2 (.385)
• Bob Deraney (2025-present) 10-12-4 (.462)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Worcester Collegiate Hockey League										Overall Record
1966-67								3rd	L, SF 8-5 (Nichols) ? 3P (Assumption)	12	2	9	1
ECAC Division II/(Worcester Collegiate Hockey League)										Overall Record
1967-68	6 (?)	1 (?)	5 (?)	0 (?)	13 (?)	26 (?)	0.167 (?)	19th (4th)	Did not qualify/L, SF 8-5 (Holy Cross) W, 3P 6-5 OT (Nichols)	11	3	8	0
1968-69	5 (?)	3 (?)	2 (?)	0 (?)	22 (?)	20 (?)	6 (?)	9th (2nd)	Did not qualify/W, SF ? (Assumpion) L, F 7-2 (Holy Cross)	11	8	3	0
1969-70	9 (?)	6 (?)	2 (?)	1 (?)	45 (?)	35 (?)	13 (?)	5th (2nd)	Did not qualify/W, SF ? (WPI) L, F 7-2 (Nichols)	16	10	5	1
1970-71	12 (?)	6 (?)	5 (?)	1 (?)	69 (?)	62 (?)	13 (?)	11th (3rd)	Did not qualify/Did not qualify	18	11	6	1
ECAC Division III/(Worcester Collegiate Hockey League)										Overall Record
1971-72	16 (?)	13 (?)	3 (?)	0 (?)	148 (?)	72 (?)	26 (?)	1st (1st)	W, F 8-5 (Nichols)	24	21	3	0
ECAC Division III										Overall Record
1972-73	21	12	9	0	133	115	24	2nd	W, F 10-3 (North Adams St.)	23	13	10	0
1973-74	9	8	0	1	74	37	16	1st	W, F 11-5 (Wesleyan)	22	14	7	1
1974-75	11	8	3	0	96	41	16	3rd	L, SF 5-3 (North Adams St.)	22	14	7	1
1975-76	9	8	1	0	61	33	16	2nd	W, SF 11-0 (RIT) L, F 3-2 OT (Amherst)	23	11	11	1
1976-77	12	11	1	0	110	65	24	1st	W, SF 7-5 (Trinity) W, F 7-6 OT (Framingham St.)	25	15	10	0
1977-78	13	6	7	0				12th	Did not qualify	22	7	15	0
1978-79	12	2	10	0	63	95	4	21st	Did not qualify	21	2	19	0
1979-80	13	1	12	0	33	132	2	22nd	Did not qualify	23	1	22	0
1980-81	17	8	9	0			16	14th	Did not qualify	22	9	13	0
1981-82	14	5	9	0			10	18th	Did not qualify	21	8	13	0
1982-83	16	9	7	0			18	11th	Did not qualify	22	10	12	0
1983-84	13	2	11	0			4	24th	Did not qualify	18	2	16	0
1984-85	17	4	13	0	79	143	8	22nd	Did not qualify	21	4	17	0
ECAC North										Overall Record
1985-86	20	8	12	0	121	156	16	12th	Did not qualify	25	9	16	0
1986-87	16	5	11	0	73	126	10	12th	Did not qualify	25	8	17	0
1987-88	20	6	14	0	96	132	12	13th	Did not qualify	23	7	16	0
1988-89	19	2	17	0					Did not qualify	22	2	20	0
1989-90	18	2	16	0	49	127	4	14th	Did not qualify	20	2	18	0
1990-91	16	3	12	1			7	13th	Did not qualify	21	3	15	3
1991-92	19	10	7	2			22	7th	Did not qualify	21	10	8	3
1992-93	16	5	10	1			11	7th	Did not qualify	24	7	16	1
1993-94	16	6	7	3				5th	Did not qualify	24	8	13	3
1994-95	15	6	8	1			13	6th	Did not qualify	22	8	13	1
1995-96	14	3	11	0			6	7th	Did not qualify	24	7	16	1
1996-97	12	7	4	1	50	39	15	3rd	L, QF 6-5 OT (Fitchburg St.)	25	13	11	1
1997-98	16	11	5	0			22	3rd	L, QF 5-2 (St. Michael's)	25	13	2	0
ECAC Northeast										Overall Record
1998-99	16	4	12	0	56	84	8	15th	Did not qualify	24	6	18	0	75	129
1999-00	13	4	8	1	40	63	9	10th	Did not qualify	24	11	12	1	84	101
2000-01	17	9	7	1	64	61	19	T-6th	L, QF 8-3 (Johnson & Wales)	25	12	12	1	93	94
2001-02	15	4	9	2	43	46	10	9th	Did not qualify	23	5	15	3	61	87
2002-03	16	7	7	2	58	68	16	8th	L, QF 1-0 (Wentworth)	25	8	14	3	84	121
2003-04	16	3	13	0	34	70	6	12th	Did not qualify	23	4	19	0	48	100
2004-05	15	2	12	1	47	92	5	12th	Did not qualify	23	3	19	1	69	144
2005-06	15	2	13	0	36	111	4	T-10th	Did not qualify	24	2	20	2	50	171
2006-07	15	4	11	0	44	76	8	10th	Did not qualify	23	6	16	1	69	110
2007-08	16	2	14	0	40	104	4	12th	Did not qualify	24	2	22	0	58	169
2008-09	17	4	10	3	61	81	11	11th	Did not qualify	24	6	15	3	81	112
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference										Overall Record
2009-10	18	3	13	2	49	92	8	6th	L, QF 7-3 (Plymouth St.)	25	5	18	2	71	127
2010-11	18	7	10	1	45	62	15	5th	L, QF 3-0 (Fitchburg St.)	26	11	12	3	74	85
2011-12	18	5	11	2	42	55	12	T-5th	W, QF 4-1 (Fitchburg St.) L, SF 7-1 (Plymouth St.)	27	9	15	3	68	82
2012-13	18	3	12	3	44	65	9	6th	L, QF 5-0 (Salem St.)	26	6	17	3	59	93
2013-14	18	5	12	1	41	73	11	6th	L, QF 1-0 (Westfield St.)	25	9	15	1	56	89
2014-15	18	7	10	1	51	58	15	T-5th	L, QF 6-4 (Westfield St.)	26	9	15	2	67	83
2015-16	18	3	14	1	36	73	7	7th	Did not qualify	25	6	18	1	53	96
2016-17	18	6	10	2	48	53	14	5th	L, QF 5-2 (Fitchburg St.)	26	9	14	3	70	76
2017-18	18	8	8	2	62	51	18	3rd	L, QF 3-2 (Salem St.)	26	13	11	2	86	69
2018-19	18	9	7	2	57	55	20	4th	W, QF 5-3 (Fitchburg St.) L, SF 6-1 (Plymouth St.)	27	15	10	2	85	80
2019-20	18	4	13	1	42	63	9	6th	L, QF 6-0 (UMass-Dartmouth)	24	5	17	2	57	90
2020-21	Season cancelled November 13th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	18	8	8	2	50	41	18	3rd	L, QF 4-3 (Salem St.)	26	11	13	2	77	84
2022-23	18	12	5	1	69	50	37.5	2nd	W, SF 5-4 OT (Salem St.) L, F 5-2 (Plymouth St.)	25	13	11	1	86	94
2023-24	21	7	14	0	60	85	22	6th	L, QF 4-2 (UMass-Dartmouth)	26	8	18	0	73	104
2024-25	18	8	8	2	51	64	27	5th of 10	L, QF 4-1 (Fitchburg St.)	26	11	13	2	71	94
2025-26	14	3	8	3	33	46	14	6th of 8	L, QF 5-0 (Westfield St.)	26	10	12	4	76	78

See Also

• Worcester State Lancers men’s ice hockey website
• MASCAC men’s hockey website