List of UMass Minutemen ice hockey seasons

This is a season-by-season list of records compiled by the University of Massachusetts Amherst men's ice hockey team.

UMass has reached the Frozen Four twice in school history, both times advancing to the NCAA Championship game. In 2019 they were the runners up to the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs and then won the championship over the St. Cloud State Huskies in 2021.

Season-by-season results[1]

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

NCAA D-I Champions NCAA Frozen Four Conference regular season champions Conference Division Champions Conference Playoff Champions
Season Conference Regular season[a] Conference Tournament Results National Tournament Results
Conference Overall
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW Pts* Finish GP W L T %
No Coach (1908–1917)
1908–09 Independent 6 2 4 0 .333
1909–10 Independent 7 4 3 0 .571
1910–11 Independent 9 7 2 0 .778
1911–12 Independent 8 6 1 1 .813
1912–13 Independent 6 3 3 0 .500
1913–14 Independent 8 6 2 0 .750
1914–15 Independent 10 5 5 0 .500
1915–16 Independent 7 3 4 0 .429
1916–17 Independent 8 3 3 2 .500
Elton J. Mansell (1917–1922)
1917–18 Independent 8 5 2 1 .688
1918–19 Independent 3 1 0 2 .667
1919–20 Independent 5 3 2 0 .600
1920–21 Independent 7 3 4 0 .429
1921–22 Independent 11 6 5 0 .545
Herbert Collins (1922–1923)
1922–23 Independent 9 3 4 2 .444
Howard R. Gordon (1923–1924)
1923–24 Independent 9 3 6 0 .333
Lorin Ball (1924–1939)
1924–25 Independent 7 2 5 0 .286
1925–26 Independent 8 3 4 1 .438
1926–27 Independent 7 2 4 1 .357
1927–28 Independent 6 0 6 0 .000
1928–29 Independent 12 7 5 0 .583
1929–30 Independent 11 7 4 0 .636
1930–31 Independent 13 9 4 0 .692
1931–32 Independent 4 3 1 0 .750
1932–33 Independent 8 5 2 1 .688
1933–34 Independent 8 0 8 0 .000
1934–35 Independent 7 3 3 1 .500
1935–36 Independent 6 1 4 1 .250
1936–37 Independent 6 3 3 0 .500
1937–38 Independent 7 2 4 1 .357
1938–39 Independent 5 0 4 1 .556
Program suspended
Thomas Filmore (1947–1949)
1947–48 Independent 2 0 2 0 .000
1948–49 Independent 3 0 3 0 .000
Walter Fitzgerald (1949–1950)
1949–50 Independent 7 2 3 2 .429
Bill Needham (1950–1951)
1950–51 Independent 7 0 7 0 .000
Program suspended
Mel Massucco (1953–1954)
1953–54 Independent 10 0 9 1 .050
Steve Kosakowski (1954–1967)
1954–55 Independent 9 6 3 0 .667
1955–56 Independent 11 5 6 0 .455
1956–57 Independent 13 5 8 0 .385
1957–58 Independent 14 6 8 0 .429
1958–59 Independent 12 3 9 0 .250
1959–60 Independent 17 5 12 0 .294
1960–61 Independent 14 7 6 1 .536
1961–62 ECAC Hockey 18 8 10 0 .444 17th 18 8 10 0 .444
1962–63 ECAC Hockey 15 7 8 0 .467 15th 16 7 9 0 .438
1963–64 ECAC Hockey 16 6 8 2 .438 19th 17 6 9 2 .412
College Division
1964–65 ECAC 2 12 4 8 0 .333 15 4 11 0 .267
1965–66 ECAC 2 16 2 14 0 .125 19 3 16 0 .158
1966–67 ECAC 2 16 8 7 1 .531 20 8 11 1 .425
Jack Canniff (1967–1979)
1967–68 ECAC 2 16 5 11 0 .313 20 5 15 0 .250
1968–69 ECAC 2 18 9 9 0 .500 21 9 12 0 .429
1969–70 ECAC 2 15 10 5 0 .667 18 10 8 0 .556
1970–71 ECAC 2 16 12 3 1 .781 3rd 21 14 6 1 .690 Lost Semifinal, 1–2 (Vermont)
1971–72 ECAC 2 18 15 3 0 .833 T–2nd 26 19 7 0 .731 Won Quarterfinal, 5–3 (Saint Anselm)
Won Semifinal, 4–2 (Merrimack)
Won Championship, 8–1 (Buffalo)
1972–73 ECAC 2 18 12 4 2 .722 3rd 27 14 11 2 .556 Won Quarterfinal, 10–2 (Middlebury)
Lost Semifinal, 3–9 (Bowdoin)
Division II
1973–74 ECAC 2 15 9 6 0 .600 5th 23 10 12 1 .457 Won Quarterfinal, 7–4 (Boston State)
Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (Vermont)
1974–75 ECAC 2 19 9 9 1 .500 25 10 14 1 .420
1975–76 ECAC 2 20 12 8 0 .600 25 12 13 0 .480
1976–77 ECAC 2 20 8 11 1 .425 T–14th 22 8 13 1 .386
1977–78 ECAC 2 20 8 11 1 .425 19th 20 8 11 1 .425
1978–79 ECAC 2 20 1 18 1 .075 33rd 20 1 18 1 .075
Program suspended
Division I
Joe Mallen (1993–2000)
1993–94 Independent 29 20 9 0 .690
1994–95 Hockey East 24 3 21 0 0 15 9th 36 6 28 2 .194 Won Play-In, 5–4 (Boston College)
Lost Quarterfinal, 4–7 (Maine)
1995–96 Hockey East 24 4 16 6 4 36 8th 35 10 19 6 .371 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston University)
1996–97 Hockey East 24 7 17 0 14 8th 35 12 23 0 .343 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston University)
1997–98 Hockey East 24 3 19 2 8 T–8th 33 6 24 3 .227
1998–99 Hockey East 24 8 14 2 18 T–6th 35 12 21 2 .371 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Maine)
1999–00 Hockey East 24 5 15 4 14 8th 36 11 20 5 .375 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston University)
Don Cahoon (2000–2012)
2000–01 Hockey East 24 7 15 2 16 9th 34 8 22 4 .294
2001–02 Hockey East 24 3 19 2 8 9th 34 8 24 2 .265
2002–03 Hockey East 24 10 14 0 20 6th 37 19 17 1 .527 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Maine)
Lost Semifinal, 4–5 (New Hampshire)
2003–04 Hockey East 24 12 9 3 27 3rd 37 17 14 6 .541 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Massachusetts–Lowell)
Won Semifinal, 5–2 (New Hampshire)
Lost Championship, 1–2 (3OT) (Maine)
2004–05 Hockey East 24 6 16 2 14 8th 38 13 23 2 .368 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston College)
2005–06 Hockey East 27 10 15 2 22 8th 36 13 21 2 .389 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston University)
2006–07 Hockey East 27 15 9 3 33 4th 39 21 13 5 .603 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Maine)
Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (2OT) (New Hampshire)
Won Regional semifinal, 1–0 (OT) (Clarkson)
Lost Regional final, 1–3 (Maine)
2007–08 Hockey East 27 9 13 5 23 8th 36 14 16 6 .697 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (New Hampshire)
2008–09 Hockey East 27 10 14 3 23 7th 39 16 20 3 .449 Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Northeastern)
2009–10 Hockey East 27 13 14 0 26 T–6th 36 18 18 0 .500 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston College)
2010–11 Hockey East 27 5 16 6 16 8th 35 6 23 6 .257 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston College)
2011–12 Hockey East 27 9 14 4 22 T–8th 36 13 18 5 .431 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston College)
John Micheletto (2012–2016)
2012–13 Hockey East 27 9 16 2 20 9th 34 12 19 3 .397
2013–14 Hockey East 20 4 13 3 22 10th 34 8 22 4 .294 Lost Opening Round, 1–2 (Vermont)
2014–15 Hockey East 22 5 16 1 11 12th 36 11 23 2 .333 Lost Opening Round series, 1–2 (Notre Dame)
2015–16 Hockey East 22 2 16 4 8 12th 36 8 24 4 .278 Lost Opening Round series, 0–2 (Boston University)
Greg Carvel (2016–Present)
2016–17 Hockey East 22 2 19 1 5 12th 36 5 29 2 .167 Lost Opening Round series, 0–2 (Providence)
2017–18 Hockey East 24 9 13 2 20 8th 39 17 20 2 .462 Won Opening Round series, 2–1 (Vermont)
Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Northeastern)
2018–19 Hockey East 24 18 6 0 36 1st 41 31 10 0 .756 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (New Hampshire)
Lost Semifinal, 0–3 (Boston College)
Won Regional semifinal, 4–0 (Harvard)
Won Regional final, 4–0 (Notre Dame)
Won National semifinal, 4–3 (OT) (Denver)
Lost National Championship, 0–3 (Minnesota–Duluth)
2019–20 Hockey East 24 14 8 2 30 2nd 34 21 11 2 .647 Tournament cancelled Tournament cancelled
2020–21 Hockey East 22 13 5 4 1 1 1 44 3rd 29 20 5 4 .759 Won Quarterfinal, 4–1 (Northeastern)
Won Semifinal, 5–2 (Providence)
Won Championship, 1–0 (Massachusetts Lowell)
Won Regional semifinal, 5–1 (Lake Superior State)
Won Regional final, 4–0 (Bemidji State)
Won National semifinal, 3–2 (OT) (Minnesota Duluth)
Won National Championship, 5–0 (St. Cloud State)
2021–22 Hockey East 24 14 8 2 2 3 1 41 T–2nd 37 22 13 2 .622 Won Quarterfinal, 4–2 (Providence)
Won Semifinal, 3–1 (Massachusetts Lowell)
Won Championship, 2–1 (OT) (Connecticut)
Lost Regional semifinal, 3–4 (OT) (Minnesota)
2022–23 Hockey East 24 7 14 3 1 3 2 28 9th 35 13 17 5 .443 Lost Opening Round, 2–5 (Boston College)
2023–24 Hockey East 24 12 10 2 4 2 0 36 T–5th 37 20 14 3 .581 Won Quarterfinal, 3–1 (Providence)
Lost Semifinal, 1–8 (Boston College)
Lost Regional semifinal, 1–2 (2OT) (Denver)
Totals GP W L T % Championships
Regular season 1753 702 928 123 .436 1 Hockey East Championship
Conference Post-season 67 26 41 0 .388 1 ECAC 2 tournament championship, 2 Hockey East tournament championships
NCAA Post-season 12 8 4 0 .667 5 NCAA Tournament Appearances
Regular season and Post-season Record 1832 736 973 123 .432 1 NCAA national championship

* Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Code explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, T—Tied games, 3/SW—Win in 3 on 3 overtime or shootout, Pts—Points*

References

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  1. ^ "2008-09 UMASS HOCKEY" (PDF). UMass Minutemen. Retrieved November 9, 2019.