| Babson Beavers | |
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| Institution: | Babson College |
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| Location: | Wellesley, Massachusetts |
| School founded: | 1919 |
| Enrollment: | 5.474 |
| Colors: | Green and White |
| Home Arena: | Babson Skating Center |
| Men's Team | |
| Conference: | Little East Conference |
| Coach: | Jamie Rice |
| Conf. Championships: | 1984, 1992, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2022 |
| NCAA Championships: | 1984 |
The Babson Beavers are a Men's Division III team in New England Hockey Conference, this conference was known as ECAC East until 2015. The team represents Babson College and is based out of Wellesley, Massachusetts. The team plays out of the Babson Skating Center. The school does not offer women's varsity ice hockey, but does offer it at the club level, as well as men's ice hockey at the club level too.
Men's program[]
Ice hockey at Babson appears to have started around the 1946-47 season. They played against other local teams but from the list of teams this was a club team.
The first varsity season was 1952-53 which still included games against freshman teams and prep schools.
The team played a full varsity schedule from 1953-54 to 1956-57 which included a 10-1-1 record in 1956-57.
The program was dropped to club status the following season and stayed there until 1961 when they joined the Worcester Collegiate Hockey League.
Much of the data from 1961 to 1965 is missing
The team earned its first ECAC Division II Tournament bid and also achieved a national ranking for the first time in 1978. They finished the season with a 17-8-3 record.
The team earned their first ever NCAA Tournament bid when they qualified for the 1981 Division II Tournament with a 20-7-2 record and earned another bid in 1983.
The team moved to the NCAA Division III level for the 1983-84 season. The team went on to claim the ECAC championship and win the first NCAA Division III Tournament in the first season in D-III.
Tom Sasso was the first ever Beaver to be drafted in the NHL Entry Draft being drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in 1985. He also went on to become the schools first Hobey Baker Award winner in 1986 and became the first person to win the award twice when he won it again in 1987.
The program posted 6 20-win seasons from 1984-85 to 1992-93. They won their second ECAC tournament win in 1992.
In March of 2024, the team was announced as joining the Little East Conference for the 2024-25 season.
Tournament Bids/Championships[]
NCAA Division II Tournament bids
- 1982, 1983 (semifinalist in 1983)
NCAA Division II Frozen Fours
- 1983
NCAA Division III Tournament Bids
- 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014
NCAA Division III Final Fours
- 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
NCAA Division III Championships
- 1984
ECAC Tournament Championships
- 1984, 1992, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014
Arenas[]
- Babson Skating Center (?-present)
Head Coaches[]
- Wally Pratt (1953-1955) 19-13-0
- Dick Thomas (1955-1958) 17-9-2
- John Abee (1958-1959) 1-2-0
- Harry Cleaverly (1965-1966) 5-5-0
- Dave Coleman (1966-1968) 11-15-0
- Peter Brady (1968-1970) 18-14-0
- Paul Schilling (1970-1975)
- Rick McCarthy (1974-1978) 19-43-3
- Steve Stirling (1978-1983) 246-101-21
- Rob Riley (1983-1985) 49-14-1
- Steve Stirling (1985-1993) 246-101-21
- Paul Donato (1993-2004) 139-121-21
- Jamie Rice (2004-present) 262-139-41 as of end of 2019-20 season
Year by Year Record[]
| Season | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | Finish | Conference Tournament | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1952-53 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 1953-54 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 1954-55 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 1955-56 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 1956-57 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1957-58 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| College had a club team only; Varsity Team inactive 1958 to 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1960-61 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1961-62 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1962-63 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1963-64 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1964-65 | |||||||||||||||||||
| NCAA College Division Independent | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1965-66 | - | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 1966-67 | - | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| ECAC Division II | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1967-68 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 101 | .143 | Did not qualify | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
| 1968-69 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 60 | .300 | Did not qualify | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
| 1969-70 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 30 | .727 | Did not qualify | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| 1970-71 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 69 | .250 | Did not qualify | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | |||||||
| ECAC Division III | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1971-72 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 64 | 96 | .353 | Did not qualify | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | |||||||
| 1972-73 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 79 | 62 | .563 | Did not qualify | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
| ECAC Division II | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1973-74 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 71 | .167 | Did not qualify | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | |||||||
| 1974-75 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 44 | 70 | .250 | Did not qualify | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
| 1975-76 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 42 | 90 | .125 | Did not qualify | 21 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 62 | 97 | |||||
| 1976-77 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 46 | 63 | .278 | Did not qualify | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 78 | 72 | |||||
| 1977-78 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 67 | 100 | .225 | Did not qualify | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | |||||||
| 1978-79 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | .579 | Did not qualify | 23 | 15 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1979-80 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 78 | 63 | .667 | L, QF 9-3 (Merrimack) | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 95 | 80 | |||||
| 1980-81 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 85 | 79 | .550 | L, QF 4-3 (Salem St) | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 111 | 87 | |||||
| 1981-82 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .750 | L, QF 6-3 (Salem St) | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 133 | 103 | |||||||
| 1982-83 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 103 | 62 | .775 | W, QF 5-3 (New England College) W, SF 6-2 (Holy Cross) L, F 3-2 (ot) (Lowell) | 31 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 149 | 90 | |||||
| 1983-84 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .825 | W, QF 6-2 (Salem St) W, SF 3-1 (Norwich) W, 4-1 (Bowdoin) | 33 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 184 | 77 | |||||||
| 1984-85 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 123 | 58 | .727 | 2nd | W, QF 9-2 (St. Anselm) W, SF 5-2 (Norwich) L, F 7-1 (Salem St) | 31 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 173 | 95 | ||||
| ECAC East | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1985-86 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 98 | 56 | .675 | 3rd | W, QF 4-2 (Connecticut) W, SF 3-2 (2ot) (Merrimack) L, F 6-3 (Bowdoin) | 29 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 141 | 85 | ||||
| 1986-87 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 93 | 61 | .714 | 3rd | W, QF 3-2 (St. Anselm) W, SF 6-3 (Bowdoin) L, F 3-0 (Merrimack) | 29 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 121 | 79 | ||||
| 1987-88 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 126 | 74 | .792 | 2nd | W, QF 5-0 (Mass-Boston) L, SF 3-2 (Bowdoin ) | 33 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 155 | 101 | ||||
| 1988-89 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 89 | 52 | .680 | 4th | L, QF 6-2 (Mass-Boston) | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 106 | 75 | ||||
| 1989-90 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 95 | 47 | .810 | 1st | L, SF 5-2 (American International) | 29 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 124 | 70 | ||||
| 1990-91 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 85 | 53 | .700 | 3rd | W, QF 3-2 (American International) W, SF 4-3 (Salem St) L, F 1-0 Middlebury) | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 117 | 72 | ||||
| 1991-92 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 97 | 48 | .795 | 4th | W, QF 7-3 (Bowdoin) W, SF 4-1 Middlebury) W, F 4-1 (Commecticut) | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 131 | 64 | ||||
| 1992-93 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 143 | 80 | .761 | 2nd | L, QF 5-4 (Salem St) | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 153 | 99 | ||||
| 1993-94 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 67 | 92 | 11 | 14th | Did not qualify | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 96 | 107 | ||||
| 1994-95 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 81 | 57 | 20 | T-7th | W, QF 5-4 (Williams) L, SF 3-0 (Bowdoin) | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 102 | 83 | ||||
| 1995-96 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 79 | 66 | 28 | 4th | W, QF 7-5 (Connectict) L, SF 3-2 (Amherst) | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 108 | 88 | ||||
| 1996-97 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 54 | 63 | 19 | 10th | L, 1R 1-0 (Holy Cross) | 25 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 76 | 76 | ||||
| 1997-98 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 56 | 54 | 20 | 10th | L, 1R 5-0 (Norwich) | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 81 | 69 | ||||
| 1998-99 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 60 | 13 | 12th | L, 1R 5-0 (Norwich) | 25 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 83 | 94 | ||||
| 1999-00 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 39 | 77 | 3 | 9th | L, QF 7-4 (Norwich) | 25 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 74 | 100 | ||||
| 2000-01 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 63 | 55 | 19 | 4th | W, QF 3-2 (Skidmore) L, SF 10-3 (Norwich) | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 102 | 85 | ||||
| 2001-02 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 46 | 70 | 13 | 6th | L, QF 4-2 (MCLA) | 25 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 66 | 88 | ||||
| 2002-03 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 83 | 72 | 23 | 3rd | W, QF 7-5 (MCLA) L, SF 5-1 (New England College) | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 143 | 93 | ||||
| 2003-04 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 76 | 76 | 19 | 4th | W,SF 6-1 (Skidmore) W, SF 3-2 (New England College) L, F 2-1 (ot) (Norwich) | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 138 | 91 | ||||
| 2004-05 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 87 | 39 | 29 | 2nd | W, QF 8-0 (Mass-Boston) W, SF 5-3 (Southern Maine) W, F 6-4 (New England College) | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 141 | 66 | ||||
| 2005-06 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 43 | 28 | 2nd | W, QF 4-1 (Castleton St) L, SF 4-0 (New England College) | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 98 | 69 | ||||
| 2006-07 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 71 | 51 | 223 | 6th | W, QF 5-4 (ot) (Skidmore) W, SF 4-1 (Norwich) W, F 5-3 (New England College) | 29 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 112 | 81 | ||||
| 2007-08 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 76 | 43 | 28 | 2nd | L, QF 4-1 (Mass-Boston) | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 100 | 64 | ||||
| 2008-09 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 66 | 55 | 18 | 7th | W, QF 4-1 (Castleton St) W, SF 3-2 (Skidmore) W, F 4-3 (ot) (Mass-Boston) | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 90 | 80 | ||||
| 2009-10 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 57 | 42 | 19 | 2nd | W, QF 4-2 (Mass-Boston) W, SF 3-0 (Skidmore) L, F 4-1 (Norwich) | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 87 | 67 | ||||
| 2010-11 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 65 | 65 | 17 | 5th | W, QF 5-0 (Skidmore) W, SF 4-3 (Castleton St) L, F 3-2 (ot) (Norwich) | 28 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 87 | 93 | ||||
| 2011-12 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 56 | 22 | 3rd | L, QF 2-1 (Southern Maine) | 26 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 69 | 92 | ||||
| 2012-13 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 62 | 43 | 23 | 3rd | W, QF7-1 (Skidmore) W, SF 4-3 (ot) (Mass-Boston) W, F 6-1 (Norwich) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 100 | 67 | ||||
| 2013-14 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 28 | 28 | T-1st | W, QF 6-2 (Southern Maine) W, SF 2-1 (Mass-Boston) W, F 2-1 (Norwich) | 29 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 83 | 46 | ||||
| 2014-15 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 62 | 33 | 30 | 3rd | W, QF 3-1 (New England College) W, SF 5-2 (Mass-Boston) L, F 3-2 (ot) (Norwich) | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 97 | 48 | ||||
| New England Hockey Conference | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-16 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 25 | 28 | 2nd | W, QF 5-2 (Skidmore) W, SF 5-0 (Norwich) L, F 3-2 (ot) (Mass-Boston) | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 96 | 47 | ||||
| 2016-17 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 29 | 24 | 3rd | W, QF 7-3 (Mass-Boston) L, SF 3-2 (ot) (New England Colege) | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 71 | 54 | ||||
| 2017-18 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 67 | 44 | 26 | 3rd | W, QF 3-2 (2ot) (Skidmore) L, SF 3-2 (Hobart) | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 85 | 66 | ||||
| 2018-19 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 67 | 51 | 25 | 3rd | W, QF 2-1 (Skidmore) L, SF 5-3 (Norwich) | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 95 | 73 | ||||
| 2019-20 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 68 | 32 | 27 | 2nd | L, QF 3-2 (Southern Maine) | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 89 | 43 | ||||
| 2020-21 | NEHC Conference season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 2021-22 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 75 | 52 | 35 | 4th | W, QF 2-1 (ot) (Norwich) W, 3-2 (ot) (Elmira) W, 5-3 (Skidmore) | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 110 | 74 | ||||
| 2022-23 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 56 | 38 | 32 | 3rd | W, QF 5-1 (Mass-Boston) W, SF 4-0 (Norwich) L, F 5-1 (Hobart) | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 92 | 57 | ||||
| 2023-24 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 50 | 34 | 5th | L, QF 3-2 (ot) (Elmira) | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 79 | 75 | ||||
NCAA Tournament Appearances[]
| Season | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | Third Place | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCAA Division II | |||||||||||||||
| 1982 | N/A | L, 5 goals to 4 (Plattsburgh St) | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| 1983 | N/A | W, 4 goals to 3 (Norwich) | L, 3-1 (Bemidji St) | -- | L, 5-3 (Lowell) | ||||||||||
| NCAA Division III | |||||||||||||||
| 1984 | N/A | W, 6 goals to 5 (New England College) | W, 7-2 (Augsburg) | W, 8-0 (Union) | -- | ||||||||||
| 1985 | N/A | L, 7 goals to 4 (Union) | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| 1986 | N/A | L, 2 games to 1 (Plattsburgh St) | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| 1987 | N/A | L, 2 games to 1 (Oswego St) | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| 1988 | N/A | W, 2 games to 1 (Plattsburgh St) | L, 2 games to 1 (Elmira) | N/A | |||||||||||
| 1989 | N/A | W, 2 games to none (Union) | L, 2 games to none (RIT) | -- | N/A | ||||||||||
| 1990 | N/A | W, 2 games to 1 (Geneseo St) | L, 4 points to 2 (Plattsburgh St) | -- | N/A | ||||||||||
| 1991 | N/A | W, 2 games to none (Oswego St) | L, 5-2 (WI-Stevens Point) | -- | W, 3-2 Elmira) | ||||||||||
| 1992 | N/A | L, 2 games to 1 (Salem St) | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| 1993 | N/A | L, 2 games to none (Plattsburgh St) | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| 2007 | Bye | L, 5-3 (Manhattanville) | -- | -- | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2009 | L, 4-1 (Amherst) | -- | -- | -- | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2013 | W, 6-1 (Wentworth) | L, 4-0 (Norwich) | -- | -- | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2014 | Bye | L, 3-0 (Oswego St) | -- | -- | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2020 | Tournament cancelled prior first round by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | W, 3-0 (Trinity) | L, 3-2 (Geneseo St) | -- | -- | N/A | ||||||||||