Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey

Bowdoin Polar Bears
Institution:	Bowdoin College
Location:	Brunswick, Maine
School founded:	1794
Enrollment:	1,805
Colors:	Black and White
Home Arena:	Sidney J. Watson Arena
Men's Team
Conference:	New England Small College Athletic Conference
Coach:	Jamie Dumont
Conf. Championships:	1971, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1986, 1993, 2011, 2013, 2014
Major Rivals:	Colby Mules

The Bowdoin Polar Bears are a American ice hockey club, from Brunswick, Maine representing Bowdoin College. They were formed in 1919 and play their home games at the Sidney J. Watson Arena. They are currently members of the New England Small College Athletic Conference.

Conferences

• Independent (1919-1964)
• ECAC Division II (1964-1985)
• ECAC East (1985-1999)
• New England Small College Athletic Conference (1999-present)

Arenas

• Delta Outdoor Rink (1919-1956)
• Dayton Arena (Bowdoin) (1956-2008)
• Sidney J. Watson Arena (2008-present)

Head Coaches

• Informally Coached (1919-1921, 1922-1923) 10-13-1
• Allen E. Morrell (1921-1922) 2-6-0
• Benjamin F. Houser (1923-1930) 26-28-2
• Charles Bowser/Linn S. Wells (co-coaches) (1930-1931) 2-6-0
• Linn S. Wells (1931-1941) 26-54-2
• H. Taylor (1941-1942) 2-8-0
• Program inactive 1942-1946)
• Daniel N. MacFayden (1946-1957) 50-71-2
• C. Nels Corey (1957-1958) 5-15-1
• C. Nels Corey/Sid Watson (co-coaches) (1958-1959) 7-11-1
• Sid Watson (1959-1983) 326-210-11
• Terry Meagher (1983-2016) 542-253-58
• Jamie Dumont (2016-2022) 42-70-8

Year by Year Record

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
1919-20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	3	0
1920-21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	6	1
1921-22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	6	0
1922-23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	7	4	0
1923-24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	2	2
1924-25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	2	0
1925-26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	4	0
1926-27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	5	0
1927-28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	6	0
1928-29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	4	0
1929-30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	5	0
1930-31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	6	0
1931-32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	7	0
1932-33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	4	0
1933-34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	3	2
1934-35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	7	0
1935-36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	6	0
1936-37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	6	0
1937-38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	6	0
1938-39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	4	0
1939-40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	5	0
1940-41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	0	6	0
1941-42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	8	0
Program Suspended due to World War II
1946-47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	3	8	0
1947-48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	5	0
1948-49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	4	8	0
1949-50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	7	4	0
1950-51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	5	1
1951-52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	3	0
1952-53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	4	7	0
1953-54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	2	1
1954-55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2	7	0
1955-56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	8	0
1956-57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	3	14	0
1957-58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	5	15	1
1958-59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	7	11	1
1959-60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	11	11	0
1960-61	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	15	5	0
1961-62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	10	11	1
1962-63	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	6	13	0
1963-64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	14	8	0
ECAC Division II										Overall8 Record
1964-65	14	9	5	0			.643		Did not qualify	21	11	10	0
1965-67	13	9	3	1	74	41	.731		Did not qualify	20	11	8	1	96	82
1965-67	12	8	4	0	70	37	.667		Did not qualify	20	9	11	0	88	87
1967-68	15	9	5	1	79	48	.633		Did not qualify	21	11	9	1
1968-69	16	12	3	1	74	45	.781	1st	Did not qualify	21	14	6	1	90	68
1969-70	13	13	0	0	77	31	1.000	1st	W, SF 9-1 (Merrimack) L, F 4-1 (Vermont)	22	19	3	0
1970-71	16	14	2	0	94	34	.875	1st	W, SF 8-2 (Norwich) W, F 5-4 (ot) (Vermont)	24	19	4	1
1971-72	15	14	1	0	99	44	.933	1st	Did not qualify	21	17	4	0	124	78
1972-73	16	11	4	1	81	56	.719	2nd	W, QF 5-4 (ot) (Williams) W, SF 9-3 (Massachusetts) L, F 8-1 (Vermont)	24	14	8	2
1973-74	14	6	8	0	60	53	.429		Did not qualify	22	8	14	0
1974-75	16	11	5	0	87	72	.688	2nd	W, QF 8-4 (Army) W, SF 3-2 (ot) (Middlebury) W, F 6-4 (Hamilton)	23	14	9	0
1975-76	16	13	3	0	107	66	.813	3rd	W, Qf 7-3 (Hamilton) W, SF 4-1 (Salem St) W, F 6-5 (Merrimack)	27	18	9	0
1976-77	15	13	2	0	102	47	.867	3rd	L, QF 4-2 (Lowell)	23	16	7	0
1977-78	17	3	3	1	116	61	.794	1st	W, QF 7-4 (Colby) W, SF 4-1 (Salem St) W, F 3-0 (Merrimack)	26	19	6	1
1978-79	17	10	7	0			.588	8th	L, QF 4-3 (ot) (Salem St)	25	13	12	0
1979-80	18	14	2	2	99	47	.833	1st	W, QF 5-2 (Colby) L, SF 5-4 (ot) (Merrimack)	26	19	5	2
1980-81	18	11	7	0			.611	5th	W, QF 3-2 (New England College) L, SF 6-3 (Lowell)	26	14	12	0
1981-82	19	11	8	0			.579	6th	L, QF 7-4 (Merrimack)	25	13	12	0
1982-83	18	9	8	1	78	74	.528	6th	L, QF 14-9 (Holy Cross)	25	11	13	1
1983-84	16	12	3	1			.781	1st	W, QF 6-4 (Mass-Boston) W, 4-3 (ot) (Colby) L, F 4-1 (Babson)	26	19	6	1
1984-85	18	9	8	1	86	60	.528	6th	W, QF 5-3 (Merrimack) L, SF 6-5 (Salem St)	26	13	12	1
ECAC East										Overall Record
1985-86	19	17	2	0			.895	1st	W, qF 7-1 (North Adams St) W, SF 5-2 (Norwich) W, F 6-3 (Babson)	27	22	5	0
1986-87	22	19	3	0	103	60	.864	2nd	W, QF 8-2 (Holy Cross) L, SF 6-3 (Babson)	26	21	5	0
1987-88	21	15	6	0	105	68	.714	T-3rd	W, QF 4-2 (American International) W, SF 3-2 (Babson) L, F 4-1 (Merrimack	27	19	8	0
1988-89	20	17	2	1	115	62	.875	T-1st	W, QF 5-1 (Middlebury) W, SF 7-4 (American International) L, F 9-4 (Merrimack)	26	21	4	1
1989-90	18	12	4	2	99	69	.722	3rd	W, QF 6-4 (Connecticut) L, SF 5-2 (Middlebury)	26	16	8	2
1990-91	21	8	11	2			.429		L, QF 4-3 (ot) (Middlebury)	25	11	12	2
1991-92	22	14	8	0			.636		L, QF 7-3 (Babson)	25	15	10	0
1992-93	23	13	8	2			.609		W, QF 2-1 (Middlebury) W, SF 6-1 (Connecticut) W, F 6-2 (Salem St)	26	16	8	2
1993-94	17	12	3	2	26		26	T-1st	W, QF 10-0 (American International) W, SF 5-2 (Connecticut) L, F 6-3 (Salem St)	26	18	5	3
1994-95	17	12	4	1	107	62	25	T-2nd	W, QF 6-0 (Holy Cross) W, SF 3-0 (Babson) L, F 7-1 (Salem St)	26	19	5	2
1995-96	18	15	3	1			31	3rd	Decline to participate in order to play in NCAA tournament	26	18	7	1
1996-97	19	11	8	0	92	63	22	7th	W, 1R 5-3 (Trinity) W, QF 2-1 (2ot) (Williams) W, SF 5-4 (ot)	27	15	12	0
1997-98	19	11	6	2	73	57	24	T-6th	L, QF 5-1 (Salem St)	25	13	10	2
1998-99	17	4	10	3	56	65	11	T-13th	Did not qualify	24	9	12	3	86	86
New England Small College Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1999-00	17	12	3	2	82	44	26	T-3rd	L, QF 5-4 (ot) (Hamilton)	24	17	5	2	116	67
2000-01	17	11	6	0	85	53	22	5th	W, QF 4-3 (ot) (Trinity) L, SF 3-0 (Amherst) || 25 || 14 || 10 || 1 || 107 ||83
2001-02	19	14	2	3	96	38	31	2nd	W, Qf 3-2 (Amherst) L, SF 3-2 (ot) (Trinity)	27	18	6	3	127	61
2002-03	19	11	3	5	86	55	27	4th	L, QF 6-3 (Hamilton)	24	13	6	5	116	74
2003-04	18	12	6	0	90	51	24	T-3rd	L, QF 4-0 (Hamilton)	24	16	8	0	119	66
2004-05	19	11	5	3	88	47	25	T-3rd	W, QF 6-4 (Amherst) W, SF 3-2 (Trinity) L, F 3-2 (Middlebury)	26	17	6	3	125	66
2005-06	19	10	6	3	67	49	23	T-3rd	W, QF 5-1 (Amherst) W, SF 3-1 (Trinity) L, F 4-2 (Middlebury)	27	17	7	3	109	69
2006-07	19	11	6	2	73	53	24	T-1st	W, QF 7-3 (Trinity) W, SF 6-3 (Amherst) L. F 4-2 (Middlebury)	26	16	7	3	111	68
2007-08	19	13	6	0	95	56	26	T-2nd	L, QF 5-2 (Trinity)	24	17	7	0	117	71
2008-09	19	8	9	2	63	60	18	6th	L, QF 3-2 (ot) (Williams)	25	11	12	2	87	72
2009-10	19	14	4	1	82	45	29	1st	W, QF 2-1 (ot) (Colby) W, SF 6-2 (Williams) L, F 3-2 (Middlebury)	27	19	7	1	116	72
2010-11	19	11	7	1	78	60	23	T-3rd	W, QF 4-3 (Amherst) W, SF 3-1 (Colby) W, F 5-2 (Williams)	28	19	8	1	121	85
2011-12	18	12	3	3	84	47	27	2nd	W, QF 2-1 (Trinity) L, SF 6-3 (Middlebury)	25	16	6	3	114	64
2012-13	18	13	3	2	76	47	28	1st	W, QF 5-3 (Hamilton) W, SF 4-2 (Middlebury) W, F 2-1 (Williams)	29	23	4	2	123	74
2013-14	18	9	8	1	62	57	19	5th	W, QF 6-3 (Middlebury) W, SF 5-4 (Trinity) W, F 3-2 (2ot) (Amherts)	28	17	9	2	109	81
2014-15	18	8	7	3	57	50	19	5th	L, QF 4-3 (ot) (Williams)	25	14	8	3	91	59
2015-16	18	9	5	4	53	42	22	3rd	L, QF 8-5 (Amherst)	25	13	8	4	80	70
2016-17	18	5	12	1	50	65	11	8th	L, QF 8-2 (Hamilton)	25	8	16	1	79	93
2017-18	18	5	13	0	40	65	10	9th	Did not qualify	24	8	16	0	52	77
2018-19	18	3	14	1	35	69	7	T-9th	Did not qualify	24	6	16	2	59	95
2019-20	18	8	9	1	49	60	17	T-5th	L, QF 5-1 (Bowdoin)	24	11	12	1	66	76
2020-21	Season cancelled October 8th

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place
NCAA Division III
1996	N/A	L, 2 games to none (WI-River Falls)	--	--	--
2002	L, 2 games to none (Norwich)	--	--	--	N/A
2010	Bye	L, 9-2 (Oswego St)	--	--	N/A
2011	W, 2-1 (Neumann)	L, 7-5 (Oswego St)	--	--	N/A
2013	W, 5-2 (Mass-Dartmouth)	L, 4-2 (Utica)	--	--	N/A
2014	L, 4-3 (Oswego St)	--	--	--	N/A

Links

• NESCAC men's ice hockey website
• Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey website
• New York Times article on Bowdoin-Colby rivalry (November 11, 2012)