Buffalo State Bengals men's ice hockey

Buffalo State Bengals men's ice hockey
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Institution:	Buffalo State College
Location:	Buffalo, New York
School founded:	1871
Enrollment:	11,000
President:	Muriel A. Howard
Athletic Director:	Jerry Boyes
Colors:	Burnt Orange and Black
Home Arena:	Buffalo State Sports Arena
Capacity:	1,800
Dimensions:	200'x85'
Men's Team
Conference:	SUNYAC
Coach:	Nick Carriere

The Buffalo State Bengals are a Men's Division III team in the State University of New York Athletic Conference.

Both the men's and women's teams are based out of the Buffalo State Ice Arena. The facility is located on campus and seats 1,800. The rink opened in 1991 and is part of a larger Buffalo State Sports Arena which houses the college's other indoor sports teams.

Men's Program

The men's team was established for the 1993-94 season.

Conferences

• State University of New York Athletic Conference (1993-present)

Arenas

• Buffalo State Sports Arena (1993-present)

Head Coaches

• Brian Dickinson (1993-1996) 14-48-6
• Jim Fowler (1996-2005) 57-150-16
• Nick Carriere (2005-2015) 109-127-27
• Steve Murphy (2015-Present) 73-47-12 (as of end of 2015-16 season)

Men's Year by Year Record

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
State University of New York Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1993-94	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	4	11	4	44	97
1994-95	14	3	10	1	48	83	7	7th of 8	Did not qualify	24	6	17	1	89	134
1995-96	14	2	12	0	37	89	4	7th of 8	Did not qualify	25	4	20	1	68	164
1996-97	14	0	12	2	30	80	2	8th of 8	Did not qualify	25	3	20	2	68	140
1997-98	14	2	9	3	35	72	7	7th of 8	Did not qualify	24	3	18	3
1998-99	14	1	12	1			3	8th of 8	Did not qualify	23	3	19	1	40	135
1999-00	14	1	11	2	42	89	4	8th of 8	Did not qualify	24	7	13	4	101	116
2000-01	14	4	10	0	49	73	8	7th of 8	Did not qulaify	25	12	12	1	108	110
2001-02	14	5	8	1	48	68	11	6th of 8	L, QF 1-2, 3-1, 0-1 (Cortland)	27	11	15	1	100	110
2002-03	14	3	11	0	43	79	6	8th of 8	Did not qualify	25	6	18	1	78	123
2003-04	14	3	11	0	39	72	6	7th of 8	Did not qualify	25	7	18	0	79	119
2004-05	14	1	10	3	44	71	5	T-7th of 8	Did not qualify	25	5	17	3	77	116
2005-06	14	8	6	0	50	48	16	5th of 8	L, QF 5-4 8-0 (Plattsburgh)	26	11	14	1	83	104
2006-07	14	6	7	1	45	46	13	4th of 8	L, QF 2-1 (2ot) (Fredonia)	26	12	12	2	90	86
2007-08	16	5	7	4	47	54	14	T-5th of 9	L, QF 4-2 (Fredonia)	26	10	12	4	74	79
2008-09	16	5	7	4	65	63	14	6th of 9	L, QF 4-3 (ot) (Geneseo)	26	10	12	4	107	87
2009-10	16	2	14	0	37	74	4	9th of 9	Did not qualify	25	6	18	1	71	109
2010-11	16	8	5	3	50	43	19	3rd of 9	L, QF 3-2 (Fredonia)	26	12	11	3	81	69
2011-12	16	8	7	1	65	46	17	3rd of 9	W, QF 4-3 (Potsdam) L, SF 4-3 (3ot) (Plattsburgh)	27	13	12	2	99	85
2012-13	16	7	8	1	50	48	15	4th of 9	W, QF 6-0 (Fredonia) L, SF 5-2 (Oswego)	27	13	12	2	85	71
2013-14	16	6	6	4	47	41	16	4th of 9	W, QF 7-2 (Brockport) L, SF 2-0 (Geneseo)	27	10	12	5	120	128
2014-15	16	7	6	3	50	57	17	5th of 9	W, QF 6-2 (Potsdam) L, SF 2-0 (Oswego)	27	12	12	3	79	101
2015-16	16	11	4	1	61	30	23	T-2nd of 9	L, SF 6-1 (Geneseo)	26	15	7	4	90	56
2016-17	16	9	6	1	45	41	19	4th of 9	W, QF 2-1 (Fredonia) L, SF 6-2 (Oswego)	27	18	8	1	92	63
2017-18	16	9	4	3	54	37	21	3rd of 9	W, QF 4-3 (Potsdam) L, SF 5-2 (Geneseo)	27	17	7	3	100	62
2018-19	16	8	6	2	49	60	18	4th of 9	L, QF 3-2 (Fredonia)	26	11	13	2	82	93
2019-20	16	8	7	1	48	40	17	T-3rd of 9	L, QF 3-1 (Potsdam)	26	12	12	2	79	68
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	15	3	12	0	25	50	8th	Did not qualify	23	5	18	0	46	88
2022-23	16	8	8	0	52	55	16	5th	W, QF 3-2 (Cortland) L, SF 4-1 (Oswego)	27	14	13	0	87	88
2023-24	16	4	10	2	39	55	10	8th	Did not qualify	25	9	14	2	71	88

Note: The team was a member of the SUNYAC for the 1993-94 season but was unable to begin a conference schedule until the 1994-95 playing season.

NCAA Tournament Appearances

• None

Links

• SUNYAC men's ice hockey website
• Buffalo State Bengals men's ice hockey website