Cortland Red Dragons men's ice hockey

Cortland Red Dragons
Institution:	State University of New York at Cortland
Location:	Cortland, New York
School founded:	1868
Enrollment:	7,234
Colors:	Red and White
Home Arena:	Alumni Arena (SUNY Cortland)
Capacity:	2,500
Men's Team
Conference:	State University of New York Athletic Conference
Coach:	Joe Cardarelli
Conf. Championships:	2024

The Cortland Red Dragons are the name of the sports teams of the State University of New York at Cortland, or SUNY Cortland.

The school is located in Cortland, New York. The men's and women's hockey teams play in the NCAA Division III.  The men's team has been based out of the Alumni Arena (SUNY Cortland) since the program began. The arena opened in 1972.

Conferences

• ECAC Division II (1975-1976)
• ECAC Divsion III (1976-1985)
• New York Collegiate Hockey Association (1977-1986)
• ECAC West (1985-1992)
• State University of New York Athletic Conference (1995-present)

Arenas

• Alumni Arena (SUNY Cortland) (1975-present)

Head Coaches

Note: Data is incomplete on team website and several hockey data websites information is contradictory or incomplete as well

• ? (1975-1976) 5-10-0
• Keith Forbes (1976-1981)
• Allan MacCormack (1981-?
• Doug Roberts (?-?)
• Tom Cranfield (2001-2007) 57-108-19
• Joe Baldarotta (2007-2013) 45-95-11
• Tom Cranfield (2013-2014) 5-16-3
• Joe Cardarelli (2014-present) 59-79-12

Year by Year

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
ECAC Division III										Overall Record
1975-76	5	4	1	0	30	18	.800		Did not qualify	15	5	10	1	63	112
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1976-77	17	8	9	0	88	100	.471		Did not qualify
1977-78	18	4	14	0	69	139	.222		Did not qualify
1978-79	17	3	14	0			.176		Did not qualify	23	5	18	0	102	142
1979-80	18	4	14	0	55	122	.222		Did not qualify
1980-81	15	1	14	0			.067		Did not qualify	20	2	18	0	50	139
1981-82	14	4	10	0			.400		Did not qualify	29	6	22	1
1982-83	20	5	14	1			.275		Did not qualify
1983-84	21	6	15	0			.286		Did not qualify	25	9	16	0
1984-85	19	1	18	0	50	191	.053		Did not qualify	24	1	23	0
ECAC West										Overall Record
1985-86	21	3	18	0			.143		Did not qualify	25	5	20	0
1986-87	16	2	14	0	61	100	.125		Did not qualify
1987-88	17	6	11	0	75	88	.353		Did not qualify	23	12	11	0
1988-89	22	11	11	0	105	102	.500		SUNYAC: L, SF 6-5 (Oswego St) ECAC West: L, QF 9-3 (RIT)	25	13	12	0
1989-90	22	7	14	1	95	109	.341		Did not qualify	24	9	14	1
1990-91	23	10	12	1			.457		SUNYAC: L, SF 8-4 (Geneseo St) ECAC West L, QF 5-2 (Mercyhurst)
1991-92	23	13	10	0			.565		Did not qualify
State University of New York Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1992-93	12	8	4	0			16	2nd	W, SF 2 games to none (Fredonia St) L, F 2 games to none (Plattsburgh St)
1993-94	12	3	8	1	39	59	7	6th	Did not qualify	23	7	14	2	87	97
1994-95	14	5	7	2	54	69	12	5th	Did not qualify	24	10	12	2	109	104
1995-96	14	6	7	1	59	66	13	5th	Did not qualify	22	10	11	1	101	95
1996-97	14	3	11	1	46	63	7	7th	Did not qualify	24	7	16	1	76	121
1997-98	14	0	14	0	24	85	0	8th	Did not qualify	23	3	20	0
1998-99	14	2	10	0	27	77	4	7th	Did not qualify	25	2	23	0	45	174
1999-00	14	3	8	3	38	57	9	T-6th	Did not qualify	24	9	12	3	70	88
2000-01	14	4	8	2	39	57	10	6th	L, QF 2 games to none (Potsdam St)	27	9	16	2	84	108
2001-02	14	7	5	2	57	50	16	T-3rd	W, QF 2 games to 1 (Buffalo St) L, SF 2 games to none (Oswego St)	29	14	11	4	118	102
2002-03	14	3	9	2	40	69	8	T-6th	L, QF 2 games to none (Plattsburgh St)	27	5	18	4	80	140
2003-04	14	5	9	0	52	77	10	6th	L, QF 2 games to none (Oswego St)	27	10	16	1	111	143
2004-05	14	5	8	1	45	63	11	6th	W, QF 2 games to none (Fredonia St)	27	11	14	2	96	117
2005-06	14	2	11	1	41	77	5	7th	Did not qualify	25	4	19	2	74	127
2006-07	14	3	8	3	41	62	9	7th	Did not qualify	25	8	14	3	71	102
2007-08	16	6	8	2	53	66	14	T-5th	L, QF 2 games to none (Potsdam St)	26	11	12	3	88	99
2008-09	16	5	9	2	52	67	12	T-7th	Did not qualify	25	8	15	2	90	104
2009-10	16	4	12	0	43	69	8	8th	Did not qualify	25	7	18	0	74	104
2010-11	16	5	10	1	47	71	11	7th	Did not qualify	25	6	17	2	64	114
2011-12	16	4	11	1	47	80	9	T-8th	Did not qualify	25	6	18	1	69	124
2012-13	16	3	11	2	45	73	8	T-8th	Did not qualify	25	7	15	3	77	99
2013-14	16	4	10	2	48	68	10	T-7th	Did not qualify	24	5	16	3	72	106
2014-15	16	3	11	2	52	77	8	8th	Did not qualify	25	9	13	3	93	107
2015-16	16	3	10	3	36	68	9	8th	Did not qualify	25	9	12	4	73	91
2016-17	16	6	9	1	60	74	13	7th	Did not qualify	25	10	13	2	94	106
2017-18	16	5	9	2	40	49	1	7th	Did not qualify	25	10	13	2	67	72
2018-19	16	3	13	0	33	66	6	8th	Did not qualify	25	9	16	0	50	83
2019-20	16	5	11	0	39	57	10	T-8th	Did not qualify	25	12	12	1	72	79
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	16	9	5	2	46	39	29	4th	W, QF 5-1 (Fredonia) L, SF 4-0 (Oswego)	27	15	10	2	85	62
2022-23	16	11	5	0	64	41	22	4th	L, QF 3-2 (Buffalo)	26	16	9	1	105	76
2023-24	16	10	5	1	56	40	21	4th	W, QF 5-1 (Brockport) W, SF 3-2 (Geneseo) W, F 3-2 (Plattsburgh)	28	18	8	2	106	68

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place
2024	L, 5-2 (Plymouth St)	--	--	--	N/A

Links

• SUNYAC men's ice hockey website
• Cortland Red Dragons men's ice hockey website