Hamilton Continentals men's ice hockey

Hamilton Continentals
Institution:	Hamilton College
Location:	Clinton, New York
School founded:	1812
Colors:	Continental blue and Buff
Home Arena:	Russell Sage Rink
Dimensions:	210' x 85'
Men's Team
Conference:	New England Small College Athletic Conference
Coach:	Rob Haberbusch
Conf. Championships:	1998

The Hamilton Continentals are a Men's Division III team in the New England Small College Athletic Conference representing Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Both the men's and women's teams are based out of the Russell Sage Rink located on the campus of the school.

Men's program

The men's program at Hamilton dates back to the 1918-19 season. The team took a hiatus from 1943 to 1946 due to World War II.

The team won the ECAC East tournament in 1998.

Conferences

• ECAC (1961-1964)
• ECAC Division II (1964-1985)
• ECAC West (1985-1992)
• ECAC East (1992-1999)
• New England Small College Athletic Conference (1999-present)

Arenas

• Clinton Outdoor Rink (1919-1921)
• Russell Sage Rink (1921-present)

Head Coaches

• Albert Prettyman (1918-1943, 1946-1948) 147-89-8
• Gregory Batt (1948-1984) 266-377-14
• Phil Grady (1984-1908) 304-260-35
• Norm Bazin (2008-2011) 38-31-7
• Rob Haberbusch (2011-present) 101-95-33 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
1918-19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	0	1
1919-20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	2	0
1920-21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	0	0
1921-22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	2	0
1922-23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	6	0
1923-24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	7	3	2
1924-25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	8	3	2
1925-26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	3	0
1926-27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	4	0
1927-28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	2	0
1928-29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	6	0
1929-30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	4	0
1930-31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	1	1
1931-32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	2	0
1932-33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	1	0
1933-34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	1	0
1934-35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	2	0
1935-36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	3	0
1936-37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	6	0
1937-38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	4	0
1938-39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	6	0
1939-40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	9	4	0
1940-41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	4	0
1941-42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	3	0
1942-43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	4	0
Program suspended due to World War II
1946-47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	5	1
1947-48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	8	8	0
1948-49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	1	9	0
1949-50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	9	0
1950-51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	7	9	0
1951-52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	6	0
1952-53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	0	10	0
1953-54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	9	0
1954-55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	3	10	1
1955-56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	9	0
1956-57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	4	13	0
1957-58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	6	10	2
1958-59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	8	9	1
1959-60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	13	5	0
1960-61	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	2	14	1
ECAC										Overall Record
1961-62	15	1	14	0			.067	-	Did not qualify	15	1	14	0	20	143
1962-63	16	2	13	1	21	100	.156	-	Did not qualify	18	4	14	0	25	108
ECAC										Overall Record
1963-64	17	5	12	0	45	90	.294		Did not qualify	18	6	12	0	45	90
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1964-65	8	3	5	0			.375		Did not qualify	15	4	11	0
1965-66	12	6	6	0	47	62	.500		Did not qualify	15	4	11	0
1966-67	15	8	7	0	89	74	.533		Did not qualify	19	8	11	0	99	101
1967-68	16	13	2	1	93	45	.844		W, SF 6-3 (Colby) L, F 5-4 (Merrimack)	21	15	5	1
1968-69	16	8	8	0	105	92	.500		Did not qualify	18	8	10	0	116	107
1969-70	14	6	8	0	89	65	.429		Did not qualify	18	8	10	0
1970-71	17	10	7	0	89	84	.588		Did not qualify	19	12	7	0
1971-72	17	7	9	1	52	72	.441		Did not qualify	19	8	9	2	56	75
1972-73	19	6	13	0	72	108	.316		Did not qualify	22	7	15	0
1973-74	13	8	5	0	52	54	.615		Did not qualify	21	4	7	0
1974-75	19	13	5	1	99	79	.711		W, QF 6-3 (Salem St) W, SF 4-3 (Merrimack) L, F 6-4 (Bowdoin)	26	17	8	1
1975-76	17	9	7	1	98	76	.559		L, QF 7-3 (Bowdoin)	22	12	9	1
1976-77	16	10	6	0	101	73	.625		Did not qualify	22	15	6	1
1977-78	19	11	8	0	95	81	.579		L, QF 5-4 (Elmira)	23	13	10	0
1978-79	20	5	15	0			.250		Did not qualify	23	7	16	0
1979-80	19	5	14	0	79	115	.263		Did not qualify	23	7	16	0
1980-81	19	6	10	3			.395		L, QF 6-4 (Oswego St)	25	9	13	3
1981-82	19	7	12	0			.368		Did not qualify	24	11	13	0
1982-83	19	5	14	0	85	112	.263		Did not qualify	24	8	16	0
1983-84	19	9	10	0			.474		L, QF 7-0 (RIT)	24	9	15	0
1984-85	19	6	13	0	67	108	.316		Did not qualify	24	8	16	0
ECAC West										Overall Record
1985-86	19	5	12	2			.316		Did not qualify	24	7	15	2
1986-87	20	15	2	0	109	56	.750		W, QF 14-1 (Geneseo St) L, SF 5-4 (Oswego St)	25	18	7	0
1987-88	21	12	9	0	169	116	.571		L, QF 3-2 (Oswego St)	23	13	10	0
1988-89	23	17	6	0	121	66	.739		W, QF 7-1 (Geneseo St) L, SF 3-2 (ot) (Hamilton)	25	18	7	0
1989-90	23	13	9	1	118	67	.587		L, QF 6-5 (Elmira)	25	13	11	1
1990-91	23	8	13	2			.391		Did not qualify	23	8	13	2
1991-92	23	8	13	2			.391		Did not qualify	24	9	13	2
ECAC East										Overall Record
1992-93	23	13	9	1			.587		L, QF 5-3 (Connecticut)	25	14	10	1
1993-94	17	11	6	0			22	T-6th	W, SF 5-4 (ot) St. (Amselm) L, SF 4-3 (Salem St)	25	17	7	1
1994-95	17	10	7	0	71	58	20	T-7th	L, QF 9-4 (Connecticut)	26	16	9	0
1995-96	19	10	8	1			21	T-8th	W, QF 9-3 (Connecticut Coll) W, SF 8-3 (Salem St) L, F 5-4 (ot) (Amherst)	27	15	11	1
1996-97	19	14	4	1	95	51	29	T-3rd	W, SF 5-0 (St. Anselm) L, SF 10-1 (Colby)	26	19	6	1
1997-98	19	11	5	3	83	55	25	T-4th	W, QF 3-2 (ot) (Colby) W, SF 6-2 (Salem St) W, F 2-1 (ot) (Connecticut Coll)	27	16	8	3
1998-99	17	9	6	2	72	55	20	7th	L, QF 5-1 (Trinity)	23	12	9	2	102	77
New England Small College Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1999-00	17	11	5	1	86	55	23	6th	W, QF 5-4 (ot) (Bowdoin) L, SF 5-2 (Middlebury)	26	15	8	3	116	86
2000-01	17	10	7	0	67	60	20	6th	W, QF 4-0 (Colby) L, SF 4-2 (Middlebury)	25	11	13	1	96	101
2001-02	19	13	5	1	88	55	27	3rd	L, QF 5-1 (Colby)	25	14	10	1	103	88
2002-03	19	10	7	2	93	57	22	5th	W, QF 6-3 (Bowdoin) L, SF 5-3 Middlebury)	26	14	10	2	122	75
2003-04	18	10	6	2	77	45	22	6th	W, QF 4-0 (Bowdoin) L, SF (Middlebury)	26	15	9	2	110	75
2004-05	19	8	8	3	65	53	19	7th	L, QF 3-0 (Hamilton)	25	9	12	4	76	74
2005-06	19	8	9	2	71	73	18	7th	W, QF 9-5 (Williams) L, SF 9-2 (Middlebury)	26	11	12	3	98	99
2006-07	19	6	12	1	57	76	13	9th	Did not qualify	24	7	16	1	68	99
2007-08	19	4	14	1	52	83	9	T-9th	Did not qualify	24	5	18	1	59	99
2008-09	19	8	11	0	54	60	16	T-7th	L, QF 6-2 (Middlebury)	25	9	15	1	67	84
2009-10	19	11	7	1	67	68	23	6th	W, QF 2-1 (ot) Williams) L, SF 6-2 (Bowdoin)	26	15	9	2	94	93
2010-11	19	11	4	4	72	57	26	1st	L, QF 5-2 (Wesleyan)	25	14	7	4	93	73
2011-12	18	9	8	1	46	65	19	4th	L, QF 6-0 (Amherst)	25	12	11	2	69	83
2012-13	18	4	12	2	42	64	10	8th	L, QF 5-3 (Bowdoin)	25	6	16	3	56	93
2013-14	18	4	12	2	43	65	10	9th	Did not qualify	23	5	15	3	56	83
2014-15	18	7	7	4	49	46	18	6th	Lm QF 4-3 (ot) (Connecticut Coll)	25	9	10	6	71	65
2015-16	18	8	6	4	46	38	20	4th	L, QF 2-1 (Middlebury)	25	13	8	4	72	48
2016-17	18	11	3	4	50	28	26	1st	W, QF 8-2 (Bowdoin) W, SF 5-4 (Wesleyan) L, F 3-2 (ot) (Trinity)	29	20	5	4	92	54
2017-18	18	9	6	3	44	36	21	T-3rd	L, QF 2-1 (Wesleyan)	25	15	7	3	69	42
2018-19	18	10	5	3	53	52	23	4th	W, QF 4-3 (ot) (Williams) L, SF 2-1 (ot) (Trinity)	26	13	10	3	70	72
2019-20	18	10	6	2	46	40	22	3rd	W, QF 5-1 (Bowdoin) L, SF 3-2 (Trinity)	26	12	10	4	63	56
2020-21	Season cancelled October 8th
2021-22	18	9	5	4	41	40	28.5	5th	W, QF 3-2 (Wesleyan) L, SF 6-4 (Colby)	22	11	10	1	47	56
2022-23	18	11	4	3	53	35	36	4th	L, QF 3-2 (ot) (Colby)	25	13	10	2	68	58
2023-24	18	11	6	1	55	46	33.5	4th	W, QF 4-3 (Amherst) L, SF 1-0 (Tufts)	25	17	7	1	82	62

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place
NCAA Division III
2017	W, 3-1 (Oswego)	L, 6-2 (Norwich)	--	--	N/A

Links

• NESCAC men's ice hockey website
• Hamilton Continental men's ice hockey website

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