The Norwich Cadets are a Men's Division III and Women's Division III team in the New England Hockey Conference which was known as ECAC East until 2015. The teams represent Norwich University located in Northfield, Vermont.
Both teams are based out of the Kreitzberg Arena, which opened in 1998. The facility also host the school's club teams and local youth and high school hockey teams. The surface at the rink is 200' x 90'. The facility can seat 1,400 and accomidate a total of 3,000 for hockey games. The arena was built with touranments in mind in addition to dedicated locker rooms for both the men's and women's teams the facility has six visiting team locker rooms.
Men's program
The men's ice hockey program dates back to the 1910-11 season.
The team won the ECAC East regular season championship every season from 1998 to 2015.
The team won the NCAA Division III championship in 2000, 2003, and 2010
The team has reached the Frozen Four 11 times
Men's Year by Year Record
| Season | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | Finish | Conference Tournament | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||||
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| ECAC Division II | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
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| ECAC Division II West | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
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| ECAC East | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2011-12 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 35 | 31 | 1st of 10 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 134 | 51 | |||||
| 2012-13 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 28 | 33 | 1st of 10 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 116 | 50 | |||||
| 2013-14 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 65 | 27 | 28 | T-1st of 10 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 114 | 52 | |||||
| 2014-15 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 24 | 34 | 1st of 10 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 127 | 45 | |||||
| New England Hockey Conference | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-16 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 35 | 24 | 3rd of 10 | |||||||||||
| 2016-17 | |||||||||||||||||||
Women's program
The women's program began varsity level play with the 2007-08 season after playing a club schedule for 2006-07
The team has:
- ECAC East Regular season championships: 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15
- ECAC East Tournament Championship in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- NCAA Tournament appearances 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- Frozen Four appearances in 2010, 1011, 2012, 2014, 2015
- NCAA Division III National championship 2011
For more detailed information please see: Norwich Cadets women's ice hockey
Women's Year by Year Record
| Season | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | Finish | Conference Tournament | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||||
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| ECAC East | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 49 | 20 | 6th of 12 | L, QF 2-1 (ot) (Salve Regina) | 25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 55 | 61 | ||||
| 2008-09 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 83 | 38 | 29 | 3rd of 13 | W, QF 4-3 (MIT), W, SF 8-2 (S, Maine) W, F 4-0 (Salve Regina) | 29 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 111 | 62 | ||||
| 2009-10 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 80 | 38 | 29 | 3rd of 12 | W, QF 5-1 (Castleton) W, SF 8-0 (Mass-Boston) W, F 3-0 (New England College) | 31 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 117 | 65 | ||||
| 2010-11 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 20 | 35 | 1st of 12 | W, QF 8-0 (Nichols) W, SF 7-0 (S. Maine) L, F 4-2 (Manhattanville) | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 149 | 45 | ||||
| 2011-12 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 7 | 35 | 1st of 12 | W, QF 8-0 (Nichols) W, SF 5-2 (Castleton) W, F 6-3 (Manhattanville) | 31 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 183 | 40 | ||||
| 2012-13 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 24 | 32 | 1st of 12 | W, QF 6-0 (Plymouth St) W, SF 5-0 (S. Maine) W, F 3-0 (Manhattanville) | 29 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 134 | 41 | ||||
| 2013-14 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 5 | 32 | 1st of 12 | W, QF 8-1 (New England College) W, SF 2-1 (ot) (Mass-Boston) W, F 4-0 (Castleton) | 31 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 109 | 44 | ||||
| 2014-15 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 12 | 32 | 1st of 14 | W, QF 6-0 (U New England) W, SF 6-1 (Mass-Boston) W, F 1-0 (Castleton) | 31 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 92 | 44 | ||||
| Colonial Hockey Conference | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-16 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 9 | 32 | 1st of 14 | W, QF 1-0 (New England College) W, SF 3-1 (U New England) L, F 2-0 (Mass-Boston) | 28 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 76 | 34 | ||||
| 2016-17 | |||||||||||||||||||
NCAA Tournament Appearances
- 2009 lost to Elmira Soaring Eagles 3-2 in quarterfinals
- 2010 defeated Plattsburgh Cardinals 3-2 in quarterfinals and defeated Amherst Lord Jeffs 7-2 to win the national championship
- 2011 defeated Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 5-4 in semifinals and defeated RIT Tigers 5-2 to win the national championship
- 2012 defeated Amherst Lord Jeffs 5-0 in the quarterfinals, defeated the Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 4-3 (ot) in semifinals and then lost to the RIT Tigers 4-1 in the national championship game.
- 2013 lost ot Middlebury Panthers 3-2 (ot) in quarterfinals
- 2014 defeated Elmira Soaring Eagles 2-1 (ot) in the quarterfinals, defeated Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons 4-2 in the semifinals and lost to Plattsburgh Cardinals 9-2 in the national championship game
- 2015 defeated Middlebury Panthers 3-2 in the quarterfinals, lost to Plattsburgh Cardinals 5-2 in the semifinals and lost to Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons 4-3 in the third place game.