The Penn Quakers Men's Ice Hockey team represents the University of Pennsylvania in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division II. Penn is a member of the Colonial States College Hockey Conference. The Quakers play at the Class of 1923 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

History Penn's first ice hockey team formed for the 1896–97 season. It began competing in the Intercollegiate Hockey Association (IHA), which included only 4 teams (the other three being Yale, Brown and Columbia), in 1898–99. On the first team in 1896–97 were several players of Canadian background, among them middle-distance runner George Orton. Early years were plagued by the lack of a local rink which forced the program to be suspended multiple times. In 1920 the Philadelphia Ice Palace opened, giving the team a more stable footing to operate, however, the lack of success on ice was evident. Despite growing popularity, the team was forced to fold in 1924 due to insufficient funding. In 1941, Penn re-entered the hockey world, competing in the Eastern Collegiate Hockey League and winning the league title that year. The Quakers continued to compete until the team was forced to dissolve as a result of World War II. Penn's hockey program was resurrected in the 1950s as a club team and became gradually more competitive until eventually reaching the varsity level in 1965.

Penn played at the varsity level for the first time in the 1965–66 season, finishing 16–8. To support the team, in 1968, a group of donors and the Class of 1923 joined to fund the construction of the Class of 1923 Arena. In the 1970–71 season, the Quakers made the ECAC playoffs for the first time. The team would have similar success in the following season. The 1972–73 season was filled with similar success under a new coach, Bob Crocker, even beating defending national champion Boston University 7–3 in the first round of the ECAC tournament in Boston. Crocker had been an assistant coach at BU before coming to Penn.

Following the success of the 1972–73 season, the team began a downward spiral. The university began to tighten the team's budget, which made recruiting more difficult and caused the level of play to decline. After the 1977–78 season, Penn's athletic department announced a plan to drop the hockey team's varsity status, along with that of the gymnastics, golf, and badminton teams, citing budgetary restraints. A 4-day sit-in resulted in an agreement between students and administration to preserve some of the cut programs, but not the varsity hockey team.

Since falling from the varsity level, the Penn Quakers men's ice hockey team has maintained its status as a club team. During this period, the team has enjoyed numerous successes, including several championship appearances and victories. Today, the team competes in the ACHA Division II and continues to call the Class of 1923 Arena its home.

On July 9, 2019, a university-supported endowment for both the men's and women's ice hockey programs was announced. This was later further explained in the team's "2025 Vision" plan, which included a road map for the team to follow from ACHA Division II to NCAA Division I by the year 2025. At the time there was no plan to promote either program to the Division I level.

Season-by-season results

Varsity

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses (Games lost in either Overtime or Shootout), Pts = Points

NCAA D-I Champions NCAA Frozen FourConference Regular Season ChampionsConference Playoff Champions SeasonConferenceRegular SeasonConference Tournament ResultsNational Tournament Results Conference OverallGPWLTPts*FinishGPWLT%1896–97Independent––––––1100 1897–98Independent––––––11632 1898–99 ¿IHA32102nd5320 Program suspended due to rink maintenance1900–01 ¿IHA40405th6150 Program suspended due to rink burning down1908–09Independent––––––6051 1909–10Independent––––––2200 1910–11Independent––––––1010 Program suspended due to lack of ice 1919–20Independent––––––7151 1920–21Independent––––––9351 1921–22Independent––––––8 †3 †5 †0 † † 1922–23Independent––––––7151 1923–24Independent––––––8152 Program suspended due to lack of funding/ 1928–29Independent––––––13 ‡2 ‡10 ‡1 ‡ ‡ / 1929–30Independent––––––11 ¡4 ¡7 ¡0 ¡ ¡ Program suspended due to lack of funding 1965–66Independent––––––241680 1966–67Independent––––––2413110 1967–68ECAC Hockey16115017th246180 1968–69ECAC Hockey15114017th227150 1969–70ECAC Hockey15312016th248160 1970–71ECAC Hockey1911807th2514110 Lost Quarterfinal, 2–5 (Clarkson) 1971–72ECAC Hockey2114704th251690 Lost Quarterfinal, 3–5 (New Hampshire) 1972–73ECAC Hockey2213724th271692 Won Quarterfinal, 7–3 (Boston University)Lost Semifinal, 3–5 (Boston College)Lost Third Place Game, 0–4 (Clarkson) Division I1973–74ECAC Hockey21912010th2410140 1974–75ECAC Hockey23913111th2410131 1975–76ECAC Hockey23517116th266191 1976–77ECAC Hockey24717014th269170 1977–78ECAC Hockey21514216th267172 Program suspendedTotals GP W L T %ChampionshipsRegular Season 411 165 231 15 Conference Post-season 5 1 4 0 NCAA Post-season 0 0 0 0 Regular Season and Post-season Record 416 166 235 15 * Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced. ¿ Information on the 1898–99 and 1900–01 seasons are incomplete. † Frank Winters only coached the final game of the 1922 season for the Quakers, a win. ‡ Normand Shay coached the team to an 0–6–1 record before being replaced by Percy Fynan for the second half of the season. ¡ Herb Gardiner coached the team for one loss before turning control over to William Farson.

Club

ACHA D-II Champions Conference Regular Season ChampionsConference Playoff Champions +SeasonConferenceRegular SeasonConference Tournament ResultsNational Tournament Results Conference OverallGPWLT/OTLPts*FinishGPWLT/OTL%Limited Information AvailableProgram has been active since the 1979–80 season as a club sport and previous played club hockey from 1939 to 1942 and 1956 to 1965 1997–98DVCHC161150223rdSouthwest DVCHC Division2413101 Lost Southwest Semifinal, 2–4 (Princeton University)1998–99DVCHC1449193rd256181 Lost Southwest Semifinal, 1–9 (Princeton University) 1999–00DVCHC17161032 1st3618171 Won Southeast Final, 5–3 (Kutztown University)Won Final Series 2–1, (Temple University)MACH12750144th Lost Semifinal, 2–5 (Rider University) 2000–01MACH161060203rd241590 Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (Rider University) 2001–02MACH14121125 1st3320121 Won Semifinal, 4–2 (Princeton University)Won Final, 9–5 (Rider University)2002–03MACH14743174th2511113 Won play-in game, 5–1 (Princeton University)Lost Semifinal, 4–6 (Rider University) 2003–04MACH16781156th3014142 Won Quarterfinal, 6–4 (Montclair State University)Lost Semifinal, 5–6 (Wagner College) 2004–05MACH161141233rd3522121 Won Quarterfinal, 9–4 (Rider University)Lost Semifinal, 1–3 (Princeton University)2005–06MACH18774185th3514165 Lost Quarterfinal, 1–5 (Saint Joseph's University) ACHA Southeast RegionalLost Game One, 0–2 (Liberty University)Won Game Two, 3–0 (William Paterson)2006–07MACH182124610th317213 2007–08MACH185112128th2812133 2008–09MACH18414089th2872102009–10MACH16411195th2771732010–11GNCHC16115026th231220 2011–12GNCHC18214265thCentral GNCHC Division2321832012–13GNCHC18413195th2251612013–14GNCHC18774183rd2312742014–15CSCHC1229157th2231812015–16CSCHC14770145th188100 Won Quarterfinal, 3–2 (Monmouth University)Lost Semifinal, 3–8 (The College of New Jersey)2016–17CSCHC181350263rd221660 Won Quarterfinal, 4–2 (University of Scranton)Lost Semifinal, 0–5 (The College of New Jersey)2017–18CSCHC18133228 1st241662 Lost Semifinal, 6–7 (OT) (The College of New Jersey)2018–19CSCHC181431292nd221651 Lost Semifinal, 1–2 (The College of New Jersey)2019–20CSCHC181521312nd211641 Won Semifinal, 8–5 (University of Scranton)Lost Final, 2–3 (The College of New Jersey)2021–22CSCHC20173038 1st252140 Won Semifinal, 6–1 (University of Scranton)Won Final, 6–2 (The College of New Jersey) ACHA Southeast RegionalWon First Round over #8 University of Kentucky) 6–4 Won Semifinal over #3 North Carolina State University) 4–3 Lost Final to #7 Indiana University Bloomington) 6–0 2022–23CSCHC18171030 1st232120 Won Semifinal, 8–1 (Stockton University)Won Final, 10–3 (Millersville University of Pennsylvania) ACHA Southeast RegionalWon First Round over #8 University of Michigan) 4–3 Lost Semi-Finals to #3 University of Kentucky)2023–24CSCHC161240202nd231670 Won Semifinal, 3–2 (Stockton University)Won Final, 12–5 (Millersville University of Pennsylvania) ACHA Southeast RegionalWon First Round over #8 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) 8–6 Lost Semi-Finals to #3 Indiana University Bloomington)2024-25CSCHC14680125th196130.316Lost Quarterfinal, 7-3 (Stockton University)Totals GP W L T/OTL %ChampionshipsRegular Season 598 267 295 36 1 DVCHC Championship, 1 MACH Championship, 2 CSCHC Regular Season ChampionshipsConference Post-season 22 10 11 1 1 DVCHC Tournament Championship, 1 MACH Tournament Championship, 3 CSCHC Tournament ChampionshipsACHA Post-season 7 4 3 0 Regular Season and Post-season Record 622 278 307 37

Footnotes

Quakers in the NHL

Player Position Team(s) Years Games Paul StewartLeft wingQUE1979–1980210 Source:

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