The History of
Stony Brook Hockey
Special Thanks to George Lasher for providing most of the stats and information found on this page.
Season Wins Losses Ties Win % Playoffs Head Coach(es) Coach's All-Time
Win Percentage
1969-70 0 15 1 0.031 Did Not Qualify Gerry McCarthy 0.031
1970-71 3 17 0 0.150 Did Not Qualify Ed Riley 0.150
1971-72 No Record Team Disbands for 3 Seasons Patriots resume play in 1974-75
1974-75 22 4 1 0.833 LICHA CHAMPS Carl Hirsch 0.833
1975-76 8 11 0 0.421 Did Not Qualify Bob Lamoureux 0.338
(.392 including 1979-82)
1976-77 3 12 3 0.250 Did Not Qualify
1977-78 13 7 2 0.636 Round 1 Loss Andy Martella 0.659
1978-79 12 5 2 0.684 Round 1 Loss
1979-80 8 10 1 0.447 Round 1 Loss Bob Lamoureux 0.431
(.392 including 1975-77)
1980-81 4 10 2 0.313 Did Not Qualify
1981-82 8 7 1 0.531 Round 1 Loss
1982-83 15 2 2 0.882 Semi-Final Loss George Lasher &
Rick Levchuck
0.532
1983-84 9 7 1 0.559 Round 1 Loss
1984-85 12 4 2 0.722 Semi-Final Loss
1985-86 8 10 1 0.447 Round 1 Loss
1986-87 10 8 0 0.556 Round 1 Loss
1987-88 3 14 0 0.176 Did Not Qualify
1988-89 7 11 0 0.389 Did Not Qualify
1989-90 10 7 1 0.583 Round 1 Loss Andy Kinnier 0.625
1990-91 13 5 0 0.722 Round 1 Loss
1991-92 9 6 3 0.583 Semi-Final Loss
1992-93 10 6 2 0.611 Semi-Final Loss
1993-94 9 7 2 0.556 Round 1 Loss Eric Wuss 0.457
1994-95 5 10 2 0.353 Did Not Qualify
1995-96 10 5 3 0.639 Round 1 Loss Steve Yarnell 0.639
1996-97 13 3 1 0.794 Round 1 Loss Dan Hill Info Not Available
1997-98 N/A N/A N/A N/A Semi-Final Loss
1998-99 14 4 0 0.778 Round 1 Loss
1999-00 33 5 1 0.859 MCHC CHAMPS Sal Miro 0.771
1 1 1 ACHA Nationals
2000-01 20 10 1 0.661 Semi-Final Loss
1 1 1 ACHA Nationals
2001-02 20 7 3 0.717 Round 1 Loss Vinny Messina 0.717
1 2 0 ACHA Nationals
2002-03 23 10 2 0.686 Semi-Final Loss Larry Nastasi 0.765
4 1 0 ACHA Nationals Finalists
2003-04 26 4 1 0.855 SECHL CHAMPS
3 1 0 ACHA Nationals Semi-Finalists

Dates To Remember
* 1968-69: A small group of Stony Brook students begin to play pick-up hockey together on a regular basis. They give thought to creating a team, a project spearheaded by Scott Karson ('72).
* 1969-70: The Stony Brook Patriots Ice Hockey team is founded by Scott Karson. They join the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Hockey League. Teams in the league at that time included Adelphi, SUNY Farmingdale, Nassau CC, Queens College, St. Francis, Bridgeport, CCNY, Columbia, Fairfield, Iona, and Manhattan College. Stony Brook played their home games at the former Long Island Arena in Commack, where a shopping center now stands.
* 1971-72: Team disbands midway through the season due to controversy and internal conflict.
* 1974-75: Stony Brook Hockey returns. The Patriots join the Long Island Collegiate Hockey Association (LICHA) and win the LICHA Championship. This is their only season in the LICHA.
* 1975-76: Stony Brook leaves the LICHA and joins the Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference (MCHC).
* 1982-83: Stony Brook plays its most winning season ever (in terms of win %), going 15-2-2. They lost in the Semi-Final Round of the Playoffs.
* 1999-2000: Stony Brook makes their mark on the national scene by earning sanction from the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). This would allow Stony Brook to compete in a greater number of games over a greater geographical area. Stony Brook was also invited to the Division II National Tournament by the ACHA, where they received a rank of ninth overall among all ACHA Division II teams nationwide. The 1999-2000 season also yielded Stony Brook's first league championship since the LICHA Championship 25 years earlier. Stony Brook defeated New York University on home ice to win the Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference Championship.
* 2000-01: Stony Brook moves from the MCHC to the more competitive Super East Collegiate Hockey League (SECHL). They return to the ACHA Division II National Tournament and receive a rank of seventh overall among all ACHA Division II teams nationwide.

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