OUR TEAM
The club program is structured and professionally managed like an NCAA Varsity team. We are a Division II club program nationally affiliated with the Collegiate Hockey Federation (CHF) and regionally affiliated with the Empire Collegiate Hockey Conference (ECHC). Our season runs from October to February; we play 20-22 intercollegiate games. Our home ice is the rink at Ice Vault Arena, located in Wayne, NJ. Tryouts are open to all undergraduate and graduate Ramapo College students in good standing. OUR HISTORY
Although the self-sustaining intercollegiate ice hockey club is a new program for the 2015-16 season, it carries on a proud tradition of ice hockey at Ramapo College. The original program started in the fall of 1972; only one year after Ramapo College opened its doors. The hockey team posted the first winning season of any sport at the college, with a 9-7-1 record in its inaugural season of 1972-73. In the 1974-75 season, ice hockey gave Ramapo College its first championship, prompting founding President, Dr. George T. Potter to send the team a note saying that the ice hockey team did much to put Ramapo College on the map. The 1975-76 was known as the fabled “Super Team” for good reason. The team overpowered the opposition ending the season with a 29-1-3 record. The team outscored the opposition 285 (8.9) to 73 (2.3). At season’s end, Ramapo had its second consecutive league championship. In 1976-77, the team transitioned to varsity status and for the next four seasons played an ambitious ECAC Division III schedule. The team had its ups and downs and in 1981, the program was suspended due to budgetary constraints. Although resurrected for the 1982-83 season and making the playoffs for the local Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey conference, the program lost its funding after 1983-84 season and Ramapo no longer had an ice hockey team. In just ten seasons, the original team left a significant legacy for Ramapo athletics. The final record for the program in 277 games played is 147-113-17; one divisional championship, three-second place divisional finishes and two league championship titles. In just 11 years of operation, 11 players, two coaches, and two championship teams have been voted into the Ramapo College Athletic Hall of Fame. The continued enthusiasm for the Alumni game over three decades is a testament to the strength of the bonds between teammates and the role hockey played in their college experience. The College is proud that many of the former hockey players credit their participation on the ice hockey team as a critical component in their growth at Ramapo College and in their lives after graduation.
