William Paterson University Pioneers
PIONEERS START SEMESTER WITH A SPLIT AGAINST RIT
Date:01/18/2024 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
Entering the 2024 spring semester, the Pioneers are striving and gearing up for a playoff run. The first semester saw the Pioneers have some success displaying signs of potential for a second semester playoff push. That started this past weekend with a split against non-league Division 1 opponent in RIT. The Tigers travelled to Wayne, NJ for a pair of games on Friday / Saturday n...
PIONEERS START 2023-2024 SEASON 5-1
Date:10/17/2023 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The Pioneers under new coach Bill Katinsky are off to a 5-1 start to the season with the lone loss to ECHA opponent Temple. The team has been receiving strong goaltending from seniors Hunter Koch (Boonton, NJ), Cole Mulholland (Pompton Lakes, NJ), and Kevin Brennan (Danbury, CT). The goaltending has received offensive production from a strong cast of players, which starts with last yea...
PIONEERS OPEN '22-23 CAMPAIGN 3-0
Date:09/19/2022 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The William Paterson University Ice Hockey team opened up the 22-23 campaign with 3 wins vs NJ foes. The Pioneers defeated Montclair State and The College of New Jersey twice in the opening weekend. On Thursday, September 15th the Pioneers piled up 60 shots on goal to tame the Redhawks 5-2. Freshman, Thomas Swartwout (Brick, NJ) had 4 points and a highlight reel goal to lead the ...
PIONEERS CLOSE OUT 20 WIN CAMPAIGN
Date:05/29/2022 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The William Paterson Pioneers Ice Hockey team closed out a successful season with 20 wins, a 2nd place ECHA finish, and ECHA playoff runner-up. The team finished the season with 20 wins, the highest total at the ACHA Division 1 level. After finishing in 2nd place in the ECHA regular season, the Pioneers hosted a playoff semifinal matchup against Villanova. In a back and fort...
PIONEERS IMPROVE TO 18-4
Date:02/02/2022 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The Pioneers have improved to 18-4 since coming back from the winter break. The team is riding a 7 game wing streak after collecting wins against Rutgers, Montclair State, Rider and sweeps of both Lehigh and Temple. The offense has been led by leading goal scorer Adam Marvin (New City, NY), Thomas Bauer (Fords, NJ), Alex Cavaluzzo (Lake Hiawatha, NJ), Jason Lastra (Rutherford...
PIONEERS SWEEP RUTGERS AND TEMPLE TO FINISH FALL SEMESTER
Date:12/29/2021 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The Pioneers entered the final weekend of the fall semester looking for two wins heading into break. Friday night in front a strong home crowd, the Pioneers took on in-state rival Rutgers University. While Rutgers would strike first, the Pioneers were getting several opportunities and then leading scorer Adam Marvin (New City, NY) scored on the man advantage tying the game at 1. ...
PIONEERS IMPROVE TO 11-3
Date:11/15/2021 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The Pioneers traveled to NYU where they played long-time rival going back to their D2 days. The Pioneers trailed 1-0 early, but the Power Play struck twice in the first giving them a 2-1 lead to settle the team in. Two Power Play goals by Adam Marvin (Clarkstown, NY), with 2 assists by George Boyle (North Wales, PA) and one by Thomas Bauer (Fords, NJ). In the second period, the Pioneers Powe...
PIONEERS IMPROVE TO 9-1
Date:11/01/2021 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The William Paterson University ice hockey team continued their hot start with a record of 9-1. With victories over Villanova, Towson, George Mason and Navy, the Pioneers have captured four ECHA (Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association) victories to start the season. Leading the way has been the strong play of senior forward Adam Marvin. Marvin has been in the top 10 of ACHA Divisi...
PIONEERS OPEN '21-22 CAMPAIGN 3-0
Date:10/10/2021 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
After a 3-0 preseason with victories over Montclair State and TCNJ, the Pioneers opened up the 2021-22 regular season with optimism. The team opened regular season play on October 2 at Lehigh University. The team put together a defensive masterpiece in registering a 3-1 win over the Mountain Hawks. Goaltender Cole Mulholland was sharp in net in the victory. The follow...
PIONEERS RELEASE 21-22 *UPDATED* SCHEDULE
Date:09/11/2021 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
*Schedule updated 9/11/2011 William Paterson University Ice Hockey released its 2021 - 2022 regular season schedule. The 28 game schedule will feature matchups against nationally ranked ACHA D1 teams, ECHA divisional foes and some local matchups against ACHA D2 programs. The Pioneers will hit the ice for preseason matchups against Montclair State and TCNJ in September. To k...
PIONEERS CLOSE 2020-21 SEASON AT 4-0
Date:06/02/2021 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The William Paterson University Ice Hockey team closed out an abbreviated 2020-21 campaign with a 4-0 record. The team faced off against Montclair State for four exhibition games during the spring semester. Final scores of the 4 game set were: WPU 6 Montclair St, 2 WPU 5 Montclair St. 4 WPU 7 Montclair St. 3 WPU 5 Montclair St. 3 The four game set gave the retur...
PIONEERS RETURN TO THE ICE
Date:02/28/2021 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
February 26 and February 27, 2021 will be special dates in the Pioneer hockey history book. Like many in northern New Jersey and across the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has had many direct impacts on everyone. The Pioneer hockey program is no exception, from positive cases and hospitalizations among players, family members and friends to the financial strain and pressure of paying for ...
PIONEERS SET 20-21 SCHEDULE
Date:02/25/2021 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The William Paterson Pioneers have returned to the ice and are pleased to announce their 20-21 schedule. The Pioneers will take on northern New Jersey foe, Montclair State University in a 7 game series beginning February 26th. The 20-21 schedule is indeed limited due to COVID-19 restrictions, protocols and opponent availability. Nonetheless, the Pioneers are excited to hit t...
PIONEERS GEARING UP FOR SPRING 2021
Date:01/23/2021 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The William Paterson University Ice Hockey team is gearing for an abbreviated spring 2021 season. The team will go through training, practice and comprehensive COVID-19 testing prior to beginning game play in February. The team is anxious to hit the ice with opponents and a schedule to be determined. Keep an eye on our website and our social media accounts (@wpuhockey on Twitter ...
WPU HOCKEY TEAM STORE NOW OPEN!
Date:10/25/2020 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The team store is open for business! A portion of the proceeds helps support WPU Ice Hockey. https://bit.ly/3jmKQBI ...
PIONEERS 2020 - 2021 SEASON ON HOLD
Date:09/09/2020 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
Due to the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, the start of the 2020-21 has been delayed until January 2021. Please follow our social media accounts on Twitter and Instagram (@wpuhockey) for updates and news throughout the fall semester. Stay safe! ...
PIONEERS CAP 17 WIN SEASON
Date:04/06/2020 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The William Paterson Ice Hockey team capped the 2019-20 season, their 47th season of competitive play, with a 17-8-2 record. After a 13 win inaugural season at the ACHA Division 1 level, the Pioneers entered their second season at the Division 1 level with optimism and several key additions to the roster. The season began on a high note, with Head Coach Joe Ballance col...
WPU ROLLS INTO ECHA SEMIS
Date:03/07/2020 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The William Paterson Pioneers opened up postseason play on Friday, March 6, 2020. The team qualified for the 2020 ECHA playoffs after finishing 9-6-1 in league play. After losing in the semifinals last year, the Pioneers were eager to get going in this year's tournament at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. WPU 6 LEHIGH 2 The Pioneers and Mountain Hawks laced up fo...
PIONEERS CLOSE REGULAR SEASON WITH WINS
Date:02/28/2020 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The William Paterson Pioneers and Rutgers University Ice Knights met for a two game series on February 21-22, 2020. The teams were meeting for the second series of the season with the Pioneers taking two victories back in December. WPU 6 RUTGERS 5 The teams opened up the second series with a Friday night matchup at ProSkate Arena in Monmouth Junction, NJ. Freshman, Ryan Molough...
PIONEERS CELEBRATE SENIOR CLASS
Date:02/10/2020 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The William Paterson Pioneers welcomed the University of Rhode Island Rams to the Ice Vault for a two game set on February 7th and 8th, 2020. Prior to game one, the Pioneers honored veteran players Brett Connon, Tommy Bauer, Nick Brown, Scott Huber and Andy DeAngelis. The group of five led the Pioneers to multiple national tournament appearances at the ACHA Division 2 level and...
PIONEERS DEFEAT VILLANOVA TO START 2020
Date:01/21/2020 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The William Paterson Pioneers opened up the new calendar year with a matchup versus Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association (ECHA) foe Villanova on Friday, January 17th at the Ice Vault Arena. Both teams were opening up second half play after each team closed out the fall semester on hot streaks. WPU 5 VILLANOVA 4 (Box Score) Going into this Friday night matchup, the Pioneers were looki...
WPU SWEEPS RUTGERS
Date:12/10/2019 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
William Paterson and Rutgers met for a home and home series on December 6-7, 2019. It had been a long time since the two NJ hockey clubs laced up to battle it out on the ice. The teams last met in 2003, when the Rutgers D1 team defeated the Pioneers D2 squad. The Pioneers were eager to take on a New Jersey D1 foe after going 31-5-2 against New Jersey D2 programs over th...
WPU PICKS UP 2 MORE WINS
Date:11/20/2019 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
William Paterson ice hockey hosted two ECHA opponents on the weekend of November 15-16, 2019. The Pioneers were looking to keep pace in ECHA league play with games versus Penn State-Berks and Lehigh. WPU 5 PENN STATE-BERKS 1 The Pioneers were looking for the season sweep on Friday night, November 15th vs the Blue Lions of Penn State-Berks. The Pioneers took the first meeting 11-3 in ...
WPU GETS WEEKEND SWEEP IN MARYLAND
Date:11/06/2019 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The William Paterson ice hockey team headed south for a weekend trip to Maryland on November 1-3, 2019. After two losses last weekend, the team was looking to get back on track with Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association (ECHA) matchups at Navy and Towson. WPU 6 NAVY 5 The Pioneers were looking to avenge a 3-2 loss six days earlier as they took the ice at McMullen Arena in Annapo...
PIONEERS HOST PINK THE RINK WEEKEND
Date:11/01/2019 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
The WPU Ice Hockey team took on something bigger than hockey at home games on October 25-26, 2019. The team hosted “Pink the Rink” and “Hockey Fights Cancer” nights as part of matchups versus Temple and Navy. On Friday night, the team donned their pink jerseys and showed support for Tracy Hunt and her battle in a pregame ceremony. Hunt is the mot...
WPU ROLLS PAST PENN ST-BERKS
Date:10/23/2019 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
WPU 11 PENN ST-BERKS 3 (Boxscore) The Pioneers headed out to Reading, Pennsylvania to take on Penn State-Berks on Friday, October, 18th. After a long bus ride, the team was eager to get to work in the ECHA matchup vs the Blue Lions. Defenseman Scott Huber (Belford, NJ) continued his hot play with a first period goal to get things started. Huber's goal was his fourth in a row...
WPU VICTORIOUS IN ECHA OPENING WEEKEND
Date:10/15/2019 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
William Paterson opened up their Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association (ECHA) schedule on October 12-13, 2019. The team comes into the 2019-20 season looking to build off of their 3rd place finish a year ago. WPU 5 VILLANOVA 4 The Pioneers had a slow start in this Saturday night affair at Villanova. Similar to the start at NYU, a week earlier, the Pioneers fell behin...
PIONEERS OPEN WITH SPLIT VS NYU
Date:10/07/2019 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
William Paterson and NYU renewed their long standing rivalry to open 2019 regular season play on October 4th and 5th, 2019. While both teams compete in different leagues at the ACHA Men's Division 1 level, the rivalry still brings fast, physical and competitive play to the ice. GAME 1 NYU 5 WPU 2 (Boxscore) NYU used a strong forecheck and aggress...
BALLANCE COLLECTS WIN #250
Date:09/30/2019 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
Head Coach Joe Ballance nailed down career win number 250 on the road Saturday, September 28th with a 4-1 victory over Marist College. Ballance, beginning his 11th season leading the Pioneers, has a career record of 250 wins, 66 losses and 9 ties. Ballance adds to his impressive run with the Pioneers, as he has lead the program to eight ACHA National Tournaments appearance...
WPU HOCKEY TEAM STORE NOW OPEN!
Date:09/16/2019 Source:William Paterson University Pioneers
Be sure to stock up on hoodys, t-shirts and jackets for the 2019-20 season! Portion of the proceeds benefits WPU Hockey. Click here for store link: http://bit.ly/2ZTMWEe ...
