The Castleton Spartans 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 Castleton University located in Castleton, Vermont. The teams play out of the Spartan Arena in Rutland, Vermont, located about a 15-20 minute drive from campus. The school was renamed from Castleton State College to Castleton University on July 23, 2015.
Men's program
The men's program was established for the 2003-04 season. The team played an independent schedule for the first season and joined the then ECAC East for the 2004-05 season. The team suffered through back to back winless seasons to get the program off the ground. The team reached it first conference tournament in 2006. The team's best season to date was 2010-11 when they finished 2nd in the conference with a 15-3-1 record and a 22-4-1 record overall. The team reached their first conference final in 2012 when they lost to the Norwich Cadets in the championship game.
Men's Year by Year Record
| Season | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | Finish | Conference Tournament | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division III Independent | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2003-04 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 177 | - | N/A | N/A | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 177 | ||||
| ECAC East | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-05 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 189 | 0 | 10th of 10 | L, QF 16-0 (Norwich) | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 42 | 236 | ||||
| 2005-06 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 36 | 91 | 5 | 9th of 10 | Did not qualify | 26 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 55 | 110 | ||||
| 2006-07 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 68 | 47 | 26 | T-3rd of 10 | W, QF 3-2 (ot) (S. Maine) L, SF 3-2 (New England College) | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 114 | 67 | ||||
| 2007-08 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 66 | 48 | 24 | 3rd of 10 | L, QF 6-3 (Salem State) | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 88 | 70 | ||||
| 2008-09 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 49 | 24 | 2nd of 10 | L, QF 4-1 (Babson) | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 82 | 64 | ||||
| 2009-10 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 58 | 59 | 17 | T-4th of 10 | L, QF 6-1 (New England College) | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 80 | 86 | ||||
| 2010-11 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 48 | 31 | 2nd of 10 | W, QF 5-1 (New England College) L, SF 4-3 (Babson) | 27 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 123 | 61 | ||||
| 2011-12 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 81 | 42 | 26 | 2nd of 10 | W, QF 2-1 (New England College) W, SF 6-2 (Skidmore) L, F 11-1 (Norwich) | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 124 | 67 | ||||
| 2012-13 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 62 | 53 | 19 | 5th of 10 | W, QF 6-1 (New England College) L, SF 6-2 (Norwich) | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 90 | 74 | ||||
| 2013-14 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 50 | 19 | 5th of 10 | W, QF 3-2 (ot) (New England College) L,SF 4-3 (Norwich) | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 86 | 81 | ||||
| 2014-15 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 50 | 53 | 16 | 4th of 10 | W, QF 3-2 (U New England) L, SF 2-1 (Norwich) | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 69 | 77 | ||||
| New England Hockey Conference | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-16 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 48 | 56 | 16 | 6th of 10 | L, QF 4-1 (Norwich) | 26 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 59 | 87 | ||||
| 2016-17 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 43 | 22 | 4th of 9 | W, QF 7-2 (Skidmore) L, SF 5-2 (Norwich) | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 76 | 70 | ||||
| 2017-18 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 38 | 80 | 7 | 8th of 8 | L, QF 2-1 (2ot) (Norwich) | 26 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 61 | 96 | ||||
Women's program
The women's program was also established for the 2003-04 season but they played a club schedule for the first season. The team joined the then ECAC East for the 2004-05 season, playing a partial conference schedule for that first season. The team made the conference final in 2014 and 2015 losing to the undefeated regular season conference champion Norwich Cadets both years.
DJ Fimiani resigned as head coach on March 20, 2017. Ashley Salerno (Vermont '14) was named head coach on May 9, 2017.
Women's Year by Year Record
| Season | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | Finish | Conference Tournament | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | Played a club schedule for season | ||||||||||||||||||
| ECAC East | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-05 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 87 | 0 | 12th of 12 | Did not qualify | 25 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 55 | 175 | ||||
| 2005-06 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 28 | 101 | 8 | 8th of 11 | L, QF 11-3 (New England College) | 25 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 46 | 133 | ||||
| 2006-07 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 30 | 109 | 4 | 9th of 11 | Did not qualify | 25 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 46 | 126 | ||||
| 2007-08 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 43 | 57 | 12 | 10th of 12 | L, QF 5-1 (Mass-Boston) | 25 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 52 | 81 | ||||
| 2008-09 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 31 | 65 | 12 | 10th of 13 | L, QF 5-2 (Manhattanville) | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 40 | 89 | ||||
| 2009-10 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 34 | 75 | 11 | 9th of 12 | L, QF 5-1 (Norwich) | 26 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 40 | 107 | ||||
| 2010-11 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 72 | 7 | 10th of 12 | L, QF 8-1 (Manhattanville) | 26 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 32 | 106 | ||||
| 2011-12 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 38 | 18 | 6th of 12 | W, QF 3-2 (ot) (Salve Regina) L, SF 5-2 (Norwich) | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 42 | 64 | ||||
| 2012-13 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 39 | 17 | 6th of 12 | L, QF 5-3 (Mass-Boston) | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 60 | 59 | ||||
| 2013-14 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 21 | 22 | 4th of 12 | W, QF 1-0 (Southern Maine) W, SF 5-1 (Salve Regina) L, F 4-0 (Norwich) | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 89 | 47 | ||||
| 2014-15 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 43 | 16 | 7th of 14 | W, QF 2-1 (ot) (Southern Maine) W, SF 3-2 (Salve Regina) L, F 1-0 (Norwich) | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 65 | 64 | ||||
| New England Hockey Conference | Overall Record | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-16 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 34 | 23 | 4th of 14 | W, QF 3-0 (Plymouth State) L, SF 2-1 (ot) (Mass-Boston) | 27 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 68 | 52 | ||||
| 2016-17 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 43 | 16 | 7th of 14 | L, QF 3-2 (U New England) | 26 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 58 | 75 | ||||
| 2017-18 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 43 | 22 | 4th of 9 | W, QF 7-2 (Skidmore) L, SF 5-2 (Norwich) | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 76 | 70 | ||||