Ice Hockey
Ice hockey has existed at Trinity as far back as 1889 when the Trinity Tablet reported on the captain of the team. Until 1974, it was played at the club level. The first varsity game was played on November 27, 1974, in a 7-6 loss against Nichols College. During the inaugural varsity season, the men played home games at the Glastonbury Skating Arena. The men's team has won five NESCAC championships and one NCAA championship over the years. Two Trinity alumni were drafted into the NHL: in 1986, Art Fitzgerald (to the Toronto Maple Leafs) and in 2004, John Carter (to the Philadelphia Flyers).
Interest in the creation of a women's ice hockey team first became prominent in 1989. The first club team was formed in 1995 and played its first game in a 3-2 win against the Connecticut Lady Lightning on November 19. The women's team achieved varsity status in 1998-99 and their first winning season was 2007-08. Since 1998, the women's ice hockey team has been NESCAC champion once and has competed in the NCAA tournament twice. From the 2013-14 season to the 2014-15 season, the women were coached by Olympian Jenny Potter.
Since 2006, the men's and women's teams have played at the Albert Creighton Williams '64 Rink at the Koeppel Community Center. Williams was an ice hockey player for two years at Trinity before being killed in a car accident just prior to graduation.
Sources
Men's Ice Hockey All-Time Schedule
Men's Ice Hockey All-Time Post Season History
Women's Ice Hockey Year-By-Year Records
Women's Ice Hockey All-Time Post Season History
"Men's Hockey Erupts...", 2/27/2022.
The Trinity Tripod, 11/14/1989.
The Trinity Tripod, 11/26/1974.
"Crash Kills Trinity Athlete...", 03/15/1964
Trinity Tablet, 2/9/1889.