Simon Fraser University Men's Ice Hockey
| Simon Fraser University Clan | |
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| University | Simon Fraser University |
| Head coach | Mark Coletta 
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| Captain(s) | Brandon Tidy |
| Alternate captain(s) | Mathew Berry-Lamontanga, Graham Smerek, Michael Sandor |
| Arena |
Bill Copeland Arena Capacity: 2,000 |
| Location | Burnaby, BC, Canada |
| Colors | Red and White |
| Conference Tournament championships | |
| 2008, 2010, 2011 | |
| Conference regular season championships | |
| 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 | |
| Current uniform | |
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The Simon Fraser University men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. The team plays at the Bill Copeland Arena and is coached by Mark Coletta. The Clan ice hockey team competes in the BCIHL, as well as playing against NCAA competition every year.
The Clan have won three BCIHL titles. They regularly host and travel to play NCAA Division I programs, as well as an ongoing cross town rivalry with the UBC Thunderbirds of Canada's U Sports league. SFU was a founding member of the BCIHL in 2006. In the summer of 2016 the university announced it's intent to move the program entirely to the NCAA Division I level.
The current incarnation of SFU hockey began in 2006 with the formation of the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League. SFU did field a team in the 70's however not much is known or documented about the team. SFU made their first league final and won their first BCIHL title in 2008, following it up with another finals appearance in 2009 eventually losing to the University of Victoria. In 2010 and 2011 the Clan would win back-to-back BCIHL championships, 2011 being their most recent title. From 2008-2014 SFU would make the league final seven straight seasons. SFU would once again finish first in the 2016–17 BCIHL regular season.
Since 2012-13 Simon Fraser University has been playing NCAA Division 1 programs with increased frequency. 2012-13 saw the Clan face off against the Air Force Falcons of Atlantic Hockey. It would also see them play host to the Arizona State Sun Devils and Oklahoma Sooners. 2013-14 saw the Clan travel to college hockey hotbed Boston and take on the Sacred Heart Pioneers and College of the Holy Cross Crusaders. That year they would also host two major historical college hockey programs in the 8 time NCAA Champion University of North Dakota Fight Hawks, and two time ECAC champion Princeton Tigers. 2014-15 would take the Clan to Ohio to take on the perennial powerhouse Miami RedHawks who would go on to capture the NCHC championship that year, as well as the former national champion Bowling Green Falcons. 2015-16 would once again take the Clan back to Boston to play the defending national champion Providence College Friars, as well as former national champions in the Northeastern University Huskies. 2016-17 saw the Clan travel to Alaska to take on the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves and the Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks, then in February they would travel to Tempe, Arizona to take on the Arizona State Sun Devils for the second time in their history.
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