List of Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Bowling Green State University Falcons men's ice hockey team. The list documents the season-by-season records of the Falcons from 1969 to present, including conference and national post season records.

Bowling Green has won one NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championships (1984). In their history the Falcons have made appearances in nine NCAA tournaments (1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990), including two Frozen Four appearances in 1978 and 1984. The Falcons have been named the MCHA and the CCHA's regular season champion a combined nine times and won five conference tournament.

Record

NCAA D-I Champions NCAA Frozen FourConference regular season championsConference Playoff Champions

SeasonConferenceRegular seasonConference Tournament ResultsNational Tournament Results Conference OverallGPWLTOTWOTL3/SWPts*FinishGPWLT% 1969–70 MCHA 1st 30 13 12 5 1970–71 MCHA 1st 31 18 12 1 University Division 1971–72 CCHA 12 6 4 2 - - - 14 3rd 33 21 10 2 Lost Semifinal, 5–6 (OT) (St. Louis)Won Third Place, 7–6 (OT) (Ohio) 1972–73 CCHA 16 6 10 0 - - - 12 4th 35 16 19 0 Won Round Robin, 6–5 (OT) (St. Louis) Won Round Robin, 8–1 (Ohio State) Division I 1973–74 CCHA 8 2 6 0 - - - 4 3rd 39 20 19 0 Lost Semifinal, 1–6 (St. Louis)Won Third Place, 11–4 (Western Michigan) 1974–75 CCHA 8 4 3 1 - - - 9 2nd 35 23 10 2 Lost Semifinal, 4–6 (Lake Superior State) 1975–76 CCHA 16 11 4 1 - - - 231st 32 21 9 2 Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (OT) (Western Michigan) 1976–77 CCHA 16 10 6 0 - - - 20 2nd 39 28 11 0 Won Semifinal series, 9–3 (Ohio State)Won Championship series, 5–4 (St. Louis) Lost NCAA Quarterfinal, 5–7 (Michigan) 1977–78 CCHA 18 15 3 0 - - - 301st 39 31 8 0 Won Semifinal series, 7–3 (Ohio State)Won Championship series, 13–3 (St. Louis) Won NCAA Quarterfinal, 5–3 (Colorado College)Lost NCAA Semifinal, 2–6 (Boston College)Won NCAA Third Place, 4–3 (Wisconsin) 1978–79 CCHA 24 21 2 1 - - - 431st 45 37 6 2 Won Semifinal series, 18–2 (Lake Superior State) Won Championship series, 11–7 (Ohio State) Lost NCAA Quarterfinal, 3–6 (Minnesota) 1979–80 CCHA 20 9 11 0 - - - 18 4th 38 16 20 2 Lost Semifinal series, 6–14 (Northern Michigan) 1980–81 CCHA 22 10 12 0 - - - 20 4th 39 13 24 2 Lost Semifinal series, 5–13 (Northern Michigan) 1981–82 CCHA 28 20 7 1 - - - 411st 42 27 13 2 Won Quarterfinal series, 18–5 (Northern Michigan)Lost Semifinal, 5–8 (Notre Dame)Won Third Place, 2–1 (Michigan Tech)Lost NCAA Quarterfinal series, 4–5 (OT) (Northeastern) 1982–83 CCHA 32 24 5 3 - - - 511st 40 28 8 4 Won Quarterfinal series, 15–5 (Notre Dame)Won Semifinal, 3–0 (Northern Michigan)Lost Championship, 3–4 (OT) (Michigan State) 1983–84 CCHA 28 22 4 2 - - - .8211st 44 34 8 2 Won Quarterfinal series, 13–10 (Lake Superior State) Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (2OT) (Western Michigan) Lost Third Place, 2–3 (OT) (Ohio State) Won NCAA Quarterfinal series, 8–7 (OT) (Boston University) Won NCAA Semifinal, 2–1 (Michigan State) Won NCAA Championship, 5–4 (4OT) (Minnesota-Duluth) 1984–85 CCHA 32 17 15 0 - - - 34 4th 42 21 21 0 Won Quarterfinal series, 14–7 (Illinois-Chicago)Lost Semifinal, 1–4 (Lake Superior State)Lost Third Place, 4–7 (Ohio State) 1985–86 CCHA 32 23 9 0 - - - 46 T-2nd 42 28 14 0 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Illinois-Chicago)Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (3OT) (Western Michigan)Won Third Place, 3–0 (Lake Superior State) 1986–87 CCHA 32 24 6 2 - - - 501st 45 33 10 2 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Ferris State)Won Semifinal, 5–3 (Ohio State)Lost Championship, 3–4 (OT) (Michigan State)Lost NCAA Quarterfinal series, 1–10 (Harvard) 1987–88 CCHA 32 19 11 2 - - - 39 2nd 45 30 13 2 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Ferris State)Won Semifinal, 6–4 (Michigan State)Won Championship, 5–3 (Lake Superior State)Won NCAA first round series, 10–2 (Vermont)Lost NCAA Quarterfinal series, 4–9 (Maine) 1988–89 CCHA 32 15 14 3 - - - 33 5th 47 26 18 3 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Michigan) Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (Michigan State)Won Third Place, 5–3 (Illinois-Chicago)Lost NCAA first round series, 0–2 (Boston College) 1989–90 CCHA 32 20 10 2 - - - 42 3rd 44 25 17 2 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Ohio State)Lost Semifinal, 2–4 (Lake Superior State)Lost Third Place, 4–5 (Michigan) Lost NCAA first round series, 0–2 (Maine) 1990–91 CCHA 32 13 17 2 - - - 28 6th 38 15 21 2 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Ferris State) 1991–92 CCHA 32 7 20 5 - - - 19 9th 34 8 21 5 1992–93 CCHA 30 12 17 1 - - - 25 7th 41 19 21 1 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Western Michigan)Lost Quarterfinal, 1–7 (Lake Superior State) 1993–94 CCHA 30 15 13 2 - - - 32 6th 38 19 17 2 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Ferris State)Lost Quarterfinal, 2–3 (OT) (Michigan State) 1994–95 CCHA 27 18 7 2 - - - 38 2nd 38 25 11 2 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Notre Dame)Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (OT) (Michigan) 1995–96 CCHA 30 18 11 1 - - - 37 5th 41 26 14 1 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Western Michigan)Lost Semifinal, 0–7 (Lake Superior State) 1996–97 CCHA 27 10 12 5 - - - 25 T-5th 38 17 16 5 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Lake Superior State)Lost Semifinal, 2–7 (Michigan) 1997–98 CCHA 30 6 21 3 - - - 15 11th 38 8 27 3 1998–99 CCHA 30 13 14 3 - - - 29 7th 38 17 18 3 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan) 1999–00 CCHA 28 12 15 1 - - - 25 8th 37 17 19 1 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Lake Superior State)Lost Play-in, 1–3 (Nebraska-Omaha) 2000–01 CCHA 28 8 15 5 - - - 21 T-9th 40 16 19 5 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Miami)Won Play-in, 2–1 (OT) (Northern Michigan)Lost Semifinal, 1–2 (Michigan State) 2001–02 CCHA 28 7 18 3 - - - 17 11th 40 9 25 6 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Michigan State) 2002–03 CCHA 28 5 20 3 - - - 13 11th 36 8 25 3 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Michigan) 2003–04 CCHA 28 9 13 6 - - - 24 9th 38 11 18 9 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Ohio State) 2004–05 CCHA 28 13 12 3 - - - 29 5th 36 16 16 4 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Alaska-Fairbanks) 2005–06 CCHA 28 8 18 2 - - - 18 12th 38 13 23 2 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Nebraska-Omaha) 2006–07 CCHA 28 5 22 1 - - - 11 12th 38 7 29 2 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Nebraska-Omaha) 2007–08 CCHA 28 13 15 0 - - - 26 T-7th 39 18 21 0 Won First Round series, 2–1 (Lake Superior State)Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Miami) 2008–09 CCHA 28 8 19 1 - - 0 17 12th 38 11 24 3 Lost CCHA First Round series, 0–2 (Ohio State) 2009–10 CCHA 28 4 18 6 - - 5 23 11th 36 5 25 6 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Nebraska-Omaha) 2010–11 CCHA 28 3 21 4 - - 2 15 11th 41 10 27 4 Won First Round series, 2–1 (Northern Michigan)Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan) 2011–12 CCHA 28 5 19 4 - - 3 22 11th 44 14 25 5 Won First Round series, 2–1 (Northern Michigan)Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Ferris State)Lost Semifinals 3–2 (2OT) (Michigan)Lost Consolation Game 1–4 (Miami) 2012–13 CCHA 28 10 15 3 - - 1 34 9th 41 15 21 5 Won First Round series, 2–1 (Lake Superior State)Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Notre Dame) 2013–14 WCHA 28 13 11 4 - - – 30 T-3rd 39 18 15 6 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Michigan Tech)Lost Semifinals, 0–4 (Minnesota State) 2014–15 WCHA 28 17 8 3 – - - 37 3rd 39 23 11 5 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Northern Michigan)Lost Semifinals, 2–5 (Michigan Tech) 2015–16 WCHA 28 16 7 5 – - - 37 3rd 42 22 14 6 Won First Round series, 2–1 (Bemidji State)Lost Semifinals, 1–2 (Minnesota State) 2016–17 WCHA 28 14 13 1 - - 1 44 4th 41 21 18 2 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Ferris State)Won Semifinals series, 2–0 (Bemidji State)Lost Championship, 2–3 (2OT) (Michigan Tech) 2017–18 WCHA 28 17 6 - - 5 2 58 3rd 41 23 12 6 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Ferris State)Lost Semifinals series, 1–2 (Northern Michigan) 2018–19 WCHA 28 16 8 4 - - 3 55 3rd 41 25 11 5 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Michigan Tech)Won Semifinals series, 2–0 (Northern Michigan)Lost Championship, 2–3 (OT) (Minnesota State) Lost Regional semifinal, 1–2 (OT) (Minnesota–Duluth) 2019–20 WCHA 28 14 10 4 - - 3 49 T–4th 38 21 13 4 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Alaska)Tournament cancelled 2020–21 WCHA 14 8 5 1 0 2 0 27 T–2nd 31 20 10 1 Lost First Round series, 1–2 (Northern Michigan) 2021–22 CCHA 26 11 14 1 2 1 0 33 6th 37 15 19 3 Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Bemidji State) 2022–23 CCHA 26 12 12 2 0 2 1 41 3rd 36 15 19 2 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Ferris State) 2023–24 CCHA 24 11 12 1 1 1 1 35 6th 36 13 22 1 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan Tech) 2024–25 CCHA 26 12 10 4 2 3 2 .551 4th 36 18 14 4 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Michigan Tech)Lost Semifinal, 1–3 (St. Thomas) 2025–26 CCHA 26 15 7 4 3 2 1 49 T–4th 36 18 11 7 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan Tech) Totals GP W L T %ChampionshipsRegular season 2014 1001 860 163 2 MCHA Championships, 7 CCHA ChampionshipsConference Post-season 169 87 80 2 4 CCHA tournament championshipsNCAA Post-season 22 7 14 1 10 NCAA Tournament appearancesRegular season and Post-season Record 2205 1085 954 166 1 NCAA Division I National Championship * Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced.

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