List of Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Lake Superior State University Lakers men's ice hockey team.

Lake Superior State has won three NCAA Championships and two NAIA Championships in its history.

NAIA/NCAA D-I Champions NAIA/NCAA Frozen FourConference regular season championsConference Playoff Champions SeasonConferenceRegular seasonConference Tournament ResultsNational Tournament Results Conference OverallGPWLTOTWOTL3/SWPts*FinishGPWLT% NAIA 1966–67Independent – – – – – – – – – 20 15 5 0 1967–68 ICHA 16 15 1 0 – – – .9381st 26 21 3 2 Won NAIA Semifinal, 7–1 (Gustavus Adolphus)Lost NAIA Championship, 5–4 (OT) (Bemidji State) 1968–69 ICHA 16 12 4 0 – – – .750 2nd 26 21 5 0 Won NAIA Semifinal, 6–2 (Gustavus Adolphus)Lost NAIA Championship, 2–6 (Bemidji State) 1969–70 ICHA 12 10 2 0 – – – .833T–1st 26 19 7 0 Won NAIA Semifinal, 22–3 (Alaska Methodist)Lost NAIA Championship, 4–7 (Bemidji State) 1970–71 ICHA 12 5 5 2 – – – .500 3rd 24 13 7 4 1971–72 ICHA 12 12 0 0 - – – 1.0001st 30 20 8 2 Won NAIA Semifinal, 12–2 (Wisconsin State)Won NAIA Championship, 9–3 (Gustavus Adolphus) 1972–73 ICHA 12 8 4 0 – – – .6671st 30 21 9 0 Lost NAIA Semifinal, 4–8 (Lakehead)Won NAIA consolation game, 11–3 (Gustavus Adolphus) 1972–73 CCHA 12 9 3 0 – – – 18 2nd NCAA Division I 1973–74 CCHA 8 5 3 0 - - - 10T–1st 39 22 16 1 Won Semifinal, 6–2 (Western Michigan)Lost Championship, 3–8 (Saint Louis) Won NAIA first round, 7–1 (Concordia)Won NAIA Semifinal, 9–2 (St. Thomas)Won NAIA Championship 4–1, (Bemidji State) Lost NIT Semifinal, 2–3 (Vermont)Lost NIT Consolation Game, 5–7 (Saint Louis) 1974–75 CCHA 8 2 5 1 - - - 5 3rd 35 17 14 1 Won Semifinal, 6–4 (Bowling Green)Lost Championship, 3–8 (Saint Louis) 1975–76 CCHA 16 9 7 0 - - - 18 3rd 37 20 16 1 Lost Semifinal, 1–9 (Saint Louis) 1976–77 CCHA 16 3 13 0 - - - 6 5th 33 10 23 0 1977–78 CCHA 18 7 10 1 - - - 15 T–5th 32 18 13 1 1978–79 CCHA 24 11 12 1 - - - 23 4th 36 16 18 2 Lost Semifinal series, 2–18 (Bowling Green) 1979–80 CCHA 20 2 18 0 - - - 4 6th 34 12 21 1 1980–81 CCHA 22 6 15 1 - - - 13 6th 36 14 21 1 1981–82 CCHA 28 11 15 2 - - - 24 T–7th 39 19 17 3 Lost Quarterfinal series, 5–12 (Michigan State) 1982–83 CCHA 32 10 21 1 - - - 21 11th 36† 12† 23† 1† 1983–84 CCHA 28 12 17 1 - - - .417 8th 40 18 20 2 Lost Quarterfinal series, 10–13 (Bowling Green) 1984–85 CCHA 32 21 11 0 - - - 42 2nd 44 27 16 1 Won Quarterfinal series, 10–7 (Michigan)Won Semifinal, 4–1 (Bowling Green)Lost Championship, 1–5 (Michigan State) Lost Quarterfinal series, 6–10 (Rensselaer) 1985–86 CCHA 32 17 14 1 - - - 35 4th 43 24 18 1 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Ohio State)Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (Michigan State)Lost Third Place, 0–3 (Bowling Green) 1986–87 CCHA 32 19 11 2 - - - 40 3rd 40 22 16 2 Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Ohio State) 1987–88 CCHA 32 22 4 6 - - - 501st 46 33 7 6 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Ohio State)Won Semifinal, 5–4 (OT) (Western Michigan)Lost Championship, 3–5 (Bowling Green) Won Quarterfinal series, 8–4 (Merrimack)Won Semifinal, 8–3 (Maine)Won National Championship, 4–3 (OT) (St. Lawrence) 1988–89 CCHA 32 19 7 6 - - - 44 2nd 46 29 11 6 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Ferris State)Won Semifinal, 6–3 (Illinois–Chicago)Lost Championship, 1–4 (Michigan State)Won First Round series, 2–0 (St. Cloud State)Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Harvard) 1989–90 CCHA 32 24 6 2 - - - 50 2nd 46 33 10 3 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Miami)Won Semifinal, 4–2 (Bowling Green)Lost Championship, 3–4 (Michigan State)Won First Round series, 2–0 (Alaska–Anchorage)Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Colgate) 1990–91 CCHA 32 26 2 4 - - - 561st 45 36 5 4 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Illinois–Chicago)Won Semifinal, 11–4 (Western Michigan)Won Championship, 6–5 (OT) (Michigan)Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Clarkson) 1991–92 CCHA 32 20 8 4 - - - 44 2nd 43 30 9 4 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Illinois–Chicago)Won Semifinal, 5–3 (Michigan State)Won Championship, 3–1 (Michigan) Won Regional Quarterfinal, 7–3 (Alaska–Anchorage)Won Regional Semifinal, 8–3 (Minnesota)Won National Semifinal, 4–2 (Michigan State)Won National Championship, 5–3 (Wisconsin) 1992–93 CCHA 30 20 5 5 - - - 45 3rd 45 32 8 5 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Illinois–Chicago)Won Quarterfinal, 7–1 (Bowling Green)Won Semifinal, 5–3 (Michigan)Won Championship, 3–0 (Miami) Won Regional Semifinal, 4–3 (Minnesota–Duluth)Won National Semifinal, 4–2 (Boston University)Lost National Championship, 4–5 (Maine) 1993–94 CCHA 30 18 8 4 - - - 40 2nd 45 31 10 4 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Ohio State)Won Semifinal, 4–0 (Michigan State)Lost Championship, 0–3 (Michigan) Won Eegional Quarterfinal, 6–5 (OT) (Northeastern)Won Regional Semifinal, 5–4 (OT) (Michigan)Won National Semifinal, 3–2 (OT) (Harvard)Won National Championship, 9–1 (Boston University) 1994–95 CCHA 27 14 9 4 - - - 32 T–4th 41 23 12 6 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Western Michigan)Won Play-In, 5–2 (Miami)Won Semifinal, 5–4 (OT) (Michigan)Won Championship, 5–3 (Michigan State) Won Regional Quarterfinal, 5–4 (Clarkson)Lost Regional Semifinal, 2–6 (Boston University) 1995–96 CCHA 30 22 6 2 - - - 46T–1st 40 30 8 2 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Ohio State)Won Semifinal, 7–0 (Bowling Green)Lost Championship, 3–4 (Michigan) Won Regional Quarterfinal, 5–4 (Cornell)Lost Regional Semifinal, 1–2 (Vermont) 1996–97 CCHA 27 15 8 4 - - - 34 4th 38 19 14 5 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Bowling Green) 1997–98 CCHA 30 12 14 4 - - - 28 T–6th 37 15 18 4 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Ohio State) 1998–99 CCHA 30 10 17 3 - - - 23 8th 38 11 23 4 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan State) 1999–00 CCHA 28 17 9 2 - - - 36 T–3rd 36 18 16 2 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Bowling Green) 2000–01 CCHA 28 8 20 0 - - - 16 12th 36 13 23 0 2001–02 CCHA 28 4 22 2 - - - 10 12th 37 8 27 2 Lost First Round series, 1–2 (Michigan) 2002–03 CCHA 28 3 24 1 - - - 7 12th 38 6 28 4 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Ferris State) 2003–04 CCHA 28 7 16 5 - - - 19 11th 36 9 20 7 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Miami) 2004–05 CCHA 28 8 14 6 - - - 22 9th 38 9 22 7 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Nebraska-Omaha) 2005–06 CCHA 28 11 12 5 - - - 27 T–6th 36 15 14 7 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Western Michigan) 2006–07 CCHA 28 11 14 3 - - - 25 8th 43 21 19 3 Won First Round series, 2–1 (Ferris State)Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Miami)Lost Semifinal, 0–3 (Notre Dame) 2007–08 CCHA 28 7 15 6 - - - 20 T-9th 37 10 20 7 Lost First Round series, 1–2 (Bowling Green) 2008–09 CCHA 28 7 15 6 - - 1 21 T–10th 39 11 20 8 Lost First Round series, 1–2 (Western Michigan) 2009–10 CCHA 28 10 15 3 - - 3 35 10th 38 15 18 5 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Michigan) 2010–11 CCHA 28 8 12 8 - - 5 37 8th 39 13 17 9 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Ohio State)Lost CCHA Quarterfinal Series, 0–2 (Notre Dame) 2011–12 CCHA 28 11 13 4 - - 4 41 7th 40 18 17 5 .513 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Alaska)Lost CCHA Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Western Michigan) 2012–13 CCHA 28 11 16 1 - - 1 35 8th 39 17 21 1 Lost First Round series, 1–2 (Bowling Green) 2013–14 WCHA 28 12 16 0 - - – 24 T-8th 36 16 19 1 2014–15 WCHA 28 7 20 1 - - – 15 T-8th 38 8 28 2 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Minnesota State) 2015–16 WCHA 28 10 13 5 – - - 25 7th 41 14 22 5 Lost First Round series, 1–2 (Minnesota State) 2016–17 WCHA 28 8 13 7 - - 4 35 7th 36 11 18 7 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Michigan Tech) 2017–18 WCHA 28 8 17 3 - - 0 27 9th 36 10 22 4 2018–19 WCHA 28 16 10 2 - - 0 50 4th 38 23 13 2 Won first round series, 2–0 (Bemidji State)Lost Semifinal series, 0–2 (Minnesota State) 2019–20 WCHA 28 11 13 4 - - 4 41 7th 41 14 23 4 Lost first round series, 1–2 (Bemidji State) 2020–21 WCHA 14 9 5 0 2 2 0 27 T–2nd 29 19 7 3 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Alabama–Huntsville)Won Semifinal, 4–1 (Bemidji State)Won Championship, 6–3 (Northern Michigan) Lost NCAA regional semifinal, 1–5 (Massachusetts) 2021–22 CCHA 26 13 13 0 1 1 0 39 4th 37 18 18 1 Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Northern Michigan) 2022–23 CCHA 26 8 17 1 2 1 1 25 8th 36 9 25 2 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Minnesota State) 2023–24 CCHA 24 11 12 1 2 2 0 35 7th 38 17 20 1 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (St. Thomas) Lost Semifinal, 1–4 (Bemidji State) 2024–25 CCHA 26 10 15 1 0 4 0 .449 8th 36 12 22 2 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Minnesota State) 2025–26 CCHA 26 8 16 2 1 4 2 31 7th 36 11 22 3 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (St. Thomas) Totals GP W L T %ChampionshipsRegular season 2059 982 895 182 4 ICHA Championships, 4 CCHA ChampionshipsConference Post-season 131 66 65 0 4 CCHA tournament championships, 1 WCHA tournament championshipNCAA Post-season 33 20 12 1 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, 6 NAIA Tournament appearances, 1 NIT Tournament appearanceRegular season and Post-season Record 2223 1068 972 183 3 NCAA Division I National Championships, 2 NAIA national championships * Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced. † Bill Selman Resigned in December 1982.

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