List of Northern Michigan Wildcats men's ice hockey seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Northern Michigan University Wildcats men's ice hockey team.

Northern Michigan has won one NCAA Championship in its history (1991).

Season-by-season results

NAIA/NCAA D-I Champions

NAIA/NCAA Frozen Four

Conference regular season champions

Conference Playoff Champions

Season[1]	Conference	Regular Season[a]														Conference Tournament Results	National Tournament Results
		Conference									Overall
		GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	3/SW	Pts*	Finish	GP	W	L	T	%
Rick Comley (1976–2002)
1976–77	Independent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	19	13	1	.591
1977–78	CCHA	18	8	10	2	-	-	-	18	T–3rd	34	19	12	3	.603	Lost Semifinal series, 6–10 (Saint Louis)
1978–79	CCHA	24	13	10	1	-	-	-	27	3rd	34	19	12	3	.603	Lost Semifinal series, 9–10 (Ohio State)
1979–80	CCHA	20	17	3	0	-	-	-	34	1st	41	34	6	1	.841	Won Semifinal series, 14–6 (Bowling Green) Won Championship series, 15–9 (Ferris State)	Won First round, 4–3 (Minnesota) Won Semifinal, 5–4 (Cornell) Lost Championship, 2–5 (North Dakota)
1980–81	CCHA	22	18	4	0	-	-	-	36	1st	44	27	14	3	.648	Won Semifinal series, 13–5 (Bowling Green) Won Championship series, 6–4 (Ohio State)	Won Quarterfinal series, 10–7 (Cornell) Lost Semifinal, 1–5 (Wisconsin) Lost Third-place game, 2–5 (Michigan Tech)
1981–82	CCHA	28	12	16	0	-	-	-	24	T–7th	36	15	21	0	.417	Lost CCHA Quarterfinal series, 5–18 (Bowling Green)
1982–83	CCHA	32	16	13	3	-	-	-	35	5th	40	18	18	4	.500	Won Quarterfinal series, 6–5 (Michigan Tech) Lost Semifinal, 0–3 (Bowling Green) Lost Consolation Game, 6–8 (Ohio State)
1983–84	CCHA	30	16	14	0	-	-	-	.533	4th	40	17	22	1	.438	Lost Quarterfinal series, 6–7 (Western Michigan)
1984–85	WCHA	34	14	20	0	-	-	-	28	7th	40	19	21	0	.475	Lost Quarterfinal series, 8–9 (Minnesota)
1985–86	WCHA	34	21	13	0	-	-	-	42	5th	39	23	14	2	.615	Lost Quarterfinal series, 8–12 (Minnesota–Duluth)
1986–87	WCHA	35	16	18	1	-	-	-	33	5th	40	18	21	1	.463	Lost Quarterfinal series, 4–10 (Wisconsin)
1987–88	WCHA	35	14	17	4	-	-	-	32	T–6th	40	16	20	4	.450	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Wisconsin)
1988–89	WCHA	35	20	13	2	-	-	-	42	2nd	45	26	17	2	.600	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Minnesota–Duluth) Won Semifinal, 4–2 (Wisconsin) Won Championship, 9–4 (Denver)	Lost First round series, 1–2 (Providence)
1989–90	WCHA	28	15	12	1	-	-	-	31	4th	42	22	19	1	.536	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Denver) Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (OT) (Wisconsin) Lost Third-place game, 5–6 (OT) (North Dakota)
1990–91	WCHA	32	25	3	4	-	-	-	54	1st	47	38	5	4	.851	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Colorado College) Won Semifinal, 8–4 (North Dakota) Won Championship, 4–2 (Minnesota)	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Alaska–Anchorage) Won Semifinal, 5–3 (Maine) Won Championship, 8–7 (3OT) (Boston University)
1991–92	WCHA	32	17	12	3	-	-	-	37	3rd	42	25	14	3	.631	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Michigan Tech) Won Semifinal, 6–3 (Wisconsin) Won Championship, 4–2 (Minnesota)	Won Regional Quarterfinal, 8–4 (Clarkson) Lost regional semifinal, 6–7 (Michigan)
1992–93	WCHA	32	15	13	5	-	-	-	34	5th	43	21	18	4	.535	Won First round series, 2–0 (Denver) Won Quarterfinal, 4–3 (Michigan Tech) Won Semifinal, 6–2 (Minnesota–Duluth) Lost Championship, 3–5 (Minnesota)	Won Regional semifinal, 3–2 (2OT) (Harvard) Lost regional semifinal, 1–4 (Boston University)
1993–94	WCHA	32	17	14	1	-	-	-	35	5th	39	22	16	1	.577	Won First round series, 2–0 (Alaska–Anchorage) Lost Quarterfinal, 1–5 (Michigan Tech)
1994–95	WCHA	32	10	19	3	-	-	-	23	9th	40	13	24	3	.363	Lost First round series, 1–2 (Wisconsin)
1995–96	WCHA	32	5	25	2	-	-	-	12	10th	39	7	30	2	.205	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Colorado College)
1996–97	WCHA	32	9	21	2	-	-	-	20	8th	40	13	24	3	.363	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (St. Cloud State)
1997–98	CCHA	30	15	12	3	-	-	-	33	4th	38	19	15	4	.553	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Miami) Lost Semifinal, 1–5 (Michigan State)
1998–99	CCHA	30	14	11	5	-	-	-	33	5th	42	22	15	5	.583	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Notre Dame) Won Semifinal, 5–3 (Michigan State) Lost Championship, 1–5 (Michigan)	Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 1–2 (Boston College)
1999–00	CCHA	28	16	8	4	-	-	-	36	T–3rd	39	22	13	4	.615	Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Nebraska–Omaha)
2000–01	CCHA	28	12	10	6	-	-	-	30	T–5th	38	18	13	7	.566	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Western Michigan) Lost Play-In, 1–2 (OT) (Bowling Green)
2001–02	CCHA	28	16	10	2	-	-	-	34	3rd	40	26	12	2	.675	Won First round series, 2–0 (Miami) Won Quarterfinal, 3–1 (Notre Dame) Lost Semifinal, 1–2 (Michigan State)
Walt Kyle (2002–2017)
2002–03	CCHA	28	14	13	1	-	-	-	29	T–5th	41	22	17	2	.561	Won First round series, 2–0 (Western Michigan) Won Quarterfinal, 7–5 (Michigan State) Lost Semifinal, 2–4 (Ferris State) Won Third-place game, 4–1 (Ohio State)
2003–04	CCHA	28	13	13	2	-	-	-	28	7th	41	21	16	4	.561	Won First round series, 2–0 (Alaska–Fairbanks) Won Quarterfinal, 2–1 (Michigan State) Lost Semifinal, 1–5 (Michigan) Lost Third-place game, 0–4 (Miami)
2004–05	CCHA	28	17	7	4	-	-	-	38	3rd	40	22	11	7	.638	Won First round series, 2–1 (Western Michigan) Lost Quarterfinal, 3–6 (Alaska–Fairbanks)
2005–06	CCHA	28	14	12	2	-	-	-	30	T–4th	40	22	16	2	.575	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Nebraska–Omaha) Lost Semifinal, 2–5 (Miami) Lost Third-place game, 2–3 (Michigan)
2006–07	CCHA	28	10	17	1	-	-	-	21	10th	41	15	24	2	.390	Won First round series, 2–1 (Ohio State) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan)
2007–08	CCHA	28	12	13	3	-	-	-	27	6th	44	20	20	4	.500	Won First round series, 2–0 (Ohio State) Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Michigan State) Lost Semifinal, 4–6 (Michigan) Won Third-place game, 2–1 (Notre Dame)
2008–09	CCHA	28	11	12	5	-	-	3	30	6th	41	19	17	5	.524	Won First round series, 2–0 (Michigan State) Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Miami) Lost Semifinal, 1–2 (Notre Dame) Won Third-place game, 2–1 (Alaska)
2009–10	CCHA	28	13	9	6	-	-	3	48	4th	41	20	13	8	.585	Won First round series, 2–0 (Bowling Green) Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Alaska) Won Semifinal, 5–4 (OT) (Ferris State) Lost Championship, 1–2 (Michigan)	Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 3–4 (2OT) (St. Cloud State)
2010–11	CCHA	28	12	13	3	-	-	0	39	6th	39	15	19	5	.449	Lost First round series, 1–2 (Bowling Green)
2011–12	CCHA	28	11	11	6	-	-	3	42	6th	37	17	14	6	.541	Lost First round series, 1–2 (Bowling Green)
2012–13	CCHA	28	9	15	4	-	-	1	32	10th	38	15	19	4	.447	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Michigan)
2013–14	WCHA	28	13	14	1	-	-	–	27	7th	38	15	21	2	.421	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Minnesota State)
2014–15	WCHA	28	11	13	4	-	-	–	26	7th	38	14	18	6	.447	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Bowling Green)
2015–16	WCHA	28	12	11	5	-	-	–	29	5th	38	15	16	7	.487	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Ferris State)
2016–17	WCHA	28	10	15	3	-	-	1	34	8th	39	13	22	4	.385	Lost First round series, 1–2 (Bemidji State)
Grant Potulny (2017–Present)
2017–18	WCHA	28	19	7	2	-	-	2	61	2nd	43	25	15	3	.616	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Alabama–Huntsville) Won Semifinal series, 2–1 (Bowling Green) Lost Championship, 0–2 (Michigan Tech)
2018–19	WCHA	28	18	8	2	-	-	0	56	2nd	39	21	16	2	.564	Won First round series, 2–0 (Alaska) Lost Semifinal series, 0–2 (Bowling Green)
2019–20	WCHA	28	16	11	1	-	-	1	50	3rd	38	18	16	4	.526	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan Tech)
2020–21	WCHA	14	6	7	1	2	2	1	20	T–5th	29	11	17	1	.397	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Bowling Green) Won Semifinal, 5–1 (Minnesota State) Lost Championship, 3–6 (Lake Superior State)
2021–22	CCHA	26	12	13	1	3	0	1	35	5th	37	20	16	1	.554	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Lake Superior State) Lost Semifinal, 1–8 (Minnesota State)
2022–23	CCHA	26	14	12	0	3	0	0	39	T–4th	38	21	17	0	.553	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Bemidji State) Won Semifinal, 4–0 (Michigan Tech) Lost Championship, 2–3 (OT) (Minnesota State)
2023–24	CCHA	24	10	10	4	1	1	2	36	5th	34	12	16	6	.441	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Minnesota State)
Totals											GP	W	L	T	%	Championships
Regular Season											1704	837	722	145	.534	2 CCHA Championships, 1 WCHA Championship
Conference Post-season											165	84	73	8	.533	2 CCHA tournament championships, 3 WCHA tournament championships
NCAA Post-season											20	10	10	0	.500	8 NCAA Tournament appearances
Regular Season and Post-season Record											1889	931	805	153	.533	1 NCAA Division I National Championship

* Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced.

Footnotes

1. Code explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, T—Tied games, OTW—Overtime Wins, OTL—Overtime Loses, 3/SW—Win in 3 on 3 overtime or shootout, Pts—Points*

References

1. "Northern Michigan Wildcats Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). Northern Michigan Wildcats. Retrieved June 24, 2019.