List of Niagara Purple Eagles men's ice hockey seasons

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This is a season-by-season list of records compiled by Niagara in men's ice hockey.

Niagara University has made four appearances in the NCAA Tournament, despite being one of the newest programs at the Division I level.

Season-by-season results[1][]

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

NCAA D-I Champions NCAA Frozen Four Conference Regular Season Champions Conference Playoff Champions
Season 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 %
Division III
Blaise MacDonald (1996–2001)
1996–97 ECAC West 10 6 2 2 – – – 14 2nd 27 16 9 2 .630
1997–98 ECAC West 10 8 1 1 – – – 17 1st 27 14 10 3 .574 Won Semifinal, 4–1 (Canisius)
Won Championship, 5–2 (RIT)
Division I
1998–99 Independent – – – – – – – – – 32 17 12 3 .578
1999–00 CHA 17 15 0 2 – – – 32 1st 42 30 8 4 .762 Won Semifinal, 9–1 (Air Force)
Won Championship, 3–2 (Alabama–Huntsville) 		Won Regional Quarterfinal, 4–1 (New Hampshire)
Lost Regional Semifinal, 1–4 (North Dakota)
2000–01 CHA 20 10 7 3 – – – 23 2nd 38 14 19 5 .434 Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (OT) (Wayne State)
Tied Third Place Game, 2–2 (OT) (Air Force)
Dave Burkholder (2001–2017)
2001–02 CHA 19 8 10 1 – – – 14 4th 35 17 17 1 .500 Lost Quarterfinal, 3–5 (Air Force)
2002–03 CHA 20 11 4 5 – – – 27 2nd 37 15 17 5 .473 Lost Semifinal, 4–6 (Wayne State)
2003–04 CHA 20 14 6 0 – – – 28 2nd 39 21 15 3 .577 Won Semifinal, 6–2 (Findlay)
Won Championship, 4–3 (OT) (Bemidji State) 		Lost Regional Semifinal, 2–5 (Boston College)
2004–05 CHA 20 9 9 2 – – – 20 3rd 36 15 19 2 .444 Won Quarterfinal, 5–1 (Robert Morris)
Lost Semifinal, 2–4 (Alabama–Huntsville)
2005–06 CHA 20 13 6 1 – – – 27 1st 36 20 15 1 .569 Won Semifinal, 3–2 (Robert Morris)
Lost Championship, 2–4 (Bemidji State)
2006–07 CHA 20 9 5 6 – – – 24 1st 37 18 13 6 .568 Lost Quarterfinal, 3–5 (Alabama–Huntsville)
2007–08 CHA 20 12 6 2 – – – 26 2nd 37 22 11 4 .649 Won Semifinal, 6–3 (Robert Morris)
Won Championship, 3–2 (Bemidji State) 		Lost Regional Semifinal, 1–5 (Michigan)
2008–09 CHA 18 9 5 4 – – – 22 2nd 36 16 14 6 .528 Lost Semifinal, 1–2 (Robert Morris)
Tied Third Place Game, 1–1 (OT) (Alabama–Huntsville)
2009–10 CHA 18 6 10 2 – – – 14 T–3rd 36 12 20 4 .389 Won Semifinal, 5–4 (Bemidji State)
Lost Championship, 2–3 (OT) (Alabama–Huntsville)
2010–11 Atlantic Hockey 27 15 10 2 – – – 32 4th 35 18 13 4 .571 Lost First Round, 3–6 (Canisius)
2011–12 Atlantic Hockey 27 14 6 7 – – – 35 2nd 37 17 11 9 .581 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Robert Morris)
Lost Semifinal, 1–2 (OT) (RIT)
2012–13 Atlantic Hockey 27 20 5 2 – – – 42 1st 38 23 10 5 .671 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (RIT)
Lost Semifinal, 3–5 (Canisius) 		Lost Regional Semifinal, 1–2 (North Dakota)
2013–14 Atlantic Hockey 27 11 11 5 – – – 27 6th 40 15 20 5 .438 Won First Round series, 2–0 (American International)
Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Air Force)
Lost Semifinal, 4–5 (OT) (Robert Morris)
2014–15 Atlantic Hockey 28 5 19 4 – – – 14 11th 39 7 28 4 .231 Won First Round series, 2–1 (Holy Cross)
Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Robert Morris)
2015–16 Atlantic Hockey 28 5 18 5 – – – 15 T–10th 37 6 25 6 .243 Lost First Round series, 1–2 (Canisius)
2016–17 Atlantic Hockey 28 3 23 2 – – – 8 11th 39 5 31 3 .167 Lost First Round series, 1–2 (RIT)
Jason Lammers (2017–Present)
2017–18 Atlantic Hockey 28 10 15 3 – – – 23 T–9th 36 11 22 3 .347 Lost First Round series, 0–2 (American International)
2018–19 Atlantic Hockey 28 11 12 5 – – – 27 6th 41 17 19 5 .476 Won First Round series, 2–1 (Canisius)
Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Air Force)
Won Semifinal, 1–0 (OT) (RIT)
Lost Championship, 2–3 (OT) (American International)
2019–20 Atlantic Hockey 28 12 12 4 – – 2 42 5th 34 12 18 4 .412 Tournament Cancelled
2020–21 Atlantic Hockey 15 3 9 3 0 2 1 .333 9th 22 7 12 3 .386 Won First Round, 3–2 (Mercyhurst)
Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Robert Morris)
Lost Semifinals, 2–1 (American International)
Totals GP W L T % Championships
Regular Season 829 353 378 98 .485 1 ECAC West Championship, 3 CHA Championships, 1 Atlantic Hockey Championship
Conference Post-season 59 31 26 2 .542 1 ECAC West Tournament Championship, 3 CHA Tournament Championships
NCAA Post-season 5 1 4 0 .200 4 NCAA Tournament appearances
Regular Season and Post-season Record 893 385 408 100 .487

* 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. ^ "Niagara Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
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