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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[1]

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NAIA/NCAA D-I Champions NAIA/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 %
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

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  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

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