List of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the University of Alaska Anchorage men's ice hockey team.

Alaska Anchorage has made three NCAA tournament appearances in its history, all in consecutive years. As of 2018 the Seawolves are the last independent team to receive a bid to the NCAA tournament.

Season-by-season results

NCAA D-I Champions 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 3/SW Pts* Finish GP W L T %
Division II
Brush Christiansen (1979 — 1996)
1979–80 Independent – – – – – – – 8 8 0 0 1.000
1980–81 Independent – – – – – – – 24 14 10 0 .583
1981–82 Independent – – – – – – – 27 15 12 0 .556
1982–83 Independent – – – – – – – 28 20 7 1 .732
1983–84 Independent – – – – – – – 30 23 6 1 .783
Division I
1984–85 Independent – – – – – – – 38 17 21 0 .447
1985–86 Great West 12 3 8 1 - 7 4th 33 12 20 1 .379
1986–87 Great West 16 9 6 1 - 19 1st 30 19 9 2 .667
1987–88 Great West 8 3 5 0 - 6 3rd 36 18 15 3 .542
1988–89 Independent – – – – – – – 34 18 13 3 .574
1989–90 Independent – – – – – – – 34 21 11 2 .647 Lost Regional semifinal series, 0–2 (Lake Superior State)
1990–91 Independent – – – – – – – 43 22 17 4 .558 Won First round series, 2–0 (Boston College)
Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Northern Michigan)
1991–92 Independent – – – – – – – 36 27 8 1 .764 Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 3–7 (Lake Superior State)
1992–93 Independent – – – – – – – 36 18 13 5 .569
1993–94 WCHA 32 14 16 2 - 30 6th 36 15 19 2 .444 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Northern Michigan)
1994–95 WCHA 32 10 22 0 - 20 10th 36 11 25 0 .306 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Colorado College)
1995–96 WCHA 32 8 25 5 - 20 9th 37 9 23 5 .311 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Minnesota)
Dean Talafous (1996 — 2001)
1996–97 WCHA 32 7 21 4 - 18 9th 36 9 23 4 .392 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Minnesota)
1997–98 WCHA 28 5 19 4 - 14 9th 36 6 25 5 .236 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Wisconsin)
1998–99 WCHA 28 10 13 5 - 25 6th 36 13 18 5 .431 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Minnesota)
1999–00 WCHA 28 11 14 3 - 25 7th 36 15 18 3 .458 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Minnesota State–Mankato)
2000–01 WCHA 28 4 20 4 - 12 9th 36 7 24 5 .264 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (St. Cloud State)
John Hill (2001 — 2005)
2001–02 WCHA 28 10 14 4 - 24 T–6th 36 12 19 5 .403 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Colorado College)
2002–03 WCHA 28 0 22 6 - 6 10th 36 1 28 7 .125 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Colorado College)
2003–04 WCHA 28 7 18 3 - 17 8th 40 14 23 3 .388 Won First round series, 2–1 (Wisconsin)
Won Quarterfinal, 4–1 (Colorado College)
Lost Semifinal, 2–4 (North Dakota)
Lost Third Place, 2–4 (Minnesota–Duluth)
2004–05 WCHA 28 9 15 4 - 22 7th 37 12 19 6 .405 Lost First round series, 1–2 (Wisconsin)
Dave Shyiak (2005 — 2013)
2005–06 WCHA 28 4 21 3 - 11 10th 36 6 27 3 .208 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Minnesota)
2006–07 WCHA 28 8 19 1 - 17 10th 37 13 21 3 .392 Lost First round series, 1–2 (Minnesota)
2007–08 WCHA 28 3 19 6 - 12 10th 36 7 21 8 .306 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Colorado College)
2008–09 WCHA 28 9 14 5 - 23 9th 36 14 17 5 .458 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Denver)
2009–10 WCHA 28 9 17 2 - 20 T–8th 36 11 23 2 .333 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Wisconsin)
2010–11 WCHA 28 12 14 2 - 26 T–8th 37 16 18 3 .473 Won First round series, 2–0 (Minnesota)
Lost Quarterfinal, 2–4 (Colorado College)
2011–12 WCHA 28 5 22 1 - 11 12th 36 9 25 2 .278 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Minnesota)
2012–13 WCHA 28 2 20 6 - 10 12th 36 4 25 7 .208 Lost First round series, 0–2 (St. Cloud State)
Matt Thomas (2013 — 2018)
2013–14 WCHA 28 12 12 4 – 28 6th 38 18 16 4 .526 Won First round series, 2–1 (Alaska)
Lost Semifinal, 4–5 (OT) (Ferris State)
2014–15 WCHA 28 8 18 2 – 18 9th 34 8 22 4 .294
2015–16 WCHA 28 8 16 4 – 20 8th 34 11 20 3 .368
2016–17 WCHA 28 6 16 6 2 26 10th 34 7 21 6 .294
2017–18 WCHA 28 4 21 3 3 18 10th 34 4 26 4 .176
Matt Curley (2018 — 2021)
2018–19 WCHA 28 2 23 3 2 11 10th 34 3 28 3 .132
2019–20 WCHA 28 4 18 6 3 21 8th 36 4 25 7 .208 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Minnesota State)
2020–21 WCHA Season Cancelled
Program Suspended
Matt Shasby (2022 — Present)
2022–23 Independent – – – – – – – 28 8 19 1 .304
2023–24 Independent – – – – – – – 34 15 17 2 .471
Totals GP W L T % Championships
Regular season 1409 523 746 140 .421 1 Great West Championship
Conference Post-season 55 9 46 0 .164
NCAA Post-season 7 2 5 0 .286 3 NCAA Tournament Appearances
Regular season and Post-season Record 1471 534 797 140 .411

* Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced.

Footnotes

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

References

  1. ^ "Alaska Anchorage Hockey Media Guide". Go Seawolves.com. Retrieved May 18, 2018.