List of Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey seasons

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

The Michigan State Spartans have won three NCAA Championship in their history.

Season-by-season results

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[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	%
No Coach (1921–1922)
1921–22	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0	4	0	.000
Program Suspended
John Kobs (1924–1930)
1924–25	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	1	0	.000
1925–26	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0	4	0	.000
1926–27	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	3	0	.250
1927–28	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	3	3	0	.500
1928–29	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	3	3	1	.500
1929–30	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	4	0	.200
Program Suspended due to lack of available ice
Harold Paulsen (1949–1951)
1949–50	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	0	14	0	.000
1950–51	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	6	11	0	.353
Amo Bessone (1951–1979)
1951–52	MCHL	12	3	9	0	–	–	–	6	6th	20	7	13	0	.350
1952–53	MCHL	18	2	16	0	–	–	–	2	7th	22	5	16	1	.250
1953–54	WIHL	18	4	13	1	–	–	–	6½	6th	23	8	14	1	.370
1954–55	WIHL	20	5	14	1	–	–	–	7½	7th	27	9	17	1	.352
1955–56	WIHL	18	1	17	0	–	–	–	2	7th	23	5	18	0	.217
1956–57	WIHL	20	5	15	0	–	–	–	6	7th	22	7	15	0	.318
1957–58	WIHL	20	5	15	0	–	–	–	5	7th	23	12	11	0	.522
1958–59	Big Ten	8	5	2	1	–	–	–	11	1st	24	17	6	1	.729		Won Semifinal, 4–3 (OT) (Boston College) Lost Championship, 3–4 (OT) (North Dakota)
1959–60	Big Ten	8	3	5	0	–	–	–	8	3rd	24	4	18	2	.208
	WCHA	24	4	18	2	–	–	–	.208	7th
1960–61	Big Ten	8	1	7	0	–	–	–	2	3rd	27	11	16	0	.407
	WCHA	20	5	15	0	–	–	–	.250	6th
1961–62	Big Ten	8	3	4	1	–	–	–	.438	2nd	25	13	11	1	.540	Lost WCHA Semifinal, 1–5 (Michigan Tech)
	WCHA	16	6	9	1	–	–	–	.406	4th
1962–63	Big Ten	8	5	3	0	–	–	–	10	2nd	23	11	12	0	.478
	WCHA	16	6	10	0	–	–	–	.375	T–5th
1963–64	Big Ten	8	0	8	0	–	–	–	0	3rd	26	8	17	1	.327
	WCHA	14	1	12	1	–	–	–	.107	7th
University Division
1964–65	Big Ten	8	4	4	0	–	–	–	8	2nd	29	17	12	0	.586	Lost WCHA first round series, 7–11 (North Dakota)
	WCHA	14	7	7	0	–	–	–	.500	4th
1965–66	Big Ten	8	4	4	0	–	–	–	8	2nd	29	16	13	0	.552	Won WCHA first round, 3–2 (Michigan) Won WCHA second round, 4–3 (Michigan Tech)	Won Semifinal, 2–1 (Boston University) Won Championship, 6–1 (Clarkson)
	WCHA	20	9	11	0	–	–	–	.450	6th
1966–67	Big Ten	8	5	3	0	–	–	–	10	1st	32	16	15	1	.516	Won WCHA first round, 4–2 (Michigan) Won WCHA second round, 2–1 (OT) (Michigan Tech)	Lost Semifinal, 2–4 (Boston University) Won Third-place game, 6–1 (North Dakota)
	WCHA	20	8	11	1	–	–	–	.425	5th
1967–68	Big Ten	8	2	6	0	–	–	–	4	3rd	29	11	16	2	.414	Lost WCHA first round, 2–5 (North Dakota)
	WCHA	20	6	13	1	–	–	–	.325	6th
1968–69	Big Ten	10	5	4	1	–	–	–	.550	2nd	28	11	16	1	.411	Lost WCHA first round, 2–4 (Michigan Tech)
	WCHA	18	7	10	1	–	–	–	.417	6th
1969–70	Big Ten	12	5	7	0	–	–	–	10	T–3rd	29	13	16	0	.448	Lost WCHA regional semifinal, 2–6 (Denver)
	WCHA	22	10	12	0	–	–	–	.455	7th
1970–71	Big Ten	12	8	4	0	–	–	–	.667	1st	31	19	12	0	.613	Lost WCHA regional semifinal, 3–4 (Minnesota–Duluth)
	WCHA	22	12	10	0	–	–	–	.545	4th
1971–72	Big Ten	10	5	5	0	–	–	–	10	T–2nd	36	20	16	0	.556	Won WCHA first round series, 8–4 (Minnesota–Duluth) Lost WCHA second round series, 4–11 (Denver)
	WCHA	28	15	13	0	–	–	–	42	4th
1972–73	Big Ten	12	8	3	1	–	–	–	17	T–1st	36	23	12	1	.653	Lost WCHA regional semifinal, 5–8 (Michigan Tech)
	WCHA	26	16	10	0	–	–	–	44	4th
Division I
1973–74	Big Ten	12	5	6	1	–	–	–	11	T–3rd	38	23	14	1	.618	Won WCHA first round series, 7–5 (Wisconsin) Lost WCHA second round series, 10–12 (Michigan Tech)
	WCHA	28	15	12	1	–	–	–	31	4th
1974–75	Big Ten	12	4	8	0	–	–	–	8	4th	40	22	17	1	.563	Won WCHA first round series, 11–9 (Wisconsin) Lost WCHA second round series, 8–15 (Michigan Tech)
	WCHA	32	19	12	1	–	–	–	39	5th
1975–76	Big Ten	12	9	3	0	–	–	–	18	1st	40	23	15	2	.600	Won WCHA first round series, 12–8 (Wisconsin) Lost WCHA second round series, 9–10 (Minnesota)
	WCHA	32	20	12	0	–	–	–	40	2nd
1976–77	Big Ten	12	3	9	0	–	–	–	6	4th	36	14	21	1	.403
	WCHA	32	11	20	1	–	–	–	23	T–8th
1977–78	Big Ten	12	2	8	2	–	–	–	6	4th	36	7	27	2	.222
	WCHA	32	7	23	2	–	–	–	16	10th
1978–79	Big Ten	12	3	9	0	–	–	–	6	T–3rd	36	15	21	0	.417
	WCHA	32	12	20	0	–	–	–	24	T–8th
Ron Mason (1979–2002)
1979–80	Big Ten	12	5	7	0	–	–	–	10	3rd	38	14	24	0	.368	Lost WCHA first round series, 4–13 (North Dakota)
	WCHA	30	12	16	0	–	–	–	.429	8th
1980–81	Big Ten	8	2	6	0	–	–	–	.250	4th	36	12	22	2	.361
	WCHA	28	7	20	1	–	–	–	15	10th
1981–82	CCHA	28	21	10	1	–	–	–	43	2nd	42	26	14	2	.643	Won First round series, 12–5 (Lake Superior State) Won Semifinal, 3–2 (Michigan Tech) Won Championship, 4–1 (Notre Dame)	Lost Quarterfinal series, 4–9 (New Hampshire)
1982–83	CCHA	32	23	9	0	–	–	–	46	T–2nd	42	30	11	1	.726	Won First round series, 7–6 (Ferris State) Won Semifinal, 8–3 (Ohio State) Won Championship, 4–3 (OT) (Bowling Green)	Lost Quarterfinal series, 8–9 (Harvard)
1983–84	CCHA	30	21	9	0	–	–	–	.700	T–2nd	46	34	12	0	.739	Won First round series, 8–4 (Michigan Tech) Won Semifinal, 8–1 (Ohio State) Won Championship, 5–0 (Western Michigan)	Won Quarterfinal series, 13–8 (Boston College) Lost Semifinal, 1–2 (Bowling Green) Lost Third-place game, 5–6 (OT) (North Dakota)
1984–85	CCHA	32	27	5	0	–	–	–	54	1st	44	38	6	0	.864	Won First round series, 11–4 (Miami) Won Semifinal, 8–0 (Ohio State) Won Championship, 5–1 (Lake Superior State)	Lost Quarterfinal series, 5–6 (Providence)
1985–86	CCHA	32	23	7	2	–	–	–	48	1st	45	34	9	2	.778	Won First round series, 9–5 (Michigan) Won Semifinal, 3–2 (Lake Superior State) Lost Championship, 1–3 (Western Michigan)	Won Quarterfinal series, 10–6 (Boston College) Won Semifinal, 6–4 (Minnesota) Won Championship, 6–5 (Harvard)
1986–87	CCHA	32	23	8	1	–	–	–	47	2nd	45	33	10	2	.756	Won First round series, 14–10 (Michigan) Won Semifinal, 6–3 (Western Michigan) Won Championship, 4–3 (OT) (Bowling Green)	Won Quarterfinal series, 11–5 (Maine) Won Semifinal, 5–3 (Minnesota) Lost Championship, 3–5 (North Dakota)
1987–88	CCHA	32	18	11	3	–	–	–	39	3rd	46	27	16	3	.620	Won First round series, 2–0 (Illinois–Chicago) Lost Semifinal, 4–6 (Bowling Green) Won Third-place game, 9–6 (Western Michigan)	Won First round series, 11–8 (Harvard) Lost Quarterfinal series, 5–8 (Minnesota)
1988–89	CCHA	32	25	6	1	–	–	–	51	1st	47	37	9	1	.798	Won First round series, 2–0 (Ohio State) Won Semifinal, 3–2 (Bowling Green) Won Championship, 4–1 (Lake Superior State)	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Boston College) Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (OT) (Harvard) Won Third-place game, 7–4 (Maine)
1989–90	CCHA	32	26	3	3	–	–	–	55	1st	45	35	7	3	.811	Won First round series, 2–0 (Ferris State) Won Semifinal, 4–3 (OT) (Michigan) Won Championship, 4–3 (Lake Superior State)	Lost Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Boston University)
1990–91	CCHA	32	14	13	5	–	–	–	33	5th	40	17	18	5	.488	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Western Michigan)
1991–92	CCHA	32	18	7	7	–	–	–	43	3rd	44	26	10	8	.682	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Ferris State) Lost Semifinal, 3–5 (Lake Superior State) Won Colsolation Game, 8–5 (Miami)	Won Regional Quarterfinal, 4–2 (Boston University) Won regional semifinal, 3–2 (Maine) Lost National semifinal, 2–4 (Lake Superior State)
1992–93	CCHA	30	18	10	2	–	–	–	38	4th	40	24	14	2	.625	Won First round series, 2–0 (Kent State) Lost Second round, 2–3 (Ferris State)
1993–94	CCHA	30	17	8	5	–	–	–	39	3rd	41	23	13	5	.622	Won First round series, 2–1 (Illinois–Chicago) Won Second round, 3–2 (OT) (Bowling Green) Lost Semifinal, 0–4 (Lake Superior State)	Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 3–4 (Massachusetts–Lowell)
1994–95	CCHA	27	17	7	3	–	–	–	37	3rd	40	25	12	3	.663	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Illinois–Chicago) Won Semifinal, 4–3 (OT) (Bowling Green) Lost Championship, 3–5 (Lake Superior State)	Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 3–5 (Wisconsin)
1995–96	CCHA	30	22	7	1	–	–	–	45	T–3rd	42	28	13	1	.679	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Ferris State) Lost Semifinal, 6–2 (Michigan)	Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 2–6 (Massachusetts–Lowell)
1996–97	CCHA	27	16	7	4	–	–	–	36	3rd	40	23	13	4	.625	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Western Michigan) Won Semifinal, 4–3 (OT) (Miami) Lost Championship, 1–3 (Michigan)	Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 3–6 (Minnesota)
1997–98	CCHA	30	21	5	4	–	–	–	46	1st	44	33	6	5	.807	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Ferris State) Won Semifinal, 5–1 (Northern Michigan) Won Championship, 3–2 (2OT) (Ohio State)	Lost Regional semifinal, 3–4 (OT) (Ohio State)
1998–99	CCHA	30	20	3	7	–	–	–	47	1st	42	29	6	7	.774	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Lake Superior State) Lost Semifinal, 3–5 (Northern Michigan)	Won Regional semifinal, 5–2 (Colorado College) Lost National semifinal, 3–5 (New Hampshire)
1999–00	CCHA	28	18	8	2	–	–	–	38	2nd	42	27	11	4	.690	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Miami) Won Semifinal, 4–0 (Notre Dame) Won Championship, 6–0 (Nebraska–Omaha)	Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 5–6 (OT) (Boston College)
2000–01	CCHA	28	21	4	3	–	–	–	45	1st	42	33	5	4	.833	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Alaska–Fairbanks) Won Semifinal, 2–1 (Bowling Green) Won Championship, 2–0 (Michigan)	Won Regional semifinal, 5–1 (Wisconsin) Lost National semifinal, 0–2 (North Dakota)
2001–02	CCHA	28	18	6	4	–	–	–	40	2nd	41	27	9	5	.720	Won First round series, 2–0 (Bowling Green) Won Semifinal, 2–1 (Northern Michigan) Lost Championship, 2–3 (Michigan)	Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 0–2 (Colorado College)
Rick Comley (2002–2011)
2002–03	CCHA	28	17	10	1	–	–	–	35	4th	39	23	14	2	.615	Won First round series, 2–0 (Alaska–Fairbanks) Lost Quarterfinal, 5–7 (Northern Michigan)
2003–04	CCHA	28	17	9	2	–	–	–	36	3rd	42	23	17	2	.571	Won First round series, 2–0 (Ferris State) Lost Quarterfinal, 1–2 (Northern Michigan)	Lost Regional semifinal, 0–5 (Minnesota–Duluth)
2004–05	CCHA	28	12	13	3	–	–	–	29	6th	41	20	17	4	.537	Won First round series, 2–0 (Miami) Won Quarterfinal, 5–0 (Alaska–Fairbanks) Lost Semifinal, 1–4 (Ohio State) Lost Third-place game, 2–3 (Alaska–Fairbanks)
2005–06	CCHA	28	14	7	7	–	–	–	35	2nd	45	25	12	8	.644	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Alaska–Fairbanks) Won Semifinal, 4–1 (Michigan) Won Championship, 2–1 (Miami)	Won Regional semifinal, 1–0 (New Hampshire) Lost Regional Final, 4–5 (Maine)
2006–07	CCHA	28	15	10	3	–	–	–	33	4th	42	26	13	3	.655	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Nebraska–Omaha) Lost Semifinal, 5–2 (Michigan) Won Third-place game, 7–6 (OT) (Lake Superior State)	Won Regional semifinal, 5–1 (Boston University) Won Regional Final, 2–1 (Notre Dame) Won National semifinal, 4–2 (Maine) Won National Championship, 3–1 (Boston College)
2007–08	CCHA	28	19	6	3	–	–	–	41	3rd	42	25	12	5	.655	Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Northern Michigan)	Won Regional semifinal, 3–1 (Colorado College) Lost Regional Final, 1–3 (Notre Dame)
2008–09	CCHA	28	7	17	4	–	–	3	21	T–10th	38	10	23	5	.329	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Northern Michigan)
2009–10	CCHA	28	14	8	6	–	–	2	50	2nd	38	19	13	6	.579	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Michigan)
2010–11	CCHA	28	11	15	2	–	–	0	35	11th	38	15	19	4	.447	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Alaska)
Tom Anastos (2011–2017)
2011–12	CCHA	28	14	11	3	–	–	2	47	5th	39	19	16	4	.538	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Miami)	Lost Regional semifinal, 1-3 (Union)
2012–13	CCHA	28	9	18	1	–	–	0	28	11th	42	14	25	3	.369	Won First round series, 2–1 (Alaska) Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Miami)
2013–14	Big Ten	20	5	9	6	–	–	4	25	5th	36	11	18	7	.403	Lost Quarterfinal, 1–2 (OT) (Ohio State)
2014–15	Big Ten	20	11	7	2	–	–	2	37	2nd	35	17	16	2	.514	Lost Semifinal, 5–1 (Michigan)
2015–16	Big Ten	20	6	12	2	–	–	0	21	5th	37	10	23	4	.324	Lost Quarterfinal, 3–4 (OT) (Ohio State)
2016–17	Big Ten	20	3	14	3	–	–	0	13	6th	35	7	24	4	.257	Lost Quarterfinal, 3–6 (Ohio State)
Danton Cole (2017–2022)
2017–18	Big Ten	24	6	16	2	–	–	1	21	7th	36	12	22	2	.361	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Ohio State)
2018–19	Big Ten	24	8	12	4	–	–	2	30	7th	36	12	19	5	.403	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Notre Dame)
2019–20	Big Ten	24	11	11	2	–	–	2	35	6th	36	15	19	2	.444	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan)
2020–21	Big Ten	22	5	16	1	2	0	0	.250	7th	27	7	18	2	.296	Lost Quarterfinal, 1–2 (OT) (Minnesota)
2021–22	Big Ten	22	6	18	0	1	0	0	17	7th	36	12	23	1	.347	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan)
Adam Nightingale (2022–Present)
2022–23	Big Ten	22	10	12	2	1	1	2	34	T–5th	38	18	18	2	.500	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Notre Dame) Lost Semifinal, 1–5 (Minnesota)
2023–24	Big Ten	24	16	6	2	0	1	1	52	1st	38	25	10	3	.697	Won Semifinal, 2–1 (Ohio State) Won Championship, 5–4 (OT) (Michigan)	Won Regional Semifinal, 5–4 (OT) (Western Michigan) Lost Regional Final, 2–5 (Michigan)
Totals											GP	W	L	T	%	Championships
Regular Season											2460	1251	1041	168	.543	6 Big Ten Championships, 7 CCHA Championships
Conference Post-season											169	101	67	1	.601	2 WCHA tournament championships, 12 CCHA tournament championships, 1 Big Ten tournament championship
NCAA Post-season											62	31	30	1	.508	27 NCAA Tournament appearances
Regular Season and Post-season Record											2691	1383	1138	170	.546	3 NCAA Division I National Championships

* 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. "Michigan State Hockey 2018-19 Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State Spartans. Retrieved February 27, 2019.