List of Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey seasons

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

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 %
Division II
Bill Neal (1973–1978)
1973–74 - 8 5 2 1 - - - 11 1st 30 22 7 1 .750 Lost CCHA Semifinal, 2–6 (Lake Superior State)
Division I
1974–75 - 8 8 0 0 - - - 16 1st 27 19 8 0 .704 Lost CCHA Semifinal, 2–5 (Saint Louis)
1975–76 CCHA 16 6 10 0 - - - 12 4th 34 18 14 2 .559 Won Semifinal, 3–2 (OT) (Bowling Green)
Lost Championship series, 4–15 (Saint Louis)
1976–77 CCHA 16 5 11 0 - - - 10 4th 37 17 19 1 .473 Lost Semifinal series, 6–14 (Saint Louis)
1977–78 CCHA 20 7 12 1 - - - 15 T–5th 33 15 17 1 .470
Glen Weller (1978–1982)
1978–79 CCHA 24 8 16 0 - - - 16 6th 36 17 19 0 .472
1979–80 CCHA 20 6 13 1 - - - 13 5th 36 18 16 2 .528
1980–81 CCHA 22 8 13 1 - - - 17 5th 36 15 19 2 .444
1981–82 CCHA 30 11 18 1 - - - 23 9th 34 14 19 1 .426
Bill Wilkinson (1982–1999)
1982–83 CCHA 32 10 20 2 - - - 22 T–9th 36 11 23 2 .333
1983–84 CCHA 28 13 14 1 - - - .482 5th 42 22 18 2 .548 Won Quarterfinal series, 7–6 (Northern Michigan)
Won Semifinal, 4–3 (2OT) (Bowling Green)
Lost Championship, 0–5 (Michigan State)
1984–85 CCHA 32 18 13 1 - - - 37 3rd 40 22 16 2 .575 Lost Quarterfinal series, 7–8 (Ohio State)
1985–86 CCHA 32 23 9 0 - - - 46 T–2nd 44 32 12 0 .727 Won Quarterfinal series, 16–5 (Ferris State)
Won Semifinal, 4–3 (OT) (Bowling Green)
Won Championship, 3–1 (Michigan State) 		Lost Quarterfinal series, 4–11 (Harvard)
1986–87 CCHA 32 16 16 0 - - - 32 5th 43 23 20 0 .535 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Illinois–Chicago)
Lost Semifinal, 3–6 (Michigan State)
Lost Consolation Game, 4–7 (Ohio State)
1987–88 CCHA 32 16 12 3 - - - 37 4th 42 22 17 3 .560 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Michigan)
Lost Semifinal, 4–5 (OT) (Lake Superior State)
Lost Consolation Game, 6–9 (Michigan State)
1988–89 CCHA 32 9 17 6 - - - 24 6th 43 14 23 6 .395 Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Illinois–Chicago)
1989–90 CCHA 32 12 18 2 - - - 26 T–5th 40 14 24 2 .375 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan)
1990–91 CCHA 32 16 14 2 - - - 34 4th 42 22 17 3 .560 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Michigan State)
Lost Semifinal, 4–11 (Lake Superior State)
Won Consolation Game, 2–1 (OT) (Ferris State)
1991–92 CCHA 32 14 12 6 - - - 34 4th 36 16 14 6 .528 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Miami)
1992–93 CCHA 30 17 11 2 - - - 36 5th 38 20 16 2 .553 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Bowling Green)
1993–94 CCHA 30 18 10 2 - - - 38 4th 40 24 13 3 .638 Won First round series, 2–0 (Notre Dame)
Won Second round, 4–3 (Miami)
Lost Semifinal, 4–6 (Michigan) 		Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 3–6 (Wisconsin)
1994–95 CCHA 27 9 14 4 - - - 22 T–6th 40 17 18 5 .488 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Lake Superior State)
1995–96 CCHA 30 21 6 3 - - - 45 T–3rd 41 27 11 3 .695 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Bowling Green) Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 1–6 (Clarkson)
1996–97 CCHA 27 10 12 5 - - - 25 T–5th 37 14 18 5 .446 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan State)
1997–98 CCHA 30 9 19 2 - - - 20 9th 38 10 25 3 .303
Jim Culhane (1999–2010)
1998–99 CCHA 30 5 17 8 - - - 18 10th 34† 6† 20† 8† .294†
1999–00 CCHA 28 10 15 3 - - - 23 T–9th 36 12 21 3 .375 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan)
2000–01 CCHA 28 12 10 6 - - - 30 T–5th 39 20 13 6 .590 Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Northern Michigan)
2001–02 CCHA 28 13 12 3 - - - 29 6th 38 19 15 4 .553 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Ohio State)
2002–03 CCHA 28 13 14 1 - - - 27 T–8th 38 15 21 2 .421 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Northern Michigan)
2003–04 CCHA 28 12 13 3 - - - 27 8th 39 17 18 4 .487 Lost First round series, 1–2 (Notre Dame)
2004–05 CCHA 28 8 18 2 - - - 18 T–10th 37 14 21 2 .405 Lost First round series, 1–2 (Northern Michigan)
2005–06 CCHA 28 7 16 5 - - - 19 11th 40 10 24 6 .325 Won First round series, 2–0 (Lake Superior State)
Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Miami)
2006–07 CCHA 28 14 13 1 - - - 29 6th 37 18 18 1 .500 Lost CCHA first round series, 2–1 (Alaska)
2007–08 CCHA 28 4 22 2 - - - 10 12th 38 8 27 3 .250 Lost CCHA first round series, 0–2 (Ferris State)
2008–09 CCHA 28 9 13 6 - - 2 26 T–7th 41 14 20 7 .427 Won First round series, 2–1 (Lake Superior State)
Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan)
2009–10 CCHA 28 4 17 7 - - 2 21 12th 36 8 20 8 .333 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Alaska)
Jeff Blashill (2010–2011)
2010–11 CCHA 28 10 9 9 - - 5 44 4th 42 19 13 10 .571 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Ferris State)
Won Semifinal, 5–2 (Michigan)
Lost Championship, 2–5 (Miami) 		Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 2–3 (2OT) (Denver)
Andy Murray (2011–2021)
2011–12 CCHA 28 14 10 4 - - 4 50 T–3rd 41 21 14 6 .585 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Lake Superior State)
Won Semifinal, 6–2 (Miami)
Won Championship, 3–2 (Michigan) 		Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 1–4 (North Dakota)
2012–13 CCHA 28 15 7 6 - - 3 54 3rd 38 19 11 8 .605 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan)
2013–14 NCHC 28 11 11 2 - - 2 37 T-4th 40 19 16 5 .538 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Minnesota–Duluth)
Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (Denver)
Lost Third-place game, 0–5 (North Dakota)
2014–15 NCHC 28 6 13 5 - - 4 27 7th 37 14 18 5 .446 Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Miami)
2015–16 NCHC 28 5 18 1 - - 1 17 7th 36 8 25 3 .264 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (St. Cloud State)
2016–17 NCHC 28 13 9 2 - - 1 42 3rd 40 22 13 5 .613 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Omaha)
Lost Semifinal, 2–5 (Minnesota–Duluth)
Lost Third-place game, 1–3 (Denver) 		Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 4–5 (Air Force)
2017–18 NCHC 28 10 13 1 - - 0 31 T–5th 36 15 19 2 .444 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Minnesota–Duluth)
2018–19 NCHC 28 13 10 1 - - 1 41 3rd 37 21 15 1 .581 Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Colorado College)
2019–20 NCHC 28 12 9 3 - - 2 41 4th 36 18 13 5 .569 Tournament Cancelled
2020–21 NCHC 24 10 11 3 1 0 1 .458 6th 25 10 12 3 .460 Lost Quarterfinal, 4–5 (OT) (Minnesota Duluth)
Pat Ferschweiler (2021–Present)
2021–22 NCHC 24 14 9 1 1 0 1 43 3rd 39 26 12 1 .679 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Omaha)
Won Semifinal, 4–2 (North Dakota)
Lost Championship Game, 0–3 (Minnesota Duluth) 		Won Regional semifinal, 2–1 (OT) (Northeastern)
Lost Regional Final, 0–3 (Minnesota)
2022–23 NCHC 24 15 8 1 0 0 0 44 2nd 39 23 15 1 .603 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Colorado College) Lost Regional semifinal, 1–5 (Boston University)
2023–24 NCHC 24 11 13 0 1 5 0 35 6th 38 21 16 1 .566 Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (St. Cloud State) Lost Regional semifinal, 4–5 (OT) (Michigan State)
Totals GP W L T % Championships
Regular Season 1782 837 790 165 .513
Conference Post-season 122 44 76 2 .369 2 CCHA tournament championships
NCAA Post-season 11 1 10 0 .091 9 NCAA Tournament appearances
Regular Season and Post-season Record 1922 882 873 167 .502

* Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced.
† Bill Wilkinson was fired as coach in February 1999 due to NCAA violations regarding player compensation.[1]

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. ^ "WMU Fires Head Coach Wilkinson". USCHO.com. February 3, 1999. Retrieved October 20, 2018.