Findlay Oilers men's ice hockey

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Findlay Oilers men's ice hockey
University University of Findlay
Conference CHA
Head coachN/A
Arena Clauss Ice Arena
Findlay, Ohio
ColorsBlack and orange [1]
   

The Findlay Oilers Men's Ice Hockey is a defunct NCAA's Division I ice hockey team. The Oilers joined the Division I ranks in 1999 as a founding member of the College Hockey America (CHA) conference, along with six other schools, after only three years in existence as a Division II program. Findlay spent five years in the CHA, never finishing higher than fourth in the standings, [2] and only winning a single game in the conference tournament. [3]

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After a change to the administration of Findlay in the summer of 2003, the University announced on January 6, 2004 that the ice hockey program would revert to club and intramural status. The change did not come as a shock to many familiar with Findlay's situation as head coach Craig Barnett had already resigned to take a position with Lake Forest Academy prep school. The MAAC refused to allow any of its teams to play the Oilers for the 2000-01 season because of conference by-laws prohibiting member teams from playing provisional Division I schools. When the CHA applied for its automatic tournament bid in 2002, the NCAA had reservations about Findlay's full Division I status as it had moved the University's athletic program to Division II status only four years earlier. Because NCAA rules mandate that automatic bid conferences must contain at least six member schools the CHA scrambled to resolve the waiver that would allow Findlay to play in the conference despite the 9-year moratorium mandated by the NCAA on teams playing above their level. The CHA was able to receive the bid for the 2003 season after a waiver was granted retroactively. [4] [5]

Season-by-season records

SeasonDivisionConferenceRecordPct.PositionConference TournamentCoach
1996–97 Division II Independent 15–11–3.569 Craig Barnett
1997–98 Division II Independent 11–16–1.411 Craig Barnett
1998–99 Division II MCHA 23–5–0.8211st [6] MCHA Champion [7] Craig Barnett
1999–2000 Division I CHA 11–20–0.3585thQuarterfinal loss Craig Barnett
2000–01 Division I CHA 10–15–2.4074thQuarterfinal loss Craig Barnett
2001–02 Division I CHA 11–22–2.3436thQuarterfinal loss Craig Barnett
2002–03 Division I CHA 10–21–4.3435thQuarterfinal loss Craig Barnett
2003–04 Division I CHA 11–22–5.3554thSemifinal loss Pat Ford
8 seasons102–132–17.4401 championship (D-II)2 coaches

All-time coaching records

Division I

TenureCoachYearsRecordPct.
2003–2004 Pat Ford 111–22–5.355
1999–2003 Craig Barnett 442–78–8.359
Totals2 coaches5 seasons53–100–13.358

Division II

TenureCoachYearsRecordPct.
1996–1999 Craig Barnett 349–32–4.600
Totals1 coach3 seasons49–32–4.600

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