This is a list of seasons completed by the Kalamazoo Wings in the teams' history starting from their initial season in 2000-01.
Season | GP | W | L | T/OTL | Pts | GF | GA | Pct | Regular Season Finish | Playoffs | |||||||||
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2000–01 | 74 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 80 | 220 | 220 | .541 | 3rd Southwest, 9th of 15 | Lost Play-in game vs. Muskegon Fury | |||||||||
2001–02 | 74 | 27 | 37 | 8 | 66 | 213 | 277 | .446 | 6th Western, 11th of 14 | did not qualify | |||||||||
2002–03 | 76 | 29 | 39 | 8 | 66 | 210 | 282 | .434 | 5th Western, 10th of 10 | did not qualify | |||||||||
2003–04 | 76 | 45 | 22 | 9 | 99 | 281 | 207 | .651 | 4th Western, 4th of 12 | Lost Quarterfinal series vs. Fort Wayne Komets, 2–3 | |||||||||
2004–05 | 80 | 50 | 24 | 6 | 100 | 257 | 204 | .663 | 2nd Central, 3rd of 14 | Lost Semifinal series vs. Fort Wayne Komets, 3–4 | |||||||||
2005–06 | 76 | 52 | 17 | 7 | 111 | 332 | 183 | .730 | 1st Central, 1st of 14 | Won Colonial Cup Final series vs. Danbury Trashers, 4–1 | |||||||||
2006–07 | 76 | 47 | 23 | 6 | 100 | 251 | 191 | .658 | 2nd Eastern, 4th of 10 | Lost Colonial Cup Final series vs. Rockford IceHogs, 3–4 | |||||||||
International Hockey League | |||||||||||||||||||
2007–08 | 76 | 31 | 34 | 11 | 73 | 242 | 252 | .480 | 5th of 6 IHL | did not qualify | |||||||||
2008–09 | 76 | 44 | 29 | 3 | 91 | 274 | 253 | .599 | 4th of 6 IHL | Lost Semifinal series vs. Fort Wayne Komets, 3–4 | |||||||||
ECHL | |||||||||||||||||||
2009–10 | 72 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 94 | 273 | 243 | .653 | 1st North, 3rd of 20 | Lost Quarterfinal series vs. Reading Royals, 2–3 | |||||||||
2010–11 | 72 | 40 | 24 | 8 | 88 | 255 | 225 | .611 | 1st North, 4th of 19 | Lost Kelly Cup Final series vs. Alaska Aces, 1–4 | |||||||||
2011–12 | 72 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 84 | 264 | 237 | .583 | 1st North, 8th of 20 | Lost Eastern Conference Final series vs. Florida Everblades, 1–4 | |||||||||
2012–13 | 72 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 76 | 205 | 215 | .528 | 3rd North, 14th of 23 | did not qualify | |||||||||
2013–14 | 72 | 42 | 22 | 8 | 92 | 224 | 197 | .639 | 1st North, 4th of 21 | Lost Quarterfinal series vs. Greenville Road Warriors, 2–4 | |||||||||
2014–15 | 72 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 78 | 226 | 233 | .542 | 3rd North, 16th of 28 | Lost Division Semifinal series vs. Fort Wayne Komets, 1–4 | |||||||||
2015–16 | 72 | 38 | 28 | 6 | 82 | 233 | 230 | .569 | 3rd North, 13th of 28 | Lost Conference Quarterfinal series vs. South Carolina Stingrays, 1–4 | |||||||||
2016–17 | 72 | 38 | 30 | 4 | 80 | 222 | 237 | .556 | 4th Central, 15th of 27 | Lost Division Semifinal series vs. Toledo Walleye, 3–4 [1] | |||||||||
2017–18 | 72 | 34 | 31 | 7 | 75 | 251 | 251 | .521 | 5th Central, 16th of 27 | did not qualify [2] | |||||||||
2018–19 | 72 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 77 | 229 | 254 | .535 | 4th Central, 15th of 27 | Lost Division Semifinal series vs. Cincinnati Cyclones, 2–4 [3] | |||||||||
2019–20 | 61 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 54 | 194 | 241 | .443 | 5th Central, 22nd of 26 | Season cancelled [4] | |||||||||
2020–21 | Opted out of participating due to the COVID-19 pandemic [5] | ||||||||||||||||||
2021–22 | 72 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 73 | 224 | 255 | .507 | 5th Central, 19th of 27 | did not qualify [6] | |||||||||
2022–23 | 72 | 29 | 37 | 6 | 64 | 178 | 226 | .444 | 5th Central, 23rd of 28 | did not qualify [7] | |||||||||
2023–24 | 72 | 38 | 30 | 4 | 80 | 214 | 203 | .556 | 4th Central, 13th of 27 | Lost Division Semifinal series vs. Toledo Walleye, 0–4 [8] |
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