List of Merrimack Warriors men's ice hockey seasons

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

Merrimack has made several appearances in the NCAA Tournament and won the inaugural Division II national championship.

Season-by-season results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

NCAA 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	%
Jim Reynolds (1956–1964)
1956–57	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	4	4	1	.500
1957–58	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	6	3	2	.636
1958–59	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	7	5	0	.583
1959–60	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	3	6	0	.333
1960–61	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	5	7	0	.417
1961–62	ECAC Hockey	13	7	6	0	–	–	–	.538	13th	13	7	6	0	.538
1962–63	ECAC Hockey	13	6	7	0	–	–	–	.462	17th	13	6	7	0	.462
1963–64	ECAC Hockey	13	6	7	0	–	–	–	.462	18th	15	8	7	0	.533
College Division
Ron Ryan (1964–1965)
1964–65	ECAC 2	7	4	3	0	–	–	–	.571	–	14	6	8	0	.429
J. Thom Lawler (1965–1978)
1965–66	ECAC 2	9	4	4	1	–	–	–	.500	4th	19	8	10	1	.447	Won Semifinal, 4–1 (American International) Lost Championship, 0–5 (Colby)
1966–67	ECAC 2	9	6	3	0	–	–	–	.667	4th	22	13	9	0	.591	Won Semifinal, 12–3 (Norwich) Won Championship, 6–4 (Colby)
1967–68	ECAC 2	11	10	1	0	–	–	–	.909	1st	26	18	8	0	.692	Won Semifinal, 6–1 (American International) Won Championship, 5–4 (Hamilton)
1968–69	ECAC 2	9	7	2	0	–	–	–	.778	1st	21	8	13	0	.381	Lost Semifinal, 3–5 (Norwich)
1969–70	ECAC 2	13	9	4	0	–	–	–	.692	4th	26	13	13	0	.500	Lost Semifinal, 1–9 (Bowdoin)
1970–71	ECAC 2	16	8	7	1	–	–	–	.531	13th	29	12	16	1	.431
1971–72	ECAC 2	17	13	4	0	–	–	–	.765	5th	25	16	9	0	.640	Won Quarterfinal, 4–2 (Salem State) Lost Semifinal, 2–4 (Massachusetts)
1972–73	ECAC 2	19	13	5	1	–	–	–	.711	4th	32	18	12	2	.640	Won Quarterfinal, 3–2 (Norwich) Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (Vermont)
Division II
1973–74	ECAC 2	23	15	6	2	–	–	–	.696	5th	36	21	13	2	.611	Won Quarterfinal, 4–3 (Norwich) Won Semifinal, 7–2 (Salem) Lost Championship, 2–6 (Vermont)
1974–75	ECAC 2	24	21	2	1	–	–	–	.896	1st	32	23	8	1	.734	Won Quarterfinal, 4–3 (Lowell Tech) Lost Semifinal, 7–2 (Hamilton)
1975–76	ECAC 2	23	21	2	0	–	–	–	.913	1st	31	24	7	0	.774	Won Quarterfinal, 7–4 (Buffalo) Won Semifinal, 8–2 (Army) Lost Championship, 5–6 (Bowdoin)
1976–77	ECAC 2	23	20	2	1	–	–	–	.891	3rd	35	23	11	1	.671	Won Quarterfinal, 5–1 (Elmira) Won Semifinal, 6–2 (Lowell) Won Championship, 6–4 (Union)
1977–78	ECAC 2	21	16	4	1	–	–	–	.786	2nd	32	21	9	2	.688	Won East Quarterfinal, 12–3 (St. Anselm) Won East Semifinal, 6–3 (Lowell) Lost East Championship, 0–3 (Bowdoin)	Won National semifinal, 6–1 (Mankato State) Won National Championship, 12–2 (Lake Forest)
Bruce Parker (1978–1983)
1978–79	ECAC 2	25	20	5	0	–	–	–	.688	T–2nd	35	24	10	1	.700	Won East Quarterfinal, 4–1 (Holy Cross) Lost East Semifinal, 6–7 (Lowell)
1979–80	ECAC 2	24	14	8	2	–	–	–	.625	6th	38	22	13	3	.618	Won East Quarterfinal, 9–3 (Babson) Won East Semifinal, 5–4 (OT) (Bowdoin) Won East Championship, 4–0 (Lowell)	Lost National semifinal, 1–4 (Elmira) Lost Third-place game, 7–8 (Lowell)
1980–81	ECAC 2	23	17	6	0	–	–	–	.739	2nd	35	19	16	0	.543	Won East Quarterfinal, 10–7 (Holy Cross) Won East Semifinal, 5–3 (Salem State) Lost East Championship, 4–6 (Lowell)
1981–82	ECAC 2	26	17	8	1	–	–	–	.673	3rd	40	22	17	1	.543	Won East Quarterfinal, 7–4 (Bowdoin) Won East Semifinal, 3–2 (Babson) Lost East Championship, 1–5 (Lowell)	Won National Quarterfinal series, 11–7 (Mankato State) Lost National semifinal, 3–4 (Lowell) Lost Third-place game, 5–8 (Gustavus Adolphus)
1982–83	ECAC 2	25	10	15	0	–	–	–	.400	–	33	13	20	0	.394
Ron Anderson (1983–1998)
1983–84	ECAC 2	20	10	10	0	–	–	–	.500	5th	32	13	19	0	.406	Lost East Quarterfinal, 4–7 (Norwich)	Won National semifinal series, 9–7 (New Hampshire College) Lost National Championship Series, 4–14 (Bemidji State)
Division III
1984–85	ECAC East	22	12	6	3	–	–	–	.643	3rd	36	16	17	3	.486	Lost East Quarterfinal, 3–5 (Bowdoin)
1985–86	ECAC East	24	17	5	2	–	–	–	.750	2nd	33	19	12	2	.606	Won Quarterfinal, 7–3 (Colby) Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (2OT) (Babson)
1986–87	ECAC East	27	25	2	0	–	–	–	.926	1st	36	29	7	0	.806	Won Quarterfinal, 6–2 (Connecticut) Won Semifinal, 3–2 (Norwich) Won Championship, 3–0 (Babson)
1987–88	ECAC East	25	25	0	0	–	–	–	1.000	1st	40	34	6	0	.850	Won Quarterfinal, 7–1 (Holy Cross) Won Semifinal, 7–2 (Salem State) Won Championship, 4–1 (Bowdoin)	Won D–I First round series, 10–8 (Northeastern) Lost D–I Quarterfinal series, 4–8 (Lake Superior State)
1988–89	ECAC East	18	16	2	0	–	–	–	.889	1st	34	27	7	0	.794	Won Semifinal, 12–1 (Massachusetts–Boston) Won Championship, 9–4 (Bowdoin)
Division I
1989–90	Hockey East	21	3	18	0	–	–	–	6	8th	36	10	25	1	.292	Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Boston College)
1990–91	Hockey East	21	7	14	0	–	–	–	14	6th	33	13	19	1	.409	Lost Quarterfinal, 1–7 (Boston University)
1991–92	Hockey East	21	4	17	0	–	–	–	8	8th	34	13	21	0	.382	Lost Quarterfinal, 0–7 (Maine)
1992–93	Hockey East	24	8	16	0	–	–	–	16	6th	36	14	20	2	.417	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (New Hampshire)
1993–94	Hockey East	24	8	14	2	–	–	–	18	7th	37	16	19	2	.459	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Massachusetts–Lowell)
1994–95	Hockey East	24	7	12	5	–	–	3	50	7th	37	14	18	5	.446	Lost Quarterfinal, 3–4 (Boston University)
1995–96	Hockey East	24	4	18	2	–	–	0	24	9th	34	10	19	5	.368
1996–97	Hockey East	24	11	11	2	–	–	–	24	5th	36	15	19	2	.444	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston College)
1997–98	Hockey East	24	4	20	0	–	–	–	8	T–8th	38	11	26	1	.444	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Boston University) Lost Semifinal, 2–7 (Boston College)
Chris Serino (1998–2005)
1998–99	Hockey East	24	7	16	1	–	–	–	15	8th	36	11	24	1	.319	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (New Hampshire)
1999–00	Hockey East	24	6	12	6	–	–	–	18	7th	36	11	19	6	.389	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (New Hampshire)
2000–01	Hockey East	24	7	14	3	–	–	–	17	8th	38	14	20	4	.389	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston College)
2001–02	Hockey East	24	6	16	2	–	–	–	14	8th	36	11	23	2	.333	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (New Hampshire)
2002–03	Hockey East	24	7	13	4	–	–	–	18	7th	36	12	18	6	.417	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston College)
2003–04	Hockey East	24	6	12	6	–	–	–	18	7th	36	11	19	6	.389	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Maine)
2004–05	Hockey East	24	1	22	1	–	–	–	3	9th	36	8	26	2	.250
Mark Dennehy (2005–2018)
2005–06	Hockey East	24	3	19	5	–	–	–	11	9th	34	6	23	5	.250
2006–07	Hockey East	27	3	22	2	–	–	–	8	9th	34	3	27	4	.147
2007–08	Hockey East	27	6	18	3	–	–	–	15	9th	34	12	18	4	.412
2008–09	Hockey East	27	5	19	3	–	–	–	13	T–9th	34	9	21	4	.324
2009–10	Hockey East	27	12	13	2	–	–	–	26	T–6th	37	16	19	2	.389	Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Boston University)
2010–11	Hockey East	27	16	8	3	–	–	–	35	4th	39	25	10	4	.692	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Maine) Won Semifinal, 4–1 (New Hampshire) Lost Championship, 3–5 (Boston College)	Lost Regional semifinal, 3–4 (OT) (Notre Dame)
2011–12	Hockey East	27	13	9	5	–	–	–	31	5th	37	18	12	7	.581	Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Maine)
2012–13	Hockey East	27	13	11	3	–	–	–	29	6th	38	15	17	6	.474	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston University)
2013–14	Hockey East	20	3	15	2	–	–	–	8	11th	33	8	22	3	.288	Lost Opening Round series, 0–2 (Maine)
2014–15	Hockey East	22	5	14	3	–	–	–	13	11th	38	16	18	4	.474	Won Opening Round series, 2–0 (Northeastern) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston University)
2015–16	Hockey East	22	5	10	7	–	–	–	17	7th	39	13	19	7	.423	Won Opening Round series, 2–1 (New Hampshire) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Providence)
2016–17	Hockey East	22	8	8	6	–	–	–	22	7th	37	15	16	6	.486	Lost Opening Round series, 1–2 (New Hampshire)
2017–18	Hockey East	24	7	15	2	–	–	–	16	10th	37	12	21	4	.378	Won Opening Round series, 2–0 (Massachusetts–Lowell) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston College)
Scott Borek (2018–Present)
2018–19	Hockey East	24	4	18	2	–	–	–	10	11th	34	7	24	3	.250
2019–20	Hockey East	24	7	14	3	–	–	–	17	10th	34	9	22	3	.309
2020–21	Hockey East	18	5	11	2	0	1	0	.333	9th	18	5	11	2	.333	Participation Cancelled
2021–22	Hockey East	24	13	11	0	1	3	0	41	T–4th	35	19	15	1	.557	Won Opening Round, 6–2 (Maine) Lost Quarterfinal, 2–7 (Massachusetts Lowell)
2022–23	Hockey East	24	16	8	0	2	4	0	50	2nd	38	23	14	1	.618	Won Quarterfinal, 1–0 (2OT) (Boston College) Won Semifinal, 2–1 (2OT) (Massachusetts Lowell) Lost Championship, 2–3 (OT) (Boston University)	Lost Regional semifinal, 0–5 (Quinnipiac)
2023–24	Hockey East	24	6	17	1	0	1	1	21	10th	35	13	21	1	.386	Lost First Round, 1–0 (2OT) (Northeastern)
Totals											GP	W	L	T	%	Championships
Regular season											1969	888	951	140	.484	4 ECAC 2 Championships, 3 ECAC East Championships
Conference Post-season											108	50	58	0	.463	4 ECAC 2 tournament championships, 3 ECAC East tournament championships
NCAA Post-season											18	8	10	0	.444	3 NCAA D–I Tournament appearances, 4 NCAA D–II Tournament appearances
Regular season and Post-season Record											2105	946	1019	140	.483	1 D–II National Championship

* Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced.
† Denver's participation in the 1973 tournament was later vacated.

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. "Merrimack Warriors men's Hockey 2018-19 Year-By-Year Results" (PDF). Merrimack Warriors. Retrieved January 25, 2018.