List of Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey team. The list documents the season-by-season records of the Buckeyes from 1963 to present, including conference and national post season records.

Season-by-season results

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	%
Tom Bedecki (1963–1965)
1963–64	Independent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	8	0	.200
University Division
1964–65	Independent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	6	0	.400
Glen Sonmor (1965–1966)
1965–66	Independent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	9	7	0	.563
Harry Neale (1966–1970)
1966–67	Independent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	10	10	0	.500
1967–68	Independent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	9	13	2	.417
1968–69	Independent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	11	18	0	.379
1969–70	Independent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	19	7	1	.722
Dave Chambers (1970–1972)
1970–71	Independent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	20	9	0	.690
1971–72	CCHA	12	8	4	0	-	-	-	16	1st	29	24	5	0	.828	Won Semifinal, 7–1 (Ohio) Won Championship, 3–0 (Saint Louis)
Gerald Walford (1972–1975)
1972–73	CCHA	14	7	7	0	-	-	-	14	3rd	30	18	11	1	.617	Lost Round Robin, 4–11 (Saint Louis) Lost CCHA Round Robin, 1–8 (Bowling Green)
Division I
1973–74	Independent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	16	13	2	.548
1974–75	Independent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	7	22	1	.250
Jerry Welsh (1975–1995)
1975–76	CCHA	16	3	13	0	-	-	-	6	5th	34	18	15	1	.544
1976–77	CCHA	16	8	7	1	-	-	-	17	3rd	38	17	20	1	.461	Lost Semifinal series, 3–9 (Bowling Green)
1977–78	CCHA	20	9	11	0	-	-	-	18	T–3rd	35	16	18	1	.471	Lost Semifinal series, 3–7 (Bowling Green)
1978–79	CCHA	24	15	8	1	-	-	-	31	2nd	40	25	13	2	.650	Won Semifinal series, 10–9 (Northern Michigan) Lost Championship series, 7–11 (Bowling Green)
1979–80	CCHA	20	14	5	1	-	-	-	29	2nd	38	25	10	3	.697	Lost Semifinal series, 8–12 (Ferris State)
1980–81	CCHA	22	15	6	1	-	-	-	31	2nd	39	24	12	3	.654	Won Semifinal series, 8–6 (Ferris State) Lost Championship series, 4–6 (Northern Michigan)
1981–82	CCHA	28	10	17	1	-	-	-	21	10th	34	16	17	1	.485
1982–83	CCHA	32	21	7	4	-	-	-	46	T–2nd	40	26	9	5	.713	Won Quarterfinal series, 10–8 (Miami) Lost Semifinal, 3–8 (Michigan State) Won Consolation Game, 8–6 (Northern Michigan)
1983–84	CCHA	28	21	9	0	-	-	-	.700	T–2nd	41	30	10	1	.744	Won Quarterfinal series, 11–3 (Ferris State) Lost Semifinal, 1–8 (Michigan State) Won Consolation Game, 3–2 (OT) (Bowling Green)
1984–85	CCHA	32	13	17	2	-	-	-	28	6th	41	19	20	2	.488	Won Quarterfinal series, 8–7 (Western Michigan) Lost Semifinal, 0–8 (Michigan State) Won Consolation Game, 7–3 (Bowling Green)
1985–86	CCHA	32	16	15	1	-	-	-	33	5th	43	23	19	1	.547	Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Lake Superior State)
1986–87	CCHA	32	12	19	1	-	-	-	25	6th	43	19	23	1	.453	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Lake Superior State) Lost Semifinal, 3–5 (Bowling Green) Won Consolation Game, 7–4 (Western Michigan)
1987–88	CCHA	32	7	21	4	-	-	-	18	8th	40	10	24	6	.325	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Lake Superior State)
1988–89	CCHA	32	7	20	5	-	-	-	19	8th	40	9	26	5	.288	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan State)
1989–90	CCHA	32	11	17	4	-	-	-	26	T–5th	40	11	24	5	.338	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Bowling Green)
1990–91	CCHA	32	9	19	4	-	-	-	22	7th	40	11	25	4	.325	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan)
1991–92	CCHA	32	8	19	5	-	-	-	21	8th	38	12	21	5	.382	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan)
1992–93	CCHA	30	3	25	2	-	-	-	8	11th	35	5	30	2	.162	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Miami)
1993–94	CCHA	30	6	19	5	-	-	-	17	10th	35	7	23	5	.271	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Lake Superior State)
John Markell (1995–2010)
1994–95	CCHA	27	3	22	3	-	-	-	8	10th	38	7†	29†	1†	.203	Won Play-In, 7–2 (Alaska–Fairbanks) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan)
1995–96	CCHA	30	8	17	5	-	-	-	21	8th	34	10	19	5	.646	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Lake Superior State)
1996–97	CCHA	27	9	16	2	-	-	-	20	7th	39	12	25	2	.333	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Miami)
1997–98	CCHA	30	19	10	1	-	-	-	39	3rd	42	27	13	2	.667	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Lake Superior State) Won Semifinal, 4–2 (Michigan) Lost Championship, 2–3 (2OT) (Michigan State)	Won Regional Quarterfinal, 4–0 (Yale) Won regional semifinal, 4–3 (OT) (Michigan State) Lost National semifinal, 2–5 (Boston College)
1998–99	CCHA	30	17	10	3	-	-	-	37	3rd	41	21	16	4	.561	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Ferris State) Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (Michigan)	Lost Regional Quarterfinal, 2–4 (Maine)
1999–00	CCHA	28	9	16	3	-	-	-	21	11th	36	13	19	4	.417
2000–01	CCHA	28	13	13	2	-	-	-	28	7th	37	17	18	2	.486	Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Nebraska–Omaha)
2001–02	CCHA	28	12	12	4	-	-	-	28	T–7th	40	20	16	4	.550	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Western Michigan) Won Quarterfinal, 6–5 (OT) (Alaska–Fairbanks) Lost Semifinal, 1–2 (Michigan)
2002–03	CCHA	28	16	8	4	-	-	-	36	3rd	43	25	13	5	.640	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Nebraska–Omaha) Won Quarterfinal, 3–2 (OT) (Notre Dame) Lost Semifinal, 0–3 (Michigan) Lost Third-place game, 1–4 (Northern Michigan)	Lost Regional semifinal, 0–1 (Boston College)
2003–04	CCHA	28	16	12	0	-	-	-	32	4th	42	26	16	0	.619	Won First round series, 2–0 (Bowling Green) Won Quarterfinal, 6–5 (OT) (Notre Dame) Won Semifinal, 4–3 (OT) (Miami) Won Championship, 4–2 (Michigan)	Lost Regional semifinal, 0–1 (OT) (Wisconsin)
2004–05	CCHA	28	21	5	2	-	-	-	44	2nd	42	27	11	4	.690	Won First round series, 2–1 (Ferris State) Won Semifinal, 4–1 (OT) (Michigan State) Lost Championship, 2–4 (Michigan)	Lost Regional semifinal, 2–3 (Cornell)
2005–06	CCHA	28	11	14	3	-	-	-	25	10th	39	15	19	5	.449	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Ferris State)
2006–07	CCHA	28	12	12	4	-	-	-	28	7th	37	15	17	5	.473	Lost First round series, 1–2 (Northern Michigan)
2007–08	CCHA	28	7	18	3	-	-	-	17	11th	41	12	25	4	.341	Lost First round series, 1–2 (Northern Michigan)
2008–09	CCHA	28	13	11	4	-	-	3	33	5th	42	23	15	4	.595	Won CCHA First round series, 2–0 (Bowling Green) Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Alaska)	Lost Regional semifinal, 3–8 (Boston University)
2009–10	CCHA	28	10	12	6	-	-	4	40	8th	39	15	18	6	.462	Won CCHA First round series, 2–0 (Notre Dame) Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Miami)
Mark Osiecki (2010–2013)
2010–11	CCHA	28	10	14	4	-	-	2	36	9th	37	15	18	4	.459	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Lake Superior State)
2011–12	CCHA	28	11	12	5	-	-	1	39	T–8th	35	15	15	5	.500	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Notre Dame)
2012–13	CCHA	28	13	10	5	-	-	1	45	4th	40	16	17	7	.488	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Ferris State) Lost Semifinal, 1–3 (Notre Dame)
Steve Rohlik (2013–Present)
2013–14	Big Ten	20	6	9	5	-	-	4	27	4th	37	18	14	5	.554	Won Quarterfinal, 2–1 (OT) (Michigan State) Won Semifinal, 3–1 (Minnesota) Lost Championship, 4–5 (OT) (Wisconsin)
2014–15	Big Ten	20	8	11	1	-	-	0	26	5th	36	14	19	3	.431	Won Quarterfinal, 3–1 (Penn State) Lost Semifinal, 0–3 (Minnesota)
2015–16	Big Ten	20	8	8	4	-	-	1	29	4th	36	14	18	4	.444	Won Quarterfinal, 4–3 (OT) (Michigan State) Lost Semifinal, 2–4 (Minnesota)
2016–17	Big Ten	20	11	8	1	-	-	1	35	3rd	39	21	12	2	.629	Won Quarterfinal, 6–3 (Michigan State) Lost Semifinal, 1–2 (Wisconsin)	Lost Regional semifinal, 2–3 (OT) (Minnesota–Duluth)
2017–18	Big Ten	24	14	8	2	-	-	1	45	2nd	41	26	10	5	.695	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Michigan State) Won Semifinal, 3–2 (OT) (Michigan) Lost Championship, 2–3 (OT) (Notre Dame)	Won Regional semifinal, 4–2 (Princeton) Won Regional Final, 5–1 (Denver) Lost National semifinal, 1–2 (Minnesota–Duluth)
2018–19	Big Ten	24	13	7	4	-	-	3	46	1st	36	20	11	5	.625	Lost Semifinal, 1–5 (Penn State)	Lost Regional semifinal, 0–2 (Denver)
2019–20	Big Ten	24	11	9	4	-	-	1	38	T–2nd	36	20	11	5	.625	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Wisconsin) Tournament Cancelled
2020–21	Big Ten	22	6	16	0	0	2	0	20	6th	27	7	19	1	.278	Lost Quarterfinal, 0–4 (Michigan)
2021–22	Big Ten	22	13	9	2	1	1	1	42	4th	37	22	13	2	.622	Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Penn State)
2022–23	Big Ten	22	11	11	2	0	0	1	36	3rd	40	21	16	3	.564	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Penn State) Lost Semifinal, 3–7 (Michigan)	Won Regional semifinal, 8–1 (Harvard) Lost Regional Final, 1–4 (Quinnipiac)
2023–24	Big Ten	24	4	18	2	1	0	2	15	7th	38	14	20	4	.421	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Wisconsin) Lost Semifinal, 1–2 (Michigan State)
2024–25	Big Ten	22	14	9	1	3	2	0	42	3rd	40	24	14	2	.625	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Wisconsin) Won Semifinal, 4–3 (OT) (Penn State) Lost Championship, 3–4 (2OT) (Michigan State)	Lost Regional semifinal, 3–8 (Boston University)
Totals											GP	W	L	T	%	Championships
Regular Season											2049	957	906	176	.513	1 CCHA Championship, 1 Big Ten Championship
Conference Post-season											143	62	77	4	.448	2 CCHA tournament championships
NCAA Post-season											16	5	11	0	.313	11 NCAA Tournament appearances
Regular Season and Post-season Record											2208	1024	1004	180	.505

* Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced.
† Jerry Welsh resigned in February after being told his contract would not be renewed. ^[2]

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. "MEN'S HOCKEY ALL-TIME RECORDS". Ohio State Buckeyes. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
2. Mike Kane. "Delventhal May Rebuild Elsewhere". Albany Daily Gazette. Retrieved March 2, 2014.