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)
2024–25	NCHC	24	19	4	1	7	3	0	57	1st	42	34	7	1	.821	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (St. Cloud State) Won Semifinal, 4–2 (North Dakota) Won Championship, 4–3 (2OT) (Denver)	Won Regional Semifinal, 2–1 (2OT) (Minnesota State) Won Regional Final, 2–1 (Massachusetts) Won National Semifinal, 3–2 (2OT) (Denver) Won National Championship, 6–2 (Boston University)
Totals											GP	W	L	T	%	Championships
Regular Season											1816	863	797	166	.518
Conference Post-season											126	48	76	2	.369	2 CCHA tournament championships, 1 NCHC tournament championship
NCAA Post-season											15	5	10	0	.333	10 NCAA Tournament appearances
Regular Season and Post-season Record											1964	916	880	168	.509	1 NCAA National Championship

* 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.