List of Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey seasons
This is a list of seasons completed by the Bowling Green State University Falcons men's ice hockey team. The list documents the season-by-season records of the Falcons from 1969 to present, including conference and national post season records.
Bowling Green has won one NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championships (1984). In their history the Falcons have made appearances in nine NCAA tournaments (1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990), including two Frozen Four appearances in 1978 and 1984. The Falcons have been named the MCHA and the CCHA's regular season champion a combined nine times and won five conference tournament.
Record
[edit]NCAA D-I Champions | NCAA Frozen Four | Conference regular season champions | Conference Playoff Champions |
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GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | Pts* | Finish | GP | W | L | T | % | ||||
Jack Vivian (1969 — 1973) | |||||||||||||||||
1969–70 | MCHA | 1st | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | .517 | ||||||||||
1970–71 | MCHA | 1st | 31 | 18 | 12 | 1 | .597 | ||||||||||
University Division | |||||||||||||||||
1971–72 | CCHA | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 14 | 3rd | 33 | 21 | 10 | 2 | .667 | Lost Semifinal, 5–6 (OT) (St. Louis) Won Third Place, 7–6 (OT) (Ohio) |
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1972–73 | CCHA | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | 12 | 4th | 35 | 16 | 19 | 0 | .457 | Won Round Robin, 6–5 (OT) (St. Louis) Won Round Robin, 8–1 (Ohio State) |
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Division I | |||||||||||||||||
Ron Mason (1973 — 1979) | |||||||||||||||||
1973–74 | CCHA | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 4 | 3rd | 39 | 20 | 19 | 0 | .513 | Lost Semifinal, 1–6 (St. Louis) Won Third Place, 11–4 (Western Michigan) |
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1974–75 | CCHA | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | 2nd | 35 | 23 | 10 | 2 | .686 | Lost Semifinal, 4–6 (Lake Superior State) | |
1975–76 | CCHA | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 23 | 1st | 32 | 21 | 9 | 2 | .688 | Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (OT) (Western Michigan) | |
1976–77 | CCHA | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 20 | 2nd | 39 | 28 | 11 | 0 | .718 | Won Semifinal series, 9–3 (Ohio State) Won Championship series, 5–4 (St. Louis) |
Lost NCAA Quarterfinal, 5–7 (Michigan) |
1977–78 | CCHA | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 30 | 1st | 39 | 31 | 8 | 0 | .795 | Won Semifinal series, 7–3 (Ohio State) Won Championship series, 13–3 (St. Louis) |
Won NCAA Quarterfinal, 5–3 (Colorado College) Lost NCAA Semifinal, 2–6 (Boston College) Won NCAA Third Place, 4–3 (Wisconsin) |
1978–79 | CCHA | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 43 | 1st | 45 | 37 | 6 | 2 | .844 | Won Semifinal series, 18–2 (Lake Superior State) Won Championship series, 11–7 (Ohio State) |
Lost NCAA Quarterfinal, 3–6 (Minnesota) |
Jerry York (1979 — 1994) | |||||||||||||||||
1979–80 | CCHA | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | 18 | 4th | 38 | 16 | 20 | 2 | .447 | Lost Semifinal series, 6–14 (Northern Michigan) | |
1980–81 | CCHA | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | - | - | - | 20 | 4th | 39 | 13 | 24 | 2 | .359 | Lost Semifinal series, 5–13 (Northern Michigan) | |
1981–82 | CCHA | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | 41 | 1st | 42 | 27 | 13 | 2 | .667 | Won Quarterfinal series, 18–5 (Northern Michigan) Lost Semifinal, 5–8 (Notre Dame) Won Third Place, 2–1 (Michigan Tech) |
Lost NCAA Quarterfinal series, 4–5 (OT) (Northeastern) |
1982–83 | CCHA | 32 | 24 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | 51 | 1st | 40 | 28 | 8 | 4 | .750 | Won Quarterfinal series, 15–5 (Notre Dame) Won Semifinal, 3–0 (Northern Michigan) Lost Championship, 3–4 (OT) (Michigan State) |
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1983–84 | CCHA | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | .821 | 1st | 44 | 34 | 8 | 2 | .795 | Won Quarterfinal series, 13–10 (Lake Superior State) Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (2OT) (Western Michigan) Lost Third Place, 2–3 (OT) (Ohio State) |
Won NCAA Quarterfinal series, 8–7 (OT) (Boston University) Won NCAA Semifinal, 2–1 (Michigan State) Won NCAA Championship, 5–4 (4OT) (Minnesota-Duluth) |
1984–85 | CCHA | 32 | 17 | 15 | 0 | - | - | - | 34 | 4th | 42 | 21 | 21 | 0 | .500 | Won Quarterfinal series, 14–7 (Illinois-Chicago) Lost Semifinal, 1–4 (Lake Superior State) Lost Third Place, 4–7 (Ohio State) |
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1985–86 | CCHA | 32 | 23 | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 46 | T-2nd | 42 | 28 | 14 | 0 | .667 | Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Illinois-Chicago) Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (3OT) (Western Michigan) Won Third Place, 3–0 (Lake Superior State) |
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1986–87 | CCHA | 32 | 24 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | 50 | 1st | 45 | 33 | 10 | 2 | .756 | Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Ferris State) Won Semifinal, 5–3 (Ohio State) Lost Championship, 3–4 (OT) (Michigan State) |
Lost NCAA Quarterfinal series, 1–10 (Harvard) |
1987–88 | CCHA | 32 | 19 | 11 | 2 | - | - | - | 39 | 2nd | 45 | 30 | 13 | 2 | .689 | Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Ferris State) Won Semifinal, 6–4 (Michigan State) Won Championship, 5–3 (Lake Superior State) |
Won NCAA first round series, 10–2 (Vermont) Lost NCAA Quarterfinal series, 4–9 (Maine) |
1988–89 | CCHA | 32 | 15 | 14 | 3 | - | - | - | 33 | 5th | 47 | 26 | 18 | 3 | .585 | Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Michigan) Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (Michigan State) Won Third Place, 5–3 (Illinois-Chicago) |
Lost NCAA first round series, 0–2 (Boston College) |
1989–90 | CCHA | 32 | 20 | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | 42 | 3rd | 44 | 25 | 17 | 2 | .591 | Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Ohio State) Lost Semifinal, 2–4 (Lake Superior State) Lost Third Place, 4–5 (Michigan) |
Lost NCAA first round series, 0–2 (Maine) |
1990–91 | CCHA | 32 | 13 | 17 | 2 | - | - | - | 28 | 6th | 38 | 15 | 21 | 2 | .591 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Ferris State) | |
1991–92 | CCHA | 32 | 7 | 20 | 5 | - | - | - | 19 | 9th | 34 | 8 | 21 | 5 | .309 | ||
1992–93 | CCHA | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | 25 | 7th | 41 | 19 | 21 | 1 | .476 | Won First Round series, 2–0 (Western Michigan) Lost Quarterfinal, 1–7 (Lake Superior State) |
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1993–94 | CCHA | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | 32 | 6th | 38 | 19 | 17 | 2 | .526 | Won First Round series, 2–0 (Ferris State) Lost Quarterfinal, 2–3 (OT) (Michigan State) |
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Buddy Powers (1994 — 2002) | |||||||||||||||||
1994–95 | CCHA | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | 38 | 2nd | 38 | 25 | 11 | 2 | .684 | Won First Round series, 2–0 (Notre Dame) Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (OT) (Michigan) |
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1995–96 | CCHA | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | 37 | 5th | 41 | 26 | 14 | 1 | .646 | Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Western Michigan) Lost Semifinal, 0–7 (Lake Superior State) |
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1996–97 | CCHA | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | - | - | - | 25 | T-5th | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | .513 | Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Lake Superior State) Lost Semifinal, 2–7 (Michigan) |
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1997–98 | CCHA | 30 | 6 | 21 | 3 | - | - | - | 15 | 11th | 38 | 8 | 27 | 3 | .250 | ||
1998–99 | CCHA | 30 | 13 | 14 | 3 | - | - | - | 29 | 7th | 38 | 17 | 18 | 3 | .487 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan) | |
1999–00 | CCHA | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | 25 | 8th | 37 | 17 | 19 | 1 | .473 | Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Lake Superior State) Lost Play-in, 1–3 (Nebraska-Omaha) |
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2000–01 | CCHA | 28 | 8 | 15 | 5 | - | - | - | 21 | T-9th | 40 | 16 | 19 | 5 | .463 | Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Miami) Won Play-in, 2–1 (OT) (Northern Michigan) Lost Semifinal, 1–2 (Michigan State) |
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2001–02 | CCHA | 28 | 7 | 18 | 3 | - | - | - | 17 | 11th | 40 | 9 | 25 | 6 | .300 | Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Michigan State) | |
Scott Paluch (2002 — 2009) | |||||||||||||||||
2002–03 | CCHA | 28 | 5 | 20 | 3 | - | - | - | 13 | 11th | 36 | 8 | 25 | 3 | .264 | Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Michigan) | |
2003–04 | CCHA | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | - | - | - | 24 | 9th | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | .408 | Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Ohio State) | |
2004–05 | CCHA | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | - | - | - | 29 | 5th | 36 | 16 | 16 | 4 | .500 | Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Alaska-Fairbanks) | |
2005–06 | CCHA | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | - | - | - | 18 | 12th | 38 | 13 | 23 | 2 | .368 | Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Nebraska-Omaha) | |
2006–07 | CCHA | 28 | 5 | 22 | 1 | - | - | - | 11 | 12th | 38 | 7 | 29 | 2 | .211 | Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Nebraska-Omaha) | |
2007–08 | CCHA | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0 | - | - | - | 26 | T-7th | 39 | 18 | 21 | 0 | .462 | Won First Round series, 2–1 (Lake Superior State) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Miami) |
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2008–09 | CCHA | 28 | 8 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 17 | 12th | 38 | 11 | 24 | 3 | .329 | Lost CCHA First Round series, 0–2 (Ohio State) | |
Dennis Williams (2009 — 2010) | |||||||||||||||||
2009–10 | CCHA | 28 | 4 | 18 | 6 | - | - | 5 | 23 | 11th | 36 | 5 | 25 | 6 | .222 | Lost First Round series, 0–2 (Nebraska-Omaha) | |
Chris Bergeron (2010 — 2019) | |||||||||||||||||
2010–11 | CCHA | 28 | 3 | 21 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 15 | 11th | 41 | 10 | 27 | 4 | .293 | Won First Round series, 2–1 (Northern Michigan) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan) |
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2011–12 | CCHA | 28 | 5 | 19 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 22 | 11th | 44 | 14 | 25 | 5 | .375 | Won First Round series, 2–1 (Northern Michigan) Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Ferris State) Lost Semifinals 3–2 (2OT) (Michigan) Lost Consolation Game 1–4 (Miami) |
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2012–13 | CCHA | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 34 | 9th | 41 | 15 | 21 | 5 | .427 | Won First Round series, 2–1 (Lake Superior State) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Notre Dame) |
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2013–14 | WCHA | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | - | - | – | 30 | T-3rd | 39 | 18 | 15 | 6 | .538 | Won First Round series, 2–0 (Michigan Tech) Lost Semifinals, 0–4 (Minnesota State) |
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2014–15 | WCHA | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | – | - | - | 37 | 3rd | 39 | 23 | 11 | 5 | .654 | Won First Round series, 2–0 (Northern Michigan) Lost Semifinals, 2–5 (Michigan Tech) |
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2015–16 | WCHA | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | – | - | - | 37 | 3rd | 42 | 22 | 14 | 6 | .595 | Won First Round series, 2–1 (Bemidji State) Lost Semifinals, 1–2 (Minnesota State) |
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2016–17 | WCHA | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 44 | 4th | 41 | 21 | 18 | 2 | .537 | Won First Round series, 2–0 (Ferris State) Won Semifinals series, 2–0 (Bemidji State) Lost Championship, 2–3 (2OT) (Michigan Tech) |
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2017–18 | WCHA | 28 | 17 | 6 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 58 | 3rd | 41 | 23 | 12 | 6 | .634 | Won First Round series, 2–0 (Ferris State) Lost Semifinals series, 1–2 (Northern Michigan) |
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2018–19 | WCHA | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 55 | 3rd | 41 | 25 | 11 | 5 | .671 | Won First Round series, 2–0 (Michigan Tech) Won Semifinals series, 2–0 (Northern Michigan) Lost Championship, 2–3 (OT) (Minnesota State) |
Lost Regional semifinal, 1–2 (OT) (Minnesota–Duluth) |
Ty Eigner (2019 — 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
2019–20 | WCHA | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 49 | T–4th | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | .605 | Won First Round series, 2–0 (Alaska) Tournament cancelled |
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2020–21 | WCHA | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | T–2nd | 31 | 20 | 10 | 1 | .661 | Lost First Round series, 1–2 (Northern Michigan) | |
2021–22 | CCHA | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 6th | 37 | 15 | 19 | 3 | .446 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Bemidji State) | |
2022–23 | CCHA | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 3rd | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | .444 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Ferris State) | |
2023–24 | CCHA | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 6th | 36 | 13 | 22 | 1 | .375 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan Tech) | |
Dennis Williams (2024 — present) | |||||||||||||||||
2024–25 | CCHA | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .551 | 4th | 36 | 18 | 14 | 4 | .556 | Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Michigan Tech) Lost Semifinal, 1–3 (St. Thomas) |
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Totals | GP | W | L | T | % | Championships | |||||||||||
Regular season | 1980 | 973 | 851 | 156 | .531 | 2 MCHA Championships, 7 CCHA Championships | |||||||||||
Conference Post-season | 167 | 87 | 78 | 2 | .527 | 4 CCHA tournament championships | |||||||||||
NCAA Post-season | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | .341 | 10 NCAA Tournament appearances | |||||||||||
Regular season and Post-season Record | 2169 | 1067 | 943 | 159 | .529 | 1 NCAA Division I National Championship |
* Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ "BOWLING GREEN HOCKEYBOWLING GREEN HOCKEY RECORD BOOK" (PDF). Bowling Green Falcons. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
"2016–2017 Bowling Green Falcons Hockey Media Guide" (pdf). BGSU Athletic Communications Office. 2016. pp. 67–83. Retrieved December 2, 2016.