List of Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey seasons

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

The College of the Holy Cross has made two appearances in the NCAA Tournament, winning what is widely regarded as the biggest upset in the history of the championship.[1]

Season-by-season results[2][edit]

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

NCAA D-I Champions 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 %
College Division
Bill Kane (1966–1976)
1966–67 WCHL 8 8 0 0 – – – 1.000 1st 24 16 8 0 .667 Won WCHL Semifinal, 7–4 (Assumption)
Won Championship, 4–3 (Nichols)
1967–68 ECAC 2 21 13 8 0 – – – .619 – 24 16 8 0 .667 Won WCHL Semifinal, 8–5 (Worcester State)
Won Championship, 10–0 (Assumption)
WCHL 8 8 0 0 – – – 1.000 1st
1968–69 ECAC 2 22 9 12 1 – – – .432 – 23 16 6 1 .717 Won WCHL Semifinal, 5–2 (Nichols)
Won Championship, 7–2 (Worcester State)
WCHL 7 7 0 0 – – – 1.000 1st
1969–70 ECAC 2 22 9 12 1 – – – .432 – 27 13 13 1 .500 Lost WCHL Semifinal, 3–5 (Nichols)
Won WCHL Third-place game, 7–1 (WPI)
WCHL 8 6 1 1 – – – .813 1st
1970–71 ECAC 2 18 12 6 0 – – – .667 — 19 13 6 0 .684
1971–72 ECAC 2 14 1 13 0 – – – .071 — 20 4 16 0 .200
1972–73 ECAC 2 12 2 10 0 – – – .167 — 23 11 12 0 .478
Division II
1973–74 ECAC 2 12 2 10 0 – – – .167 — 23 11 12 0 .478
1974–75 ECAC 2 12 4 8 0 – – – .333 — 21 11 10 0 .524
1975–76 ECAC 2 17 6 11 0 – – – .353 — 25 14 11 0 .560
Mike Addesa (1976–1979)
1976–77 ECAC 2 22 10 12 0 – – – .455 — 27 15 12 0 .556
1977–78 ECAC 2 21 13 7 1 – – – .643 — 26 16 9 1 .648 Lost Quarterfinal, 1–4 (Salem State)
1978–79 ECAC 2 21 13 8 0 – – – .619 — 28 18 10 0 .643 Lost Quarterfinal, 0–4 (Merrimack)
Peter Van Buskirk (1979–1988)
1979–80 ECAC 2 21 15 6 0 – – – .714 6th 30 21 9 0 .700 Won Quarterfinal, 5–1 (Salem State)
Lost Semifinal, 2–4 (Lowell)
1980–81 ECAC 2 22 11 11 0 – – – .500 — 31 14 17 0 .452 Lost Quarterfinal, 7–10 (Merrimack)
1981–82 ECAC 2 24 12 10 2 – – – .542 14th 33 16 15 2 .515
1982–83 ECAC 2 24 16 7 1 – – – .688 5th 32 20 10 2 .656 Won Quarterfinal, 14–9 (Bowdoin)
Lost Semifinal, 2–6 (Babson)
1983–84 ECAC 2 21 8 11 2 – – – .429 — 28 10 15 3 .411
Division III
1984–85 ECAC East 22 13 9 0 – – – .591 — 34 19 15 0 .559 Lost Quarterfinal, 4–7 (Norwich)
1985–86 ECAC East 22 11 11 0 – – – .500 — 34 18 16 0 .529
1986–87 ECAC East 24 12 12 0 – – – .500 — 36 17 18 1 .486 Lost Quarterfinal 2–8 (Bowdoin)
1987–88 ECAC East 22 10 12 0 – – – .455 — 36 18 18 0 .500 Lost Quarterfinal 1–7 (Merrimack)
Bill Bellerose (1988–1994)
1988–89 ECAC East 25 9 16 0 – – – .360 — 31 10 21 0 .323
1989–90 ECAC East 20 5 14 1 – – – .275 — 28 7 20 1 .268
1990–91 ECAC East 19 2 17 0 – – – .105 — 28 8 19 1 .304
1991–92 ECAC East 19 8 11 0 – – – .421 — 25 13 12 0 .520
1992–93 ECAC East 21 7 11 1 – – – .395 — 25 10 14 1 .420
1993–94 ECAC East 17 10 7 0 – – – .588 — 26 13 13 0 .500 Lost Quarterfinal 3–8 (Salem State)
Paul Pearl (1994–1996)
1994–95 ECAC East 18 11 7 0 – – – .611 — 25 15 10 0 .600 Lost Quarterfinal 0–6 (Bowdoin)
1995–96 ECAC East 19 9 8 2 – – – .526 — 26 13 11 2 .538 Lost Quarterfinal 2–7 (Salem State)
Peter Van Buskirk (1996–1997)
1996–97 ECAC East 20 11 9 0 – – – .550 — 27 14 13 0 .519 Won Quarterfinal, 1–0 (Babson)
Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (Norwich)
Paul Pearl (1997–2014)
1997–98 ECAC East 19 13 4 2 – – – .553 — 26 16 8 2 .654 Lost Quarterfinal 3–5 (Norwich)
Division I
1998–99 MAAC 28 19 6 3 – – – 41 2nd 35 22 9 4 .686 Won Quarterfinal 3–1 (Sacred Heart)
Won Semifinal 4–3 (Connecticut)
Won Championship 4–3 (Canisius)
1999–00 MAAC 27 8 16 3 – – – 19 7th 35 8 24 3 .271 Lost Quarterfinal 3–10 (Mercyhurst)
2000–01 MAAC 26 8 16 2 – – – 18 10th 32 8 22 2 .281
2001–02 MAAC 26 14 7 5 – – – 33 T–3rd 34 17 12 5 .574 Lost Quarterfinal 5–6 (Connecticut)
2002–03 MAAC 26 14 11 1 – – – 29 T–3rd 36 17 18 1 .486 Won Quarterfinal 3–2 (Army)
Lost Semifinal 0–3 (Quinnipiac)
2003–04 Atlantic Hockey 24 17 4 3 – – – 37 1st 36 22 10 4 .667 Won Quarterfinal 5–0 (American International)
Won Semifinal 4–1 (Canisius)
Won Championship 4–0 (Sacred Heart) 		Lost Regional semifinal 0–3 (North Dakota)
2004–05 Atlantic Hockey 24 12 7 5 – – – 29 4th 36 16 14 6 .528 Won Quarterfinal 4–2 (Sacred Heart)
Lost Semifinal 3–4 (Mercyhurst)
2005–06 Atlantic Hockey 28 19 7 2 – – – 40 1st 39 27 10 2 .718 Won Quarterfinal 3–1 (American International)
Won Semifinal 4–1 (Connecticut)
Won Championship 5–2 (Bentley) 		Won Regional semifinal 4–3 (Minnesota)
Lost Regional Final 2–5 (North Dakota)
2006–07 Atlantic Hockey 28 9 14 5 – – – 23 6th 35 10 20 5 .357 Lost Quarterfinal 0–3 (Air Force)
2007–08 Atlantic Hockey 28 9 15 4 – – – 22 9th 36 10 19 7 .375 Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (RIT)
2008–09 Atlantic Hockey 28 10 15 3 – – – 23 7th 38 13 20 5 .408 Won First round 1–0 (American International)
Lost Quarterfinal series 1–2 (RIT)
2009–10 Atlantic Hockey 28 10 13 5 – – – 25 7th 37 12 19 6 .405 Won First round 4–2 (American International)
Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (Sacred Heart)
2010–11 Atlantic Hockey 27 14 8 5 – – – 33 3rd 38 17 16 5 .513 Won Quarterfinal series 2–1 (Canisius)
Lost Semifinal 2–3 (Air Force)
2011–12 Atlantic Hockey 27 15 8 4 – – – 34 T–3rd 39 20 15 4 .564 Won First round series 2–0 (Army)
Lost Quarterfinal series 1–2 (Mercyhurst)
2012–13 Atlantic Hockey 27 15 9 3 – – – 33 3rd 37 20 14 3 .581 Lost Quarterfinal series 1–2 (Mercyhurst)
2013–14 Atlantic Hockey 27 11 13 3 – – – 25 T–7th 39 14 22 3 .397 Won First round series 2–1 (RIT)
Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (Mercyhurst)
David Berard (2014–2021)
2014–15 Atlantic Hockey 28 12 11 5 – – – 29 T-6th 37 14 18 5 .446 Lost First round series 1–2 (Niagara)
2015–16 Atlantic Hockey 28 16 7 5 – – – 37 T–2nd 36 18 13 5 .569 Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (Army)
2016–17 Atlantic Hockey 28 11 10 7 – – – 29 5th 36 14 15 7 .486 Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (Robert Morris)
2017–18 Atlantic Hockey 28 12 10 6 – – – 30 T–3rd 36 13 16 7 .458 Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (Robert Morris)
2018–19 Atlantic Hockey 28 10 14 4 – – – 24 T–8th 36 10 21 5 .347 Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (Robert Morris)
2019–20 Atlantic Hockey 28 9 16 3 – – 2 32 10th 37 11 21 5 .365 Lost Quarterfinal series 1–2 (Robert Morris)
2020–21 Atlantic Hockey 12 3 9 0 2 0 0 .194 11th 16 4 12 0 .250 Participation cancelled due to COVID-19
Bill Riga (2021–Present)
2021–22 Atlantic Hockey 26 10 14 2 3 0 0 29 10th 37 12 23 2 .351 Lost First round series 0–2, (Mercyhurst)
2022–23 Atlantic Hockey 26 12 12 2 3 1 1 37 7th 41 17 21 3 .451 Won Quarterfinal series 2–1, (American International)
Won Semifinal series, 2–1 (RIT)
Lost Championship, 0–3 (Canisius)
2023–24 Atlantic Hockey 26 13 10 3 0 3 1 46 2nd 39 21 14 4 .590 Won Quarterfinal series 2–0, (Canisius)
Lost Semifinal series, 1–2 (American International)
Totals GP W L T % Championships
Regular Season 1706 788 792 126 .499 4 WCHL Championships, 2 Atlantic Hockey Championships
Conference Post-season 94 41 53 0 .436 3 WCHL tournament championship, 1 MAAC tournament championship, 2 Atlantic Hockey tournament championships
NCAA Post-season 3 1 2 0 .333 2 NCAA Tournament Appearances
Regular Season and Post-season Record 1783 830 847 126 .495

* Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced.

Footnotes[edit]

  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[edit]

  1. ^ "Remembering the Holy Cross Upset 10 Years Later". SB Nation. November 24, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  2. ^ "All Time Results" (PDF). Holy Cross Crusaders. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
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