List of Canisius Golden Griffins men's ice hockey seasons

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

Canisius University has made one appearance in the NCAA Tournament, losing its only game in 2013.

Season-by-season results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties NCAA D-I Champions NCAA Frozen FourConference regular season championsConference Playoff Champions SeasonConferenceRegular seasonConference Tournament ResultsNational Tournament Results Conference OverallGPWLTOTWOTL3/SWPts*FinishGPWLT%Division III 1980–81ECAC 36420––––2713122 1981–82ECAC 34220––––2916121 1982–83NYCHA163121–––7–269161 1983–84NYCHA182151–––5–275211 1984–85NYCHA187101–––15–2914132 1985–86NYCHA181071–––21–291892 Lost ECAC West Quarterfinal 3–6 (Elmira) 1986–87Independent–––––––––3221110.656 Won ECAC West Quarterfinal 2–0 (RIT)Lost Semifinal 4–9 (Plattsburgh State) 1987–88ECAC West171070–––7th2715120.556 Lost Quarterfinal 3–6 (Plattsburgh State) 1988–89ECAC West221390–––6th3515191.443 Lost Quarterfinal 3–6 (Union) 1989–90ECAC West2711142––––2812142.464 1990–91ECAC West248160––––279180.333 1991–92ECAC West2711142––––2812142.464 1992–93ECAC West241761–––3rd3018111.617 Won Semifinal, 5–3 (Mercyhurst)Lost Championship 1–2 (Elmira) 1993–94ECAC West10730–––142nd261781.673 Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (RIT) 1994–95ECAC West8422–––3rd261664.692 Lost Semifinal, 4–5 (RIT) 1995–96ECAC West8521––– T–1st271872.704 Won Semifinal, 6–2 (Mercyhurst)Lost Championship 2–3 (RIT) 1996–97ECAC West10172–––45th2613112.538 Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (RIT) 1997–98ECAC West10451–––9T–3rd2612113.519 Lost Semifinal, 1–4 (Niagara) Division I1998–99MAAC2812115–––294th3616155.529 Won Quarterfinal, 7–4 (American International)Won Semifinal 5–2 (Quinnipiac)Lost Championship 3–4 (Holy Cross) 1999–00MAAC271683–––353rd3521104.657 Lost Quarterfinal, 3–4 (Iona) 2000–01MAAC261394–––304th3317124.576 Won Quarterfinal, 4–1 (Connecticut)Lost Semifinal 3–4 (Mercyhurst) 2001–02MAAC261394–––305th3514174.457 Lost Quarterfinal, 2–3 (Sacred Heart) 2002–03MAAC2612132–––247th3712214.378 Lost Quarterfinal, 2–3 (Quinnipiac) 2003–04Atlantic Hockey249114–––226th3410168.412 Won Quarterfinal, 1–0 (Quinnipiac)Lost Semifinal 1–4 (Holy Cross) 2004–05Atlantic Hockey2414†7†3†–––31†T–2nd†3516†15†4†.514† Lost Quarterfinal, 2–4 (Bentley) 2005–06Atlantic Hockey289182–––187th3510232.314 Lost Quarterfinal, 2–7 (Mercyhurst) 2006–07Atlantic Hockey289163–––219th359233.350 Lost Play-In, 1–2 (American International) 2007–08Atlantic Hockey2810135–––25T–6th3711206.378 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Mercyhurst) 2008–09Atlantic Hockey2812124–––285th3715166.486 Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Bentley)2009–10Atlantic Hockey2813114–––305th3717155.527 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Mercyhurst)Lost Semifinal 0–4 (RIT) 2010–11Atlantic Hockey2710125–––258th3813196.421 Won First Round, 6–3 (Niagara)Lost Quarterfinal series 1–2 (Holy Cross) 2011–12Atlantic Hockey2710143–––239th3610224.333 Lost First Round series, 1–2 (Connecticut) 2012–13Atlantic Hockey2712132–––26T–7th4319195.500 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Bentley)Won Quarterfinal series 2–0 (Air Force)Won Semifinal 5–3 (Niagara)Won Championship 7–2 (Mercyhurst) Lost Regional semifinal 3–4 (Quinnipiac)2013–14Atlantic Hockey2711133–––25T–7th4117213.451 Won First Round series, 2–0 (Sacred Heart)Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Bentley) 2014–15Atlantic Hockey281578–––362nd3718127.581 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Sacred Heart)Lost Semifinal 1–2 (RIT) 2015–16Atlantic Hockey2810135–––25T–6th3912225.372 Won First Round series, 2–1 (Niagara)Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (Air Force) 2016–17Atlantic Hockey281846–––42 1st3921117.628 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Niagara)Lost Semifinal 6–2 (Robert Morris) 2017–18Atlantic Hockey2817110–––342nd3819172.526 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (American International)Lost Semifinal, 0–3 (Air Force) 2018–19Atlantic Hockey288164–––2011th3712205 Lost First Round series, 1–2 (Niagara) 2019–20Atlantic Hockey289136––3329th3610206 Lost First round series, 0–2 (Bentley) 2020–21Atlantic Hockey13850110.6154th171160 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (RIT)Won Semifinal, 4–3 (OT) (Army)Lost Championship, 2–5 (American International) 2021–22Atlantic Hockey2613112211432nd3516163 Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Mercyhurst) 2022–23Atlantic Hockey2613103311414th4220193 Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Army)Won Semifinal series, 2–1 (Niagara)Won Championship 3–0 (Holy Cross) Lost Regional semifinal, 2–9 (Minnesota)2023–24Atlantic Hockey2610124210338th3712214 Won First Round, 5–2 (Mercyhurst)Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Holy Cross) 2024–25AHA2611132030386th3712232 Won First Round, 2–0 (Mercyhurst)Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Bentley) 2025–26AHA2612122102397th3517162 Lost First Round, 2–5 (Mercyhurst) Totals GP W L T %ChampionshipsRegular season 1423 619 658 146 1 ECAC West Championship, 1 Atlantic Hockey ChampionshipConference Post-season 93 41 52 0 2 Atlantic Hockey tournament championshipsNCAA Post-season 2 0 2 0 2 NCAA Tournament appearancesRegular season and Post-season Record 1518 660 712 146 † Brian Cavanaugh was fired in December 2004.

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