The 2023–24 Lindenwood Lions men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of varsity play for the program. The Lions represented Lindenwood University and were coached by Rick Zombo in his 14th season.
Lindenwood got off to a decent start, earning a road split with Air Force and then holding #14 Ohio State to a tie in their first two weeks. Afterwards, however, the Lions offense struggled to get on track. Over a three month span, from mid-October to mid-January, Lindenwood was able to score at least 3 goals in just four of fourteen games. With the defense still not quite up to Division I standards, that left the Lions uncompetitive in most of their games. While the team was able to get a fairly surprising tie against tournament-bound Wisconsin, the only wins the Lions could earn in the second half of the season came against Stonehill, the worst time in college hockey.[1] To make matters worse, Lindenwood was on the wrong side of the ledger in the last game against the Skyhawks, giving Stonehill their only D-I win on the year.
After the disappointing season, Lindenwood announced that head coach Rick Zombo would not be returning and they immediately began a search for his replacement.[2]
| Adisen Brueck | Forward | Left program (retired) | ||
| Ryan Finnegan | Forward | Graduation (signed with Reading Royals) | ||
| Hunter Johannes | Forward | Graduate transfer to North Dakota | ||
| Mason Kruger | Defenseman | Left program (retired) | ||
| Matt Ladd | Goaltender | Graduation (retired) | ||
| Max Neill | Forward | Left program (retired) | ||
| Roni Salmenkangas | Goaltender | Graduation (retired) | ||
| Sam Watson | Forward | Left program (retired) | ||
| Andy Willis | Forward | Graduation (signed with Fort Wayne Komets) | ||
| Jackson Wozniak | Forward | Left program (retired) |
| Ethan Barwick | Goaltender | 21 | St. Albert, AB | ||
| Austin Fraser | Forward | 20 | West Vancouver, BC | ||
| Adam Johnson | Goaltender | 20 | Chicago, IL | ||
| Jaeden Mercier | Forward | 21 | Saskatoon, SK | ||
| Brenden Rons | Defenseman | 25 | Farmington Hills, MI
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| Patrick Schmiedlin | Forward | 21 | Culver, IN | ||
| Jake Southgate | Forward | 20 | North Battleford, SK | ||
| Cole Teleki | Defenseman | 21 | Dallas, TX | ||
| Ethan Zielke | Forward | 20 | Calgary, AB |
As of September 20, 2023.[3] |}
|-!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season
| 28 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 35 | |||
| 26 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 4 | |||
| 28 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 28 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | |||
| 28 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 28 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 22 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 25 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 43 | |||
| 27 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 28 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 39 | |||
| 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 28 | |||
| 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 39 | |||
| 28 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 75 | |||
| 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 28 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 40 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 30 | |||
| 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | |||
| 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Total | 74 | 125 | 199 | 491 |
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| 27 | 1532:37 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 100 | 958 | 1 | .905 | 3.91 | ||
| 7 | 167:17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 99 | 0 | .853 | 6.10 | ||
| Empty Net | - | 5:51 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 28 | 1705:45 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 121 | 1057 | 1 | .897 | 4.26 |
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See main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.
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| Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 (Final) | ||
| USCHO.com | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | – | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | – | NR | |
| USA Today | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | – | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |