List of Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey seasons explained

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]

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														Conference Tournament Results	National Tournament Results
		Conference									Overall
		GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	3/SW	Pts*	Finish	GP	W	L	T	%
College Division
1966–67	WCHL	8	8	0	0	–	–	–		1st	24	16	8	0		Won WCHL Semifinal, 7–4 (Assumption) Won Championship, 4–3 (Nichols)
1967–68	ECAC 2	21	13	8	0	–	–	–		–	24	16	8	0		Won WCHL Semifinal, 8–5 (Worcester State) Won Championship, 10–0 (Assumption)
	WCHL	8	8	0	0	–	–	–		1st
1968–69	ECAC 2	22	9	12	1	–	–	–		–	23	16	6	1		Won WCHL Semifinal, 5–2 (Nichols) Won Championship, 7–2 (Worcester State)
	WCHL	7	7	0	0	–	–	–		1st
1969–70	ECAC 2	22	9	12	1	–	–	–		–	27	13	13	1		Lost WCHL Semifinal, 3–5 (Nichols) Won WCHL Third-place game, 7–1 (WPI)
	WCHL	8	6	1	1	–	–	–		1st
1970–71	ECAC 2	18	12	6	0	–	–	–		—	19	13	6	0
1971–72	ECAC 2	14	1	13	0	–	–	–		—	20	4	16	0
1972–73	ECAC 2	12	2	10	0	–	–	–		—	23	11	12	0
Division II
1973–74	ECAC 2	12	2	10	0	–	–	–		—	23	11	12	0
1974–75	ECAC 2	12	4	8	0	–	–	–		—	21	11	10	0
1975–76	ECAC 2	17	6	11	0	–	–	–		—	25	14	11	0
1976–77	ECAC 2	22	10	12	0	–	–	–		—	27	15	12	0
1977–78	ECAC 2	21	13	7	1	–	–	–		—	26	16	9	1		Lost Quarterfinal, 1–4 (Salem State)
1978–79	ECAC 2	21	13	8	0	–	–	–		—	28	18	10	0		Lost Quarterfinal, 0–4 (Merrimack)
1979–80	ECAC 2	21	15	6	0	–	–	–		6th	30	21	9	0		Won Quarterfinal, 5–1 (Salem State) Lost Semifinal, 2–4 (Lowell)
1980–81	ECAC 2	22	11	11	0	–	–	–		—	31	14	17	0		Lost Quarterfinal, 7–10 (Merrimack)
1981–82	ECAC 2	24	12	10	2	–	–	–		14th	33	16	15	2
1982–83	ECAC 2	24	16	7	1	–	–	–		5th	32	20	10	2		Won Quarterfinal, 14–9 (Bowdoin) Lost Semifinal, 2–6 (Babson)
1983–84	ECAC 2	21	8	11	2	–	–	–		—	28	10	15	3
Division III
1984–85	ECAC East	22	13	9	0	–	–	–		—	34	19	15	0		Lost Quarterfinal, 4–7 (Norwich)
1985–86	ECAC East	22	11	11	0	–	–	–		—	34	18	16	0
1986–87	ECAC East	24	12	12	0	–	–	–		—	36	17	18	1		Lost Quarterfinal 2–8 (Bowdoin)
1987–88	ECAC East	22	10	12	0	–	–	–		—	36	18	18	0		Lost Quarterfinal 1–7 (Merrimack)
1988–89	ECAC East	25	9	16	0	–	–	–		—	31	10	21	0
1989–90	ECAC East	20	5	14	1	–	–	–		—	28	7	20	1
1990–91	ECAC East	19	2	17	0	–	–	–		—	28	8	19	1
1991–92	ECAC East	19	8	11	0	–	–	–		—	25	13	12	0
1992–93	ECAC East	21	7	11	1	–	–	–		—	25	10	14	1
1993–94	ECAC East	17	10	7	0	–	–	–		—	26	13	13	0		Lost Quarterfinal 3–8 (Salem State)
1994–95	ECAC East	18	11	7	0	–	–	–		—	25	15	10	0		Lost Quarterfinal 0–6 (Bowdoin)
1995–96	ECAC East	19	9	8	2	–	–	–		—	26	13	11	2		Lost Quarterfinal 2–7 (Salem State)
1996–97	ECAC East	20	11	9	0	–	–	–		—	27	14	13	0		Won Quarterfinal, 1–0 (Babson) Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (Norwich)
1997–98	ECAC East	19	13	4	2	–	–	–		—	26	16	8	2		Lost Quarterfinal 3–5 (Norwich)
Division I
1998–99	MAAC	28	19	6	3	–	–	–	41	2nd	35	22	9	4		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		Lost Quarterfinal 3–10 (Mercyhurst)
2000–01	MAAC	26	8	16	2	–	–	–	18	10th	32	8	22	2
2001–02	MAAC	26	14	7	5	–	–	–	33	T–3rd	34	17	12	5		Lost Quarterfinal 5–6 (Connecticut)
2002–03	MAAC	26	14	11	1	–	–	–	29	T–3rd	36	17	18	1		Won Quarterfinal 3–2 (Army) Lost Semifinal 0–3 (Quinnipiac)
2003–04	Atlantic Hockey	24	17	4	3	–	–	–	37	1st	36	22	10	4		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		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		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		Lost Quarterfinal 0–3 (Air Force)
2007–08	Atlantic Hockey	28	9	15	4	–	–	–	22	9th	36	10	19	7		Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (RIT)
2008–09	Atlantic Hockey	28	10	15	3	–	–	–	23	7th	38	13	20	5		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		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		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		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		Lost Quarterfinal series 1–2 (Mercyhurst)
2013–14	Atlantic Hockey	27	11	13	3	–	–	–	25	T–7th	39	14	22	3		Won First round series 2–1 (RIT) Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (Mercyhurst)
2014–15	Atlantic Hockey	28	12	11	5	–	–	–	29	T-6th	37	14	18	5		Lost First round series 1–2 (Niagara)
2015–16	Atlantic Hockey	28	16	7	5	–	–	–	37	T–2nd	36	18	13	5		Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (Army)
2016–17	Atlantic Hockey	28	11	10	7	–	–	–	29	5th	36	14	15	7		Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (Robert Morris)
2017–18	Atlantic Hockey	28	12	10	6	–	–	–	30	T–3rd	36	13	16	7		Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (Robert Morris)
2018–19	Atlantic Hockey	28	10	14	4	–	–	–	24	T–8th	36	10	21	5		Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (Robert Morris)
2019–20	Atlantic Hockey	28	9	16	3	–	–	2	32	10th	37	11	21	5		Lost Quarterfinal series 1–2 (Robert Morris)
2020–21	Atlantic Hockey	12	3	9	0	2	0	0	.194	11th	16	4	12	0		Participation cancelled due to COVID-19
2021–22	Atlantic Hockey	26	10	14	2	3	0	0	29	10th	37	12	23	2		Lost First round series 0–2, (Mercyhurst)
2022–23	Atlantic Hockey	26	12	12	2	3	1	1	37	7th	41	17	21	3		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		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		4 WCHL Championships, 2 Atlantic Hockey Championships
Conference Post-season											94	41	53	0		3 WCHL tournament championship, 1 MAAC tournament championship, 2 Atlantic Hockey tournament championships
NCAA Post-season											3	1	2	0		2 NCAA Tournament Appearances
Regular Season and Post-season Record											1783	830	847	126

• Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced.

Notes and References

1. Web site: SB Nation . Remembering the Holy Cross Upset 10 Years Later . November 24, 2016 . November 23, 2018.
2. Web site: Holy Cross Crusaders . All Time Results . November 23, 2018.