| Team Name: | Nipissing Lakers |
| Team Link: | |
| University: | Nipissing University |
| Sex: | men's |
| First Year: | 2009 |
| Conference: | Ontario University Athletics |
| Conference Short: | OUA |
| Division: | East |
| Location: | North Bay, Ontario |
| Coach: | Mike McParland |
| Coach Year: | 14th |
| Coach Wins: | 143 |
| Coach Losses: | 211 |
| Coach Ties: | 19 |
| Arena: | Memorial Gardens |
| Color1: | Blue |
| Color2: | Green |
| Hex1: | 004b85 |
| Hex2: | 007f60 |
The Nipissing Lakers men's ice hockey team is the ice hockey team that represents Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario. It was granted membership in the OUA's men's ice hockey circuit in 2009.
[1] Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, Pts = Points
| U Sports Champion | U Sports Semifinalist | Conference regular season champions | Conference Division Champions | Conference Playoff Champions |
| Season | Conference | Regular Season | Conference Tournament Results | National Tournament Results | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | OTL | SOL | Pts* | Finish | GP | W | L | T | % | |||||
| 2009–10 | OUA | 28 | 12 | 15 | – | 0 | 1 | 25 | T–13th | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (McGill) | |||
| 2010–11 | OUA | 28 | 17 | 8 | – | 0 | 3 | 37 | 5th | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Queen's) Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (McGill) | |||
| 2011–12 | OUA | 28 | 17 | 7 | – | 1 | 3 | 38 | T–4th | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Ottawa) | |||
| 2012–13 | OUA | 28 | 14 | 12 | – | 1 | 1 | 30 | T–10th | 33 | 16 | 16 | 1 | Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (McGill) Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières) | |||
| 2013–14 | OUA | 28 | 7 | 16 | – | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18th | 30 | 7 | 20 | 3 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Carleton) | |||
| 2014–15 | OUA | 26 | 12 | 12 | – | 2 | 0 | 26 | T–10th | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières) | |||
| 2015–16 | OUA | 28 | 12 | 12 | – | 3 | 1 | 28 | T–12th | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Carleton) | |||
| 2016–17 | OUA | 28 | 8 | 18 | – | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18th | 28 | 8 | 19 | 1 | ||||
| 2017–18 | OUA | 28 | 9 | 15 | – | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16th | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Queen's) | |||
| 2018–19 | OUA | 28 | 8 | 19 | – | 1 | 0 | 17 | 19th | 28 | 8 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | OUA | 28 | 8 | 17 | – | 1 | 2 | 19 | T–18th | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–22 | OUA | 18 | 10 | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | 7th | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | Won Division Quarterfinal, 4–0 (Ottawa) Lost Division Semifinal, 1–3 (McGill) | ||||
| 2022–23 | OUA | 26 | 4 | 17 | – | 4 | 1 | 13 | 19th | 26 | 4 | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | GP | W | L | T/SOL | % | Championships | |||||||||||
| Regular Season | 350 | 138 | 193 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Conference Post-season | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| U Sports Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Regular Season and Postseason Record | 373 | 143 | 211 | 19 | |||||||||||||
Memorial Gardens Sports Arena (2009–present)
Laker games are streamed live on OUA TV.[3]
The broadcasters for the Lakers on TVCogeco are Ranjan Rupal on play-by-play, Greg Theberge on colour commentary, and Claude Sharma as the rinkside reporter.[4] Bob Coles is the play-by play announcer on CKAT.