List of Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the University of Alaska Fairbanks men's ice hockey team.

Alaska has made two NCAA tournament appearances in its history. However, as a result of NCAA rules violations, the berth in 2010 has been vacated and Alaska officially has never played in a Division I national tournament.

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	3/SW	Pts*	Finish	GP	W	L	T	%
No Coach (1925 — 1926)
1925–26	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	3	1	0	.750
Program Suspended
No Coach (1932 — 1935)
1932–33	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	4	3	0	.571
1933–34	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	0	1	.833
1934–35	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	1	0	.667
Alfred Bastress (1935 — 1939)
1935–36	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	1	0	.500
1936–37	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	3	0	.000
1937–38	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	1	0	.667
1938–39	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	1	1	.500
No Coach (1939 — 1940)
1939–40	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	2	1	.167
Joe Gerlach (1940 — 1941)
1940–41	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	1	0	.500
Program Suspended due to World War II
Coach Urick (1950 — 1951)
1950–51	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	0	6	0	.000
Program Suspended
Coach Gilhooley (1953 — 1954)
1953–54	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	3	0	.000
Chris Christensen (1954 — 1955)
1954–55	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	3	0	.250
Program Suspended
Ken Smith (1956 — 1957)
1956–57	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	4	0	.200
Bill Borland (1957 — 1958)
1957–58	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	2	0	.500
Program Suspended
Bill Daltri (1960 — 1963)
1960–61	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	14	2	0	.875
1961–62	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	10	1	1	.875
1962–63	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	8	0	0	1.000
Larry Bidlake (1963 — 1964)
1963–64	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	8	5	0	.615
University Division
Jack Peterson (1964 — 1965)
1964–65	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	5	4	0	.556
Ed Armstrong (1965 — 1966)
1965–66	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	1	6	0	.143
No Coach (1966 — 1967)
1966–67	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	2	0	.333
Jim Perry (1967 — 1969)
1967–68	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	2	6	0	.250
1968–69	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	3	6	0	.333
Fred Stevenson (1969 — 1971)
1969–70	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	4	7	1	.375
1970–71	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	28	13	14	1	.084
Gary Weitz (1971 — 1972)
1971–72	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	6	5	0	.545
Ray Korkiala (1972 — 1973)
1972–73	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	14	10	1	.580
Division II
Bob Gaddis (1973 — 1974)
1973–74	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	1	7	0	.125
Program Suspended
Tim Homan (1977 — 1978)
1977–78	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	14	3	1	.806
Program Suspended
Unknown Coach (1979 — 1980)
1979–80	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	7	14	0
Ric Schafer (1980 — 1987)
1980–81	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	22	0	22	0	.000
1981–82	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23	2	21	0	.087
1982–83	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	19	7	0	.731
1983–84	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	22	7	0	.759		Lost National semifinal series, 8–13 (Bemidji State)
Division I
1984–85	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	34	21	12	1	.632
1985–86	Great West	12	6	5	1	-	13	2nd	25	17	7	1	.700
1986–87	Great West	16	7	9	0	-	14	3rd	27	17	10	0	.630
Don Lucia (1987 — 1993)
1987–88	Great West	8	5	3	0	-	10	1st	31	20	9	2	.677
1988–89	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	38	23	12	3	.645
1989–90	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	30	10	20	0	.333
1990–91	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	35	17	16	2	.514
1991–92	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	36	17	17	2	.500
1992–93	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	37	23	12	2	.649
Dave Laurion (1993 — 1999)
1993–94	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	38	24	13	1	.645
1994–95	CCHA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	33	11	21	1	.348
1995–96	CCHA	30	8	22	0	-	16	T–9th	34	10	23	1	.309
1996–97	CCHA	27	8	18	1	-	17	8th	37	14	22	1	.392	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan)
1997–98	CCHA	30	7	20	3	-	17	10th	35	10	21	4	.343
1998–99	CCHA	30	8	21	1	-	17	11th	34	11	22	1	.338
Guy Gadowsky (1999 — 2004)
1999–00	CCHA	28	4	22	2	-	10	12th	34	6	25	3	.221
2000–01	CCHA	28	7	14	7	-	21	T–9th	36	9	19	8	.361	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Michigan State)
2001–02	CCHA	28	15	10	3	-	33	4th	37	22	12	3	.635	Won First round series, 2–0 (Ferris State) Lost Quarterfinal, 5–6 (OT) (Ohio State)
2002–03	CCHA	28	10	11	7	-	27	T–8th	36	15	14	7	.514	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Michigan State)
2003–04	CCHA	28	14	13	1	-	29	6th	36	16	19	1	.458	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Northern Michigan)
Tavis MacMillan (2004 — 2007)
2004–05	CCHA	28	11	14	3	-	25	8th	37	17	16	4	.514	Won First round series, 2–0 (Bowling Green) Won Quarterfinal, 6–3 (Northern Michigan) Lost Semifinal, 1–3 (Michigan) Won Third Place, 3–2 (Michigan State)
2005–06	CCHA	28	11	13	4	-	26	T–8th	39	18	16	5	.526	Won First round series, 2–0 (Notre Dame) Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Michigan State)
2006–07	CCHA	28	7	16	5	-	19	11th	39	11	22	6	.359	Won First round series, 2–1 (Western Michigan) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Notre Dame)
Doc DelCastillo (2007 — 2008)
2007–08	CCHA	28	0†	28†	0†	-	20	T-9th	35	0†	35†	0†	.000	Lost First round series, 0–3 (Nebraska–Omaha)
Dallas Ferguson (2008 — 2017)
2008–09	CCHA	28	0†	28†	0†	0†	34	4th	39	0†	39†	0†	.000	Won Quarterfinal series, 0–3 (Ohio State) Lost Semifinal, 1–3 (Michigan) Lost Third Place, 0–2 (Northern Michigan)
2009–10	CCHA	28	0†	28†	0†	0†	45	5th	39	0†	39†	0†	.000	Won First round series, 0–2 (Western Michigan) Lost Quarterfinal Series, 0–2 (Northern Michigan)	Lost Regional semifinal, 1–3 (Boston College)
2010–11	CCHA	28	0†	28†	0†	0†	38	7th	38	0†	38†	0†	.000	Won First round series, 0–2 (Michigan State) Lost Quarterfinal Series, 0–2 (Miami)
2011–12	CCHA	28	0†	28†	0†	0†	30	10th	36	0†	36†	0†	.000	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Lake Superior State)
2012–13	CCHA	28	12	13	3	1	40	6th	37	17	16	4	.514	Lost First round series, 1–2 (Michigan State)
2013–14	WCHA	28	14	12	2	–	30	T-3rd	37	18	15	4	.541	Lost First round series, 1–2 (Alaska–Anchorage)
2014–15	WCHA	28	14	12	2	–	30	4th	34	19	13	2	.588	Ineligible
2015–16	WCHA	28	8	16	4	–	20	8th	36	10	22	4	.333	Lost First round series, 1–2 (Minnesota State)
2016–17	WCHA	28	11	13	4	3	40	6th	36	12	20	4	.389	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Minnesota State)
Lance West (2017 — 2018)
2017–18	WCHA	28	9	17	2	1	30	8th	36	11	22	3	.347	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Minnesota State)
Erik Largen (2018 — Present)
2018–19	WCHA	28	12	14	2	2	40	7th	36	12	21	3	.375	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Northern Michigan)
2019–20	WCHA	28	14	9	5	2	49	T–4th	36	16	15	5	.514	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Bowling Green)
2020–21	WCHA	Season Cancelled
2021–22	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	34	14	18	2	.441
2022–23	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	34	22	10	2	.676
2023–24	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	34	17	14	3	.544

Totals									GP	W	L	T	%	Championships
Regular season									1678	699	876	103	.447	1 Great West Championship
Conference Post-season									61	14	47	0	.230
NCAA Post-season									2	0	2	0	.000	1 NCAA Tournament Appearance (1 vacated appearance)
Regular season and Post-season Record									1741	713	925	103	.439

* Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced.
† Alaska was required to retroactively forfeit all wins and ties from 2007 through 2012 as a result of using academically ineligible players. Additionally the team was banned from participating in any playoff games during the 2014–15 season.

Footnotes

Code explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, T—Tied games, 3/SW—Win in 3 on 3 overtime or shootout, Pts—Points*

References

"NCAA bans Nanooks from postseason, takes away victories". Anchorage Daily News. November 5, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

"Alaska Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved December 21, 2018.

v t e Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey
Formerly the Alaska Agricultural College Nanooks and Alaska–Fairbanks Nanooks
Playing venues	Carlson Center (1990–present)
Head coaches	Alfred Bastress (1935–1939) Joe Gerlach (1940–1941) Jim Welsch (1949–1950) Coach Urick (1950–1951) Coach Gilhooley (1953–1954) Chris Christensen (1954–1955) Ken Smith (1956–1957) Bill Borland (1957–1958) Bill Daltri (1960–1963) Larry Bidlake (1963–1964) Jack Peterson (1964–1965) Ed Armstrong (1965–1966) Jim Perry (1967–1969) Fred Stevenson (1969–1971) Gary Weitz (1971–1972) Ray Korkiala (1972–1973) Bob Gaddis (1973–1974) Tim Homan (1977–1978) Ric Schafer (1980–1987) Don Lucia (1987–1993) Dave Laurion (1993–1999) Guy Gadowsky (1999–2004) Tavis MacMillan (2004–2007) Doc DelCastillo (2007–2008) Dallas Ferguson (2008–2017) Lance West (2017–2018) Erik Largen (2018–present)
Seasons	1925–26 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1950–51 1953–54 1954–55 1956–57 1957–58 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1977–78 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 ~~2020–21~~ 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	Great West (1985–1988) CCHA (1995–2013) WCHA (2013–2021)
Rivalries	Alaska Anchorage Seawolves
NCAA Tournament appearances	2010 (vacated)
University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK

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