# Nipissing Lakers men's ice hockey

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.

## Team history
### Conferences

* Ontario University Athletics (2009–present)

## Season-by-season results

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 | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Conference Tournament Results | National Tournament Results |
| Season | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | | | Conference Tournament Results | National Tournament Results |
| Season | Conference | GP | W | L | T | OTL | SOL | Pts* | Finish | GP | W | L | T | % | Conference Tournament Results | National Tournament Results |
| Mike McParland (2009–Present) |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–10 | OUA | 28 | 12 | 15 | – | 0 | 1 | 25 | T–13th | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | .417 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (McGill) | |
| 2010–11 | OUA | 28 | 17 | 8 | – | 0 | 3 | 37 | 5th | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | .641 | 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 | .617 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Ottawa) | |
| 2012–13 | OUA | 28 | 14 | 12 | – | 1 | 1 | 30 | T–10th | 33 | 16 | 16 | 1 | .500 | 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 | .283 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Carleton) | |
| 2014–15 | OUA | 26 | 12 | 12 | – | 2 | 0 | 26 | T–10th | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | .429 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières) | |
| 2015–16 | OUA | 28 | 12 | 12 | – | 3 | 1 | 28 | T–12th | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | .417 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Carleton) | |
| 2016–17 | OUA | 28 | 8 | 18 | – | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18th | 28 | 8 | 19 | 1 | .304 | | |
| 2017–18 | OUA | 28 | 9 | 15 | – | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16th | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 | .333 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Queen's) | |
| 2018–19 | OUA | 28 | 8 | 19 | – | 1 | 0 | 17 | 19th | 28 | 8 | 20 | 0 | .286 | | |
| 2019–20 | OUA | 28 | 8 | 17 | – | 1 | 2 | 19 | T–18th | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | .321 | | |
| 2020–21 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021–22 | OUA | 18 | 10 | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | .583 | 7th | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .575 | 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 | .173 | | |
| 2023–24 | OUA | 28 | 10 | 13 | – | 2 | 3 | 25 | T–13th | 29 | 10 | 16 | 3 | .397 | Lost Play-In, 4–5 (OT) (Wilfrid Laurier) | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | GP | W | L | T/SOL | % | Championships | Championships |
| Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | 378 | 148 | 208 | 22 | .421 | | |
| Conference Post-season | Conference Post-season | Conference Post-season | Conference Post-season | Conference Post-season | Conference Post-season | Conference Post-season | Conference Post-season | Conference Post-season | Conference Post-season | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | .208 | | |
| U Sports Postseason | U Sports Postseason | U Sports Postseason | U Sports Postseason | U Sports Postseason | U Sports Postseason | U Sports Postseason | U Sports Postseason | U Sports Postseason | U Sports Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | |
| Regular Season and Postseason Record | Regular Season and Postseason Record | Regular Season and Postseason Record | Regular Season and Postseason Record | Regular Season and Postseason Record | Regular Season and Postseason Record | Regular Season and Postseason Record | Regular Season and Postseason Record | Regular Season and Postseason Record | Regular Season and Postseason Record | 402 | 153 | 227 | 22 | .408 | | |

## Arena
### Memorial Gardens Sports Arena (2009–present)

* Capacity: 4000
* Constructed: 1955
* Largest crowd at a Lakers game: 3374 vs. Queen's (Lakers' first ever home game.)

## Media

Laker games are streamed live on OUA TV.
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. Bob Coles is the play-by play announcer on CKAT.