# List of Merrimack Warriors men's ice hockey seasons

This is a season-by-season list of records compiled by Merrimack in men's ice hockey.
Merrimack has made several appearances in the NCAA Tournament and won the inaugural Division II national championship.

## Season-by-season results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| NCAA Champions | NCAA Frozen Four | Conference regular season 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 | Regular season | Conference Tournament Results | National Tournament Results |
| Season | Conference | 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 | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | Pts* | Finish | GP | W | L | T | % | Conference Tournament Results | National Tournament Results |
| Jim Reynolds (1956–1964) ||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–57 | Independent | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 | | |
| 1957–58 | Independent | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .636 | | |
| 1958–59 | Independent | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | | |
| 1959–60 | Independent | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | | |
| 1960–61 | Independent | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | | |
| 1961–62 | ECAC Hockey | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | .538 | 13th | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | | |
| 1962–63 | ECAC Hockey | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | .462 | 17th | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .462 | | |
| 1963–64 | ECAC Hockey | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | .462 | 18th | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .533 | | |
| College Division ||||||||||||||||||
| Ron Ryan (1964–1965) ||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–65 | ECAC 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | .571 | – | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | | |
| J. Thom Lawler (1965–1978) ||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–66 | ECAC 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | 4th | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | .447 | Won Semifinal, 4–1 (American International) Lost Championship, 0–5 (Colby) | |
| 1966–67 | ECAC 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | .667 | 4th | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .591 | Won Semifinal, 12–3 (Norwich) Won Championship, 6–4 (Colby) | |
| 1967–68 | ECAC 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | .909 | 1st | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | .692 | Won Semifinal, 6–1 (American International) Won Championship, 5–4 (Hamilton) | |
| 1968–69 | ECAC 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | .778 | 1st | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | .381 | Lost Semifinal, 3–5 (Norwich) | |
| 1969–70 | ECAC 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | .692 | 4th | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | .500 | Lost Semifinal, 1–9 (Bowdoin) | |
| 1970–71 | ECAC 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | .531 | 13th | 29 | 12 | 16 | 1 | .431 | | |
| 1971–72 | ECAC 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | .765 | 5th | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | .640 | Won Quarterfinal, 4–2 (Salem State) Lost Semifinal, 2–4 (Massachusetts) | |
| 1972–73 | ECAC 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .711 | 4th | 32 | 18 | 12 | 2 | .640 | Won Quarterfinal, 3–2 (Norwich) Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (Vermont) | |
| Division II ||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–74 | ECAC 2 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | .696 | 5th | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | .611 | Won Quarterfinal, 4–3 (Norwich) Won Semifinal, 7–2 (Salem) Lost Championship, 2–6 (Vermont) | |
| 1974–75 | ECAC 2 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .896 | 1st | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | .734 | Won Quarterfinal, 4–3 (Lowell Tech) Lost Semifinal, 7–2 (Hamilton) | |
| 1975–76 | ECAC 2 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | .913 | 1st | 31 | 24 | 7 | 0 | .774 | Won Quarterfinal, 7–4 (Buffalo) Won Semifinal, 8–2 (Army) Lost Championship, 5–6 (Bowdoin) | |
| 1976–77 | ECAC 2 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .891 | 3rd | 35 | 23 | 11 | 1 | .671 | Won Quarterfinal, 5–1 (Elmira) Won Semifinal, 6–2 (Lowell) Won Championship, 6–4 (Union) | |
| 1977–78 | ECAC 2 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .786 | 2nd | 32 | 21 | 9 | 2 | .688 | Won East Quarterfinal, 12–3 (St. Anselm) Won East Semifinal, 6–3 (Lowell) Lost East Championship, 0–3 (Bowdoin) | Won National semifinal, 6–1 (Mankato State) Won National Championship, 12–2 (Lake Forest) |
| Bruce Parker (1978–1983) ||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–79 | ECAC 2 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | .688 | T–2nd | 35 | 24 | 10 | 1 | .700 | Won East Quarterfinal, 4–1 (Holy Cross) Lost East Semifinal, 6–7 (Lowell) | |
| 1979–80 | ECAC 2 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | .625 | 6th | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | .618 | Won East Quarterfinal, 9–3 (Babson) Won East Semifinal, 5–4 (OT) (Bowdoin) Won East Championship, 4–0 (Lowell) | Lost National semifinal, 1–4 (Elmira) Lost Third-place game, 7–8 (Lowell) |
| 1980–81 | ECAC 2 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | .739 | 2nd | 35 | 19 | 16 | 0 | .543 | Won East Quarterfinal, 10–7 (Holy Cross) Won East Semifinal, 5–3 (Salem State) Lost East Championship, 4–6 (Lowell) | |
| 1981–82 | ECAC 2 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .673 | 3rd | 40 | 22 | 17 | 1 | .543 | Won East Quarterfinal, 7–4 (Bowdoin) Won East Semifinal, 3–2 (Babson) Lost East Championship, 1–5 (Lowell) | Won National Quarterfinal series, 11–7 (Mankato State) Lost National semifinal, 3–4 (Lowell) Lost Third-place game, 5–8 (Gustavus Adolphus) |
| 1982–83 | ECAC 2 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 0 | – | – | – | .400 | – | 33 | 13 | 20 | 0 | .394 | | |
| Ron Anderson (1983–1998) ||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–84 | ECAC 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | .500 | 5th | 32 | 13 | 19 | 0 | .406 | Lost East Quarterfinal, 4–7 (Norwich) | Won National semifinal series, 9–7 (New Hampshire College) Lost National Championship Series, 4–14 (Bemidji State) |
| Division III ||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–85 | ECAC East | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | .643 | 3rd | 36 | 16 | 17 | 3 | .486 | Lost East Quarterfinal, 3–5 (Bowdoin) | |
| 1985–86 | ECAC East | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | .750 | 2nd | 33 | 19 | 12 | 2 | .606 | Won Quarterfinal, 7–3 (Colby) Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (2OT) (Babson) | |
| 1986–87 | ECAC East | 27 | 25 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | .926 | 1st | 36 | 29 | 7 | 0 | .806 | Won Quarterfinal, 6–2 (Connecticut) Won Semifinal, 3–2 (Norwich) Won Championship, 3–0 (Babson) | |
| 1987–88 | ECAC East | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1.000 | 1st | 40 | 34 | 6 | 0 | .850 | Won Quarterfinal, 7–1 (Holy Cross) Won Semifinal, 7–2 (Salem State) Won Championship, 4–1 (Bowdoin) | Won D–I First round series, 10–8 (Northeastern) Lost D–I Quarterfinal series, 4–8 (Lake Superior State) |
| 1988–89 | ECAC East | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | .889 | 1st | 34 | 27 | 7 | 0 | .794 | Won Semifinal, 12–1 (Massachusetts–Boston) Won Championship, 9–4 (Bowdoin) | |
| Division I ||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–90 | Hockey East | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 8th | 36 | 10 | 25 | 1 | .292 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Boston College) | |
| 1990–91 | Hockey East | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 6th | 33 | 13 | 19 | 1 | .409 | Lost Quarterfinal, 1–7 (Boston University) | |
| 1991–92 | Hockey East | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 8th | 34 | 13 | 21 | 0 | .382 | Lost Quarterfinal, 0–7 (Maine) | |
| 1992–93 | Hockey East | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | 16 | 6th | 36 | 14 | 20 | 2 | .417 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (New Hampshire) | |
| 1993–94 | Hockey East | 24 | 8 | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | 18 | 7th | 37 | 16 | 19 | 2 | .459 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Massachusetts–Lowell) | |
| 1994–95 | Hockey East | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | – | – | 3 | 50 | 7th | 37 | 14 | 18 | 5 | .446 | Lost Quarterfinal, 3–4 (Boston University) | |
| 1995–96 | Hockey East | 24 | 4 | 18 | 2 | – | – | 0 | 24 | 9th | 34 | 10 | 19 | 5 | .368 | | |
| 1996–97 | Hockey East | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | 24 | 5th | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | .444 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston College) | |
| 1997–98 | Hockey East | 24 | 4 | 20 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | T–8th | 38 | 11 | 26 | 1 | .444 | Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Boston University) Lost Semifinal, 2–7 (Boston College) | |
| Chris Serino (1998–2005) ||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–99 | Hockey East | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | 15 | 8th | 36 | 11 | 24 | 1 | .319 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (New Hampshire) | |
| 1999–00 | Hockey East | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | – | – | – | 18 | 7th | 36 | 11 | 19 | 6 | .389 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (New Hampshire) | |
| 2000–01 | Hockey East | 24 | 7 | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | 17 | 8th | 38 | 14 | 20 | 4 | .389 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston College) | |
| 2001–02 | Hockey East | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | 14 | 8th | 36 | 11 | 23 | 2 | .333 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (New Hampshire) | |
| 2002–03 | Hockey East | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | – | – | – | 18 | 7th | 36 | 12 | 18 | 6 | .417 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston College) | |
| 2003–04 | Hockey East | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | – | – | – | 18 | 7th | 36 | 11 | 19 | 6 | .389 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Maine) | |
| 2004–05 | Hockey East | 24 | 1 | 22 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 9th | 36 | 8 | 26 | 2 | .250 | | |
| Mark Dennehy (2005–2018) ||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–06 | Hockey East | 24 | 3 | 19 | 5 | – | – | – | 11 | 9th | 34 | 6 | 23 | 5 | .250 | | |
| 2006–07 | Hockey East | 27 | 3 | 22 | 2 | – | – | – | 8 | 9th | 34 | 3 | 27 | 4 | .147 | | |
| 2007–08 | Hockey East | 27 | 6 | 18 | 3 | – | – | – | 15 | 9th | 34 | 12 | 18 | 4 | .412 | | |
| 2008–09 | Hockey East | 27 | 5 | 19 | 3 | – | – | – | 13 | T–9th | 34 | 9 | 21 | 4 | .324 | | |
| 2009–10 | Hockey East | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | 26 | T–6th | 37 | 16 | 19 | 2 | .389 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Boston University) | |
| 2010–11 | Hockey East | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | 35 | 4th | 39 | 25 | 10 | 4 | .692 | Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Maine) Won Semifinal, 4–1 (New Hampshire) Lost Championship, 3–5 (Boston College) | Lost Regional semifinal, 3–4 (OT) (Notre Dame) |
| 2011–12 | Hockey East | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | – | – | – | 31 | 5th | 37 | 18 | 12 | 7 | .581 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Maine) | |
| 2012–13 | Hockey East | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | 29 | 6th | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | .474 | Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston University) | |
| 2013–14 | Hockey East | 20 | 3 | 15 | 2 | – | – | – | 8 | 11th | 33 | 8 | 22 | 3 | .288 | Lost Opening Round series, 0–2 (Maine) | |
| 2014–15 | Hockey East | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | 13 | 11th | 38 | 16 | 18 | 4 | .474 | Won Opening Round series, 2–0 (Northeastern) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston University) | |
| 2015–16 | Hockey East | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | – | – | – | 17 | 7th | 39 | 13 | 19 | 7 | .423 | Won Opening Round series, 2–1 (New Hampshire) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Providence) | |
| 2016–17 | Hockey East | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | – | – | – | 22 | 7th | 37 | 15 | 16 | 6 | .486 | Lost Opening Round series, 1–2 (New Hampshire) | |
| 2017–18 | Hockey East | 24 | 7 | 15 | 2 | – | – | – | 16 | 10th | 37 | 12 | 21 | 4 | .378 | Won Opening Round series, 2–0 (Massachusetts–Lowell) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston College) | |
| Scott Borek (2018–Present) ||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–19 | Hockey East | 24 | 4 | 18 | 2 | – | – | – | 10 | 11th | 34 | 7 | 24 | 3 | .250 | | |
| 2019–20 | Hockey East | 24 | 7 | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | 17 | 10th | 34 | 9 | 22 | 3 | .309 | | |
| 2020–21 | Hockey East | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | 9th | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | .333 | Participation Cancelled | |
| 2021–22 | Hockey East | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 41 | T–4th | 35 | 19 | 15 | 1 | .557 | Won Opening Round, 6–2 (Maine) Lost Quarterfinal, 2–7 (Massachusetts Lowell) | |
| 2022–23 | Hockey East | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 2nd | 38 | 23 | 14 | 1 | .618 | Won Quarterfinal, 1–0 (2OT) (Boston College) Won Semifinal, 2–1 (2OT) (Massachusetts Lowell) Lost Championship, 2–3 (OT) (Boston University) | Lost Regional semifinal, 0–5 (Quinnipiac) |
| 2023–24 | Hockey East | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10th | 35 | 13 | 21 | 1 | .386 | Lost First Round, 1–0 (2OT) (Northeastern) | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | GP | W | L | T | % | Championships | Championships |
| Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | 1969 | 888 | 951 | 140 | .484 | 4 ECAC 2 Championships, 3 ECAC East Championships | 4 ECAC 2 Championships, 3 ECAC East Championships |
| 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 | Conference Post-season | 108 | 50 | 58 | 0 | .463 | 4 ECAC 2 tournament championships, 3 ECAC East tournament championships | 4 ECAC 2 tournament championships, 3 ECAC East tournament championships |
| NCAA Post-season | NCAA Post-season | NCAA Post-season | NCAA Post-season | NCAA Post-season | NCAA Post-season | NCAA Post-season | NCAA Post-season | NCAA Post-season | NCAA Post-season | NCAA Post-season | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 3 NCAA D–I Tournament appearances, 4 NCAA D–II Tournament appearances | 3 NCAA D–I Tournament appearances, 4 NCAA D–II Tournament appearances |
| Regular season and Post-season Record | Regular season and Post-season Record | Regular season and Post-season Record | Regular season and Post-season Record | Regular season and Post-season Record | Regular season and Post-season Record | Regular season and Post-season Record | Regular season and Post-season Record | Regular season and Post-season Record | Regular season and Post-season Record | Regular season and Post-season Record | 2105 | 946 | 1019 | 140 | .483 | 1 D–II National Championship | 1 D–II National Championship |
* Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced. † Denver's participation in the 1973 tournament was later vacated.

## Footnotes

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