Aurora Spartans men's ice hockey

The Aurora Spartans are a NCAA Division III Men's ice hockey program that started with the 2017-18 season, based out of Aurora University in Aurora, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The team is based out of the Fox Valley Ice Arena.
==Program History==
The school announced that it would expand its athletic offerings by a total of 20 programs including men's ice hockey on August 20, 2012. The school started with a club level team in the American Collegiate Hockey Association's Division III for the 2012-13 season finishing its first season with a 0-12-0 record. In the second season of playing in the ACHA the team qualified for the national tournament, before jumping to the NCAA Division III level for 2014-15, finishing the season with a 36-4-1 record. The school announced on July 29, 2013 that they team would join the NCHA for 2015-16. The ice hockey team played as a Division III Independent for the 2014-15 season compiling a 1-15-1 record. The school was added to the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association for the 2015-16 NCHA Men's Season.
Even though the school elevated the program to NCAA varsity status they have kept the club level sport.
==Conferences==
*NCAA Division III Independent (2014-2015)
*Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (2015-present)
==Arenas==
*Fox Valley Ice Arena (2014-present)
==Head Coaches==
*Ryan Buchanan (2014-2016) 3-37-2
*Jason Bloomingburg (2016-present) 33-57-14
==Year by Year Record==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Conference Tournament 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
American Collegiate Hockey Association (Club-Independent)	American Collegiate Hockey Association (Club-Independent)	American Collegiate Hockey Association (Club-Independent)	American Collegiate Hockey Association (Club-Independent)	American Collegiate Hockey Association (Club-Independent)	American Collegiate Hockey Association (Club-Independent)	American Collegiate Hockey Association (Club-Independent)	American Collegiate Hockey Association (Club-Independent)	American Collegiate Hockey Association (Club-Independent)	American Collegiate Hockey Association (Club-Independent) 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
2012-13 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	12 	0 	12 	0 	16 	94
2013-14 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	41 	36 	4 	1 	 	
Division III Independent 	Division III Independent 	Division III Independent 	Division III Independent 	Division III Independent 	Division III Independent 	Division III Independent 	Division III Independent 	Division III Independent 	Division III Independent 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
2014-15 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	N/A 	17 	1 	15 	1 	42 	93
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association 	Northern Collegiate Hockey Association 	Northern Collegiate Hockey Association 	Northern Collegiate Hockey Association 	Northern Collegiate Hockey Association 	Northern Collegiate Hockey Association 	Northern Collegiate Hockey Association 	Northern Collegiate Hockey Association 	Northern Collegiate Hockey Association 	Northern Collegiate Hockey Association 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
2015-16 	20 	2 	17 	1 	34 	97 	5 	6th of 6 South 	Did not qualify 	25 	2 	22 	1 	46 	132
2016-17 	20 	4 	14 	2 	38 	79 	10 	6th of 6 South 	Did not qualify 	25 	4 	19 	2 	43 	107
2017-18 	18 	4 	12 	2 	41 	67 	10 	5th of 6 South 	Did not qualify 	25 	5 	15 	5 	56 	95
2018-19 	18 	8 	9 	1 	50 	50 	17 	3rd of 6 South 	L DSF 0G-2 (Lake Forest) 	27 	12 	14 	1 	76 	79
2019-20 	20 	8 	6 	6 	60 	44 	22 	4th of 6 South 	L, QF 2G-0 (Adrian) 	27 	12 	9 	6 	85 	65
2020-21 	8 	4 	4 	0 	23 	24 	12 	2nd of 5 South 	L, QF 2-1 (MSOE) 	11 	5 	6 	0 	36 	34
2021-22 	18 	12 	6 	0 	81 	50 	39 	3rd 	W, QF 2G-1 (MSOE) L, SF 5-4 (ot) (St. Norbert) 	28 	18 	9 	1 	121 	78
2022-23 	18 	13 	3 	2 	82 	57 	39 	2nd 	W, QF 2G-0 (Lake Forest) W, SF 4-3 (St. Norbert) L, F 8-1 (Adrian)	29 	19 	8 	2 	115 	95
2023-24 	18 	12 	6 	0 	71 	56 	35 	4th 	W, QF 2G-0 (MSOE) L, SF 4-0 (Adrian) 	28 	15 	12 	1 	93 	81
==NCAA Tournament Appearances==
*None
==Links==
*Northern Collegiate Hockey Association website
*Aurora Spartans men's ice hockey website
Category:Northern Collegiate Hockey Association teams
Category:Established in 2012
Category:NCAA Division III Teams
Category:American ice hockey teams