Marian Sabres men's ice hockey

The Marian Sabres are a Men's Division III team in Northern Collegiate Hockey Association representing Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
==Men's program==
The varsity men's program was established in 1998. A club team was started for wheat appears to be the 1996-97 playing season. The team was a member of the MCHA from 1998 to 2013 when the conference was merged into the NCHA.
On August 15, 2017 Zach Gaynor replaced Lincoln Nguyen as head coach. Gaynor is a Marian alumnus and served as assistant coach from 2009 to 2012 prior to becoming associate head coach for the Concordia Falcons.
==Conferences==
*Club team (1996-1998)
*Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association (1998-2013)
*Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (2013-present)
==Arenas==
*Blue Line Ice Center (1995-present)
==Head Coaches==
*Rich Blakey (1995-1996) 14-9-2 (Club team)
*Joe Mussey (1996-1998) 20-27-0 (Club team)
*Paul Caufield (1998-2000) 31-21-1
*Chris Brown (2000-2004) 65-36-7
*Jasen Wise (2004-2012) 119-88-14
*A.J. Aitken (2012-2015) 52-46-8
*Erik Largen (2015-2016) 18-7-3
*Lincoln Nguyen (2016-2017) 15-10-2
*Zach Gaynor (2017-present) 52-27-6 as of end of 2019-20 season
==Year by Year Record==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Conference Tournament 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	 	 	 	
Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association 	Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association 	Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association 	Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association 	Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association 	Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association 	Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association 	Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association 	Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association 	Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	 	 	 	
1998-99 	18 	14 	3 	1 	156 	40 	31 	2nd of 6 	W, SF 4-1 (MSOE) L, F 9-1 (Findlay) 	26 	16 	9 	1 	172 	88 	 	 	 	
1999-00 	14 	12 	2 	0 	95 	32 	24 	2nd of 5 	W, SF 3-2 (MSOE) L, F 4-3 (Minn-Crookston) 	27 	15 	12 	0 	135 	93 	 	 	 	
2000-01 	12 	11 	2 	1 	73 	31 	24 	2nd of 5 	W, SF 7-6 (ot) (Northland) W, F 5-1 (Minn-Crookston) 	27 	16 	8 	3 	111 	88 	 	 	 	
2001-02 	16 	8 	8 	0 	59 	57 	16 	2nd of 5 	W, SF 4-1 (Lawrence) W, F 7-3 (Minn-Crookston) 	25 	8 	17 	0 	84 	109 	 	 	 	
2002-03 	16 	10 	4 	2 	75 	33 	22 	2nd of 5 	W, SF 3-2 (ot) (Lawrence) L, F 2-1 (Minn-Crookston) 	27 	14 	11 	2 	104 	80 	 	 	 	
2003-04 	16 	14 	2 	0 	76 	26 	28 	1st of 5 	W, SF 5-1 (Lawrence) L, F 3-0 (Minn-Crookston) 	27 	17 	10 	0 	101 	61 	 	 	 	
2004-05 	16 	6 	9 	1 	67 	61 	14 	5th of 6 	W, QF 3-4 (ot), 4-2, 3-0 (Finlandia) L, SF 3-1, 0-4, 3-0 (MSOE) 	29 	9 	18 	2 	102 	122 	 	 	 	
2005-06 	20 	13 	6 	1 	99 	71 	27 	2nd of 6 	W, SF 3-2 (ot) (Finlandia) L, F 5-2 (MSOE) 	27 	14 	12 	1 	113 	114 	 	 	 	
2006-07 	20 	12 	6 	2 	83 	51 	26 	3rd of 6 	W, QF 9-0, 7-1 (Northland), L, SF 6-3 (Finlandia) 	29 	14 	12 	3 	114 	88 	 	 	 	
2007-08 	20 	14 	5 	1 	90 	63 	29 	2nd of 4 Northern 	W, QF 3-2 (ot), 3-1 (Minn-Crookston) L, SF 4-2 (Marian) 	28 	17 	10 	1 	113 	90 	 	 	 	
2008-09 	20 	11 	8 	1 	65 	53 	23 	3rd of 4 Southern 	W, QF 5-3, 4-3 (Finlandia) L, SF 8-3 (Marian) 	28 	13 	12 	3 	92 	85 	 	 	 	
2009-10 	20 	18 	2 	0 	109 	51 	36 	1st of 4 Southern 	W, SF 4-3 (Lake Forest) L, F 3-2 (Adrian) 	27 	20 	7 	0 	131 	80 	 	 	 	
2010-11 	20 	15 	5 	0 	90 	44 	30 	1st of 4 Southern 	W, SF 9-2 (Lawrence) L, F 5-0 (Adrian) 	27 	19 	8 	0 	118 	68 	 	 	 	
2011-12 	20 	12 	5 	3 	74 	54 	27 	1st of 4 Southern 	L, SF 4-3 (ot) (MSOE) 	26 	13 	9 	4 	93 	80 	 	 	 	
2012-13 	20 	12 	8 	0 	57 	52 	24 	1st of 4 Southern 	L, SF 1-0 (MSOE) 	26 	13 	12 	1 	66 	65 	 	 	 	
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	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
2013-14 	18 	10 	7 	1 	56 	43 	21 	5th of 10 	L, QF 2-3, 3-2 (ot), 1-0 (ot) (Lake Forest) 	27 	12 	13 	2 	81 	70 	 	 	 	
2014-15 	18 	9 	8 	1 	52 	60 	19 	T-5th of 10 	L, QF 6-3, 2-4, 3-2 (ot) (MSOE) 	27 	14 	12 	1 	81 	82 	 	 	 	
2015-16 	20 	15 	4 	1 	76 	33 	31 	2nd of 5 South 	W, QF 3-0 (Concordia) L, SF 4-1, 5-1 (St. Norbert) 	28 	18 	7 	3 	97 	52 	 	 	 	
2016-17 	20 	12 	7 	1 	64 	56 	25 	2nd of 6 South 	W, QF 5-2 (Lake Forest) L, SF 2-1 (Adrian) 	27 	15 	10 	2 	88 	79 	 	 	 	
2017-18 	18 	12 	6 	0 	62 	42 	24 	2nd of 6 South 	W, QF 2G-0 (St. Scholastica) L, SF 3-0 (St. Norbert) 	29 	20 	8 	1 	93 	57 	 	 	 	
2018-19 	18 	11 	5 	2 	38 	28 	24 	2nd of 6 South 	W, DSF 2G-0 (Northland) 	28 	14 	10 	4 	63 	59 	 	 	 	
2019-20 	20 	13 	7 	0 	73 	51 	26 	1st of 5 North 	W, QF 2G-1 (St. Scholastica) L, SF 2-0 (St. Norbert) 	28 	18 	9 	1 	102 	72 	 	 	 	
2020-21 	8 	5 	3 	0 	27 	20 	15 	2nd of 5 North 	W, QF 3-1 (Lawrence) W, SF 2G-0 (St. Scholastica) W, F 2G-0 (MSOE)	19 	12 	7 	0 	63 	54 	 	 	 	
2021-22 	18 	5 	11 	2 	56 	68 	20 	7th 	L, QF 2G-0 (St. Norbert) 	27 	10 	14 	2 	93 	98 	 	 	 	
2022-23 	18 	8 	8 	2 	50 	56 	26 	6th 	L, QF 2G-0 (St. Norbert) 	27 	11 	14 	2 	74 	94 	 	 	 	
2023-24 	18 	5 	12 	1 	51 	70 	18 	7th 	L, QF 2G-0 (St. Norbert) 	27 	9 	17 	1 	80 	99 	 	 	 	
==NCAA Tournament Appearances==
Season 	First Round 	Quarterfinals 	Semifinals 	Championship 	Third Place 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III 	NCAA Division III 	NCAA Division III 	NCAA Division III 	NCAA Division III 	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III
2018 	Bye 	L, 3-1 (Augsburg) 	-- 	-- 	N/A 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2021 	No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic	No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic	No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic	No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic	No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Links==
*Northern Collegiate Hockey Association website
*Marian Sabres men's ice hockey website
Category:Established in 1998
Category:NCAA Division III Teams
Category:American ice hockey teams
Category:Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association teams
Category:Northern Collegiate Hockey Association teams