2023–24 Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings men's ice hockey season

The 2023–24 Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program and 1st in the CCHA. The Vikings represented Augustana University, played their home games at Midco Arena and were coached by Garrett Raboin in his 1st season.
==Season==
Due to ongoing construction of the Midco Arena, Augustana played its first five home games at the Denny Sanford Premier Center. The Vikings will play a transitional conference schedule in their first two seasons, meeting each CCHA opponent for one weekend series each year (16 games). None of the games against their conference opponents were counted in the league standings. As a result, Augustana is ineligible for the conference tournament until 2026. Despite this, because Augustana was starting its program at the Division I level and not moving up from a lower level, they were eligible for the NCAA tournament in their first season.
Unsurprisingly, Augustana finished with a losing record in their inaugural season but the team was anything but unsuccessful. Early in the season, a tie against one of the top teams in the nation, Denver was followed up by defeating another tournament-hopeful in Colorado College. While the Vikings weren't able to sustain that level of play, the team did demonstrate that they were more than just a collection of spare parts and castaways. The team had many close losses throughout the year, several against well-regarded programs such as Notre Dame. The season's biggest win, however, came against #16 Arizona State, the first victory for the Vikings over a ranked opponent.
==Departures==
None; Augustana did not field a club team prior to their first varsity season.
==Recruiting==
The entire roster was complied of new entries to the program.
==Roster==
As of July 20, 2023.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	F	34	8 	17 	25 	0
 	F	34	12	7 	19 	23
 	F	34	8 	8 	16 	27
 	D	29	5 	9 	14 	30
 	D	32	4 	10 	14 	10
 	F	28	5 	8 	13 	14
 	F	29	3 	10 	13 	2
 	F	29	5 	7 	12 	12
 	F	31	6 	5 	12 	18
 	F	30	5 	7 	12 	15
 	F	24	3 	8 	11 	6
 	D	34	3 	8 	11 	16
 	D	34	3 	7 	10 	10
 	F	25	4 	5 	9 	6
 	D	32	2 	6 	8 	14
 	F	15	4 	4 	8 	23
 	F	26	4 	4 	8 	2
 	F	26	0 	7 	7 	4
 	F	28	2 	3 	5 	20
 	D	30	2 	3 	5 	4
 	F	19	0 	2 	2 	8
 	G	16	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D	21	0 	1 	1 	6
 	G	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G	13	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F	16	0 	0 	0 	8
Total	 	 	88	147	236	278
==Goaltending statistics==
 	15	863:31 	6 	6 	2	39 	463 	2	.922	2.71
 	9 	462:27 	4 	3 	0	21 	241 	0	.920	2.72
 	13	722:36 	2 	9 	2	40 	378 	0	.904	3.32
Empty Net	- 	24:24 	- 	- 	-	5 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	34	2072:58	12	18	4	105	1082	2	.912	3.04
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week 	Week
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	22 	23 	24 	25 	26 (Final)	
USCHO.com	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	– 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	– 	NR 	
USA Today	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	– 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 11 and 25.Note: USA Today did not release a poll in week 12.
==References==
2023–24
Category:2023–24 CCHA season
Category:2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey by team