List of Canisius Golden Griffins men's ice hockey seasons

This is a season-by-season list of records compiled by Canisius in men's ice hockey.

Canisius University has made one appearance in the NCAA Tournament, losing its only game in 2013.

Season-by-season results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

NCAA D-I Champions

NCAA Frozen Four

Conference regular season champions

Conference Playoff Champions

Season	Conference	Regular season														Conference Tournament Results	National Tournament Results
		Conference									Overall
		GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	3/SW	Pts*	Finish	GP	W	L	T	%
Division III
Brian Cavanaugh (1980–1982)
1980–81	ECAC 3	6	4	2	0	–	–	–	.667	–	27	13	12	2	.519
1981–82	ECAC 3	4	2	2	0	–	–	–	.500	–	29	16	12	1	.569
Carl Koeppel (1982–1983)
1982–83	NYCHA	16	3	12	1	–	–	–	7	–	26	9	16	1	.365
Brian Cavanaugh (1983–2004)
1983–84	NYCHA	18	2	15	1	–	–	–	5	–	27	5	21	1	.204
1984–85	NYCHA	18	7	10	1	–	–	–	15	–	29	14	13	2	.517
1985–86	NYCHA	18	10	7	1	–	–	–	21	–	29	18	9	2	.655	Lost ECAC West Quarterfinal 3–6 (Elmira)
1986–87	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	32	21	11	0	.656	Won ECAC West Quarterfinal 2–0 (RIT) Lost Semifinal 4–9 (Plattsburgh)
1987–88	ECAC West	17	10	7	0	–	–	–	.588	7th	27	15	12	0	.556	Lost Quarterfinal 3–6 (Plattsburgh)
1988–89	ECAC West	22	13	9	0	–	–	–	.591	6th	35	15	19	1	.443	Lost Quarterfinal 3–6 (Union)
1989–90	ECAC West	27	11	14	2	–	–	–	.444	–	28	12	14	2	.464
1990–91	ECAC West	24	8	16	0	–	–	–	.333	–	27	9	18	0	.333
1991–92	ECAC West	27	11	14	2	–	–	–	.444	–	28	12	14	2	.464
1992–93	ECAC West	24	17	6	1	–	–	–	.729	3rd	30	18	11	1	.617	Won Semifinal, 5–3 (Mercyhurst) Lost Championship 1–2 (Elmira)
1993–94	ECAC West	10	7	3	0	–	–	–	14	2nd	26	17	8	1	.673	Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (RIT)
1994–95	ECAC West	8	4	2	2	–	–	–	.625	3rd	26	16	6	4	.692	Lost Semifinal, 4–5 (RIT)
1995–96	ECAC West	8	5	2	1	–	–	–	.688	T–1st	27	18	7	2	.704	Won Semifinal, 6–2 (Mercyhurst) Lost Championship 2–3 (RIT)
1996–97	ECAC West	10	1	7	2	–	–	–	4	5th	26	13	11	2	.538	Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (RIT)
1997–98	ECAC West	10	4	5	1	–	–	–	9	T–3rd	26	12	11	3	.519	Lost Semifinal, 1–4 (Niagara)
Division I
1998–99	MAAC	28	12	11	5	–	–	–	29	4th	36	16	15	5	.529	Won Quarterfinal 7–4 (American International) Won Semifinal 5–2 (Quinnipiac) Lost Championship 3–4 (Holy Cross)
1999–00	MAAC	27	16	8	3	–	–	–	35	3rd	35	21	10	4	.657	Lost Quarterfinal 3–4 (Iona)
2000–01	MAAC	26	13	9	4	–	–	–	30	4th	33	17	12	4	.576	Won Quarterfinal 4–1 (Connecticut) Lost Semifinal 3–4 (Mercyhurst)
2001–02	MAAC	26	13	9	4	–	–	–	30	5th	35	14	17	4	.457	Lost Quarterfinal 2–3 (Sacred Heart)
2002–03	MAAC	26	12	13	2	–	–	–	24	7th	37	12	21	4	.378	Lost Quarterfinal 2–3 (Quinnipiac)
2003–04	Atlantic Hockey	24	9	11	4	–	–	–	22	6th	34	10	16	8	.412	Won Quarterfinal 1–0 (Quinnipiac) Lost Semifinal 1–4 (Holy Cross)
Clancy Seymour (2004–2005)
2004–05	Atlantic Hockey	24	14†	7†	3†	–	–	–	31†	T–2nd†	35	16†	15†	4†	.514†	Lost Quarterfinal 2–4 (Bentley)
Dave Smith (2005–2017)
2005–06	Atlantic Hockey	28	9	18	2	–	–	–	18	7th	35	10	23	2	.314	Lost Quarterfinal 2–7 (Mercyhurst)
2006–07	Atlantic Hockey	28	9	16	3	–	–	–	21	9th	35	9	23	3	.350	Lost Play-In 1–2 (American International)
2007–08	Atlantic Hockey	28	10	13	5	–	–	–	25	T–6th	37	11	20	6	.378	Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (Mercyhurst)
2008–09	Atlantic Hockey	28	12	12	4	–	–	–	28	5th	37	15	16	6	.486	Lost Quarterfinal series 1–2 (Bentley)
2009–10	Atlantic Hockey	28	13	11	4	–	–	–	30	5th	37	17	15	5	.527	Won Quarterfinal series 2–0 (Mercyhurst) Lost Semifinal 0–4 (RIT)
2010–11	Atlantic Hockey	27	10	12	5	–	–	–	25	8th	38	13	19	6	.421	Won First round 6–3 (Niagara) Lost Quarterfinal series 1–2 (Holy Cross)
2011–12	Atlantic Hockey	27	10	14	3	–	–	–	23	9th	36	10	22	4	.333	Lost First round series 1–2 (Connecticut)
2012–13	Atlantic Hockey	27	12	13	2	–	–	–	26	T–7th	43	19	19	5	.500	Won First round series 2–0 (Bentley) Won Quarterfinal series 2–0 (Air Force) Won Semifinal 5–3 (Niagara) Won Championship 7–2 (Mercyhurst)	Lost Regional semifinal 3–4 (Quinnipiac)
2013–14	Atlantic Hockey	27	11	13	3	–	–	–	25	T–7th	41	17	21	3	.451	Lost First round series 0–2 (St. Lawrence)
2014–15	Atlantic Hockey	28	15	7	8	–	–	–	36	2nd	37	18	12	7	.581	Won Quarterfinal series 2–0 (Sacred Heart) Lost Semifinal 1–2 (RIT)
2015–16	Atlantic Hockey	28	10	13	5	–	–	–	25	T–6th	39	12	22	5	.372	Won First round series 2–1 (Niagara) Lost Quarterfinal series 0–2 (Air Force)
2016–17	Atlantic Hockey	28	18	4	6	–	–	–	42	1st	39	21	11	7	.628	Won Quarterfinal series 2–0 (Niagara) Lost Semifinal 6–2 (Robert Morris)
Trevor Large (2017–Present)
2017–18	Atlantic Hockey	28	17	11	0	–	–	–	34	2nd	38	19	17	2	.526	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (American International) Lost Semifinal, 0–3 (Air Force)
2018–19	Atlantic Hockey	28	8	16	4	–	–	–	20	11th	37	12	20	5	.392	Lost First round series, 1–2 (Niagara)
2019–20	Atlantic Hockey	28	9	13	6	–	–	3	32	9th	36	10	20	6	.361	Lost First round series, 0–2 (Bentley)
2020–21	Atlantic Hockey	13	8	5	0	1	1	0	.615	4th	17	11	6	0	.647	Won Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (RIT) Won Semifinal, 4–3 (OT) (Army) Lost Championship, 2–5 (American International)
2021–22	Atlantic Hockey	26	13	11	2	2	1	1	43	2nd	35	16	16	3	.500	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Mercyhurst)
2022–23	Atlantic Hockey	26	13	10	3	3	1	1	41	4th	42	20	19	3	.512	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Army) Won Semifinal series, 2–1 (Niagara) Won Championship 3–0 (Holy Cross)	Lost Regional semifinal, 2–9 (Minnesota)
2023–24	Atlantic Hockey	26	10	12	4	2	1	0	33	8th	37	12	21	4	.378	Won First Round, 5–2 (Mercyhurst) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Holy Cross)
Totals											GP	W	L	T	%	Championships
Regular season											1362	596	624	142	.490	1 ECAC West Championship, 1 Atlantic Hockey Championship
Conference Post-season											82	35	47	0	.427	2 Atlantic Hockey tournament championships
NCAA Post-season											2	0	2	0	.000	2 NCAA Tournament appearances
Regular season and Post-season Record											1446	631	673	142	.485

† Brian Cavanaugh was fired in December 2004.