The Bethel Royals are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Bethel University, located in Arden Hills, Minnesota from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of the Super Rink at National Sports Center, which in Blaine, Minnesota. The men’s program was established for the 1978-79 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Bethel University
• Location: Arden Hills, Minnesota
• School Founded: 1871
• Enrollment: 2,800
• Colors: Navy Blue, Vegas Gold, & White
• Home Arena: Super Rink at National Sports Center
• Arena Capacity: 1,000
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)
• Head Coach: Chris McKelvie
• Conference Titles: 1 (2007)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 1 (2007)

Conferences

• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1978-present)

Arenas

• Columbia Arena (1978-2007)
• Super Rink at National Sports Center (2007-present)

Head Coaches

• David Harris (1978-1979) 7-43-0 (.140)
• Craig Dahl (1980-1985) 54-80-2 (.404)
• Steve Larson (1985-1992) 56-127-7 (.313)
• Peter Aus (1992-1993; 1995-2007) 117-204-13 (.370)
  • 3-21-1 in first tenure; 114-183-12 (.388) in second tenure
• Marc Kapsalis (1993-1995) 8-43-2 (.170)
• Joel Johnson (2007-2010) 37-35-3 (.513)
• Charlie Burggraf (2010-2018) 36-147-17 (.223)
• Chris McKelvie (2018-present) 74-92-15 (.450)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1978-79	14	2	12	0			4	?	No Tournament	22	5	20	0
1979-80	16	1	15	0			2	9th	No Tournament	25	2	23	0
1980-81	16	3	12	1			7	8th	No Tournament	27	3	23	1
1981-82	16	7	9	0			14	7th	No Tournament	30	15	15	0
1982-83	16	3	13	0			6	9th	No Tournament	27	10	17	0
1983-84	16	6	10	0	67	72	12	T-5th	No Tournament	26	11	14	1	115	127
1984-85	16	11	5	0	76	56	22	T-2nd	No Tournament	25	15	10	0	110	93
1985-86	16	11	5	0	82	65	22	2nd	W, SF 6-4, 6-3 (Saint John's) L, F 4-6, 2-13 (St. Thomas)	31	15	15	1
1986-87	16	8	8	0	65	60	16	T-5th	Did not qualify	26	12	13	1	92	104
1987-88	16	7	9	0	72	73	14	6th	Did not qualify	24	9	15	0	92	125
1988-89	16	6	8	2	47	73	14	6th	Did not qualify	24	8	14	2	77	106
1989-90	16	1	14	1	44	109	3	9th	Did not qualify	25	1	23	1	71	166
1990-91	16	1	15	0			2	9th	Did not qualify	24	2	22	0
1991-92	16	0	15	1	45	126	1	9th	Did not qualify	23	2	20	1	82	299
1992-93	16	1	14	1	42	125	3	9th	Did not qualify	23	1	21	1	71	189
1993-94	16	0	15	1	49	133	1	9th	Did not qualify	27	4	22	1	103	187
1994-95	16	1	15	0	41	105	2	9th	Did not qualify	23	3	19	1	65	153
1995-96	16	5	10	1	45	61	11	7th	Did not qualify	23	7	15	1	71	100
1996-97	16	5	10	1	59	75	11	6th	Did not qualify	25	7	17	1	89	121
1997-98	16	3	13	0	45	83	6	8th	Did not qualify	25	8	17	0
1998-99	16	8	7	1	81	68	17	7th	Did not qualify	25	11	13	1	116	119
1999-00	16	6	9	1	71	68	13	6th	Did not qualify	25	10	14	1	108	117
2000-01	16	9	6	1	74	56	19	T-4th	W, SF 3-8, 5-3, 1-0 minigame (St. Thomas) L, F 3-3, 4-4, 0-1 minigame (Saint John's)	29	13	13	3	125	124
2001-02	16	2	14	0	42	88	4	9th	Did not qualify	25	6	19	0	72	126
2002-03	16	2	14	0	30	84	4	9th	Did not qualify	24	3	21	0	49	136
2003-04	16	4	12	0	47	61	8	8th	Did not qualify	24	6	17	1	73	102
2004-05	16	10	6	0	72	56	20	T-3rd	L, SF 4-3 OT (St. Thomas)	26	17	9	0	113	85
2005-06	16	8	6	2	78	47	18	T-4th	W, QF 7-5 (Gustavus) L, SF 5-4 OT (St. Thomas)	27	16	9	2	121	84
2006-07	16	12	3	1	69	35	25	1st	W, SF 5-4 (St. Olaf) W, F 5-3 (St. Thomas)	27	18	10	1	112	82
2007-08	16	11	4	1	23	61	44	T-2nd	L, SF 3-1 (St. Thomas)	25	16	7	2	102	81
2008-09	16	8	8	0	49	61	16	6th	Did not qualify	25	11	13	1	73	88
2009-10	16	8	8	0	55	51	16	T-5th	Did not qualify	25	10	15	0	79	96
2010-11	16	3	9	4	50	72	10	9th	Did not qualify	25	4	17	4	79	109
2011-12	16	6	8	2	42	51	14	7th	Did not qualify	25	8	15	2	68	95
2012-13	16	6	10	0	39	61	12	8th	Did not qualify	25	7	18	0	58	97
2013-14	16	2	13	1	25	48	7	8th	Did not qualify	25	3	20	2	45	80
2014-15	16	2	13	1	34	65	7	9th	Did not qualify	25	4	19	2	61	107
2015-16	16	3	13	0	39	80	9	9th	Did not qualify	25	4	19	2	62	108
2016-17	16	2	12	2	40	65	9	9th	Did not qualify	25	3	20	2	63	106
2017-18	16	2	11	3	31	66	12	9th	Did not qualify	25	3	19	3	44	108
2018-19	16	4	10	2	32	51	15	7th	Did not qualify	25	4	19	2	47	101
2019-20	16	6	6	4	38	51	23	6th	Did not qualify	25	7	14	4	51	92
2020-21	4	0	4	0	10	22	0	N/A	Cancelled	8	2	6	0	26	37
2021-22	16	8	7	1	43	52	0.479	5th	W, QF 4-3 OT (St. Scholastica) L, SF 7-0 (Augsburg)	27	15	11	1	77	75
2022-23	16	5	10	1	43	45	21	6th	Did not qualify	25	10	14	1	79	66
2023-24	16	11	3	2	56	38	33	2nd	W, SF 2-1 (St. Scholastica) L, F 4-1 (St. Olaf)	27	18	6	3	65	85
2024-25	16	9	5	2	55	45	29	2nd of 9	L, SF 3-1 (St. Olaf)	26	13	10	3	79	71
2025-26	16	9	7	0	51	43	30	4th of 9	W, QF 5-2 (St. Olaf) L, SF 4-1 (Saint John's)	27	14	12	1	82	73

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
NAIA
1982	N/A	L, 4-5 OT (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	--	--	W, Consolation Round 5-4 (Hamline Pipers) W, Fifth Place 5-2 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)
NCAA Division III
2007	W, 2-1 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	L, 1-4 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	--	--	N/A
1 appearance

See Also

• Bethel Royals men’s ice hockey website
• MIAC men’s hockey website