The Concordia Cobbers are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Concordia College, located in Moorhead, Minnesota from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of the Moorhead Sports Center, which is located just two miles from the school’s campus. The men’s program was established at the varsity level for the 1921-22 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Concordia College
• Location: Moorhead, Minnesota
• School Founded: 1891
• Enrollment: 1,864
• Colors: Maroon & Gold
• Home Arena: Moorhead Sports Center
• Arena Capacity: 3,000
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)
• Head Coach: Kirk Olimb
• Conference Titles: 2 (1981 co-champ, 1987)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 2 (1987, 2000)

Conferences

• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1921-present)

Arenas

• Unknown (1921-1974)
• Moorhead Sports Center (1974-present)

Head Coaches

• Rene Wambach (1927-1928) 4-2-0 (.667)
• Frank Cleve (1928-1928) 0-2-0 (.000)
  • interim
• Bob Bain (1946-1949) 6-12-0 (.333)
• John Bale (1949-1950) 1-3-0 (.250)
• Gordon Stensgard (1950-1952; 1954-55) 11-13-0 (.458)
  • 8-8-0 in first stint; 3-5-0 in second stint
• Don Baken (1952-1953)
• Lyle Hunter (1953-1954) 0-4-0 (.000)
• Warren Tovson (1955-1956) 2-6-0 (.250)
• Cliff Rothrock (1956-1957) 1-9-0 (.100)
• Bob Youso (1957-1958) 2-0-0 (1.000)
• Don Brose (1958-1962) 4-28-0 (.125)
• Bruce Unfried (1962-1965) 9-32-1 (.226)
• No official coach (1965-1966) 1-13-1 (.100)
• Charie Basch (1966-1967) 2-28-1 (.081)
• Al Rice (1969-1986) 215-221-6 (.493)
• Steve Baumgartner (1986-2008) 223-313-35 (.421)
• Chris Howe (2009-2021) 132-148-38 (.475)
  • stepped down midway through 2021-22 season
• Chris Howe (2021-2022) 12-8-2 (.591)
  • interim
• Kirk Olimb (2022-present) 45-48-10 (.485)

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
1921-22								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1922-23									No Tournament
1923-24								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1924-25								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1925-26								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1926-27								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1927-28									No Tournament	8	4	4	0
1928-29									No Tournament
1929-30									No Tournament
1930-31									No Tournament
1931-32									No Tournament
1932-33									No Tournament
1933-34									No Tournament
1934-35									No Tournament
1935-36									No Tournament
1936-37									No Tournament
1937-38									No Tournament
1938-39									No Tournament
1939-40									No Tournament
1940-41									No Tournament
1941-42									No Tournament
1942-43								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1943-44								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1944-45								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1945-46								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament
1946-47									No Tournament	5	2	3	0
1947-48									No Tournament	5	1	4	0
1948-49									No Tournament	8	3	5	0
1949-50									No Tournament	4	1	3	0
1950-51									No Tournament	9	4	5	0
1951-52									No Tournament	7	4	3	0
1952-53									No Tournament
1953-54									No Tournament	4	0	4	0
1954-55									No Tournament	8	3	5	0
1955-56									No Tournament	8	2	6	0
1956-57									No Tournament	10	1	9	0
1957-58									No Tournament	2	2	0	0
1958-59									No Tournament	8	1	7	0
1959-60	8	0	8	0			0	9th	No Tournament	9	0	9	0
1960-61	9	2	7	0			4		No Tournament	9	2	7	0
1961-62								6th	No Tournament	6	1	5	0
1962-63	11	2	9	0			4	8th	No Tournament	15	2	13	0
1963-64	9	3	5	1			7		No Tournament	11	3	7	1	23	59
1964-65	11	3	8	0	25	47	6	6th	No Tournament	12	3	9	0
1965-66	14	0	14	0			0		No Tournament	16	1	15	0
1966-67	14	1	13	0	17	79	2	8th	No Tournament	14	1	13	0	17	79
1967-68	12	1	10	1			3	8th	No Tournament	17	1	15	1
1968-69	14	4	10	0			8	6th	No Tournament	17	5	12	0
1969-70	14	9	5	0			18	T-2nd	No Tournament	20	13	7	0
1970-71	14	11	3	0				2nd	No Tournament	26	19	7	0
1971-72	14	10	4	0	124	47	20	T-3rd	No Tournament	20	13	7	0
1972-73	14	7	7	0			14	T-4th	No Tournament	22	9	13	0
1973-74	14	10	4	0			20	3rd	No Tournament	21	17	4	0
1974-75	16	11	5	0			22	4th	No Tournament	24	13	11	0
1975-76	14	8	5	1			17	3rd	No Tournament	24	12	11	1
1976-77	14	8	5	1			17	3rd	No Tournament	24	13	9	1
1977-78	14	6	8	0			12	6th	No Tournament	27	11	16	0
1978-79	14	9	5	0			18	2nd	No Tournament	27	15	12	0
1979-80	16	12	3	1			25	2nd	No Tournament	27	15	11	1
1980-81	16	12	4	0			24	T-1st	No Tournament	31	21	9	1
1981-82	16	9	7	0			18	4th	No Tournament	27	13	14	0
1982-83	16	6	10	0			12	5th	No Tournament	27	9	18	0
1983-84	16	3	12	1	69	113	7	9th	No Tournament	26	4	21	1	106	190
1984-85	16	3	13	0			6	T-8th	No Tournament	26	6	20	0	107	189
1985-86	16	6	10	0	71	94	12	T-7th	Did not qualify	26	8	18	0	109	164
1986-87	16	12	4	0	86	67	24	1st	W, SF 3-3, 9-3 (Saint John's) W, F 3-4, 4-2, 7-6 (St. Thomas)	32	17	14	1	153	155
1987-88	16	7	8	1	67	73	15	T-4th	Did not qualify	21	9	11	1	88	88
1988-89	16	6	10	0	67	68	12	T-7th	Did not qualify	21	10	11	0	91	93
1989-90	16	10	4	2	106	66	22	3rd	L, SF 6-8 (Gustavus)	24	12	9	3	147	126
1990-91	16	9	7	0	90	73	18	5th	Did not qualify	25	14	11	0	141	118
1991-92	16	6	8	2	69	78	14	6th	Did not qualify	25	10	13	2	130	111
1992-93	16	6	9	1	78	65	13	5th	Did not qualify	24	10	13	1	126	108
1993-94	16	9	6	1	83	68	19	T-4th	Did not qualify	23	12	10	1	108	104
1994-95	16	5	9	2	69	93	12	7th	Did not qualify	23	6	15	2	91	135
1995-96	16	2	14	0	52	106	4	8th	Did not qualify	25	3	21	1	80	165
1996-97	16	4	10	2	67	92	10	7th	Did not qualify	26	7	15	4	118	151
1997-98	16	7	8	1	58	61	15	6th	Did not qualify	25	10	14	1	87	105
1998-99	16	9	5	2	63	38	20	3rd	W, SF 2-10, 4-3, 3-1 minigame (Saint John's) L, F 1-1, 2-5 (St. Thomas)	29	14	12	3	100	87
1999-00	16	13	12	1	74	32	27	2nd	W, SF 7-2, 3-2 (Augsburg) W, F 2-4, 5-2, 1-0 minigame (St. Thomas)	31	20	9	2	123	76
2000-01	16	11	4	1	62	39	23	2nd	L, SF 2-4, 2-4 (Saint John's)	27	14	11	2	98	79
2001-02	16	9	6	1	62	50	19	5th	W, QF 3-2 (Saint John's) L, SF 5-1 (St. Thomas)	27	13	12	2	96	100
2002-03	16	7	7	2	55	62	16	T-5th	L, QF 3-1 (Gustavus)	26	13	11	2	92	103
2003-04	16	4	10	2	41	64	10	7th	Did not qualify	25	5	17	3	66	111
2004-05	16	3	13	0	40	78	6	8th	Did not qualify	25	4	20	1	67	127
2005-06	16	0	15	1	24	115	1	9th	Did not qualify	25	5	18	2	62	145
2006-07	16	3	13	0	40	76	6	T-8th	Did not qualify	25	7	18	0	70	117
2007-08	16	0	15	1	34	104	1	9th	Did not qualify	25	1	23	1	49	145
2008-09	16	1	13	2	35	65	4	9th	Did not qualify	25	4	19	2	62	96
2009-10	16	4	7	5	37	46	13	7th	Did not qualify	25	5	15	5	60	84
2010-11	16	7	5	4	45	40	18	T-3rd	W, SF 4-2 (St. Thomas) L, F 5-2 (Hamline)	27	12	11	4	83	82
2011-12	16	6	7	3	32	36	15	6th	Did not qualify	25	10	11	4	48	59
2012-13	16	10	6	0	49	39	20	3rd	L, SF 5-1 (Saint John's)	26	13	12	1	79	60
2013-14	16	6	6	4	46	45	23	5th	L, QF 5-2 (St. Olaf)	26	12	9	5	84	71
2014-15	16	8	5	3	48	37	28	3rd	L, SF 4-3 2OT (Saint Mary's)	26	13	9	4	81	65
2015-16	16	8	7	1	55	51	26	4th	L, QF 3-0 (Hamline)	16	10	14	2	76	86
2016-17	16	7	7	2	47	52	25	5th	W, QF 3-2 (Hamline) L, SF 2-1 (St. Thomas)	27	14	11	2	74	79
2017-18	16	7	8	1	50	57	23	5th	L, QF 2-1 (Gustavus)	26	10	13	3	71	83
2018-19	16	9	5	2	54	40	31	T-3rd	L, QF 5-2 (Saint Mary's)	26	13	10	3	83	74
2019-20	16	10	5	1	42	35	32	2nd	W, SF 3-2 (Augsburg) L, F 3-2 (St. Thomas)	27	14	11	2	64	71
2020-21	2	1	1	0	4	5	0.5	N/A	Cancelled	2	1	1	0	4	5
2021-22	16	11	4	1	59	34	0.688	2nd	L, QF 3-2 (St. Olaf)	26	13	10	3	86	61
2022-23	16	9	6	1	55	50	26	4th	L, QF 4-3 (St. Olaf)	26	12	12	2	86	82
2023-24	16	5	9	2	45	60	18	T-8th	Did not qualify	25	7	16	2	65	85
2024-25	16	7	6	3	45	44	23	T-5th of 9	W, QF 4-3 (Saint John's) L, SF 6-2 (Gustavus)	27	12	12	3	76	76
2025-26	16	6	9	1	40	41	18	6th of 9	Did not qualify	25	11	12	2	70	67

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
NAIA
1974	N/A	L, 1-7 (Lake Superior State Lakers)	--	--	--
1979	N/A	W, 5-3 (Augsburg Auggies)	W, 6-3 (St. Scholastica Saints)	L, 1-5 (Bemidji State Beavers)	--
1980	N/A	L, 4-5 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	--	--	--
NCAA Division II
1981	N/A	N/A	L, 4-10 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	--	L, 7-9 (Mankato State Mavericks)
NCAA Division III
1987	N/A	L, 1-3, 6-8 (Bemidji State Beavers)	--	--	--
2000	N/A	L, 2-3, 1-4 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	--	--	--
2 appearances*

See Also

• Concordia Cobbers men’s ice hockey website
• MIAC men’s hockey website