The Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Gustavus Adolphus College, located in St. Peter, Minnesota from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Don Roberts Ice Rink, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1936-37 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Gustavus Adolphus College
• Location: St. Peter, Minnesota
• School Founded: 1862
• Enrollment: 2,100
• Colors: Black, Gold, & White
• Home Arena: Don Roberts Ice Rink
• Arena Capacity: 1,500 (3,000 standing room)
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)
• Head Coach: Tyler Walsh
• Conference Titles: 15 (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977 co-champ, 1984, 1993 co-champ, 2010, 2025)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 6 (1990, 1991, 1993, 2009, 2012, 2025)

Conferences

• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1936-present)

Arenas

• Unknown (1936-1939)
• George Myrum Fieldhouse (1939-1974)
• Don Roberts Ice Rink (1974-present)

Head Coaches

• Frank Endersbe (1936-1937) 0-5-0 (.000)
• Glen Dorfeldt (1937-1939) 6-10-0 (.375)
• Kenny Lindgren (1939-1940) 9-2-3 (.750)
• Tony Rauker (1941-1942; 1948-1950) 12-17-1 (.417)
  • 4-5-0 in first tenure, 8-12-1 in second tenure
• Worth Bloom (1945-1946) 1-8-1 (.150)
• Vic Gustafson (1946-1947) 5-6-0 (.455)
• Pete Louricas (1947-1948) 1-5-1 (.214)
• Dwight Holcolmbe (1950-1951) 5-7-0 (.417)
• Fred Swanson (1952-1953) 0-8-0 (.000)
• Lloyd Hollingsworth (1953-1956) 17-14-0 (.548)
• Jim Malmquist (1956-1959) 18-21-0 (.462)
• Quenton Carlson (1959-1960) 4-7-1 (.375)
• Mark Skoog (1960-1961) 4-7-1 (.375)
• Jerry Kerry (1961-1962) 1-8-0 (.111)
• Dave Wold (1962-1963) 3-16-0 (.180)
• Don Roberts (1964-1997) 532-290-25 (.643)
• Larry Moore (1997-2000) 50-51-5 (.495)
• Brett Petersen (2000-2024) 267-280-66 (.489)
• Tyler Walsh (2024-present) 28-18-3 (.602)

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
1936-37									No Tournament	5	0	5	0
1937-38	4	0	4	0					No Tournament	5	0	5	0
1938-39	11	6	5	0				3rd	No Tournament	11	6	5	0
1939-40	8	5	1	2				2nd	No Tournament	14	9	2	3
1940-41	Did not compete
1941-42									No Tournament	9	4	5	0
1942-43	Did not compete
1943-44	Did not compete
1944-45	Did not compete
1945-46								No Conference Champ Awarded	No Tournament	10	1	8	1
1946-47	5	3	2	0				3rd	No Tournament	11	5	6	0
1947-48	5	0	5	0				6th	No Tournament	7	1	5	1
1948-49	9	5	4	0				4th	No Tournament	10	5	4	1
1949-50	10	3	7	0				5th	No Tournament	11	3	8	0
1950-51	7	2	5	0				6th	No Tournament	12	5	7	0
1951-52	Did not compete
1952-53	7	0	7	0				7th	No Tournament	8	0	8	0
1953-54	7	2	5	0				4th	No Tournament	8	3	5	0
1954-55	11	6	5	0				3rd	No Tournament	12	7	5	0
1955-56	8	5	3	0				2nd	No Tournament	11	7	4	0
1956-57								3rd	No Tournament	12	8	4	0
1957-58	12	3	9	0				5th	No Tournament
1958-59	8	4	4	0				4th	No Tournament	13	6	7	0
1959-60	11	3	4	0				4th	No Tournament	12	4	7	1
1960-61	9	3	5	1				6th	No Tournament	12	4	7	1
1961-62	8	1	7	0				7th	No Tournament	9	1	8	0
1962-63	18	2	16	0				7th	No Tournament	19	3	16	0
1963-64	Did not compete
1964-65	14	0	14	0	19	107	0	8th	No Tournament	15	1	14	0
1965-66	14	12	2	0			24	1st	No Tournament	18	16	12	0
1966-67	12	12	2	0			24	1st	No Tournament	20	16	4	0
1967-68	14	12	2	0			24	1st	No Tournament	20	14	7	0
1968-69	14	13	1	0			26	1st	No Tournament	22	17	4	1
1969-70	14	14	0	0			28	1st	No Tournament	23	21	2	0
1970-71	14	13	1	0			26	1st	No Tournament	21	15	6	0
1971-72	14	12	2	0	118	30	26	1st	No Tournament	21	16	5	0
1972-73	14	14	0	0			24	1st	No Tournament	24	18	6	0
1973-74	14	12	2	0			24	2nd	No Tournament	22	18	4	0
1974-75	16	15	1	0			30	1st	No Tournament	27	23	4	0
1975-76	14	13	1	0			26	1st	No Tournament	27	23	4	0
1976-77	14	12	2	0			24	T-1st	No Tournament	24	19	4	1
1977-78	14	11	3	0			22	2nd	No Tournament	27	17	10	0
1978-79	14	9	5	0			18	T-2nd	No Tournament	27	14	13	0
1979-80	16	10	6	0			20	4th	No Tournament	26	15	11	0
1980-81	16	11	5	0			22	3rd	No Tournament	26	18	8	0
1981-82	16	13	3	0			26	2nd	No Tournament	31	22	9	0
1982-83	16	12	4	0			24	3rd	No Tournament	30	21	9	0
1983-84	16	13	2	1	101	58	27	1st	No Tournament	29	16	12	1	157	141
1984-85	16	11	5	0	88	70	22	T-2nd	No Tournament	30	16	13	1	150	133
1985-86	16	8	8	0	89	73	16	4th	L, SF 3-5, 6-6 OT (St. Thomas)	27	12	14	1	127	115
1986-87	16	6	10	0	76	86	12	T-7th	Did not qualify	27	9	18	0	110	153
1987-88	16	11	5	0	92	71	22	3rd	L, SF 3-5, 4-7 (St. Thomas)	27	13	14	0	126	145
1988-89	16	10	6	0	78	62	20	3rd	L, SF 1-4, 2-6 (Saint Mary's)	29	13	15	1	130	134
1989-90	16	11	3	2	85	47	24	2nd	W, SF 8-6 (Concordia) W, F 3-1 (St. Thomas)	31	20	6	5	154	110
1990-91	16	11	3	2	98	55	24	2nd	W, SF 4-3 OT (Saint Mary's) W, F 7-2 (St. Thomas)	26	17	6	3	155	92
1991-92	16	10	3	3	76	42	23	3rd	W, SF 4-2 (Saint Mary's) L, F 6-4 (St. Thomas)	28	16	9	3	136	90
1992-93	16	13	2	1	91	47	27	T-1st	W, SF 5-3 (Saint Mary's) W, F 4-2 (St. Thomas)	29	19	9	1	155	99
1993-94	16	5	8	3	71	65	13	7th	Did not qualify	25	7	14	4	101	105
1994-95	16	11	4	1	103	70	23	T-2nd	L, SF 3-4, 2-3 (St. Thomas)	26	12	13	1	126	125
1995-96	16	12	3	1	96	55	25	2nd	L, SF 2-4, 2-4 (St. Thomas)	25	16	8	1	129	90
1996-97	16	11	5	0	86	45	22	3rd	W, SF 8-5, 3-1 (St. Thomas) L, F 2-4, 4-5 (Saint John's)	29	17	12	0	131	101
1997-98	16	11	4	1	86	45	23	4th	L, SF 5-8, 6-6 OT (St. Thomas)	27	13	12	2	123	106
1998-99	16	8	7	1	66	54	17	T-6th	Did not qualify	25	13	11	1	93	82
1999-00	16	5	9	2	45	73	12	7th	Did not qualify	25	7	16	2	76	113
2000-01	16	3	11	2	39	60	8	T-8th	Did not qualify	25	6	16	3	56	89
2001-02	16	9	3	4	54	34	22	2nd	W, SF 4-1 (Augsburg) L, F 3-2 (St. Thomas)	27	14	9	4	91	71
2002-03	16	8	7	1	67	40	17	4th	W, QF 3-1 (Concordia) L, SF 4-2 (Saint John's)	27	14	12	1	114	75
2003-04	16	9	5	2	57	40	20	3rd	L, SF 6-3 (St. Thomas)	26	12	11	3	86	73
2004-05	16	7	8	1	67	64	15	5th	L, QF 3-2 (St. Olaf)	26	10	15	1	100	104
2005-06	16	9	7	0	67	50	18	T-4th	L, QF 7-5 (Bethel)	26	14	11	1	116	91
2006-07	16	9	6	1	51	49	19	5th	L, QF 3-1 (St. Olaf)	26	11	13	2	85	92
2007-08	16	10	6	0	64	40	20	4th	L, QF 5-2 (Saint John's)	26	13	12	1	98	73
2008-09	16	10	6	0	58	36	20	2nd	W, SF 3-1 (St. Thomas) W, F 5-2 (Hamline)	30	19	11	0	112	80
2009-10	16	12	2	2	69	35	26	1st	W, SF 6-5 4OT (Augsburg) L, F 2-1 OT (St. Thomas)	29	20	7	2	108	70
2010-11	16	8	6	2	49	47	18	T-3rd	W, QF 4-3 2OT (Augsburg) L, SF 3-0 (Hamline)	27	15	10	2	79	74
2011-12	16	8	5	3	51	40	19	2nd	W, SF 3-1 (Saint John's) W, F 4-2 (St. Olaf)	29	17	7	5	88	67
2012-13	16	9	5	2	49	36	20	3rd	W, QF 3-2 (St. Olaf) W, SF 1-0 (St. Thomas) L, F 3-2 (Saint John's)	28	17	8	3	79	60
2013-14	16	12	3	1	49	26	38	2nd	W, SF 3-2 (Saint John's) L, F 2-1 (St. Thomas)	27	16	7	4	78	59
2014-15	16	5	5	6	36	39	24	T-6th	Did not qualify	25	8	9	8	59	63
2015-16	16	5	8	3	37	45	18	8th	Did not qualify	25	6	14	5	52	80
2016-17	16	4	10	2	31	42	16	8th	Did not qualify	25	5	15	5	51	71
2017-18	16	9	7	0	46	33	27	4th	W, QF 2-1 (Concordia) W, SF 4-3 OT (St. Thomas) L, F 3-1 (Augsburg)	28	12	13	3	69	66
2018-19	16	4	11	1	38	42	13	8th	Did not qualify	25	7	17	1	53	62
2019-20	16	7	7	2	54	38	25	5th	L, QF 3-2 (St. Thomas)	26	11	12	3	79	64
2020-21	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	N/A	Cancelled	5	0	5	0	11	22
2021-22	12	1	9	2	21	53	0.111	9th	W, FR 4-3 (Hamline) L 4-3 OT (Augsburg)	26	6	16	4	61	93
2022-23	16	1	13	2	25	60	8	9th	Did not qualify	25	3	19	3	48	93
2023-24	16	6	9	1	48	46	18	8th	Did not qualify	25	11	12	2	75	70
2024-25	16	10	4	2	63	44	34	1st of 9	W, SF 6-2 (Concordia) W, F 2-1 (St. Olaf)	28	16	10	2	103	74
2025-26	16	12	4	0	60	38	33	T-2nd of 9	W, SF 6-1 (Saint Mary's) L, F 4-3 OT (Saint John's)	27	18	8	1	104	69

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
NAIA
1968	N/A	N/A	L, 7-1 (Lake Superior State Lakers)	--	W, 7-6 (Boston State Warriors)
1969	N/A	N/A	L, 6-2 (Lake Superior State Lakers)	--	W, 6-2 (Salem State Vikings)
1970	N/A	N/A	L, 5-2 (Bemidji State Beavers)	--	W, 11-3 (Alaska Methodist)
1971	N/A	N/A	L, 6-5 (Lakehead University)	--	L, 8-6 (Augsburg Auggies)
1972	N/A	N/A	W, 5-3 (St. Thomas Tommies)	L, 9-3 (Lake Superior State Lakers)	--
1973	N/A	Bye	L, 6-3 (Bemidji State Beavers)	--	L, 11-3 (Lake Superior State Lakers)
1974	N/A	W, 10-2 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	L, 4-2 (Bemidji State Beavers)	--	W, 6-5 (St. Thomas Tommies)
1975	N/A	W, 8-0 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	W, 8-3 (St. Thomas Tommies)	L, 7-1 (St. Scholastica Saints)	--
1976	N/A	W, 22-1 (Maine-Portland-Gorham Huskies	L, 6-5 OT (St. Scholastica Saints)	--	W, 5-4 (Bemidji State Beavers)
1977	N/A	W, 10-3 (Ferris State Bulldogs)	W, 5-3 (Augsburg Auggies)	L, 3-2 (St. Scholastica Saints)	--
1978	N/A	L, 6-5 OT (St. Thomas Tommies)	--	--	--
1979	N/A	L, 4-3 OT (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	--	--	--
NCAA Division II
1982	N/A	W, 7-4, 9-1 (St. Scholastica Saints)	L, 4-3 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	--	W, 8-5 (Merrimack Warriors)
1983	N/A	W, 6-5 (Augsburg Auggies)	L, 5-2 (Mankato State Mavericks)	--	N/A
NCAA Division III
1990	N/A	L, 1-4, 2-2 (Mankato State Mavericks)	--	--	N/A
1991	N/A	L, 4-4, 2-7 (Mankato State Mavericks)	--	--	--
1993	N/A	L, 2-5, 2-4 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	--	--	--
2009	Bye	W, 2-0 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	W, 3-2 OT (Wisconsin-Stout Blue Devils)	L, 4-1 (Neumann Knights)	N/A
2010	W, 3-1 (St. Thomas Tommies)	L, 3-1 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	--	--	N/A
2012	W, 3-1 (MSOE Raiders)	L, 4-1 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	--	--	N/A
2025	L, 3-2 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	--	--	--	N/A
7 appearances*			1 D-III Runner-Up Finish

See Also

• Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties men’s ice hockey website
• MIAC men’s hockey website