The Lake Forest Foresters are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Lake Forest College, located in Lake Forest, Illinois from the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association. The team is based out of Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1965-66 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Lake Forest College
• Location: Lake Forest, Illinois
• School Founded: 1857
• Enrollment: 1,700
• Colors: Black, Red, & White
• Home Arena: Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
• Arena Capacity: 1,000
• Conference: Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA)
• Head Coach: Sean O’Malley

Conferences

• NCAA Division II Independent (1965-1986)
  • Club team from 1986-1989
• NCAA Division III Independent (1989-1992)
• Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (1992-2009; 2013-present)
• Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association (2009-2013)

Arenas

• Outdoor rink on campus (1965-1968)
• Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (1968-present)

Head Coaches

• Andy Sweet (1965-1973) 91-68-1 (.572)
• Charlie Morrison (1973-1978) 68-74-0 (.479)
• Tony Fritz (1978-2010) 309-397-41 (.441)
  • not including club team records; went 42-31-3 over 3 seasons
• Seamus Gregory (2010-2011) 5-21-1 (.204)
• Ryan McKelvie (2011-2014) 30-46-6 (.402)
• Patrick Kelliher (2014-2021) 87-64-16 (.569)
• Sean O’Malley (2021-present) 40-82-9 (.340)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
NCAA Division II Independent										Overall Record
1965-66	9	7	2	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	9	7	2	0
1966-67	11	7	4	0	66	45	N/A	N/A	N/A	11	7	4	0	66	45
1967-68	14	11	3	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	14	11	3	0
1968-69	19	9	10	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	19	9	10	0
1969-70	20	10	10	0	84	103	N/A	N/A	N/A	20	10	10	0	84	103
1970-71	23	14	9	0	141	88	N/A	N/A	N/A	23	14	9	0	141	88
1971-72	28	14	13	1	145	122	N/A	N/A	N/A	28	14	13	1	145	122
1972-73	36	19	17	0	206	157	N/A	N/A	N/A	36	19	17	0	206	157
1973-74	30	9	21	0	90	175	N/A	N/A	N/A	30	9	21	0	90	175
1974-75	30	10	20	0	119	197	N/A	N/A	N/A	30	10	20	0	119	197
1975-76	30	14	16	0	143	170	N/A	N/A	N/A	30	14	16	0	143	170
1976-77	24	12	12	0	122	110	N/A	N/A	N/A	24	12	12	0	122	110
1977-78	28	23	5	0	207	98	N/A	N/A	N/A	28	23	5	0	207	98
1978-79	24	19	5	0	194	90	N/A	N/A	N/A	24	19	5	0	194	90
1979-80	24	11	13	0	142	114	N/A	N/A	N/A	24	11	13	0	142	114
1980-81	24	12	12	0	128	135	N/A	N/A	N/A	24	12	12	0	128	135
1981-82	24	9	14	1	111	132	N/A	N/A	N/A	24	9	14	1	111	132
1982-83	25	18	7	0	137	75	N/A	N/A	N/A	25	18	7	0	137	75
1983-84	26	14	11	1	128	112	N/A	N/A	N/A	26	14	11	1	128	112
1984-85	26	17	9	0	130	82	N/A	N/A	N/A	26	17	9	0	130	82
1985-86	24	10	12	2	98	106	N/A	N/A	N/A	24	10	12	2	98	106
Played as club team from 1986-1989
NCAA Division III Independent										Overall Record
1989-90	24	14	10	0	142	86	N/A	N/A	N/A	24	14	10	0	142	86
1990-91	26	18	6	2	114	65	N/A	N/A	N/A	26	18	6	2	114	65
1991-92	24	10	13	1	78	91	N/A	N/A	N/A	24	10	13	1	78	91
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association										Overall Record
1992-93	20	5	15	0	50	88	10	5th	L, QF 2-4, 3-3 OT (Superior)	26	8	17	1	79	108
1993-94	20	2	16	2	49	89	6	6th	L, QF 2-6, 1-4 (Bemidji St.)	25	5	18	2	71	106
1994-95	20	5	13	2	61	66	12	7th	L, QF 0-8, 1-4 (Superior)	26	6	18	2	72	96
1995-96	20	6	13	1	56	65	13	7th	Did not qualify	24	6	16	2	67	90
1996-97	20	1	18	1	48	117	3	9th	Did not qualify	24	4	19	1	65	127
1997-98	20	5	13	2	56	94	12	7th	L, QF 1-4, 1-5 (Stevens Point)	27	7	18	2	83	124
1998-99	16	4	12	0	34	70	8	8th	L, QF 1-3, 2-4 (River Falls)	26	7	17	2	57	104
1999-00	14	7	7	0	51	35	14	5th	L, QF 2-5, 2-3 (River Falls)	26	15	11	0	110	94
2000-01	14	3	11	0	42	62	6	7th	L, QF 3-4, 1-3 (River Falls)	27	11	14	2	86	96
2001-02	14	4	10	0	30	55	8	7th	L, QF 2-2 OT, 2-6 (Superior)	26	9	15	2	70	94
2002-03	14	6	7	1	44	46	13	5th	L, QF 3-3 OT, 5-6 (Stevens Point)	27	13	9	5	100	77
2003-04	14	7	5	2	44	34	16	4th	W, QF 4-1, 3-3 OT (Stout) L, SF 2-3 (St. Norbert)	28	18	6	4	119	63
2004-05	14	7	7	0	41	41	14	5th	W, QF 4-3, 6-1 (Stevens Point) L, SF 1-2 (St. Norbert)	28	13	14	1	87	88
2005-06	14	7	7	0	47	44	14	T-4th	W, QF 5-2, 4-1 (Stevens Point) L, SF 1-2 (Superior)	28	15	13	0	101	82
2006-07	14	0	11	3	26	55	3	8th	L, QF 1-4, 1-7 (River Falls)	27	3	21	3	62	118
2007-08	14	1	13	0	19	70	2	8th	L, QF 0-4, 0-5 (St. Norbert)	27	3	23	1	42	123
2008-09	14	0	13	1	21	67	1	8th	L, QF 3-4, 0-5 (Superior)	27	5	20	2	57	113
Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association										Overall Record
2009-10	20	8	10	2	74	97	18	3rd of 4-South	W, QF 7-6 OT, 3-7, 2-1 OT minigame (MSOE) L, SF 3-4 (Marian)	27	9	16	2	93	133
2010-11	20	5	14	1	56	78	11	3rd of 4-South	L, QF 1-6, 3-6 (MSOE)	27	5	21	1	62	107
2011-12	20	4	16	0	49	83	8	3rd of 4-South	L, QF 2-7, 6-4, 1-0 2OT minigame (MSOE)	27	5	22	0	62	112
2012-13	20	6	10	4	52	58	16	3rd of 4-South	L, QF 2-3, 2-0, 0-1 minigame (MSOE)	27	7	18	0	68	109
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association										Overall Record
2013-14	18	11	7	0	70	59	22	4th of 9	W, QF 2-3, 3-2 OT, 1-0 OT minigame L, SF 0-6 (St. Norbert)	28	15	12	1	92	84
2014-15	18	12	5	1	65	38	25	3rd of 10	L, QF 1-2, 3-2, 0-1 minigame (St. Scholastica)	27	15	7	5	91	62
2015-16	20	8	12	0	58	81	16	4th of 5-South	Did not qualify	25	10	15	0	71	101
2016-17	20	12	8	0	70	57	24	3rd of 5-South	L, QF 2-5 (Marian)	26	16	10	6	93	70
2017-18	18	10	6	2	55	38	28	3rd of 5 South	W, DSF 5-3, 2-1 OT (Concordia-WI) L, DF 0-9 (Adrian)	28	15	11	2	86	72
2018-19	18	9	5	4	57	39	22	2nd of 5 South	W, DSF 4-2, 1-5, 2-1 OT minigame (Aurora) L, DF 1-5 (Adrian)	28	12	10	6	81	69
2019-20	20	14	4	2	78	44	30	2nd of 5 South	L, DSF 4-5 OT, 3-1, 0-1 minigame (Trine)	27	18	6	3	104	66
2020-21	6	1	5	0	7	21	3	5th of 5 South	Did not qualify	6	1	5	0	7	21
2021-22	18	5	11	2	58	77	18	8th of 10	L, QF 1-2, 1-3 (Adrian)	27	7	18	2	78	104
2022-23	18	7	8	3	63	64	24	7th of 10	L, QF 2-5, 3-2, 0-4 minigame (Aurora)	27	11	12	4	93	97
2023-24	18	4	14	0	49	73	16	9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	7	18	0	75	98
2024-25	18	5	12	1	49	71	17	9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	9	15	1	73	93
2025-26	18	6	11	1	54	84	21	T-7th of 10	L, QF 2-6, 1-10 (Adrian)	27	6	19	2	77	141

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
NCAA Division II
1978	N/A	N/A	W, 4-1 (Elmira Soaring Eagles	L, 12-2 (Merrimack Warriors)	--
NCAA Division III
1991	N/A	L, 1-9, 3-6 (Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers)	--	--	--
2020	(St. Thomas Tommies)*	*Tournament cancelled prior to first round by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic
2 appearances*

See Also

• Lake Forest Foresters men’s ice hockey website
• NCHA men’s hockey website