The Lawrence Vikings are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Lawrence University, located in Appleton, Wisconsin from the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association. The team is based out of the Appleton Family Ice Center, which is located 4 miles from the school’s campus. The men’s varsity program was established for the 1986-87 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Lawrence University
• Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
• School Founded: 1847
• Enrollment: 1,465
• Colors: Navy Blue, White, & Silver
• Home Arena: Appleton Family Ice Center
• Arena Capacity: 1,000
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA)
• Head Coach: Rylee Orr

Conferences

• NCAA Division III Independent (1986-1998)
• Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association (1998-2013)
• Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (2013-present)

Arenas

• Tri-County Ice Arena (1986-1999)
• Appleton Family Ice Center (1999-present)

Head Coaches

• Dick Fahenholz (1986-1988) 3-9-0 (.250)
  • varsity games only
  • 17-23-1 including club games
• Terry Brand (1988-1990) 0-16-0 (.000)
  • varsity games only
  • 2-41-0 including club games
• Ted Balzer (1990-1991) 0-4-0 (.000)
  • varsity games only
  • 5-7-0 including club games
• Mike Cowan (1991-1995) 3-15-0 (.167)
  • varsity games only
  • 34-43-2 including club games
• Duane Weber (1995-1997) 3-10-1 (.250)
  • varsity games only
  • 15-26-4 including club games
• Cal Husmann (1997-1999) 11-12-2 (.480)
  • varsity games only
  • 16-17-2 including club games
• Dave Ruhly (1999-2006) 50-119-9 (.306)
  • varsity games only
  • 52-122-9 including club games
• Mike Szkodzinki (2006-2022) 147-233-34 (.396)
• Brett Wall (2022-2024) 12-36-4 (.269)
• Rylee Orr (2024-present) 13-35-3 (.284)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
NCAA Division III Independent										Overall Record
1986-87	20	8	12	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	20	8	12	0	-	-
1987-88	21	9	11	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	21	9	11	1	-	-
1988-89	21	0	21	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	21	0	21	0	-	-
1989-90	22	2	20	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	22	2	20	0	-	-
1990-91	12	5	7	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	12	5	7	0	-	-
1991-92	18	3	14	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	18	3	14	1	-	-
1992-93	20	16	4	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	20	16	4	0	-	-
1993-94	22	6	16	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	22	6	16	0	-	-
1994-95	19	9	9	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	19	9	9	1	-	-
1995-96	22	8	13	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	22	8	13	1	-	-
1996-97	23	7	13	3	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	23	7	13	3	-	-
1997-98	21	12	8	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	21	12	8	1	-	-
Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association										Overall Record
1998-99	15	4	9	2	69	82	10	5th	Did not qualify	23	8	11	4	110	107
1999-00	14	1	12	1	21	96	3	5th	Did not qualify	17	1	15	1	23	129
2000-01	14	3	10	1	36	69	7	4th	L, SF 3-7 (Minn-Crookston) L 3P 3-5 (Northland)	25	4	20	1	54	143
2001-02	16	6	10	0	61	83	12	T-3rd	W, QF 3-2 (Northland L, SF 1-4 (Marian) W, 3P 5-3 OT (MSOE)	28	9	19	0	95	141
2002-03	16	4	10	2	44	77	10	4th	L, SF 2-3 OT (Marian) W, 3P 2-1 OT (MSOE)	28	7	18	3	76	129
2003-04	16	3	12	1	43	66	7	4th	W, QF 5-4 (Northland) L, SF 1-5 (Marian) L, 3P 2-3 (MSOE)	28	4	23	1	68	140
2004-05	16	9	7	0	58	55	26	2nd	L, SF 3-2, 4-5 OT, 0-1 OT minigame (Minn-Crookston)	26	11	13	2	91	106
2005-06	20	7	9	4	71	89	18	4th	W, QF 6-4 (Minn-Crookston) L, SF 1-8 (MSOE)	27	9	14	4	89	128
2006-07	20	15	5	0	106	47	30	2nd	W, QF 5-3, 2-2 OT (Minn-Crookston L, SF 0-4 (MSOE) W, 3P 4-2 (Marian)	27	19	8	0	134	76
2007-08	20	10	9	1	76	77	21	2nd-South	L, QF 1-3, 2-4 (MSOE)	27	10	14	3	96	106
2008-09	20	14	5	1	64	37		1st-South	W, QF 4-0, 5-3 (Concordia-WI) L, SF 2-3 (MSOE)	28	16	11	1	81	68
2009-10	20	7	11	2	72	82	16	2nd-South	W, QF 5-1, 5-3 (Northland) L, SF 2-3 (Adrian)	28	10	16	2	95	111
2010-11	20	10	10	0	63	70	20	2nd-South	W, QF 2-1, 3-1 (Northland) L, SF 2-9 (Adrian)	27	14	13	1	82	99
2011-12	20	11	6	3	65	50	25	2nd-South	W, QF 5-1, 2-2 OT (Finlandia) L, SF 1-2 (Adrian)	28	13	11	4	83	80
2012-13	20	6	11	3	68	65	16	2nd-South	L, QF 3-0, 2-5, 0-1 minigame (Northland)	27	8	16	3	85	97
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association										Overall Record
2013-14	18	11	7	0	70	59	22	4th	L, QF 0-5, 1-3 (St. Norbert)	28	15	12	1	92	84
2014-15	18	6	12	0	39	74	12	7th	L, QF 0-5, 0-6 (St. Norbert)	27	7	19	1	53	119
2015-16	20	8	9	3	57	69	19	T-3rd-North	L, QF 2-6 (St. Scholastica)	26	9	14	3	68	105
2016-17	20	5	12	3	49	61	13	4th-North	Did not qualify	25	6	16	3	59	85
2017-18	18	8	9	1	51	59	17	4th-North	L, QF 1-3, 1-3 (St. Norbert)	27	10	15	2	72	90
2018-19	18	3	13	2	39	73	8	6th-North	Did not qualify	25	5	18	2	47	95
2019-20	20	5	13	2	38	71	12	3rd-North	L, QF 2-8, 2-5 (St. Norbert)	27	6	19	2	55	109
2020-21	8	4	4	0	32	27	13	3rd-North	L, QF 1-3 (Marian)	9	4	5	0	33	30
2021-22	18	8	8	2	52	67	26	5th	L, QF 1-4, 2-3 OT (Trine)	27	10	13	4	76	101
2022-23	18	3	14	1	35	73	12	9th	Did not qualify	25	4	19	2	49	96
2023-24	18	6	10	2	47	58	20	6th	L, 0-5, 2-2 OT (Trine)	27	8	17	2	73	98
2024-25	18	6	11	1	42	59	20	T-7th of 10	L, 1-4, 2-4 (Aurora)	26	7	17	2	54	87
2025-26	18	1	16	1	34	89	5	10th of 10	Did not qualify	25	6	18	1	57	109

Seasons (1986-87 to 1999-00) involve games against JV and ACHA teams. Totals listed above include those games

See Also

• Lawrence Vikings men’s ice hockey website
• NCHA men’s hockey website