The Saint John’s Johnnies are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Saint John’s University, located in Collegeville, Minnesota from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, which is located in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The men’s program was established for the 1932-33 season.  The school is a sister institution to the College of Saint Benedict, located in nearby St. Joseph, Minnesota.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Saint John’s University
• Location: Collegeville, Minnesota
• School Founded: 1857
• Enrollment: 1,556
• Colors: Red, White, & Blue
• Home Arena: Herb Brooks National Hockey Center
• Arena Capacity: 5,159
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 100′
• Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)
• Head Coach: Doug Schueller
• Conference Titles: 10 (1935, 1950 co-champ, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2013 co-champ, 2020, 2026)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 6 (1996, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2013, 2026)

 

Conferences

• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1932-present)

Arenas

• Unknown (1932-1972)
• Dave Torrey Arena (1972-1990)
• Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (1990-present)

Head Coaches

• Damian Baker (1932-1936) 12-18-1 (.403)
• Jim Alexander (1936-1937) 1-5-0 (.167)
• Chuck Hinz (1937-1939) 5-10-2 (.353)
• Vernon McGree (1939-1941) 7-10-1 (.417)
• Eugene McCarthy (1941-1942) 1-6-0 (.143)
• Don Norman (1946-1947) 8-5-0 (.615)
• Lawrence “Mick” McNeely (1947-1949) 8-13-0 (.381)
• George Hickner (1949-1950) 8-2-1 (.773)
• Lloyd “Bud” Perron (1950-1951) 8-3-0 (.958)
• Bob Boeser (1951-1952) 6-3-0 (.667)
• Ted Meysembourg (1952-1954) 6-16-0 (.273)
• John Gagliardi (1954-1959) 42-25-1 (.625)
• Fintan Bromenshenkel (1959-1962) 23-26-0 (.469)
• Capt. William Snead (1952-1965) 19-24-1 (.443)
• Gaston Rheaume (1965-1972) 51-76-3 (.404)
• John Ludwig (1972-1974) 11-30-1 (.274)
• Dave Igo (1974-1977) 26-45-0 (.406)
• Jerry Haugen (1977-1981) 40-64-3 (.388)
• Denny Hartman (1981-1988) 66-118-2 (.360)
• Todd Delveaux (1988-1993) 58-64-4 (.476)
• John Harrington (1993-2008) 241-142-31 (.620)
• Doug Schueller (2008-present) 217-183-53 (.538)

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
1932-33									No Tournament	6	0	6	0
1933-34									No Tournament	8	3	5	0
1934-35								1st	No Tournament	10	6	4	0
1935-36									No Tournament	7	3	3	1
1936-37									No Tournament	6	1	5	0
1937-38									No Tournament	8	4	4	0
1938-39									No Tournament	9	1	6	2
1939-40									No Tournament	10	3	6	1
1940-41									No Tournament	8	4	4	0
1941-42									No Tournament	7	1	6	0
Program suspended due to World War II from 1942 to 1946
1946-47									No Tournament	13	8	5	0
1947-48									No Tournament	12	5	7	0
1948-49									No Tournament	9	3	6	0
1949-50								T-1st	No Tournament	11	8	2	1
1950-51									No Tournament	11	8	3	0
1951-52									No Tournament	9	6	3	0
1952-53									No Tournament	11	2	9	0
1953-54									No Tournament	11	4	7	0
1954-55									No Tournament	9	4	5	0
1955-56									No Tournament	17	12	4	1
1956-57									No Tournament	15	8	7	0
1957-58									No Tournament	13	9	4	0
1958-59									No Tournament	14	9	5	0
1959-60									No Tournament	16	11	5	0
1960-61									No Tournament	15	9	6	0
1961-62									No Tournament	18	3	15	0
1962-63									No Tournament	16	6	10	0
1963-64									No Tournament	12	3	8	1
1964-65	10	7	3	0	46	35	10	4th	No Tournament	11	7	4	0
1965-66									No Tournament	17	9	8	0
1966-67	14	9	4	1			19	3rd	No Tournament	18	12	5	1
1967-68	13	3	9	1			7	7th	No Tournament	20	7	11	2
1968-69	14	6	8	0			12	5th	No Tournament	16	6	10	0
1969-70									No Tournament	19	6	13	0
1970-71	13	4	9	0	28	69	8	5th	No Tournament	22	9	13	0
1971-72	14	2	12	0	37	128	4	7th	No Tournament	18	2	16	0
1972-73	14	2	12	0			4	7th	No Tournament	22	5	17	0
1973-74	14	3	11	0			6	T-6th	No Tournament	19	5	14	0
1974-75	16	8	8	0			16	5th	No Tournament	24	10	14	0
1975-76									No Tournament	26	9	17	0
1976-77									No Tournament	21	7	14	0
1977-78	14	9	5	0			18	3rd	No Tournament	22	15	7	0
1978-79	14	6	7	1			13	5th	No Tournament	26	10	15	1
1979-80	16	7	9	0			14	6th	No Tournament	27	9	18	0
1980-81	16	0	14	2			2	9th	No Tournament	27	3	22	2
1981-82	16	3	13	0			6	T-8th	No Tournament	24	4	20	0
1982-83	16	4	12	0			8	T-6th	No Tournament	26	9	17	0
1983-84	16	6	10	0	66	81	12	T-5th	No Tournament	27	10	17	0	120	152
1984-85	16	5	11	0	92	98	10	T-6th	No Tournament	26	7	19	0	136	153
1985-86	16	8	7	1	72	74	17	3rd	L, SF 4-6, 3-6 (Bethel)	26	12	13	1	116	123
1986-87	16	9	7	0	78	68	18	4th	L, SF 3-3, 3-9 (Concordia)	28	12	15	1	126	135
1987-88	16	6	10	0	68	90	12	7th	Did not qualify	25	12	13	0	122	133
1988-89	16	6	10	0	61	72	12	T-7th	Did not qualify	27	11	16	0	104	134
1989-90	16	9	7	0	77	79	18	5th	Did not qualify	24	15	9	0	130	110
1990-91	16	8	7	1	66	56	17	6th	Did not qualify	25	13	11	1	104	82
1991-92	16	6	9	1	75	71	13	7th	Did not qualify	25	11	12	2	143	104
1992-93	16	5	10	1	51	66	11	T-7th	Did not qualify	24	8	15	1	82	97
1993-94	16	11	4	1	68	44	23	T-2nd	W, SF 3-2 OT (Saint Mary's) L, F 8-3 (St. Thomas)	26	14	11	1	94	84
1994-95	16	7	7	2	68	60	16	5th	Did not qualify	25	10	12	3	101	99
1995-96	16	11	1	4	80	47	26	1st	W, SF 6-2, 4-2 (Saint Mary's) W, F 2-6, 8-0, 2-0 minigame (St. Thomas)	31	17	10	4	134	105
1996-97	16	14	2	0	101	47	28	1st	W, SF 7-5, 4-2 (Saint Mary's) W, F 4-2, 5-4 (Gustavus)	33	26	6	1	169	96
1997-98	16	12	4	0	95	48	24	3rd	L, SF 3-4, 2-4 (Augsburg)	27	17	10	0
1998-99	16	10	4	2	85	52	22	2nd	L, SF 10-2, 3-4, 1-3 minigame (Concordia)	27	13	12	2	128	94
1999-00	16	7	6	3	64	61	17	4th	L, SF 2-4, 2-3 (St. Thomas)	27	12	12	3	105	99
2000-01	16	10	4	2	58	45	22	3rd	W, SF 4-2, 4-2 (Concordia) W, F 3-3, 4-4, 1-0 OT minigame (Bethel)	31	15	12	4	102	101
2001-02	16	9	5	2	65	40	20	4th	L, QF 3-2 (Concordia)	26	14	10	2	99	77
2002-03	16	13	2	1	76	47	27	1st	W, SF 4-2 (Gustavus) W, F 4-3 OT (St. Thomas)	28	20	7	1	116	89
2003-04	16	15	1	0	63	22	30	1st	W, SF 5-0 (St. Olaf) L, F 4-3 OT St. Thomas)	27	22	4	1	120	50
2004-05	16	14	1	1	82	28	29	1st	W, SF 2-1 OT (St. Olaf) L, F 2-1 (St. Thomas)	28	23	3	2	134	48
2005-06	16	11	3	2	77	38	24	2nd	L, SF 3-2 (St. Olaf)	26	16	7	3	99	57
2006-07	16	6	9	1	45	49	13	6th	Did not qualify	25	9	14	2	67	77
2007-08	16	8	6	2	64	50	18	5th	W, QF 5-2 (Gustavus) L, SF 4-2 (Hamline)	27	13	12	2	100	81
2008-09	16	7	8	1	47	50	15	7th	Did not qualify	25	10	14	1	74	81
2009-10	16	5	9	2	49	51	12	8th	Did not qualify	25	9	12	4	78	79
2010-11	16	5	9	2	40	47	12	T-7th	Did not qualify	25	6	17	2	57	81
2011-12	16	9	7	0	53	48	18	3rd	L, SF 3-1 (Gustavus)	26	11	13	2	78	78
2012-13	16	9	4	3	47	27	21	T-1st	W, SF 5-1 (Concordia) W, F 3-2 (Gustavus)	28	16	8	4	86	58
2013-14	16	10	6	0	44	34	29	T-3rd	L, SF 3-2 (Gustavus)	26	16	10	0	69	57
2014-15	16	7	7	2	45	42	24	T-6th	Did not qualify	25	11	9	5	67	58
2015-16	16	10	4	2	58	37	33	3rd	W, SF 2-1 OT (St. Thomas) L, F 5-4 3OT (Augsburg)	26	10	14	2	76	86
2016-17	16	7	7	2	43	48	23	6th	Did not qualify	25	12	10	3	73	70
2017-18	16	11	5	0	58	36	33	2nd	L, SF 4-3 (Augsburg)	26	16	8	2	86	60
2018-19	16	9	4	3	51	34	32	2nd	W, SF 4-1 (St. Thomas) L, F 2-1 4OT (Augsburg)	27	12	10	5	77	62
2019-20	16	9	3	4	55	35	33	1st	L, SF 4-1 (St. Thomas)	26	12	9	5	85	72
2020-21	5	4	0	1	22	10	0.9	N/A	Cancelled	10	6	2	2	35	26
2021-22	14	9	4	1	44	30	0.667	3rd	W, QF 5-1 (Saint Mary's) L, SF 3-1 (St. Olaf)	27	17	8	2	91	59
2022-23	16	9	5	2	56	43	29	3rd	L, SF 3-1 (Augsburg)	26	13	10	3	81	64
2023-24	16	6	9	1	42	48	21	6th	Did not qualify	25	9	12	4	62	67
2024-25	16	8	7	1	50	41	26	T-3rd of 9	L, QF 4-3 (Concordia)	26	11	14	1	78	74
2025-26	16	10	3	3	60	38	35	1st of 9	W, SF 4-1 (Bethel) W, F 4-3 OT (Gustavus)	28	17	7	4	103	75

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
1996	N/A	L, 5-6, 2-7 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	--	--	--
1997	N/A	W, 2-2, 4-2 (Elmira Soaring Eagles)	L, 4-1 (Middlebury Panthers)	--	W, 4-3 (Norwich Cadets)
2001	N/A	L, 4-5, 0-4 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	--	--	--
2003	L, 2-0 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	--	--	--	N/A
2005	L, 4-1 (St. Thomas Tommies)	--	--	--	N/A
2013	L, 4-2 (Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds)	--	--	--	N/A
2026	L, 6-1 (Aurora Spartans)	--	--	--	N/A
7 appearances			1 Third Place Finish

See Also

• Saint John’s Johnnies men’s ice hockey website
• MIAC men’s hockey website