The Saint Mary’s Cardinals are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, located in Winona, Minnesota from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of the Saint Mary’s Ice Arena, which is located on the school’s campus. The men’s program was established for the 1926-27 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
• Location: Winona, Minnesota
• School Founded: 1912
• Enrollment: 1,089
• Colors: Navy, Red, & White
• Home Arena: Saint Mary’s Ice Arena
• Arena Capacity: 850
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 95′
• Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)
• Head Coach: Ryan Egan
• Conference Titles: 4 (1929, 1964, 1965, 1988)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 2 (1989, 1995)

Conferences

• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1926-present)

Arenas

• Outdoor Rink at Athletic Park (1926-1954)
• Saint Mary’s Ice Arena (1954-present)
  • Rink originally outdoors, then covered at some point but remained open-air
  • Facility enclosed in 1982

Head Coaches

• Unknown (1926-1958)
• Max Molock (1958-1963) 28-31-4 (.476)
• Kevin Hanzel (1963-1965) 26-5-0 (.839)
• Tim McNeil (1965-1968) 38-18-0 (.679)
• Lyn Bannister (1968-1969) 15-3-1 (.816)
• Don Joseph (1969-1974) 65-33-2 (.660)
• Kent Gernander (1974-1975) 7-19-0 (.269)
• Kevin Hoene (1975-1976) 4-15-1 (.225)
• Don Olson (1976-1989; 1990-2008) 375-423-41 (.471)
• Bill Moore (1989-1990; 2008-2019) 104-179-23 (.377)
• Ryan Egan (2019-present) 68-84-9 (.450)

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
1926-27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No Tournament
1927-28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No Tournament
1928-29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1st	No Tournament	14	11	2	1
1929-30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No Tournament	12	7	4	1
1930-31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No Tournament	10	9	1	0
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 Tournament
1943-44									No Tournament
1944-45									No Tournament
1945-46									No Tournament
1946-47									No Tournament
1947-48									No Tournament
1948-49									No Tournament
1949-50									No Tournament
1950-51									No Tournament
1951-52									No Tournament
1952-53									No Tournament
1953-54									No Tournament
1954-55									No Tournament
1955-56									No Tournament
1956-57									No Tournament
1957-58									No Tournament
1958-59									No Tournament	10	1	7	2
1959-60									No Tournament	12	2	10	0
1960-61									No Tournament	8	1	6	1
1961-62	16	12	4	0				2nd	No Tournament	16	12	4	0
1962-63									No Tournament	17	12	4	1
1963-64	11	11	0	0				1st	No Tournament	16	15	1	0
1964-65	14	13	1	0	119	30	26	1st	No Tournament	17	13	4	0
1965-66	14	11	3	0			22	T-2nd	No Tournament	17	13	4	0
1966-67	14	11	3	0			22	2nd	No Tournament	20	14	6	0
1967-68	14	11	3	0			22	T-2nd	No Tournament	20	12	8	0
1968-69	14	11	3	0			22	3rd	No Tournament	19	15	3	1
1969-70	13	9	4	0			18	T-2nd	No Tournament	20	13	7	0
1970-71	14	11	3	0	67	40	22	2nd	No Tournament	20	15	4	1
1971-72	14	11	3	0	94	36	22	2nd	No Tournament
1972-73	14	11	3	0			26	2nd	No Tournament	20	17	3	0
1973-74	14	6	8	0			12	5th	No Tournament	22	8	14	0
1974-75	16	7	9	0			14	6th	No Tournament	26	7	19	0
1975-76									No Tournament	22	5	16	1
1976-77									No Tournament	23	4	19	0
1977-78	14	2	12	0			4	7th	No Tournament	25	4	21	0
1978-79	13	4	9	0			8	7th	No Tournament	25	8	17	0
1979-80	16	4	12	0			8	8th	No Tournament	27	8	19	0
1980-81	16	8	8	0			16	5th	No Tournament	29	13	16	0
1981-82	16	3	13	0			6	T-8th	No Tournament
1982-83	16	5	10	1			11	6th	No Tournament	27	9	17	1
1983-84	16	5	10	1	53	75	11	8th	No Tournament	27	7	18	2	87	134
1984-85	16	11	5	0	110	91	22	T-2nd	No Tournament	26	14	12	0	168	156
1985-86	16	6	10	0	59	82	12	T-7th	Did not qualify	26	9	17	0	96	126
1986-87	16	11	5	0	87	64	22	2nd	L, SF 2-4, 8-7 (St. Thomas)	29	19	10	0	160	119
1987-88	16	13	2	1	75	58	27	1st	W, SF 9-1, 7-4 (St. Olaf) L, F 6-3, 1-8 (St. Thomas)	30	22	7	1	172	115
1988-89	16	11	5	0	100	47	22	2nd	W, SF 4-1, 6-2 (Gustavus) W, F 2-2 OT, 8-3 (St. Thomas)	31	20	10	1	188	112
1989-90	16	10	6	0	92	78	20	4th	L, SF 5-4 OT (St. Thomas)	24	14	10	0	131	107
1990-91	16	9	6	1	80	59	19	T-3rd	L, SF 4-3 OT (Gustavus)	28	13	14	1	125	108
1991-92	16	10	2	4	88	44	24	2nd	L, SF 4-2 (Gustavus)	29	16	8	5	138	83
1992-93	16	12	4	0	88	51	24	3rd	L, SF 5-3 (Gustavus)	25	17	9	0	138	84
1993-94	16	11	4	1	85	54	23	T-2nd	L, SF 3-2 OT (Saint John's)	25	16	7	2	131	91
1994-95	16	11	4	1	90	58	23	T-2nd	W, SF 4-2, 8-5 (Augsburg) W, F 5-4, 8-6 (St. Thomas)	31	18	11	2	147	126
1995-96	16	10	3	3	92	49	23	4th	L, SF 2-6, 2-4 (Saint John's)	27	14	9	4	127	99
1996-97	16	10	5	1	84	54	21	4th	L, SF 5-7, 2-4 (Saint John's)	27	15	11	1	126	104
1997-98	16	9	7	0	74	48	18	5th	Did not qualify	25	14	11	0	112	80
1998-99	16	8	5	3	85	58	19	T-4th	Did not qualify	25	10	11	4	116	89
1999-00	16	4	11	1	49	69	9	7th	Did not qualify	25	9	14	2	88	101
2000-01	16	4	8	4	52	64	12	6th	Did not qualify	25	9	12	4	95	102
2001-02	16	7	7	2	54	47	16	6th	Did not qualify	23	10	10	3	88	73
2002-03	16	5	11	0	50	67	10	8th	Did not qualify	25	11	13	1	98	94
2003-04	16	8	7	1	56	45	17	T-4th	L, QF 5-3 (St. Olaf)	26	13	11	2	94	80
2004-05	16	6	9	1	46	57	13	T-6th	Did not qualify	25	10	14	1	79	82
2005-06	16	8	8	0	49	49	16	6th	Did not qualify	24	9	14	1	71	93
2006-07	16	4	11	1	46	54	13	7th	Did not qualify	25	7	17	1	74	96
2007-08	16	6	10	0	56	64	12	7th	Did not qualify	25	9	14	2	91	98
2008-09	16	3	12	1	46	93	7	8th	Did not qualify	25	4	20	1	60	150
2009-10	17	1	15	1	30	75	2	9th	Did not qualify	25	1	23	1	47	118
2010-11	16	5	9	2	49	58	12	T-7th	Did not qualify	25	6	17	2	65	95
2011-12	16	2	12	2	40	61	6	9th	Did not qualify	25	5	18	2	60	89
2012-13	16	6	9	1	48	56	13	7th	Did not qualify	25	8	16	1	70	101
2013-14	16	6	10	0	48	60	18	7th	Did not qualify	25	10	14	1	69	89
2014-15	16	9	5	2	56	44	31	2nd	W, SF 4-3 2OT (Concordia) L, F 4-2 (Hamline)	27	15	10	2	97	78
2015-16	16	6	9	1	58	58	19	T-6th	Did not qualify	25	9	14	2	95	101
2016-17	16	9	6	1	48	46	29	3rd	L, SF 5-4 OT (Augsburg)	26	13	10	3	88	78
2017-18	16	6	7	3	42	53	22	6th	Did not qualify	25	9	12	4	70	87
2018-19	16	7	7	2	48	49	24	5th	W, QF 5-2 (Concordia) L, SF 8-1 (Augsburg)	26	9	11	6	44	67
2019-20	16	6	9	1	54	53	20	7th	Did not qualify	25	9	14	2	74	82
2020-21	4	2	2	0	13	15	0.5	N/A	Cancelled	11	5	6	0	38	46
2021-22	12	5	7	0	34	39	0.417	6th	L, QF 5-1 (Saint John's)	23	8	14	1	57	80
2022-23	16	7	9	0	46	54	20	7th	Did not qualify	25	11	13	1	76	94
2023-24	16	8	7	1	38	48	24	4th	L, QF 3-0 (St. Olaf)	26	10	14	2	64	94
2024-25	16	7	8	1	42	49	23	T-5th of 9	Did not qualify	25	11	13	1	75	76
2025-26	16	10	5	1	61	42	33	T-2nd of 9	L, SF 6-1 (Gustavus)	26	14	10	2	97	78

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
NAIA
1981	N/A	L, 5-1 (Bemidji State Beavers)	--	--	L, Consolation Round 6-4 (St. Thomas Tommies)
NCAA Division III
1989	N/A	L, 4-5, 2-7 (Bemidji State Beavers)	--	--	N/A
1995	Bye	L, 1-5, 3-5 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	--	--	--
2 appearances*

See Also

• Saint Mary’s Cardinals men’s ice hockey website
• MIAC men’s hockey website