The St. Olaf Oles are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing St. Olaf College, located in Northfield, Minnesota from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of the St. Olaf Ice Arena, which is located on the school’s campus.  The men’s program was established for the 1920-21 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: St. Olaf College
• Location: Northfield, Minnesota
• School Founded: 1874
• Enrollment: 3,074
• Colors: Black, Gold, & White
• Home Arena: St. Olaf Ice Arena
• Arena Capacity: 804 (954 standing room)
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)
• Head Coach: Tyler Lindstrom
• Conference Titles: 3 (1938, 1939 co-champ, 2009)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 3 (2006, 2022, 2024)

Conferences

• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1920-1950; 1974-present)
• NCAA Division III Independent (1950-1974)

Arenas

• Unknown (1920-1974)
• Northfield Ice Arena (1974-2019)
• St. Olaf Ice Arena (2019-present)

Head Coaches

• Unknown (1920-1927; 1928-1936; 1940-1942; 1943-1944; 1954-1955; 1966-1967)
• Harold Hagen (1927-1928) 1-3-2 (.333)
• E. Jarvinen (1936-1937) 2-3-0 (.400)
• Art Heibel (1937-1938) 8-3-1 (.708)
• R. Solberg (1938-1939) 9-1-0 (.900)
• W. Labeau (1939-1940) 5-5-0 (.500)
• Ade Lorentson (1942-1943) 2-4-1 (.357)
• Marshall Haugen (1945-1948; 1949-1951) 21-23-2 (.478)
• Rolf Mellby (1948-1949) 2-9-0 (.182)
• B. Evans (1951-1952) 0-3-0 (.000)
• Jack Laugen (1952-1953; 1955-1956) 4-4-0 (.500)
  • unknown record in 1952-53 season
• Jim Gabrielsen (1956-1958) 21-6-0 (.778)
• Tom Porter (1958-1966; 1967-68; 1969-1977) 78-188-4 (.296)
• Orv Bies (1968-1969) 6-15-0 (.286)
• Whitey Aus (1977-1997) 192-315-19 (.383)
• Sean Goldsworthy (1997-2016) 194-236-61 (.457)
• Mike Eaves (2016-2019) 21-44-8 (.343)
• Cole Workman (2019-2020) 4-18-3 (.220)
• Eddie Effinger (2020-2025) 54-49-11 (.522)
• Tyler Lindstrom (2025-present) 12-9-5 (.558)

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
1920-21									No Tournament
1921-22									No Tournament
1922-23									No Tournament
1923-24									No Tournament
1924-25									No Tournament
1925-26									No Tournament
1926-27									No Tournament
1927-28									No Tournament	6	1	3	2
1928-29									No Tournament
1929-30									No Tournament
1930-31									No Tournament
1931-32									No Tournament
1932-33									No Tournament
1933-34									No Tournament
1934-35									No Tournament
1935-36									No Tournament
1936-37									No Tournament	5	2	3	0
1937-38								1st	No Tournament	12	8	3	1
1938-39								T-1st	No Tournament	10	9	1	0
1939-40									No Tournament	10	5	5	0
1940-41									No Tournament
1941-42									No Tournament
1942-43	League play suspended due to World War II									7	2	4	1
1943-44	League play suspended due to World War II
1944-45	League play suspended due to World War II
1945-46	League play suspended due to World War II									4	3	1	0
1946-47									No Tournament	12	4	7	1
1947-48									No Tournament	11	8	3	0
1948-49									No Tournament	11	2	9	0
1949-50									No Tournament	10	1	9	0
NCAA Division III Independent										Overall Record
1950-51	9	5	3	1			N/A	N/A	N/A	9	5	3	1
1951-52	3	0	3	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	3	0	3	0
1952-53	7	0	7	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	7	0	7	0
1953-54	8	4	4	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	8	4	4	0
1954-55							N/A	N/A	N/A
1955-56	8	4	4	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	8	4	4	0
1956-57	14	12	2	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	14	12	2	0
1957-58	13	9	4	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	13	9	4	0
1958-59	13	10	3	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	13	10	3	0
1959-60	12	2	9	1			N/A	N/A	N/A	12	2	9	1
1960-61	7	3	4	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	7	3	4	0
1961-62	13	8	4	1			N/A	N/A	N/A	13	8	4	1
1962-63	11	4	7	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	11	4	7	0
1963-64	8	0	8	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	8	0	8	0
1964-65	12	7	4	1			N/A	N/A	N/A	12	7	4	1
1965-66	17	5	12	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	17	5	12	0
1966-67	13	9	4	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	13	9	4	0
1967-68	15	5	9	1			N/A	N/A	N/A	15	5	9	1
1968-69	21	5	15	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	21	5	15	0
1969-70	15	1	14	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	15	1	14	0
1970-71	14	3	11	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	14	3	11	0
1971-72	16	2	16	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	16	2	16	0
1972-73	19	7	12	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	19	7	12	0
1973-74	20	6	14	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	20	6	14	0
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1974-75	16	3	13	0			6	7th	No Tournament	24	3	21	0
1975-76	14	1	13	0			2		No Tournament	19	2	17	0
1976-77	14	0	14	0			0	8th	No Tournament	20	1	19	0
1977-78	14	1	13	0			2	8th	No Tournament	26	3	23	0
1978-79	14	1	13	0			2	8th	No Tournament	27	4	23	0
1979-80	16	4	11	1			9	7th	No Tournament	28	9	17	2
1980-81	15	7	7	1			15	6th	No Tournament	30	13	16	1
1981-82	16	10	6	0			20	3rd	No Tournament	27	13	13	1
1982-83	16	10	5	1			24	4th	No Tournament	28	10	18	0
1983-84	16	6	1	0	62	80	12	T-5th	No Tournament	28	10	18	0	106	139
1984-85	16	5	11	0	49	97	1	T-6th	No Tournament	26	7	19	0	86	155
1985-86	16	3	13	0	58	102	6	9th	Did not qualify	26	6	20	0	97	162
1986-87	16	2	14	0	48	104	4	9th	Did not qualify	27	5	22	0	79	193
1987-88	16	7	8	1	68	74	15	4th	L, SF 1-9, 4-7 (Saint Mary's)	29	13	15	1	143	124
1988-89	16	7	8	1	63	66	15	5th	Did not qualify	26	12	13	1	120	125
1989-90	16	7	8	1	66	70	15	6th	Did not qualify	25	14	10	1	113	80
1990-91	16	9	6	1	94	64	19	T-3rd	L, SF 2-1 (St. Thomas)	25	15	9	1	144	95
1991-92	16	8	6	2	87	61	18	4th	L, SF 6-3 (St. Thomas)	27	11	14	2	133	117
1992-93	16	5	10	1	74	78	11	T-7th	Did not qualify	24	11	12	1	124	110
1993-94	16	8	6	2	66	65	18	6th	Did not qualify	25	10	12	3	104	118
1994-95	16	6	8	2	70	75	14	6th	Did not qualify	24	7	15	2	91	112
1995-96	16	6	9	1	53	74	13	6th	Did not qualify	24	8	15	1	76	109
1996-97	16	3	13	0	51	96	6	8th	Did not qualify	25	4	20	1	75	141
1997-98	16	4	12	0	54	70	8	7th	Did not qualify	25	5	18	2
1998-99	16	3	12	1	42	80	7	8th	Did not qualify	25	8	16	1	77	109
1999-00	16	6	8	2	51	58	14	5th	Did not qualify	25	11	12	2	96	94
2000-01	16	4	11	1	46	81	9	7th	Did not qualify	25	8	16	1	85	116
2001-02	16	2	11	3	45	72	7	8th	Did not qualify	25	8	14	3	85	97
2002-03	16	6	9	1	59	57	13	7th	Did not qualify	25	10	13	2	90	85
2003-04	16	7	6	3	55	53	17	T-4th	W, QF 5-3 (Saint Mary's) L, SF 5-0 (Saint John's)	27	11	12	4	88	89
2004-05	16	8	4	4	58	45	20	T-3rd	W, QF 3-2 (Gustavus) L, SF 2-1 OT (Saint John's)	27	14	7	6	98	70
2005-06	16	8	5	3	48	40	19	3rd	W, SF 3-2 (Saint John's) W, F 5-1 (St. Thomas)	27	12	10	5	84	72
2006-07	16	9	5	2	50	45	20	4th	W, QF 3-1 (Gustavus) L, SF 5-4 (Bethel)	27	11	14	2	70	80
2007-08	16	6	7	3	51	53	15	6th	Did not qualify	25	9	12	4	81	83
2008-09	16	12	1	3	66	39	27	1st	L, SF 5-1 (Hamline)	26	16	7	3	100	72
2009-10	16	6	6	4	53	51	16	T-5th	L, QF 5-4 2OT (Augsburg)	26	12	10	4	86	76
2010-11	16	5	7	4	42	44	14	6th	Did not qualify	25	11	10	4	71	63
2011-12	16	7	6	3	49	38	17	4th	W, QF 3-2 (Hamline) W, SF 4-3 (St. Thomas) L, F 4-2 (Gustavus)	28	13	9	6	82	70
2012-13	16	9	7	0	47	41	18	5th	L, QF 3-2 (Gustavus)	26	10	14	2	63	73
2013-14	16	9	4	3	51	38	29	T-3rd	W, QF 5-2 (Concordia) L, SF 2-1 (St. Thomas)	27	12	11	4	81	78
2014-15	16	4	10	2	32	48	16	8th	Did not qualify	25	6	16	3	49	75
2015-16	16	4	8	4	48	66	19	T-6th	Did not qualify	25	6	14	5	76	103
2016-17	16	5	9	2	39	51	18	7th	Did not qualify	25	7	15	3	61	81
2017-18	16	6	8	2	42	48	21	7th	Did not qualify	24	9	12	3	67	78
2018-19	16	3	11	2	30	56	12	9th	Did not qualify	24	5	17	2	45	83
2019-20	16	2	11	3	24	57	10	9th	Did not qualify	25	4	18	3	40	94
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	N/A	Cancelled	2	1	1	0	5	5
2021-22	14	6	8	0	34	45	0.405	7th	W, QF 3-2 (Concordia) W, SF 3-1 (Saint John's) W, F 5-2 (Augsburg)	29	11	15	3	82	94
2022-23	16	7	8	1	45	52	24	5th	W, QF 4-3 (Concordia) L, 3-2 (St. Scholastica)	27	14	11	2	81	79
2023-24	16	7	7	2	50	41	21	5th	W, QF 3-0 (Saint Mary's) W, SF 4-0 (Augsburg) W, F 4-1 (Bethel)	28	14	11	3	90	60
2024-25	16	8	7	1	48	44	26	T-3rd of 9	W, SF 3-1 (Bethel) L, F 2-1 (Gustavus)	27	14	10	3	79	73
2025-26	16	8	6	2	47	39	26	5th of 9	L, QF 5-2 (Bethel)	26	12	9	5	76	71

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
NAIA
1980	N/A	L, 5-2 (Bemidji State Beavers)	--	--	--
1981	N/A	L, 6-4 (Michigan-Dearborn Wolverines)	W, Consolation Round 6-4 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons); L, 5th Place Game 12-3 (St. Thomas Tommies)
NCAA Division III
2006	L, 2-1 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	--	--	--	N/A
2022	L, 4-3 OT (St. Norbert Green Knights)	--	--	--	N/A
2024	L, 5-2 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	--	--	--	N/A
3 appearances*

See Also

• St. Olaf Oles men’s ice hockey website
• MIAC men’s hockey website