The St. Scholastica Saints are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing the College of St. Scholastica, located in Duluth, Minnesota from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of MARS Lakeview Arena, which is located 2 miles from the school’s campus. The men’s program was established at the varsity level for the 1973-74 season after spending one season as a club team.

 

Quick Hits

• School: College of St. Scholastica
• Location: Duluth, Minnesota
• School Founded: 1912
• Enrollment: 1,755
• Colors: Blue, Gold, & White
• Home Arena: MARS Lakeview Arena
• Arena Capacity: 1,200
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)
• Head Coach: Brenden Kotyk
• Conference Titles: 1 (2023)

Conferences

• NAIA (1973-1981)
• NCAA Division II Independent (1981-1982)
• Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (1983-1991; 1994-2021)
• NCAA Division III Independent (1991-1994)
• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (2021-present)

Arenas

• Peterson Arena (1973-1989)
• Duluth Entertainment Center (1973-1989)
  • team played in both arenas
• Superior Amateur Hockey Arena (1989-1999)
• MARS Lakeview Arena (1999-present)

Head Coaches

• Del Genereau (1973-1976) 53-31-2 (.628)
  • 19-5-2 when coaching club team in 1972-73
• Max Ramsland (1976-1977) 17-13-1 (.565)
• Kevin Hoene (1977-1981) 67-54-5 (.552)
• Steve Sertich (1981-1983) 28-35-1 (.445)
• Bill Ross (1983-1991) 59-169-7 (.266)
• Bill Watson (1991-1995) 25-74-4 (.262)
• Mark Workman (1995-2001) 37-118-3 (.244)
• Cory Borys (2001-2004) 16-59-5 (.231)
• Mark Wick (2004-2018) 190-159-41 (.540)
• Tim Madsen (2018-2020) 20-30-2 (.404)
• Kevin Moore (2020-2021) 7-8-0 (.467)
• David Williams (2021-2026) 55-38-8 (.584)
• Brenden Kotyk (2026-present) 0-0-0 (.000)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
NAIA (International Collegiate Hockey Association)										Overall Record
1973-74	12	0	12	0	48	84	0	4th of 4	No Tournament	28	9	18	1
1974-75	12	7	5	0	-	-	14	1st of 4	No Tournament	28	23	5	0
1975-76	12	7	5	0	-	-	14	2nd of 4	No Tournament	29	21	8	0
1976-77	12	6	5	1	-	-	13	3rd of 4	No Tournament	31	17	13	1
1977-78	12	7	5	0	-	-	14	2nd of 3	No Tournament	27	13	13	1
NAIA (Independent)										Overall Record
1978-79	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	21	13	2
1979-80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	18	15	0
1980-81	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	16	12	2
NCAA Division II Independent										Overall Record
1981-82	29	17	11	1			N/A	N/A	N/A	29	17	11	1
1982-83	35	11	24	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	35	11	24	0
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association										Overall Record
1983-84	18	4	14	0	-	-	8	6th of 7	No Tournament	27	8	19	0
1984-85	18	8	10	0	77	84	11	4th of 7	No Tournament	30	14	15	1
1985-86	18	11	6	1	78	66	33	3rd of 7	L, SF 1-1 2OT, 4-5 (Mankato St.)	31	18	11	2
1986-87	20	5	14	1	80	122	17	7th of 8	Did not qualify	30	9	20	1
1987-88	24	1	23	0	66	169	2	7th of 7	Did not qualify	30	3	27	0
1988-89	20	1	18	1	53	132	3	6th of 6	Did not qualify	28	3	24	1
1989-90	24	1	21	2	63	146	4	7th of 7	Did not qualify	28	3	23	2
1990-91	24	1	23	0	57	188	2	7th of 7	Did not qualify	30	1	29	0
Division III Independent										Overall Record
1991-92	28	7	19	2			N/A	N/A	N/A	28	7	19	2
1992-93	23	11	12	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	23	11	12	0
1993-94	23	11	12	0			N/A	N/A	N/A	23	11	12	0
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association										Overall Record
1994-95	20	0	20	0	38	150	0	9th of 9	L, QF 1-6, 1-13 (Bemidji St.)	25	6	17	2
1995-96	20	4	16	0	46	91	8	8th of 9	Did not qualify	25	5	20	0
1996-97	20	3	16	1	45	95	7	9th of 9	Did not qualify	25	7	17	1
1997-98	20	1	19	0	43	125	2	9th of 9	Did not qualify	27	3	23	1
1998-99	20	2	14	0	32	101	4	9th of 9	L, QF 3-5, 5-9 (St. Norbert)	27	7	20	0	80	153
1999-00	14	13	13	0	26	62	2	8th of 8	L, QF 1-5, 1-4 (Stevens Point)	27	6	21	0	71	115
2000-01	14	3	10	1	39	75	7	6th of 8	L, QF 1-5, 1-5 (St. Norbert)	27	9	17	1	86	122
2001-02	14	1	13	0	27	83	2	8th of 8	L, QF 1-8, 1-9 (St. Norbert)	27	5	22	0	65	150
2002-03	14	2	11	1	27	77	5	6th of 8	L, QF 0-3, 2-14 (River Falls)	26	5	20	1	68	138
2003-04	14	1	11	2	19	59	4	8thof 8	L, QF 1-11, 0-9 (St. Norbert)	27	6	17	4	56	116
2004-05	14	2	10	2	33	54	6	7th of 8	L, QF 2-6, 2-5 (Superior)	27	5	17	5	71	111
2005-06	14	6	7	1	39	36	13	6th of 8	L, QF 2-4, 4-4 OT (Superior)	27	15	10	2	106	74
2006-07	14	9	4	1	48	35	19	4th of 8	W, QF 1-3, 4-3, 2-1 OT (minigame) (Superior) W, SF 2-1 (River Falls) L, F 0-3 (St. Norbert)	29	15	12	2	109	63
2007-08	14	4	7	3	36	43	11	7th of 8	W, QF 5-2, 3-3 OT (River Falls) L, SF 0-1 (St. Norbert)	28	10	13	5	82	85
2008-09	14	9	4	1	45	29	19	3rd of 8	W, QF 2-0, 2-0 (River Falls) L, SF 2-3 (Stout)	29	20	7	2	102	58
2009-10	18	11	3	4	60	38	26	2nd of 7	W, QF 4-4 OT, 3-3 OT, 1-0 OT (minigame) (Superior) L, SF 3-6 (River Falls)	28	17	5	6	108	65
2010-11	18	4	14	0	40	73	8	7th of 7	L, QF 2-4, 2-5 (Superior)	27	9	17	1	72	102
2011-12	18	9	5	4	57	53	22	2nd of 7	W, QF 4-4 OT, 3-2 OT (Stout) L, SF 1-5 (Stevens Point)	28	15	8	5	97	78
2012-13	18	7	10	1	62	70	15	4th of 7	W, QF 4-2, 2-1 (Superior) L, SF 1-2 (St. Norbert)	28	13	14	1	95	92
2013-14	18	10	5	3	63	37	23	3rd of10	W, QF 1-0, 9-4 (Concordia-WI) W, SF 4-3 (Adrian) L, F 1-6 (St. Norbert)	29	16	9	4	96	68
2014-15	18	8	8	2	58	50	18	6th of 10	W, QF 2-1, 2-3, 1-0 (minigame) (Lake Forest) L, SF 3-4 OT (Adrian)	28	12	13	3	89	77
2015-16	20	12	7	1	74	75	25	2nd of 6-North	W, QF 6-2 (Lawrence) L, SF 2-4, 2-4 (Adrian)	28	15	10	3	100	70
2016-17	20	10	9	1	69	66	21	2nd of 5-North	W, QF 3-1 (Northland) L, SF 0-4 (St. Norbert)	27	13	13	1	84	82
2017-18	18	9	8	1	48	52	19	3rd of 6-North	L, QF 1-4, 2-3 (Marian)	27	15	11	1	79	72
2018-19	18	6	11	1	54	71	13	5th of 6-North	Did not qualify	25	11	13	1	76	87
2019-20	20	5	14	1	46	79	11	4th of 5-North	L, QF 5-3, 1-4, 1-2 OT (minigame) (Marian)	27	9	17	1	62	95
2020-21	8	4	4	0	36	28	12	4th of 5-North	W, 5-4 OT (Concordia-WI) L, SF 3-6, 3-5 (Marian)	15	7	8	0	62	57
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference										Overall Record
2021-22	14	8	6	0	43	47	0.548	4th	L, QF 4-3 OT (Bethel)	23	11	10	2	64	71
2022-23	16	13	1	2	76	43	40	1st	W, SF 3-2 (St. Olaf) L, F 4-1 (Augsburg)	27	17	7	3	109	75
2023-24	16	8	7	1	46	43	26	3rd	L, SF 2-1 (Bethel)	26	15	10	1	87	68
2024-25	16	7	8	1	48	44	23	T-5th of 9	Did not qualify	25	12	11	2	80	67
2025-26	16	3	12	1	37	67	10	9th of 9	Did not qualify	25	6	18	1	56	96

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1988; 1991-2001)
NAIA
1975	N/A	W, 9-0 (Wisconsin-Stout Blue Devils)	W, 5-4 (Augsburg Auggies)	W, 7-1 (Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties)	--
1976	N/A	W, 8-0 (Augsburg Auggies)	W, 6-5 OT (Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties)	L, 8-5 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	--
1977	N/A	W, 6-4 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	W, 4-2 (Bemidji State Beavers)	W, 3-2 (Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties)	--
1978	N/A	L, 3-2 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	--	--	--
1979	N/A	W, 6-4 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	L, 6-3 (Concordia Cobbers)	--	W, 4-2 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)
NCAA Division II
1982	N/A	L, 4-7, 1-9 (Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties)	--	--	--
NCAA Division III
2009	Bye	L, 2-1 (Wisconsin-Stout Blue Devils)	--	--	N/A
1 appearance*

See Also

• St. Scholastica Saints men’s ice hockey website
• MIAC men’s hockey website