The Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds (UW-Eau Claire) are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Hobbs Ice Center, which is located minutes from the school’s campus.  The men’s program was established for the 1977-78 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
• Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
• School Founded: 1916
• Enrollment: ~8,765
• Colors: Navy Blue, Gold, & White
• Home Arena: Hobbs Ice Center
• Arena Capacity: 1,100
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC)
• Head Coach: Matt Loen
• Conference Titles: 3 (2013, 2016 co-champ, 2020)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 5 (2014, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2025)
• National Titles: 1 (2013)

Conferences

• NAIA Independent (1977-1980)
• Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (1980-2013)
• Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (2013-present)

Arenas

• Hobbs Ice Center (1977-present)

Head Coaches

• Fred Kolb (1977-1979) 10-36-0 (.217)
• Wally Akervik (1979-1989) 109-169-9 (.396)
• Troy Ward (1989-1990) 18-14-2 (.559)
• Ian Perrin (1990-2001) 107-162-15 (.403)
• Marlin Muylaert (2001-2002) 12-12-2 (.500)
• Jean-Francois LaForest (2002-2004) 15-34-3 (.317)
• Luke Strand (2005-2007) 11-35-8 (.278)
• Matt Loen (2007-present) 299-177-37 (.612)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Independent											Overall Record
1977-78	18	4	14	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	18	4	14	0	-	-
1978-79	28	6	22	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	28	6	22	0	-	-
1979-80	28	5	23	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	28	5	23	0	-	-
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association											Overall Record
1980-81	17	5	11	1	58	84	.324	5th	No tournament	28	11	16	1	104	123
1981-82	20	6	13	1	57	82	.325	5th	No tournament	32	12	19	1	132	128
1982-83	20	8	12	0	69	82	16	4th	No tournament	28	16	12	0	119	104
1983-84	16	8	8	0	78	81	16	4th	No tournament	29	17	12	0	149	127
1984-85	14	4	10	0	47	80	8	7th	No tournament	29	8	17	1	106	154
1985-86	16	2	14	0	46	110	4	7th	Did not qualify	26	4	22	0	73	163
1986-87	20	4	16	0	63	107	8	8th	Did not qualify	28	9	19	0	113	135
1987-88	24	8	15	1	89	118	17	5th	Did not qualify	30	12	17	1	130	138
1988-89	24	13	8	3	129	107	29	2nd	L, SF 5-6, 4-4 OT (Bemidji St.)	32	15	12	5	169	138
1989-90	24	15	8	1	89	118	31	2nd	L, SF 5-5 OT, 4-4 OT, 1-2 minigame (Mankato St.)	34	18	13	3	165	142
1990-91	24	7	12	5	100	121	19	5th	Did not qualify	27	9	13	5	123	127
1991-92	20	5	14	1	100	121	11	5th	Did not qualify	26	11	14	1	123	122
1992-93	20	3	16	1	59	113	7	6th	L, QF 0-5, 1-2 (River Falls)	26	6	19	1	80	134
1993-94	20	3	15	2	62	100	8	5th	L, QF 1-7, 2-6 (River Falls)	27	6	19	2	88	129
1994-95	20	12	8	0	86	84	24	T-4th	L, QF 11-6, 1-3, 0-1 minigame (River Falls)	27	16	11	0	119	114
1995-96	20	7	12	1	60	80	15	T-5th	L, QF 3-5, 3-8 (St. Norbert)	27	10	16	1	85	114
1996-97	20	7	12	1	76	98	15	6th	L, QF 1-4, 2-4 (River Falls)	28	10	16	2	111	130
1997-98	20	6	14	0	81	105	12	T-6th	L, QF 4-5, 2-4 (Superior)	26	10	16	0	113	122
1998-99	16	4	10	6	64	73	10	7th	L, QF 4-6, 2-9 (Stevens Point)	27	10	15	2	112	113
1999-00	14	5	9	0	53	59	10	6th	L, QF 1-5, 2-3 (Superior)	27	9	17	1	97	112
2000-01	14	3	11	0	34	63	6	T-7th	L, QF 0-2, 2-4 (Superior)	27	9	18	0	88	120
2001-02	14	7	6	1	39	39	15	5th	L, QF 2-4, 2-6 (River Falls)	27	12	13	2	84	87
2002-03	14	1	12	1	33	81	3	8th	L, QF 3-9, 2-6 (St. Norbert)	25	1	22	2	57	153
2003-04	14	4	9	1	41	53	9	7th	L, QF 1-5, 0-3 (River Falls)	27	14	12	1	90	85
2004-05	14	1	10	3	35	68	5	8th	L, QF 3-6, 2-5 (St. Norbert)	27	8	15	4	90	113
2005-06	14	0	12	2	24	56	2	8th	L, QF 1-3, 1-5 (St. Norbert)	27	2	21	4	50	105
2006-07	14	2	9	3	30	46	7	T-6th	L, QF 3-4, 1-3 (St. Norbert)	27	9	14	4	74	81
2007-08	14	6	7	1	30	27	13	T-5th	W, QF 4-2, 0-5, 1-0 minigame (Superior) L, SF 3-2 OT (Stout)	28	11	16	1	68	77
2008-09	14	3	10	1	37	43	7	7th	L, QF 3-5, 1-2 (Stout)	27	13	13	1	85	70
2009-10	18	4	10	4	42	53	12	T-5th	L, QF 1-3, 3-6 (River Falls)	27	8	15	4	69	80
2010-11	18	8	9	1	53	53	17	T-4th	L, QF 4-2, 0-1, 0-2 minigame (Stevens Point)	27	15	11	1	83	71
2011-12	18	5	11	2	45	55	12	6th	W, QF 3-1, 2-1 OT (River Falls) L, SF 2-0 (St. Norbert)	28	13	12	3	73	66
2012-13	18	14	3	1	67	38	29	1st	W, SF 7-2 (River Falls) L, F 3-0 (St. Norbert)	31	24	5	2	125	68
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference											Overall Record
2013-14	12	6	5	1	34	27	13	3rd	W, SF 2-4, 1-0, 2-1 minigame (Stevens Point) W, F 3-0 (Superior)	28	19	8	1	93	50
2014-15	12	9	3	0	46	32	18	2nd	L, SF 3-4, 4-2, 1-2 OT minigame (River Falls)	27	18	7	2	104	65
2015-16	8	5	2	1	32	15	11	T-1st	L, SF 2-2 OT, 1-2 (Stevens Point)	27	15	6	6	103	53
2016-17	8	5	3	0	27	16	10	2nd	W, SF 3-1, 6-3 (River Falls) L, F 3-2 (Stevens Point)	28	18	7	3	103	61
2017-18	8	5	2	1	32	21	11	2nd	W, SF 4-1, 2-3, 1-0 minigame (Stout) W, F 3-2 (Stevens Point)	28	17	10	1	95	65
2018-19	8	4	3	1	22	22	9	2nd	W, SF 0-2, 3-2 OT, 2-0 minigame (Superior) L, F 3-2 (Stevens Point)	28	19	7	2	87	54
2019-20	15	11	3	1	51	28	23	1st	W, SF 4-1, 2-0 (River Falls) W, F 4-2 (Stevens Point)	28	22	4	2	103	46
2020-21	8	5	2	1	32	13	11	2nd	L, SF 2-1 OT (Stevens Point)	9	5	3	1	33	15
2021-22	15	9	6	0	45	31	26	3rd	W, QF 8-1, 1-0 (Northland) W, SF 3-2 OT, 3-1 (River Falls) W, F 6-2 (Stevens Point)	30	18	1	79	58
2022-23	15	9	5	1	46	39	28	2nd of 6	W, SF 6-5 OT, 3-0 (Superior) L, F 5-1 (Stevens Point)	28	18	9	1	89	71
2023-24	15	10	4	1	42	20	21	2nd of 6	W, SF 1-2, 5-2, 2-1 2OT minigame (Stout) L, F 5-1 (Stevens Point)	28	17	9	2	82	52
2024-25	15	8	7	0	45	35	26	3rd of 6	W, QF 8-1, 4-0 (Northland) W, SF 4-3, 1-2, 1-0 3OT minigame (Stevens Point) W, F 2-0 (River Falls)	30	14	15	1	83	74
2025-26	15	11	3	1	54	31	33	2nd of 6	L, SF 4-1 (River Falls)	26	16	8	2	79	62

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1987; 1991-2001)
NAIA
1982	N/A	L, 7-6 (Augsburg Auggies)	--	--	Consolation: L, 6-2 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets
1984	N/A	N/A	W, 10-5 (Roger Williams Hawks)	W, 6-1 (Michigan-Dearborn Wolves	--
NCAA Division III
1989	N/A	L, 2-5, 3-5 (Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers)	--	--	N/A
2013	W, 4-2 (Saint John's Johnnies)	W, 3-1 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	W, 5-1 (Utica Pioneers)	W, 5-3 (Oswego Lakers)	N/A
2020	Bye	(Lake Forest/St. Thomas)*	*Tournament cancelled prior to first round by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic
2025	L, 3-2 (Aurora Spartans)	--	--	--	N/A
4 appearances**			1 National Championship

See Also

• UW-Eau Claire Blugolds men’s ice hockey website
• WIAC men’s hockey website