The Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets (UW-Superior) are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing the University of Wisconsin-Superior, located in Superior, Wisconsin from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Slinto S. Wessman Arena, which is located on the school’s campus.  The men’s program was established for the 1927-28 season, played on-and-off, before playing consistently year-over-year since 1965-66.

 

Quick Hits

• School: University of Wisconsin-Superior
• Location: Superior, Wisconsin
• School Founded: 1893
• Enrollment: ~2,559
• Colors: Black & Gold
• Home Arena: Slinto S. Wessman Arena
• Arena Capacity: 1,550
• Rink Dimensions: 195′ x 87′
• Conference: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC)
• Head Coach: Rich McKenna
• Conference Titles: 4 (1994, 2001, 2009, 2025)
• Conference Tournament Titles: 7 (1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2021)
• National Titles: 1 (2002)

Conferences

• Independent Program (1927-1929; 1935-1937; 1954-1957; 1965-1967)
• NAIA Independent (1967-1980)
• Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (1980-2013)
• Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (2013-present)

Arenas

• Unknown (1927-1929; 1935-1937; 1954-1957; 1965-1970)
• Slinto S. Wessman Arena (1970-present)

Head Coaches

• Wally Akervik (1965-1977) 126-152-5 (.454)
• Gary Harker (1977-1986) 107-154-7 (.412)
• Steve Nelson (1986-2000) 249-168-21 (.592)
• Dan Stauber (2000-2016) 258-148-58 (.619)
• Rich McKenna (2016-present) 123-116-21 (.514)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Independent Program											Overall Record
1927-28	5	1	4	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	1	4	0	-	-
1928-29	6	4	2	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	4	2	0	-	-
Varsity program inactive from 1929-1935
1935-36	4	1	3	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	4	1	3	0	-	-
1936-37	9	6	3	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	9	6	3	0	-	-
Varsity program inactive from 1937-1954
1954-55	5	3	2	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	3	2	0	-	-
1955-56	8	2	6	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	2	6	0	-	-
1956-57	6	0	6	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	0	6	0	-	-
Varsity program inactive from 1957-1965
1965-66	17	6	9	2	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	17	6	9	2	-	-
1966-67	20	8	12	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	20	8	12	0	-	-
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Independent											Overall Record
1967-68	22	9	13	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	22	9	13	0	-	-
1968-69	20	7	13	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	20	7	13	0	-	-
1969-70	17	5	12	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	17	5	12	0	-	-
1970-71	23	2	21	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	23	2	21	0	-	-
1971-72	26	12	14	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	26	12	14	0	-	-
1972-73	27	17	10	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	27	17	10	0	-	-
1973-74	25	18	6	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	25	18	6	1	-	-
1974-75	29	17	12	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	29	17	12	0	-	-
1975-76	29	17	12	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	29	17	12	0	-	-
1976-77	28	8	18	2	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	28	8	18	2	-	-
1977-78	27	9	18	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	27	9	18	0	-	-
1978-79	29	19	10	0	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	29	19	10	0	-	-
1979-80	31	16	14	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	31	16	14	1	-	-
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association											Overall Record
1980-81	12	5	5	2	64	61	0.5	4th	No Tournament	31	15	13	3	162	164
1981-82	18	3	14	1	48	103	0.194	6th	No Tournament	33	12	20	1	135	167
1982-83	20	2	17	1	61	132	5	6th	No Tournament	31	9	21	1	126	175
1983-84	16	0	16	0	32	112	0	7th	No Tournament	30	9	21	0	94	167
1984-85	16	5	10	1	56	85	11	6th	No Tournament	30	11	17	1	129	144
1985-86	16	3	13	0	43	80	6	6th	Did not qualify	27	7	20	0	78	136
1986-87	20	7	13	0	77	112	14	6th	Did not qualify	27	12	15	0	120	127
1987-88	24	7	17	0	85	108	14	6th	Did not qualify	30	11	19	0	133	132
1988-89	24	6	14	0	76	104	12	5th	Did not qualify	30	11	16	1
1989-90	24	7	16	1	87	116	15	6th	Did not qualify	28	8	19	1	103	141
1990-91	24	13	11	0	121	102	26	4th	L, SF 1-2, 3-6 (Mankato St.)	30	17	13	0	163	120
1991-92	20	14	5	1	112	78	29	2nd	L, SF 6-1, 2-5, 0-1 minigame (Mankato St.)	32	23	8	1	205	116
1992-93	20	9*	11*	0	94	81	18	4th	W, QF 4-2, 3-3 OT (Lake Forest) L, SF 3-7, 6-2, 0-2 minigame (Stevens Point)	30	14*	14*	2	134	111
1993-94	20	13	4	3	82	60	29	1st	W, SF 3-4, 6-4, 2-1 minigame (River Falls) W, F 0-4, 8-6, 1-0 OT minigame (Bemidji St.)	33	23	6	4	154	100
1994-95	20	14	5	1	102	58	29	2nd	W, QF 8-0, 4-1 (Lake Forest) L, SF 0-6, 5-2, 1-2 OT minigame (Stevens Point)	33	23	9	1	166	93
1995-96	20	12	6	2	91	59	26	3rd	W, QF 2-2, 6-5 (Stevens Point) W, SF 1-6, 3-1, 2-0 minigame (Bemidji St.) L, F 1-2, 3-3 (River Falls)	35	20	11	4	155	113
1996-97	20	13	6	1	85	54	27	4th	W, QF 3-2, 4-0 (Stout) W, SF 4-1, 1-2, 1-0 minigame (Stevens Point) W, F 4-0, 3-2 (River Falls)	34	23	9	2	129	78
1997-98	20	14	6	0	91	49	28	T-3rd	W, QF 5-4, 4-2 (Eau Claire) L, SF 2-5, 2-4 (St. Norbert)	29	18	10	1	125	80
1998-99	16	9	6	1	68	46	19	5th	W, QF 4-4, 8-1 (Stout) L, SF 3-2, 2-5, 0-1 minigame (St. Norbert)	33	22	8	3	149	93
1999-00	14	10	4	0	53	41	20	3rd	W, QF 5-1, 3-2 (Eau Claire) W, SF 3-1, 0-2, 2-1 minigame (St. Norbert) W, F 4-4, 6-3 (Stevens Point)	35	24	10	1	129	88
2000-01	14	11	3	0	63	32	22	1st	W, QF 2-0, 4-2 (Eau Claire) W, SF 3-1, 4-3 (Stevens Point) W, F 2-2, 4-2 (River Falls)	35	30	4	1	163	77
2001-02	14	8	3	3	63	32	19	2nd	W, QF 2-2, 6-2 (Lake Forest) W, SF 4-3 OT (Stevens Point) W, F 4-3 OT (St. Norbert)	34	24	5	5	172	84
2002-03	14	11	2	1	63	26	23	T-2nd	W, QF 3-0, 5-0 (Stout) W, SF 6-3 (River Falls) L, F 5-2 (St. Norbert)	29	21	6	2	129	65
2003-04	14	7	4	3	58	41	17	3rd	L, QF 4-6, 3-1, 1-3 minigame (Stevens Point)	27	15	8	4	119	72
2004-05	14	9	2	3	61	32	21	2nd	W, 6-2, 5-2 (St. Scholastica) W, SF 6-2 (River Falls) L, F 8-3 (St. Norbert)	29	19	3	7	135	68
2005-06	14	7	5	2	38	35	16	3rd	W, QF 4-2, 4-4 OT (St. Scholastica) W, SF 2-1 (Lake Forest) W, F 3-2 OT (St. Norbert)	31	18	10	3	102	81
2006-07	14	9	4	1	48	35	19	4th	L, QF 3-1, 3-4, 1-2 OT minigame (St. Scholastica)	27	20	6	1	109	63
2007-08	14	6	4	4	32	35	16	T-3rd	L, QF 2-4, 5-0, 0-1 minigame (Eau Claire)	27	13	6	8	78	56
2008-09	14	11	1	2	52	29	24	1st	W, QF 4-3, 5-0 (Lake Forest) W, SF 3-0 (St. Norbert) L, F 4-3 (Stout)	30	23	4	3	128	61
2009-10	18	3	11	4	45	63	10	7th	L, QF 4-4 OT, 3-3 OT, 0-1 OT minigame (St. Scholastica)	27	9	11	7	88	87
2010-11	18	10	8	0	57	45	20	2nd	W, QF 4-2, 5-2 (St. Scholastica) W, SF 4-2 (Stevens Point) L, F 2-1 OT (St. Norbert)	30	16	13	1	92	75
2011-12	18	4	7	7	44	48	15	5th	L, QF 2-1, 0-3, 1-2 OT minigame (Stevens Point)	27	10	10	7	72	69
2012-13	18	6	10	2	39	59	14	5th	L, QF 2-4, 1-2 (St. Scholastica)	27	11	14	2	68	85
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference											Overall Record
2013-14	12	3	7	2	27	40	8	T-4th	W, QF 6-3 (Stout) W, SF 2-1, 4-0 (River Falls) L, F 3-0 (Eau Claire)	29	11	15	3	70	80
2014-15	12	1	11	0	19	48	2	5th	W, QF 4-3 OT (Stout) L, SF 1-1 OT, 3-5 (Stevens Point)	28	9	18	1	70	89
2015-16	8	2	5	1	23	41	5	4th	L, QF 2-3, 5-3, 2-3 minigame (Stout)	27	9	15	3	74	96
2016-17	8	1	6	1	12	29	3	5th	W, QF 3-4, 4-2, 1-0 minigame (Stout), L, SF 1-5, 1-8 (Stevens Point)	29	8	19	2	76	105
2017-18	8	2	5	1	20	26	5	4th	L, QF 1-7, 3-3 OT (River Falls)	27	9	15	3	69	86
2018-19	8	3	3	2	13	18	8	3rd	L, SF 2-0, 2-3 OT, 0-2 minigame (Eau Claire)	27	10	14	3	69	77
2019-20	15	7	8	0	45	40	14	4th	W, QF 6-3, 4-3 OT (Northland) L, SF 1-4, 0-2 (Eau Claire)	29	16	10	3	97	70
2020-21	8	5	3	0	30	22	10	4th	W, QF 2-1 (Stout) Forfeit W, SF (River Falls) W, F 3-2 (Stevens Point)	10	7	3	0	35	25
2021-22	13	6	6	1	43	38	19	5th	W, QF 1-0, 7-4 (Stout) L, SF 3-4, 2-3 (Stevens Point)	29	15	12	2	96	77
2022-23	15	9	5	1	35	23	28	3rd	W, QF 1-3, 3-0, 1-0 minigame (Northland) L, SF 5-6 OT, 0-3 (Eau Claire)	29	15	12	2	74	63
2023-24	15	6	8	1	29	30	13	5th of 6	L, QF 2-3, 0-1 (River Falls)	27	11	15	1	53	62
2024-25	15	11	2	2	54	24	33	1st of 6	L, SF 4-1, 1-2, 1-2 minigame (River Falls)	27	19	5	3	90	42
2025-26	15	6	8	1	37	42	21	4th of 6	L, QF 2-1 (Stevens Point)	26	13	11	2	70	64

*First two games of 1992-93 season were won by UWS, but later forfeited due to playing ineligible player

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1987; 1991-2001)
NAIA
1972	N/A	N/A	L, 12-2 (Lake Superior State Lakers)	--	W, 8-3 (St. Thomas Tommies)
1974	N/A	L, 10-2 (Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties)	--	--	--
1975	N/A	L, 9-5 (Augsburg Auggies)	--	--	--
1976	N/A	W, 10-3 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	W, 4-3 (Bemidji State Beavers)	W, 8-5 (St. Scholastica Saints)	--
1977	N/A	L, 4-3 (Augsburg Auggies)	--	--	--
1979	N/A	L, 6-4 (St. Scholastica Saints)	--	--	--
1980	N/A	W, 13-8 (St. Thomas Tommies)	L, 8-3 (Bemidji State Beavers)	--	W, 11-4 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)
1981	N/A	W, 7-6 (St. Thomas Tommies)	W, 6-4 (Bemidji State Beavers)	L, 8-3 (Augsburg Auggies)	--
1982	N/A	L, 11-7 (Michigan-Dearborn Wolves)	--	--	Consolation: W, 6-2 (Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds) Fifth Place: L, 5-2 (Bethel Royals)
1983	N/A	N/A	L, 4-3 3OT (Michigan-Dearborn Wolves)	--	W, 9-6 (Hawthorne Highlanders)
1984	N/A	N/A	L, 6-2 (Michigan-Dearborn Wolves)	--	W, 3-2 (Roger Williams Hawks)
NCAA Division III
1992	N/A	W, 8-7, 4-3 (Mankato State Mavericks)	L, 8-5 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	--	L, 7-6 OT (Salem State Vikings)
1993	N/A	L, 3-5, 8-3, 0-2 (Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers)	--	--	--
1994	N/A	W, 3-3, 5-1 (St. Thomas Tommies)	W, 3-2 OT (Salem State Vikings)	L, 6-4 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	--
1995	N/A	W, 8-4, 5-2 (Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers)	L, 4-3 (Fredonia Blue Devils)	--	L, 6-5 OT (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)
1996	N/A	W, 6-5, 7-2 (Saint John's Johnnies)	L, 4-3 (Middlebury Panthers)	--	L, 8-2 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)
1997	N/A	W, 0-2, 4-1, 1-0 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	W, 2-1 2OT (Norwich Cadets)	L, 3-2 (Middlebury Panthers)	--
1999	N/A	W, 5-5, 4-3 (St. Thomas Tommies)	W, 4-2 (Norwich Cadets)	L, 5-0 (Middlebury Panthers)	--
2000	N/A	W, 3-2, 4-1 (Concordia Cobbers)	L, 5-4 OT (Norwich Cadets)	--	L, 2-0 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)
2001	N/A	W, 5-4, 4-0 (Saint John's Johnnies)	L, 5-3 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	--	W, 3-1 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)
2002	W, 2-1 (St. Thomas Tommies)	W, 4-4 OT, 4-2 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	W, 5-0 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	W, 3-2 OT (Norwich Cadets)	N/A
2006	W, 2-1 (St. Olaf Oles)	L, 8-2 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	--	--	N/A
2009	Bye	L, 2-0 (Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties)	--	--	N/A
2011	L, 3-2 OT (Hamline Pipers)	--	--	--	N/A
13 appearances*		1 National Championship	3-time National Runner-Up	1 Third Place Finish	4-time Fourth Place Finisher

See Also

• UW-Superior Yellowjackets men’s ice hockey website
• WIAC men’s hockey website