List of Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey seasons

This is a season-by-season list of records compiled by Maine in men's ice hockey.

Maine has won two NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championships in its history, the most recent of which coming in 1999. In 1993 Maine set a record for wins in a season with 42, a record that still stands as of 2018.

Season-by-season results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

NCAA D-I Champions

NCAA Frozen Four

Conference regular season champions

Conference Playoff Champions

Season	Conference	Regular season														Conference Tournament Results	National Tournament Results
		Conference									Overall
		GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	3/SW	Pts*	Finish	GP	W	L	T	%
Cuddy Murphy (1922 — 1923)
1922–23	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	2	3	0	.400
Stanley Wallace (1923 — 1924)
1923–24	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	4	8	0	.333
Division II
Jack Semler (1977 — 1984)
1977–78	ECAC 2	19	10	9	0	–	–	–	.526	–	25	13	12	0	.520
1978–79	ECAC 2	22	17	5	0	–	–	–	.773	–	30	22	8	0	.733	Won East Quarterfinal, 4–1 (American International) Lost East Semifinal, 4–7 (Salem State)
Division I
1979–80	ECAC Hockey	22	10	11	1	–	–	–	.477	9th	32	15	16	1	.484
1980–81	ECAC Hockey	21	12	9	0	–	–	–	.571	T–4th	34	23	11	0	.676	Lost Quarterfinal, 4–7 (Cornell)
1981–82	ECAC Hockey	22	3	18	0	–	–	–	.143	17th	29	8	21	0	.276
1982–83	ECAC Hockey	21	1	20	0	–	–	–	.048	17th	29	5	24	0	.172
1983–84	ECAC Hockey	21	7	14	0	–	–	–	.333	13th	34	14	20	0	.412
Shawn Walsh (1984 — 1995)
1984–85	Hockey East	34	8	26	0	–	–	–	16	7th	42	12	29	1	.298	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston University)
1985–86	Hockey East	34	8	25	1	–	–	–	17	5th	40	11	28	1	.288	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Providence)
1986–87	Hockey East	32	19	12	1	–	–	–	39	3rd	42	24	16	2	.595	Won Quarterfinal, 5–2 (Providence) Won Semifinal, 5–4 (Lowell) Lost Championship, 2–4 (Boston College)	Lost Quarterfinal series, 5–11 (Michigan State)
1987–88	Hockey East	26	20	4	2	–	–	–	44	1st	44	34	8	2	.795	Won Semifinal series, 2–0 (Providence) Lost Championship, 3–4 (Northeastern)	Won Quarterfinal series, 9–4 (Bowling Green) Lost National semifinal, 3–6 (Lake Superior State) Won Third-place game, 5–2 (Minnesota)
1988–89	Hockey East	26	17	9	0	–	–	–	34	2nd	45	31	14	0	.795	Won Semifinal, 3–2 (OT) (Northeastern) Won Championship, 5–4 (Boston College)	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Providence) Lost National semifinal, 4–7 (Minnesota) Lost Third-place game, 4–7 (Michigan State)
1989–90	Hockey East	21	14	6	1	–	–	–	29	2nd	46	33	11	2	.739	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Lowell) Won Semifinal, 3–1 (Boston University) Lost Championship, 3–4 (Boston College)	Won First round series, 2–0 (Bowling Green) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Wisconsin)
1990–91	Hockey East	21	15	5	1	–	–	–	31	2nd	43	32	9	2	.767	Won Quarterfinal, 5–3 (Lowell) Won Semifinal, 4–3 (OT) (Northeastern) Lost Championship, 3–4 (OT) (Boston University)	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Minnesota) Lost National semifinal, 3–5 (Northern Michigan)
1991–92	Hockey East	21	12^	7^	2^	–	–	–	26^	T–2nd^	37	18^	17^	2^	.514^	Won Quarterfinal, 7–0 (Merrimack) Won Semifinal, 7–3 (Boston College) Won Championship, 4–1 (New Hampshire)	Lost Regional semifinal, 2–3 (Michigan State)
1992–93	Hockey East	24	22	1	1	–	–	–	45	1st	45	42	1	2	.956	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Northeastern) Won Semifinal, 7–5 (Massachusetts–Lowell) Won Championship, 5–2 (Boston University)	Won Regional semifinal, 6–2 (Minnesota) Won National semifinal, 4–3 (OT) (Michigan) Won National Championship, 5–4 (Lake Superior State)
1993–94	Hockey East	24	3†	20†	1†	–	–	–	7†	8th	36	6†	29†	1†	.514†	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Boston University)
1994–95	Hockey East	24	15	3	6	–	–	1	88	T–1st	44	32	6	6	.795	Won Quarterfinal, 7–4 (Massachusetts) Lost Semifinal, 3–7 (Providence) Won Consolation Game, 6–0 (Massachusetts–Lowell)	Won Regional semifinal, 4–2 (Denver) Won National semifinal, 4–3 (3OT) (Michigan) Lost National Championship, 2–6 (Boston University)
Greg Cronin (1995 — 1996)
1995–96	Hockey East	24	14‡	6‡	4‡	–	–	2‡	80‡	3rd	39	26‡	9‡	4‡	.718‡	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (New Hampshire) Won Semifinal, 5–2 (Massachusetts–Lowell) Lost Championship, 2–3 (Providence)
Shawn Walsh (1996 — 2001)
1996–97	Hockey East	24	16	7	1	–	–	–	33	3rd	35	24	10	1	.700‡	‡
1997–98	Hockey East	24	10	11	3	–	–	–	23	6th	36	17	15	4	.528	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (New Hampshire) Won Semifinal, 6–2 (Massachusetts–Lowell) Lost Championship, 2–3 (Boston College)
1998–99	Hockey East	24	17	5	2	–	–	–	36	2nd	41	31	6	4	.805	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Massachusetts) Lost Semifinal, 2–3 (Boston College)	Won Regional Quarterfinal, 4–2 (Ohio State) Won Regional semifinal, 7–2 (Clarkson) Won National semifinal, 2–1 (OT) (Boston College) Won National Championship, 3–2 (OT) (New Hampshire)
1999–00	Hockey East	24	13	7	4	–	–	–	30	4th	40	27	8	5	.738	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Providence) Won Semifinal, 4–2 (Boston University) Won Championship, 2–1 (Boston College)	Won Regional semifinal, 5–2 (Michigan) Lost National semifinal, 0–2 (North Dakota)
2000–01	Hockey East	24	12	7	5	–	–	–	29	T–2nd	39	20	12	7	.603	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Northeastern) Lost Semifinal, 3–4 (Providence)
Tim Whitehead (2001 — 2013)
2001–02	Hockey East	24	14	5	5	–	–	–	33	T–2nd	44	26	11	7	.670	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Boston College) Won Semifinal, 4–3 (Boston University) Lost Championship, 1–3 (New Hampshire)	Won Regional Quarterfinal, 4–3 (OT) (Harvard) Won Regional semifinal, 4–3 (Boston University) Won National semifinal, 7–2 (New Hampshire) Lost National Championship, 3–4 (OT) (Minnesota)
2002–03	Hockey East	24	14	6	4	–	–	–	32	3rd	39	24	10	5	.679	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Massachusetts)	Lost Regional semifinal, 1–2 (Michigan)
2003–04	Hockey East	24	17	5	2	–	–	–	36	2nd	42	33	8	3	.784	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Merrimack) Won Semifinal, 1–0 (Boston University) Won Championship, 2–1 (3OT) (Massachusetts)	Won Regional semifinal, 5–4 (Harvard) Won Regional final, 2–1 (OT) (Wisconsin) Won National semifinal, 2–1 (Boston College) Lost National Championship, 0–1 (Denver)
2004–05	Hockey East	24	13	6	5	–	–	–	31	4th	40	20	13	7	.588	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Massachusetts–Lowell) Lost Semifinal, 1–2 (2OT) (Boston College)	Lost Regional semifinal, 0–1 (OT) (Minnesota)
2005–06	Hockey East	27	17	8	2	–	–	–	36	T–2nd	42	28	12	2	.690	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Massachusetts–Lowell) Lost Semifinal, 1–4 (Boston College)	Won Regional semifinal, 6–1 (Harvard) Won Regional final, 5–4 (Michigan State) Lost National semifinal, 2–5 (Wisconsin)
2006–07	Hockey East	27	14	12	1	–	–	–	29	T–5th	40	23	15	2	.600	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Massachusetts)	Won Regional semifinal, 4–1 (St. Cloud State) Won Regional final, 3–1 (Massachusetts) Lost National semifinal, 2–4 (Michigan State)
2007–08	Hockey East	27	9	15	3	–	–	–	21	9th	34	13	18	3	.426
2008–09	Hockey East	27	7	17	3	–	–	–	17	8th	39	13	22	4	.385	Lost Quarterfinal series, 1–2 (Boston University)
2009–10	Hockey East	27	13	12	2	–	–	–	28	T–3rd	39	19	17	3	.526	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Massachusetts–Lowell) Won Semifinal, 5–2 (Boston University) Lost Championship, 6–7 (OT) (Boston College)
2010–11	Hockey East	27	14	8	5	–	–	–	33	5th	36	17	12	7	.569	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Merrimack)
2011–12	Hockey East	27	15	10	2	–	–	–	32	4th	40	23	14	3	.613	Won Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (Merrimack) Won Semifinal, 5–3 (Boston University) Lost Championship, 1–4 (Boston College)	Lost Regional semifinal, 2–5 (Minnesota–Duluth)
2012–13	Hockey East	27	7	12	8	–	–	–	22	T–7th	38	11	19	8	.395	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Massachusetts–Lowell)
Red Gendron (2013 — 2021)
2013–14	Hockey East	20	9	8	3	–	–	–	21	6th	35	16	15	4	.514	Won Opening Round, 2–0 (Merrimack) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Providence)
2014–15	Hockey East	22	8	12	2	–	–	–	18	T–9th	39	14	22	3	.397	Lost Opening Round series, 1–2 (Vermont)
2015–16	Hockey East	22	5	15	2	–	–	–	12	11th	38	8	24	6	.289	Lost Opening Round series, 0–2 (Northeastern)
2016–17	Hockey East	22	5	15	2	–	–	–	12	11th	36	11	21	4	.361	Lost Opening Round series, 0–2 (Vermont)
2017–18	Hockey East	24	10	11	3	–	–	–	23	T–5th	38	18	16	4	.526	Won Opening Round series, 2–0 (New Hampshire) Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Providence)
2018–19	Hockey East	24	11	9	4	–	–	–	26	6th	36	15	17	4	.472	Lost Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Northeastern)
2019–20	Hockey East	24	12	9	3	–	–	–	27	4th	34	18	11	5	.603	Tournament cancelled
2020–21	Hockey East	24	3	10	2	0	1	2	.311	8th	16	3	11	2	.250	Lost Opening Round, 2–7 (New Hampshire)
Ben Barr (2021 — Present)
2021–22	Hockey East	24	5	17	2	2	3	1	19	11th	33	7	22	4	.273	Lost Opening Round, 2–6 (Merrimack)
2022–23	Hockey East	24	9	11	4	1	1	1	32	T–6th	36	15	16	5	.486	Lost Opening Round, 2–4 (Vermont)
2023–24	Hockey East	24	14	9	1	0	1	0	44	3rd	37	23	12	2	.649	Won Quarterfinal, 5–0 (New Hampshire) Lost Semifinal, 1–4 (Boston University)	Lost Regional Semifinal, 1–3 (Cornell)
Totals											GP	W	L	T	%	Championships
Regular season											1630	837	628	145	.565	4 Hockey East Championships
Conference Post-season											107	57	50	0	.533	5 Hockey East tournament championships
NCAA Post-season											51	30	21	0	.588	18 NCAA Tournament appearances
Regular season and Post-season Record											1778	924	709	145	.560	2 NCAA Division I National Championships

* Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced.
^ Maine was forced to forfeit 13 games after the season for using an ineligible player.
† Maine was forced to forfeit 14 games during the season for using an ineligible player.
‡ Shawn Walsh was suspended for one year on December 22, 1995 as a result of NCAA investigations into his recruiting practices. Maine was also ineligible to participate in any playoff during the 1996–97 season.
bold and italic are program records