Nipissing Lakers men's ice hockey
| Nipissing Lakers men's ice hockey | |
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| University | Nipissing University |
| Conference | OUA West Division |
| First season | 2009 |
| Head coach | Mike McParland 14th season, 143–211–19 .409 |
| Arena | Memorial Gardens North Bay, Ontario |
| Colors | Blue and Green |
The Nipissing Lakers men's ice hockey team is the ice hockey team that represents Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario. It was granted membership in the OUA's men's ice hockey circuit in 2009.
Team history
[edit]Conferences
[edit]- Ontario University Athletics (2009–present)
Season-by-season results
[edit][1] Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, Pts = Points
| U Sports Champion | U Sports Semifinalist | Conference regular season champions | Conference Division Champions | Conference Playoff Champions |
| Season | Conference | Regular Season | Conference Tournament Results | National Tournament Results | |||||||||||||
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| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | OTL | SOL | Pts* | Finish | GP | W | L | T | % | |||||
| Mike McParland (2009–Present) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–10 | OUA | 28 | 12 | 15 | – | 0 | 1 | 25 | T–13th | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | .417 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (McGill) | ||
| 2010–11 | OUA | 28 | 17 | 8 | – | 0 | 3 | 37 | 5th | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | .641 | Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–0 (Queen's) Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (McGill) |
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| 2011–12 | OUA | 28 | 17 | 7 | – | 1 | 3 | 38 | T–4th | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | .617 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Ottawa) | ||
| 2012–13 | OUA | 28 | 14 | 12 | – | 1 | 1 | 30 | T–10th | 33 | 16 | 16 | 1 | .500 | Won Division Quarterfinal series, 2–1 (McGill) Lost Division Semifinal series, 0–2 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières) |
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| 2013–14 | OUA | 28 | 7 | 16 | – | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18th | 30 | 7 | 20 | 3 | .283 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Carleton) | ||
| 2014–15 | OUA | 26 | 12 | 12 | – | 2 | 0 | 26 | T–10th | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | .429 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Quebec–Trois-Rivières) | ||
| 2015–16 | OUA | 28 | 12 | 12 | – | 3 | 1 | 28 | T–12th | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | .417 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Carleton) | ||
| 2016–17 | OUA | 28 | 8 | 18 | – | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18th | 28 | 8 | 19 | 1 | .304 | |||
| 2017–18 | OUA | 28 | 9 | 15 | – | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16th | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 | .333 | Lost Division Quarterfinal series, 0–2 (Queen's) | ||
| 2018–19 | OUA | 28 | 8 | 19 | – | 1 | 0 | 17 | 19th | 28 | 8 | 20 | 0 | .286 | |||
| 2019–20 | OUA | 28 | 8 | 17 | – | 1 | 2 | 19 | T–18th | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | .321 | |||
| 2020–21 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–22 | OUA | 18 | 10 | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | .583 | 7th | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .575 | Won Division Quarterfinal, 4–0 (Ottawa) Lost Division Semifinal, 1–3 (McGill) |
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| 2022–23 | OUA | 26 | 4 | 17 | – | 4 | 1 | 13 | 19th | 26 | 4 | 21 | 1 | .173 | |||
| 2023–24 | OUA | 28 | 10 | 13 | – | 2 | 3 | 25 | T–13th | 29 | 10 | 16 | 3 | .397 | Lost Play-In, 4–5 (OT) (Wilfrid Laurier) | ||
| Totals | GP | W | L | T/SOL | % | Championships | |||||||||||
| Regular Season | 378 | 148 | 208 | 22 | .421 | ||||||||||||
| Conference Post-season | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | .208 | ||||||||||||
| U Sports Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||||||||||
| Regular Season and Postseason Record | 402 | 153 | 227 | 22 | .408 | ||||||||||||
Arena
[edit]Memorial Gardens Sports Arena (2009–present)
- Capacity: 4000
- Constructed: 1955[2]
- Largest crowd at a Lakers game: 3374 vs. Queen's (Lakers' first ever home game.)
Media
[edit]Laker games are streamed live on OUA TV.[3]
The broadcasters for the Lakers on TVCogeco are Ranjan Rupal on play-by-play, Greg Theberge on colour commentary, and Claude Sharma as the rinkside reporter.[4] Bob Coles is the play-by play announcer on CKAT.
References
[edit]- ^ "MEN'S ICE HOCKEY". OUA. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
- ^ "The OHL Arena & Travel Guide - North Bay Memorial Gardens, North Bay Centennials". www.ohlarenaguide.com. Archived from the original on 2006-02-17.
- ^ "WATCH LIVE". Nipissing Lakers. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
- ^ "Former NHLer joins Lakers broadcast team".