Nipissing Lakers men's ice hockey

Nipissing Lakers men's ice hockey
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

Conferences

• Ontario University Athletics (2009–present)

Season-by-season results

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
		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)
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)
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)
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

Memorial Gardens Sports Arena (2009–present)

• Capacity: 4000
• Constructed: 1955
• Largest crowd at a Lakers game: 3374 vs. Queen's (Lakers' first ever home game.)

Media

Laker games are streamed live on OUA TV.

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. Bob Coles is the play-by play announcer on CKAT.