The Wayne State Warriors men's ice hockey team competed in

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's Division I in the

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(CHA) conference representing

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. The university dropped their men's program at the end of the 2007–08 season.

Program History

began its men's ice hockey program in 1999, one of several programs to begin at or promote their programs to Division I ice hockey in the late 1990s. Before their first season the Warriors signed Bill Wilkinson as their first coach, hoping that his 20-year track record at

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would help bring in recruits and build the program quickly. After a year as an Independent, Wayne State was invited to join

, a conference made entirely of newly D-I programs. The Warriors were able to perform very well in the first few years, winning a conference championship, three consecutive conference tournaments and earning a bid to the 2003 NCAA Tournament (the first CHA automatic bid). The most glaring problem with the ice hockey program at Wayne State was the university's lack of an on-campus ice rink. As a result the team was forced to rent out space in various buildings over its existence. This combined with the Warriors inability to play other regional teams led to waning interest in the program despite being located in the hockey-friendly city of

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. With the program losing money every year and the CCHA not looking to increase its membership beyond 12 teams, Wayne State decided to end its program after the 2007–08 season. Four years after its dissolution, ice hockey returned to Wayne State as a club sport.

Season-by-season results

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties''

Footnotes

Notable players

*Jeff Caister * Adam Krug *

Stavros Paskaris Stavros Paskaris (born August 31, 1984) is an American former ice hockey player. Paskaris attended Wayne State University where he played four years with the Wayne State Warriors men's ice hockey team which then competed in the NCAA's Division I ...

*Keith Stanich

References

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Program History

Season-by-season results

Footnotes

Notable players

See also

References