Starting the season second to last in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Preseason poll, the Bronco hockey team proved everyone wrong, eventually climbing in the rankings to as high as eighth in the nation, according to USCHO.com poll and third ranked in the NCHC. The team beat top ranked teams like the University of Denver and the University of Minnesota Duluth on several occasions, two of the top ranked teams in the nation. The team won the Great Lakes Invitational at Joe Louis Arena and they made it to the NCHC semifinals.
Leading the way were sophomores Matheson Iacopelli and Griffen Molino, as well as senior captain Sheldon Dries.