The Chargers completed the regular season with 22 wins, zero losses, and 3 ties.
They were then invited to play the Bemidji State Beavers in a two-game series to determine the Division II National Championship at Huntsville's Von Braun Civic Center.
The Chargers would dominate in both a 7–1 victory on March 8, followed by 3–0 shutout to clinch the championship the following day.
[1] In the weeks following the championship, speculation on plans for a new 4,000-seat arena near the Benton H. Wilcoxon Municipal Iceplex for the Chargers were later abandoned.
Additionally, whether or not to move back to Division I became an issue, but UAH would refrain from the jump until 1998.