The team played their home games in AMSOIL Arena and were members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

UMD received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they were the third seed in the East Regional.

In the national semifinal, UMD defeated Notre Dame, 4–3, on the back of 3 power-play goals and 31 saves from goaltender Kenny Reiter.

[1] With a Kyle Schmidt goal at 3:22 in overtime, the Bulldogs defeated Michigan to win the school's first national championship.

Source:[3] Note: a knee injury forced Cody Danberg to miss the entire season.