[2] Their home arena is the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center located in downtown Mankato, Minnesota.

[4] The 1935 squad played a few games against local community teams and other colleges before disbanding at the end of the school year.

[6] The team gained more legitimacy and donated money to purchase lumber for the construction of a practice rink formed by flooding the MSTC football field.

[10] In late 1956, a group of MSTC students met with the athletics board to discuss the addition of intercollegiate hockey.

[11] Throughout the late 1950s, multiple petitions were submitted to the school regarding the creation of an intercollegiate hockey team, though all were rejected, chiefly due to a lack of funding and equipment.

Finally, in early 1968, MSC approved a re-allocation of funds which allowed the school to form an official NCAA intercollegiate hockey team.

The Mankato State College Indians men's ice hockey team commenced play as a varsity sport in 1969-70.

The Indians saw a great improvement in their second season as they only lost two games, en route to a 15-2-1 record, though they did not qualify for the NCAA playoffs.

The Mavericks would go on to improve their previous season's finish as they ended as runners-up in the 1979 tournament after falling to UMass Lowell 4-6 in the final.

The Mavs were selected to the 1980 national tournament as the third seeded team and played their first game against UMass Lowell, avenging last season's loss with a 8-1 victory.

At the end of the 1982-83 season, Don Brose left the team on a sabbatical to study new hockey techniques in Sweden.

Brad Reeves took over for the 1983-84 season, in which the Mavericks finished 11-7 and failed to qualify for the national tournament for the first time since 1977.

The Mavericks would see some success at the Division III level, winning the NCHA conference three times and qualifying for the national tournament in five of eight seasons.

The Mavs would reach the Division III Frozen Four three times, ending as national runners-up in 1991 following a 2-6 loss to UW – Stevens Point.

[24] To make matters worse, a few days later, MSU's new planned hockey arena was put into jeopardy as well as the Mankato City Council started exploring budget cuts to the new civic center's funding which involved removing the hockey arena from the plans.

[17] One bright spot did come after the 1992 elections when the Mankato City Council approved the addition of a hockey arena in the new civic center.

The plan involved new details on funding and financials related to the viability of a Division I hockey team in Mankato and provided new methods for the Mavericks to generate revenue, including new hockey memberships, season ticket packages, and advertisement deals in the new Mankato Civic Center they were set to move into at the start of the 1995-1996 season.

[27] The decision saw widespread praise and an outpouring of support from the community as the Mavericks saw an immediate increase in ticket sales and revenue following the announcement.

[31] The Mavs would end up losing the series 0-2 to North Dakota,[17] however, they wouldn't have to wait much longer to join the conference.

On February 14, 2000, Don Brose announced his retirement, stating that he would be ending his long tenure after the current season.

[33] Following Don Brose's retirement, he immediately endorsed assistant coach Troy Jutting as his replacement.

[33] Just a few weeks later on March 27, 2000, MNSU announced that they had officially hired Troy Jutting as the third head coach of the Minnesota State Mavericks hockey team.

Despite getting swept in the WCHA Final Five, the Mavericks were selected to their first Division I National Tournament in program history, losing to Cornell 2-5.

After another 24 loss campaign in the 2011-12 season, the Mavericks announced their decision to remove Troy Jutting as head coach.

Jutting would be re-assigned as an administrative assistant to Minnesota State University, Mankato president Richard Davenport.

[36] Following the announcement, the team saw a renewed interest from the public, with an increase in the number of tickets sold.

Shockingly, the Mavericks would lose to RIT 1-2 in the first round, marking one of the largest upsets in Division I National Tournament history.

In addition to the contract extension, the university said it would invest further resources into the program's recruiting and equipment budgets and work to increase scholarship amounts for players.

With the 2021–22 season, the Mavericks, and six other teams formerly in the WCHA, began play in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, restarting the conference after an eight-year hiatus.

Source:[40] GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Minimum 30 games Statistics current through the start of the 2021-22 season.