The Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Western Michigan University.
[2] The Broncos program began in 1973 and joined the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) for the 1975–76 season.
[4] The Broncos entered the tournament in the West Regional against Harvard and lost the two-game aggregate series, being outscored 11–4 by the Crimson.
Western Michigan received an at-large bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Tournament and again fell in the first round with a 6–3 loss to Wisconsin.
[7] Under first-year coach Jeff Blashill, Western Michigan received an at-large bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, where they would lose their opening game 3–2 in double overtime to Denver.
[8] In 2011–12, for the second consecutive season, Western Michigan had a new head coach and reached the NCAA tournament.
The CCHA disbanded after the 2012–13 season, in part due to the addition of men's ice hockey to the Big Ten Conference.
Western Michigan won the 2013 four-team Great Lakes Invitational which was played outdoors at Comerica Park in Detroit.
In 2021-2022, Western Michigan had a legendary season for the program under Pat Ferschweiler as head coach.
The broncos shared the 2021 Great Lakes Invitational championship by defeating Michigan State.
‡Scott Foster played 14 minutes for the Blackhawks after being signed to a 1-day contract as an emergency backup due to injury.