Saint Louis Billikens men's ice hockey

Saint Louis Billikens men's ice hockey
University	Saint Louis University
Conference	MACHA
Head coach	Ed Eigelberger 2010–present year
Arena	Webster Groves Ice Rink Capacity: 900 (1,000 SRO)
Location	Saint Louis, Missouri
Colors	Blue and White
Conference Tournament Champions
1974, 1975, 1976
Conference Regular Season Champions
1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77

The Saint Louis Billikens men's ice hockey is an NCAA Division II ice hockey team that plays in the Gold Division (D-II) of the Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association.

Saint Louis University began sponsoring ice hockey as a Division I sport in 1970, partly to capitalize on the new NHL team, the St. Louis Blues, that had begun playing only three years earlier. The Billikens were able to reach an agreement with Blues owner Sid Salomon Jr. to play their home games at the newly renovated St. Louis Arena, giving Saint Louis by far the largest home venue in the college ranks. Additionally the Billikens were able to secure the services of Bill Selman as head coach. Selman had spent the preceding six years behind the bench for Minnesota–Duluth and North Dakota, helping the Fighting Sioux to back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament in the mid-1960s. The biggest problem Saint Louis faced was finding a conference to compete in. At the time of their start there were effectively only two conferences at the Division-I level, one for eastern teams (ECAC) and one for western teams (WCHA). Because Saint Louis was considered a western team (as were all teams not playing on the eastern seaboard) the Billikens were forced to play as an independent for their first season.

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