List of NCAA ice hockey programs
This is a list of current and former varsity ice hockey programs that played under NCAA guidelines and/or predated the NCAA's oversight of ice hockey.
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Current teams
Time in the NAIA is included for any team so long as they played at the varsity level.
as of April 15, 2023.
Division I
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1; 2; 3; 4; 6; 7; 11
Men's
Women's
Men's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Number of seasons | Conference |
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Saint Michael's College | Colchester, Vermont | Purple Knights | 1922–23 | 64 | Northeast-10 |
Assumption University (Worcester) | Worcester, Massachusetts | Greyhounds | 1918–19 | 59 | Northeast-10 |
Saint Anselm College | Goffstown, New Hampshire | Hawks | 1969–70 | 53 | Northeast-10 |
Southern New Hampshire University | Manchester, New Hampshire | Penmen | 1975–76 | 47 | Northeast-10 |
Franklin Pierce University | Rindge, New Hampshire | Ravens | 2002–03 | 21 | Northeast-10 |
Post University | Waterbury, Connecticut | Eagles | 2016–17 | 6 | Northeast-10 |
Women's
No women's ice hockey programs currently play under Division II regulations. The NCAA allows D-II members to play under Division I regulations in any sport that does not have a D-II national championship, and all D-II members that sponsor varsity women's hockey choose to play as D-I.
Of the six schools that play under D-II regulations in men's ice hockey, four currently have women's varsity teams, all of which play in the NEWHA. Assumption will start women's varsity play in 2023–24 as a NEWHA member.
Men's
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1; 2; 3; 4; 7; 9; >10
• Wisconsin (11)
• New York (17)
• Massachusetts (19)
- Previously known as North Adams State College
- Albertus Magnus will join NEHC in 2024–25
† UMass Boston's program began in 1980, however, the school merged in 1982 with Boston State College, which had started its ice hockey program in 1962.
Women's
- Albertus Magnus will join NEHC in 2024–25
Future teams
Men's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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Binghamton University | Vestal, New York | Bearcats | 1987–88[lower-alpha 1] | TBA |
- Binghamton is planning on restarting its men's program for the 2024–25 season. They previous played 5 years at the D-III level.
Former teams
Defunct teams are listed at the level and in the conference they were when they ceased sponsoring ice hockey as a varsity sport. For programs that ended prior to the delineation of college hockey in 1961, all will be listed under Division I classification.
Men's
- Dropped hockey after the 2020–21 season (though officially "suspended") due to inability to find a new conference home after the demise of its former home league of the men's WCHA.[1]
- Merged with Marymount College in 1973 to form the current Loyola Marymount University.
- At the time the university was the separate Carnegie Institute of Technology, which merged with the Mellon Institute of Technology in 1967 to form the current Carnegie Mellon University.
- The Case Institute of Technology merged with Western Reserve University in 1967 to form the current Case Western Reserve University.
- College acquired by Cleveland State University in 1965
Women's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Last season | Total seasons | Conference |
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University of North Dakota | Grand Forks, North Dakota | Fighting Hawks | 2002–03 | 2016–17 | 15 | WCHA |
Men's
- Still holds record for second-most league titles
Men's
Women's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Last season | Total seasons | Conference |
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Finlandia University | Hancock, Michigan | Lions | 2004–05 | 2022–23 | 18 | NCHA |
See also
- "List of Defunct teams". College Hockey News.
Timeline
Legend
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Men's programs starting thru 1918
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Men's programs starting from 1919 thru 1945
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Men's programs after World War II
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Men's programs beginning after World War II thru 1975
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† Boston State merged with UMass Boston in 1982.
Men's programs beginning after 1975 thru 2000
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Men's programs after 2000
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Men's programs starting after 2000
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References
- "UAH Suspends Men's Hockey Program in Absence of Conference Membership" (Press release). UAH Chargers. May 5, 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- Hron, Jayson (July 8, 2013). "Commentary: West Coast has intriguing history, offers potential for NCHC :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
- "LMU Ice Hockey History". 27 March 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- "LMU Athletics — Building Champions". Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- "Wayne State University to discontinue men's hockey program". Wayne State University. September 26, 2007. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
- "Tradition and Transformation: 125 Years in 125 Items: Photographs". Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- "University of Wyoming Athletics: Discontinued Sports - Ice Hockey". Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- "1938 Grindstone". Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- "Togetherness on the Ice". Oberlin College and Conservatory. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- "Varsity Status for Hockey Inspires Players for the Upcoming Season". Hillsdale Collegian. October 30, 1969.
- "College Drops Hockey Program". Hillsdale Alumni Magazine. April 1, 1978.
- "UB Sports History: Hockey". Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- "Villanova backs out of Icer game". February 26, 1998. Retrieved November 13, 2018.