NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

"NCAA men's ice hockey tournament" redirects here. For the other divisions, see NCAA Division II men's ice hockey tournament and NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament.

The annual NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is a college ice hockey tournament held in the United States by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to determine the top men's team in Division I.^[1] Like other Division I championships, it is the highest level of NCAA men's hockey competition. This tournament is somewhat unique among NCAA sports as many schools which otherwise compete in Division II or Division III compete in Division I for hockey.

NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1948
No. of teams	16
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Denver
Most titles	Denver (10)
TV partner(s)	ESPN
Official website	NCAA.com

Since 1999, the semi-finals and championship game of the tournament have been branded as the "Frozen Four"—a reference to the NCAA's long-time branding of its basketball semi-finals as the "Final Four".

History

The NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship is a single elimination competition that has determined the collegiate national champion since the inaugural 1948 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament. The tournament features 16 teams representing all six Division I conferences in the nation. The Championship Committee seeds the entire field from 1 to 16 within four regionals of 4 teams. The winners of the six Division I conference championships receive automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship. The tournament begins with initial games played at four regional sites culminating with the semi-finals and finals played at a single site.^[1]

In setting up the tournament, the Championship Committee seeks to ensure "competitive equity, financial success and likelihood of playoff-type atmosphere at each regional site." A team serving as the host of a regional is placed within that regional. The top four teams are assigned overall seeds and placed within the bracket such that the national semifinals will feature the No. 1 seed versus the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed versus the No. 3 seed should the top four teams win their respective regional finals. Number 1 seeds are also placed as close to their home site as possible, with the No. 1 seed receiving first preference. Conference matchups are avoided in the first round; should five or more teams from one conference make the tournament, this guideline may be disregarded in favor of preserving the bracket's integrity.

Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado hosted the tournament for the first ten years and has hosted eleven times overall, the most of any venue.^[2] The Denver Pioneers have won the most tournaments with ten, while Vic Heyliger has coached the most championship teams, winning six times with Michigan between 1948 and 1956.^[3][4]

The 2020 championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5][6][7]

Tournament format history

1948–1976

4 teams (1 game series)

1977–1980

5–6 teams (1 game series)

1981–1987

8 teams (2 game, total goals first round at higher seed)

1988

12 teams (2 game, total goals first two rounds at higher seed)

1989–1991

12 teams (best of 3 games first two rounds series at higher seed)

1992–2002

12 teams (divided into 2 regionals, East Regional and West Regional; 6 teams each)

2003–present

16 teams (divided into 4 regionals: Northeast, East, Midwest, and West Regionals: 4 teams each)

Results

Year	Winning team	Coach	Losing team	Coach	Score	Location	Finals venue
1948	Michigan	Vic Heyliger	Dartmouth	Eddie Jeremiah	8-4	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1949	Boston College	John Kelley	Dartmouth (2)	Eddie Jeremiah	4-3	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1950	Colorado College	Cheddy Thompson	Boston University	Harry Cleverly	13-4	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1951	Michigan (2)	Vic Heyliger	Brown	Westcott Moulton	7-1	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1952	Michigan (3)	Vic Heyliger	Colorado College	Cheddy Thompson	4-1	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1953	Michigan (4)	Vic Heyliger	Minnesota	John Mariucci	7-3	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1954	Rensselaer	Ned Harkness	Minnesota (2)	John Mariucci	5-4 (OT)	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1955	Michigan (5)	Vic Heyliger	Colorado College (2)	Cheddy Thompson	5-3	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1956	Michigan (6)	Vic Heyliger	Michigan Tech	Al Renfrew	7-5	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1957	Colorado College (2)	Tom Bedecki	Michigan	Vic Heyliger	13-6	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1958	Denver	Murray Armstrong	North Dakota	Bob May	6-2	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Williams Arena
1959	North Dakota	Bob May	Michigan State	Amo Bessone	4-3 (OT)	Troy, New York	RPI Field House
1960	Denver (2)	Murray Armstrong	Michigan Tech (2)	John MacInnes	5-3	Boston, Massachusetts	Matthews Arena
1961	Denver (3)	Murray Armstrong	St. Lawrence	George Menard	12-2	Denver, Colorado	University of Denver Arena
1962	Michigan Tech	John MacInnes	Clarkson	Len Ceglarski	7-1	Utica, New York	Utica Memorial Auditorium
1963	North Dakota (2)	Barry Thorndycraft	Denver	Murray Armstrong	6–5	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	McHugh Forum
1964	Michigan (7)	Al Renfrew	Denver (2)	Murray Armstrong	6-3	Denver, Colorado	University of Denver Arena
1965	Michigan Tech (2)	John MacInnes	Boston College	John Kelley	8-2	Providence, Rhode Island	Meehan Auditorium
1966	Michigan State	Amo Bessone	Clarkson (2)	Len Ceglarski	6-1	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Williams Arena
1967	Cornell	Ned Harkness	Boston University (2)	Jack Kelley	4-1	Syracuse, New York	Onondaga War Memorial
1968	Denver (4)	Murray Armstrong	North Dakota (2)	Bill Selman	4-0	Duluth, Minnesota	Duluth Entertainment Center
1969	Denver (5)	Murray Armstrong	Cornell	Ned Harkness	4-3	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor World Arena
1970	Cornell (2)	Ned Harkness	Clarkson (3)	Len Ceglarski	6-4	Lake Placid, New York	Olympic Center
1971	Boston University	Jack Kelley	Minnesota (3)	Glen Sonmor	4-2	Syracuse, New York	Onondaga War Memorial
1972	Boston University (2)	Jack Kelley	Cornell (2)	Dick Bertrand	4-0	Boston, Massachusetts	Boston Garden
1973	Wisconsin	Bob Johnson	Denver (3)1	Murray Armstrong	4-2	Boston, Massachusetts	Boston Garden
1974	Minnesota	Herb Brooks	Michigan Tech (3)	John MacInnes	4-2	Boston, Massachusetts	Boston Garden
1975	Michigan Tech (3)	John MacInnes	Minnesota (4)	Herb Brooks	6-1	St. Louis, Missouri	St. Louis Arena
1976	Minnesota (2)	Herb Brooks	Michigan Tech (4)	John MacInnes	6-4	Denver, Colorado	University of Denver Arena
1977	Wisconsin (2)	Bob Johnson	Michigan (2)	Dan Farrell	6-5 (OT)	Detroit, Michigan	Olympia Stadium
1978	Boston University (3)	Jack Parker	Boston College (2)	Len Ceglarski	5-3	Providence, Rhode Island	Providence Civic Center
1979	Minnesota (3)	Herb Brooks	North Dakota (3)	Gino Gasparini	4-3	Detroit, Michigan	Olympia Stadium
1980	North Dakota (3)	Gino Gasparini	Northern Michigan	Rick Comley	5-2	Providence, Rhode Island	Providence Civic Center
1981	Wisconsin (3)	Bob Johnson	Minnesota (5)	Brad Buetow	6-3	Duluth, Minnesota	Duluth Entertainment Center
1982	North Dakota (4)	Gino Gasparini	Wisconsin	Bob Johnson	5-2	Providence, Rhode Island	Providence Civic Center
1983	Wisconsin (4)	Jeff Sauer	Harvard	Bill Cleary	6-2	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Ralph Engelstad Arena
1984	Bowling Green	Jerry York	Minnesota-Duluth	Mike Sertich	5-4 (4OT)	Lake Placid, New York	Olympic Arena
1985	Rensselaer (2)	Mike Addesa	Providence	Steve Stirling	2-1	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena
1986	Michigan State (2)	Ron Mason	Harvard (2)	Bill Cleary	6-5	Providence, Rhode Island	Providence Civic Center
1987	North Dakota (5)	Gino Gasparini	Michigan State (2)	Ron Mason	5-3	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena
1988	Lake Superior State	Frank Anzalone	St. Lawrence (2)	Joe Marsh	4-3 (OT)	Lake Placid, New York	Olympic Center
1989	Harvard	Bill Cleary	Minnesota (6)	Doug Woog	4-3 (OT)	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Saint Paul Civic Center
1990	Wisconsin (5)	Jeff Sauer	Colgate	Terry Slater	7-3	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena
1991	Northern Michigan	Rick Comley	Boston University (3)	Jack Parker	8-7 (3OT)	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Saint Paul Civic Center
1992	Lake Superior State (2)	Jeff Jackson	Wisconsin (2)1	Jeff Sauer	5-3	Albany, New York	Knickerbocker Arena
1993	Maine	Shawn Walsh	Lake Superior State	Jeff Jackson	5-4	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Bradley Center
1994	Lake Superior State (3)	Jeff Jackson	Boston University (4)	Jack Parker	9-1	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Saint Paul Civic Center
1995	Boston University (4)	Jack Parker	Maine	Shawn Walsh	6-2	Providence, Rhode Island	Providence Civic Center
1996	Michigan (8)	Red Berenson	Colorado College (3)	Don Lucia	3-2 (OT)	Cincinnati, Ohio	Riverfront Coliseum
1997	North Dakota (6)	Dean Blais	Boston University (5)	Jack Parker	6-4	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Bradley Center
1998	Michigan (9)	Red Berenson	Boston College (3)	Jerry York	3-2 (OT)	Boston, Massachusetts	FleetCenter
1999	Maine (2)	Shawn Walsh	New Hampshire	Dick Umile	3-2 (OT)	Anaheim, California	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
2000	North Dakota (7)	Dean Blais	Boston College (4)	Jerry York	4-2	Providence, Rhode Island	Providence Civic Center
2001	Boston College (2)	Jerry York	North Dakota (4)	Dean Blais	3-2 (OT)	Albany, New York	Pepsi Arena
2002	Minnesota (4)	Don Lucia	Maine (2)	Tim Whitehead	4-3 (OT)	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center
2003	Minnesota (5)	Don Lucia	New Hampshire (2)	Dick Umile	5-1	Buffalo, New York	HSBC Arena
2004	Denver (6)	George Gwozdecky	Maine (3)	Tim Whitehead	1-0	Boston, Massachusetts	FleetCenter
2005	Denver (7)	George Gwozdecky	North Dakota (5)	Dave Hakstol	4-1	Columbus, Ohio	Value City Arena
2006	Wisconsin (6)	Mike Eaves	Boston College (5)	Jerry York	2-1	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Bradley Center
2007	Michigan State (3)	Rick Comley	Boston College (6)	Jerry York	3-1	St. Louis, Missouri	Scottrade Center
2008	Boston College (3)	Jerry York	Notre Dame	Jeff Jackson	4-1	Denver, Colorado	Pepsi Center
2009	Boston University (5)	Jack Parker	Miami	Enrico Blasi	4-3 (OT)	Washington, D.C.	Verizon Center
2010	Boston College (4)	Jerry York	Wisconsin (3)	Mike Eaves	5-0	Detroit, Michigan	Ford Field
2011	Minnesota-Duluth	Scott Sandelin	Michigan (3)	Red Berenson	3-2 (OT)	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center
2012	Boston College (5)	Jerry York	Ferris State	Bob Daniels	4-1	Tampa, Florida	Tampa Bay Times Forum
2013	Yale	Keith Allain	Quinnipiac	Rand Pecknold	4-0	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Consol Energy Center
2014	Union	Rick Bennett	Minnesota (7)	Don Lucia	7-4	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wells Fargo Center
2015	Providence	Nate Leaman	Boston University (6)	David Quinn	4-3	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2016	North Dakota (8)	Brad Berry	Quinnipiac (2)	Rand Pecknold	5-1	Tampa, Florida	Amalie Arena
2017	Denver (8)	Jim Montgomery	Minnesota-Duluth (2)	Scott Sandelin	3-2	Chicago, Illinois	United Center
2018	Minnesota-Duluth (2)	Scott Sandelin	Notre Dame (2)	Jeff Jackson	2-1	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center
2019	Minnesota-Duluth (3)	Scott Sandelin	Massachusetts	Greg Carvel	3-0	Buffalo, New York	KeyBank Center
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic					Detroit, Michigan	Little Caesars Arena
2021	Massachusetts	Greg Carvel	St. Cloud State	Brett Larson	5-0	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	PPG Paints Arena
2022	Denver (9)	David Carle	Minnesota State	Mike Hastings	5-1	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2023	Quinnipiac	Rand Pecknold	Minnesota (8)	Bob Motzko	3-2 (OT)	Tampa, Florida	Amalie Arena
2024	Denver (10)	David Carle	Boston College (7)	Greg Brown	2-0	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center
2025						St. Louis, Missouri	Enterprise Center
2026						Paradise, Nevada	T-Mobile Arena
2027						Washington, D.C.	Capital One Arena
2028						Chicago, IL	United Center

^1 Participation in the tournament vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

Team titles

Michigan

North
Dakota

Denver

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Lake
Superior State

Michigan
State

Michigan
Tech

Minnesota
Duluth

Colorado
College

Cornell

Maine

RPI

Bowling
Green

Northern
Michigan

Union

Schools with D1 Mens Ice Hockey championships
– 10 championships, – 9 championships, – 8 championships, – 6 championships, – 5 championships, – 3 championships, – 2 championships, – 1 championship

Boston
College

Boston
University

UMass

Harvard

Quinnipiac

Yale

Providence

Schools with D1 Mens Ice Hockey championships
– 5 championships, – 1 championship

Team	#	Years
Denver	10	1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2022, 2024
Michigan	9	1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998
North Dakota	8	1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016
Wisconsin	6	1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006
Boston College	5	1949, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012
Boston University		1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009
Minnesota		1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003
Lake Superior State	3	1988, 1992, 1994
Michigan State		1966, 1986, 2007
Michigan Tech		1962, 1965, 1975
Minnesota Duluth		2011, 2018, 2019
Colorado College	2	1950, 1957
Cornell		1967, 1970
Maine		1993, 1999
RPI		1954, 1985
Bowling Green	1	1984
Harvard		1989
Massachusetts		2021
Northern Michigan		1991
Providence		2015
Quinnipiac		2023
Union		2014
Yale		2013

Performance by team

See also: List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament champions, NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament appearances by team, and List of NCAA Division I men's Frozen Four appearances by team

The code in each cell represents the furthest the team made it in the respective tournament:

•  •  First round (12 teams starting in 1988, 16 teams starting in 2003)
•  QF  Quarterfinals (1 or 2 teams starting in 1977, 4 teams starting in 1980)
•  F4  Frozen Four
•  RU  National Runner-up
•  CH  National Champion
•  RU   •  The team achieved the placement shown, but the participation was later vacated. These vacated appearances are not included in the total columns.

Starting in 2003, the 4 teams seeded No. 1 in the regions are shown with single underline.

School	Conference as of 2024	#	QF	F4	CG	CH	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	21	22	23	24
Denver	NCHC	33	25	19	11	10											CH		CH	CH		RU	RU		F4		CH	CH		F4	F4	RU													F4									QF		QF		•			QF		CH	CH			•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	QF	F4	CH	QF	F4		CH	•	CH
Michigan	Big Ten	41	36	28	12	9	CH	F4	F4	CH	CH	CH	F4	CH	CH	RU					F4		CH													RU														QF	F4	F4	QF	F4	CH	F4	CH	QF	QF	F4	F4	F4	QF	QF	•	•	F4	•	QF	RU	•				QF		F4		•	F4	F4	F4
North Dakota	NCHC	35	28	22	13	8											RU	CH				CH		F4		F4	RU											RU	CH		CH		F4			CH			•							CH	QF	QF	CH	RU		•	QF	RU	F4	F4	F4	•	•	F4	QF	QF	F4	F4	CH	•			QF	•		•
Wisconsin	Big Ten	27	20	11	8	6																							F4		F4	CH				CH	F4			CH	RU	CH					QF	QF	CH	•	RU	QF	QF	QF			•		QF	QF			QF	•	CH		QF		RU			•	•						•			•
Minnesota	Big Ten	41	35	23	13	5						RU	RU							F4										RU			CH	RU	CH			CH	QF	RU		F4		QF	F4	F4	F4	RU	QF	QF	QF	QF	F4	F4	QF	QF				•	CH	CH	QF	F4	•	QF	•				F4	•	RU	•		•			QF	F4	RU	QF
Boston College	Hockey East	37	33	26	12	5	F4	CH	F4				F4		F4			F4				F4		RU			F4					F4					RU						QF	F4	QF	QF		QF	F4	•							RU	F4	RU	CH		QF	F4	QF	RU	RU	CH		CH	•	CH	•	F4	•	F4				QF			RU
Boston University	Hockey East	39	33	24	11	5			RU	F4		F4							F4						F4	RU				CH	CH		F4	F4	F4	F4	CH						QF		QF				F4	RU	•	F4	RU	CH	F4	RU	QF		QF		QF	QF		•	QF	•		CH			•			RU	•	QF	QF		•		F4	F4
Michigan Tech	CCHA	16	10	10	7	3									RU				RU		CH			CH				F4	F4				RU	CH	RU					F4																																		•		•	•			•	•	•
Michigan State	Big Ten	28	20	11	5	3												RU							CH	F4															QF	QF	F4	QF	CH	RU	QF	F4	QF		F4		•	•	•	•	QF	F4	•	F4	•		•		QF	CH	QF				•											QF
Minnesota Duluth	NCHC	15	15	8	5	3																																				QF	RU	F4								QF											F4					QF		CH	QF			QF	QF	RU	CH	CH	F4	QF
Lake Superior State	CCHA	11	10	4	4	3																																						QF			CH	QF	QF	QF	CH	RU	CH	QF	QF																								•
Maine	Hockey East	19	15	11	5	2																																								QF	F4	F4	QF	F4	QF	CH		RU				CH	F4	QF	RU	•	RU	•	F4	F4					•											•
Colorado College	NCHC	20	18	10	5	2	F4	F4	CH	F4	RU			RU		CH																					QF																	QF	RU	F4	QF	QF		QF	QF	QF		F4	•		•			QF
Cornell	ECAC	24	19	8	4	2																				CH	F4	RU	CH		RU	F4							F4	QF					QF					•					•	QF					QF	F4		QF	QF			QF	•		QF					•	•	QF			QF	QF
Rensselaer	ECAC	9	6	5	2	2						F4	CH							F4			F4																				QF	CH									•	•																•
Harvard	ECAC	27	15	13	3	1								F4		F4	F4											F4		F4			F4	F4							QF	RU		QF	RU	F4	•	CH				•	F4								•	•	•	•	•									•	•	F4		•		•	•
Quinnipiac	ECAC	10	6	3	3	1																																																							•											RU	•	•	RU			QF	•	QF	CH	QF
Providence	Hockey East	15	10	5	2	1																	F4														QF			QF		F4		RU				QF		•					•					•													QF	CH	•	•	QF	F4
Northern Michigan	CCHA	8	5	3	2	1																																	RU	F4								•		CH	QF	QF						•											•
Massachusetts	Hockey East	5	3	2	2	1																																																												QF												RU	CH	•		•
Bowling Green	CCHA	10	7	2	1	1																														QF	F4	QF			QF		CH			QF	QF	•	•																													•
Yale	ECAC	8	4	2	1	1					F4																																														•											•	QF	QF		CH		•	•
Union	ECAC	5	3	2	1	1																																																																•	F4	QF	CH			•
Clarkson	ECAC	22	14	7	3	-										F4	F4				RU	F4			RU				RU											QF	QF		QF						•	F4	•	•		•	QF	QF	•	QF								•	QF										•	•
St. Lawrence	ECAC	16	12	9	2	-					F4			F4	F4			F4	F4	RU	F4																					QF				QF	RU	•			QF							•	F4	•						•
New Hampshire	Hockey East	22	14	7	2	-																														F4		F4			F4	QF									•		QF	•		•	F4	RU	•		F4	RU	•	QF	•	•	•	QF	QF	QF		QF
Notre Dame	Big Ten	13	7	4	2	-																																																									•			QF	RU	•		F4		•	•		•	F4	RU	QF	•	QF
Dartmouth	ECAC	4	4	4	2	-	RU	RU																														F4	F4
Brown	ECAC	4	3	3	1	-				RU														F4											F4																	•
St. Cloud State	NCHC	17	7	2	1	-																																										•											•	QF	•	•				•	•		QF			F4	QF	QF	•		•	•	RU	•	QF
Miami	NCHC	12	5	2	1	-																																														•				•							•		•	QF	QF	RU	F4	•	•	QF		•
Minnesota State	CCHA	9	2	2	1	-																																																								•										•	•	•			•	•	F4	RU	•
Ferris State	CCHA	4	4	1	1	-																																																								QF									RU		QF		QF
Colgate	ECAC	6	2	1	1	-																																		QF									RU										•					•									•								•
Ohio State	Big Ten	10	3	2	-	-																																																			F4	•				•	•	•				•								•	F4	•			QF
Vermont	Hockey East	6	2	2	-	-																																									•								F4	•												F4	•				•
UMass Lowell	Hockey East	9	7	1	-	-																																									•						QF		QF																QF	F4	QF		QF	QF				•
Bemidji State	CCHA	5	2	1	-	-																																																										•	•			F4	•										QF
RIT	AHA	4	2	1	-	-																																																															F4					QF	•							•
Northeastern	Hockey East	8	1	1	-	-																																			F4						•						•															•							•		•	•		•
Omaha	NCHC	5	1	1	-	-																																																											•					•				F4					•			•
Air Force	AHA	7	3	-	-	-																																																												•	•	QF		•	•					QF	QF
Western Michigan	NCHC	9	2	-	-	-																																							QF								•		•															•	•					•				QF	•	•
Penn State	Big Ten	3	2	-	-	-																																																																						QF	•				QF
Niagara	AHA	4	1	-	-	-																																																					QF				•				•					•
Merrimack	Hockey East	3	1	-	-	-																																									QF																							•											•
Alaska Anchorage	Independent	3	1	-	-	-																																											•	QF	•
American International	AHA	3	1	-	-	-																																																																								QF	•	•
Holy Cross	AHA	2	1	-	-	-																																																									•		QF
Princeton	ECAC	4	-	-	-	-																																																			•										•	•									•
Mercyhurst	AHA	3	-	-	-	-																																																						•		•		•
Alabama–Huntsville	on hiatus[8]	2	-	-	-	-																																																												•			•
Canisius	AHA	2	-	-	-	-																																																																		•									•
Wayne State	defunct [9]	1	-	-	-	-																																																								•
Robert Morris	AHA	1	-	-	-	-																																																																			•
Arizona State	Independent[a]	1	-	-	-	-																																																																								•
Alaska	Independent	-	-	-	-	-																																																															•

1. Arizona State will join the NCHC for the 2024–25 season.

Records

Points in a Championship Game Player School Year Goals Assists Points Wally Gacek Michigan 1948 3 3 6 Chris Ray Colorado College 1950 4 2 6 Bob McCusker Colorado College 1957 4 2 6 Wally Grant Michigan 1948 2 3 5 Harry Whitworth Colorado College 1950 2 3 5 Bill Masterton Denver 1961 3 2 5 Tom Vannelli Minnesota 1976 1 4 5 Phil Sykes North Dakota 1980 1 4 5 Ted Greer Michigan 1948 1 3 4 Tony Frasca Colorado College 1950 2 2 4 Ron Hartwell Colorado College 1950 2 2 4 Neil McDonald Michigan 1956 2 2 4 Dick Wilson Michigan Tech 1956 2 2 4 Bill Hay Colorado College 1957 2 2 4 Murray Massier Denver 1958 1 3 4 Jerry Walker Denver 1961 1 3 4 Grant Munro Denver 1961 2 2 4 Trent Beatty Denver 1961 2 2 4 John Ivanitz Michigan Tech 1962 3 1 4 Jerry Sullivan Michigan Tech 1962 2 2 4 Gary Milroy Michigan Tech 1965 2 2 4 Pat Phippen Minnesota 1976 1 3 4 Doug Smail North Dakota 1980 4 0 4 John Newberry Wisconsin 1981 2 2 4 Phil Sykes North Dakota 1982 3 1 4 Scott Beattie Northern Michigan 1991 3 1 4 Gerald Tallaire Lake Superior State 1994 0 4 4 Rob Valicevic Lake Superior State 1994 2 2 4 Nathan Gerbe Boston College 2008 2 2 4 Brock Boeser North Dakota 2016 1 3 4

Points in Multiple Championships

Player	School	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Phil Sykes	North Dakota	2	4	5	9
Neil McDonald	Michigan	2	4	3	7
Pat Phippen	Minnesota	3	2	5	7
Wally Gacek	Michigan	1	3	3	6
Chris Ray	Colorado College	1	4	2	6
Bob McCusker	Colorado College	1	4	2	6
Bill Masterton	Denver	2	3	3	6
Jerry Walker	Denver	2	2	4	6

Championship Hat Tricks

Player	School	Year	Goals	Game–Winner	MOP
Wally Gacek	Michigan	1948	3
Chris Ray	Colorado College	1950	4
Ed Switzer	Michigan	1956	3	Y
Bob McCusker	Colorado College	1957	4	Y	Y
Bill Masterton	Denver	1961	3		Y
John Ivanitz	Michigan Tech	1962	3	Y
Bob Hamill*	Denver	1963	3
Dan Lodboa	Cornell	1970	3†	Y	Y
Doug Smail	North Dakota	1980	4†	Y	Y
Phil Sykes	North Dakota	1982	3	Y	Y
Allen Bourbeau*	Harvard	1986	3
John Byce	Wisconsin	1990	3
Scott Beattie	Northern Michigan	1991	3		Y
Darryl Plandowski	Northern Michigan	1991	3	Y
Jason Zent* ‡	Wisconsin	1992	3
Jim Montgomery	Maine	1993	3†	Y	Y
Jarid Lukosevicius	Denver	2017	3	Y	Y

* Was not a member of the winning team.
† Natural hat-trick.
‡ Tournament participation later vacated.

Tournament Winning Percentage

Minimum 2 tournaments

Player	School	Years	Wins	Losses	Ties	Winning Percentage
Hunter Shepard	Minnesota–Duluth	2018, 2019	8	0	0	1.000
Darren Jensen	North Dakota	1980, 1982	5	0	0	1.000
Lorne Howes	Michigan	1955, 1956	4	0	0	1.000
George Kirkwood	Denver	1960, 1961	4	0	0	1.000
Gerry Powers	Denver	1968, 1969	4	0	0	1.000
Marc Behrend	Wisconsin	1981, 1982, 1983	7	0	1	.938
John Muse	Boston College	2008, 2010, 2011	8	1	0	.889
Filip Lindberg	Massachusetts	2019, 2021	6	1	0	.857
Blaine Lacher	Lake Superior State	1992, 1993, 1994	6	1	0	.857
Kenny Reiter	Minnesota–Duluth	2011, 2012	5	1	0	.833
Jon Gillies	Providence	2014, 2015	5	1	0	.833
Marty Turco	Michigan	1995, 1996, 1997, 1998	9	2	0	.818
Willard Ikola	Michigan	1952, 1953, 1954	4	1	0	.800
Bob Essensa	Michigan State	1984, 1985, 1986, 1987	4	1	0	.800
Parker Milner	Boston College	2012, 2013	4	1	0	.800
Cam Johnson	North Dakota	2016, 2017	4	1	0	.800
Scott Clemmensen	Boston College	1998, 1999, 2000, 2001	10	3	0	.769
Jeff Lerg	Michigan State	2006, 2007, 2008	6	2	0	.750
Jack McDonald	Michigan	1948, 1949	3	1	0	.750
Bob Fox	Rensselaer	1953, 1954	3	1	0	.750
Gaye Cooley	Michigan State	1966, 1967	3	1	0	.750
Jim Craig	Boston University	1977, 1978	3	1	0	.750
Tanner Jaillet	Denver	2015, 2016, 2017, 2018	8	3	0	.727
Duane Derksen	Wisconsin	1990, 1991, 1992	7	3	0	.700
Cory Schneider	Boston College	2005, 2006, 2007	7	3	0	.700

Tournament Droughts

The following is a list of teams that have not made an NCAA tournament anytime in the last 10 seasons.

School	Appearances	Last Appearance
Alaska	0 †	Never†
Alaska Anchorage	3	1992
Army	0	Never
Bentley	0	Never
Brown	4	1993
Connecticut	0	Never
Dartmouth	4	1980
Holy Cross	2	2006
Mercyhurst	3	2005
Rensselaer	9	2011
Sacred Heart	0	Never
St. Lawrence	16	2007 ‡

† Alaska's only appearance in 2010 was later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.^[10]
‡ St. Lawrence received an automatic bid in 2021, however, the team had to decline the invitation due to a positive COVID-19 test from their head coach.^[11]

Awards

Main article: List of NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Tournament Most Outstanding Player

At the conclusion of each tournament both an all-tournament team and 'Most Outstanding Player in Tournament' is named. Both achievements have been in effect since the inaugural championship in 1948

See also

• NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Championship
• NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship
• NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament (National Collegiate division; de facto equivalent to Division I)

References

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2. "Attendance records and sites" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
3. "Men's Tournament records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
4. "Men's coaching records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
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7. "Canceled: Michigan vs. Ohio State in Big Ten hockey semifinal". 13 March 2020.
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9. Wodon, Adam (March 11, 2008). "Wayne State Bids Farewell". College Hockey News. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
10. "NCAA bans Nanooks from postseason, takes away victories". Anchorage Daily News. 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
11. "St. Lawrence Withdraws From NCAAs Over Positive COVID-19 Test". College Hockey News. Retrieved 2021-03-22.