NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament appearances by team

The following is a list of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey teams that have qualified for the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championship as of 2024 with teams listed by number of appearances.[1]

NCAA men's Division I ice hockey tournament
School Tournament appearances Tournament years Best result
Michigan 41 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1977, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Champions (1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998)
Minnesota 41 1953, 1954, 1961, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Champions (1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003)
Boston University 39 1950, 1951, 1953, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024 Champions (1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009)
Boston College 37 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2024 Champions (1949, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012)
North Dakota 35 1958, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2024 Champions (1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016)
Denver 33 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973†, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 Champions (1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2022, 2024)
Michigan State 28 1959, 1966, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2024 Champions (1966, 1986, 2007)
Harvard 27 1955, 1957, 1958, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 Champions (1989)
Wisconsin 27 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992†, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2024 Champions (1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006)
Cornell 24 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 Champions (1967, 1970)
Clarkson 22 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019 Runners-Up (1962, 1966, 1970)
New Hampshire 22 1977, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 Runners-Up (1999, 2003)
Colorado College 20 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1979, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011 Champions (1950, 1957)
Maine 19 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2024 Champions (1993, 1999)
St. Cloud State 17 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 Runners-Up (2021)
Michigan Tech 16 1956, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 Champions (1962, 1965, 1975)
St. Lawrence 16 1952, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2021 Runners-Up (1961, 1988)
Providence 15 1964, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Champions (2015)
Minnesota Duluth 15 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 Champions (2011, 2018, 2019)
Notre Dame 13 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 Runners-Up (2008, 2018)
Miami 12 1993, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 Runners-Up (2009)
Lake Superior State 11 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2021 Champions (1988, 1992, 1994)
Bowling Green 10 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2019 Champions (1984)
Ohio State 10 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023 Frozen Four (1998, 2018)
Quinnipiac 10 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Champions (2023)
RPI 9 1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 2011 Champions (1954, 1985)
UMass Lowell 9 1988, 1994, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022 Frozen Four (2013)
Minnesota State 9 2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 Runners-Up (2022)
Western Michigan 9 1986, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024 Regional Final (2022)
Northeastern 8 1982, 1988, 1994, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022 Frozen Four (1982)
Northern Michigan 8 1980, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2010 Champions (1991)
Yale 8 1952, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 Champions (2013)
Air Force 7 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018 Regional Final (2009, 2017, 2018)
Colgate 6 1981, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2023 Runners-Up (1990)
Vermont 6 1988, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014 Frozen Four (1996, 2009)
Bemidji State 5 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2021 Frozen Four (2009)
UMass 5 2007, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 Champions (2021)
Omaha 5 2006, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2024 Frozen Four (2015)
Union 5 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 Champions (2014)
Brown 4 1951, 1965, 1976, 1993 Runners-Up (1951)
Dartmouth 4 1948, 1949, 1979, 1980 Runners-Up (1948, 1949)
Ferris State 4 2003, 2012, 2014, 2016 Runners-Up (2012)
Niagara 4 2000, 2004, 2008, 2013 Regional Final (2000)
Princeton 4 1998, 2008, 2009, 2018 First Round (1998, 2008, 2009, 2018)
RIT 4 2010, 2015, 2016, 2024 Frozen Four (2010)
Alaska Anchorage 3 1990, 1991, 1992 Regional Final (1991)
American International 3 2019, 2021, 2022 Regional Final (2019)
Mercyhurst 3 2001, 2003, 2005 First Round (2001, 2003, 2005)
Merrimack 3 1988, 2011, 2023 Regional Final (1988)
Penn State 3 2017, 2018, 2023 Regional Final (2017)
Alabama–Huntsville 2 2007, 2010 First Round (2007, 2010)
Canisius 2 2013, 2023 First Round (2013)
Holy Cross 2 2004, 2006 Regional Final (2006)
Arizona State 1 2019 First Round (2019)
Robert Morris 1 2014 First Round (2014)
Wayne State 1 2003 First Round (2003)
Alaska 0 2010 First Round (2010)

Schools in Italics no longer compete in Division I.

† Appearance vacated by the NCAA.

‡ St. Lawrence received an automatic bid to the 2021 tournament but withdrew before seeding.

Teams without a tournament appearance

The following active Division I programs have never qualified for the NCAA tournament.

School Joined Div. I
Army 1980†
Augustana (SD) 2023
Bentley 1999
Lindenwood 2022
Long Island 2020
Sacred Heart 1998
St. Thomas 2021
Stonehill 2022
UConn 1998

† Army played in Division II from 1973 through 1980 but was in the top division prior to 1973.

References

  1. ^ "Tournament History" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 30. Retrieved December 6, 2013.