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

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
width=14%Schoolwidth=11%Tournament appearanceswidth=50%Tournament yearswidth=25%Best result
align=center style=";" 411948, 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, 2024bgcolor=goldChampions (1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998)
align=center style=";" 411953, 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, 2024bgcolor=goldChampions (1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003)
align=center style=";" 391950, 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, 2024bgcolor=goldChampions (1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009)
align=center style=";" 371948, 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, 2024bgcolor=goldChampions (1949, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012)
align=center style=";" 351958, 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, 2024bgcolor=goldChampions (1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016)
align=center style=";" 331958, 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, 2024bgcolor=goldChampions (1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2022, 2024)
align=center style=";" 281959, 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, 2024bgcolor=goldChampions (1966, 1986, 2007)
align=center style=";" 271955, 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, 2024bgcolor=goldChampions (1989)
align=center style=";" 271970, 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, 2024bgcolor=goldChampions (1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006)
align=center style=";" 241967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024bgcolor=goldChampions (1967, 1970)
align=center style=";" 221957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019bgcolor=silverRunners-Up (1962, 1966, 1970)
align=center style=";" 221977, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013bgcolor=silverRunners-Up (1999, 2003)
align=center style=";" 201948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1979, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011bgcolor=goldChampions (1950, 1957)
align=center style=";" 191987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2024bgcolor=goldChampions (1993, 1999)
align=center style=";" 171989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023bgcolor=silverRunners-Up (2021)
align=center style=";" 161956, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024bgcolor=goldChampions (1962, 1965, 1975)
align=center style=";" 161952, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2021bgcolor=silverRunners-Up (1961, 1988)
align=center style=";" 151964, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019bgcolor=goldChampions (2015)
align=center style=";" 151983, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022bgcolor=goldChampions (2011, 2018, 2019)
align=center style=";" 132004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022bgcolor=silverRunners-Up (2008, 2018)
align=center style=";" 121993, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015bgcolor=silverRunners-Up (2009)
align=center style=";" 111985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2021bgcolor=goldChampions (1988, 1992, 1994)
align=center style=";" 101977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2019bgcolor=goldChampions (1984)
align=center style=";" 101998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023Frozen Four (1998, 2018)
align=center style=";" 102002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024bgcolor=goldChampions (2023)
align=center style=";" 91953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 2011bgcolor=goldChampions (1954, 1985)
align=center style=";" 91988, 1994, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022Frozen Four (2013)
align=center style=";" 92003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023bgcolor=silverRunners-Up (2022)
align=center style=";" 91986, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024Regional Final (2022)
align=center style=";" 81982, 1988, 1994, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022Frozen Four (1982)
align=center style=";" 81980, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2010bgcolor=goldChampions (1991)
align=center style=";" 81952, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016bgcolor=goldChampions (2013)
align=center style=";" 72007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018Regional Final (2009, 2017, 2018)
align=center style=";" 61981, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2023bgcolor=silverRunners-Up (1990)
align=center style=";" 61988, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014Frozen Four (1996, 2009)
align=center style=";" 52005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2021Frozen Four (2009)
align=center style=";" 52007, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024bgcolor=goldChampions (2021)
align=center style=";" 52006, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2024Frozen Four (2015)
align=center style=";" 52011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017bgcolor=goldChampions (2014)
align=center style=";" 41951, 1965, 1976, 1993bgcolor=silverRunners-Up (1951)
align=center style=";" 41948, 1949, 1979, 1980bgcolor=silverRunners-Up (1948, 1949)
align=center style=";" 42003, 2012, 2014, 2016bgcolor=silverRunners-Up (2012)
align=center style=";" 42000, 2004, 2008, 2013Regional Final (2000)
align=center style=";" 41998, 2008, 2009, 2018First Round (1998, 2008, 2009, 2018)
align=center style=";" 42010, 2015, 2016, 2024Frozen Four (2010)
align=center style=";" 31990, 1991, 1992Regional Final (1991)
align=center style=";" 32019, 2021, 2022Regional Final (2019)
align=center style=";" 32001, 2003, 2005First Round (2001, 2003, 2005)
align=center style=";" 31988, 2011, 2023Regional Final (1988)
align=center style=";" 32017, 2018, 2023Regional Final (2017)
align=center style=";" 22007, 2010First Round (2007, 2010)
align=center style=";" 22013, 2023First Round (2013)
align=center style=";" 22004, 2006Regional Final (2006)
align=center style=";" 12019First Round (2019)
align=center style=";" 12014First Round (2014)
align=center style=";" 12003First Round (2003)
align=center style=";" 02010First 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.

SchoolJoined Div. I
Army1980†
Bentley1999
Connecticut1998
Lindenwood2022
Long Island2020
Sacred Heart1998
St. Thomas2021
Stonehill2022
† Army played in Division II from 1973 through 1980 but was in the top division prior to 1973.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament History. NCAA. NCAA.org. December 6, 2013. 30.