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.
Current teams[edit]
Time in the NAIA is included for any team so long as they played at the varsity level.
as of May 7, 2024.
Division I[edit]
Men's[edit]
Women's[edit]
Division II[edit]
Men's[edit]
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Number of seasons | Conference |
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Saint Michael's College | Colchester, Vermont | Purple Knights | 1922–23 | 65 | Northeast-10 |
Assumption University (Worcester) | Worcester, Massachusetts | Greyhounds | 1918–19 | 60 | Northeast-10 |
Saint Anselm College | Goffstown, New Hampshire | Hawks | 1969–70 | 54 | Northeast-10 |
Southern New Hampshire University | Manchester, New Hampshire | Penmen | 1975–76 | 48 | Northeast-10 |
Franklin Pierce University | Rindge, New Hampshire | Ravens | 2002–03 | 22 | Northeast-10 |
Post University | Waterbury, Connecticut | Eagles | 2016–17 | 7 | Northeast-10 |
Women's[edit]
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 started women's varsity play in 2023–24 as a NEWHA member.
Division III[edit]
Men's[edit]
† 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[edit]
Future teams[edit]
Division I[edit]
Men's[edit]
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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Binghamton University | Vestal, New York | Bearcats | 1987–88[a] | TBA |
Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, British Columbia | Red Leafs | 2005–06 | Independent[b] |
Tennessee State University | Nashville, Tennessee | Tigers | TBD | 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.
- ^ Simon Fraser plans to elevate their current BCIHL club-level team to DI "in 12–24 months" from December 2023 and re-establish another club team to continue play in the BCIHL.
Women's[edit]
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
---|---|---|---|---|
University of Delaware | Newark, Delaware | Fightin' Blue Hens | 2025–26 | AHA |
Tennessee State University | Nashville, Tennessee | Lady Tigers | TBD | TBA |
Division III[edit]
Men's[edit]
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hiram College | Hiram, Ohio | Terriers | 2025–26[1] | TBA |
Keene State College | Keene, New Hampshire | Owls | 1982–83[a] | Independent[b] |
St. John Fisher University | Pittsford, New York | Cardinals | 2025–26[2] | UCHC |
Western Conneticut University | Danbury, Connecticut | Wolves | 2025–26[3] | LEC |
Women's[edit]
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Framingham State University | Framingham, Massachusetts | Rams | 2024–25 | MASCAC |
Keene State College | Keene, New Hampshire | Owls | 2024–25 | Independent[a] |
Milwaukee School of Engineering | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Raiders | 2024–25 | NCHA |
St. John Fisher University | Pittsford, New York | Cardinals | 2025–26 | UCHC |
Western Connecticut University | Danbury, Connecticut | Wolves | 2026–27[3] | LEC |
- ^ Keene State will join the LEC in 2025–26.
Former teams[edit]
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.
Division I[edit]
Men's[edit]
- ^ 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.[4]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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[edit]
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 |
Niagara University | Lewiston, New York | Purple Eagles | 1998–99 | 2011–12 | 14 | CHA |
Division II[edit]
Men's[edit]
- ^ Still holds record for second-most league titles
Division III[edit]
Men's[edit]
Women's[edit]
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Last season | Total seasons | Conference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Finlandia University | Hancock, Michigan | Lions | 2004–05 | 2022–23 | 18 | NCHA |
See also[edit]
- "List of Defunct teams". College Hockey News.
Timeline[edit]
Legend[edit]
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Currently Inactive |
Pre-NCAA Tournament[edit]
Men's programs starting thru 1918[edit]
Men's programs starting from 1919 thru 1945[edit]
NCAA Tournament[edit]
Men's programs after World War II[edit]
Men's programs beginning after World War II thru 1975[edit]
† Boston State merged with UMass Boston in 1982.
Men's programs beginning after 1975 thru 2000[edit]
Men's programs after 2000[edit]
Men's programs starting after 2000[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Hiram College to add men's D-III hockey in 2025-26 season, names Curto head coach". April 18, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ "St. John Fisher University Announces New NCAA Division III Hockey Teams". St. John Fisher University. January 10, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
- ^ a b "Western Connecticut State to add men's and women's ice hockey programs". April 18, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ "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.