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
Time in the NAIA is included for any team so long as they played at the varsity level.
as of July 4, 2024.
Division I
Main article: List of NCAA Division I ice hockey programsMen's
Women's
Division II
Main article: List of NCAA Division II ice hockey programsMen's
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
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
Main article: List of NCAA Division III ice hockey programsMen's
- Previously known as North Adams State College
- Albertus Magnus will join UCHC in 2025–26.
- Keene State will join the LEC in 2025–26.
† 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 UCHC in 2025–26.
- Previously known as North Adams State College
- Keene State will join the LEC in 2025–26.
Future teams
Division I
Men's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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Binghamton University | Vestal, New York | Bearcats | 1987–88 | TBA |
Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, British Columbia | Red Leafs | 2005–06 | Independent |
Tennessee State University | Nashville, Tennessee | Tigers | TBD | TBA |
- Binghamton is planning on restarting its men's program. 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
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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University of Delaware | Newark, Delaware | Fightin' Blue Hens | 2025–26 | AHA |
Tennessee State University | Nashville, Tennessee | Lady Tigers | TBD | TBA |
Division III
Men's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hiram College | Hiram, Ohio | Terriers | 2025–26 | TBA |
Roger Williams University | Bristol, Rhode Island | Hawks | 2025–26 | CNE |
St. John Fisher University | Pittsford, New York | Cardinals | 2025–26 | UCHC |
Western Connecticut University | Danbury, Connecticut | Wolves | 2025–26 | LEC |
Women's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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Roger Williams University | Bristol, Rhode Island | Hawks | 2026–27 | CNE |
St. John Fisher University | Pittsford, New York | Cardinals | 2025–26 | UCHC |
Western Connecticut University | Danbury, Connecticut | Wolves | 2026–27 | LEC |
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.
Division I
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.
- 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Men's
- Still holds record for second-most league titles
Division III
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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Currently Inactive |
Pre-NCAA Tournament
Men's programs starting thru 1918
Men's programs starting from 1919 thru 1945
NCAA Tournament
Men's programs after World War II
Men's programs beginning after World War II thru 1975
† Boston State merged with UMass Boston in 1982.
Men's programs beginning after 1975 thru 2000
Men's programs after 2000
Men's programs starting after 2000
References
- "Hiram College to add men's D-III hockey in 2025-26 season, names Curto head coach". April 18, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ "ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY ADDS VARSITY MEN'S ICE HOCKEY, WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY, AND WOMEN'S GOLF PROGRAMS". Roger Williams Hawks. September 12, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
- "St. John Fisher University Announces New NCAA Division III Hockey Teams". St. John Fisher University. January 10, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
- ^ "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.
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- "Villanova backs out of Icer game". February 26, 1998. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
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