What does NCAA stand for?

NCAA stands for NCAA Division I.

How many teams play in the NCAA?

The NCAA currently consists of 62 teams.

Who won the most recent NCAA championship?

Univ. of Denver won the most recent NCAA championship in 2026.

NCAA Division I NCAA 1971-1972

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1971-1972

1971-1972 Season

Univ. of Denver finished first in the 1971-72 NCAA standings with 54 points. Univ. of Wisconsin (48 points) and Univ. of North Dakota (44 points) followed.

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1971-1972 NCAA Standings

1971-1972 NCAA — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Univ. of Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CCHA
1.	Ohio State Univ.	29	24	0	5	-	-	154	71	83	16	0.55	-
2.	St. Louis Univ.	33	15	3	15	-	-	194	156	38	16	0.48	-
3.	Bowling Green State Univ.	33	21	2	10	-	-	172	123	49	14	0.42	-
4.	Ohio Univ.	24	7	0	17	-	-	97	132	-35	2	0.08	-
ECAC
1.	Cornell Univ.	29	23	0	6	-	-	175	82	93	34	1.17	Final loss
2.	Harvard Univ.	26	17	1	8	-	-	127	76	51	33	1.27	-
3.	Boston Univ.	31	26	1	4	-	-	155	69	86	31	1.00	Champion
4.	Univ. of Pennsylvania	25	16	0	9	-	-	122	90	32	28	1.12	-
5.	Univ. of New Hampshire	30	20	0	10	-	-	140	109	31	24	0.80	-
6.	Clarkson Univ.	30	20	0	10	-	-	158	102	56	24	0.80	-
7.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	27	17	1	9	-	-	123	84	39	19	0.70	-
8.	Providence College	24	14	1	9	-	-	106	102	4	18	0.75	-
9.	Dartmouth College	24	13	1	10	-	-	120	103	17	19	0.79	-
10.	Boston College	30	14	0	16	-	-	130	155	-25	20	0.67	-
11.	Brown Univ.	23	10	1	12	-	-	78	84	-6	19	0.83	-
12.	St. Lawrence Univ.	26	10	2	14	-	-	100	108	-8	11	0.42	-
13.	Yale Univ.	24	10	0	14	-	-	108	128	-20	10	0.42	-
14.	Colgate Univ.	26	8	0	18	-	-	83	122	-39	10	0.38	-
15.	Princeton Univ.	23	5	0	18	-	-	62	127	-65	10	0.43	-
16.	Northeastern Univ.	26	6	0	20	-	-	102	145	-43	6	0.23	-
17.	Army (U.S. Military Academy)	25	11	0	14	-	-	99	88	11	2	0.08	-
Independent
1.	Air Force Academy	31	25	0	6	-	-	226	119	107	-	-	-
2.	Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks	11	6	0	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
WCHA
1.	Univ. of Denver	38	27	0	11	-	-	205	137	68	54	1.42	Frozen Four
2.	Univ. of Wisconsin	38	27	1	10	-	-	170	106	64	48	1.26	Frozen Four
3.	Univ. of North Dakota	36	21	1	14	-	-	161	138	23	44	1.22	-
4.	Michigan State Univ.	36	20	0	16	-	-	154	129	25	42	1.17	-
5.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	35	16	1	18	-	-	148	150	-2	40	1.14	-
6.	Univ. of Michigan	34	16	0	18	-	-	132	186	-54	32	0.94	-
7.	Michigan Tech	34	16	1	17	-	-	152	148	4	30	0.88	-
8.	Colorado College	32	13	0	19	-	-	170	180	-10	28	0.88	-
9.	Univ. of Notre Dame	34	14	0	20	-	-	164	160	4	28	0.82	-
10.	Univ. of Minnesota	24	7	0	17	-	-	97	157	-60	14	0.58	-

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1971-1972 NCAA Player Stats

1971-1972 NCAA — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Dave Skalko (F)	31	27	49	76	33
2.	Douglas Palazzari (F)	32	32	40	72	42
3.	Bob Ross (F)	31	39	31	70	8
4.	Tom Peluso (F)	37	32	37	69	73
5.	Mike Bartley (F)	33	37	31	68	6

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1971-1972 NCAA Goalie Stats

1971-1972 NCAA — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Richard Perkins (G)	12	1.92	.940
2.	Dave Elenbaas (G)	28	2.79	.902
3.	Douglas Hastings (G)	12	3.90	.900
4.	Jim Makey (G)	26	3.08	.900
5.	Don Boyd (G)	10	3.65	.898

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1971-1972 NCAA Demographics

NCAA Games

NCAA — Games
date	home	visiting	score
10/31/2026 04:00 PM GMT-4	Army (U.S. Military Academy)	RIT (Rochester Inst. of Tech.)	-
10/31/2026 12:00 PM GMT-4	Quinnipiac Univ.	Providence College	5 - 1
10/30/2026 07:00 PM GMT-6	Colorado College	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	0 - 1
10/30/2026 07:00 PM GMT-6	Univ. of Denver	Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha	2 - 1
10/30/2026 07:07 PM GMT-5	Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato)	Lake Superior State Univ.	2 - 2 (SO)

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NCAA Transactions

NCAA — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/31/2026	Confirmed	Fyodor Nikolayenya (F)	Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks	Univ. of Wisconsin-Stout	Details
10/31/2026	Confirmed	Landon MacDonald (F)	Northern Michigan Univ.	St. Norbert College	Details
10/31/2026	Confirmed	Brady Yakesh (D)	Lindenwood Univ.	St. Norbert College	Details
10/31/2026	Confirmed	Nick Avakyan (G)	Clarkson Univ.	Univ. of New England	Details
10/31/2026	Confirmed	Shane Kozlina (F)	Colorado College	SUNY-Geneseo	Details

2026-2027 NCAA Free Agents

2026-2027 NCAA — Free Agents
Team	Player
Bentley Univ.	Jake Black (F)
Princeton Univ.	David Jacobs (F)
Sacred Heart Univ.	Mikey Adamson (D)
Bentley Univ.	Stevie Castagna (F)
Bemidji State Univ.	Adam Flammang (F)

2027-2028 NCAA Free Agents

2027-2028 NCAA — Free Agents
Team	Player
Univ. of Michigan	Jayden Perron (F)
Western Michigan Univ.	William Whitelaw (F)
Univ. of Michigan	Nicholas Moldenhauer (F)
Lindenwood Univ.	Michael Bevilacqua (D)
Bowling Green State Univ.	Brody Waters (F)

NCAA Team Comparison (Averages)

1971-1972 NCAA — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Air Force Academy	22	599	5'11"	174 lbs	20.15
2.	Army (U.S. Military Academy)	17	0	6'1"	-	-
3.	Boston College	22	707	5'11"	179 lbs	20.33
4.	Boston Univ.	25	1 188	5'10"	179 lbs	21.83
5.	Bowling Green State Univ.	30	595	5'10"	172 lbs	21.40
6.	Brown Univ.	24	49	5'11"	174 lbs	21.00
7.	Clarkson Univ.	21	920	6'0"	179 lbs	21.38
8.	Colgate Univ.	23	69	6'1"	194 lbs	20.20
9.	Colorado College	26	599	5'10"	176 lbs	20.09
10.	Cornell Univ.	23	939	5'10"	176 lbs	21.85
11.	Dartmouth College	15	0	5'11"	176 lbs	20.67
12.	Harvard Univ.	26	105	5'10"	172 lbs	20.57
13.	Michigan State Univ.	24	1 184	5'10"	172 lbs	21.40
14.	Michigan Tech	22	1 045	5'11"	181 lbs	21.15
15.	Northeastern Univ.	19	659	6'2"	194 lbs	22.50
16.	Ohio State Univ.	23	996	5'10"	176 lbs	21.63
17.	Ohio Univ.	13	650	5'10"	168 lbs	22.33
18.	Princeton Univ.	20	23	6'1"	194 lbs	20.00
19.	Providence College	26	321	5'10"	174 lbs	21.25
20.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	27	834	5'10"	174 lbs	21.33
21.	St. Lawrence Univ.	28	737	5'10"	176 lbs	22.11
22.	St. Louis Univ.	25	32	5'10"	170 lbs	20.33
23.	Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks	20	11	-	-	31.50
24.	Univ. of Denver	23	1 316	5'11"	185 lbs	20.90
25.	Univ. of Illinois	22	0	5'11"	190 lbs	-
26.	Univ. of Michigan	27	537	5'10"	172 lbs	20.89
27.	Univ. of Minnesota	27	972	5'11"	181 lbs	20.33
28.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	20	852	5'11"	183 lbs	21.13
29.	Univ. of New Hampshire	25	966	5'10"	183 lbs	20.84
30.	Univ. of North Dakota	23	1 212	6'0"	185 lbs	20.55
31.	Univ. of Notre Dame	30	1 499	5'10"	174 lbs	20.67
32.	Univ. of Pennsylvania	24	37	5'11"	174 lbs	21.09
33.	Univ. of Wisconsin	31	1 373	5'10"	172 lbs	20.77
34.	Yale Univ.	20	128	6'0"	192 lbs	21.25

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

NCAA — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Ty Jackson (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	14	12	23	35	0
2.	Dylan Jackson (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	14	11	21	32	6
3.	Tyler Kelleher (F)	2026-2027	Leksands IF	HockeyAllsvenskan	15	12	18	30	8
4.	Phil Marinaccio (F)	2026-2027	Tilburg Trappers	Oberliga	13	10	18	28	13
5.	Jackson Nieuwendyk (F)	2026-2027	Oklahoma State Univ.	ACHA II	12	12	14	26	12
6.	Andrei Buyalsky (F)	2026-2027	Polonia Bytom	PHL	16	12	14	26	0
7.	Harrison Roy (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	14	13	12	25	4
8.	Poul Andersen (F)	2026-2027	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	15	13	12	25	4
9.	Braidy Wassilyn (F)	2026-2027	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	15	12	13	25	2
10.	Max Dukovac (F)	2026-2027	Telford Tigers	NIHL	13	9	15	24	6

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NCAA All-Time Points

NCAA — All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tom Ross (F)	155	138	186	324
2.	Mike Zuke (F)	163	133	177	310
3.	Jim Montgomery (F)	170	103	198	301
4.	Steve Colp (F)	138	132	168	300
5.	John Mayasich (F)	111	144	154	298

NCAA All-Time Goals

NCAA — All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Chuck Delich (F)	109	156	123	279
2.	Frank Chiarelli (F)	80	155	111	266
3.	John Mayasich (F)	111	144	154	298
4.	Denny Felsner (F)	162	139	122	261
5.	Tom Ross (F)	155	138	186	324

NCAA All-Time Assists

NCAA — All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Wayne Gagné (D)	160	42	199	241
2.	Jim Montgomery (F)	170	103	198	301
3.	Greg Johnson (F)	155	74	198	272
4.	Theran Welsh (D)	161	34	194	228
5.	Paul Polillo (F)	165	82	189	271

NCAA All-Time Penalty Min.

NCAA — All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Dan Mandich (D)	145	51	138	617
2.	Jim Archibald (F)	159	75	144	540
3.	Chris Tamer (D)	169	19	78	515
4.	Darcy Martini (D)	124	19	63	499
5.	Craig Paterson (D)	136	10	34	494

NCAA All-Time Games Played

NCAA — All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Brandon Kruse (F)	189	41	127	168
2.	Connor Ford (F)	185	57	85	142
3.	Cameron Wright (F)	185	74	61	135
4.	Bryce Brodzinski (F)	185	60	59	119
5.	Connor Caponi (F)	185	18	20	38

NCAA All-Time Points Per Game

NCAA — All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Jamie Baby (F)	11	20	51	4.64
2.	Ray Chaisson (F)	32	62	125	3.91
3.	Bill Munro (F)	36	71	134	3.72
4.	Abbie Moore (F)	61	102	206	3.38
5.	Paul Midghall (F)	63	93	211	3.35

NCAA All-Time Points Per Season

NCAA — All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Tony Hrkac (F)	1986-1987	NCAA	48	46	70	116	2.42	48
2.	Bill Watson (F)	1984-1985	NCAA	46	49	60	109	2.37	48
3.	Dave Taylor (F)	1976-1977	NCAA	34	41	67	108	3.18	70
4.	David Merhar (F)	1968-1969	NCAA	-	57	50	107	-	-
5.	Aaron Broten (F)	1980-1981	NCAA	45	47	59	106	2.36	24

NCAA All-Time Goals Per Season

NCAA — All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Mike Donnelly (F)	1985-1986	NCAA	44	59	38	97	2.20	65
2.	David Merhar (F)	1968-1969	NCAA	-	57	50	107	-	-
3.	Jerry Walker (F)	1960-1961	NCAA	32	56	29	85	2.66	14
4.	Frank Chiarelli (F)	1951-1952	NCAA	18	55	24	79	4.39	6
5.	Tim Harrer (F)	1979-1980	NCAA	41	53	29	82	2.00	50

NCAA All-Time Assists Per Season

NCAA — All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Wayne Gagné (D)	1986-1987	NCAA	43	13	76	89	2.07	38
2.	Paul Kariya (F)	1992-1993	NCAA	39	25	75	100	2.56	12
3.	Tony Hrkac (F)	1986-1987	NCAA	48	46	70	116	2.42	48
4.	Dave Taylor (F)	1976-1977	NCAA	34	41	67	108	3.18	70
5.	Dallas Gaume (F)	1985-1986	NCAA	47	32	67	99	2.11	18

NCAA All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

NCAA — All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Todd Skoglund (F)	1993-1994	NCAA	34	6	8	14	0.41	267
2.	Bryan Fuss (F)	1996-1997	NCAA	34	17	18	35	1.03	211
3.	Jim Archibald (F)	1984-1985	NCAA	41	37	24	61	1.49	197
4.	Craig Paterson (D)	1992-1993	NCAA	37	4	11	15	0.41	196
5.	Steve Brent (F)	1993-1994	NCAA	35	2	5	7	0.20	195

List of NCAA Champions

NCAA — Champions
Year	Team
2026	Univ. of Denver
2025	Western Michigan Univ.
2024	Univ. of Denver
2023	Quinnipiac Univ.
2022	Univ. of Denver
2021	UMass
2019	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth
2018	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth
2017	Univ. of Denver
2016	Univ. of North Dakota
2015	Providence College
2014	Union College
2013	Yale Univ.
2012	Boston College
2011	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth
2010	Boston College
2009	Boston Univ.
2008	Boston College
2007	Michigan State Univ.
2006	Univ. of Wisconsin
2005	Univ. of Denver
2004	Univ. of Denver
2003	Univ. of Minnesota
2002	Univ. of Minnesota
2001	Boston College
2000	Univ. of North Dakota
1999	Univ. of Maine
1998	Univ. of Michigan
1997	Univ. of North Dakota
1996	Univ. of Michigan
1995	Boston Univ.
1994	Lake Superior State Univ.
1993	Univ. of Maine
1992	Lake Superior State Univ.
1991	Northern Michigan Univ.
1990	Univ. of Wisconsin
1989	Harvard Univ.
1988	Lake Superior State Univ.
1987	Univ. of North Dakota
1986	Michigan State Univ.
1985	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)
1984	Bowling Green State Univ.
1983	Univ. of Wisconsin
1982	Univ. of North Dakota
1981	Univ. of Wisconsin
1980	Univ. of North Dakota
1979	Univ. of Minnesota
1978	Boston Univ.
1977	Univ. of Wisconsin
1976	Univ. of Minnesota
1975	Michigan Tech
1974	Univ. of Minnesota
1973	Univ. of Wisconsin
1972	Boston Univ.
1971	Boston Univ.
1970	Cornell Univ.
1969	Univ. of Denver
1968	Univ. of Denver
1967	Cornell Univ.
1966	Michigan State Univ.
1965	Michigan Tech
1964	Univ. of Michigan
1963	Univ. of North Dakota
1962	Michigan Tech
1961	Univ. of Denver
1960	Univ. of Denver
1959	Univ. of North Dakota
1958	Univ. of Denver
1957	Colorado College
1956	Univ. of Michigan
1955	Univ. of Michigan
1954	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)
1953	Univ. of Michigan
1952	Univ. of Michigan
1951	Univ. of Michigan
1950	Colorado College
1949	Boston College
1948	Univ. of Michigan