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

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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

#	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

#	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

date	home	visiting	score
04/11/2026 09:30 PM UTC	Univ. of Wisconsin	Univ. of Denver	1 - 2
04/10/2026 12:30 AM UTC	Univ. of Michigan	Univ. of Denver	3 - 4 (OT 92:35)
04/09/2026 09:00 PM UTC	Univ. of North Dakota	Univ. of Wisconsin	1 - 2
03/29/2026 09:30 PM UTC	Univ. of Michigan	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	4 - 3
03/29/2026 07:00 PM UTC	Univ. of Denver	Western Michigan Univ.	6 - 2

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2026-2027 NCAA Free Agents

Team	Player
Bentley Univ.	Jake Black (F)
Princeton Univ.	David Jacobs (F)
Air Force Academy	Chris Hedden (D)
Sacred Heart Univ.	Mikey Adamson (D)
Bentley Univ.	Stevie Castagna (F)

2027-2028 NCAA Free Agents

Team	Player
Univ. of Vermont	Cameron Garvey (F)
Sacred Heart Univ.	Devin Phillips (F)
Univ. of Minnesota	Evan Murr (D)
Dartmouth College	C.J. Foley (D)
Univ. of St. Thomas	Winter Wallace (F)

Player Nationalities Throughout History

NCAA Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Air Force Academy	22	599	5'11"	174 lbs	20.08
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	21.78
5.	Bowling Green State Univ.	30	595	5'10"	172 lbs	21.36
6.	Brown Univ.	24	49	5'11"	174 lbs	20.89
7.	Clarkson Univ.	21	920	6'0"	179 lbs	21.25
8.	Colgate Univ.	23	69	6'1"	194 lbs	20.00
9.	Colorado College	26	599	5'10"	176 lbs	20.00
10.	Cornell Univ.	23	939	5'10"	176 lbs	21.62
11.	Dartmouth College	15	0	5'11"	176 lbs	20.50
12.	Harvard Univ.	26	105	5'10"	172 lbs	20.14
13.	Michigan State Univ.	24	1 184	5'10"	172 lbs	21.30
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	21.50
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	21.08
20.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	27	834	5'10"	174 lbs	21.00
21.	St. Lawrence Univ.	28	737	5'10"	176 lbs	21.89
22.	St. Louis Univ.	25	32	5'10"	170 lbs	20.25
23.	Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks	20	11	-	-	31.00
24.	Univ. of Denver	23	1 316	5'11"	185 lbs	20.80
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	20.08
28.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	20	852	5'11"	183 lbs	20.81
29.	Univ. of New Hampshire	25	966	5'10"	183 lbs	20.74
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	21.00
33.	Univ. of Wisconsin	31	1 373	5'10"	172 lbs	20.71
34.	Yale Univ.	20	128	6'0"	192 lbs	21.25

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Mario Valery-Trabucco (F)	2026-2027	Venezuela	-	3	7	0	7	18
2.	Patrick Russell (F)	2026-2027	Kölner Haie	Champions HL	3	3	3	6	6
3.	Kaden Nelson (F)	2026-2027	Oklahoma State Univ.	ACHA II	2	4	1	5	7
4.	Aapeli Räsänen (F)	2026-2027	Tappara	Champions HL	3	3	2	5	2
5.	Jimmy Vesey (F)	2026-2027	Genève-Servette HC	Champions HL	3	2	3	5	2
6.	Torkel Jennersjö (F)	2026-2027	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	5	3	1	4	2
7.	Chase Priskie (D)	2026-2027	Barys Astana	KHL	2	2	2	4	2
8.	Jackson Nieuwendyk (F)	2026-2027	Oklahoma State Univ.	ACHA II	2	1	3	4	0
9.	Camden Shasby (D)	2026-2027	Oklahoma State Univ.	ACHA II	2	1	3	4	2
10.	Mason Morelli (F)	2026-2027	Barys Astana	KHL	2	1	3	4	4

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Regular Season

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

#	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

#	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.

#	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

#	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

#	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

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Tony Hrkac (F)	1986-1987	48	46	116
2.	Bill Watson (F)	1984-1985	46	49	109
3.	Dave Taylor (F)	1976-1977	34	41	108
4.	David Merhar (F)	1968-1969	-	57	107
5.	Aaron Broten (F)	1980-1981	45	47	106

NCAA All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Mike Donnelly (F)	1985-1986	44	59	97
2.	David Merhar (F)	1968-1969	-	57	107
3.	Jerry Walker (F)	1960-1961	32	56	85
4.	Frank Chiarelli (F)	1951-1952	18	55	79
5.	Tim Harrer (F)	1979-1980	41	53	82

NCAA All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Wayne Gagné (D)	1986-1987	43	76	89
2.	Paul Kariya (F)	1992-1993	39	75	100
3.	Tony Hrkac (F)	1986-1987	48	70	116
4.	Dave Taylor (F)	1976-1977	34	67	108
5.	Dallas Gaume (F)	1985-1986	47	67	99

NCAA All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Todd Skoglund (F)	1993-1994	34	14	267
2.	Bryan Fuss (F)	1996-1997	34	35	211
3.	Jim Archibald (F)	1984-1985	41	61	197
4.	Craig Paterson (D)	1992-1993	37	15	196
5.	Steve Brent (F)	1993-1994	35	7	195

NCAA Division I NCAA 1971-1972

NCAA Team Rosters

1971-1972 NCAA Standings

1971-1972 NCAA Player Stats

1971-1972 NCAA Goalie Stats

NCAA Stories

1971-1972 NCAA Demographics

NCAA Games

NCAA Transactions

2026-2027 NCAA Free Agents

2027-2028 NCAA Free Agents

Player Nationalities Throughout History

NCAA Team Comparison (Averages)

Where Are They Now?

NCAA All-Time Points

NCAA All-Time Goals

NCAA All-Time Assists

NCAA All-Time Penalty Min.

NCAA All-Time Games Played

NCAA All-Time Points Per Game

NCAA All-Time Points Per Season

NCAA All-Time Goals Per Season

NCAA All-Time Assists Per Season

NCAA All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

List of NCAA Champions

NCAA Awards