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 1986-1987

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1986-1987

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1986-1987 NCAA Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
CCHA
1.	Bowling Green State Univ.	45	33	2	10	-	-	238	160	78	50	1.11	Quarterfinal loss
2.	Michigan State Univ.	45	33	2	10	-	-	231	156	75	47	1.04	Final loss
3.	Lake Superior State Univ.	40	22	2	16	-	-	181	168	13	40	1.00	-
4.	Univ. of Illinois-Chicago	39	21	1	17	-	-	176	154	22	37	0.95	-
5.	Western Michigan Univ.	43	23	0	20	-	-	219	187	32	32	0.74	-
6.	Ohio State Univ.	43	19	1	23	-	-	188	211	-23	25	0.58	-
7.	Univ. of Michigan	40	14	1	25	-	-	188	220	-32	23	0.58	-
8.	Ferris State College	43	16	0	27	-	-	157	197	-40	18	0.42	-
9.	Miami Univ. (Ohio)	39	8	0	31	-	-	151	232	-81	16	0.41	-
ECAC
1.	Harvard Univ.	34	28	0	6	-	-	160	77	83	40	1.18	Frozen Four
2.	Colgate Univ.	33	23	1	9	-	-	170	116	54	31	0.94	-
3.	St. Lawrence Univ.	35	24	0	11	-	-	180	114	66	30	0.86	Quarterfinal loss
4.	Yale Univ.	30	15	3	12	-	-	101	113	-12	29	0.97	-
5.	Clarkson Univ.	31	17	1	13	-	-	117	101	16	26	0.84	-
6.	Univ. of Vermont	32	18	0	14	-	-	125	120	5	24	0.75	-
7.	Brown Univ.	27	11	0	16	-	-	103	128	-25	18	0.67	-
8.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	33	13	2	18	-	-	123	98	25	18	0.55	-
9.	Cornell Univ.	27	11	0	16	-	-	1061	114	947	16	0.59	-
10.	Princeton Univ.	26	8	1	17	-	-	81	107	-26	15	0.58	-
11.	Army (U.S. Military Academy)	29	9	1	19	-	-	89	130	-41	12	0.41	-
12.	Dartmouth College	25	2	1	22	-	-	63	127	-64	5	0.20	-
GWHC
1.	Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage	30	19	2	9	-	-	152	114	38	19	0.63	-
2.	US International Univ.	35	17	1	17	-	-	-	-	-	15	0.43	-
3.	Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks	25	17	1	7	-	-	172	173	-1	14	0.56	-
Hockey East
1.	Boston College	39	31	0	8	-	-	233	145	88	52	1.33	Quarterfinal loss
2.	UMass-Lowell	36	22	2	12	-	-	166	163	3	42	1.17	-
3.	Univ. of Maine	42	24	2	16	-	-	196	151	45	39	0.93	Quarterfinal loss
4.	Boston Univ.	37	19	3	15	-	-	158	146	12	33	0.89	-
5.	Northeastern Univ.	36	12	3	21	-	-	126	167	-41	25	0.69	-
6.	Providence College	33	7	3	23	-	-	106	161	-55	17	0.52	-
7.	Univ. of New Hampshire	38	8	3	27	-	-	124	204	-80	13	0.34	-
Independent
1.	Air Force Academy	29	19	0	10	-	-	152	110	42	-	-	-
2.	Kent State University	32	19	0	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3.	Merrimack College	36	29	0	7	-	-	206	84	122	-	-	-
4.	Univ. of Notre Dame	30	10	1	19	-	-	103	122	-19	-	-	-
WCHA
1.	Univ. of North Dakota	48	40	0	8	-	-	264	129	135	58	1.21	Champion
2.	Univ. of Minnesota	49	34	1	14	-	-	248	165	83	51	1.04	Frozen Four
3.	Univ. of Denver	40	19	3	18	-	-	182	172	10	35	0.88	-
4.	Univ. of Wisconsin	42	23	1	18	-	-	160	155	5	35	0.83	-
5.	Northern Michigan Univ.	40	18	1	21	-	-	151	164	-13	33	0.83	-
6.	Colorado College	42	17	1	24	-	-	171	176	-5	25	0.60	-

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1986-1987 NCAA Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Tony Hrkac (F)	48	46	70	116	48
2.	Mitch Messier (F)	45	44	48	92	89
3.	Bob Joyce (F)	48	52	37	89	42
4.	Wayne Gagné (D)	43	13	76	89	38
5.	Rick Brebant (F)	42	35	51	86	50

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1986-1987 NCAA Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Ed Belfour (G)	33	2.37	.915
2.	Richard McEvoy (G)	24	2.22	.915
3.	Derek Pizzey (G)	33	3.67	.907
4.	John Fletcher (G)	23	3.00	.907
5.	Scott Yearwood (G)	28	2.94	.905

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1986-1987 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	23	916	5'9"	157 lbs	20.00
2.	Army (U.S. Military Academy)	25	860	6'0"	196 lbs	20.71
3.	Boston College	27	1 452	6'0"	192 lbs	20.43
4.	Boston Univ.	28	1 972	6'0"	185 lbs	20.81
5.	Bowling Green State Univ.	27	2 064	5'11"	183 lbs	21.29
6.	Brown Univ.	30	1 151	6'0"	185 lbs	21.50
7.	Clarkson Univ.	26	1 251	5'10"	183 lbs	20.53
8.	Colgate Univ.	26	1 561	5'11"	183 lbs	21.05
9.	Colorado College	26	1 948	5'11"	187 lbs	21.37
10.	Cornell Univ.	27	1 284	5'11"	181 lbs	21.00
11.	Dartmouth College	25	1 000	5'10"	176 lbs	20.22
12.	Ferris State Univ.	25	1 653	5'11"	183 lbs	21.52
13.	Harvard Univ.	31	1 618	5'11"	176 lbs	20.89
14.	Kent State Univ.	8	178	5'10"	174 lbs	21.60
15.	Lake Superior State Univ.	24	1 978	5'11"	185 lbs	20.86
16.	Merrimack College	18	945	5'11"	185 lbs	21.27
17.	Miami Univ. (Ohio)	30	1 700	5'11"	181 lbs	20.75
18.	Michigan State Univ.	25	1 981	6'0"	187 lbs	20.88
19.	Michigan Tech	28	1 827	6'0"	183 lbs	20.42
20.	Northeastern Univ.	29	1 602	6'0"	185 lbs	21.37
21.	Northern Michigan Univ.	27	1 919	5'11"	181 lbs	21.05
22.	Ohio State Univ.	22	1 694	5'11"	185 lbs	21.45
23.	Princeton Univ.	23	1 210	5'10"	181 lbs	21.15
24.	Providence College	25	1 201	5'11"	187 lbs	20.33
25.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	30	1 324	5'11"	185 lbs	20.31
26.	St. Lawrence Univ.	27	1 407	6'0"	187 lbs	20.75
27.	UMass-Lowell	29	1 707	5'11"	181 lbs	20.77
28.	US International Univ.	27	1 675	6'0"	181 lbs	21.41
29.	Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage	25	199	5'11"	181 lbs	21.55
30.	Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks	32	799	5'10"	179 lbs	21.16
31.	Univ. of Denver	25	1 804	6'0"	185 lbs	20.84
32.	Univ. of Hartford	1	5	5'10"	181 lbs	19.00
33.	Univ. of Illinois-Chicago	25	1 843	5'11"	179 lbs	21.20
34.	Univ. of Maine	28	1 676	6'0"	183 lbs	20.77
35.	Univ. of Michigan	27	1 654	6'0"	185 lbs	20.16
36.	Univ. of Minnesota	33	2 218	5'11"	187 lbs	20.81
37.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	32	1 873	5'11"	181 lbs	20.93
38.	Univ. of New Hampshire	25	1 639	5'11"	187 lbs	20.67
39.	Univ. of North Dakota	27	1 996	5'11"	185 lbs	21.33
40.	Univ. of Notre Dame	30	1 105	5'11"	176 lbs	20.09
41.	Univ. of Vermont	29	1 440	5'10"	181 lbs	19.82
42.	Univ. of Wisconsin	29	1 645	6'0"	187 lbs	20.86
43.	Western Michigan Univ.	25	1 623	5'11"	185 lbs	20.89
44.	Yale Univ.	24	921	6'0"	185 lbs	20.85

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Patrick Russell (F)	2026-2027	Kölner Haie	Champions HL	4	5	4	9	6
2.	Mario Valery-Trabucco (F)	2026-2027	Venezuela	-	3	7	0	7	18
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	4	2	3	5	4
6.	Sam Anas (F)	2026-2027	Dinamo Minsk	KHL	3	1	4	5	0
7.	Mason Morelli (F)	2026-2027	Barys Astana	KHL	3	1	4	5	6
8.	Jachym Kondelik (F)	2026-2027	HC Dynamo Pardubice	Champions HL	4	4	0	4	0
9.	Torkel Jennersjö (F)	2026-2027	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	5	3	1	4	2
10.	Chase Priskie (D)	2026-2027	Barys Astana	KHL	3	2	2	4	2

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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 1986-1987

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1986-1987 NCAA Standings

1986-1987 NCAA Player Stats

1986-1987 NCAA Goalie Stats

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1986-1987 NCAA Demographics

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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

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