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 1956-1957

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1956-1957

1956-1957 Season

Harvard Univ. finished first in the 1956-57 NCAA standings with 42 points. Clarkson Univ. (38 points) and Univ. of Michigan (38 points) followed.

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1956-1957 NCAA Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	M.I.T.	14	5	0	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.	Univ. of Pennsylvania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Independent
1.	Harvard Univ.	26	21	0	5	-	-	-	-	-	42	1.62	Frozen Four
2.	Clarkson Univ.	22	19	0	3	-	-	-	-	-	38	1.73	-
3.	Army (U.S. Military Academy)	18	14	0	4	-	-	-	-	-	28	1.56	-
4.	Dartmouth College	26	13	0	13	-	-	-	-	-	26	1.00	-
5.	Brown Univ.	20	6	0	14	-	-	-	-	-	12	0.60	-
6.	American International College	18	5	0	13	-	-	-	-	-	10	0.56	-
7.	Princeton Univ.	19	2	0	17	-	-	-	-	-	4	0.21	-
8.	Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks	5	1	0	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	0.40	-
9.	Boston College	22	14	1	7	-	-	108	76	32	-	-	-
10.	Boston Univ.	23	13	1	9	-	-	112	84	28	-	-	-
11.	Northeastern Univ.	25	10	1	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12.	Providence College	18	11	0	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13.	St. Lawrence Univ.	20	13	0	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14.	UMass	13	5	0	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	23	16	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16.	Univ. of New Hampshire	15	7	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17.	Yale Univ.	25	10	0	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tri-State
1.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	21	14	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
WIHL
1.	Univ. of Michigan	25	18	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	38	1.52	-
2.	Michigan State Univ.	22	7	0	15	-	-	-	-	-	14	0.64	-
3.	Michigan Tech	28	14	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4.	Univ. of Denver	29	13	2	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5.	Univ. of Minnesota	29	12	2	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6.	Univ. of North Dakota	29	18	0	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7.	Colorado College	30	25	0	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Champion

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1956-1957 NCAA Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Robert Cleary (F)	26	36	37	73	-
2.	Bill Hay (F)	30	28	45	73	-
3.	Edward Rowe (F)	22	31	32	63	-
4.	Bill Reichart (F)	29	36	24	60	13
5.	Paul Midghall (F)	21	24	35	59	24

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1956-1957 NCAA Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Sarge Whittier (G)	17	3.16	.888
2.	Rodney Schneck (G)	29	3.70	.881
3.	Bob McManus (G)	24	3.50	.878
4.	John Stopen (G)	18	3.36	.876
5.	Jerry Kleisinger (G)	17	3.23	.872

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1956-1957 NCAA Demographics

NCAA Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/18/2026 08:00 PM UTC	College of the Holy Cross	Army (U.S. Military Academy)	-
10/17/2026 11:07 PM UTC	Univ. of North Dakota	Bentley Univ.	5 - 0
10/17/2026 11:07 PM UTC	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	Univ. of Minnesota	2 - 2 (OT 65:00)
10/17/2026 11:05 PM UTC	RIT (Rochester Inst. of Tech.)	Michigan State Univ.	1 - 5
10/17/2026 11:00 PM UTC	Sacred Heart Univ.	Ohio State Univ.	1 - 5

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NCAA Transactions

NCAA — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/16/2026	Confirmed	Maksim Yakub (D)	Sioux City Musketeers	Sacred Heart Univ.	Details
10/16/2026	Confirmed	Keenan Rancier (G)	Clarkson Univ.	Pensacola Ice Flyers	Details
10/13/2026	Confirmed	Connor Haffner (G)	Niagara IceDogs	Univ. of Vermont	Details
10/12/2026	Confirmed	Aiden Kelly (F)	Brantford Bulldogs	Univ. of Wisconsin	Details
10/11/2026	Confirmed	Hunter Aura (D)	Calgary Hitmen	Univ. of Denver	Details

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

Team	Player
Univ. of Michigan	Jayden Perron (F)
Univ. of Michigan	Nicholas Moldenhauer (F)
Lindenwood Univ.	Michael Bevilacqua (D)
Bowling Green State Univ.	Tyler Hotson (F)
Quinnipiac Univ.	Jack Stockfish (F)

Player Nationalities Throughout History

NCAA Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	American International College	9	0	-	-	22.33
2.	Army (U.S. Military Academy)	1	0	-	-	19.00
3.	Boston College	16	0	5'7"	157 lbs	21.50
4.	Boston Univ.	24	0	5'10"	170 lbs	23.00
5.	Brown Univ.	24	0	5'8"	161 lbs	20.75
6.	Clarkson Univ.	19	516	5'11"	174 lbs	21.67
7.	Colorado College	19	146	6'0"	183 lbs	22.50
8.	Dartmouth College	13	0	-	-	20.50
9.	Harvard Univ.	19	51	6'0"	181 lbs	20.83
10.	Michigan State Univ.	18	20	5'9"	168 lbs	22.00
11.	Michigan Tech	23	1 037	5'9"	165 lbs	25.67
12.	Northeastern Univ.	19	689	6'3"	185 lbs	22.80
13.	Princeton Univ.	18	0	6'5"	185 lbs	20.80
14.	Providence College	26	108	-	-	22.00
15.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	19	594	5'10"	168 lbs	22.00
16.	St. Lawrence Univ.	26	114	5'10"	-	21.83
17.	Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks	14	0	-	-	19.00
18.	Univ. of Denver	21	791	5'10"	172 lbs	22.18
19.	Univ. of Massachusetts	13	0	-	-	-
20.	Univ. of Michigan	24	67	5'9"	170 lbs	22.45
21.	Univ. of Minnesota	23	560	5'11"	174 lbs	21.64
22.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	17	106	5'10"	163 lbs	20.57
23.	Univ. of New Hampshire	13	0	-	-	23.40
24.	Univ. of North Dakota	18	651	5'9"	168 lbs	22.11
25.	Yale Univ.	18	0	-	-	23.00

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Jackson Nieuwendyk (F)	2026-2027	Oklahoma State Univ.	ACHA II	10	12	13	25	10
2.	Tyler Kelleher (F)	2026-2027	Leksands IF	HockeyAllsvenskan	12	11	13	24	8
3.	Braidy Wassilyn (F)	2026-2027	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	10	10	10	20	0
4.	Ty Jackson (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	10	9	11	20	0
5.	Poul Andersen (F)	2026-2027	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	11	9	11	20	0
6.	Tate Collins (F)	2026-2027	Toronto Patriots	OJHL	7	8	11	19	2
7.	Andrei Buyalsky (F)	2026-2027	Polonia Bytom	PHL	11	7	12	19	0
8.	Dylan Jackson (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	10	6	13	19	4
9.	Frantisek Netusil (F)	2026-2027	Minnesota Wilderness	NAHL	11	11	7	18	40
10.	Jackson Pierson (F)	2026-2027	Herforder Ice Dragons	Oberliga	9	8	10	18	0

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Regular Season

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