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 1981-1982

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1981-1982

1981-1982 Season

Michigan State Univ. finished first in the 1981-82 NCAA standings with 43 points. Bowling Green State Univ. (41 points) and Univ. of North Dakota (38 points) followed.

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1981-1982 NCAA Standings

1981-1982 NCAA — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	TP	GF	GA	+/-	P/GP	Postseason
CCHA
1.	Bowling Green State Univ.	42	27	2	13	41	235	163	72	0.98	Quarterfinal loss
2.	Michigan State Univ.	42	26	2	14	43	184	123	61	1.02	Quarterfinal loss
3.	Michigan Tech	40	23	3	14	33	195	165	30	0.83	-
4.	Univ. of Michigan	38	18	5	15	32	130	131	-1	0.84	-
5.	Univ. of Notre Dame	40	23	2	15	32	203	167	36	0.80	-
6.	Ferris State College	36	15	3	18	28	144	158	-14	0.78	-
7.	Lake Superior State Univ.	39	19	3	17	24	165	150	15	0.62	-
8.	Northern Michigan Univ.	36	15	0	21	24	141	171	-30	0.67	-
9.	Western Michigan Univ.	34	14	1	19	23	141	164	-23	0.68	-
10.	Ohio State Univ.	34	16	1	17	21	158	150	8	0.62	-
11.	Miami Univ. (Ohio)	36	16	1	19	19	163	153	10	0.53	-
ECAC East
1.	Northeastern Univ.	36	25	2	9	29	212	140	72	0.81	Frozen Four
2.	Univ. of New Hampshire	36	22	0	14	30	176	159	17	0.83	Frozen Four
3.	Boston College	30	19	0	11	26	131	105	26	0.87	-
4.	Providence College	33	20	1	12	26	162	114	48	0.79	-
5.	Boston Univ.	28	14	3	11	21	133	102	31	0.75	-
6.	Univ. of Maine	29	8	0	21	6	113	189	-76	0.21	-
ECAC Ivy
1.	Harvard Univ.	30	13	2	15	24	126	109	17	0.80	Quarterfinal loss
2.	Yale Univ.	26	15	1	10	23	113	93	20	0.88	-
3.	Cornell Univ.	26	12	1	13	21	107	91	16	0.81	-
4.	Princeton Univ.	26	9	3	14	16	105	124	-19	0.62	-
5.	Dartmouth College	26	10	1	15	13	113	140	-27	0.50	-
6.	Brown Univ.	26	8	0	18	12	100	155	-55	0.46	-
ECAC West
1.	Clarkson Univ.	35	26	1	8	31	185	108	77	0.89	Quarterfinal loss
2.	St. Lawrence Univ.	31	19	1	11	25	152	116	36	0.81	-
3.	Colgate Univ.	30	19	1	10	23	177	109	68	0.77	-
4.	Univ. of Vermont	29	11	2	16	18	133	153	-20	0.62	-
5.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	29	9	2	18	14	110	135	-25	0.48	-
Independent
1.	Air Force Academy	30	12	1	17	-	142	170	-28	-	-
2.	Army (U.S. Military Academy)	36	25	0	11	-	260	171	89	-	-
3.	Northern Arizona Univ.	24	5	0	19	-	94	148	-54	-	-
4.	Univ. of Illinois-Chicago	31	7	0	24	-	-	-	-	-	-
5.	US International Univ.	30	18	0	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
WCHA
1.	Univ. of North Dakota	47	35	0	12	38	218	143	75	0.81	Champion
2.	Univ. of Wisconsin	47	35	1	11	37	255	126	129	0.79	Final loss
3.	Univ. of Minnesota	36	22	2	12	28	153	125	28	0.78	-
4.	Univ. of Denver	43	21	3	19	20	233	197	36	0.47	-
5.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	40	16	3	21	19	192	201	-9	0.48	-
6.	Colorado College	36	11	2	23	14	152	196	-44	0.39	-

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1981-1982 NCAA Player Stats

1981-1982 NCAA — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Eddy Beers (F)	42	50	34	84	59
2.	Donald Fraser (F)	43	26	57	83	40
3.	Brian Hills (F)	41	34	47	81	41
4.	George McPhee (F)	40	28	52	80	57
5.	Ed Collazzo (F)	34	37	37	74	23

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1981-1982 NCAA Goalie Stats

1981-1982 NCAA — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Peter Mason (G)	16	3.03	.928
2.	Brian Hayward (G)	22	3.17	.912
3.	Terry Kleisinger (G)	23	2.65	.910
4.	Cleon Daskalakis (G)	20	3.22	.909
5.	Jon Casey (G)	18	2.77	.908

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1981-1982 NCAA Demographics

NCAA Games

NCAA — Games
date	home	visiting	score
11/18/2026 07:00 PM GMT-5	Boston Univ.	Quinnipiac Univ.	-
11/14/2026 06:00 PM GMT-7	Univ. of Denver	Lindenwood Univ.	7 - 1
11/14/2026 06:07 PM GMT-6	Bemidji State Univ.	Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato)	4 - 4 (OT 65:00)
11/14/2026 06:07 PM GMT-6	Augustana Univ.	Ferris State Univ.	4 - 1
11/14/2026 07:00 PM GMT-5	Univ. of Michigan	Penn State Univ.	8 - 3

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NCAA Transactions

NCAA — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
11/13/2026	Confirmed	Brek Liske (D)	Everett Silvertips	Univ. of Wisconsin	Details
11/12/2026	Confirmed	Maxwell Fransen (D)	Owen Sound Attack	Western Michigan Univ.	Details
11/12/2026	Confirmed	Brady Murnane (D)	Oshawa Generals	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	Details
11/08/2026	Confirmed	Samuel Hrenak (G)	Fargo Force	St. Cloud State Univ.	Details
11/06/2026	Confirmed	Gage Nagel (F)	Moose Jaw Warriors	Princeton Univ.	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 Connecticut	Joey Muldowney (F)
Bowling Green State Univ.	Brody Waters (F)
Bowling Green State Univ.	Tyler Hotson (F)

NCAA Team Comparison (Averages)

1981-1982 NCAA — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Air Force Academy	23	583	6'1"	185 lbs	20.50
2.	Army (U.S. Military Academy)	30	640	5'8"	174 lbs	-
3.	Boston College	29	1 175	6'0"	185 lbs	20.88
4.	Boston Univ.	24	1 045	5'10"	183 lbs	21.00
5.	Bowling Green State Univ.	24	1 362	5'11"	179 lbs	21.22
6.	Brown Univ.	26	1 013	5'10"	183 lbs	21.00
7.	Clarkson Univ.	27	1 500	5'11"	183 lbs	21.56
8.	Colgate Univ.	24	1 554	5'10"	174 lbs	21.93
9.	Colorado College	23	1 723	5'10"	174 lbs	21.83
10.	Cornell Univ.	28	1 255	5'10"	179 lbs	20.88
11.	Dartmouth College	29	1 067	5'10"	174 lbs	21.00
12.	Ferris State Univ.	28	1 481	6'0"	179 lbs	21.77
13.	Harvard Univ.	29	1 283	5'10"	176 lbs	20.67
14.	Lake Superior State Univ.	27	1 545	5'10"	179 lbs	21.52
15.	Miami Univ. (Ohio)	28	1 120	5'11"	183 lbs	21.50
16.	Michigan State Univ.	25	1 759	5'10"	179 lbs	20.63
17.	Michigan Tech	31	1 857	5'11"	183 lbs	20.81
18.	Northeastern Univ.	27	1 331	5'10"	181 lbs	20.14
19.	Northern Arizona Univ.	25	435	5'10"	179 lbs	19.60
20.	Northern Michigan Univ.	25	1 256	5'11"	179 lbs	20.00
21.	Ohio State Univ.	23	1 552	5'11"	179 lbs	21.64
22.	Princeton Univ.	24	1 301	5'10"	176 lbs	20.88
23.	Providence College	26	1 285	6'0"	185 lbs	20.50
24.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	41	1 120	5'11"	181 lbs	21.00
25.	St. Lawrence Univ.	23	1 177	6'0"	185 lbs	20.94
26.	US International Univ.	8	178	5'10"	181 lbs	22.57
27.	Univ. of Denver	28	2 097	6'0"	181 lbs	21.42
28.	Univ. of Illinois-Chicago	9	25	6'0"	185 lbs	19.25
29.	Univ. of Maine	28	1 101	5'10"	172 lbs	20.13
30.	Univ. of Michigan	28	1 725	5'11"	183 lbs	20.81
31.	Univ. of Minnesota	38	2 976	5'10"	179 lbs	20.97
32.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	31	1 680	5'11"	179 lbs	21.18
33.	Univ. of New Hampshire	28	1 399	5'10"	181 lbs	20.67
34.	Univ. of North Dakota	25	1 896	6'0"	183 lbs	21.05
35.	Univ. of Notre Dame	28	1 996	5'11"	179 lbs	21.08
36.	Univ. of Vermont	31	1 447	5'11"	179 lbs	20.93
37.	Univ. of Wisconsin	31	1 791	5'11"	179 lbs	20.77
38.	Western Michigan Univ.	25	1 602	5'11"	190 lbs	21.29
39.	Yale Univ.	26	967	5'11"	181 lbs	20.78

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	TP	PIM
1.	Tyler Kelleher (F)	2026-2027	Leksands IF	HockeyAllsvenskan	18	15	20	35	12
2.	Dylan Jackson (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	16	13	22	35	8
3.	Ty Jackson (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	16	12	23	35	2
4.	Poul Andersen (F)	2026-2027	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	21	18	15	33	4
5.	Frantisek Netusil (F)	2026-2027	Minnesota Wilderness	NAHL	19	17	16	33	66
6.	Danny Weight (F)	2026-2027	Milton Keynes Lightning	NIHL	17	13	20	33	2
7.	Cody Monds (F)	2026-2027	Hull Seahawks	NIHL	17	12	21	33	0
8.	Phil Marinaccio (F)	2026-2027	Tilburg Trappers	Oberliga	16	11	21	32	17
9.	Jake Witkowski (F)	2026-2027	Deeside Dragons	NIHL 1	9	17	14	31	2
10.	Jackson Nieuwendyk (F)	2026-2027	Oklahoma State Univ.	ACHA II	17	13	17	30	16

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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	P/GP
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	P/GP	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	P/GP	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	P/GP	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	P/GP	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