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

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

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

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

NCAA — Games
date	home	visiting	score
10/30/2026 07:00 PM GMT-4	Robert Morris Univ.	Air Force Academy	-
10/29/2026 07:00 PM GMT-4	Western Michigan Univ.	Long Island Univ.	10 - 2
10/29/2026 07:00 PM GMT-4	Harvard Univ.	Univ. of Massachusetts	2 - 1
10/25/2026 04:00 PM GMT-4	Clarkson Univ.	Univ. of Vermont	2 - 1 (OT 62:30)
10/24/2026 07:05 PM GMT-6	Air Force Academy	Colorado College	0 - 4

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NCAA Transactions

NCAA — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/27/2026	Confirmed	Alexandre Saulnier (F)	North Bay Battalion	Providence College	Details
10/27/2026	Confirmed	RJ Thompson (F)	U.S. National U17 Team	Univ. of Michigan	Details
10/26/2026	Confirmed	Jackson Smith (F)	Tri-City Storm	Miami Univ. (Ohio)	Details
10/25/2026	Confirmed	Max Aronson (F)	Team SIT Mutual Funds	Cornell Univ.	Details
10/25/2026	Confirmed	Landon Sampair (F)	Team APX	College of the Holy Cross	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)

1986-1987 NCAA — Team Comparison
#	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	21.00
3.	Boston College	27	1 452	6'0"	192 lbs	20.57
4.	Boston Univ.	28	1 972	6'0"	185 lbs	20.88
5.	Bowling Green State Univ.	27	2 064	5'11"	183 lbs	21.33
6.	Brown Univ.	30	1 151	6'0"	185 lbs	21.50
7.	Clarkson Univ.	26	1 251	5'10"	183 lbs	20.67
8.	Colgate Univ.	26	1 561	5'11"	183 lbs	21.14
9.	Colorado College	26	1 948	5'11"	187 lbs	21.37
10.	Cornell Univ.	27	1 284	5'11"	181 lbs	21.11
11.	Dartmouth College	25	1 000	5'10"	176 lbs	20.33
12.	Ferris State Univ.	25	1 653	5'11"	183 lbs	21.68
13.	Harvard Univ.	31	1 618	5'11"	176 lbs	20.94
14.	Kent State Univ.	8	178	5'10"	174 lbs	21.60
15.	Lake Superior State Univ.	24	1 978	5'11"	185 lbs	21.09
16.	Merrimack College	18	945	5'11"	185 lbs	21.55
17.	Miami Univ. (Ohio)	30	1 700	5'11"	181 lbs	20.95
18.	Michigan State Univ.	25	1 981	6'0"	187 lbs	20.88
19.	Michigan Tech	28	1 827	6'0"	183 lbs	20.54
20.	Northeastern Univ.	29	1 602	6'0"	185 lbs	21.42
21.	Northern Michigan Univ.	27	1 919	5'11"	181 lbs	21.09
22.	Ohio State Univ.	22	1 694	5'11"	185 lbs	21.55
23.	Princeton Univ.	23	1 210	5'10"	181 lbs	21.23
24.	Providence College	25	1 201	5'11"	187 lbs	20.52
25.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	30	1 324	5'11"	185 lbs	20.38
26.	St. Lawrence Univ.	27	1 407	6'0"	187 lbs	20.80
27.	UMass-Lowell	29	1 707	5'11"	181 lbs	20.85
28.	US International Univ.	27	1 675	6'0"	181 lbs	21.59
29.	Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage	25	199	5'11"	181 lbs	21.55
30.	Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks	32	799	5'10"	179 lbs	21.42
31.	Univ. of Denver	25	1 804	6'0"	185 lbs	20.95
32.	Univ. of Hartford	1	5	5'10"	181 lbs	19.00
33.	Univ. of Illinois-Chicago	25	1 843	5'11"	179 lbs	21.28
34.	Univ. of Maine	28	1 676	6'0"	183 lbs	20.81
35.	Univ. of Michigan	27	1 654	6'0"	185 lbs	20.24
36.	Univ. of Minnesota	33	2 218	5'11"	187 lbs	21.00
37.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	32	1 873	5'11"	181 lbs	21.00
38.	Univ. of New Hampshire	25	1 639	5'11"	187 lbs	20.79
39.	Univ. of North Dakota	27	1 996	5'11"	185 lbs	21.38
40.	Univ. of Notre Dame	30	1 105	5'11"	176 lbs	20.18
41.	Univ. of Vermont	29	1 440	5'10"	181 lbs	19.93
42.	Univ. of Wisconsin	29	1 645	6'0"	187 lbs	21.11
43.	Western Michigan Univ.	25	1 623	5'11"	185 lbs	21.05
44.	Yale Univ.	24	921	6'0"	185 lbs	21.00

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	13	10	20	30	0
2.	Dylan Jackson (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	13	10	19	29	6
3.	Tyler Kelleher (F)	2026-2027	Leksands IF	HockeyAllsvenskan	14	11	17	28	8
4.	Jackson Nieuwendyk (F)	2026-2027	Oklahoma State Univ.	ACHA II	11	12	14	26	10
5.	Andrei Buyalsky (F)	2026-2027	Polonia Bytom	PHL	16	12	14	26	0
6.	Braidy Wassilyn (F)	2026-2027	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	14	12	13	25	0
7.	Harrison Roy (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	13	13	11	24	4
8.	Poul Andersen (F)	2026-2027	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	14	12	12	24	2
9.	Max Dukovac (F)	2026-2027	Telford Tigers	NIHL	12	9	15	24	6
10.	Phil Marinaccio (F)	2026-2027	Tilburg Trappers	Oberliga	12	8	16	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