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 1996-1997

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1996-1997

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1996-1997 NCAA Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
CCHA
1.	Univ. of Michigan	43	35	4	4	-	-	242	98	144	46	1.07	Frozen Four
2.	Miami Univ. (Ohio)	40	27	1	12	-	-	174	119	55	39	0.98	First round loss
3.	Michigan State Univ.	40	23	4	13	-	-	145	118	27	36	0.90	First round loss
4.	Lake Superior State Univ.	38	19	5	14	-	-	154	142	12	34	0.89	-
5.	Bowling Green State Univ.	38	17	5	16	-	-	158	142	16	25	0.66	-
6.	Western Michigan Univ.	37	14	5	18	-	-	125	134	-9	25	0.68	-
7.	Ohio State Univ.	39	12	2	25	-	-	135	190	-55	20	0.51	-
8.	Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks	37	14	1	22	-	-	135	169	-34	17	0.46	-
9.	Ferris State Univ.	37	11	3	23	-	-	125	166	-41	16	0.43	-
10.	Univ. of Notre Dame	35	9	1	25	-	-	92	131	-39	13	0.37	-
ECAC
1.	Clarkson Univ.	37	27	0	10	-	-	154	91	63	34	0.92	Quarterfinal loss
2.	Cornell Univ.	35	21	5	9	-	-	123	100	23	30	0.86	Quarterfinal loss
3.	Univ. of Vermont	36	22	3	11	-	-	125	105	20	29	0.81	First round loss
4.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	36	20	4	12	-	-	137	112	25	27	0.75	-
5.	Princeton Univ.	34	18	4	12	-	-	111	103	8	25	0.74	-
6.	Union College	34	18	3	13	-	-	106	79	27	25	0.74	-
7.	Colgate Univ.	33	16	3	14	-	-	126	124	2	23	0.70	-
8.	Harvard Univ.	32	11	3	18	-	-	85	106	-21	20	0.63	-
9.	St. Lawrence Univ.	35	10	5	20	-	-	121	148	-27	15	0.43	-
10.	Yale Univ.	32	10	3	19	-	-	90	114	-24	14	0.44	-
11.	Dartmouth College	29	10	2	17	-	-	105	121	-16	12	0.41	-
12.	Brown Univ.	29	7	3	19	-	-	108	148	-40	10	0.34	-
Hockey East
1.	Boston Univ.	41	26	6	9	-	-	178	115	63	36	0.88	Final loss
2.	Univ. of New Hampshire	39	28	0	11	-	-	204	129	75	36	0.92	First round loss
3.	Univ. of Maine	34	23	1	10	-	-	162	109	53	33	0.97	-
4.	Providence College	36	15	1	20	-	-	141	137	4	25	0.69	-
5.	Merrimack College	36	15	2	19	-	-	127	146	-19	24	0.67	-
6.	Boston College	38	15	4	19	-	-	145	170	-25	21	0.55	-
7.	UMass-Lowell	38	15	2	21	-	-	126	163	-37	19	0.50	-
8.	UMass	35	12	0	23	-	-	119	167	-48	14	0.40	-
9.	Northeastern Univ.	36	8	3	25	-	-	103	160	-57	8	0.22	-
Independent
1.	Air Force Academy	31	8	2	21	-	-	109	140	-31	-	-	-
2.	Army (U.S. Military Academy)	34	19	2	13	-	-	158	119	39	-	-	-
3.	Mankato State Univ.	34	17	3	14	-	-	141	123	18	-	-	-
WCHA
1.	Univ. of Minnesota	42	28	1	13	-	-	179	128	51	43	1.02	Quarterfinal loss
2.	Univ. of North Dakota	43	31	2	10	-	-	190	130	60	43	1.00	Champion
3.	St. Cloud State Univ.	40	23	4	13	-	-	152	130	22	40	1.00	-
4.	Colorado College	44	25	4	15	-	-	169	141	28	38	0.86	Frozen Four
5.	Univ. of Denver	41	24	4	13	-	-	163	122	41	38	0.93	Quarterfinal loss
6.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	38	18	4	16	-	-	133	131	2	34	0.89	-
7.	Univ. of Wisconsin	38	15	2	21	-	-	132	151	-19	32	0.84	-

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1996-1997 NCAA Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Brendan Morrison (F)	43	31	57	88	52
2.	Todd White (F)	37	38	36	74	22
3.	Jason Krog (F)	39	23	44	67	28
4.	Bill Muckalt (F)	36	26	38	64	69
5.	John Madden (F)	42	26	37	63	56

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1996-1997 NCAA Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Trevor Koenig (G)	28	2.03	.931
2.	Joel Laing (G)	20	3.07	.918
3.	Jean-Marc Pelletier (G)	11	2.47	.917
4.	Dan Murphy (G)	37	2.33	.917
5.	Alex Westlund (G)	20	2.99	.916

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1996-1997 NCAA Demographics

NCAA Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/02/2026 10:00 PM UTC	Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage	Univ. of Denver	-
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

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Univ. of North Dakota

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Ferris State Univ.

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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	1 029	5'11"	185 lbs	20.83
2.	Army (U.S. Military Academy)	32	1 306	5'11"	183 lbs	20.44
3.	Boston College	24	1 679	6'0"	194 lbs	21.50
4.	Boston Univ.	24	1 824	6'0"	192 lbs	21.27
5.	Bowling Green State Univ.	25	1 856	6'0"	192 lbs	22.00
6.	Brown Univ.	31	1 385	5'11"	187 lbs	21.62
7.	Clarkson Univ.	26	1 672	5'11"	190 lbs	21.23
8.	Colgate Univ.	26	1 574	5'11"	185 lbs	21.43
9.	College of the Holy Cross	1	0	6'2"	185 lbs	-
10.	Colorado College	27	1 864	6'0"	185 lbs	21.33
11.	Cornell Univ.	27	1 513	6'0"	187 lbs	21.26
12.	Dartmouth College	28	1 517	6'0"	187 lbs	21.68
13.	Ferris State Univ.	26	1 543	6'0"	190 lbs	21.88
14.	Harvard Univ.	27	1 271	6'0"	187 lbs	20.19
15.	Lake Superior State Univ.	27	1 732	6'0"	194 lbs	22.00
16.	Merrimack College	26	1 683	6'0"	196 lbs	21.72
17.	Miami Univ. (Ohio)	26	1 747	5'11"	192 lbs	21.48
18.	Michigan State Univ.	25	1 798	5'11"	192 lbs	20.92
19.	Michigan Tech	29	1 977	6'0"	185 lbs	22.00
20.	Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato)	27	651	5'11"	185 lbs	22.36
21.	Northeastern Univ.	27	1 509	6'0"	192 lbs	21.58
22.	Northern Michigan Univ.	30	1 636	6'0"	192 lbs	21.97
23.	Ohio State Univ.	30	1 586	5'11"	187 lbs	21.67
24.	Princeton Univ.	27	1 499	5'11"	187 lbs	21.38
25.	Providence College	28	1 657	6'0"	192 lbs	21.46
26.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	25	1 232	6'0"	187 lbs	20.76
27.	St. Cloud State Univ.	26	1 552	5'11"	187 lbs	21.46
28.	St. Lawrence Univ.	27	1 837	6'0"	192 lbs	21.64
29.	UMass-Lowell	25	1 471	6'1"	196 lbs	21.45
30.	Union College	28	1 796	6'0"	185 lbs	21.89
31.	Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage	29	1 511	6'0"	190 lbs	21.79
32.	Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks	30	1 529	6'0"	192 lbs	22.24
33.	Univ. of Denver	30	1 988	6'0"	190 lbs	21.90
34.	Univ. of Maine	31	1 600	6'0"	192 lbs	22.00
35.	Univ. of Massachusetts	26	1 832	6'0"	196 lbs	21.89
36.	Univ. of Michigan	25	2 240	6'0"	190 lbs	21.28
37.	Univ. of Minnesota	27	1 767	5'11"	190 lbs	21.26
38.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	32	1 756	5'11"	190 lbs	21.97
39.	Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha	1	0	6'0"	190 lbs	22.00
40.	Univ. of New Hampshire	31	1 649	6'0"	187 lbs	21.81
41.	Univ. of North Dakota	27	1 686	5'11"	187 lbs	21.35
42.	Univ. of Notre Dame	27	1 518	6'1"	192 lbs	21.07
43.	Univ. of Vermont	23	1 718	6'0"	192 lbs	21.61
44.	Univ. of Wisconsin	32	1 674	6'0"	187 lbs	21.50
45.	Western Michigan Univ.	28	1 735	5'11"	190 lbs	21.44
46.	Yale Univ.	32	1 210	6'0"	190 lbs	21.22

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Tate Collins (F)	2026-2027	Toronto Patriots	OJHL	5	4	9	13	0
2.	David Goodwin (F)	2026-2027	Belfast Giants	-	4	1	9	10	0
3.	Andrej Sustr (D)	2026-2027	Jukurit	Liiga	7	0	10	10	4
4.	Kaden Nelson (F)	2026-2027	Oklahoma State Univ.	ACHA II	3	8	1	9	9
5.	Chikara Hanzawa (F)	2026-2027	KH Torun	PHL	3	5	4	9	2
6.	Patrick Russell (F)	2026-2027	Kölner Haie	Champions HL	4	5	4	9	6
7.	Kevin O'Neil (F)	2026-2027	Herning Blue Fox	Metal Ligaen	4	3	6	9	0
8.	J.J. Piccinich (F)	2026-2027	Belfast Giants	-	4	5	3	8	0
9.	Mike Lee (D)	2026-2027	Belfast Giants	-	4	0	8	8	0
10.	Mario Valery-Trabucco (F)	2026-2027	Venezuela	-	3	7	0	7	18

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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

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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.

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NCAA All-Time Points Per Game

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