NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament appearances by team

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The following is a list of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey teams that have qualified for the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship as of 2021 with teams listed by number of appearances.[1]

NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament
School Tournament Appearances Tournament Years Best Result
Michigan 38 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1977, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2021 Champions (1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998)
Minnesota 38 1953, 1954, 1961, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021 Champions (1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003)
Boston University 37 1950, 1951, 1953, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 Champions (1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009)
Boston College 36 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021 Champions (1949, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012)
North Dakota 33 1958, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021 Champions (1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016)
Denver 29 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973†, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Champions (1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005, 2017)
Michigan State 27 1959, 1966, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 Champions (1966, 1986, 2007)
Wisconsin 26 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992†, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2021 Champions (1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006)
Harvard 25 1955, 1957, 1958, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 Champions (1989)
Clarkson 22 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019 Runners-Up (1962, 1966, 1970)
Cornell 22 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019 Champions (1967, 1970)
New Hampshire 22 1977, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 Runners-Up (1999, 2003)
Colorado College 20 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1979, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011 Champions (1950, 1957)
Maine 18 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 Champions (1993, 1999)
St. Lawrence 16 1952, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2021‡ Runners-Up (1961, 1988)
Providence 15 1964, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Champions (2015)
St. Cloud State 15 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 Runners-Up (2021)
Minnesota Duluth 14 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 Champions (2011, 2018, 2019)
Michigan Tech 13 1956, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2015, 2017, 2018 Champions (1962, 1965, 1975)
Miami 12 1993, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 Runners-Up (2009)
Notre Dame 12 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 Runners-Up (2008, 2018)
Lake Superior State 11 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2021 Champions (1988, 1992, 1994)
Bowling Green 10 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2019 Champions (1984)
Ohio State 9 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019 Frozen Four (1998, 2018)
Rensselaer 9 1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 2011 Champions (1954, 1985)
Northern Michigan 8 1980, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2010 Champions (1991)
Massachusetts Lowell 8 1988, 1994, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 Frozen Four (2013)
Yale 8 1952, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 Champions (2013)
Air Force 7 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018 Regional Final (2009, 2017, 2018)
Minnesota State 7 2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021 Frozen Four (2021)
Northeastern 7 1982, 1988, 1994, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019 Frozen Four (1982)
Quinnipiac 7 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 Runners-Up (2013, 2016)
Vermont 6 1988, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014 Frozen Four (1996, 2009)
Western Michigan 6 1986, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2017 First Round (1986, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2017)
Bemidji State 5 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2021 Frozen Four (2009)
Colgate 5 1981, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2014 Runners-Up (1990)
Union 5 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 Champions (2014)
Brown 4 1951, 1965, 1976, 1993 Runners-Up (1951)
Dartmouth 4 1948, 1949, 1979, 1980 Runners-Up (1948, 1949)
Ferris State 4 2003, 2012, 2014, 2016 Runners-Up (2012)
Omaha 4 2006, 2011, 2015, 2021 Frozen Four (2015)
Niagara 4 2000, 2004, 2008, 2013 Regional Final (2000)
Princeton 4 1998, 2008, 2009, 2018 First Round (1998, 2008, 2009, 2018)
Alaska Anchorage 3 1990, 1991, 1992 Regional Final (1991)
Massachusetts 3 2007, 2019, 2021 Champions (2021)
Mercyhurst 3 2001, 2003, 2005 First Round (2001, 2003, 2005)
RIT 3 2010, 2015, 2016 Frozen Four (2010)
Alabama–Huntsville 2 2007, 2010 First Round (2007, 2010)
American International 2 2019, 2021 Regional Final (2019)
Holy Cross 2 2004, 2006 Regional Final (2006)
Merrimack 2 1988, 2011 Regional Final (1988)
Penn State 2 2017, 2018 Regional Final (2017)
Arizona State 1 2019 First Round (2019)
Canisius 1 2013 First Round (2013)
Robert Morris 1 2014 First Round (2014)
Wayne State 1 2003 First Round (2003)
Alaska 0 2010† First Round (2010)

Schools in Italics no longer compete in Division I.

† Appearance vacated by the NCAA.

‡ St. Lawrence received an automatic bid to the 2021 tournament but withdrew before seeding.

Teams without a tournament appearance[]

The following active Division I programs have never qualified for the NCAA tournament.

School Joined Div. I
Army 1980†
Bentley 1999
Connecticut 1998
Long Island 2020
Sacred Heart 1998

† Army played in Division II from 1973 through 1980 but was in the top division prior to 1973.
St. Thomas began playing at the Division I level in 2021, however, the team had previously made several appearances in the Division III Tournament.

References[]

  1. ^ "Tournament History" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 30. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
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