List of NCAA ice hockey programs
This is a list of current and former varsity ice hockey programs that played under NCAA guidelines and/or predated the NCAA's oversight of ice hockey.

Current teams
Time in the NAIA is included for any team so long as they played at the varsity level.
as of July 16, 2021.
Men's
Women's
Men's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Number of seasons | Conference |
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Assumption University (Worcester) | Worcester, Massachusetts | Greyhounds | 1918–19 | 57 | Northeast-10 |
Saint Anselm College | Goffstown, New Hampshire | Hawks | 1969–70 | 51 | Northeast-10 |
Southern New Hampshire University | Manchester, New Hampshire | Penmen | 1975–76 | 45 | Northeast-10 |
Stonehill College | Easton, Massachusetts | Skyhawks | 1978–79 | 42 | Northeast-10 |
Saint Michael's College | Colchester, Vermont | Purple Knights | 1982–83 | 38 | Northeast-10 |
Franklin Pierce University | Rindge, New Hampshire | Ravens | 2002–03 | 19 | Northeast-10 |
Post University | Waterbury, Connecticut | Eagles | 2016–17 | 4 | Northeast-10 |
Women's
No women's ice hockey programs currently play under Division II regulations. The NCAA allows D-II members to play under Division I regulations in any sport that does not have a D-II national championship, and all D-II members that sponsor varsity women's hockey choose to play as D-I.
Of the seven schools that play under D-II regulations in men's ice hockey, four currently have women's varsity teams, all of which play in the NEWHA. Stonehill, which will add women's hockey in 2022–23, will also play in the NEWHA.
Men's
† UMass Boston's program began in 1980, however, the school merged in 1982 with Boston State College, which had started its ice hockey program in 1962.
Women's
Future teams
Men's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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University of Alaska Anchorage | Anchorage, Alaska | Seawolves | 1979–80[lower-alpha 1] | TBA |
Lindenwood University | St. Charles, Missouri | Lions | 2022–23 | TBA |
Augustana University | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Vikings | 2023–24 | TBA |
Robert Morris University | Moon Township, Pennsylvania | Colonials | 2004–05[lower-alpha 2] | TBA |
Stonehill College | Easton, Massachusetts | Skyhawks | 1978–79 | TBA |
- The Alaska Anchorage program is being reinstated effective in 2022–23 after having last played in 2019–20. UAA did not play in 2020–21 due to COVID-19 concerns, and dropped the sport after that season due to financial fallout from the pandemic. The team's reinstatement followed a successful fundraising drive in 2021.
- Robert Morris suspended its program after the 2021 season but announced its return before the end of the year. They are expected to be ready for the 2023–24 season.
Women's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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Stonehill College | Easton, Massachusetts | Skyhawks | 2022–23 | NEWHA |
Robert Morris University | Moon Township, Pennsylvania | Colonials | 2004–05[lower-alpha 1] | CHA |
- Robert Morris suspended its program after the 2021 season but announced its return before the end of the year. They are expected to be ready for the 2023–24 season, and have been readmitted to their former women's hockey home of College Hockey America.
Men's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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Alvernia University | Reading, Pennsylvania | Golden Wolves | 2022–23 | UCHC |
Women's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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Hilbert College | Hamburg, New York | Hawks | 2022–23 | TBA |
Former teams
Defunct teams are listed at the level and in the conference they were when they ceased sponsoring ice hockey as a varsity sport.
Men's
- Alaska Anchorage planned to play what was intended to be its final season in 2020–21, but did not do so due to COVID-19 concerns. However, a subsequent fundraising drive was successful enough that UAA reinstated hockey effective in 2022–23.
- Dropped hockey after the 2020–21 season (though officially "suspended") due to inability to find a new conference home after the demise of its former home league of the men's WCHA.[1]
- Merged with Marymount College in 1973 to form the current Loyola Marymount University.
- At the time the university was the separate Carnegie Institute of Technology, which merged with the Mellon Institute of Technology in 1967 to form the current Carnegie Mellon University.
- The Case Institute of Technology merged with Western Reserve University in 1967 to form the current Case Western Reserve University.
- College acquired by Cleveland State University in 1965
- Undefeated for 41 consecutive games from 1939 to 1941[6]
Women's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Last season | Total seasons | Conference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
University of North Dakota | Grand Forks, North Dakota | Fighting Hawks | 2002–03 | 2016–17 | 15 | WCHA |
Men's
- Still holds record for second-most league titles
Men's
- Previously known as North Adams State College
See also
- "List of Defunct teams". College Hockey News.
Timeline
Men's programs starting thru 1918

References
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- "Varsity Status for Hockey Inspires Players for the Upcoming Season". Hillsdale Collegian. October 30, 1969.
- "College Drops Hockey Program". Hillsdale Alumni Magazine. April 1, 1978.
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