2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri will host the 2025 Frozen Four.
Duration	October 4, 2024– April 11, 2025
NCAA tournament	2025
National championship	Enterprise Center St. Louis, Missouri
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons ←  2023–24 2025–26  →

The 2024-25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 4, 2024 and will conclude with the NCAA championship on April 11, 2025. This will be the 77th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship is being held and will be the US college hockey's 131st year overall.

Conference realignment

Shortly after the 2023–24 season, the men's Atlantic Hockey Association and women's College Hockey America formally merged under the new name of Atlantic Hockey America, retaining the Association's AHA initialism. The merged league included all members of both predecessors. ^[1]

Arizona State formally joined the NCHC, bringing the number of conference members up to nine. ^[2] Initially, the league instituted a play-in game for the final quarterfinal spot in the NCHC tournament. ^[3] However, due to the logistics of a play-in game prior to the quarterfinals being too complicated with travel and additional strain on student-athletes and staff during a critical time of the season, the play-in game was scrapped and now only the top eight teams will make the NCHC tournament. ^[4]

Augustana, which had joined the CCHA in 2023, had been scheduled to become a full-time member beginning with the 2025–26 season. However, despite only playing a partial conference schedule, the league decided to accelerate the Vikings assimilation into the league and made Augustana eligible for the conference tournament. ^[5] Because Augustana's schedule had already been set prior to the announcement, the CCHA elected to have their conference standings decided by winning percentage of conference games. Despite this bringing the number of full conference members up to nine, the CCHA decided against expanding their conference tournament. This means that only eight CCHA teams will play in the playoffs.

Shortly after the start of the season, American International College announced that its men's hockey team would leave AHA after the 2024–25 season and join the bulk of AIC's other sports in the Northeast-10 Conference, which plays the sport under NCAA Division II regulations and does not participate in the Division I championship. ^[6]

Polls

Main article: 2024-25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament	Dates	Teams	Champion
Ice Breaker Tournament	October 11–12	4	Omaha
Adirondack Winter Invitational	November 29–30	4	Massachusetts Lowell
Friendship Four	November 29–30	4	Boston University
Holiday Face-Off	December 28–29	4	Wisconsin
Ledyard Bank Classic	December 28–29	4	Providence
Great Lakes Invitational	December 29–30	4	Michigan State
Coachella Valley Cactus Cup	January 3–4	4	Massachusetts Lowell
Desert Hockey Classic	January 3–4	4	Arizona State
Connecticut Ice	January 24–25	4	Connecticut
Beanpot	February 3, 10	4	Boston University

Standings

2024–25 Atlantic Hockey America Standings v t e
	Conference record											Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OW	OL	SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Sacred Heart	24	14	7	3	1	1	2	47	75	62		32	17	10	5	101	86
Holy Cross	22	16	4	2	4	0	1	47	78	39		30	17	11	2	96	69
Bentley	22	14	7	1	0	2	1	46	69	47		30	16	12	2	84	65
Niagara	22	13	7	2	2	2	1	42	77	56		30	15	12	3	102	85
Army	22	12	9	1	1	0	1	37	73	64		29	12	16	1	81	90
Air Force	22	10	12	0	2	3	0	31	47	47		32	13	18	1	65	88
Canisius	22	9	11	2	0	2	0	31	67	64		30	9	19	2	79	99
American International	20	8	12	0	0	2	0	26	52	60		28	10	17	1	71	90
Robert Morris	22	6	13	3	0	1	1	23	62	74		30	9	17	4	82	98
RIT	22	6	15	1	2	0	0	17	50	94		30	7	22	1	66	123
Mercyhurst	22	4	15	3	1	0	2	16	50	93		30	4	22	4	68	128
Championship: March 21, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy) * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll Updated: February 10, 2025

2024–25 Big Ten ice hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record											Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Michigan State	20	13	4	3	2	1	2	43	78	51		30	22	5	3	107	61
#8 Ohio State	20	13	6	1	2	2	0	40	63	47		30	20	8	2	101	68
#4 Minnesota	20	12	5	3	1	2	0	40	69	51		32	21	7	4	125	76
#12 Michigan	22	11	9	2	5	0	2	32	71	78		32	17	12	3	100	102
#18 Penn State	20	7	10	3	1	1	2	26	66	76		30	16	11	3	104	91
Wisconsin	22	6	15	1	1	6	0	24	56	68		32	11	18	3	92	94
Notre Dame	20	3	16	1	2	2	1	11	47	79		30	9	20	1	80	101
Championship: March 22, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated February 15, 2025

2024–25 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference record												Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SW	PTS	PCT ^	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#14 Minnesota State	22	15	5	2	3	1	1	46	.697	63	34		30	20	8	2	83	48
Augustana	14	8	5	1	1	1	1	26	.619	39	32		28	16	9	3	76	55
Bowling Green	22	11	7	4	2	2	2	39	.591	58	51		29	15	10	4	72	69
Michigan Tech	20	11	7	2	1	1	0	35	.583	58	50		28	15	11	2	77	71
St. Thomas	22	9	9	4	1	1	1	32	.485	63	59		30	12	13	5	82	85
Lake Superior State	20	8	11	1	0	3	0	28	.467	56	54		28	10	16	2	75	86
Ferris State	20	9	11	0	0	0	0	27	.450	55	61		28	10	16	2	66	97
Bemidji State	22	8	11	3	2	1	3	29	.439	56	69		30	11	15	4	78	93
Northern Michigan	22	4	17	1	1	1	1	14	.212	34	72		30	5	24	1	47	99
Championship: March 20, 2025 † indicates conference regular-season champion (MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup) ^ Because Augustana is playing a transition schedule of 16 games against conference opponents, point percentage is used to determine conference position. Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll Updated: February 10, 2025

2024–25 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings v t e
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Alaska	26	9	11	6	60	73
Alaska Anchorage	29	5	19	5	65	96
Lindenwood	28	6	20	2	53	77
Long Island	28	15	11	2	91	69
Stonehill	31	10	21	0	62	102
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll Updated: February 10, 2025

2024–25 ECAC Hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record											Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#15 Quinnipiac	16	11	4	1	2	1	0	34	51	33		28	17	9	2	96	66
Colgate	16	10	4	2	0	1	2	33	56	41		28	15	10	3	89	85
Union	16	9	5	2	0	0	2	31	50	41		28	16	9	3	91	79
Clarkson	16	10	5	1	1	0	0	30	49	35		28	16	9	3	84	65
Dartmouth	16	9	6	1	0	1	0	29	55	39		23	12	9	2	78	61
Cornell	16	6	6	4	1	0	3	24	44	42		23	9	8	6	63	60
Harvard	16	6	8	2	1	2	1	22	39	38		23	8	13	2	57	70
Brown	16	7	8	1	2	0	1	21	38	41		23	11	10	2	60	53
Princeton	16	5	9	2	1	1	0	17	38	52		23	10	11	2	52	62
Rensselaer	16	5	11	0	0	1	0	16	44	61		28	10	16	2	86	105
St. Lawrence	16	4	10	2	0	1	1	16	32	54		28	8	18	2	58	88
Yale	16	4	10	2	0	0	1	15	37	56		23	5	16	2	51	92
Championship: March 21, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll Updated: February 10, 2025

2024–25 Hockey East Standings v t e
	Conference record											Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Boston College	17	13	3	1	2	0	0	38	55	30		27	21	5	1	93	48
#5 Maine	17	10	3	4	1	0	3	36	48	28		27	18	5	4	88	47
#9 Boston University	17	10	6	1	1	1	1	32	63	48		27	16	10	1	103	83
#11 Connecticut	19	8	8	3	2	2	1	28	55	57		28	15	10	3	88	75
#13 Massachusetts Lowell	17	7	8	2	0	1	2	26	44	47		27	14	10	3	76	70
Merrimack	18	8	9	1	1	0	1	25	47	61		28	12	15	1	69	89
#7 Providence	17	6	6	5	2	2	1	24	45	46		28	16	7	5	81	67
#16 Massachusetts	16	6	8	2	0	0	1	21	45	40		28	15	11	2	99	69
Vermont	16	5	9	2	2	3	1	19	42	54		26	10	13	3	82	80
Northeastern	16	4	9	3	1	1	2	17	32	48		26	9	14	3	63	82
New Hampshire	16	3	11	2	0	2	0	13	36	53		26	11	12	3	77	77
Championship: March 21, 2025 † indicates regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO Division I Men's Poll Updated: February 10, 2025

2024–25 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Standings v t e
	Conference record											Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#3 Western Michigan	16	13	2	1	2	2	0	40	58	25		26	20	5	1	94	45
#20 Omaha	18	12	5	1	1	0	1	37	64	46		28	16	11	1	83	70
#10 Arizona State	18	12	6	0	2	3	0	37	72	51		28	17	10	1	105	73
#17 North Dakota	16	9	6	1	2	1	1	28	54	48		27	14	11	2	85	78
#6 Denver	16	9	6	1	2	1	0	27	62	46		28	20	7	1	114	62
#19 Colorado College	18	8	9	1	3	1	1	24	47	52		28	14	13	1	77	77
Minnesota Duluth	16	6	10	0	0	1	0	19	45	54		26	10	15	1	73	84
St. Cloud State	18	4	13	1	1	3	0	15	38	64		28	11	16	1	60	83
Miami	16	0	16	0	0	1	0	1	22	76		26	3	21	2	47	105
Championship: March 30, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Frozen Faceoff Championship Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll Updated: February 10, 2025

PairWise Rankings

The PairWise Rankings (PWR) are a statistical tool designed to approximate the process by which the NCAA selection committee decides which teams get at-large bids to the 16-team NCAA tournament. Although the NCAA selection committee does not use the PWR as presented by USCHO, the PWR has been accurate in predicting which teams will make the tournament field.

For Division I men, all teams are included in comparisons starting in the 2013–14 season (formerly, only teams with a Ratings Percentage Index of .500 or above, or teams under consideration, were included). The PWR method compares each team with every other such team, with the winner of each “comparison” earning one PWR point. After all comparisons are made, the points are totaled up and rankings listed accordingly.

With 64 Division I men's teams, the greatest number of PWR points any team could earn is 63, winning the comparison with every other team. Meanwhile, a team that lost all of its comparisons would have no PWR points.

Teams are then ranked by PWR point total, with ties broken by the teams’ RPI ratings, which starting in 2013–14 is weighted for home and road games and includes a quality wins bonus (QWB) for beating teams in the top 20 of the RPI (it also is weighted for home and road).

When it comes to comparing teams, the PWR uses three criteria which are combined to make a comparison: RPI, record against common opponents and head-to-head competition. Starting in 2013–14, the comparison of record against teams under consideration was dropped because all teams are now under comparison. ^[7]

NCAA Division I Men's Hockey PairWise Rankings ^[8]

Rank	Team	PWR	RPI	Conference
1	Boston College	63	.6232*	Hockey East
2	Michigan State	62	.6161*	Big Ten
3	Minnesota	61	.5913*	Big Ten
4	Maine	60	.5891*	Hockey East
5	Western Michigan	59	.5887*	NCHC
6	Ohio State	57	.5766*	Big Ten
6	Boston University	57	.5745	Hockey East
8	Providence	56	.5710	Hockey East
9	Connecticut	55	.5698*	Hockey East
10	Denver	54	.5662*	NCHC
11	Massachusetts Lowell	53	.5542	Hockey East
12	Michigan	52	.5537	Big Ten
13	Massachusetts	51	.5492	Hockey East
14	Quinnipiac	50	.5479	ECAC Hockey
15	Arizona State	49	.5432*	NCHC
16	Penn State	48	.5402	Big Ten
17	Minnesota State	47	.5358	CCHA
18	New Hampshire	45	.5245	Hockey East
18	North Dakota	45	.5221	NCHC
20	Cornell	44	.5198	ECAC Hockey
21	Clarkson	42	.5187	ECAC Hockey
21	Augustana	42	.5177	CCHA
21	Merrimack	42	.5169	Hockey East
24	Vermont	40	.5166	Hockey East
25	Colgate	39	.5145	ECAC Hockey
26	Wisconsin	38	.5134	Big Ten
27	Holy Cross	37	.5134	AHA
28	Dartmouth	36	.5132	ECAC Hockey
29	Northeastern	35	.5163	Hockey East
30	Sacred Heart	34	.5117	AHA
31	Omaha	33	.5102	NCHC
32	Long Island	31	.5092	Independent
32	Colorado College	31	.5063	NCHC
34	Union	29	.5047	ECAC Hockey
34	St. Cloud State	29	.5023	NCHC
36	Bentley	27	.5015	AHA
37	Bowling Green	26	.4949	CCHA
37	Michigan Tech	26	.4948	CCHA
39	Alaska	25	.4880	Independent
40	Minnesota Duluth	24	.4931	NCHC
41	Harvard	23	.4889	ECAC Hockey
41	Brown	23	.4872	ECAC Hockey
43	St. Thomas	22	.4823	CCHA
43	Princeton	22	.4805	ECAC Hockey
45	Notre Dame	20	.4750	Big Ten
46	Lake Superior State	19	.4710	CCHA
47	Niagara	16	.4710	AHA
47	Bemidji State	16	.4708	CCHA
49	Rensselaer	15	.4660	ECAC Hockey
50	Army	13	.4659	AHA
50	American International	13	.4582	AHA
52	Air Force	12	.4533	AHA
53	Ferris State	11	.4496	CCHA
54	Lindenwood	9	.4448	Independent
54	Yale	9	.4429	ECAC Hockey
54	St. Lawrence	9	.4391	ECAC Hockey
57	Canisius	7	.4417	AHA
57	Robert Morris	7	.4353	AHA
59	Stonehill	5	.4245	Independent
60	Alaska Anchorage	4	.4305	Independent
61	RIT	3	.4178	AHA
62	Northern Michigan	2	.4126	CCHA
62	Miami	2	.4046	NCHC
64	Mercyhurst	0	.3858	AHA
*A team's RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating a weak opponent Note: A team's record is based only on games against other Division I hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament Updated: February 16, 2025

Player stats

Scoring leaders

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Aiden Fink	Sophomore	Penn State	30	22	22	44	8
Isaac Howard	Junior	Michigan State	30	22	21	43	10
Jimmy Snuggerud	Junior	Minnesota	32	20	22	42	25
Cole O'Hara	Junior	Massachusetts	30	17	25	42	10
Jack Devine	Senior	Denver	30	8	33	41	22
Liam McLinskey	Senior	Holy Cross	32	20	20	40	14
Ryan Leonard	Sophomore	Boston College	29	25	14	39	32
Gabe Perreault	Sophomore	Boston College	29	12	27	39	8
Aidan Thompson	Junior	Denver	30	16	21	37	22
Quinn Hutson	Junior	Boston University	27	17	19	36	27
Trevor Hoskin	Freshman	Niagara	31	11	25	36	10

As of February 15, 2025. ^[9]

Goaltending leaders

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average, minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Alex Tracy	Junior	Minnesota State	30	1807:04	20	8	2	46	3	.941	1.53
Hampton Slukynsky	Freshman	Western Michigan	12	726:47	7	4	1	19	1	.942	1.57
Albin Boija	Sophomore	Maine	28	1691:25	18	5	5	45	4	.931	1.60
Christian Stoever	Senior	Bowling Green	13	777:55	9	1	3	22	2	.948	1.70
Jacob Fowler	Sophomore	Boston College	27	1582:20	20	5	1	45	6	.936	1.71
Josh Kotai	Sophomore	Augustana	27	1569:54	16	7	3	48	3	.939	1.83
Cameron Rowe	Graduate	Western Michigan	16	961:43	15	1	0	30	1	.928	1.87
Isak Posch	Sophomore	St. Cloud State	14	824:00	9	5	0	27	2	.929	1.97
Ajeet Gundarah	Freshman	Sacred Heart	19	1123:03	12	4	3	38	2	.929	2.03
Liam Soulière	Graduate	Minnesota	19	1080:43	10	5	2	37	2	.926	2.05

As of February 15, 2025. ^[10]

Awards

HCA

Month	Award	Recipient
October [11]	Player of the Month	Jack Devine, Denver
	Rookie of the Month	Ben Muthersbaugh, Union
	Goaltender of the Month	Josh Kotai, Augustana
		Owen Say, Notre Dame
November [12]	Player of the Month	Ryan Leonard, Boston College
	Rookie of the Month	Michael Hage, Michigan
	Goaltender of the Month	Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College
		Alex Tracy, Minnesota State
December [13]	Player of the Month	Tanner Klimpke, Robert Morris
	Rookie of the Month	Logan Morrell, Michigan Tech
		Max Strand, Vermont
	Goaltender of the Month	Kristoffer Eberly, Ohio State
January [14]	Player of the Month	Mac Gadowsky, Army
		Ryan Kirwan, Arizona State
		Jimmy Snuggerud, Minnesota
	Rookie of the Month	Ryan Manzella, Michigan Tech
	Goaltender of the Month	Josh Kotai, Augustana
		Tyler Muszelik, Connecticut

See also

• 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
• 2024–25 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season
• 2024–25 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

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