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

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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.

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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

Regular season

Season tournaments

TournamentDatesTeamsChampion
Ice Breaker Tournament October 11–124 Omaha
Adirondack Winter Invitational November 29–304 Massachusetts Lowell
Friendship Four November 29–304 Boston University
Holiday Face-Off December 28–294 Wisconsin
Ledyard Bank Classic December 28–294 Providence
Great Lakes Invitational December 29–304 Michigan State
Coachella Valley Cactus Cup January 3–44 Massachusetts Lowell
Desert Hockey Classic January 3–44 Arizona State
Connecticut Ice January 24–254
Beanpot February4

Standings

Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTOWOLSWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Sacred Heart 169520123250432010736361
Bentley 129210012942251811525639
Niagara 13742111244033198835857
Holy Cross 12741200203623188914845
Robert Morris 11551011184138178725847
Air Force 106401101819162091013757
Canisius 125520001737321851124760
Army 125700001525361851303157
American International 124800201424341951314063
RIT 12381100932482041514877
Mercyhurst 142102101832502021534674
Championship: March 21, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
Updated: January 2, 2025
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTOTWOTL3/SWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#1 Michigan State 119112012745312118217441
#3 Minnesota 118211002436242317429249
#8 Ohio State 118302102331212115516942
Wisconsin 145901602039352291216756
#10 Michigan 127503001840442213816968
Notre Dame 142111121934532271416170
Penn State 11191010531481981016261
Championship: March 22, 2025
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated January 11, 2025
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTOTWOTLSWPTSPCT ^GFGAGPWLTGFGA
Lake Superior State 651000015.8332511147614443
#12 Minnesota State 851200118.75020101610424024
Augustana 853001016.6672519148604129
Michigan Tech 852100016.6672316127412924
Bemidji State 843100013.5421617157623637
Bowling Green 62220019.5001417125522634
Ferris State 103700009.30022301641023254
St. Thomas 102530009.3002627153843747
Northern Michigan 80710012.0837311411211752
Championship: March 20, 2024
† 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: December 2, 2024
Overall record
GPWLTGFGA
Alaska 144732942
Alaska Anchorage 1421022946
Lindenwood 1631212846
Long Island 126513031
Stonehill 1761103455
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
Updated: December 2, 2024
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTOTWOTLSWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Colgate 6411001142116167724958
Dartmouth 540100013191186113019
#16 Quinnipiac 633000091414136613932
#20 Clarkson 43100009113169524633
Union 431000091510139314937
Cornell 62220019161294232819
Yale 623100181318102711635
Brown 62311017101383321616
Harvard 52211006121183412123
Princeton 61410105101883411620
Rensselaer 413000031015125613844
St. Lawrence 404001014141541102940
Championship: March 21, 2025
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
Updated: December 2, 2024
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTOTWOTLSWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#5 Maine 95220011829141410225522
#11 Boston University 8521001173224148515247
#6 Providence 95222111729251510324638
#9 Massachusetts Lowell 75200001523171410314733
#17 Connecticut 10451110132630147614239
Vermont 9342121132426133733240
#2 Boston College 64201001118131310304424
Northeastern 814301291624123632836
Merrimack 825100181732133912647
Massachusetts 714200161619157624939
#19 New Hampshire 61320005914126423328
Championship: March 21, 2025
† indicates regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO Division I Men's Poll
Updated: December 2, 2024
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTOTWOTLSWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#14 North Dakota 107302001935282112816658
#13 Arizona State 106401201932272011816549
#4 Western Michigan 86111101924141813416034
#7 Denver 106401001733262217508542
Omaha 1064010017332620101005347
#15 St. Cloud State 104601301422252011904444
#18 Colorado College 104512111322252010915250
Minnesota Duluth 104600101331322081115962
Miami 100100010115482031524077
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: January 13, 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]
RankTeamPWRRPIConference
1 Michigan State 63.6283*Big Ten
2 Boston College 62.6256*Hockey East
3 Maine 61.6048*Hockey East
4 Minnesota 60.6047*Big Ten
5 Providence 59.5957*Hockey East
6 Denver 58.5929*NCHC
7 Western Michigan 57.5792*NCHC
8 Boston University 56.5730Hockey East
9 Ohio State 54.5700*Big Ten
9 Massachusetts Lowell 54.5697*Hockey East
11 Connecticut 53.5685Hockey East
12 Michigan 52.5580Big Ten
13 New Hampshire 51.5502*Hockey East
14 Arizona State 50.5489NCHC
15 Quinnipiac 48.5479*ECAC Hockey
15 Minnesota State 48.5461CCHA
17 St. Cloud State 46.5460*NCHC
17 Massachusetts 46.5329Hockey East
19 Wisconsin 45.5310Big Ten
19 North Dakota 45.5276NCHC
21 Augustana 43.5275CCHA
22 Northeastern 42.5239Hockey East
23 Dartmouth 41.5150ECAC Hockey
24 Clarkson 40.5208ECAC Hockey
25 Merrimack 39.5134Hockey East
26 Bentley 38.5122AHA
27 Long Island 36.5121Independent
27 Vermont 36.5120Hockey East
29 Cornell 35.5114ECAC Hockey
29 Colgate 35.5095ECAC Hockey
31 Penn State 33.5095Big Ten
32 Michigan Tech 32.5050CCHA
33 Minnesota Duluth 30.5043NCHC
33 Colorado College 30.5019NCHC
33 Alaska 30.5012Independent
36 Sacred Heart 28.4992AHA
37 Union 27.4962ECAC Hockey
38 Bowling Green 26.4957CCHA
38 Notre Dame 26.4912Big Ten
40 Princeton 24.4892ECAC Hockey
41 Bemidji State 23.4875CCHA
42 Omaha 22.4866NCHC
42 Harvard 22.4808ECAC Hockey
44 Holy Cross 20.4789AHA
45 Lake Superior State 19.4786CCHA
46 Rensselaer 18.4754ECAC Hockey
47 St. Thomas 17.4733CCHA
48 Air Force 16.4727AHA
49 Niagara 15.4676AHA
50 Robert Morris 14.4667AHA
51 American International 13.4663AHA
52 Yale 12.4555ECAC Hockey
53 Brown 11.4468ECAC Hockey
54 Alaska Anchorage 9.4438Independent
54 Lindenwood 9.4386Independent
56 Ferris State 8.4323CCHA
57 Canisius 6.4251AHA
57 St. Lawrence 6.4240ECAC Hockey
59 Army 5.4278AHA
59 Stonehill 5.4153Independent
61 Miami 3.4052NCHC
62 RIT 2.3937AHA
63 Northern Michigan 1.3925CCHA
64 Mercyhurst 0.3638AHA
*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: January 12, 2024

Player stats

Scoring leaders

PlayerClassTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Isaac Howard Junior Michigan State 221815338
Jack Devine Senior Denver 22427318
Jimmy Snuggerud Junior Minnesota 2412183025
Quinn Finley Sophomore Wisconsin 2216132910
Aidan Thompson Junior Denver 221316296
Aiden Fink Sophomore Penn State 201117284
Liam Malmquist Senior St. Thomas (Minnesota) 221018284
Harrison Scott Senior Maine 2115122710
Connor Kurth Junior Minnesota 241116278
Cole O'Hara Junior Massachusetts 21918278
Stiven Sardarian Junior Michigan Tech 229182718

As of January 11, 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

PlayerClassTeamGPMinWLTGASOSV%GAA
Alex Tracy Junior Minnesota State 221327:401552323.9431.45
Albin Boija Sophomore Maine 201197:411442313.9311.55
Liam Soulière Graduate Minnesota 12677:17830182.9381.59
Isak Posch Sophomore St. Cloud State 13784:00940222.9381.68
Josh Kotai Sophomore Augustana 171015:431151292.9441.71
Christian Stoever Senior Bowling Green 8474:16602142.9471.77
Kristoffer Eberly Sophomore Ohio State 13733:021120222.9291.80
Cameron Rowe Graduate Western Michigan 11660:261010200.9311.82
Hampton Slukynsky Freshman Western Michigan 7424:29331130.9411.84
Jacob Fowler Sophomore Boston College 17987:061231314.9271.88

As of January 13, 2025. [10]

Awards

HCA

MonthAwardRecipient
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

See also

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