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.
Time in the NAIA is included for any team so long as they played at the varsity level.
as of July 4, 2024.
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Number of seasons | Conference |
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Saint Michael's College | Colchester, Vermont | Purple Knights | 1922–23 | 65 | Northeast-10 |
Assumption University (Worcester) | Worcester, Massachusetts | Greyhounds | 1918–19 | 60 | Northeast-10 |
Saint Anselm College | Goffstown, New Hampshire | Hawks | 1969–70 | 54 | Northeast-10 |
Southern New Hampshire University | Manchester, New Hampshire | Penmen | 1975–76 | 48 | Northeast-10 |
Franklin Pierce University | Rindge, New Hampshire | Ravens | 2002–03 | 22 | Northeast-10 |
Post University | Waterbury, Connecticut | Eagles | 2016–17 | 7 | Northeast-10 |
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 six 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. Assumption started women's varsity play in 2023–24 as a NEWHA member.
† 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.
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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Binghamton University | Vestal, New York | Bearcats | 1987–88 [a] | TBA |
Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, British Columbia | Red Leafs | 2005–06 | Independent [b] |
Tennessee State University | Nashville, Tennessee | Tigers | TBD | TBA |
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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University of Delaware | Newark, Delaware | Fightin' Blue Hens | 2025–26 | AHA |
Tennessee State University | Nashville, Tennessee | Lady Tigers | TBD | TBA |
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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Hiram College | Hiram, Ohio | Terriers | 2025–26 [1] | TBA |
St. John Fisher University | Pittsford, New York | Cardinals | 2025–26 [2] | UCHC |
Western Connecticut University | Danbury, Connecticut | Wolves | 2025–26 [3] | LEC |
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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St. John Fisher University | Pittsford, New York | Cardinals | 2025–26 | UCHC |
Western Connecticut University | Danbury, Connecticut | Wolves | 2026–27 [3] | LEC |
Defunct teams are listed at the level and in the conference they were when they ceased sponsoring ice hockey as a varsity sport. For programs that ended prior to the delineation of college hockey in 1961, all will be listed under Division I classification.
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Last season | Total seasons | Conference |
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University of North Dakota | Grand Forks, North Dakota | Fighting Hawks | 2002–03 | 2016–17 | 15 | WCHA |
Niagara University | Lewiston, New York | Purple Eagles | 1998–99 | 2011–12 | 14 | CHA |
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Last season | Total seasons | Conference |
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Finlandia University | Hancock, Michigan | Lions | 2004–05 | 2022–23 | 18 | NCHA |
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† Boston State merged with UMass Boston in 1982.
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