NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament appearances by team

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 2025 with teams listed by number of appearances. ^[1]

NCAA men's Division I ice hockey tournament
School	Tournament appearances	Tournament years	Best result
Minnesota	42	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, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025	Champions (1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003)
Michigan	41	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, 2022, 2023, 2024	Champions (1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998)
Boston University	40	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, 2023, 2024, 2025	Champions (1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009)
Boston College	38	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, 2024, 2025	Champions (1949, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012)
North Dakota	35	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, 2022, 2024	Champions (1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016)
Denver	34	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, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025	Champions (1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2022, 2024)
Michigan State	29	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, 2024, 2025	Champions (1966, 1986, 2007)
Harvard	27	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, 2022, 2023	Champions (1989)
Wisconsin	27	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, 2024	Champions (1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006)
Cornell	25	1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025	Champions (1967, 1970)
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)
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	20	1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2024, 2025	Champions (1993, 1999)
St. Cloud State	17	1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023	Runners-Up (2021)
Michigan Tech	16	1956, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024	Champions (1962, 1965, 1975)
St. Lawrence	16	1952, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2021 ‡	Runners-Up (1961, 1988)
Minnesota Duluth	15	1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022	Champions (2011, 2018, 2019)
Notre Dame	13	2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022	Runners-Up (2008, 2018)
Miami	12	1993, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015	Runners-Up (2009)
Lake Superior State	11	1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2021	Champions (1988, 1992, 1994)
Ohio State	11	1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2025	Frozen Four (1998, 2018)
Quinnipiac	11	2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025	Champions (2023)
Bowling Green	10	1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2019	Champions (1984)
Minnesota State	10	2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025	Runners-Up (2022)
Western Michigan	10	1986, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025	Regional Final (2022)
Rensselaer	9	1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 2011	Champions (1954, 1985)
Massachusetts Lowell	9	1988, 1994, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022	Frozen Four (2013)
Northeastern	8	1982, 1988, 1994, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022	Frozen Four (1982)
Northern Michigan	8	1980, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2010	Champions (1991)
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)
Colgate	6	1981, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2023	Runners-Up (1990)
Vermont	6	1988, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014	Frozen Four (1996, 2009)
Massachusetts	6	2007, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025	Champions (2021)
Bemidji State	5	2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2021	Frozen Four (2009)
Omaha	5	2006, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2024	Frozen Four (2015)
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)
Niagara	4	2000, 2004, 2008, 2013	Regional Final (2000)
Princeton	4	1998, 2008, 2009, 2018	First Round (1998, 2008, 2009, 2018)
RIT	4	2010, 2015, 2016, 2024	Frozen Four (2010)
Penn State	4	2017, 2018, 2023, 2025	Regional Final (2017)
Alaska Anchorage	3	1990, 1991, 1992	Regional Final (1991)
American International	3	2019, 2021, 2022	Regional Final (2019)
Mercyhurst	3	2001, 2003, 2005	First Round (2001, 2003, 2005)
Merrimack	3	1988, 2011, 2023	Regional Final (1988)
Alabama–Huntsville	2	2007, 2010	First Round (2007, 2010)
Canisius	2	2013, 2023	First Round (2013)
Holy Cross	2	2004, 2006	Regional Final (2006)
Arizona State	1	2019	First Round (2019)
Robert Morris	1	2014	First Round (2014)
Wayne State	1	2003	First Round (2003)
Bentley	1	2025
Connecticut	1	2025
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†
Augustana	2023
Lindenwood	2022
Long Island	2020
Sacred Heart	1998
St. Thomas	2021
Stonehill	2022

† Army played in Division II from 1973 through 1980 but was in the top division prior to 1973.

References

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