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2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri will host the 2025 Frozen Four.
DurationOctober 4, 2024–
April 11, 2025
NCAA tournament2025
National championshipEnterprise Center
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List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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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.

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.

Arizona State formally joined the NCHC, bringing the number of conference members up to nine. Initially, the league instituted a play-in game for the final quarterfinal spot in the NCHC tournament. 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.

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. 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.

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
Beanpot February 4

Standings

2024–25 Atlantic Hockey America Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OW OL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Sacred Heart 16 9 5 2 0 1 2 32 50 43 20 10 7 3 63 61
Bentley 12 9 2 1 0 0 1 29 42 25 18 11 5 2 56 39
Niagara 13 7 4 2 1 1 1 24 40 33 19 8 8 3 58 57
Holy Cross 12 7 4 1 2 0 0 20 36 23 18 8 9 1 48 45
Robert Morris 11 5 5 1 0 1 1 18 41 38 17 8 7 2 58 47
Air Force 10 6 4 0 1 1 0 18 19 16 20 9 10 1 37 57
Canisius 12 5 5 2 0 0 0 17 37 32 18 5 11 2 47 60
Army 12 5 7 0 0 0 0 15 25 36 18 5 13 0 31 57
American International 12 4 8 0 0 2 0 14 24 34 19 5 13 1 40 63
RIT 12 3 8 1 1 0 0 9 32 48 20 4 15 1 48 77
Mercyhurst 14 2 10 2 1 0 1 8 32 50 20 2 15 3 46 74
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
2024–25 Big Ten ice hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 Michigan State 10 8 1 1 2 0 1 24 39 27 19 16 2 1 64 34
#3 Minnesota 10 8 1 1 1 0 0 24 35 19 20 15 3 2 80 40
#11 Ohio State 10 7 3 0 2 1 0 20 26 20 20 14 5 1 64 41
Wisconsin 14 5 9 0 1 6 0 20 39 35 22 9 12 1 67 56
#9 Michigan 10 6 4 0 3 0 0 15 31 34 20 12 7 1 60 58
Notre Dame 12 1 10 1 1 2 1 6 24 44 20 6 13 1 51 61
Penn State 10 1 8 1 0 1 0 5 27 42 18 8 9 1 58 55
Championship: March 22, 2025
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated January 5, 2025
2024–25 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS PCT ^ GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Lake Superior State 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 15 .833 25 11 14 7 6 1 44 43
#12 Minnesota State 8 5 1 2 0 0 1 18 .750 20 10 16 10 4 2 40 24
Augustana 8 5 3 0 0 1 0 16 .667 25 19 14 8 6 0 41 29
Michigan Tech 8 5 2 1 0 0 0 16 .667 23 16 12 7 4 1 29 24
Bemidji State 8 4 3 1 0 0 0 13 .542 16 17 15 7 6 2 36 37
Bowling Green 6 2 2 2 0 0 1 9 .500 14 17 12 5 5 2 26 34
Ferris State 10 3 7 0 0 0 0 9 .300 22 30 16 4 10 2 32 54
St. Thomas 10 2 5 3 0 0 0 9 .300 26 27 15 3 8 4 37 47
Northern Michigan 8 0 7 1 0 0 1 2 .083 7 31 14 1 12 1 17 52
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
2024–25 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings
Overall record
GP W L T GF GA
Alaska 14 4 7 3 29 42
Alaska Anchorage 14 2 10 2 29 46
Lindenwood 16 3 12 1 28 46
Long Island 12 6 5 1 30 31
Stonehill 17 6 11 0 34 55
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
Updated: December 2, 2024
2024–25 ECAC Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Colgate 6 4 1 1 0 0 1 14 21 16 16 7 7 2 49 58
Dartmouth 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 13 19 11 8 6 1 1 30 19
#20 Quinnipiac 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 9 14 14 13 6 6 1 39 32
#19 Clarkson 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 9 11 3 16 9 5 2 46 33
Union 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 9 15 10 13 9 3 1 49 37
#18 Cornell 6 2 2 2 0 0 1 9 16 12 9 4 2 3 28 19
Yale 6 2 3 1 0 0 1 8 13 18 10 2 7 1 16 35
Brown 6 2 3 1 1 0 1 7 10 13 8 3 3 2 16 16
Harvard 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 6 12 11 8 3 4 1 21 23
Princeton 6 1 4 1 0 1 0 5 10 18 8 3 4 1 16 20
Rensselaer 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 10 15 12 5 6 1 38 44
St. Lawrence 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 4 14 15 4 11 0 29 40
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
2024–25 Hockey East Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#7 Maine 9 5 2 2 0 0 1 18 29 14 14 10 2 2 55 22
#15 Boston University 8 5 2 1 0 0 1 17 32 24 14 8 5 1 52 47
#5 Providence 9 5 2 2 2 1 1 17 29 25 15 10 3 2 46 38
#8 Massachusetts Lowell 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 15 23 17 14 10 3 1 47 33
Connecticut 10 4 5 1 1 1 0 13 26 30 14 7 6 1 42 39
Vermont 9 3 4 2 1 2 1 13 24 26 13 3 7 3 32 40
#2 Boston College 6 4 2 0 1 0 0 11 18 13 13 10 3 0 44 24
Northeastern 8 1 4 3 0 1 2 9 16 24 12 3 6 3 28 36
Merrimack 8 2 5 1 0 0 1 8 17 32 13 3 9 1 26 47
Massachusetts 7 1 4 2 0 0 1 6 16 19 15 7 6 2 49 39
#17 New Hampshire 6 1 3 2 0 0 0 5 9 14 12 6 4 2 33 28
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
2024–25 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#4 Western Michigan 8 6 1 1 1 1 0 19 24 14 15 11 3 1 50 28
#14 North Dakota 8 6 2 0 1 0 0 17 30 21 19 11 7 1 61 51
#16 Arizona State 8 5 3 0 1 1 0 15 25 22 16 8 7 1 47 41
#10 St. Cloud State 8 4 4 0 1 3 0 14 20 18 18 11 7 0 42 37
#13 Colorado College 8 4 3 1 2 1 1 13 19 17 16 10 5 1 46 34
#6 Denver 8 4 4 0 1 0 0 11 23 23 18 14 4 0 72 36
Omaha 8 4 4 0 1 0 0 11 26 20 16 7 9 0 39 38
Minnesota Duluth 8 2 6 0 0 1 0 7 24 30 15 5 10 0 45 54
Miami 8 0 8 0 0 1 0 1 12 38 18 3 13 2 37 67
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: December 30, 2024

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.

NCAA Division I Men's Hockey PairWise Rankings
Rank Team PWR RPI Conference
1 Boston College 63 .6501* Hockey East
2 Michigan State 62 .6336* Big Ten
3 Providence 61 .6067* Hockey East
4 Minnesota 60 .6047* Big Ten
5 Denver 59 .5924* NCHC
6 Maine 58 .5872* Hockey East
7 Western Michigan 57 .5845* NCHC
8 Massachusetts Lowell 56 .5795* Hockey East
9 Ohio State 54 .5718* Big Ten
9 St. Cloud State 54 .5717* NCHC
11 New Hampshire 53 .5712* Hockey East
12 Michigan 52 .5603 Big Ten
13 Boston University 51 .5609 Hockey East
14 Minnesota State 50 .5564* CCHA
15 Arizona State 48 .5499 NCHC
15 Connecticut 48 .5497 Hockey East
17 Quinnipiac 46 .5360 ECAC Hockey
17 Augustana 46 .5320 CCHA
19 Clarkson 44 .5317 ECAC Hockey
20 North Dakota 43 .5311* NCHC
21 Massachusetts 42 .5299 Hockey East
21 Long Island 42 .5297 Independent
23 Wisconsin 41 .5294 Big Ten
24 Northeastern 40 .5293 Hockey East
24 Dartmouth 40 .5252 ECAC Hockey
26 Vermont 39 .5213 Hockey East
27 Cornell 38 .5188 ECAC Hockey
28 Colorado College 37 .5153 NCHC
29 Bentley 35 .5141 AHA
30 Michigan Tech 34 .5105 CCHA
31 Penn State 33 .5077 Big Ten
32 Princeton 31 .5065 ECAC Hockey
32 Alaska 31 .4974 Independent
34 Union 30 .5004 ECAC Hockey
34 Colgate 30 .4957 ECAC Hockey
36 Bowling Green 28 .4956 CCHA
37 Merrimack 27 .4921 Hockey East
38 Bemidji State 26 .4918 CCHA
39 Sacred Heart 25 .4889 AHA
40 Minnesota Duluth 24 .4874 NCHC
40 Notre Dame 24 .4849 Big Ten
42 Lake Superior State 22 .4735 CCHA
43 Air Force 21 .4732 AHA
44 Omaha 20 .4725 NCHC
45 Niagara 19 .4721 AHA
46 Holy Cross 18 .4720 AHA
47 St. Thomas 17 .4712 CCHA
48 Rensselaer 16 .4720 ECAC Hockey
49 Robert Morris 15 .4657 AHA
49 Harvard 15 .4605 ECAC Hockey
51 Brown 13 .4580 ECAC Hockey
52 American International 12 .4575 AHA
53 Yale 11 .4460 ECAC Hockey
54 Alaska Anchorage 9 .4376 Independent
54 Lindenwood 9 .4375 Independent
56 Ferris State 8 .4329 CCHA
57 St. Lawrence 7 .4239 ECAC Hockey
58 Stonehill 6 .4155 Independent
59 Canisius 5 .4140 AHA
60 Army 4 .4178 AHA
60 Miami 4 .4043 NCHC
62 RIT 2 .4018 AHA
63 Northern Michigan 1 .3827 CCHA
64 Mercyhurst 0 .3663 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: January 6, 2024

Player stats

Scoring leaders

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Quinn Finley Sophomore Wisconsin 22 16 13 29 10
Jimmy Snuggerud Junior Minnesota 22 11 17 28 25
Jack Devine Senior Denver 20 2 26 28 6
Isaac Howard Junior Michigan State 20 13 14 27 8
Aiden Fink Sophomore Penn State 18 9 17 26 4
Stiven Sardarian Junior Michigan Tech 20 9 17 26 18
Aidan Thompson Junior Denver 20 11 14 25 6
Harrison Scott Senior Maine 19 13 11 24 8
Aydar Suniev Sophomore Massachusetts 19 12 12 24 10
Connor Kurth Junior Minnesota 22 10 14 24 8
Cole O'Hara Junior Massachusetts 19 8 16 24 8
Matthew Wood Junior Minnesota 21 8 16 24 8
Gavin Morrissey Freshman Wisconsin 22 7 17 24 8

As of January 4, 2025.

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 20 1209:18 14 4 2 28 3 .945 1.39
Kristoffer Eberly Sophomore Ohio State 11 639:07 10 1 0 16 2 .937 1.50
Albin Boija Sophomore Maine 18 1077:43 12 4 2 29 3 .927 1.61
Isak Posch Sophomore St. Cloud State 13 784:00 9 4 0 22 2 .938 1.68
Liam Soulière Graduate Minnesota 10 600:46 7 3 0 17 2 .933 1.70
Josh Kotai Sophomore Augustana 17 1015:43 11 5 1 29 2 .944 1.71
Arthur Smith Sophomore Princeton 7 417:38 5 2 0 12 1 .937 1.72
Jacob Fowler Sophomore Boston College 15 867:14 11 2 1 25 4 .933 1.73
Cameron Rowe Graduate Western Michigan 11 660:26 10 1 0 20 0 .931 1.24
Hampton Slukynsky Freshman Western Michigan 7 424:29 3 3 1 13 0 .941 1.84

As of January 5, 2025.

Awards

HCA

Month Award Recipient
October 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 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

References

  1. "Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America Join to Form Atlantic Hockey America" (Press release). Atlantic Hockey America. April 30, 2024. Archived from the original on May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  2. "Arizona State hockey program set to join National Collegiate Hockey Conference in 2024-25 season - PHNX". July 5, 2023.
  3. "NCHC announces change in playoff format, will move exclusively to campus sites beginning with 2026 postseason tournament". USCHO. December 19, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  4. "NCHC Announces 10-Team Playoff Format Starting in 2027". NCHC. July 25, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  5. "Augustana to join CCHA year early in 2024-25 as league will adjust standings, have eight of nine teams qualify for conference playoffs". USCHO. July 16, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  6. "Pathway to Progress: Charting AIC's Future" (Press release). American International College. November 13, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  7. "PairWise Rankings explanation". Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  8. "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  9. "National 2024–25 Scoring Leaders". College Hockey inc. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  10. "National 2024-25 Goaltending Leaders". College Hockey inc. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  11. "Denver's Devine, Union's Muthersbaugh, Augustana's Kotai, Notre Dame's Say take home monthly HCA accolades". USCHO.com. November 2, 2024. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  12. "November HCA men's awards go to Boston College's Leonard, Michigan's Hage, Colorado College's Mbereko, Minnesota State's Tracy". USCHO.com. December 7, 2024. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
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