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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
St. Louis, Missouri
NCAA championWestern Michigan
Hobey Baker AwardIsaac Howard
(Michigan State)
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 concluded with the NCAA championship on April 11, 2025. This was 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

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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

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

Regular season

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Season tournaments

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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

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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
Holy Cross † 26 19 5 2 4 0 1 56 92 47 40 24 14 2 130 94
Sacred Heart 26 16 7 3 1 1 2 53 80 64 39 21 13 5 118 101
#20 Bentley * 26 16 9 1 1 2 1 51 79 57 39 23 14 2 114 80
Niagara 26 15 9 2 3 3 1 48 90 70 37 18 16 3 124 109
Army 26 14 10 2 2 0 2 44 84 74 38 16 20 2 105 117
Canisius 26 11 13 2 0 3 0 38 84 79 37 12 23 2 98 120
Air Force 26 11 13 2 2 3 1 37 59 58 40 16 21 3 86 112
American International 26 9 16 1 0 3 0 31 63 77 38 13 23 2 92 117
RIT 26 9 15 2 2 0 1 28 65 102 35 10 23 2 82 133
Robert Morris 26 7 15 4 1 2 1 27 72 86 35 10 20 5 95 115
Mercyhurst 26 4 19 3 1 0 2 16 59 113 35 4 27 4 77 150
Championship: March 22, 2025
† indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
Updated: March 22, 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 †* 24 15 5 4 2 1 2 50 92 60 37 26 7 4 129 77
#5 Minnesota † 24 15 6 3 1 3 0 50 87 62 40 25 11 4 154 101
#9 Ohio State 24 14 9 1 3 2 0 42 72 62 40 24 14 2 127 106
#17 Michigan 24 12 10 2 5 1 2 36 76 83 36 18 15 3 112 118
#12 Penn State 24 9 11 4 2 1 3 33 78 88 37 20 13 4 130 114
Wisconsin 24 7 16 1 1 6 0 27 64 77 37 13 21 3 108 110
Notre Dame 24 4 19 1 2 2 1 14 60 97 38 12 25 1 102 127
Championship: March 22, 2025
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 27, 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
#14 Minnesota State †* 26 18 5 3 3 1 1 56 .718 77 37 38 27 8 3 112 56
Augustana 16 9 5 2 1 1 1 30 .625 48 37 35 18 13 4 97 75
St. Thomas 26 13 9 4 1 1 1 32 .564 76 66 38 19 14 5 111 101
Bowling Green 26 12 10 4 2 3 2 43 .551 69 63 36 18 14 4 90 85
Michigan Tech 26 12 11 3 1 1 1 40 .513 75 69 36 16 17 3 95 96
Ferris State 26 12 13 1 1 0 0 36 .462 74 81 36 13 20 3 89 128
Bemidji State 26 10 12 4 3 1 4 36 .462 63 78 38 15 18 5 93 114
Lake Superior State 26 10 15 1 0 4 0 35 .449 71 76 36 12 22 2 93 115
Northern Michigan 26 4 20 2 1 1 2 16 .205 42 88 34 5 27 2 55 115
Championship: March 21, 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: March 22, 2025
2024–25 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings
Overall record
GP W L T GF GA
Alaska 32 12 14 6 73 87
Alaska Anchorage 34 6 23 5 75 117
Lindenwood 32 8 22 2 65 86
Long Island 34 20 12 2 111 77
Stonehill 34 12 22 0 76 106
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
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
#11 Quinnipiac † 22 16 5 1 2 3 0 50 79 42 37 24 11 2 134 79
#19 Clarkson 22 15 6 1 2 1 0 45 74 47 39 24 12 3 121 87
Colgate 22 13 7 2 2 2 1 42 80 65 36 18 15 3 114 116
Union 22 12 8 2 0 0 2 40 67 61 36 19 14 3 112 109
Dartmouth 22 12 9 1 0 2 0 39 70 52 33 18 13 2 110 84
#16 Cornell * 22 10 8 4 1 0 3 36 69 53 34 18 10 6 106 76
Harvard 22 9 10 3 2 2 1 31 56 56 33 13 17 3 85 97
Brown 22 9 11 2 3 0 2 28 53 63 32 14 15 3 79 85
Princeton 22 7 12 3 2 2 1 25 55 73 30 12 15 3 71 86
Rensselaer 22 7 15 0 0 2 0 23 57 82 35 12 21 2 101 131
Yale 22 5 14 3 1 1 1 19 52 80 30 6 21 3 67 121
St. Lawrence 22 5 15 2 1 1 1 18 43 81 35 9 24 2 71 121
Championship: March 22, 2025
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
Updated: March 22, 2025
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
#2 Boston College † 24 18 4 2 2 0 1 55 82 40 35 26 7 2 121 61
#4 Maine * 24 13 5 6 1 1 5 50 67 45 37 24 7 6 123 70
#8 Boston University 24 14 8 2 1 1 2 46 89 65 36 21 13 2 134 107
#7 Connecticut 24 12 8 4 3 2 1 40 76 65 37 22 11 4 124 93
#10 Providence 24 11 8 5 2 2 1 39 65 67 36 21 10 5 102 91
#13 Massachusetts 24 10 9 5 0 0 2 37 69 58 38 20 13 5 127 91
Massachusetts Lowell 24 8 13 3 0 1 2 30 57 69 36 16 16 4 93 101
Merrimack 24 9 14 1 1 0 1 28 57 81 35 13 21 1 81 112
Northeastern 24 7 14 3 1 1 2 26 48 71 37 14 20 3 88 112
New Hampshire 24 5 14 5 0 2 1 23 53 73 35 13 16 6 96 100
Vermont 24 6 16 2 2 3 1 22 59 88 35 11 21 3 100 116
Championship: March 21, 2025
† indicates regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO Division I Men's Poll
Updated: March 22, 2025
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
#3 Western Michigan †* 24 19 4 1 4 3 0 57 98 51 41 33 7 1 161 84
#15 Arizona State 24 14 9 1 2 5 1 47 91 69 37 21 14 2 136 103
#6 Denver 24 15 8 1 2 1 0 45 89 59 43 31 12 1 174 94
Omaha 24 14 9 1 1 1 1 44 82 69 36 18 17 1 105 99
#18 North Dakota 24 14 9 1 3 1 1 42 81 73 38 21 15 2 120 111
Colorado College 24 11 12 1 4 1 1 32 68 72 37 18 18 1 106 113
Minnesota Duluth 24 9 13 2 2 2 1 30 63 77 36 13 20 3 99 117
St. Cloud State 24 7 16 1 2 3 0 23 53 79 36 14 21 1 79 110
Miami 24 0 23 1 0 3 0 4 38 114 34 3 28 3 63 143
Championship: March 22, 2025
† indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Frozen Faceoff Championship Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
Updated: April 10, 2025

PairWise Rankings

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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 .6080* Hockey East
2 Michigan State 62 .6033* Big Ten
3 Maine 61 .5896* Hockey East
4 Western Michigan 60 .5878* NCHC
5 Minnesota 59 .5803* Big Ten
6 Connecticut 58 .5759* Hockey East
7 Boston University 57 .5712 Hockey East
8 Providence 56 .5694 Hockey East
9 Denver 55 .5618* NCHC
10 Ohio State 53 .5594 Big Ten
10 Massachusetts 53 .5564 Hockey East
12 Quinnipiac 52 .5515 ECAC Hockey
13 Penn State 51 .5514 Big Ten
14 Minnesota State 50 .4475* CCHA
15 Michigan 49 .5466 Big Ten
16 Arizona State 48 .5425 NCHC
17 Cornell 47 .5374 ECAC Hockey
18 North Dakota 46 .5325 NCHC
19 Massachusetts Lowell 45 .5324 Hockey East
20 Clarkson 43 .5252 ECAC Hockey
21 New Hampshire 42 .5238 Hockey East
22 Bentley 41 .5228 AHA
22 Dartmouth 41 .5208 ECAC Hockey
24 Northeastern 40 .5187 Hockey East
25 Long Island 38 .5138 Independent
25 Holy Cross 38 .5124 AHA
27 Sacred Heart 37 .5113 AHA
28 Wisconsin 36 .5091 Big Ten
29 Colgate 35 .5085 ECAC Hockey
30 Omaha 34 .5046 NCHC
31 St. Thomas 32 .5006 CCHA
31 Merrimack 32 .4996 Hockey East
33 Colorado College 31 .5006 NCHC
34 Vermont 30 .4978 Hockey East
34 Augustana 30 .4966 CCHA
36 St. Cloud State 28 .4955 NCHC
37 Union 27 .4962 ECAC Hockey
38 Harvard 25 .4923 ECAC Hockey
38 Bowling Green 25 .4889 CCHA
38 Alaska 25 .4877 Independent
38 Notre Dame 25 .4875 Big Ten
42 Minnesota Duluth 22 .4846 NCHC
42 Princeton 22 .4830 ECAC Hockey
42 Brown 22 .4822 ECAC Hockey
45 Michigan Tech 19 .4806 CCHA
46 Bemidji State 18 .4784 CCHA
47 Army 16 .4671 AHA
47 Lake Superior State 16 .4651 CCHA
49 Air Force 15 .4651 AHA
50 Rensselaer 14 .4641 ECAC Hockey
51 Niagara 12 .4637 AHA
51 American International 12 .4634 AHA
53 Ferris State 11 .4516 CCHA
54 Lindenwood 9 .4447 Independent
54 St. Lawrence 9 .4320 ECAC Hockey
56 Canisius 8 .4434 AHA
56 Yale 8 .4411 ECAC Hockey
56 Robert Morris 8 .4318 AHA
59 Alaska Anchorage 4 .4280 Independent
59 RIT 4 .4240 AHA
59 Stonehill 4 .4202 Independent
62 Northern Michigan 2 .4095 CCHA
62 Miami 2 .4075 NCHC
64 Mercyhurst 0 .3806 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
Final

Player stats

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Scoring leaders

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Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Jack Devine Senior Denver 44 13 44 57 32
Aidan Thompson Junior Denver 44 21 34 55 26
Liam McLinskey Senior Holy Cross 40 24 30 54 18
Aiden Fink Sophomore Penn State 40 23 30 53 12
Isaac Howard Junior Michigan State 37 26 26 52 10
Ayrton Martino Senior Clarkson 39 25 26 51 8
Cole O'Hara Junior Massachusetts 40 22 29 51 14
Jimmy Snuggerud Junior Minnesota 39 22 27 49 29
Quinn Hutson Sophomore Boston University 38 23 27 50 33
Ryan Leonard Sophomore Boston College 35 29 18 47 44

As of April 12, 2025.[9]

Goaltending leaders

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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 38 2317:27 26 9 3 55 5 .946 1.42
Jacob Fowler Sophomore Boston College 35 2065:45 25 7 2 56 7 .940 1.63
Matej Marinov Sophomore Quinnipiac 17 889:19 12 3 0 26 3 .928 1.75
Christian Stoever Senior Bowling Green 18 1092:22 12 3 3 32 3 .942 1.76
Albin Boija Sophomore Maine 37 2270:12 23 8 6 69 4 .928 1.82
Hampton Slukynsky Freshman Wetern Michigan 25 1578:30 25 19 5 50 1 .922 1.90
Ajeet Gundarah Freshman Sacred Heart 26 1578:13 16 7 3 50 3 .936 1.90
Josh Kotai Sophomore Augustana 31 1808:58 17 10 3 58 3 .936 1.92
Ty Outen Junior Long Island 14 809:35 7 5 1 26 2 .920 1.93
Connor Hasley Junior Bentley 34 2027:35 20 12 2 65 11 .925 1.95

As of April 12, 2025.[10]

Tournament bracket

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Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
Regional Semifinals
March 27–28 		Regional Finals
March 29–30 		National Semifinals
April 10 		National Championship
April 12
            
1 Boston College (1) 3
4 Bentley 1
1 Boston College (1) 1
Manchester – SNHU Arena – Fri/Sun
3 Denver 3
2 Providence 1
3 Denver 5
M3 Denver 2
F1 Western Michigan (4) 3**
1 Western Michigan (4) 2**
4 Minnesota State 1
1 Western Michigan (4) 2
Fargo – Scheels Arena – Thu/Sat
3 Massachusetts 1
2 Minnesota 4
3 Massachusetts 5*
F1 Western Michigan (4) 6
T2 Boston University 2
1 Michigan State (2) 3
4 Cornell 4
4 Cornell 2
Toledo – Huntington Center – Thu/Sat
2 Boston University 3*
2 Boston University 8
3 Ohio State 3
T2 Boston University 3
A4 Penn State 1
1 Maine (3) 1
4 Penn State 5
4 Penn State 3*
Allentown – PPL Center – Fri/Sun
2 Connecticut 2
2 Connecticut 4
3 Quinnipiac 1

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
* denotes overtime period

Awards

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See also

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References

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  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.
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  27. ^ "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.
  28. ^ "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.
  29. ^ "Hockey Commissioners Association men's award winners for December include Robert Morris' Klimpke, Michigan Tech's Morrell, Vermont's Strand, Ohio State's Eberly". USCHO.com. January 5, 2025. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
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