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

2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
	Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri will host the 2025 Frozen Four.
Duration	October 4, 2024–; April 11, 2025
NCAA tournament	2025
National championship	Enterprise Center; St. Louis, Missouri
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
← 2023–24	2025–26 →

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.^[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

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	4

Standings

2024–25 Atlantic Hockey America Standings v t e
	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 v t e
	Conference record										Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Michigan State	16	11	2	3	2	1	2	37	65	43	26	20	3	3	94	53
#4 Minnesota	16	10	4	2	1	1	0	32	56	43	28	19	6	3	112	68
#11 Ohio State	14	8	5	1	2	2	0	25	40	36	24	15	7	2	78	57
#17 Wisconsin	16	6	9	1	1	6	0	24	48	43	26	11	12	3	84	69
#13 Michigan	16	8	7	1	4	0	1	22	52	59	26	14	10	2	81	83
Notre Dame	16	3	12	1	2	2	1	11	40	61	26	9	16	1	73	83
Penn State	14	2	9	3	1	1	2	11	42	58	24	11	10	3	80	73
Championship: March 22, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated January 25, 2025

2024–25 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	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
#15 Minnesota State	8	5	1	2	0	0	1	18	.750	20	10	16	10	4	2	40	24
#19 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 v t e
	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 v t e
	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
#14 Quinnipiac	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	9	14	14	13	6	6	1	39	32
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
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 v t e
	Conference record										Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#6 Maine	9	5	2	2	0	0	1	18	29	14	14	10	2	2	55	22
#10 Boston University	8	5	2	1	0	0	1	17	32	24	14	8	5	1	52	47
#7 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
#9 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
#1 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
#20 Massachusetts	7	1	4	2	0	0	1	6	16	19	15	7	6	2	49	39
#18 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 v t e
	Conference record										Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#3 Western Michigan	12	10	1	1	2	1	0	30	42	20	22	17	4	1	78	40
Omaha	14	10	4	0	1	0	0	29	50	29	24	14	10	0	69	53
#12 Arizona State	14	9	5	0	1	2	0	28	51	39	24	14	9	1	84	61
#5 Denver	12	7	5	0	1	0	0	20	38	31	24	18	6	0	90	47
#16 North Dakota	12	7	5	0	2	1	0	20	38	36	23	12	10	1	69	66
Minnesota Duluth	14	6	8	0	0	1	0	19	42	45	24	10	13	1	70	75
Colorado College	14	6	7	1	2	1	1	19	36	39	24	12	11	1	66	64
St. Cloud State	14	4	10	0	1	3	0	14	32	45	24	11	13	0	54	64
Miami	14	0	14	0	0	1	0	1	20	65	24	3	19	2	45	94
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 27, 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]
Rank	Team	PWR	RPI	Conference
1	Boston College	63	.6432*	Hockey East
2	Michigan State	62	.6309*	Big Ten
3	Minnesota	61	.5919*	Big Ten
4	Connecticut	59	.5895	Hockey East
4	Maine	59	.5882*	Hockey East
6	Western Michigan	58	.5885*	NCHC
7	Denver	59	.5803*	NCHC
8	Providence	56	.5741*	Hockey East
9	Massachusetts Lowell	55	.5684*	Hockey East
9	Boston University	55	.5676	Hockey East
11	Ohio State	52	.5671	Big Ten
11	Michigan	52	.5513	Big Ten
13	Quinnipiac	51	.5504*	ECAC Hockey
14	Arizona State	50	.5497	NCHC
15	New Hampshire	49	.5403	Hockey East
16	Wisconsin	48	.5394	Big Ten
17	Minnesota State	47	.5372	CCHA
18	Massachusetts	46	.5355	Hockey East
19	Dartmouth	45	.5294	ECAC Hockey
20	Cornell	44	.5239	ECAC Hockey
21	Augustana	43	.5213	CCHA
22	Northeastern	42	.5210	Hockey East
23	Merrimack	41	.5197	Hockey East
24	Penn State	40	.5178	Big Ten
25	Colgate	39	.5170	ECAC Hockey
26	North Dakota	38	.5157	NCHC
27	St. Cloud State	36	.5132	NCHC
28	Sacred Heart	35	.5099	AHA
28	Long Island	35	.5095	Independent
30	Michigan Tech	34	.5085	CCHA
31	Clarkson	32	.5083	ECAC Hockey
31	Colorado College	32	.5059	NCHC
33	Vermont	31	.5052	Hockey East
33	Holy Cross	31	.5040	AHA
35	Omaha	30	.5038	NCHC
36	Minnesota Duluth	27	.5024	NCHC
37	Alaska	26	.4996	Independent
38	Bentley	25	.5024	AHA
38	Harvard	25	.4932	ECAC Hockey
40	Union	24	.4921	ECAC Hockey
40	Notre Dame	24	.4883	Big Ten
42	Bowling Green	23	.4886	CCHA
42	Princeton	23	.4856	ECAC Hockey
44	Lake Superior State	20	.4779	CCHA
45	Brown	19	.4765	ECAC Hockey
46	St. Thomas	18	.4724	CCHA
47	Bemidji State	17	.4717	CCHA
48	Niagara	16	.4707	AHA
49	Rensselaer	15	.4605	ECAC Hockey
50	Air Force	14	.4578	AHA
51	Army	12	.4493	AHA
51	Yale	12	.4492	ECAC Hockey
53	American International	11	.4480	AHA
54	Alaska Anchorage	9	.4449	Independent
54	Robert Morris	9	.4441	AHA
56	Lindenwood	8	.4447	Independent
57	Ferris State	7	.4374	CCHA
57	St. Lawrence	7	.4281	ECAC Hockey
59	Canisius	5	.4313	AHA
59	Stonehill	5	.4241	Independent
61	Northern Michigan	3	.4154	CCHA
61	Miami	3	.4016	NCHC
63	RIT	1	.3912	AHA
64	Mercyhurst	0	.3688	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 26, 2024

Player stats

Scoring leaders

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Isaac Howard	Junior	Michigan State	26	20	19	39	8
Jimmy Snuggerud	Junior	Minnesota	28	18	19	37	25
Cole O'Hara	Junior	Massachusetts	25	14	21	35	8
Quinn Finley	Sophomore	Wisconsin	26	19	15	34	12
Aiden Fink	Sophomore	Penn State	24	16	18	34	6
Jack Devine	Senior	Denver	24	5	28	33	8
Liam Malmquist	Senior	St. Thomas (Minnesota)	26	12	20	32	6
Gabe Perreault	Sophomore	Boston College	23	8	23	31	4
Felix Trudeau	Junior	Sacred Heart	28	14	16	30	44
Aidan Thompson	Junior	Denver	24	13	17	30	8
Stiven Sardarian	Junior	Michigan Tech	26	10	20	30	20

As of January 26, 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

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Alex Tracy	Junior	Minnesota State	26	1567:39	17	7	2	39	3	.941	1.49
Hampton Slukynsky	Freshman	Western Michigan	9	543:36	5	3	1	14	1	.946	1.55
Josh Kotai	Sophomore	Augustana	21	1269:06	13	5	3	33	3	.950	1.56
Jacob Fowler	Sophomore	Boston College	22	1285:34	17	3	1	35	6	.938	1.63
Albin Boija	Sophomore	Maine	22	1321:15	14	5	3	36	3	.928	1.63
Isak Posch	Sophomore	St. Cloud State	13	784:00	9	4	0	22	2	.938	1.68
Christian Stoever	Senior	Bowling Green	11	662:39	7	1	3	19	2	.948	1.72
Matt Davis	Senior	Denver	22	1290:22	17	5	0	41	1	.926	1.91
Ajeet Gundarah	Freshman	Sacred Heart	15	874:29	10	3	2	28	2	.932	1.92
Cameron Rowe	Graduate	Western Michigan	13	780:39	12	1	0	25	0	.926	1.92

As of January 26, 2025.^[10]

Awards

HCA

Month	Award	Recipient
October ^[11]	Player of the Month	Jack Devine, Denver
	Rookie of the Month	Ben Muthersbaugh, Union
	Goaltender of the Month	Josh Kotai, Augustana
	Goaltender of the Month	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
	Goaltender of the Month	Alex Tracy, Minnesota State

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