List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey champions explained

The NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament is a college ice hockey tournament held in the United States by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Like other Division I championships, it is the highest level of NCAA men's hockey competition.

The first Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado, known from 1938 to 1960 as Broadmoor Ice Palace (and not to be confused with the current World Arena), hosted the tournament for the first ten years and has hosted eleven times overall, the most of any venue.^[1] Denver has won the most tournaments with ten, while Vic Heyliger has coached the most championship teams, winning six times with Michigan between 1948 and 1956.^{[2] [3]} Jerry York has made the most appearances in the title game with nine, going 5–4 in the process.

Champions

Year	Winning team	Coach	Losing team	Coach	Score	Location	Finals venue
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			8–4		Broadmoor Ice Palace
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			4–3		Broadmoor Ice Palace
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			13–4		Broadmoor Ice Palace
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			7–1		Broadmoor Ice Palace
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			4–1		Broadmoor Ice Palace
	align=center style=";"			align=center style="background:#862334; color:#FFFFFF; "			7–3		Broadmoor Ice Palace
	align=center style=";"			align=center style="background:#862334; color:#FFFFFF; "			5–4 (OT)		Broadmoor Ice Palace
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			5–3		Broadmoor Ice Palace
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			7–5		Broadmoor Ice Palace
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			13–6		Broadmoor Ice Palace
	align=center style="background:#862633; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			6–2		Williams Arena
	align=center style=";"			align=center style="background:#007A53; color:#FFFFFF"			4–3 (OT)		RPI Field House
	align=center style="background:#862633; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			5–3		Boston Arena
	align=center style="background:#862633; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			12–2		University of Denver Arena
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			7–1		Utica Memorial Auditorium
	align=center style=";"			align=center style="background:#862633; color:#FFFFFF; "			6–5		McHugh Forum
	align=center style=";"			align=center style="background:#862633; color:#FFFFFF; "			6–3		University of Denver Arena
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			8–2		Meehan Auditorium
	align=center style="background:#007A53; color:#FFFFFF"			align=center style=";"			6–1		Williams Arena
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			4–1		Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium
	align=center style="background:#862633; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			4–0		Duluth Arena Auditorium
	align=center style="background:#862633; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			4–3		Broadmoor World Arena
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			6–4		Olympic Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style="background:#862334; color:#FFFFFF; "			4–2		Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			4–0		Boston Garden
	align=center style=";"			align=center style="background:#862633; color:#FFFFFF; "			4–2		Boston Garden
	align=center style="background:#862334; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			4–2		Boston Garden
	align=center style=";"			align=center style="background:#862334; color:#FFFFFF; "			6–1
	align=center style="background:#862334; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			6–4		University of Denver Arena
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			6–5 (OT)		Olympia Stadium
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			5–3		Providence Civic Center
	align=center style="background:#862334; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			4–3		Olympia Stadium
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			5–2		Providence Civic Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style="background:#862334; color:#FFFFFF; "			6–3		Duluth Arena Auditorium
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			5–2		Providence Civic Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			6–2	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Winter Sports Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			5–4 (4OT)		1980 Olympic Arena
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			2–1		Joe Louis Arena
	align=center style="background:#007A53; color:#FFFFFF"			align=center style=";"			6–5		Providence Civic Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style="background:#007A53; color:#FFFFFF"			5–3		Joe Louis Arena
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			4–3 (OT)		1980 Olympic Arena
	align=center style=";"			align=center style="background:#862334; color:#FFFFFF; "			4–3 (OT)		Saint Paul Civic Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			7–3		Joe Louis Arena
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			8–7 (3OT)		Saint Paul Civic Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			5–3		Knickerbocker Arena
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			5–4		Bradley Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			9–1		Saint Paul Civic Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			6–2		Providence Civic Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			3–2 (OT)		Riverfront Coliseum
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			6–4		Bradley Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			3–2 (OT)		FleetCenter
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			3–2 (OT)		Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			4–2		Providence Civic Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			3–2 (OT)		Pepsi Arena
	align=center style="background:#862334; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			4–3 (OT)		Xcel Energy Center
	align=center style="background:#862334; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			5–1		HSBC Arena
	align=center style="background:#862633; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			1–0		FleetCenter
	align=center style="background:#862633; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			4–1		Value City Arena
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			2–1		Bradley Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			3–1		Scottrade Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			4–1		Pepsi Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			4–3 (OT)		Verizon Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			5–0		Ford Field
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			3–2 (OT)		Xcel Energy Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			4–1		Tampa Bay Times Forum
	align=center style="background:#00356B; color:#FFFFFF"			align=center style=";"			4–0		Consol Energy Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style="background:#862334; color:#FFFFFF; "			7–4		Wells Fargo Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			4–3		TD Garden
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			5–1		Amalie Arena
	align=center style="background:#862633; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			3–2		United Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			2–1		Xcel Energy Center
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			3–0		KeyBank Center
	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [4] [5]		Little Caesars Arena
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			5–0		PPG Paints Arena
	align=center style="background:#862633; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			5–1		TD Garden
	align=center style=";"			align=center style=";"			3–2 (OT)		Amalie Arena
	align=center style="background:#862633; color:#FFFFFF; "			align=center style=";"			2–0		Xcel Energy Center
							Enterprise Center
							T-Mobile Arena
							Capital One Arena
							United Center

Team titles

Team	Number	Years Won
align=center style=";"		10	1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2022, 2024
align=center style=";"		9	1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998
align=center style=";"		8	1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016
align=center style=";"		6	1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006
align=center style=";"		5	1949, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012
align=center style=";"		5	1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009
align=center style=";"		5	1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003
align=center style=";"		3	1988, 1992, 1994
align=center style=";"		3	1966, 1986, 2007
align=center style=";"		3	1962, 1965, 1975
align=center style=";"		3	2011, 2018, 2019
align=center style=";"		2	1950, 1957
align=center style=";"		2	1967, 1970
align=center style=";"		2	1993, 1999
align=center style=";"		2	1954, 1985
align=center style=";"		1	1984
align=center style=";"		1	1989
align=center style=";"		1	2021
align=center style=";"		1	1991
align=center style=";"		1	2015
align=center style=";"		1	2023
align=center style=";"		1	2014
align=center style=";"		1	2013

Frozen Four appearances

Team	Number of Appearances	Years
align=center style=";"		28	1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1977, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024
align=center style=";"		26	1948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1985, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2024
align=center style=";"		24	1950, 1951, 1953, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2015, 2023, 2024
align=center style=";"		23	1953, 1954, 1961, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2022, 2023
align=center style=";"		22	1958, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016
align=center style=";"		18	1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1986, 2004, 2005, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024
align=center style=";"		13	1955, 1957, 1958, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994, 2017
align=center style=";"		11	1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
align=center style=";"		11	1959, 1966, 1967, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2007
align=center style=";"		11	1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1990, 2006, 2010
align=center style=";"		10	1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1996, 1997, 2005
align=center style=";"		10	1956, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981
align=center style=";"		9	1952, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1988, 2000
align=center style=";"		8	1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 2003
align=center style=";"		8	1984, 1985, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
align=center style=";"		7	1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1991
align=center style=";"		7	1977, 1979, 1982, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003
align=center style=";"		5	1964, 1983, 1985, 2015, 2019
align=center style=";"		5	1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1985
align=center style=";"		4	1948, 1949, 1979, 1980
align=center style=";"		4	1988, 1992, 1993, 1994
align=center style=";"		4	2008, 2011, 2017, 2018
align=center style=":"		3	1951, 1965, 1976
align=center style=";"		3	1980, 1981, 1991
align=center style=";"		3	2013, 2016, 2023
align=center style=";"		2	1978, 1984
align=center style=";"		2	2019, 2021
align=center style=";"		2	2009, 2010
align=center style=";"		2	2021, 2022
align=center style=";"		2	1998, 2018
align=center style=";"		2	2013, 2021
align=center style=";"		2	2012, 2014
align=center style=";"		2	1996, 2009
align=center style=";"		2	1952, 2013
align=center style=";"		1	2009
align=center style=";"		1	1990
align=center style=";"		1	2012
align=center style=";"		1	2013
align=center style=";"		1	1982
align=center style=";"		1	2015
align=center style=";"		1	2010

Note: Denver's participation in the 1973 tournament and Wisconsin's participation in the 1992 tournament were later vacated by the NCAA.

Host cities

City	Number	Years Hosted
Colorado Springs, Colorado	11	1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1969
Boston, Massachusetts	8	1960, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1998, 2004, 2015, 2022
Detroit, Michigan	7	1977, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1990, 2010, 2020**
Providence, Rhode Island	7	1965, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1995, 2000
Saint Paul, Minnesota	7	1989, 1991, 1994, 2002, 2011, 2018, 2024
Denver, Colorado	4	1961, 1964, 1976, 2008
Lake Placid, New York	3	1970, 1984, 1988
Milwaukee, Wisconsin	3	1993, 1997, 2006
	3	1975, 2007, 2025*
Tampa, Florida	3	2012, 2016, 2023
Albany, New York	2	1992, 2001
Buffalo, New York	2	2003, 2019
Chicago, Illinois	2	2017, 2028*
Duluth, Minnesota	2	1968, 1981
Minneapolis, Minnesota	2	1958, 1966
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	2	2013, 2021
Syracuse, New York	2	1967, 1971
Washington, D.C.	2	2009, 2027*
Anaheim, California	1	1999
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	1	1963
Cincinnati, Ohio	1	1996
Columbus, Ohio	1	2005
Grand Forks, North Dakota	1	1983
Las Vegas, Nevada	1	2026*
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	2014
Troy, New York	1	1959
Utica, New York	1	1962

(*)denotes future Frozen Fours
(**)Detroit was to host the 2020 tournament, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Regional host cities

City	Number	Years Hosted
Worcester, Massachusetts	style=“text-align:center”	18	1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020**, 2022, 2026*
Albany, New York	style=“text-align:center”	13	1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2020**, 2021, 2022, 2026*
Manchester, New Hampshire	style=“text-align:center”	10	2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025*
Bridgeport, Connecticut	style=“text-align:center”	8	2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2027*
Fargo, North Dakota	style=“text-align:center”	8	2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025*, 2027*, 2028*
Allentown, Pennsylvania	style=“text-align:center”	7	2018, 2019, 2020**, 2022, 2023, 2025*, 2028*
Grand Rapids, Michigan	style=“text-align:center”	7	1997, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013
Providence, Rhode Island	style=“text-align:center”	7	1992, 2003, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2024
Loveland, Colorado	style=“text-align:center”	5	2020**, 2021, 2022, 2026*, 2027*
Minneapolis, Minnesota	style=“text-align:center”	4	2000, 2003, 2005, 2009
Saint Paul, Minnesota	style=“text-align:center”	4	2010, 2012, 2014, 2016
Sioux Falls, South Dakota	style=“text-align:center”	4	2018, 2024, 2026*, 2028*
Ann Arbor, Michigan	style=“text-align:center”	3	1998, 2002, 2003
Cincinnati, Ohio	style=“text-align:center”	3	2014, 2016, 2017
Green Bay, Wisconsin	style=“text-align:center”	3	2006, 2011, 2012
Madison, Wisconsin	style=“text-align:center”	3	1995, 1999, 2008
Colorado Springs, Colorado	style=“text-align:center”	2	2004, 2008
Detroit, Michigan	style=“text-align:center”	2	1992, 1993
East Lansing, Michigan	style=“text—align:center”	2	1994, 1996
Rochester, New York	style=“text-align:center”	2	2007, 2028*
Springfield, Massachusetts	style=“text-align:center”	2	2024, 2027*
Toledo, Ohio	style=“text-align:center”	2	2013, 2025*
Amherst, Massachusetts	style=“text-align:center”	1	2005
Denver, Colorado	style=“text-align:center”	1	2007
Fort Wayne, Indiana	style=“text-align:center”	1	2010
Grand Forks, North Dakota	style=“text-align:center”	1	2006
Maryland Heights, Missouri	style=“text-align:center”	1	2024
	style=“text-align:center”	1	2011
South Bend, Indiana	style=“text-align:center”	1	2015

Note: Regional Tournaments were not conducted until 1992

Note: Manchester, New Hampshire was originally selected to host the 2021 Northeast Regional, but withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 Northeast Regional was subsequently re-awarded to Albany, New York.

(*)denotes future Frozen Four Regionals
(**)denotes cities that were to host 2020 regional sites, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Multiple meetings

Teams	Games	Years	Record
Colorado College and Michigan	4	, , ,	3–1, Michigan
Denver and North Dakota	4	, , ,	3–1, Denver
Michigan Tech and Minnesota	3	, ,	2–1 Minnesota
Boston College and North Dakota	2	,	1–1
Boston College and Wisconsin	2	,	1–1
Boston University and Cornell	2	,	1–1
Michigan State and North Dakota	2	,	2–0 North Dakota

See also

• List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
• List of NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Tournament Most Outstanding Player

References

General

• Web site: All-Time Championship Tournament records and results. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009-02-23.
• Web site: All-Time Tournament field. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009-02-23.

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Attendance records and sites. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009-02-23.
2. Web site: Men's Tournament records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009-02-23.
3. Web site: Men's coaching records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009-02-23.
4. Web site: NCAA cancels March Madness, Frozen Four, all other championships; Big Ten halts all sports. Solari. Chris. Detroit Free Press. March 12, 2020. March 13, 2020.
5. Web site: NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns. NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. March 12, 2020.