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.
| 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | October 4, 2024– April 11, 2025 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 2025 | ||||
| National championship | Enterprise Center St. Louis, Missouri | ||||
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Conference realignment
editArizona State formally joined the NCHC, bringing the number of conference members up to nine.[1] Initially, the league instituted a play-in game for the final quarterfinal spot in the NCHC tournament.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] 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.
Polls
editRegular season
editSeason tournaments
edit| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Breaker Tournament | October 11–12 | 4 | Omaha |
| Great Lakes Invitational | December | 4 | |
| Holiday Face-Off | December | 4 | |
| Adirondack Winter Invitational | December | 4 | |
| Ledyard Bank Classic | December | 4 | |
| Desert Hockey Classic | January | 4 | |
| Connecticut Ice | January | 4 | |
| Beanpot | February | 4 |
Standings
edit| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | OW | OL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| Air Force | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| American International | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Army | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Bentley | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Canisius | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Holy Cross | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Mercyhurst | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Niagara | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| RIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Robert Morris | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Sacred Heart | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Championship: March 21, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy) * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll | ||||||||||||||||||
| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| #2 Michigan State | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 18 | ||
| #4 Minnesota | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 23 | ||
| Wisconsin | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 37 | ||
| #5т Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 22 | ||
| #14 Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 25 | ||
| Notre Dame | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 33 | ||
| Penn State | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 24 | ||
| Championship: March 22, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated November 16, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SW | PCT ^ | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Augustana | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Bemidji State | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Bowling Green | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ferris State | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Lake Superior State | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Michigan Tech | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| #17 Minnesota State | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Northern Michigan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| St. Thomas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Overall record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Alaska | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Alaska Anchorage | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Lindenwood | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Long Island | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Stonehill | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll | |||||||
| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| Brown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| #19 Clarkson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Colgate | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| #8 Cornell | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| #16 Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| #18 Quinnipiac | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Rensselaer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| St. Lawrence | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Yale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Championship: March 21, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll | ||||||||||||||||||
| Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #3 Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| #13 Boston University | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Connecticut | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| #5т Maine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| #20 Massachusetts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| #15 Massachusetts Lowell | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Merrimack | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Northeastern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| #10 Providence | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Vermont | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Championship: March 21, 2025 † indicates regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO Division I Men's Poll | |||||||||||||||||
| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| #9 Western Michigan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | ||
| #7 Colorado College | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 16 | ||
| #1 Denver | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 57 | 17 | ||
| Minnesota Duluth | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 37 | ||
| #12 North Dakota | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 34 | ||
| #11 St. Cloud State | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 21 | ||
| Arizona State | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 32 | ||
| Omaha | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 25 | ||
| Miami | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 37 | ||
| 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: November 18, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
PairWise Rankings
editThe 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.[5]
| Rank | Team | PWR | RPI | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver | 63 | .7263* | NCHC |
| 2 | Boston College | 62 | .7059* | Hockey East |
| 3 | Michigan State | 61 | .6733* | Big Ten |
| 4 | Dartmouth | 60 | .6280* | ECAC Hockey |
| 5 | Maine | 59 | .6192 | Hockey East |
| 6 | St. Cloud State | 58 | .6095* | NCHC |
| 7 | Minnesota | 57 | .6084* | Big Ten |
| 8 | Cornell | 56 | .5964* | ECAC Hockey |
| 9 | Western Michigan | 55 | .5911* | NCHC |
| 10 | Massachusetts Lowell | 54 | .5909 | Hockey East |
| 11 | Ohio State | 53 | .5892 | Big Ten |
| 12 | Michigan | 52 | .5826 | Big Ten |
| 13 | Providence | 51 | .5666 | Hockey East |
| 14 | Boston University | 50 | .5627 | Hockey East |
| 15 | Colorado College | 49 | .5589* | NCHC |
| 16 | Minnesota State | 48 | .5545* | CCHA |
| 17 | Clarkson | 46 | .5310 | ECAC Hockey |
| 17 | Augustana | 46 | .5290 | CCHA |
| 19 | Michigan Tech | 45 | .5286 | CCHA |
| 20 | Quinnipiac | 44 | .5281 | ECAC Hockey |
| 21 | Connecticut | 42 | .5248 | Hockey East |
| 21 | New Hampshire | 42 | .5226 | Hockey East |
| 23 | North Dakota | 41 | .5208 | NCHC |
| 24 | Princeton | 40 | .5172 | ECAC Hockey |
| 25 | Massachusetts | 39 | .5136 | Hockey East |
| 26 | Bentley | 38 | .5133 | AHA |
| 27 | Long Island | 37 | .5062 | Independent |
| 27 | Notre Dame | 37 | .5053 | Big Ten |
| 29 | Colgate | 35 | .5042 | ECAC Hockey |
| 30 | Union | 33 | .5037 | ECAC Hockey |
| 30 | Harvard | 33 | .5014 | ECAC Hockey |
| 32 | Minnesota Duluth | 31 | .4983 | NCHC |
| 32 | Sacred Heart | 31 | .4983 | AHA |
| 34 | Alaska | 30 | .4982 | Independent |
| 35 | Niagara | 29 | .4914 | AHA |
| 36 | Bowling Green | 28 | .4866 | CCHA |
| 37 | Wisconsin | 27 | .4866 | Big Ten |
| 38 | Air Force | 26 | .4866 | AHA |
| 39 | Arizona State | 25 | .4841 | NCHC |
| 40 | Bemidji State | 24 | .4836 | CCHA |
| 41 | Penn State | 23 | .4827 | Big Ten |
| 42 | Merrimack | 22 | .4777 | Hockey East |
| 43 | Vermont | 21 | .4748 | Hockey East |
| 44 | Rensselaer | 20 | .4746 | ECAC Hockey |
| 45 | Northeastern | 19 | .4716 | Hockey East |
| 46 | Army | 18 | .4711 | AHA |
| 47 | Lake Superior State | 17 | .4702 | CCHA |
| 48 | Robert Morris | 16 | .4693 | AHA |
| 49 | St. Thomas | 15 | .4683 | CCHA |
| 50 | American International | 14 | .4621 | AHA |
| 51 | Holy Cross | 13 | .4513 | AHA |
| 52 | Yale | 12 | .4434 | ECAC Hockey |
| 53 | Omaha | 11 | .4389 | NCHC |
| 54 | Lindenwood | 10 | .4341 | Independent |
| 54 | Canisius | 10 | .4308 | AHA |
| 56 | Stonehill | 8 | .4286 | Independent |
| 57 | Miami | 7 | .4237 | NCHC |
| 58 | RIT | 6 | .4202 | AHA |
| 59 | Alaska Anchorage | 5 | .4101 | Independent |
| 60 | Ferris State | 4 | .4060 | CCHA |
| 61 | St. Lawrence | 3 | .3947 | ECAC Hockey |
| 62 | Northern Michigan | 2 | .3795 | CCHA |
| 63 | Brown | 1 | .3788 | ECAC Hockey |
| 64 | Mercyhurst | 0 | .3491 | 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: November 17, 2024 | ||||
Player stats
editScoring leaders
edit| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Devine | Senior | Denver | 12 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 4 |
| Aidan Thompson | Junior | Denver | 12 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 4 |
| Sam Harris | Sophomore | Denver | 11 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 6 |
| Ben Muthersbaugh | Freshman | Union | 11 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
| Harrison Scott | Senior | Maine | 11 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 |
| Cole O'Hara | Junior | Massachusetts | 12 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 |
| Dominic James | Senior | Minnesota Duluth | 10 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 |
| Connor Kurth | Junior | Minnesota | 12 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| Riley Thompson | Freshman | Ohio State | 12 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 |
| Jimmy Snuggerud | Junior | Minnesota | 12 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 17 |
| Matthew Wood | Junior | Minnesota | 12 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 |
| Shane Ott | Senior | Niagara | 13 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 |
As of November 16, 2024.[7]
Awards
editHCA
edit| Month | Award | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| October [8] | 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 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Arizona State hockey program set to join National Collegiate Hockey Conference in 2024-25 season - PHNX". July 5, 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "NCHC Announces 10-Team Playoff Format Starting in 2027". NCHC. July 25, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "PairWise Rankings explanation". Retrieved August 16, 2023.
- ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". Retrieved August 16, 2023.
- ^ "National 2024–25 Scoring Leaders". College Hockey inc. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "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.