2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
| 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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| Duration | October 4, 2024– April 11, 2025 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 2025 | ||||
| National championship | Enterprise Center St. Louis, Missouri | ||||
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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
[edit]Arizona State formally joined the NCHC, bringing the number of conference members up to nine.[1] As a result, the league will institute a play-in game for the final quarterfinal spot in the NCHC tournament.[2]
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.[3] 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
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Season 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 | |||
| #3 Minnesota | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 17 | ||
| #4 Michigan State | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | ||
| Wisconsin | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 30 | ||
| #7 Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 22 | ||
| #13 Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 21 | ||
| #20 Notre Dame | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 21 | ||
| #19 Penn State | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 13 | ||
| Championship: March 22, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated November 9, 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| #16 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Clarkson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Colgate | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| #6 Cornell | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Dartmouth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Harvard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Princeton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| #15 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 | ||
| #2 Boston College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| #9 Boston University | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Connecticut | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| #5 Maine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| #18 Massachusetts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| #17 Massachusetts Lowell | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Merrimack | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| New Hampshire | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Northeastern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| #11 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 | |||
| Arizona State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 19 | ||
| #8 Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8 | ||
| #1 Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 11 | ||
| Miami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 29 | ||
| Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 24 | ||
| #10 North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 22 | ||
| Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 14 | ||
| #12 St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 18 | ||
| #14 Western Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | ||
| 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 4, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
PairWise Rankings
[edit]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.[4]
| Rank | Team | PWR | RPI | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver | 63 | .8086* | NCHC |
| 2 | Dartmouth | 62 | .7900* | ECAC Hockey |
| 3 | Boston College | 61 | .7449* | Hockey East |
| 4 | Maine | 60 | .6956* | Hockey East |
| 5 | Michigan State | 59 | .6917* | Big Ten |
| 6 | Minnesota | 58 | .6769* | Big Ten |
| 7 | Ohio State | 57 | .6527 | Big Ten |
| 8 | Cornell | 56 | .6417 | ECAC Hockey |
| 9 | St. Cloud State | 55 | .6345* | NCHC |
| 10 | Western Michigan | 54 | .6307* | NCHC |
| 11 | Massachusetts Lowell | 53 | .5876 | Hockey East |
| 12 | Michigan | 52 | .5850 | Big Ten |
| 13 | Union | 51 | .5827* | ECAC Hockey |
| 14 | Providence | 50 | .5705 | Hockey East |
| 15 | Boston University | 49 | .5595 | Hockey East |
| 16 | Colorado College | 48 | .5488* | NCHC |
| 17 | Penn State | 47 | .5386 | Big Ten |
| 18 | Minnesota State | 46 | .5331 | CCHA |
| 19 | Quinnipiac | 45 | .5331 | ECAC Hockey |
| 20 | Augustana | 44 | .5305 | CCHA |
| 21 | Niagara | 43 | .5286* | AHA |
| 22 | Massachusetts | 42 | .5152 | Hockey East |
| 23 | Notre Dame | 41 | .5126 | Big Ten |
| 24 | Connecticut | 40 | .5112 | Hockey East |
| 25 | Arizona State | 39 | .5105 | NCHC |
| 26 | Minnesota Duluth | 38 | .5097 | NCHC |
| 27 | Michigan Tech | 37 | .5034 | CCHA |
| 28 | Bentley | 36 | .4979 | AHA |
| 29 | Rensselaer | 35 | .4976 | ECAC Hockey |
| 30 | North Dakota | 34 | .4958 | NCHC |
| 31 | New Hampshire | 33 | .4935 | Hockey East |
| 32 | Bowling Green | 32 | .4905 | CCHA |
| 33 | Clarkson | 31 | .4865 | ECAC Hockey |
| 34 | Alaska | 30 | .4848 | Independent |
| 35 | Robert Morris | 29 | .4846 | AHA |
| 36 | American International | 28 | .4837 | AHA |
| 37 | Vermont | 27 | .4784 | Hockey East |
| 38 | St. Thomas | 26 | .4764 | CCHA |
| 39 | Bemidji State | 25 | .4743 | CCHA |
| 40 | Lindenwood | 23 | .4741 | Independent |
| 40 | Stonehill | 23 | .4617 | Independent |
| 42 | Long Island | 22 | .4593 | Independent |
| 43 | Northeastern | 21 | .4498 | Hockey East |
| 43 | Air Force | 21 | .4426 | AHA |
| 45 | Sacred Heart | 19 | .4410 | AHA |
| 46 | Canisius | 18 | .4408 | AHA |
| 47 | Colgate | 17 | .4356 | ECAC Hockey |
| 48 | Holy Cross | 16 | .4310 | AHA |
| 49 | Army | 15 | .4299 | AHA |
| 50 | Miami | 14 | .4292 | NCHC |
| 51 | Merrimack | 13 | .4268 | Hockey East |
| 52 | Lake Superior State | 12 | .4211 | CCHA |
| 53 | RIT | 11 | .4199 | AHA |
| 54 | Wisconsin | 10 | .4177 | Big Ten |
| 55 | Omaha | 9 | .4012 | NCHC |
| 56 | Ferris State | 8 | .3976 | CCHA |
| 57 | St. Lawrence | 7 | .3941 | ECAC Hockey |
| 58 | Mercyhurst | 6 | .3786 | AHA |
| 59 | Yale | 5 | .3525 | ECAC Hockey |
| 60 | Northern Michigan | 4 | .2507 | CCHA |
| 61 | Alaska Anchorage | 3 | .3297 | Independent |
| 62 | Harvard | 2 | .3000 | ECAC Hockey |
| 63 | Brown | 0 | .0000 | ECAC Hockey |
| 63 | Princeton | 0 | .0000 | ECAC Hockey |
| *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 3, 2024 | ||||
Player stats
[edit]Scoring leaders
[edit]| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Devine | Senior | Denver | 8 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 2 |
| Aidan Thompson | Junior | Denver | 8 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 |
| Harrison Scott | Senior | Maine | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 |
| Shane Ott | Senior | Niagara | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2 |
| Ben Muthersbaugh | Freshman | Union | 7 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| Connor Kurth | Junior | Minnesota | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| Matthew Wood | Junior | Minnesota | 8 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 |
| Cole Knuble | Sophomore | Notre Dame | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
| Cole O'Hara | Junior | UMass | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| Carter King | Senior | Denver | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| Greg Lapointe | Senior | St. Lawrence | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
| Trevor Hoskin | Freshman | Niagara | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
| Charlie Russell | Sophomore | Maine | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| Matteo Giampa | Sophomore | Canisius | 9 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| Brandon Holt | Junior | Maine | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 |
| Tomáš Mazura | Senior | St. Lawrence | 8 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 |
As of November 2, 2024.[6]
Awards
[edit]HCA
[edit]| Month | Award | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| October [7] | 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
[edit]- 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
- 2024–25 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season
- 2024–25 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
References
[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.
- ^ "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 2, 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.