The following is a list of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III college ice hockey teams that have qualified for the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship as of 2026 with teams listed by number of appearances.
NCAA men's Division III ice hockey tournamentSchoolTournament appearancesTournament yearsBest result 23 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026 Champion (2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018) 21 1987, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2026 Champion (2000, 2003, 2010, 2017) 20 1985, 1986†, 1987†, 1988†, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2023 Champion (1992, 2001) 17 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 Champion (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2016, 2019) 17 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2025 Champion (2007) 17 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2020Runner-Up (2000, 2005) 17 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2022, 2024Runner-Up (1988) 16 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2022 Champion (1984) 15 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Champion (2023, 2024, 2025) 14 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 Champion (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006) 13 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2011 Champion (2002) 12 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Champion (1985) 12 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 Champion (2022) 11 1984, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007 Champion (1988, 1994) 11 1990, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025Runner-Up (2022) 9 2003, 2005, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024 Champion (2015) 9 1985, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2014, 2016, 2017 Frozen Four (1992, 1994) 8 1984, 1998, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 Frozen Four (1984, 1998, 2022) 7 1990, 1991, 1993, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2025Runner-Up (2009) 7 2013, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026Runner-Up (2025) 7 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2013, 2026 Frozen Four (1997) 7 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2023, 2024, 2025 Frozen Four (2025) 7 1996, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2023 Quarterfinals (1996, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2013) 7 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 Quarterfinals (2024) 6 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 Frozen Four (2022, 2023) 6 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2013 Quarterfinals (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012) 5 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 Champion (1986) 5 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992Runner-Up (1991) 5 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2019 Frozen Four (2007) 4 1989, 2013, 2020, 2025 Champion (2013) 4 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989Runner-Up (1984) 4 1999, 2009, 2012, 2015 Frozen Four (2012, 2015) 5 2017, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2026 Frozen Four (2023) 4 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013 Quarterfinals (2006, 2007, 2008) 4 2009, 2014, 2015, 2018 Quarterfinals (2018) 3 2009, 2011, 2026 Champion (2009) 3 2017, 2025, 2026 Champion (2026) 3 2016, 2018, 2026Runner-Up (2018) 3 1994, 1995, 2007Runner-Up (1995) 3 2008, 2009, 2026 Frozen Four (2009, 2026) 3 1984, 2001, 2005 Frozen Four (2005) 3 2006, 2022, 2024 First Round (2006, 2022, 2024) 2 2016, 2019 Frozen Four (2016) 2 1996, 2018 Frozen Four (2018) 2 2025, 2026 Frozen Four (2026) 2 1987, 2000 Quarterfinals (1987, 2000) 2 1989, 1995 Quarterfinals (1989, 1995) 2 2011, 2015 Quarterfinals (2011, 2015) 2 1991, 2020 Quarterfinals (1991) 2 2016, 2026 Quarterfinals (2016) 2 2018, 2025 First Round (2018, 2025) 1 1987 Frozen Four (1987) 1 1991 Quarterfinals (1991) 1 1996 Quarterfinals (1996) 1 2001 Quarterfinals (2001) 1 2007 Quarterfinals (2007) 1 2009 Quarterfinals (2009) 1 2025 Quarterfinals (2025) 1 2012 First Round (2012) 1 2018 First Round (2018) 1 2024 First Round (2024) 1 2025 First Round (2025) 1 2026 First Round (2026) 1 2020 Tournament Cancelled (2020) † Plattsburgh State's appearances from 1986 through 1988 were later vacated due to NCAA rules violations. References