The 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 6, 2023, and concluded with the NCAA championship on April 13, 2024. This was the 76th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship is being held, and is US college hockey's 130th year overall.
Conference realignment After Robert Morris suspended its program in the summer of 2021, a successful fundraising campaign allowed the team to return for this season. The program rejoined Atlantic Hockey, bringing the number of conference members back up to 11.
The same summer, Augustana University proceeded with plans to promote its athletic department to Division I. In concert with that decision, the school finalized the addition of a new ice hockey program that would begin with this season. In the interim, the program was accepted into the CCHA as the ninth member team and would play its first two seasons using a transition schedule before becoming a full member in 2025.
On June 6, 2023, the Atlantic Hockey Association and the women-only College Hockey America (CHA) announced that they would merge operations after the 2023–24 season. The two conferences had shared a commissioner and conference staff since 2010. The merger was officially finalized on April 30, 2024 with the merged conference unveiling its new identity as Atlantic Hockey America. All members of the Association and CHA became members of the new conference.
On July 5, 2023, Arizona State University was accepted as the ninth member of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) beginning with the 2024–2025 season. This marked the Sun Devils' final season as an independent program.
A future conference move was announced on May 15, 2024, with the NCHC announcing that the St. Thomas would join from the CCHA in 2026. This move coincides with the completion of UST's transition from NCAA Division III to Division I.
Other headlines October 4, 2023 – The Division I Council approved changes to the transfer window for all sports. In winter sports other than basketball, including men's and women's ice hockey, the transfer portal now opens for a total of 45 days, starting 7 days after the NCAA tournament field is set.
Polls
Regular season Season tournaments Tournament Dates Teams Champion Ice Breaker Tournament October 13–14 4 North Dakota Turkey Leg Classic November 24–25 4 Merrimack Great Lakes Invitational December 28–29 4 Michigan Tech Holiday Face-Off December 28–29 4 Wisconsin Adirondack Winter Invitational December 29–30 4 Arizona State Ledyard Bank Classic December 29–30 4 Maine Desert Hockey Classic January 5–6 4 Arizona State Connecticut Ice January 26–27 4 Quinnipiac Beanpot February 5, 12 4 Northeastern
Standings
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.
+ NCAA Division I Men's Hockey PairWise Rankings Rank Team PWR RPI Conference 1 63 .6298* Hockey East 2 62 .6046 Hockey East 3 61 .5976* NCHC 4 60 .5906* Big Ten 5 58 .5739 Hockey East 6 57 .5874* NCHC 6 57 .5713 Big Ten 8 56 .5709* Big Ten 9 55 .5701* ECAC Hockey 10 54 .5602* Big Ten 10 54 .5600 NCHC 12 52 .5521 ECAC Hockey 13 50 .5520 NCHC 13 50 .5497 Hockey East 15 48 .5493 NCHC 15 48 .5453* Hockey East 15 48 .5429 NCHC 18 46 .5414 Hockey East 19 45 .5330* Hockey East 19 45 .5308* Independent 21 43 .5298 Atlantic Hockey 22 42 .5147 Big Ten 23 41 .5141 Big Ten 24 40 .5114 Hockey East 25 39 .5094* Independent 26 38 .5076 Big Ten 27 37 .5075 Atlantic Hockey 28 36 .5068 Atlantic Hockey 29 35 .5061 ECAC Hockey 30 34 .5057 NCHC 31 33 .4976 CCHA 32 32 .4961 CCHA 33 31 .4959 Hockey East 34 30 .4951 CCHA 35 29 .4950* Hockey East 36 27 .4924 ECAC Hockey 36 27 .4883* ECAC Hockey 39 25 .4826* ECAC Hockey 39 25 .4798* Independent 39 25 .4794 CCHA 41 23 .4793 Hockey East 42 22 .4785 Atlantic Hockey 43 21 .4778 ECAC Hockey 44 20 .4743* Atlantic Hockey 45 19 .4737 Atlantic Hockey 46 18 .4675 CCHA 47 17 .4695 CCHA 48 16 .4610 CCHA 49 15 .4593 NCHC 50 14 .4586 ECAC Hockey 51 13 .4585 ECAC Hockey 52 12 .4542 Independent 53 10 .4583 Atlantic Hockey 53 10 .4513 ECAC Hockey 53 10 .4496 ECAC Hockey 56 8 .4440 CCHA 56 8 .4434 Atlantic Hockey 58 6 .4431 Atlantic Hockey 59 5 .4336 Atlantic Hockey 60 4 .4334 Atlantic Hockey 61 3 .4312 ECAC Hockey 62 2 .4215 Independent 63 1 .4171 CCHA 64 0 .3396 Independent *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 TournamentFinal
Player stats Scoring leaders Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM Freshman Boston College 41 25 46 71 14 Sophomore Boston College 41 38 27 65 18 Freshman Boston University 38 32 32 64 18 Freshman Boston College 41 31 29 60 38 Sophomore North Dakota 40 22 38 60 26 Freshman Boston College 36 19 41 60 29 Junior Denver 44 27 29 56 20 Sophomore Michigan 40 25 28 53 28 Sophomore Michigan 36 16 36 52 6 Freshman Denver 42 11 39 50 20
Leading goaltenders 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 Junior Cornell 34 2021:09 22 5 6 57 3 .923 1.69 Senior Wisconsin 37 2198:21 24 12 1 71 7 .931 1.94 Senior Holy Cross 22 1280:38 13 6 2 43 1 .928 2.01 Freshman Maine 18 1014:32 10 6 1 34 2 .916 2.01 Senior Quinnipiac 30 1814:11 21 7 2 61 3 .914 2.02 Sophomore Arizona State 14 795:38 8 3 2 27 1 .931 2.04 Junior New Hampshire 28 1675:12 15 12 1 57 5 .909 2.04 Freshman Boston College 39 2326:35 32 6 1 83 3 .926 2.14 Sophomore St. Thomas 15 852:10 7 8 0 31 0 .923 2.18 Freshman Yale 21 1213:52 8 10 2 45 2 .925 2.22
Tournament bracket
Awards
NCAA Award RecipientHobey Baker Award Macklin Celebrini, Boston UniversitySpencer Penrose Award Greg Brown, Boston CollegeTim Taylor Award Macklin Celebrini, Boston UniversityMike Richter Award Kyle McClellan, WisconsinDerek Hines Unsung Hero Award Luke Robinson, Air ForceTournament Most Outstanding Player Matt Davis, Denver East First Team Position West First Team Jacob Fowler, Boston College G Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College Lane Hutson, Boston University D Zeev Buium, Denver Ryan Ufko, Massachusetts D Seamus Casey, Michigan Macklin Celebrini, Boston University F Jackson Blake, North Dakota Cutter Gauthier, Boston College F Gavin Brindley, Michigan Will Smith, Boston College F Jack Devine, Denver East Second Team Position West Second Team Ian Shane, Cornell G Kyle McClellan, Wisconsin Gianfranco Cassaro, RIT D Dylan Anhorn, St. Cloud State John Prokop, Union D Artyom Levshunov, Michigan State Collin Graf, Quinnipiac F Noah Laba, Colorado College Ryan Leonard, Boston College F Rutger McGroarty, Michigan Liam McLinskey, Holy Cross F Massimo Rizzo, Denver Gabe Perreault, Boston College F
Atlantic Hockey Award Recipient Player of the Year Liam McLinskey, Holy CrossGoaltender of the Year Tommy Scarfone, RITRookie of the Year Matteo Giampa, CanisiusBest Defensive Forward Austin Schwartz, Air ForceBest Defenseman Brian Kramer, American InternationalIndividual Sportsmanship Award Braeden Tuck, Sacred HeartTeam Sportsmanship Award Sacred HeartRegular Season Scoring Trophy Liam McLinskey, Holy CrossRegular Season Goaltending Award Jason Grande, Holy CrossCoach of the Year Wayne Wilson, RITTournament MVP Elijah Gonsalves, RIT First Team Position Second TeamTommy Scarfone, RIT GJason Grande, Holy CrossGianfranco Cassaro, RIT DChris Hedden, Air ForceBrian Kramer, American International DAiden Hansen-Bukata, RITLiam McLinskey, Holy Cross FMatteo Giampa, CanisiusCarter Wilkie, RIT FJack Ricketts, Holy CrossWill Gavin, Air Force FJoey Baez, ArmyCody Laskosky, RIT F Third Team Position Rookie TeamOwen Say, Mercyhurst GNils Wallström, American InternationalLuke Rowe, Air Force DMac Gadowsky, ArmyNick Bochen, Bentley DTrent Sambrook, MercyhurstEthan Leyh, Bentley FMatteo Giampa, CanisiusJohn Jaworski, Sacred Heart FBoris Skalos, MercyhurstElijah Gonsalves, RIT FJack Stockfish, Holy Cross
Big Ten Award Recipient Player of the Year Gavin Brindley, MichiganDefensive Player of the Year Artyom Levshunov, Michigan StateGoaltender of the Year Kyle McClellan, WisconsinFreshman of the Year Artyom Levshunov, Michigan StateScoring Champion Gavin Brindley, MichiganCoach of the Year Adam Nightingale, Michigan StateTournament Most Outstanding Player Trey Augustine, Michigan State First Team Position Second TeamKyle McClellan, Wisconsin GTrey Augustine, Michigan StateSeamus Casey, Michigan DScooter Brickey, Ohio StateArtyom Levshunov, Michigan State DRyan Chesley, Minnesota DSam Rinzel, MinnesotaGavin Brindley, Michigan FDylan Duke, MichiganRutger McGroarty, Michigan FRhett Pitlick, MinnesotaJimmy Snuggerud, Minnesota FLandon Slaggert, Notre Dame Freshman Team Position Trey Augustine, Michigan State GArtyom Levshunov, Michigan State DSam Rinzel, Minnesota DAiden Fink, Penn State FOliver Moore, Minnesota FGarrett Schifsky, Michigan F
CCHA Award Recipient Player of the Year Sam Morton, Minnesota StateForward of the Year Sam Morton, Minnesota StateDefenseman of the Year Kyle Looft, Bemidji StateGoaltender of the Year Mattias Sholl, Bemidji StateRookie of the Year Isaac Gordon, Michigan TechBest Defensive Defenseman Kyle Looft, Bemidji StateBest Defensive Forward Connor Milburn, Lake Superior State Jackson Jutting, Bemidji StateCoach of the Year Tom Serratore, Bemidji State First Team Position Second TeamMattias Sholl, Bemidji State GBlake Pietila, Michigan TechKyle Looft, Bemidji State DEvan Murr, Minnesota StateEric Pohlkamp, Bemidji State DJosh Zinger, Northern MichiganSam Morton, Minnesota State FIsaac Gordon, Michigan TechLleyton Roed, Bemidji State FConnor Milburn, Lake Superior StateJared Westcott, Lake Superior State FLucas Wahlin, St. Thomas Rookie Team Position Cole Moore, Bowling Green GEvan Murr, Minnesota State DEric Pohlkamp, Bemidji State DLuigi Benincasa, Ferris State FIsaac Gordon, Michigan Tech FJohn Herrington, Lake Superior State F
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