2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

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2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota hosted the 2024 Frozen Four.
DurationOctober 6, 2023–
April 13, 2024
NCAA tournament2024
National championshipXcel Energy Center
Saint Paul, Minnesota
NCAA championDenver
Hobey Baker AwardMacklin Celebrini
(Boston University)
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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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[edit]

After Robert Morris suspended its program in the summer of 2021, a successful fundraising campaign allowed the team to return for this season.[1][2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

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 will mark the Sun Devils' final season as an independent program.[5][6]

Other headlines[edit]

  • 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.[7]

Polls[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

Regular season[edit]

Season tournaments[edit]

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[edit]

2023–24 Atlantic Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OW OL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#17 RIT †* 26 18 7 1 3 2 0 54 102 64 40 27 11 2 156 96
Holy Cross 26 13 10 3 0 3 1 46 78 62 39 21 14 4 116 93
Sacred Heart 26 14 10 2 2 2 1 45 75 70 36 14 19 3 91 113
Air Force 26 15 10 1 3 0 1 44 88 75 38 18 19 1 115 119
American International 26 12 10 4 1 1 2 42 79 68 40 20 16 4 119 111
Bentley 26 12 12 2 1 2 2 41 69 58 35 16 17 2 95 82
Niagara 26 13 10 3 3 1 1 41 78 79 39 18 18 3 111 122
Canisius 26 10 12 4 2 1 0 33 73 87 37 12 21 4 103 126
Mercyhurst 26 7 15 4 0 1 4 30 77 91 35 9 22 4 98 126
Army 26 8 16 2 0 1 1 28 66 96 35 10 23 2 93 139
Robert Morris 26 7 17 2 0 1 1 25 60 95 39 11 25 3 94 142
Championship: March 23, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
2023–24 Big Ten ice hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#4 Michigan State †* 24 16 6 2 0 1 1 52 92 69 38 25 10 3 147 117
#9 Wisconsin 24 16 7 1 2 2 1 50 81 57 40 26 12 2 128 81
#7 Minnesota 24 13 7 4 3 1 0 41 80 65 38 23 10 5 132 94
#10 Michigan 24 11 11 2 1 1 1 36 85 77 41 23 15 3 169 125
Notre Dame 24 9 13 2 0 1 1 31 66 62 36 15 19 2 101 98
Penn State 24 7 14 3 0 1 2 27 62 92 36 15 18 3 113 130
Ohio State 24 4 18 2 1 0 2 15 50 94 38 14 20 4 100 124
Championship: March 23, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 11, 2024
2023–24 Central Collegiate Hockey Association Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Bemidji State † 24 15 7 2 2 1 2 48 82 64 38 20 16 2 117 111
St. Thomas 24 12 11 1 0 2 0 39 68 62 37 15 20 2 97 105
#20 Michigan Tech* 24 12 10 2 1 2 0 39 63 54 40 19 15 6 109 102
Minnesota State 24 12 10 2 2 1 1 38 73 62 37 18 15 4 111 96
Northern Michigan 24 10 10 4 1 1 2 36 57 67 34 12 16 6 83 105
Bowling Green 24 11 12 1 1 1 1 35 60 69 36 13 22 1 86 116
Lake Superior State 24 11 12 1 2 2 0 34 79 73 38 17 20 1 114 113
Ferris State 24 6 17 1 3 2 1 19 49 80 36 10 24 2 83 125
Augustana ^ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 12 18 4 90 105
Championship: March 22, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup)
^ Augustana is playing a transition schedule of 16 games against conference opponents that are not counted in the standings
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
2023–24 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings
Overall record
GP W L T GF GA
Alaska 34 17 14 3 110 86
Alaska Anchorage 34 15 17 2 95 105
Arizona State 38 24 8 6 129 94
Lindenwood 28 6 18 4 74 121
Long Island 37 16 20 1 115 103
Stonehill 36 2 34 0 62 213
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
2023–24 ECAC Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#8 Quinnipiac † 22 17 4 1 0 2 0 54 99 39 39 27 10 2 159 79
#12 Cornell * 22 12 6 4 1 2 3 44 74 45 35 22 7 6 115 65
Colgate 22 13 7 2 2 2 2 43 85 68 36 16 16 4 120 112
Dartmouth 22 9 6 7 1 1 3 37 66 60 32 13 10 9 92 91
Clarkson 22 12 9 1 4 2 1 36 62 58 35 18 16 1 95 97
Union 22 9 10 3 1 1 2 32 75 75 37 16 18 3 123 121
St. Lawrence 22 8 10 4 1 1 1 29 49 64 39 14 19 6 90 118
Harvard 22 6 10 6 1 2 3 28 49 64 32 7 19 6 70 106
Princeton 22 8 11 3 4 0 2 25 70 90 30 10 16 4 89 114
Yale 22 7 13 2 1 2 1 25 46 57 30 10 18 2 63 91
Brown 22 6 14 2 2 3 1 22 43 69 30 8 19 3 61 98
Rensselaer 22 6 13 3 0 0 0 21 58 89 37 10 23 4 93 150
Championship: March 23, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
2023–24 Hockey East Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 Boston College †* 24 20 3 1 1 0 1 61 105 56 39 33 5 1 179 87
#2 Boston University 24 18 4 2 1 1 1 57 104 53 39 28 9 2 162 95
#6 Maine 24 14 9 1 0 1 0 44 76 67 37 23 12 2 119 94
#16 Providence 24 11 9 4 3 1 2 37 66 58 35 18 13 4 100 83
#13 Massachusetts 24 12 10 2 4 2 0 36 57 62 37 20 14 3 108 105
#19 New Hampshire 24 12 11 1 1 0 0 36 69 56 36 20 15 1 106 90
Northeastern 24 9 14 1 1 3 0 30 65 71 36 17 16 3 113 97
Connecticut 24 9 14 1 1 1 1 29 49 77 36 15 19 2 90 105
Vermont 24 7 14 3 1 0 3 26 52 81 35 13 19 3 87 106
Merrimack 24 6 17 1 0 1 1 21 62 85 35 13 21 1 98 114
Massachusetts Lowell 24 4 17 3 1 4 0 18 39 78 36 8 24 4 72 113
Championship: March 23, 2024
† indicates regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO Division I Men's Poll; Updated: April 1, 2024
2023–24 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 North Dakota † 24 15 8 1 1 4 0 49 87 67 40 26 12 2 151 105
#3 Denver * 24 15 7 2 3 0 1 45 110 80 42 30 9 3 198 119
#18 St. Cloud State 24 11 9 4 1 3 2 41 77 74 38 17 16 5 121 114
#15 Colorado College 24 14 8 2 5 2 0 41 66 56 37 21 13 3 111 93
#11 Omaha 24 13 8 3 5 0 3 40 68 74 40 23 13 4 117 112
#14 Western Michigan 24 11 13 0 1 5 0 35 78 64 38 21 16 1 136 97
Minnesota Duluth 24 8 14 2 3 3 2 28 65 80 37 12 20 5 103 125
Miami 24 1 21 2 0 2 0 7 44 100 36 7 26 3 78 135
Championship: March 23, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Frozen Faceoff Championship Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
Updated: April 1, 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.[8]

NCAA Division I Men's Hockey PairWise Rankings[9]
Rank Team PWR RPI Conference
1 Boston College 63 .6298* Hockey East
2 Boston University 62 .6046 Hockey East
3 Denver 61 .5976* NCHC
4 Michigan State 60 .5906* Big Ten
5 Maine 58 .5739 Hockey East
6 North Dakota 57 .5874* NCHC
6 Minnesota 57 .5713 Big Ten
8 Wisconsin 56 .5709* Big Ten
9 Quinnipiac 55 .5701* ECAC Hockey
10 Michigan 54 .5602* Big Ten
10 Omaha 54 .5600 NCHC
12 Cornell 52 .5521 ECAC Hockey
13 Western Michigan 50 .5520 NCHC
13 Massachusetts 50 .5497 Hockey East
15 Colorado College 48 .5493 NCHC
15 Providence 48 .5453* Hockey East
15 St. Cloud State 48 .5429 NCHC
18 New Hampshire 46 .5414 Hockey East
19 Northeastern 45 .5330* Hockey East
19 Arizona State 45 .5308* Independent
21 RIT 43 .5298 Atlantic Hockey
22 Notre Dame 42 .5147 Big Ten
23 Penn State 41 .5141 Big Ten
24 Connecticut 40 .5114 Hockey East
25 Alaska 39 .5094* Independent
26 Ohio State 38 .5076 Big Ten
27 American International 37 .5075 Atlantic Hockey
28 Holy Cross 36 .5068 Atlantic Hockey
29 Dartmouth 35 .5061 ECAC Hockey
30 Minnesota Duluth 34 .5057 NCHC
31 Bemidji State 33 .4976 CCHA
32 Michigan Tech 32 .4961 CCHA
33 Vermont 31 .4959 Hockey East
34 Minnesota State 30 .4951 CCHA
35 Merrimack 29 .4950* Hockey East
36 Colgate 27 .4924 ECAC Hockey
36 Clarkson 27 .4883* ECAC Hockey
39 Union 25 .4826* ECAC Hockey
39 Alaska Anchorage 25 .4798* Independent
39 Augustana 25 .4794 CCHA
41 Massachusetts Lowell 23 .4793 Hockey East
42 Niagara 22 .4785 Atlantic Hockey
43 St. Lawrence 21 .4778 ECAC Hockey
44 Bentley 20 .4743* Atlantic Hockey
45 Air Force 19 .4737 Atlantic Hockey
46 Lake Superior State 18 .4675 CCHA
47 St. Thomas 17 .4695 CCHA
48 Northern Michigan 16 .4610 CCHA
49 Miami 15 .4593 NCHC
50 Harvard 14 .4586 ECAC Hockey
51 Yale 13 .4585 ECAC Hockey
52 Long Island 12 .4542 Independent
53 Sacred Heart 10 .4583 Atlantic Hockey
53 Rensselaer 10 .4513 ECAC Hockey
53 Princeton 10 .4496 ECAC Hockey
56 Bowling Green 8 .4440 CCHA
56 Army 8 .4434 Atlantic Hockey
58 Canisius 6 .4431 Atlantic Hockey
59 Mercyhurst 5 .4336 Atlantic Hockey
60 Robert Morris 4 .4334 Atlantic Hockey
61 Brown 3 .4312 ECAC Hockey
62 Lindenwood 2 .4215 Independent
63 Ferris State 1 .4171 CCHA
64 Stonehill 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 Tournament
Final

Player stats[edit]

Scoring leaders[edit]

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Will Smith Freshman Boston College 41 25 46 71 14
Cutter Gauthier Sophomore Boston College 41 38 27 65 18
Macklin Celebrini Freshman Boston University 38 32 32 64 18
Ryan Leonard Freshman Boston College 41 31 29 60 38
Jackson Blake Sophomore North Dakota 40 22 38 60 26
Gabe Perreault Freshman Boston College 36 19 41 60 29
Jack Devine Junior Denver 44 27 29 56 20
Gavin Brindley Sophomore Michigan 40 25 28 53 28
Rutger McGroarty Sophomore Michigan 36 16 36 52 6
Zeev Buium Freshman Denver 42 11 39 50 20

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Leading goaltenders[edit]

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average, minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played.[11]
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
Ian Shane Junior Cornell 34 2021:09 22 5 6 57 3 .923 1.69
Kyle McClellan Senior Wisconsin 37 2198:21 24 12 1 71 7 .931 1.94
Jason Grande Senior Holy Cross 22 1280:38 13 6 2 43 1 .928 2.01
Albin Boija Freshman Maine 18 1014:32 10 6 1 34 2 .916 2.01
Vinny Duplessis Senior Quinnipiac 30 1814:11 21 7 2 61 3 .914 2.02
Gibson Homer Sophomore Arizona State 14 795:38 8 3 2 27 1 .931 2.04
Jakob Hellsten Junior New Hampshire 28 1675:12 15 12 1 57 5 .909 2.04
Jacob Fowler Freshman Boston College 39 2326:35 32 6 1 83 3 .926 2.14
Jake Sibell Sophomore St. Thomas 15 852:10 7 8 0 31 0 .923 2.18
Jack Stark Freshman Yale 21 1213:52 8 10 2 45 2 .925 2.22

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Tournament bracket[edit]

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Regional Semifinals
March 28–29 		Regional Finals
March 30–31 		National Semifinals
April 11 		National Championship
April 13
            
1 Boston College (1) 6
4 Michigan Tech 1
1 Boston College 5*
East – Providence – Fri/Sun
3 Quinnipiac 4
2 Wisconsin 2
3 Quinnipiac 3*
E1 Boston College 4
MW3 Michigan 0
1 Michigan State (4) 5*
4 Western Michigan 4
1 Michigan State 2
Midwest – Maryland Heights – Fri/Sun
3 Michigan 5
2 North Dakota 3
3 Michigan 4
E1 Boston College 0
NE1 Denver 2
1 Boston University (2) 6
4 RIT 3
1 Boston University 6
West – Sioux Falls – Thu/Sat
2 Minnesota 3
2 Minnesota 3
3 Omaha 2
W1 Boston University 1
NE1 Denver 2*
1 Denver (3) 2**
4 Massachusetts 1
1 Denver 2
Northeast – Springfield – Thu/Sat
3 Cornell 1
2 Maine 1
3 Cornell 3

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
* denotes overtime period

Awards[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  3. ^ Zimmer, Matt (October 5, 2021). "Augustana officially announces Division I hockey program, to play in Midco Arena starting in 2023-24". Argus Leader. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
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