List of United States collegiate men's ice hockey seasons

Foundation

In 1892, while participating in a tennis tournament at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Malcolm Greene Chace was introduced to the Canadian pastime of ice hockey.[1] While he was attending Yale University, Chace put together a team of fellow collegians from his alma mater as well as Brown, Columbia and Harvard that embarked on a 10-game tour in Canadian cities around southern Quebec and Ontario during the winter of 1894–95.[2] The following year, Chace was able to put together a team of Yale students and organize four games for them to play during the spring semester. The second and third games played by Yale were played against Johns Hopkins University and are credited with being the first two intercollegiate ice hockey games played by American universities.[3]

College ice hockey in the United States predates the existence of any formal governing body but when the precursor to the NCAA was created in 1906 ice hockey was far too regional and new for it to receive much attention. For most of the first half of the 20th century the colleges themselves were allowed to set the terms for which teams they could participate against and who would be declared champion at the end of the season. Prior to the conclusion of World War I virtually all ice hockey programs were located at universities in the Northeastern United States making the task of determining the champion fairly easy.

No.	Season	Start	Finish	Intercollegiate Champion (number)	Coach	Champion Record[a 1]
1	1895–96	December	March	none[a 2]	N/A	N/A
2	1896–97	December	March	none	N/A	N/A
3	1897–98	December	March	Brown	none	(4–0–1)
4	1898–99	December	February	Yale	none	(5–0–0)
5	1899–00	December	March	Yale (2)	none	(7–0–0)
6	1900–01	November	March	Yale (3)	none	(5–2–0)
7	1901–02	December	March	Yale (4)	none	(8–0–0)
8	1902–03	December	March	Harvard	none	(7–0–0)
9	1903–04	December	March	Harvard (2)	Alfred Winsor	(4–0–0)
10	1904–05	December	March	Harvard (3)	Alfred Winsor	(5–0–0)
11	1905–06	December	March	Harvard (4)	Alfred Winsor	(4–0–0)
12	1906–07	December	February	Princeton	none	(4–0–0)
13	1907–08	December	February	Yale (5)	none	(5–0–0)
14	1908–09	December	February	Harvard (5)	Alfred Winsor	(6–0–0)
15	1909–10	December	February	Princeton (2)	none	(7–2–0)
16	1910–11	December	March	Cornell	Talbot Hunter	(10–0–0)
17	1911–12	December	March	Princeton (3)	none	(8–2–0)
18	1912–13	December	March	Harvard (6)	Alfred Winsor	(8–1–0)
19	1913–14	December	March	Princeton (4)	Gus Hornfeck	(7–1–0)
20	1914–15	December	March	Harvard (7)	Alfred Winsor	(7–1–0)
21	1915–16	December	March	Harvard (8)	Alfred Winsor	(6–0–0)
22	1916–17	December	March	None[a 3]	N/A	N/A

Only games against fellow American colleges are included
As only two teams were actively playing ice hockey, no championship was necessary
Harvard, Princeton and Yale finished in a three way tie and their games against other teams that season left no team with a singular claim to the intercollegiate championship

Trials and Changes

When the United States entered World War I in April of 1917, many college students joined the United States Armed Forces. As a result many colleges suspended some or all of their athletic programs for the duration of the war. A few ice hockey programs continued to operate for the 1917–18 season but those were perishingly few. Because the war was over by November of 1918, many prospective students were able to attend college for the spring semester in 1919. This meant that the ice hockey programs who were suspended could be restarted quickly. College Ice hockey returned for its first full season with the 1919–20 campaign and, with the number of teams in the midwest who had stated programs over the previous few seasons, teams were now vying for Eastern and Western collegiate championships. Even with that addition, the biggest change was yet to come.

In 1920, following the example of most other leagues on the continent, college hockey shifted from 7-on-7 to 6-on-6. Furthermore, the game times were shifted from two halves to three periods. These changes allowed for a faster game not only because there were fewer players on the ice, but because many of the rinks that were built in the 1920's were significantly larger than the ones that had been used previously. It also meant that players would have more time to recover from strenuous play (two formal breaks rather than one) and help to increase the amount of substitutions that would occur throughout the games (though it was still common for some athletes to play the entire game).

The college game continued to expand and was aided not only by the addition of regional rinks like the Philadelphia Arena and the New Haven Arena, but also by some universities building their own venues. The first of these was the Hobey Baker Memorial Rink by Princeton, which was followed soon after by Dartmouth's Davis Rink and Army's Smith Rink. More and more programs appeared and were able to use the increasing amount of available ice throughout the 1920's, but after the stock market crash in 1929 the colleges would face tough decisions moving forward.

No.	Season	Start	Finish	Intercollegiate Champion (number)		Coach	Champion Record[b 1]
No.	Season	Start	Finish	East	West	Coach	Champion Record[b 1]
23	1917–18	January	February	None[b 2]		N/A	N/A
24	1918–19	January	March	None[b 3]		N/A	N/A
25	1919–20	January	March	Harvard (9)		William Claflin	(7–0–0)

Only games against fellow American colleges are included
Most college programs were suspended and few games were played among the remaining schools
Many programs were restarted but too few games were played to decide upon a champion

References

Malcolm G. Chace, 80, Industrial Leader, Dies, Providence, RI, The Providence Sunday Journal, 17 July 1955, p. 24
"Malcolm Greene Chace Memorial Trophy". Rhode Island Hall of Fame. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
"History on Ice". Yale Alumni Magazine. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

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[4] Only games against fellow American colleges are included

[5] As only two teams were actively playing ice hockey, no championship was necessary

[6] Harvard, Princeton and Yale finished in a three way tie and their games against other teams that season left no team with a singular claim to the intercollegiate championship

[7] Only games against fellow American colleges are included

[8] Most college programs were suspended and few games were played among the remaining schools

[9] Many programs were restarted but too few games were played to decide upon a champion

[1] Malcolm G. Chace, 80, Industrial Leader, Dies, Providence, RI, The Providence Sunday Journal, 17 July 1955, p. 24

[2] "Malcolm Greene Chace Memorial Trophy". Rhode Island Hall of Fame. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[3] "History on Ice". Yale Alumni Magazine. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
Pre–NCAA seasons	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47
NCAA seasons	1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Division I Conferences	Atlantic Hockey Big Ten ECAC Hockey Hockey East NCHC WCHA
Future Conferences	CCHA (2021–22)
Defunct Conferences	CHA Great West MAAC Tri-State League
NCAA awards	Hobey Baker Award Spencer Penrose Award Tim Taylor Award Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award Mike Richter Award NCAA Scoring Champion Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament