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College ice hockey
College ice hockey
NCAA Structure
The Northeastern Huskies take on the UMass Minutemen at Matthews Arena in Boston, Massachusetts College hockey most often refers to the American ice hockey competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, though leagues outside of the United States exist. In the NCAA there are three national divisions, I, II and III that support both men’s and women’s teams. The majority of teams play in division I and III, the only two levels that hold national championships. College hockey remains second to junior hockey as a talent pool for professional hockey players, but there are numerous National Hockey League players that have played in the NCAA system.
A map of all NCAA Division I men’s hockey teams.
A map of all NCAA Division I women’s hockey teams. The teams that play college hockey are split into conferences, which themselves are classified within one of the NCAA’s three overall athletic divisions.[1] Because of the limited number of Division I colleges sponsoring ice hockey, Division I teams compete in special hockey-only conferences that are unconnected with their member schools’ various primary athletic conferences (the ones they belong to for basketball, football and other sports). The majority of hockey-playing Division III colleges also compete in hockey-only conferences, although a few Division III athletic conferences do sponsor hockey. One Division I non-hockey conference, the Ivy League, crowns hockey champions for both men and women. Six of the eight Ivies sponsor intercollegiate hockey programs for both sexes, and all are members of ECAC Hockey. The Ivy League uses the results of its members in ECAC play to determine Ivy champions.
Championships
The NCAA holds a yearly post season tournament for the national championship, the Division I national champion is crowned through the NCAA Men’s Division I Hockey Championship. The Frozen Four is the trademarked name of the final two rounds of the NCAA Division I championship of ice hockey in the USA. Schools advance in a single-elimination tournament from four regional sites to a single site, where the national semifinals and final game are played. The NCAA started a Women’s Frozen Four beginning in the 2000-01 season.
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Until 1999 the NCAA also sponsored a Division II championship. It was suspended following in 1999, due to a lack of sponsoring schools. Currently the few remaining Division II teams play up in Division I or play down in Division III. The Northeast Ten Conference is the only Division II conference to sponsor ice hockey. It holds a postseason tournament for its member schools playing in Division III hockey because the NCAA prohibits Division II teams from competing in Division III postseason play. • Men’s • Division I • Atlantic Hockey • Central Collegiate Hockey Association • College Hockey America • ECAC Hockey • Hockey East • Western Collegiate Hockey Association • Division II - does not exist in Men’s Hockey: all teams have moved to Div I or III as of 1999. [2] • Northeast Ten Conference • Division III • ECAC East • ECAC Northeast • ECAC West • Eastern College Athletic Conference • Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference • Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference • New England Small College Athletic Conference • Northern Collegiate Hockey Association • State University of New York Athletic Conference • Women’s • Division I • College Hockey America • ECAC Hockey • Hockey East • Western Collegiate Hockey Association • Independent Colleges • Division II • N/A • Division III • ECAC East • ECAC Hockey
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• ECAC West • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference • New England Small College Athletic Conference • Northern Collegiate Hockey Association • Independent Colleges
NCAA American Women’s College Hockey Alliance champions
Prior to the NCAA establishing a women’s ice hockey championship, the AWCHA held a championship from 1997-98 season to 1999-2000 season. Below are those champions. • 1998 New Hampshire • 1999 Harvard • 2000 Minnesota
NCAA Awards
• Hobey Baker Memorial Award Named for a 1914 Princeton graduate, the Hobey Baker Memorial Award honors the top player in Men’s Division I hockey. Established in 1981, finalists are chosen based on strength of character both on and off the ice, contributions to the integrity of the team, outstanding skills in all phases of the game, and scholastic achievement and sportsmanship, with the winner being announced annually during the off-day between the semifinal and championship rounds at the Frozen Four. Past winners include Ryan Miller, Chris Drury, and Paul Kariya. • Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is named after Patty Kazmaier, a standout defenseman from Princeton University from 1981 to 1986 who lost her life following a battle with a rare blood disease. First awarded in 1998, the Kazmaier award is given annually by USA Hockey to the top player in Women’s Division I program. As with the Hobey Baker Award, the Kazmaier Award is presented on the off-day between the semifinal and championship games at the Women’s Frozen Four. Nomination criteria include “Outstanding individual and team skills, sportsmanship, performance in the clutch, personal character, competitiveness
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and a love of hockey. Consideration will also be given to academic achievement and civic involvement.”[3]
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locations of the schools. Unlike the NCAA the CIS does not award players with athletic scholarships, resulting in a lack of divisional separation such as found between NCAA divisions. Indivial conferences hold postseason tournaments, followed by the round-robin CIS Championship tournament in late March.[4]
Other college hockey organizations
ACHA
The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) is the sanctioning body for nonvarsity club hockey. There are over 300 teams separated into three men’s and two women’s divisions. The majority of the ACHA schools don’t offer NCAA hockey, but there are some schools that offer both a club team in the ACHA and a varsity team in the NCAA.
See also
• College baseball • College basketball • College football
References
National Junior College Athletic Association
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) sponsors men’s ice hockey at the NJCAA division I level. 11 schools play hockey as members of the NJCAA, many also play against and are members of the ACHA.
[1] NCAA Winter Sports [2] Championship Crossroads- by David Pickle, The NCAA News. Nov 9, 1998. [3] Harvard Senior Julie Chu Wins Kazmaier [4] http://cis.infinityprosports.com/2004/ index.php?page=schedule&season_id=2008&sport_n
External links
• • • • • • • • NCAA Mens Ice Hockey NCAA Womens Ice Hockey ACHA Hockey College Hockey News Inside College Hockey U.S. College Hockey Online The College Hockey Directory Hobey Baker Memorial Award
CIS
College hockey teams in Canada compete in leagues as part of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), the national governing body for Canadian collegiate athletics. The CIS sponsors both men’s and women’s hockey. Like the US schools, teams compete in athletic conferences/leagues based on geographical
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