Michigan won the first college hockey national championship in 1948. Led by coach Vic Heyliger, the Wolverines defeated Dartmouth 8-4 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The first official national title game in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey took place in March 2001. Minnesota Duluth defeated St. Lawrence 4-2. The Bulldogs went on to win the next two national championships and then added two more, one in 2008 and another in 2010.
Check out the all-time national champions in both men's and women's ice hockey below.
2025: Western Michigan (M), Wisconsin (W)
2021: Massachusetts (M), Wisconsin (W)
2020: Both tournaments canceled due to COVID-19
2019: Minnesota Duluth (M), Wisconsin (W)
2018: Minnesota Duluth (M), Clarkson (W)
2016: North Dakota (M), Minnesota (W)
2014: Union (N.Y.) (M), Clarkson (W)
2012: Boston College (M), Minnesota (W)
2011: Minnesota Duluth (M), Wisconsin (W)
2010: Boston College (M), Minnesota Duluth (W)
2009: Boston University (M), Wisconsin (W)
2008: Boston College (M), Minnesota Duluth (W)
2007: Michigan State (M), Wisconsin (W)
2003: Minnesota (M), Minnesota Duluth (W)
2002: Minnesota (M), Minnesota Duluth (W)
2001: Boston College (M), Minnesota Duluth (W)
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