NAIA ice hockey championship

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) held a men's national ice hockey championship from 1968 to 1984 when ice hockey was dropped as an NAIA sport.

Winners of the NAIA national ice hockey championship

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up
1968	Bemidji State	5-4 (ot)	Lake Superior State
1969	Bemidji State	6-2	Lake Superior State
1970	Bemidji State	7-4	Lake Superior State
1971	Bemidji State	6-2	Lakehead
1972	Lake Superior State	9-3	Gustavus Adolphus
1973	Bemidji State	3-2 (ot)	Lakehead
1974	Lake Superior State	4-1	Bemidji State
1975	St. Scholastica	7-1	Gustavus Adolphus
1976	Wisconsin–Superior	8-5	St. Scholastica
1977	St. Scholastica	3-2	Gustavus Adolphus
1978	Augsburg	4-3	Bemidji State
1979	Bemidji State	5-1	Concordia Moorhead
1980	Bemidji State	4-3	Michigan–Dearborn
1981	Augsburg	8-3	Wisconsin–Superior
1982	Augsburg	6-3	Bemidji State
1983	Wisconsin–River Falls	12-5	Michigan–Dearborn
1984	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	6-1	Michigan–Dearborn

Recent History

During the summer of 2015, a group of schools fielding the sport began working with the NAIA administrators in an effort to gain emerging sport status and work to eventually sponsoring the sport at the championship level again.^[1]^[2] The NAIA requires a minimum of 15 schools to sponsor a sport at the varsity level to begin the process from emerging to championship categories.^[3]

Current NAIA schools fielding hockey teams

Institution	Location	Enrollment	Nickname	Current Hockey Affiliation
Aquinas College	Grand Rapids, Michigan	2,100	Saints	ACHA
University of British Columbia	Vancouver, British Columbia	50,304	Thunderbirds	CIS
Carroll College	Helena, Montana	1,502	Fighting Saints	ACHA
Davenport University	Grand Rapids, Michigan	11,733	Panthers	ACHA
Dordt College	Sioux Center, Iowa	1,300	Defenders	ACHA
Holy Cross College	Notre Dame, Indiana	500	Saints	ACHA
Indiana Institute of Technology	Fort Wayne, Indiana	3,500	Warriors	ACHA
University of Jamestown	Jamestown, North Dakota	967	Jimmies	ACHA (starting 2016)
Lawrence Technological University	Southfield, Michigan	4,000	Blue Devils	ACHA
Lindenwood University – Belleville	Belleville, Illinois	2,600	Lynx	ACHA
Life University	Marietta, Georgia	2,800	Running Eagles	ACHA
University of Michigan–Dearborn	Dearborn, Michigan	8,635	Wolverines	ACHA
Midland University	Fremont, Nebraska	1300	Warriors	ACHA
Montana Tech	Butte, Montana	2,694	Orediggers	ACHA
Robert Morris University	Chicago, Illinois	7,000	Eagles	ACHA
Rochester College	Rochester Hills, Michigan	1,084	Warriors	ACHA
St. Ambrose University	Davenport, Iowa	3,607	Fighting Bees	Independent club
University of Victoria	Victoria, British Columbia	16,961	Vikes	BCIHL

References

^ "National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Ice Hockey". NAIA. August 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
^ "ICE HOCKEY – POTENTIAL FOR RETURN TO NAIA" (PDF). NAIA-ADA. September 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
^ "Emerging Sports Webinar". NAIA. October 8, 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-10.

External links

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[1] "National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Ice Hockey". NAIA. August 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-10.

[2] "ICE HOCKEY – POTENTIAL FOR RETURN TO NAIA" (PDF). NAIA-ADA. September 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-10.

[3] "Emerging Sports Webinar". NAIA. October 8, 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-10.

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