Matt Glaccum asked:
>Help! I am trying to find out the inaugural year for each Div I team, meaning
>that year in which a team was first eligible to advance to the Div I Tournament
>Obviously, not all teams were in existence when the Div I Tournament was
>founded in 1948. Show off your hockey trivia knowledge!
Matt asked for email, but I am posting this in case anyone has
anything additional to add.
I went mainly off what appears in the 1989-90 College Hockey Record
Manual, which includes listings of teams as Independents. For many
teams, this was easy, but for others it isn't since they may have been
in leagues with DivI teams early on, dropped out for a while and then
resurfaced - or else there were periods of non-DivI play, like with
Notre Dame.
I went with the teams that are currently DivI, since no team currently
not DivI ever made it to the NC$$ tourney. Teams are listed by
conference.
HOCKEY EAST
Boston College 1948-
Boston University 1948-
Maine 1980-
Mass Amherst 1994-
Mass Lowell 1984-
Merrimack 1985-
New Hampshire 1948-1964, 1967-
I believe UNH dropped down with the ECAC small schools from 1964-65
through 1965-66.
Northeastern 1948-
Providence 1953-
ECAC
Brown 1948-
Clarkson 1948-
Colgate 1948-1951, 1958-
Colgate was not listed among the ECAC teams from 1951-52 through
1956-57.
Cornell 1948-
Dartmouth 1948-
Harvard 1948-
Princeton 1948-
RPI 1950-
St Lawrence 1948-
Union 1948-1949, 1992-
Union was listed with all the ECAC teams from 1947-48 through
1948-49, and in 1991-92 they joined the ECAC DivI.
Vermont 1948-1951, 1964, 1975-
Vermont was not listed with ECAC teams from 1951-52 through 1962-63,
and in 1964-65 they dropped down with the ECAC small schools till
joining the ECAC DivI in 1974-75.
WCHA
Alaska-Anchorage 1985-
Colorado College 1948-
Denver 1951-
Michigan Tech 1948-
Minnesota 1948-
Minnesota-Duluth 1951-
North Dakota 1948-
Northern Michigan 1977-
St Cloud 1988-
Wisconsin 1964-
CCHA
Alaska-Fairbanks 1985-
Bowling Green 1968-
Ferris State 1979-
Illinois-Chicago 1983-
Kent 1957, 1987-1988, 1990-
Kent was listed as an Indep in 1956-57 but did not really begin
till the 1980s. In 1988-89, their program was suspended for a
year by the school due to hazing.
Lake Superior 1970-
Miami 1981-
Michigan 1948-
Michigan State 1950-
Notre Dame 1969-1983, 1985-
ND dropped to club status for the 1983-84 season.
Ohio State 1957-1961, 1963-
Western Michigan 1976-
INDEPENDENTS
Air Force 1968-
Army 1948-1973, 1981-
Army competed in DivII from 1973-74 through 1979-80.
Years listed are the year in which the tournament was held, earliest
being the first tournament in 1948.
I would be happy to answer any questions as to why I arrived at the
years I did for any of the teams. Please post questions or better
yet, email them to me at [log in to unmask] even though I am not
posting this from there.
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Mike Machnik [log in to unmask]
Cabletron Systems, Inc. *HMM* 11/13/93
Opinions expressed in this post are solely those of the poster.
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