I found this on the NCAA website. It shows the hockey division breakdown for
the past decade. And with at least 2 new Division III programs next year
(Lebanon Valley and Neumann, both in Pennsylvania) and a possible third
(Manhattanville in N.Y.), this would boost the total to past 130.
 
 
Year              Div. I         Div. II         Div. III          TOTAL
 
1997              52 (+1)        13 (-)          63 (+3)           128 (+4)
 
1996              51 (+1)        13 (-)          60 (+1)           124 (+2)
 
1995              50 (-)         13 (-)          59 (-)            122 (-)
 
1994              50 (-1)        13 (-)          59 (-)            122 (-1)
 
1993              51 (-1)        13 (+1)         59 (+1)           123 (+2)
 
1992              51 (+1)        12 (-2)         58 (-1)           121 (-2)
 
1991              50 (+2)        14 (-1)         59 (-1)           123 (-)
 
1990              48 (-)         15 (-)          60 (-)            123 (-)
 
1989              48 (-)         15 (-1)         60 (-2)           123 (-3)
 
1988              48 (-1)        16 (-)          62 (-1)           126 (-2)
 
1987              49 (-)         16 (+1)         63 (+1)           128 (+2)
 
1986              49             15              62                126
 
 
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+ "Suppose you were an idiot and suppose  you were a member of congress.+
+                But I repeat myself." - Mark Twain                     +
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