Admit it: you would pee your pants with joy if your hockey-playing son advanced to play NCAA men's ice hockey. No "club" hockey at a university (not that there's anything wrong with that), but hockey in one of the two NCAA college ice hockey divisions.
First of all, let's get one fact straight: In the U.S., there are 2 NCAA divisions of men's college ice hockey: Division I and Division III. Don't ask us why there is no Division II, there just isn't. Maybe there used to be a Division II and it was vanquished due to a hockey fight. Who knows?
Did you know that in 2013, Yale won the men's NCAA Division I hockey championship? If you knew that tidbit, good for you...I think we have a real hockey fan on our hands. Let's test your college hockey knowledge a little bit further: Who won the men's NCAA Division III ice hockey championship in 2013? If you said Wisconsin-Eau Claire, you're a winner; just like the Bluegolds.
Division I and Division III men's ice hockey teams are divided into CONFERENCES and TEAMS. There were 5 conferences with a total of 58 teams in Division I Men's NCAA Ice Hockey in 2013and 10 conferences for Division III men's ice hockey with a total of 74 teams in 2013. Read more about D1 hockey teams and D3 hockey teams on the underlined links.
Most Interesting Names of D3 College Hockey Teams:
Amherst Lord Jeffs (Named after Lord Jeffrey Amherst, of course).
Concordia-Moorhead Cobbers (Cobber="Pal").
Mass-Dartmouth Corsairs (Corsair means pirate. Now you know).
St. Olaf Oles (This is hysterical..."Ole", pronounced "Oh-lee" is a common Norwegian/Scandinavian name and it is also my great grandfather's name!).
Williams (Mass) Ephs (named after founder Ephraim Williams).
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