# 2024–25 NCAA Division I independent men's ice hockey season

The 2024–25 NCAA Division I Independent men's ice hockey season is the 131st season of play for varsity ice hockey in the United States. The regular season began on October 4, 2024, and conclude on March 1, 2025.

## Coaches

In the offseason, Lindenwood hired Bill Muckalt to replace Rick Zombo as head coach.
After 10 years as head of the program, David Borges retired from coaching and Stonehill turned to David Berard to head the program.

### Records

| Team | Head coach | Season at school* | Record at school* |
| Alaska | Erik Largen | 6 | 81–78–15 |
| Alaska Anchorage | Matt Shasby | 3 | 23–36–3 |
| Lindenwood | Bill Muckalt | 1 | 0–0–0 |
| Long Island | Brett Riley | 5 | 42–73–5 |
| Stonehill | David Berard | 1 | 0–0–0 |

## Standings

2024–25 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Alaska | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 73 | 87 |
| Alaska Anchorage | 34 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 75 | 117 |
| Lindenwood | 32 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 65 | 86 |
| Long Island | 34 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 111 | 77 |
| Stonehill | 34 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 76 | 106 |
| Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll ||||||||

## Ranking
### USCHO

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
| Alaska | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Alaska Anchorage | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lindenwood | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Long Island | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Stonehill | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### USA Hockey

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Final |
| Alaska | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Alaska Anchorage | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lindenwood | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Long Island | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Stonehill | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### PairWise

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
| Alaska | 26 | 51 | 51 | 48 | 34 | 22 | 34 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 37 | 39 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 35 | 37 | 41 | 38 | – |
| Alaska Anchorage | 28 | 56 | 54 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 59 | 62 | 61 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 58 | 57 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | – |
| Lindenwood | 28 | 44 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 47 | 54 | 57 | 57 | 60 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 54 | 54 | – |
| Long Island | 28 | 48 | 23 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 38 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 26 | 26 | – |
| Stonehill | 15 | 31 | 43 | 42 | 40 | 52 | 56 | 56 | 53 | 59 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 59 | 56 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | – |
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.