<p>What colleges have a big hockey culture? I'm guessing the ones with the biggest are in Minnesota, Massachussets and maybe some in michigan and ohio. Could somebody clarify this?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>RPI, Cornell, BU come to mind…</p>
<p>I believe Bowdoin is big on hockey</p>
<p>also thought of St. Lawrence, Colgate and Clarkson, all in upstate NY (aka frozen- tundra-land) :)</p>
<p>SUNY-Oswego, huge on hockey, considering i grew up in Oswego, I feel I would know, Oswego is a hockey town through and through… not the greatest school in the world, but its a nice place, and they have some good programs (meteorology, communication, business), and some famous alums (Al Roker, Linda Cohn, Steve Levy).</p>
<p>Maine, UMass Amherst and Michigan State.</p>
<p>If by biggest culture, you mean a Division I program, here are the Frozen Four results from 1948 [Inside</a> College Hockey | Frozen Four History](<a href=“http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/6History/frozen_four.htm]Inside”>Inside College Hockey | Frozen Four History)</p>
<p>There are six D1 leagues. You will find a large rabid fan base at all of them.
CCHA (UMich, ND, MSU, Miami (OH), Bowling Green, OSU, Nebraska-Omaha, No Mich, W Mich, Alaska-Fairbanks, Lake Superior St., Ferris St.)
WCHA (Wisconsin, Colorado C, Denver U, UMinn, N. Dakota, MN St., Alaska-Anchorage, St. Cloud St., Mich Tech, MN-Duluth)
Hockey East (UMass, New Hampshire, Providence, BC, Vermont, BU, Northeastern, Maine, UMass-Lowell, Merrimack)
ECACHL (Cornell, Dartmouth, Colgate, Clarkson, Harvrd, Yale, Brown, Princeton, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Quinnipiac, St. Lawrence, Union)
Atlantic Hockey (Canisius, Mercyhurst, UConn, RIT, Holy Cross, Air Force, Army, Bentley, Sacred Heart, American Int’l)
CHA (Alabama-Huntsville, Wayne St., Niagara, Robert Morris, Bemidji St.)</p>
<p>I always hear cornell when i hear college hockey</p>
<p>Right now, the top college hockey teams are:</p>
<p>1.Miami (Ohio)-beautiful campus, good business program
2.Michigan (Ann Arbor)- public ivy
3.Denver- sounds like a smaller, western version of Northeastern: very career-oriented
4.Colorado College-excellent liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, a very beautiful/underrated city
5.Michigan State- huge school, decent academics
6.North Dakota- no idea what this school is like
7.Clarkson
8.New Hampshire- one of the weaker flagship schools, but maybe the biggest hockey culture of all
9.Notre Dame- an awesome school, especially if you’re Irish 
10. UMass- decent school, academic backup for Boston University</p>
<p>Some notable schools (academically) with sizable hockey culture:
Cornell, Dartmouth, Holy Cross, Harvard, Rochester Institute of Technology, Wisconsin, Renssalaer, Boston College</p>
<p>Middlebury is an excellent LAC and is one of the top D-III teams.</p>
<p>Most of the schools with hockey teams are north of the Ohio River/Mason-Dixon Line and east of the Missouri River. The only school from the South with a team is Alabama-Huntsville and only a few teams are from the “far” west (Denver, Colorado College, Alaska).</p>
<p>The academic powerhouse conferences are the Division I ECAC East (Cornell, Colgate, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Princeton) and the Division III NESCAC (Amherst, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Hamilton, Tufts, Colby, Williams)</p>
<p>hockey is HUGE at cornell. in new york city, alumni flock to bars to watch the games together.</p>
<p>Here is a link to the rankings for all divisions [USCHO.com/CSTV</a> Division I Poll - NCAA Sports.com](<a href=“http://www.ncaasports.com/icehockey/mens/polls]USCHO.com/CSTV”>http://www.ncaasports.com/icehockey/mens/polls)</p>
<p>University of North Dakota fans are fanatics abouut hockey. During Summers they collect dead gophers from the sides of highways, freeze them, and then throw them on the ice when the Fightin Sioux score a goal against archrival Minnesota.</p>
<p>Wisconsin typically is #1 in attendance and has won a number of NCAA titles. It also has the two in a row #1 women’s team. Men are a little down this year due to early defections of top players to the NHL. They’ll be back. Games are a major event on campus.</p>
<p>thanks guys! By the way, what’s the biggest hockey state in the us? I’ve heard people say it’s minnesota. Is there like a “hockey mad college” in a non hockey state, where hockey is far behind basketball or football.</p>
<p>Lynah is still the best place to watch a college hockey game. The team is not as good this year as previous years though.</p>
<p>Hockey is HUGE at BU, and in Massachusetts in general.</p>
<p>Great academics and good hockey-Harvard, Cornell, Yale, Holy Cross, Colgate, Brown.</p>
<p>Big at Boston College and BU as well.</p>
<p>Funny Hockey Story</p>
<p>My D and I were up in Marquette Michigan doing Open House at Northern Michigan University. We were there to see the new Art and Design Center. While in a packed bookstore my D (semi blonde) says “Is it such a big deal that NMU is playing U of Miami? I mean Miami you know Florida like does it even have ice? "
Then the entire male population in the bookstore just turned and looked in the direction of the D. OMG I thought how am I going to get out of here alive? But I quickly said “U of Miami is Ohio and they are Division One and Hockey here is like what Football is to Texas and Basketball to Chicago.” The D then said " ooohhh I see thats a big deal”. We managed to get out of the Northern Michigan University bookstore alive!</p>
<p>Yes, hockey is huge at Minnesota, which is why older S went there. He loved watching hockey.</p>
<p>In addition to colleges others have mentioned, Boston College also has a big hockey culture. In fact, I think hockey is big at most Boston colleges.</p>
<p>Having just returned from a sold-out Madison Square Garden last night, I can attest that hockey culture remains strong among the Cornell faithful.</p>
<p>And, unfortunately, among the Boston University faithful as well.</p>
<p>At intermission when they introduced the BU players who were on the US Olympic hockey team that beat the Soviet Union in 1970-whatever, even the Cornell fans cheered.</p>