MEN S ICE HOCKEY ATTENDANCE RECORDS 2016-17 Attendance 2 Annual Home Attendance Leaders 4 All-Time Single-Game Attendance Highs 5
2016-17 ATTENDANCE Average Home Attendance 1. North Dakota 241,603 21 11,504 2. Wisconsin 182,839 18 10,157 3. Minnesota 153,513 16 9,594 4. Colorado Col. 100,097 16 6,256 5. Penn St. 120,513 20 6,025 6. Minn. Duluth 113,493 19 5,973 7. Omaha 106,699 18 5,927 8. Michigan 100,736 18 5,596 9. UMass Lowell 99,762 18 5,542 10. Denver 112,765 21 5,369 11. Ohio St. 85,354 16 5,334 12. Boston College 74,789 16 4,674 13. Michigan St. 72,571 16 4,535 14. Boston U. 79,768 18 4,431 15. UConn 65,679 15 4,378 16. St. Cloud St. 65,471 15 4,364 17. Maine 78,177 18 4,343 18. New Hampshire 77,904 18 4,328 19. Notre Dame 95,476 23 4,151 20. Cornell 62,530 16 3,908 21. Minnesota St. 73,385 19 3,862 22. Vermont 72,756 20 3,637 23. Quinnipiac 56,373 18 3,131 24. Yale 49,446 16 3,090 25. Rensselaer 49,389 16 3,086 26. Michigan Tech 60,042 20 3,002 27. RIT 57,178 20 2,858 28. Bemidji St. 59,931 22 2,724 29. Clarkson 48,759 18 2,708 30. Western Mich. 56,037 21 2,668 31. Miami (OH) 43,683 17 2,569 32. Dartmouth 38,424 15 2,561 33. Providence 47,200 19 2,484 34. Harvard 36,991 15 2,466 35. Bowling Green 46,989 20 2,349 36. Massachusetts 39,650 17 2,332 37. Merrimack 46,627 20 2,331 38. Northeastern 37,424 17 2,201 Air Force 37,422 17 2,201 40. Lake Superior St. 34,322 16 2,145 41. Union (NY) 33,620 16 2,101 42. Alas. Anchorage 32,960 16 2,060 43. Ferris St. 32,866 17 1,933 44. Northern Mich. 29,946 16 1,871 45. Colgate 29,020 16 1,813 46. Alas. Fairbanks 28,924 16 1,807 47. Army West Point 31,972 18 1,776 48. St. Lawrence 30,357 18 1,686 49. Princeton 27,799 17 1,635 50. Ala.-Huntsville 22,415 14 1,601 Total Home Attendance 1. North Dakota 241,603 21 11,504 2. Wisconsin 182,839 18 10,157 3. Minnesota 153,513 16 9,594 4. Penn St. 120,513 20 6,025 5. Minn. Duluth 113,493 19 5,973 6. Denver 112,765 21 5,369 7. Omaha 106,699 18 5,927 8. Michigan 100,736 18 5,596 9. Colorado Col. 100,097 16 6,256 10. UMass Lowell 99,762 18 5,542 11. Notre Dame 95,476 23 4,151 12. Ohio St. 85,354 16 5,334 13. Boston U. 79,768 18 4,431 14. Maine 78,177 18 4,343 15. New Hampshire 77,904 18 4,328 16. Boston College 74,789 16 4,674 17. Minnesota St. 73,385 19 3,862 18. Vermont 72,756 20 3,637 19. Michigan St. 72,571 16 4,535 20. UConn 65,679 15 4,378 21. St. Cloud St. 65,471 15 4,364 22. Cornell 62,530 16 3,908 23. Michigan Tech 60,042 20 3,002 24. Bemidji St. 59,931 22 2,724 25. RIT 57,178 20 2,858 26. Quinnipiac 56,373 18 3,131 27. Western Mich. 56,037 21 2,668 28. Yale 49,446 16 3,090 29. Rensselaer 49,389 16 3,086 30. Clarkson 48,759 18 2,708 31. Providence 47,200 19 2,484 32. Bowling Green 46,989 20 2,349 33. Merrimack 46,627 20 2,331 34. Miami (OH) 43,683 17 2,569 35. Massachusetts 39,650 17 2,332 36. Dartmouth 38,424 15 2,561 37. Northeastern 37,424 17 2,201 38. Air Force 37,422 17 2,201 39. Harvard 36,991 15 2,466 40. Lake Superior St. 34,322 16 2,145 41. Union (NY) 33,620 16 2,101 42. Alas. Anchorage 32,960 16 2,060 43. Ferris St. 32,866 17 1,933 44. Army West Point 31,972 18 1,776 45. St. Lawrence 30,357 18 1,686 46. Northern Mich. 29,946 16 1,871 47. Colgate 29,020 16 1,813 48. Alas. Fairbanks 28,924 16 1,807 49. Princeton 27,799 17 1,635 50. Ala.-Huntsville 22,415 14 1,601 2016-17 Attendance 2
II Average Home Attendance 1. Utica 52,982 16 3,311 2. Oswego St. 35,840 15 2,389 3. Norwich 26,058 16 1,628 4. Plattsburgh St. 26,818 17 1,577 5. SUNY Geneseo 19,954 13 1,534 6. Wis.-Stevens Point 18,047 17 1,061 7. St. Norbert 15,086 16 942 8. Colby 10,663 12 888 9. Bowdoin 9,934 12 827 10. Elmira 10,443 14 745 11. Adrian 10,572 15 704 12. Plymouth St. 9,100 14 650 13. SUNY Potsdam 7,753 13 596 14. Fitchburg St. 6,497 11 590 15. U New England 6,229 11 566 16. Lawrence 6,551 12 545 17. Salem St. 7,148 14 510 18. Wis.-Eau Claire 6,864 14 490 19. Wis.-Superior 5,820 12 485 Castleton 6,306 13 485 21. Marian (WI) 6,261 13 481 22. St. Anselm 5,704 12 475 23. SUNY Canton 7,043 15 469 24. SUNY Cortland 5,129 11 466 25. Wis.-River Falls 4,580 10 458 26. Babson 5,375 12 447 27. Middlebury 4,990 12 415 28. Concordia Wisconsin 4,868 12 405 29. Nazareth 5,497 14 392 30. UMass Boston 4,689 12 390 31. Endicott 6,203 16 387 32. Gust. Adolphus 4,105 11 373 33. Skidmore 4,904 14 350 34. Saint Michael's 4,746 14 339 35. Brockport 4,020 12 335 36. Manhattanville 4,336 13 333 37. Concordia-M'head 3,620 11 329 38. Hamilton 4,899 15 326 39. Buffalo St. 4,143 13 318 40. Neumann 2,225 7 317 41. MSOE 4,640 15 309 42. Saint Mary's (MN) 3,017 10 301 43. Worcester St. 3,540 12 295 44. Saint John's (MN) 3,511 12 292 45. Curry 3,483 12 290 46. Connecticut Col. 2,857 10 285 47. Johnson & Wales (RI) 3,095 11 281 48. Augsburg 3,345 12 278 49. St. Thomas (MN) 3,848 14 274 Williams 3,014 11 274 Total Home Attendance Rank Team Total Games Average. 1. Utica 52,982 16 3,311 2. Oswego St. 35,840 15 2,389 3. Plattsburgh St. 26,818 17 1,577 4. Norwich 26,058 16 1,628 5. SUNY Geneseo 19,954 13 1,534 6. Wis.-Stevens Point 18,047 17 1,061 7. St. Norbert 15,086 16 942 8. Colby 10,663 12 888 9. Adrian 10,572 15 704 10. Elmira 10,443 14 745 11. Bowdoin 9,934 12 827 12. Plymouth St. 9,100 14 650 13. SUNY Potsdam 7,753 13 596 14. Salem St. 7,148 14 510 15. SUNY Canton 7,043 15 469 16. Wis.-Eau Claire 6,864 14 490 17. Lawrence 6,551 12 545 18. Fitchburg St. 6,497 11 590 19. Castleton 6,306 13 485 20. Marian (WI) 6,261 13 481 21. U New England 6,229 11 566 22. Endicott 6,203 16 387 23. Wis.-Superior 5,820 12 485 24. St. Anselm 5,704 12 475 25. Nazareth 5,497 14 392 26. Babson 5,375 12 447 27. SUNY Cortland 5,129 11 466 28. Middlebury 4,990 12 415 29. Skidmore 4,904 14 350 30. Hamilton 4,899 15 326 31. Concordia Wisconsin 4,868 12 405 32. Saint Michael's 4,746 14 339 33. UMass Boston 4,689 12 390 34. MSOE 4,640 15 309 35. Wis.-River Falls 4,580 10 458 36. Manhattanville 4,336 13 333 37. Buffalo St. 4,143 13 318 38. Gust. Adolphus 4,105 11 373 39. Brockport 4,020 12 335 40. Hobart and William Smith Colleges 3,914 15 260 41. St. Thomas (MN) 3,848 14 274 42. Concordia-M'head 3,620 11 329 43. Worcester St. 3,540 12 295 44. Saint John's (MN) 3,511 12 292 45. Curry 3,483 12 290 46. Fredonia 3,378 13 259 47. Augsburg 3,345 12 278 48. Stevenson 3,161 12 263 49. St. Olaf 3,146 12 262 50. Wis.-Stout 3,121 14 222 2016-17 Attendance 3
ANNUAL HOME ATTENDANCE LEADERS By Average Attendance 1996 Minnesota 9,797 1997 Minnesota 10,260 1998 Minnesota 10,056 1999 Wisconsin 12,153 2000 Wisconsin 11,517 2001 Wisconsin 11,461 2002 Wisconsin 11,807 2003 Wisconsin 11,430 2004 Wisconsin 11,701 2005 Wisconsin 11,955 2006 Wisconsin 13,511 2007 Wisconsin 14,430 2008 Wisconsin 14,133 2009 Wisconsin 13,785 2010 Wisconsin 15,048 2011 Wisconsin 13,226 2012 Wisconsin 11,773 2013 North Dakota 11,592 2014 Minnesota 11,552 2015 North Dakota 11,515 2016 North Dakota 11,675 2017 North Dakota 11,504 By Total Attendance Year School Attendance 2004 North Dakota 256,591 2005 Wisconsin 274,979 2006 Wisconsin 270,228 2007 Wisconsin 288,593 2008 North Dakota 257,599 2009 Wisconsin 303,261 2010 Wisconsin 316,014 2011 Wisconsin 290,970 2012 North Dakota 249,501 2013 North Dakota 243,426 2014 North Dakota 249,445 2015 North Dakota 253,344 2016 North Dakota 221,828 2017 North Dakota 241,603 II By Average Attendance 1996 Plattsburgh St. 2,180 1997 Elmira 2,495 1998 Colby 2,077 1999 Plattsburgh St. 1,773 2000 Elmira 1,897 2001 Middlebury 1,775 2002 Middlebury 1,974 2003 Norwich 1,785 2004 Middlebury 1,781 2005 Middlebury 1,614 2006 Middlebury 1,886 2007 Utica 2,108 2008 Utica 2,791 2009 Utica 2,880 2010 Utica 2,791 2011 Utica 3,233 2012 Utica 3,253 2013 Utica 3,754 2014 Utica 3,630 2015 Utica 3,694 2016 Utica 3,515 2017 Utica 3,311 By Total Attendance 2004 Norwich 32,128 2005 Middlebury 30,661 2006 St. Norbert 29,603 2007 Middlebury 27,097 2008 Utica 36,279 2009 Utica 48,963 2010 Utica 41,858 2011 Utica 48,501 2012 Utica 55,306 2013 Utica 63,824 2014 Utica 54,464 2015 Utica 51,729 2016 Utica 52,738 2017 Utica 52,982 Annual Home Attendance Leaders 4
ALL-TIME SINGLE-GAME ATTENDANCE HIGHS No. Team vs. Opponent, Location Date 113,411 Michigan (5) vs. Michigan St. (0), Dec. 11, 2010 Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Mich. 74,554 Michigan (3) vs. Michigan St. (3) (OT), Oct. 6, 2001 Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Mich. 35,144 Denver (4) vs. Colorado Col. (1), Feb. 20, 2016 Coors Field, Denver, Colo. 22,751 Miami (OH) (4) vs. Western Michigan (3) and Feb. 7, 2015 Michigan (4) vs. Michigan St. (1), Soldier Field, Chicago, Ill. 20,899 Notre Dame (3) vs. Michigan (9), Jan. 21, 1995 20,427 Notre Dame (1) vs. Michigan (3), Jan. 29, 1994 20,027 Michigan St. (2) vs. Michigan (1), Jan. 30, 2015 20,027 Michigan St. (3) vs. Michigan (2), Feb. 5, 2016 19,783 Denver (3) vs. Minn. Duluth (2), NCAA Championship, April 8, 2017 United Center, Chicago, Ill. 19,626 Denver (6) vs. Notre Dame (1) and Minn. Duluth (2) vs. April 6, 2017 Harvard (1), NCAA Semifinals, United Center, Chicago, Ill. 19,547 Boston College (3) vs. Providence (1) and Boston U. (5) Jan. 8, 2017 vs. Massachusetts (3), Frozen Fenway, Fenway Park, Boston, Mass. 19,358 North Dakota (5) vs. Quinnipiac (1), April 9, 2016 NCAA Championship, Amalie Arena, Tampa, Fla. 19,225 Notre Dame (8) vs. Michigan Tech (3), Great Lakes Dec. 30, 1981 Invitational Championship, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich. 19,222 Michigan (2) vs. Minn. Duluth (3) (OT), NCAA Semifinals, April 9, 2011 19,139 Notre Dame (3) vs. Minn. Duluth (4), NCAA Semifinals, April 7, 2011 19,126 Notre Dame (5) vs. Michigan (2), CCHA Championship, March 21, 2009 18,774 Michigan Tech (2) vs. Michigan (0) and Western Mich. (4) Dec. 29, 2017 vs. Michigan St. (1), Great Lakes Invitational, 18,742 Union (7) vs. Minnesota (4), NCAA National April 12, 2014 Championship, Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa. 18,632 Notre Dame (1) vs. Boston College (4), NCAA April 12, 2008 Championship, Pepsi Center, Denver, Colo. 18,544 Notre Dame (5) vs. Michigan (4) (OT), NCAA Semifinals, April 10, 2008 Pepsi Center, Denver, Colo. 18,185 Notre Dame (6) vs. Michigan Tech (9), Great Lakes Dec. 28, 1982 Invitational Semifinals, 18,147 Notre Dame (1) vs. Michigan (5), Nov. 28, 1992 18,064 Notre Dame (3) vs. Minnesota (7), Hall of Fame Game, Oct. 7, 2000 18,037 North Dakota (4) vs. Denver (2), NCAA Semifinals, April 7, 2016 Amalie Arena, Tampa, Fla. 18,022 Boston U. (5) vs. North Dakota (3) and April 9, 2015 Providence (4) vs. Omaha (1), NCAA Semifinals, TD Garden, Boston, Mass. 18,022 Providence (4) vs. Boston U. (3), NCAA Championship, TD Garden, Boston, Mass. April 11, 2015 II No. Team vs. Opponent, Location Date 7,047 Oswego St. (4) vs. Utica (4) (OT), Nov. 22, 2014 Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. 5,600 Elmira (3) vs. Plattsburgh St. (6), NCAA Semifinals, March 22, 2008 Lake Placid, N.Y. 5,516 St. Norbert (6) vs. Wis.-Stevens Point (1), De Pere, Wis. Feb. 4, 2006 4,410 Saint John s (MN) (5) vs. St. Thomas (MN) (4), St. Cloud, Minn. Feb. 12, 2005 All-Time Single-Game Attendance Highs 5