NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship

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NCAA championship college ice hockey tournament

The NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top collegiate men's ice hockey team in the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship	11
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament	9
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship canonical	8
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament	5
NCAA men's ice hockey championship	3
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey national champion	2
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament	2
NCAA men's ice hockey tournament	2
1995 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championship	1
2011 NCAA Frozen Four	1
2013 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championship	1
2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship	1
Division I men's ice hockey tournament	1
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship (tournament)	1
NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship	1
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championship	1
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championship 1979 with University of Minnesota	1
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championships	1
NCAA Frozen Four	1
NCAA Frozen Four (men’s ice hockey)	1
NCAA Frozen Four game	1
NCAA ice hockey championship games	1
NCAA men's ice hockey national championship	1
NCAA men’s ice hockey	1
NCAA men’s ice hockey championship	1
NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T225407 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
Context triple: [Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey, notableTournament, NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship]

A. ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey is a collegiate athletic conference that sponsors NCAA Division I men's and women's ice hockey programs primarily among private and Ivy League schools in the Northeastern United States.
B. NHL Winter Classic
The NHL Winter Classic is an annual outdoor regular-season National Hockey League game, typically held on or around New Year’s Day in iconic open-air venues.
C. IIHF World Championship
The IIHF World Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation that features top national teams from around the world competing for the world title.
D. World Cup of Hockey
The World Cup of Hockey is an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams and elite professional players, organized primarily by the NHL and NHLPA.
E. Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament
The Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament is the postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
Target entity description: The NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top collegiate men's ice hockey team in the United States.

A. ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey is a collegiate athletic conference that sponsors NCAA Division I men's and women's ice hockey programs primarily among private and Ivy League schools in the Northeastern United States.
B. NHL Winter Classic
The NHL Winter Classic is an annual outdoor regular-season National Hockey League game, typically held on or around New Year’s Day in iconic open-air venues.
C. IIHF World Championship
The IIHF World Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation that features top national teams from around the world competing for the world title.
D. World Cup of Hockey
The World Cup of Hockey is an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams and elite professional players, organized primarily by the NHL and NHLPA.
E. Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament
The Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament is the postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA championship ⓘ college ice hockey tournament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Frozen Four ⓘ
bracketSize	16-team bracket ⓘ
championshipGameParticipants	2 teams ⓘ
confederation	NCAA ⓘ linked to: National Collegiate Athletic Association
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
determines	NCAA Division I men's ice hockey national champion ⓘ linked to: NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
division	NCAA Division I ⓘ
eligibility	NCAA Division I men's ice hockey programs ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division I
finalStageFormat	semifinals and championship game ⓘ
finalStageName	Frozen Four ⓘ
firstChampion	Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey ⓘ
format	single-elimination tournament ⓘ
founded	1948 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
frozenFourParticipants	4 teams ⓘ
gender	men's ⓘ
governingBody	NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee ⓘ
governingRules	NCAA men's ice hockey rules ⓘ
governsSeasonEnd	end of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season ⓘ
importance	top title in U.S. men's college ice hockey ⓘ
inauguralSeason	1947–48 ⓘ
knockoutPhase	single-elimination from regionals through final ⓘ
level	collegiate ⓘ
monthHeld	April ⓘ March ⓘ
notableProgramWithMostTitles	Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey ⓘ Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey ⓘ
numberOfTeams	16 ⓘ
organizer	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
primaryObjective	determine national champion in men's college ice hockey ⓘ
regionalsStructure	four regional brackets ⓘ
relatedCompetition	NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Championship ⓘ NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship ⓘ NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship ⓘ linked to: NCAA women’s ice hockey tournament
scope	national ⓘ
season	NCAA men's ice hockey season ⓘ
selectionMethod	at-large bids ⓘ automatic bids for conference champions ⓘ
selectionShow	NCAA men's ice hockey selection show ⓘ
shortName	NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament ⓘ linked to: NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
sport	ice hockey ⓘ
sportCategory	college ice hockey in the United States ⓘ
televisionPartner	ESPN ⓘ
typeOfTitle	national championship ⓘ
venueType	neutral site arena ⓘ

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Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey → notableTournament → NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship ⓘ

subject linked to: Harvard Crimson men’s ice hockey

Hockey East tournaments → relatedTo → NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship ⓘ