Waiting for the NCAA Hockey belt: the longest droughts

The active programs that have gone longest without the belt, and the ones still waiting for their first reign.

Every active NCAA Hockey program and how long it's been since it last held the belt. The belt moves constantly, so a long wait usually means a program keeps losing the one game that matters.

Never held it

Air Force, Alaska, Augustana, Bentley, Bowling Green, Bemidji State, Canisius, Dartmouth, Holy Cross, Lindenwood, LIU, Lake Superior State, Mercyhurst, Niagara, Northern Michigan, Princeton, RIT, Rensselaer, Sacred Heart, St. Thomas, Stonehill, Alaska Anchorage, Vermont, Wisconsin, Yale.

The longest waits

1. Union: last held it October 25, 2014, 4,361 days ago.
2. Michigan Tech: last held it March 23, 2018, 3,116 days ago.
3. Notre Dame: last held it April 7, 2018, 3,101 days ago.
4. Miami (OH): last held it November 24, 2018, 2,870 days ago.
5. Maine: last held it March 2, 2019, 2,772 days ago.
6. Army: last held it October 20, 2019, 2,540 days ago.
7. Robert Morris: last held it October 25, 2019, 2,535 days ago.
8. Michigan State: last held it November 9, 2019, 2,520 days ago.
9. Penn State: last held it November 23, 2019, 2,506 days ago.
10. Ohio State: last held it January 3, 2020, 2,465 days ago.

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