AC ▁regular - season ▁champion , ▁is ▁named ▁for ▁former ▁Harvard ▁All - American ▁hockey ▁player , ▁coach , ▁and ▁athlet ic ▁director ▁Bill ▁Cle ary , ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁U . S . ▁hockey ▁team ▁that ▁won ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁Winter ▁Olympics ▁gold ▁medal . ▁The ▁team ▁compet es ▁in ▁EC AC ▁Hockey ▁along ▁with ▁five ▁other ▁I vy ▁League ▁schools ▁and ▁is ▁co ached ▁by ▁Harvard ▁al umn us , ▁Olymp ian , ▁and ▁former ▁N HL ▁forward , ▁Ted ▁Don ato . ▁Harvard ▁compet es ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁he ated ▁rival ries ▁of ▁college ▁hockey ▁at ▁least ▁twice ▁each ▁season ▁against ▁Harvard ' s ▁arch rival , ▁the ▁Corn ell ▁Big ▁Red , ▁in ▁install ments ▁of ▁the ▁Corn ell – Har vard ▁hockey ▁rival ry . ▁Corn ell ▁and ▁Harvard ▁are ▁the ▁most ▁stor ied ▁programs ▁currently ▁in ▁the ▁EC AC . ▁▁ 1 - time ▁NCAA ▁men ' s ▁champions : ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁ 1 0 - time ▁EC AC ▁men ' s ▁champions : ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁ 1 1 - time ▁EC AC ▁men ' s ▁regular - season ▁champions :