Women's Ice Hockey recruiting calendar

Class of 2027: what coaches can do, and what you can do

Dates for the Class of 2027 as of Oct 16, 2026. The recruiting periods below still decide when in-person contact can happen.

Division I women's ice hockey calendar, 2026–27

Source: NCAA 2026–27 Division I women's ice hockey recruiting calendar (PDF). Checked against it on Oct 13, 2026.

What each period means

Periods only govern in-person recruiting and visits. When coaches can start calling, texting and emailing you depends on your graduation year.

Contact period

Coaches can meet you in person, on or off their campus, and watch you compete.

“A contact period is a period of time when it is permissible for authorized athletics department staff members to make in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations.” NCAA Division I Bylaw 13.02.5.1

Evaluation period

Coaches can watch you play and check your academics, but they can't talk with you in person off their campus.

“No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts shall be made with the prospective student-athlete during an evaluation period.” NCAA Division I Bylaw 13.02.5.2

Quiet period

Coaches can meet you in person only on their own campus, so a campus visit works. They can't come to your games or your home.

“A quiet period is a period of time when it is permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts only on the institution’s campus. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts or evaluations may be made during the quiet period.” NCAA Division I Bylaw 13.02.5.4

Dead period

No in-person recruiting anywhere and no campus visits. Calls, texts and email are still allowed.

“It remains permissible, however, for an institutional staff member to communicate with (other than in person) a prospective student-athlete during a dead period.” NCAA Division I Bylaw 13.02.5.5

Recruiting shutdown

Nothing at all: no visits, no evaluations, and no calls, texts or emails in either direction. Only some sports have these.

“A recruiting shutdown is a period of time when no form of recruiting (e.g., contacts, evaluations, official or unofficial visits, correspondence or making or receiving telephone calls) is permissible.” NCAA Division I Bylaw 13.02.5.6

No NCAA period

Sports without their own NCAA calendar, and every Division II sport, have no set period on these days. Coaches can recruit in person and you can visit, within the rules for your graduation year.

“There are no specified recruiting periods in sports for which no recruiting calendars have been established, except for the following recruiting shutdowns, dead periods and quiet periods.” NCAA Division I Bylaw 13.17.14

Division II women's ice hockey calendar, 2026–27

Source: NCAA 2026–27 Division II recruiting calendar (PDF). Checked against it on Oct 13, 2026.

Division II sets dead periods only (Bylaw 13.02.10); the rest of the year has no NCAA period. Division III and the NAIA have no recruiting calendars: no contact, evaluation, quiet or dead periods. There's no NCAA calendar for junior colleges either, so ask each school's coach about their rules.

Official sources

Everything on this page comes from these documents. If anything here differs from them, they're right. For a question about a rule, ask the compliance office at the school recruiting you (every NCAA school has one) or the NCAA Eligibility Center.