The RIT Tigers men's ice hockey team has been in existence since 1959 and a varsity program since 1964, competing in all three divisions of collegiate ice hockey and winning two national championships.
The team has seen seven head coaches, 35 winning varsity seasons, and 14 national tournament appearances.
The team's home arena is the Gene Polisseni Center on the RIT campus in Henrietta, New York.
Prior to the establishment of the Henrietta campus, the team played at the Ritter-Clark Rink (now the F. Ritter Shumway Arena) on the college's downtown Rochester campus; the first season at Ritter-Clark was 1962–63.
Since moving to Henrietta, several home games have been played downtown at the War Memorial (now called the Blue Cross Arena), including the school's annual Brick City Homecoming Game.