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2010 NCAA Division III men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	11
Finals site	Herb Brooks Arena; Lake Placid, New York;
Champions	Norwich Cadets (3rd title)
Runner-up	St. Norbert Green Knights (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Oswego State Lakers (4th Frozen Four); Plattsburgh State Cardinals (11th Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Mike McShane (3rd title)
MOP	B. J. O'Brien (St. Norbert)
Attendance	19,879
	← 2009 ; NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournaments; 2011 →;

The 2010 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2009–10 season, the 27th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Norwich defeating St. Norbert in the championship game 2-1 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York.

Qualifying teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences. Four at-large bids were available for the highest-ranked non-conference tournament champions (overall seed in parentheses). ECAC West, which had fewer than the number of requisite teams (seven) to qualify for an automatic bid for several years, lost its automatic bid.

East							West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type	Appearance	Last Bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type	Appearance	Last Bid
1	Norwich (1)	ECAC East	23–1–4	Tournament Champion	11th	2008	1	St. Norbert (3)	NCHA	21–3–3	Tournament Champion	11th	2008
2	Oswego State (2)	SUNYAC	25–2–0	Tournament Champion	9th	2007	2	Gustavus Adolphus	MIAC	19–6–2	At–Large	5th	2009
3	Middlebury (4)	NESCAC	19–4–4	Tournament Champion	14th	2007	3	St. Thomas	MIAC	13–10–4	Tournament Champion	14th	2008
4	Plattsburgh State	SUNYAC	18–5–4	At–Large	15th	2009	4	Adrian	MCHA	24–3–0	Tournament Champion	1st	Never
5	Bowdoin	NESCAC	19–6–1	At–Large	3rd	2002
6	Elmira	ECAC West	18–8–1	At–Large	13th	2009
7	Curry	ECAC Northeast	19–8–1	Tournament Champion	3rd	2005

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. The top four teams were arranged so that were they all to reach the national semifinal, the first overall seed would play the fourth seed while the second seed would play the third seed. Because only one Western team could have received a bye into the quarterfinals, all western teams played in the first round to prevent lower-seeded teams from having to travel long-distances in the first two rounds. The other first round participants were the two lowest-seeded eastern teams.

The winners of the two western first round matches would play one another in the quarterfinals. The top eastern seed would play the winner of the eastern first round game while the other two quarterfinal matches were played between eastern teams as follows: the second-seeded eastern team played the fifth-seeded team while the third-seed played the fourth-seed. The higher-seeded team served as host for all first round and quarterfinal meetings.

Tournament Bracket

First Round
March 10

Quarterfinals
March 13

Semifinals
March 19

National Championship
March 20

E2

Oswego State (2)

9

E5

Bowdoin

2

E2

Oswego State (2)

3

W1

St. Norbert (3)

4

W1

St. Norbert (3)

4

W4

Adrian

3

W1

St. Norbert (3)

3

W2

Gustavus Adolphus

1

W2

Gustavus Adolphus

3

W3

St. Thomas

0

W1

St. Norbert (3)

1

E1

Norwich (1)

2*

E3

Middlebury (4)

2

E4

Plattsburgh State

3*

E4

Plattsburgh State

2

E1

Norwich (1)

3

E6

Elmira

4

E7

Curry

1

E1

Norwich (1)

2*

E6

Elmira

1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

All-Tournament Team

G: Ryan Klingensmith (Norwich)
G: B. J. O'Brien* (St. Norbert)
D: Steve Coon (Norwich)
D: Sam Tikka (St. Norbert)
F: Chad Anderson (Norwich)
F: Pier-Olivier Cotnoir (Norwich)
F: Johan Ryd (St. Norbert)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
SUNYAC	2	2–2	.500	2	-	-
MIAC	2	1–2	.333	-	-	-
NESCAC	2	0–2	.000	-	-	-
ECAC East	1	3–0	1.000	1	1	1
NCHA	1	3–1	.750	1	1	-
ECAC West	1	1–1	.500	-	-	-
ECAC Northeast	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-
MCHA	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-