2005 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

2005 NCAA Division III men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams9
Finals site
ChampionsMiddlebury Panthers (7th title)
Runner-upSt. Thomas Tommies (2nd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachBill Beaney (7th title)
Attendance11,905

The 2005 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2004–05 season, the 22nd such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Middlebury defeating St. Thomas in the championship game 5-0. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Middlebury, Vermont.

Qualifying teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences with one at-large bid for the best remaining team from each region.

East West
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid
1 Manhattanville ECAC West 20–4–1 Tournament Champion 1st Never 1 St. Norbert NCHA 24–2–3 Tournament Champion 7th 2004
2 Middlebury NESCAC 20–4–3 Tournament Champion 11th 2004 2 Saint John's MIAC 23–2–2 At–Large 5th 2003
3 Geneseo State SUNYAC 18–6–4 Tournament Champion 2nd 1990 3 St. Thomas MIAC 17–5–5 Tournament Champion 12th 2004
4 Trinity NESCAC 20–3–2 At–Large 2nd 2003
5 Curry ECAC Northeast 19–5–3 Tournament Champion 2nd 2004
6 New England College ECAC East 17–11–0 Tournament Champion 3rd 2001

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. For the three eastern Quarterfinals the teams were seeded according to their rankings with the top three teams serving as hosts. For the western quarterfinal, the top-ranked team awaited the winner of a play-in game between the lower-ranked teams.

Tournament bracket

First Round
March 9 		Quarterfinals
March 12 		Semifinals
March 18 		National Championship
March 19
W1 St. Norbert 2
W2 Saint John's 1 W3 St. Thomas 3
W3 St. Thomas 4 W3 St. Thomas 4
E4 Trinity 1
E3 Geneseo State 0
E4 Trinity 4
W3 St. Thomas 0
E2 Middlebury 5
E2 Middlebury 6
E5 Curry 0
E2 Middlebury 5
E6 New England College 2
E1 Manhattanville 2
E6 New England College 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Record by conference

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
NESCAC 2 4–1 .800 2 1 1
MIAC 2 3–2 .600 1 1 -
ECAC East 1 1–1 .500 1 - -
NCHA 1 0–1 .000 - - -
SUNYAC 1 0–1 .000 - - -
ECAC West 1 0–1 .000 - - -
ECAC Northeast 1 0–1 .000 - - -

References

  • "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 4, 2019.