NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament
ClassificationDivision III
SportCollege ice hockey
Founded1984
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)		Hobart Statesmen (2)
Most titlesMiddlebury (8)
Official websiteNCAA.com

The NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament is an annual tournament to determine the top men's ice hockey team in NCAA Division III. The Division III championship was contested from 1984 through 2019, but then suspended due to COVID-19. The tournament resumed in the spring of 2022. The most successful team has been the Middlebury Panthers with eight titles.

Champions

Year Winning team Coach Losing team Coach Score Location Finals venue
1984 Babson Rob Riley Union Charles Morrison 8–0 Rochester, New York Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
1985 RIT Bruce Delventhal Bemidji State Bob Peters 5–1 Schenectady, New York Achilles Rink
1986 Bemidji State Bob Peters Plattsburgh State (vacated) Steve Hoar 8–5 Bemidji, Minnesota John S. Glas Field House
1987 Plattsburgh State (vacated) Steve Hoar Oswego State Don Unger 8–3 Elmira, New York Murray Athletic Center
1988 Wisconsin–River Falls Rick Kozuback Elmira Glenn Thomaris 7–1, 3–5, 3–0 Elmira, New York Murray Athletic Center
1989 Wisconsin–Stevens Point Mark Mazzoleni RIT Buddy Powers 3–3, 3–2 Rochester, New York Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
1990 Wisconsin–Stevens Point (2) Mark Mazzoleni Plattsburgh State Bob Emery 10–1, 3–6, 1–0 Stevens Point, Wisconsin K.B. Willett Arena
1991 Wisconsin–Stevens Point (3) Mark Mazzoleni Mankato State Don Brose 6–2 Elmira, New York Murray Athletic Center
1992 Plattsburgh State Bob Emery Wisconsin–Stevens Point Joe Baldarotta 7–3 Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
1993 Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4) Joe Baldarotta Wisconsin–River Falls Dean Talafous 4–3 (OT) Maplewood, Minnesota Aldrich Arena
1994 Wisconsin–River Falls (2) Dean Talafous Wisconsin–Superior Steve Nelson 6–4 Superior, Wisconsin Wessman Arena
1995 Middlebury Bill Beaney Fredonia State Jeff Meredith 1–0 Middlebury, Vermont Nelson Recreation Center
1996 Middlebury (2) Bill Beaney RIT Eric Hoffberg 3–2 River Falls, Wisconsin W.H. Hunt Arena
1997 Middlebury (3) Bill Beaney Wisconsin–Superior Steve Nelson 3–2 Middlebury, Vermont Nelson Recreation Center
1998 Middlebury (4) Bill Beaney Wisconsin–Stevens Point Joe Baldarotta 2–1 Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
1999 Middlebury (5) Bill Beaney Wisconsin–Superior Steve Nelson 5–0 Northfield, Vermont Kreitzberg Arena
2000 Norwich Mike McShane St. Thomas Terry Skrypek 2–1 Superior, Wisconsin Wessman Arena
2001 Plattsburgh State (2) Bob Emery RIT Wayne Wilson 6–2 Rochester, New York Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
2002 Wisconsin–Superior Dan Stauber Norwich Mike McShane 3–2 (OT) Middlebury, Vermont Kenyon Arena
2003 Norwich (2) Mike McShane Oswego State George Roll 2–1 Northfield, Vermont Kreitzberg Arena
2004 Middlebury (6) Bill Beaney St. Norbert Tim Coghlin 1–0 (OT) Northfield, Vermont Kreitzberg Arena
2005 Middlebury (7) Bill Beaney St. Thomas Terry Skrypek 5–0 Middlebury, Vermont Kenyon Arena
2006 Middlebury (8) Bill Beaney St. Norbert Tim Coghlin 3–0 Elmira, New York Murray Athletic Center
2007 Oswego State Ed Gosek Middlebury Bill Beaney 4–3 (OT) Superior, Wisconsin Wessman Arena
2008 St. Norbert Tim Coghlin Plattsburgh State Bob Emery 4–1 Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2009 Neumann Dominick Dawes Gustavus Adolphus Brett Petersen 4–1 Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2010 Norwich (3) Mike McShane St. Norbert Tim Coghlin 2–1 (2OT) Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2011 St. Norbert (2) Tim Coghlin Adrian Ron Fogarty 4–3 Minneapolis, Minnesota Ridder Arena
2012 St. Norbert (3) Tim Coghlin Oswego State Ed Gosek 4–1 Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2013 Wisconsin–Eau Claire Matt Loen Oswego State Ed Gosek 5–3 Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2014 St. Norbert (4) Tim Coghlin Wisconsin–Stevens Point Chris Brooks 3–1 Lewiston, Maine Androscoggin Bank Colisée
2015 Trinity Matthew Greason Wisconsin–Stevens Point Chris Brooks 5–2 Minneapolis, Minnesota Ridder Arena
2016 Wisconsin–Stevens Point (5) Chris Brooks St. Norbert Tim Coghlin 5–1 Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2017 Norwich (4) Mike McShane Trinity Matthew Greason 4–1 Utica, New York Utica Memorial Auditorium
2018 St. Norbert (5) Tim Coghlin Salve Regina Zech Klann 3–2 (2OT) Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2019 Wisconsin–Stevens Point (6) Tyler Krueger Norwich Cam Ellsworth 3–2 (OT) Stevens Point, Wisconsin K.B. Willett Arena
2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 Buffalo, New York LECOM Harborcenter
2021 NONE †
2022 Adrian Adam Krug Geneseo State Chris Schultz 5–2 Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2023 Hobart Mark Taylor Adrian Adam Krug 3–2 (OT) Beverly, Massachusetts Raymond J. Bourque Arena
2024 Hobart (2) Mark Taylor Trinity Matthew Greason 2–0 Hartford, Connecticut Koeppel Community Center
2025 TBA TBA
2026 Utica, New York Utica Memorial Auditorium

Note: from 1988 through 1990 the championship round was a 2-game series where the first team to three points won (2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie). If the two teams remained tied after 2 games a 20-minute mini-game was held to determine the winner. Mini-game results are in italics.
† Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA did not hold any division III tournament during the 2020–21 season.

Performance by team

See also: List of NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament champions, NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament appearances by team, and List of NCAA Division III men's Frozen Four appearances by team

The code in each cell represents the furthest the team made it in the respective tournament:

  •  –  Not fielding a division III team
  •  FR  First round (2 teams starting in 2002, 4 teams starting in 2006, 6 teams starting in 2009, 8 teams starting in 2017, 10 teams starting in 2024)
  •  QF  Quarterfinals
  •  F4  Frozen Four
  •  RU  National Runner-up
  •  CH  National Champion
  •  RU  The team achieved the placement shown, but the participation was later vacated. These vacated appearances are not included in the total columns.

Note: The field for the 2020 tournament was announced shortly before its cancellation.

Beginning in 2002, teams that received byes into the quarterfinal round are underlined.

School Conference
as of 2024 		# QF F4 CG CH 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24

Middlebury NESCAC 14 14 11 9 8 CH CH CH CH CH QF QF F4 F4 CH CH CH RU QF
Wisconsin–Stevens Point WIAC 17 16 11 10 6 QF CH CH CH RU CH QF QF RU RU RU CH QF F4 CH QF FR
St. Norbert NCHA 21 21 12 9 5 – – – – – QF QF QF QF F4 RU QF RU F4 CH RU CH CH QF CH RU F4 CH QF QF QF
Norwich NEHC 20 20 13 6 4 QF F4 F4 CH RU CH F4 QF QF F4 CH F4 F4 F4 QF QF CH RU QF QF
Plattsburgh State SUNYAC 20 18 11 4 2 F4 RU CH QF RU CH F4 QF QF F4 QF F4 CH F4 F4 RU QF F4 QF QF QF FR FR
Wisconsin–River Falls WIAC 11 10 6 3 2 QF CH RU CH F4 F4 QF F4 QF QF FR
Hobart NEHC 13 9 5 2 2 QF F4 QF F4 FR QF FR FR F4 FR QF CH CH
Oswego State SUNYAC 16 15 8 5 1 QF RU QF QF QF QF RU CH F4 F4 RU RU F4 QF FR QF
Wisconsin–Superior WIAC 13 12 9 4 1 F4 QF RU F4 F4 RU RU F4 F4 CH QF QF FR
RIT AHA 12 12 7 4 1 F4 CH F4 RU QF RU QF QF F4 QF RU QF – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Adrian NCHA 12 10 6 3 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – FR RU QF QF F4 QF F4 QF FR CH RU F4
Trinity NESCAC 9 6 4 3 1 QF F4 QF CH FR RU FR FR RU
Bemidji State CCHA 5 5 5 2 1 – RU CH F4 F4 F4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Babson NEHC 16 14 5 1 1 CH QF QF QF F4 F4 F4 F4 QF QF QF FR QF QF FR QF
Wisconsin–Eau Claire WIAC 3 3 1 1 1 QF CH QF
Neumann UCHC 2 1 1 1 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – CH FR
St. Thomas CCHA 17 12 2 2 0 QF QF QF QF QF QF QF QF RU FR FR RU QF FR FR QF FR – – –
Elmira NEHC 17 15 5 1 0 QF RU QF F4 QF F4 QF QF QF F4 F4 FR QF QF QF FR QF
Geneseo State SUNYAC 10 8 4 1 0 QF QF FR F4 F4 QF F4 QF RU FR
Minnesota State CCHA 5 5 3 1 0 QF F4 F4 RU QF – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Union ECAC Hockey 4 4 2 1 0 RU F4 QF QF – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Fredonia State SUNYAC 3 2 2 1 0 – – – – F4 RU FR
Gustavus Adolphus MIAC 6 6 1 1 0 QF QF QF RU QF QF
Salve Regina CCC 2 1 1 1 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – FR RU
Augsburg MIAC 8 6 3 0 0 F4 F4 QF QF QF FR F4 FR
Salem State MASCAC 9 6 2 0 0 QF QF F4 QF F4 QF FR FR FR
Amherst NESCAC 4 4 2 0 0 QF QF F4 F4
University of New England CCC 4 3 2 0 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – FR QF F4 F4
Utica UCHC 5 5 2 0 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – F4 QF QF QF F4
Manhattanville UCHC 5 5 1 0 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – QF QF F4 QF QF
Saint John's MIAC 6 3 1 0 0 QF F4 QF FR FR FR
New England College NEHC 3 3 1 0 0 QF QF F4
Endicott CCC 4 2 1 0 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – QF FR F4 FR
Colby NESCAC 2 2 1 0 0 QF F4
Wisconsin–Stout WIAC 2 1 1 0 0 FR F4
Massachusetts Boston NEHC 2 1 1 0 0 F4 FR
St. Cloud State NCHC 1 1 1 0 0 F4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Bowdoin NESCAC 7 5 0 0 0 QF QF QF QF QF FR FR
Wentworth CCC 6 5 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – QF QF QF QF QF FR
Curry CCC 6 4 0 0 0 QF QF FR FR QF QF
Massachusetts Dartmouth MASCAC 4 2 0 0 0 QF QF FR FR
Saint Mary's MIAC 2 2 0 0 0 QF QF
Concordia (MN) MIAC 2 2 0 0 0 QF QF
Hamline MIAC 2 2 0 0 0 QF QF
Plymouth State MASCAC 7 1 0 0 0 FR FR FR FR FR FR QF
Nichols CCC 4 1 0 0 0 FR FR FR QF
Lake Forest NCHA 2 1 0 0 0 QF FR
Mercyhurst AHA 1 1 0 0 0 – – – – QF – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Potsdam State SUNYAC 1 1 0 0 0 QF
Lebanon Valley UCHC 1 1 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – QF – – – – – –
Bethel MIAC 1 1 0 0 0 QF
St. Scholastica MIAC 1 1 0 0 0 QF
Williams NESCAC 1 1 0 0 0 QF
Hamilton NESCAC 1 1 0 0 0 QF
St. Olaf MIAC 3 0 0 0 0 FR FR FR
MSOE NCHA 1 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – FR
Fitchburg State MASCAC 1 0 0 0 0 FR
Marian NCHA 1 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – FR
Wesleyan NESCAC 1 0 0 0 0 FR
Cortland State SUNYAC 1 0 0 0 0 FR

No appearances

The following is a list of current Division III teams that have yet to make a tournament appearance.

School Conference First season
Albertus Magnus Independent 2020
Alvernia UCHC 2023
Anna Maria Independent 2019
Arcadia UCHC 2022
Aurora NCHA 2015
Brockport State SUNYAC 1974 †
Buffalo State SUNYAC 1994
Canton State Independent 2013
Castleton NEHC 2003
Chatham UCHC 2018
Concordia (WI) NCHA 2008
Connecticut College NESCAC 1981 †
Dubuque NCHA 2024
Framingham State MASCAC 1971 †
Johnson & Wales NEHC 1997
King's UCHC 2018
Lawrence NCHA 1987
MCLA MASCAC 1972 †
Morrisville State SUNYAC 2007
Nazareth UCHC 2013
Northland WIAC 1998
Rivier Independent 2022
Skidmore NEHC 1983 †
Southern Maine NEHC 1972 †
Stevenson UCHC 2017
Suffolk CCC 1947 ‡
Trine NCHA 2018
Tufts NESCAC 1908 ‡
Western New England CCC 1981 †
Westfield State MASCAC 1974 †
Wilkes UCHC 2019
Worcester State MASCAC 1967 †

† Teams were eligible for either the Division II tournament (1978-1984) or the NAIA Tournament (1968-1984).
‡ From 1948 to 1965, teams were also eligible for the Division I tournament.

See also

References

General

  • "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved Aug 27, 2019.
  • "NCAA Division III men's hockey tournament". USCHO.com. Retrieved Aug 27, 2019.
  • "College Hockey Stats". Retrieved August 27, 2019.