NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

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NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament
NCAA logo.svg
Classification Division III
Sport College ice hockey
Founded1984
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Most recent
champion(s)
Hobart Statesmen (2)
Most titles Middlebury (8)
Official website NCAA.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.

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Champions

YearWinning teamCoachLosing teamCoachScoreLocationFinals 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
2025TBATBA
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

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

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.

SchoolConference
as of 2024
#QFF4CGCH 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 14141198CHCHCHCHCHQFQFF4F4CHCHCHRUQF
Wisconsin–Stevens Point WIAC 171611106QFCHCHCHRUCHQFQFRURURUCHQFF4CHQFFR
St. Norbert NCHA 21211295QFQFQFQFF4RUQFRUF4CHRUCHCHQFCHRUF4CHQFQFQF
Norwich NEHC 20201364QFF4F4CHRUCHF4QFQFF4CHF4F4F4QFQFCHRUQFQF
Plattsburgh State SUNYAC 20181142F4RUCHQFRUCHF4QFQFF4QFF4CHF4F4RUQFF4QFQFQFFRFR
Wisconsin–River Falls WIAC 1110632QFCHRUCHF4F4QFF4QFQFFR
Hobart NEHC 139522QFF4QFF4FRQFFRFRF4FRQFCHCH
Oswego State SUNYAC 1615851QFRUQFQFQFQFRUCHF4F4RURUF4QFFRQF
Wisconsin–Superior WIAC 1312941F4QFRUF4F4RURUF4F4CHQFQFFR
RIT AHA 1212741F4CHF4RUQFRUQFQFF4QFRUQF
Adrian NCHA 1210631FRRUQFQFF4QFF4QFFRCHRUF4
Trinity NESCAC 96431QFF4QFCHFRRUFRFRRU
Bemidji State CCHA 55521RUCHF4F4F4
Babson NEHC 1614511CHQFQFQFF4F4F4F4QFQFQFFRQFQFFRQF
Wisconsin–Eau Claire WIAC 33111QFCHQF
Neumann UCHC 21111CHFR
St. Thomas CCHA 1712220QFQFQFQFQFQFQFQFRUFRFRRUQFFRFRQFFR
Elmira NEHC 1715510QFRUQFF4QFF4QFQFQFF4F4FRQFQFQFFRQF
Geneseo State SUNYAC 108410QFQFFRF4F4QFF4QFRUFR
Minnesota State CCHA 55310QFF4F4RUQF
Union ECAC Hockey 44210RUF4QFQF
Fredonia State SUNYAC 32210F4RUFR
Gustavus Adolphus MIAC 66110QFQFQFRUQFQF
Salve Regina CCC 21110FRRU
Augsburg MIAC 86300F4F4QFQFQFFRF4FR
Salem State MASCAC 96200QFQFF4QFF4QFFRFRFR
Amherst NESCAC 44200QFQFF4F4
University of New England CCC 43200FRQFF4F4
Utica UCHC 55200F4QFQFQFF4
Manhattanville UCHC 55100QFQFF4QFQF
Saint John's MIAC 63100QFF4QFFRFRFR
New England College NEHC 33100QFQFF4
Endicott CCC 42100QFFRF4FR
Colby NESCAC 22100QFF4
Wisconsin–Stout WIAC 21100FRF4
Massachusetts Boston NEHC 21100F4FR
St. Cloud State NCHC 11100F4
Bowdoin NESCAC 75000QFQFQFQFQFFRFR
Wentworth CCC 65000QFQFQFQFQFFR
Curry CCC 64000QFQFFRFRQFQF
Massachusetts Dartmouth MASCAC 42000QFQFFRFR
Saint Mary's MIAC 22000QFQF
Concordia (MN) MIAC 22000QFQF
Hamline MIAC 22000QFQF
Plymouth State MASCAC 71000FRFRFRFRFRFRQF
Nichols CCC 41000FRFRFRQF
Lake Forest NCHA 21000QFFR
Mercyhurst AHA 11000QF
Potsdam State SUNYAC 11000QF
Lebanon Valley UCHC 11000QF
Bethel MIAC 11000QF
St. Scholastica MIAC 11000QF
Williams NESCAC 11000QF
Hamilton NESCAC 11000QF
St. Olaf MIAC 30000FRFRFR
MSOE NCHA 10000FR
Fitchburg State MASCAC 10000FR
Marian NCHA 10000FR
Wesleyan NESCAC 10000FR
Cortland State SUNYAC 10000FR

No appearances

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

SchoolConferenceFirst 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.

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