NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship

NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship

NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship
Sport	College ice hockey
Founded	1984
Country(ies)	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Wisconsin-Stevens Point (6)
Most championships	Middlebury (8)
Official website	NCAA.com

The NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship is an annual tournament to determine the top men's ice hockey team in NCAA Division III. The Division III championship has been contested since 1984. The most successful team has been the Middlebury Panthers with eight titles.

Formats

• 1984 to 2001 - 8 teams qualify
• 2002 to 2005 - 9 teams qualify
• 2006 to 2008 - 10 teams qualify
• 2009 to 2016 - 11 teams qualify
• 2017 to 2023 - 12 teams qualify
• 2024 to present - 13 teams qualify

Tournaments

Year	Champion	Coach	Finalist	Coach	Score	Championship Location	Championship Venue
1984	Babson	Riley, RobRob Riley	Union	Morrison, CharlesCharles Morrison	8–0	Rochester, New York	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
1985	RIT	Delventhal, BruceBruce Delventhal	Bemidji State	Peters, BobBob Peters	5–1	Schenectady, New York	Achilles Rink
1986	Bemidji State	Peters, BobBob Peters	Plattsburgh State (vacated)	Hoar, SteveSteve Hoar	8–5	Bemidji, Minnesota	John S. Glas Field House
1987	Plattsburgh State (vacated)	Hoar, SteveSteve Hoar	Oswego State	Unger, DonDon Unger	8–3	Plattsburgh, New York	Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
1988	Wisconsin–River Falls	Kozuback, RickRick Kozuback	Elmira	Thomaris, GlennGlenn Thomaris	7–1, 3–5, 3–0	Elmira, New York	Murray Athletic Center
1989	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	Mazzoleni, MarkMark Mazzoleni	RIT	Powers, BuddyBuddy Powers	3–3, 3–2	Rochester, New York	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
1990	Wisconsin–Stevens Point (2)	Mazzoleni, MarkMark Mazzoleni	Plattsburgh State	Emery, BobBob Emery	10–1, 3–6, 1–0	Stevens Point, Wisconsin	K.B. Willett Arena
1991	Wisconsin–Stevens Point (3)	Mazzoleni, MarkMark Mazzoleni	Mankato State	Brose, DonDon Brose	6–2	Elmira, New York	Murray Athletic Center
1992	Plattsburgh State	Emery, BobBob Emery	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	Baldarotta, JoeJoe Baldarotta	7–3	Plattsburgh, New York	Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
1993	Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4)	Baldarotta, JoeJoe Baldarotta	Wisconsin–River Falls	Talafous, DeanDean Talafous	4–3 (OT)	Maplewood, Minnesota	Aldrich Arena
1994	Wisconsin–River Falls (2)	Talafous, DeanDean Talafous	Wisconsin–Superior	Nelson, SteveSteve Nelson	6–4	Superior, Wisconsin	Wessman Arena
1995	Middlebury	Beaney, BillBill Beaney	Fredonia State	Meredith, JeffJeff Meredith	1–0	Middlebury, Vermont	Nelson Recreation Center
1996	Middlebury (2)	Beaney, BillBill Beaney	RIT	Hoffberg, EricEric Hoffberg	3–2	River Falls, Wisconsin	W.H. Hunt Arena
1997	Middlebury (3)	Beaney, BillBill Beaney	Wisconsin–Superior	Nelson, SteveSteve Nelson	3–2	Middlebury, Vermont	Nelson Recreation Center
1998	Middlebury (4)	Beaney, BillBill Beaney	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	Baldarotta, JoeJoe Baldarotta	2–1	Plattsburgh, New York	Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
1999	Middlebury (5)	Beaney, BillBill Beaney	Wisconsin–Superior	Nelson, SteveSteve Nelson	5–0	Norwich, Vermont	Kreitzberg Arena
2000	Norwich	McShane, MikeMike McShane	St. Thomas	Skrypek, TerryTerry Skrypek	2–1	Superior, Wisconsin	Wessman Arena
2001	Plattsburgh State (2)	Emery, BobBob Emery	RIT	Wilson, WayneWayne Wilson	6–2	Rochester, New York	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
2002	Wisconsin–Superior	Stauber, DanDan Stauber	Norwich	McShane, MikeMike McShane	3–2 (OT)	Middlebury, Vermont	Kenyon Arena
2003	Norwich (2)	McShane, MikeMike McShane	Oswego State	Roll, GeorgeGeorge Roll	2–1	Norwich, Vermont	Kreitzberg Arena
2004	Middlebury (6)	Beaney, BillBill Beaney	St. Norbert	Coghlin, TimTim Coghlin	1–0 (OT)	Norwich, Vermont	Kreitzberg Arena
2005	Middlebury (7)	Beaney, BillBill Beaney	St. Thomas	Skrypek, TerryTerry Skrypek	5–0	Middlebury, Vermont	Kenyon Arena
2006	Middlebury (8)	Beaney, BillBill Beaney	St. Norbert	Coghlin, TimTim Coghlin	3–0	Elmira, New York	Murray Athletic Center
2007	Oswego State	Gosek, EdEd Gosek	Middlebury	Beaney, BillBill Beaney	4–3 (OT)	Superior, Wisconsin	Wessman Arena
2008	St. Norbert	Coghlin, TimTim Coghlin	Plattsburgh State	Emery, BobBob Emery	4–1	Lake Placid, New York	Herb Brooks Arena
2009	Neumann	Dawes, DominickDominick Dawes	Gustavus Adolphus	Petersen, BrettBrett Petersen	4–1	Lake Placid, New York	Herb Brooks Arena
2010	Norwich (3)	McShane, MikeMike McShane	St. Norbert	Coghlin, TimTim Coghlin	2–1 (2OT)	Lake Placid, New York	Herb Brooks Arena
2011	St. Norbert (2)	Coghlin, TimTim Coghlin	Adrian	Fogarty, RonRon Fogarty	4–3	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Ridder Arena
2012	St. Norbert (3)	Coghlin, TimTim Coghlin	Oswego State	Gosek, EdEd Gosek	4–1	Lake Placid, New York	Herb Brooks Arena
2013	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	Loen, MattMatt Loen	Oswego State	Gosek, EdEd Gosek	5–3	Lake Placid, New York	Herb Brooks Arena
2014	St. Norbert (4)	Coghlin, TimTim Coghlin	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	Brooks, ChrisChris Brooks	3–1	Lewiston, Maine	Androscoggin Bank Colisée
2015	Trinity	Greason, MatthewMatthew Greason	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	Brooks, ChrisChris Brooks	5–2	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Ridder Arena
2016	Wisconsin–Stevens Point (5)	Brooks, ChrisChris Brooks	St. Norbert	Coghlin, TimTim Coghlin	5–1	Lake Placid, New York	Herb Brooks Arena
2017	Norwich (4)	McShane, MikeMike McShane	Trinity	Greason, MatthewMatthew Greason	4–1	Utica, New York	Utica Memorial Auditorium
2018	St. Norbert (5)	Coghlin, TimTim Coghlin	Salve Regina	Klann, ZechZech Klann	3–2 (2OT)	Lake Placid, New York	Herb Brooks Arena
2019	Wisconsin–Stevens Point (6)	Krueger, TylerTyler Krueger	Norwich	Ellsworth, CamCam Ellsworth	3–2 (OT)	Stevens Point, Wisconsin	K.B. Willett Arena
2020	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic					Buffalo, New York	LECOM Harborcenter

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.

Team titles Team Number Years Won Middlebury 8 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 6 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2016, 2019 St. Norbert 5 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018 Norwich 4 2000, 2003, 2010, 2017 Plattsburgh State 2 1992, 2001 Wisconsin–River Falls 2 1988, 1994 Neumann 1 2009 Oswego State 1 2007 Trinity 1 2015 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 1 2013 Wisconsin–Superior 1 2002 Babson 1 1984 Bemidji State 1 1986 RIT 1 1985

Host cities City Number Years Hosted Lake Placid, New York 7 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018 Elmira, New York 4 1987, 1988, 1991, 2006 Middlebury, Vermont 4 1995, 1997, 2002, 2005 Norwich, Vermont 3 1999, 2003, 2004 Rochester, New York 3 1984, 1989, 2001 Superior, Wisconsin 3 1994, 2000, 2007 Minneapolis, Minnesota 2 2011, 2015 Plattsburgh, New York 2 1992, 1998 Stevens Point, Wisconsin 2 1990, 2019 Bemidji, Minnesota 1 1986 Buffalo, New York 1 2020 Lewiston, Maine 1 2014 Maplewood, Minnesota 1 1993 River Falls, Wisconsin 1 1996 Schenectady, New York 1 1985 Utica, New York 1 2017

See also

• NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship
• NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Championship
• National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship

References

General

• Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book. NCAA.
• NCAA Division III men’s hockey tournament. USCHO.com.
• "College Hockey Stats", College Hockey Stats.