2017 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2017
Gender:men's
Division:Division III
Teams:12
Frozenfourarena:Utica Memorial Auditorium
Frozenfourcity:Utica, New York
Champions:Norwich Cadets
Titlecount:4th
Champgamecount:5th
Champffcount:12th
Runnerup:Trinity Bantams
Gamecount:2nd
Runnerffcount:3rd
Semifinal1:Adrian Bulldogs
Frozenfourcount:3rd
Semifinal2:St. Norbert Green Knights
Frozenfourcount2:11th
Coach:Mike McShane
Coachcount:4th
Mop:William Pelletier
Mopteam:Norwich
Attendance:12,000

The 2017 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2016–17 season, the 34th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Norwich defeating Trinity in the championship game 4-1. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York.

Qualifying teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of eight different conferences. Four at-large bids were available for the highest-ranked non-automatic qualifiers (overall seed in parentheses).

EastWest
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid
1Norwich (1)NEHC23–1–3Tournament Champion17th20151St. NorbertNCHA21–5–1Tournament Champion17th2016
2HobartECAC West20–4–4Tournament Champion7th20162AdrianNCHA19–6–2At–Large7th2016
3TrinityNESCAC18–6–3Tournament Champion6th20163Wisconsin–Stevens PointWIAC21–4–3At–Large13th2016
4Oswego StateSUNYAC21–5–1At–Large15th20154AugsburgMIAC17–4–6Tournament Champion4th2016
5HamiltonNESCAC19–4–4At–Large1stNever
6Plattsburgh StateSUNYAC17–9–1Tournament Champion19th2015
7EndicottCCC23–3–2Tournament Champion1stNever
8Salem StateMASCAC15–9–3Tournament Champion9th2016

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination.

Because at least four western teams qualified, the tournament was arranged so that there were two eastern and two western quarterfinal brackets. The top two teams from each region were placed in separate quarterfinal brackets and then arranged so that were all to reach the semifinals the top western seed would play the second eastern seed and vice versa.

Since four western teams and eight eastern teams qualified for the tournament all western teams received byes into the quarterfinal round while all eastern teams began in the First Round. The eastern teams were arranged so that the first seed would play the eighth seed, the second seed would play the seventh seed, the third seed would play the sixth seed and the fourth seed would play the fifth seed.

The winner between the fourth- and fifth-seeded eastern teams would play the victor of the first- and eighth-seeded match while the winner between the third- and sixth-seeded eastern teams would play the victor of the second- and seventh-seeded match.

The western teams were arranged so that the first seeded team would play the fourth seeded team while the second seeded team would play the third seeded team.

In the First Round and Quarterfinals the higher-seeded team served as host.

Tournament Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

Conference
  1. of Bids
RecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions
NESCAC24–211-
NCHA22–22--
SUNYAC20–2---
NEHC14–0111
CCC11–1---
WIAC10–1---
ECAC West10–1---
MIAC10–1---
MASCAC10–1---

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Division III Men's Ice Hockey 2017 . NCAA . February 15, 2020.

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