NESCAC men's ice hockey tournament explained

New England Small College Athletic Conference men's tournament
Optional Subheader:	Conference hockey championship
Sport:	Ice hockey
Conference:	NESCAC
Format:	Single-elimination
Years:	2000–Present

History

The NESCAC tournament began in 2000 after the nine NESCAC left ECAC East to form the ice hockey division for their primary conference. The tournament has been held annually ever since with the winner receiving a bid to the Division III National Tournament. The 2021 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2000

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Middlebury	14–2–1	5	Amherst	11–4–2
2	Colby	14–3–0	6	Hamilton	11–5–1
3	Bowdoin	12–3–2	7	Wesleyan	5–9–3
4	Williams	12–3–2	8	-	-

Note: Middlebury served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2001

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Middlebury	16–1–0	5	Bowdoin	11–6–0
2	Amherst	12–2–3	6	Hamilton	10–7–0
3	Colby	12–4–1	7	Williams	7–9–1
4	Trinity	12–4–1	8	-	-

Note: Middlebury served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2002

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Middlebury	18–0–1	5	Williams	12–5–2
2	Bowdoin	14–2–3	6	Colby	11–5–3
3	Hamilton	13–5–1	7	Amherst	6–9–4
4	Trinity	13–5–1	8	-	-

Note: Middlebury served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2003

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Middlebury	16–1–2	5	Hamilton	10–7–2
2	Trinity	15–3–1	6	Amherst	7–8–4
3	Colby	14–4–1	7	Williams	8–9–2
4	Bowdoin	11–3–5	8	Tufts	7–10–2

Note: Middlebury served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2004

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Middlebury	15–3–0	5	Williams	11–6–1
2	Trinity	12–5–1	6	Hamilton	10–6–2
3	Bowdoin	12–6–0	7	Amherst	6–10–2
4	Colby	10–4–4	8	Tufts	4–13–1

Note: Middlebury served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2005

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Trinity	15–2–2	5	Amherst	11–6–2
2	Middlebury	13–4–2	6	Williams	11–7–1
3	Colby	12–6–1	7	Hamilton	8–8–3
4	Bowdoin	11–5–3	8	Tufts	8–10–1

Note: Trinity served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2006

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Middlebury	16–2–1	5	Trinity	9–7–3
2	Williams	13–3–3	6	Amherst	9–9–1
3	Bowdoin	10–6–3	7	Hamilton	8–9–2
4	Colby	11–7–1	8	Wesleyan	6–9–4

Note: Middlebury served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2007

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Bowdoin	11–6–2	5	Amherst	10–8–1
2	Middlebury	11–6–2	6	Connecticut College	9–9–1
3	Colby	11–7–1	7	Williams	8–9–2
4	Wesleyan	9–6–4	8	Trinity	6–10–3

Note: Bowdoin served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2008

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Colby	13–5–1	5	Connecticut College	9–8–2
2	Middlebury	12–5–2	6	Trinity	8–9–2
3	Bowdoin	13–6–0	7	Williams	7–8–4
4	Amherst	11–6–2	8	Wesleyan	6–10–3

Note: Colby served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2009

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Amherst	16–2–1	5	Connecticut College	9–7–3
2	Middlebury	14–4–1	6	Bowdoin	8–9–2
3	Williams	12–5–2	7	Hamilton	8–11–0
4	Trinity	12–7–0	8	Tufts	7–10–2

Note: Amherst served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2010

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Bowdoin	14–4–1	5	Trinity	11–6–2
2	Middlebury	12–3–4	6	Hamilton	11–7–1
3	Williams	13–5–1	7	Tufts	8–8–3
4	Amherst	11–4–4	8	Colby	7–8–4

Note: Bowdoin served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2011

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Hamilton	11–4–4	5	Bowdoin	11–7–1
2	Williams	11–6–2	6	Colby	10–7–2
3	Middlebury	9–5–5	7	Trinity	9–8–2
4	Amherst	10–6–3	8	Wesleyan	8–10–1

Note: Williams served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2012

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Amherst	17–1–0	5	Williams	8–8–2
2	Bowdoin	12–3–3	6	Wesleyan	7–9–2
3	Middlebury	11–6–1	7	Trinity	6–10–2
4	Tufts	9–8–1	8	Hamilton	4–12–2

Note: Amherst served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2013

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Bowdoin	13–3–2	5	Middlebury	11–5–2
2	Williams	12–4–2	6	Wesleyan	6–8–4
3	Trinity	11–4–3	7	Colby	5–11–2
4	Amherst	11–5–2	8	Hamilton	4–12–2

Note: Bowdoin served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2014

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Trinity	15–3–0	5	Bowdoin	9–8–1
2	Amherst	12–4–2	6	Colby	8–9–1
3	Williams	10–5–3	7	Connecticut College	8–9–1
4	Middlebury	9–7–2	8	Wesleyan	6–11–1

Note: Trinity served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2015

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Trinity	16–1–1	5	Bowdoin	8–7–3
2	Amherst	14–4–0	6	Hamilton	7–7–4
3	Connecticut College	10–7–1	7	Middlebury	7–8–3
4	Williams	10–7–1	8	Tufts	5–11–2

Note: Amherst served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2016

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Williams	14–2–2	5	Middlebury	6–5–7
2	Trinity	14–4–0	6	Amherst	7–8–3
3	Bowdoin	9–5–4	7	Colby	6–9–3
4	Hamilton	8–6–4	8	Tufts	5–8–5

Note: Trinity served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2017

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Hamilton	11–3–4	5	Amherst	9–6–3
2	Colby	11–4–3	6	Tufts	9–8–1
3	Trinity	11–5–2	7	Wesleyan	7–7–4
4	Williams	10–5–3	8	Bowdoin	5–12–1

Note: Hamilton served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2018

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Trinity	14–3–1	5	Wesleyan	8–6–4
2	Connecticut College	9–5–4	6	Colby	9–7–2
3	Amherst	8–5–5	7	Williams	9–8–1
4	Hamilton	9–6–3	8	Tufts	4–11–3

Note: Trinity served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2019

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Trinity	12–2–4	5	Williams	10–6–2
2	Wesleyan	13–3–2	6	Colby	7–7–4
3	Amherst	10–4–4	7	Middlebury	5–9–4
4	Hamilton	10–5–3	8	Tufts	3–12–3

Note: Trinity served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2020

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Williams	13–5–0	5	Wesleyan	8–9–1
2	Trinity	12–5–1	6	Bowdoin	8–9–1
3	Hamilton	10–6–2	7	Amherst	7–8–3
4	Middlebury	8–7–3	8	Connecticut College	7–9–2

Note: Williams served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2022

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Colby	11–1–4–0–2	6	Amherst	8–0–7–2–1
2	Trinity	10–2–4–1–1	7	Bowdoin	4–4–5–2–3
3	Williams	9–1–7–0–1	8	Tufts	4–1–8–3–2
4	Wesleyan	7–1–5–2–3	9	Middlebury	3–2–9–2–2
5	Hamilton	6–3–5–3–1	10	Connecticut College	3–1–11–1–2

Note: Colby served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2023

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Wesleyan	10–1–1–3–3	5	Colby	9–1–6–1–1
2	Trinity	12–1–4–0–1	6	Tufts	6–1–9–1–1
3	Amherst	10–3–3–0–2	7	Bowdoin	6–0–9–0–3
4	Hamilton	10–1–4–1–2	8	Williams	5–0–11–0–2

Note: Amherst served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2024

Seed	School	Record	Seed	School	Record
1	Trinity	15–1–1–0–1	5	Amherst	8–1–8–0–1
2	Bowdoin	8–2–3–1–4	6	Connecticut College	6–1–9–2–0
3	Tufts	9–0–3–4–2	7	Middlebury	4–1–8–2–3
4	Hamilton	10–1–6–0–1	8	Colby	4–1–9–0–4

Note: Trinity served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.^[1] Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Championships

School	Championships
	8
	7
	4
	3
	1
	1

See also

ECAC East Men's Tournament

References

Web site: College Hockey Stats . collegehockeystats.net . November 7, 2019.

Notes and References

News: 2024 NESCAC Men's Ice Hockey Championship . NESCAC . March 5, 2024.