2007 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2007 NCAA Men's Division III
Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams10
Finals site
ChampionsOswego State Lakers (1st title)
Runner-upMiddlebury Panthers (9th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach (1st title)
MOP(not awarded)
Attendance12,087

The 2007 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2006–07 season, the 24th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Oswego State defeating Middlebury in the championship game 4-3 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the in Superior, Wisconsin.

Qualifying teams[]

The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences. One at-large bid was available for the best non-conference champion for each region with one additional at-large bid for the best remaining team regardless of region.

East West
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid
1 Massachusetts–Dartmouth ECAC Northeast 25–2–1 Tournament Champion 2nd 2006 1 St. Norbert NCHA 24–3–2 Tournament Champion 9th 2006
2 Manhattanville ECAC West 20–1–5 Tournament Champion 3rd 2006 2 Wisconsin–River Falls NCHA 21–5–2 At–Large 11th 2004
3 Oswego State SUNYAC 20–3–3 At–Large 8th 2003 3 Bethel MIAC 17–9–1 Tournament Champion 1st Never
4 Norwich ECAC East 20–7–0 At–Large 9th 2006
5 Babson ECAC East 18–9–1 Tournament Champion 11th 1993
6 Middlebury NESCAC 17–7–3 Tournament Champion 13th 2006
7 Fredonia State SUNYAC 15–9–4 Tournament Champion 3rd 1995

Format[]

The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. For the three eastern Quarterfinals the teams were seeded according to their rankings. The two lowest-seeded eastern teams played a first round game while the remaining five teams received byes into Quarterfinal round. The top-seeded eastern team played the winner of the eastern first round game. For the western quarterfinal, the top-ranked team awaited the winner of a first round game between the lower-ranked teams. The higher-seeded team served as host for each game of the first round and quarterfinals.

Tournament Bracket[]

First Round
March 7 		Quarterfinals
March 10 		Semifinals
March 17 		National Championship
March 18
W1 St. Norbert 4
W2 Wisconsin–River Falls 1 W3 Bethel 1
W3 Bethel 2 W1 St. Norbert 3
E3 Oswego State 4*
E3 Oswego State 3
E4 Norwich 0
E3 Oswego State 4*
E6 Middlebury 3
E2 Manhattanville 5
E5 Babson 3
E2 Manhattanville 2
E6 Middlebury 9 E6 Middlebury 3
E7 Fredonia State 0 E1 Massachusetts–Dartmouth 2
E6 Middlebury 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Record by conference[]

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
SUNYAC 2 3–1 .750 1 1 1
NCHA 2 1–2 .333 1 - -
ECAC East 2 0–2 .000 - - -
NESCAC 1 3–1 .750 1 1 -
MIAC 1 1–1 .500 - - -
ECAC West 1 1–1 .500 1 - -
ECAC Northeast 1 0–1 .000 - - -

References[]

  • "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 2019-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links[]

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