2008 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2008 NCAA Men's Division III
Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams10
Finals site
ChampionsSt. Norbert Green Knights (1st title)
Runner-upPlattsburgh State Cardinals (4th title game)
Semifinalists
  • Elmira Soaring Eagles (5th Frozen Four)
  • Norwich Cadets (7th Frozen Four)
Winning coachTim Coghlin (1st title)
MOP(not awarded)
Attendance15,842

The 2008 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2007–08 season, the 25th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with St. Norbert defeating Plattsburgh State in the championship game 2-0. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York.

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 Elmira ECAC West 19–3–5 Tournament Champion 11th 2006 1 St. Norbert NCHA 24–1–4 Tournament Champion 10th 2007
2 Plattsburgh State SUNYAC 23–4–0 Tournament Champion 13th 2004 2 St. Thomas MIAC 19–6–2 Tournament Champion 13th 2005
3 Norwich ECAC East 22–6–0 Tournament Champion 10th 2007 3 Wisconsin–Stout NCHA 18–8–3 At–Large 1st Never
4 Manhattanville ECAC West 18–6–3 At–Large 4th 2007
5 Hobart ECAC West 18–7–2 At–Large 3rd 2006
6 Massachusetts–Dartmouth ECAC Northeast 18–8–1 Tournament Champion 3rd 2007
7 Trinity NESCAC 15–10–2 Tournament Champion 3rd 2005

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 12 		Quarterfinals
March 15 		Semifinals
March 22 		National Championship
March 23
W1 St. Norbert 2*
W2 St. Thomas 4 W2 St. Thomas 1
W3 Wisconsin–Stout 1 W1 St. Norbert 3
E3 Norwich 0
E3 Norwich 3
E4 Manhattanville 0
W1 St. Norbert 2
E2 Plattsburgh State 0
E2 Plattsburgh State 5
E5 Hobart 2
E2 Plattsburgh State 6
E6 Massachusetts–Dartmouth 3 E1 Elmira 1
E7 Trinity 7 E1 Elmira 6
E7 Trinity 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Record by conference[]

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
ECAC West 3 1–3 .250 1 - -
NCHA 2 3–1 .750 1 1 1
SUNYAC 1 2–1 .667 1 1 -
ECAC East 1 1–1 .500 1 - -
NESCAC 1 1–1 .500 - - -
MIAC 1 1–1 .500 - - -
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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