The NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is an annual tournament to determine the top men's ice hockey team in NCAA Division III . The Division III championship was contested from 1984 through 2019, but has not been held since then due to COVID-19 . The next edition is planned to be held in the spring of 2022. The most successful team has been the Middlebury Panthers with eight titles.
Champions [ ]
Year
Winning team
Coach
Losing team
Coach
Score
Location
Finals venue
1984 Babson Rob Riley Union 8–0
Rochester, New York Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
1985 RIT Bruce Delventhal Bemidji State Bob Peters 5–1
Schenectady, New York Achilles Rink
1986 Bemidji State Bob Peters Plattsburgh State (vacated)8–5
Bemidji, Minnesota John S. Glas Field House
1987 Plattsburgh State (vacated)Oswego State 8–3
Elmira, New York
1988 Wisconsin–River Falls Elmira Glenn Thomaris 7–1, 3–5, 3–0
Elmira, New York
1989 Wisconsin–Stevens Point Mark Mazzoleni RIT Buddy Powers 3–3, 3–2
Rochester, New York Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
1990 Wisconsin–Stevens Point (2)Mark Mazzoleni Plattsburgh State Bob Emery 10–1, 3–6, 1–0
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
1991 Wisconsin–Stevens Point (3)Mark Mazzoleni Mankato State Don Brose 6–2
Elmira, New York
1992 Plattsburgh State Bob Emery Wisconsin–Stevens Point Joe Baldarotta 7–3
Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
1993 Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4)Joe Baldarotta Wisconsin–River Falls Dean Talafous 4–3 (OT )
Maplewood, Minnesota
1994 Wisconsin–River Falls (2)Dean Talafous Wisconsin–Superior 6–4
Superior, Wisconsin
1995 Middlebury Bill Beaney Fredonia State Jeff Meredith 1–0
Middlebury, Vermont
1996 Middlebury (2)Bill Beaney RIT 3–2
River Falls, Wisconsin
1997 Middlebury (3)Bill Beaney Wisconsin–Superior 3–2
Middlebury, Vermont
1998 Middlebury (4)Bill Beaney Wisconsin–Stevens Point Joe Baldarotta 2–1
Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
1999 Middlebury (5)Bill Beaney Wisconsin–Superior 5–0
Norwich, Vermont
2000 Norwich Mike McShane St. Thomas Terry Skrypek 2–1
Superior, Wisconsin
2001 Plattsburgh State (2)Bob Emery RIT Wayne Wilson 6–2
Rochester, New York Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
2002 Wisconsin–Superior Dan Stauber Norwich Mike McShane 3–2 (OT )
Middlebury, Vermont
2003 Norwich (2)Mike McShane Oswego State George Roll 2–1
Norwich, Vermont
2004 Middlebury (6)Bill Beaney St. Norbert Tim Coghlin 1–0 (OT )
Norwich, Vermont
2005 Middlebury (7)Bill Beaney St. Thomas Terry Skrypek 5–0
Middlebury, Vermont
2006 Middlebury (8)Bill Beaney St. Norbert Tim Coghlin 3–0
Elmira, New York
2007 Oswego State Ed Gosek Middlebury Bill Beaney 4–3 (OT )
Superior, Wisconsin
2008 St. Norbert Tim Coghlin Plattsburgh State Bob Emery 4–1
Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2009 Neumann Gustavus Adolphus 4–1
Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2010 Norwich (3)Mike McShane St. Norbert Tim Coghlin 2–1 (2OT )
Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2011 St. Norbert (2)Tim Coghlin Adrian Ron Fogarty 4–3
Minneapolis , Minnesota Ridder Arena
2012 St. Norbert (3)Tim Coghlin Oswego State Ed Gosek 4–1
Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2013 Wisconsin–Eau Claire Oswego State Ed Gosek 5–3
Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2014 St. Norbert (4)Tim Coghlin Wisconsin–Stevens Point Chris Brooks 3–1
Lewiston, Maine Androscoggin Bank Colisée
2015 Trinity Wisconsin–Stevens Point Chris Brooks 5–2
Minneapolis , Minnesota Ridder Arena
2016 Wisconsin–Stevens Point (5)Chris Brooks St. Norbert Tim Coghlin 5–1
Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2017 Norwich (4)Mike McShane Trinity 4–1
Utica, New York Utica Memorial Auditorium
2018 St. Norbert (5)Tim Coghlin Salve Regina 3–2 (2OT )
Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2019 Wisconsin–Stevens Point (6)Norwich 3–2 (OT )
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 Buffalo, New York LECOM Harborcenter
2021 NONE †
2022 Lake Placid, New York Herb Brooks Arena
2023
TBA
TBA
2024
Hartford, Connecticut Koeppel Community Center
2025
TBA
TBA
2026
Utica, New York Utica Memorial Auditorium
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 .COVID-19 pandemic , the NCAA did not hold any division III tournament during the 2020–21 season.
Team titles [ ]
Host cities [ ]
See also [ ] References [ ] General
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