2019 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

2019 NCAA Division III men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	12
Finals site	K.B. Willett Arena; Stevens Point, Wisconsin;
Champions	Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers (6th title)
Runner-up	Norwich Cadets (6th title game)
Semifinalists	Geneseo State Knights (3rd Frozen Four); Hobart Statesmen (3rd Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Tyler Krueger (1st title)
MOP	Tanner Karty (Wisconsin–Stevens Point)
	← 2018 ; NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournaments; 2020 →;

The 2019 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2018–19 season, the 36th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Wisconsin–Stevens Point defeating Norwich in the championship game 3-2 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the K.B. Willett Arena in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin–Stevens Point became the first Division III team to win a National Championship without losing a single game during the season.

Qualifying teams

Twelve teams qualified for the tournament in the following ways: (Pool A) eight teams received bids as a result of being conference tournament champions from conferences that possessed an automatic bid, (Pool C) four additional teams received at-large bids based upon their records.^[1]

East							West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type	Appearance	Last Bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type	Appearance	Last Bid
1	Geneseo State	SUNYAC	24–1–2	Tournament Champion	7th	2018	1	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	WIAC	26–0–2	At–Large	15th	2018
2	Norwich	NEHC	21–4–3	Tournament Champion	18th	2017	2	St. Norbert	NCHA	22–4–3	Tournament Champion	19th	2018
3	Oswego State	SUNYAC	19–6–2	At–Large	16th	2017	3	Augsburg	MIAC	21–3–3	Tournament Champion	6th	2018
4	Hobart	NEHC	19–7–2	At–Large	9th	2018
5	Trinity	NESCAC	19–3–5	Tournament Champion	7th	2017
6	Massachusetts–Boston	NEHC	19–7–1	At–Large	2nd	2016
7	Manhattanville	UCHC	17–8–5	Tournament Champion	5th	2008
8	University of New England	CCC	20–6–2	Tournament Champion	2nd	2018
9	Plymouth State	MASCAC	17–7–3	Tournament Champion	3rd	2015

Format

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

Because fewer than four western teams qualified, the tournament was arranged so that all western teams were placed into one quarterfinal bracket. The nine eastern qualifying eastern teams were arranged evenly across the remaining three quarterfinal brackets. The top three eastern seeds and the top western seed received byes into the quarterfinal round and were arranged so that the bracket containing the top overall seed would play the bracket containing the third eastern seed.

The six eastern teams in the quarterfinals were arranged so that the fourth- and ninth-seeded teams would play with the winner advancing to play the third eastern seed, the fifth- and eighth-seeded teams would play with the winner advancing to play the second eastern seed and the sixth- and seventh-seeded teams would play with the winner advancing to play the first eastern seed. The second and third western teams would play in the first round with the winner advancing to face the top western seed.

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

Tournament Bracket

First Round
March 9

Quarterfinals
March 16

Semifinals
March 22

National Championship
March 23

W1

Wisconsin–Stevens Point

3

W2

St. Norbert

4*

W2

St. Norbert

0

W3

Augsburg

3

W1

Wisconsin–Stevens Point

5

E4

Hobart

3

E3

Oswego State

2

E4

Hobart

2

E4

Hobart

3

E9

Plymouth State

1

W1

Wisconsin–Stevens Point

3*

E2

Norwich

2

E1

Geneseo State

8

E6

Massachusetts–Boston

4

E7

Manhattanville

2

E7

Manhattanville

6

E1

Geneseo State

2

E2

Norwich

4

E2

Norwich

2

E5

Trinity

1

E8

University of New England

1

E8

University of New England

2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

March 9, 2019
7:06 PM

(W2) St. Norbert

4 – 3 (OT)
(0–0, 1–0, 2–3, 1–0)

(W3) Augsburg

Cornerstone Community Center – Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,593

T.J. Black

Goalies

Nick Schmit

(Sacco) Roman Uchyn (14) – 31:57	1–0
	1–1	43:58 – Tommy Carey (10) (Madry, Rodriguez)
	1–2	48:03 – Eric Brenk (8) (Dollimer, Dietsch)
	1–3	52:27 – Jason Krych (2) (Gillett, Dietsch)
(Andrews, Uchyn) Riley Christensen (19) – PP – 54:56	2–3
(Pung, Sacco) Roman Uchyn (15) – EA – 58:49	3–3
(Uchyn, Pung) Dominick Sacco (12) – 62:19	4–3

6 min

Penalties

10 min

40

Shots

22

March 9, 2019
7:00 PM

(E4) Hobart

2 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

(E9) Plymouth State

Geneva Recreation Complex – Geneva, New York
Attendance: 629

Liam Lascelle

Goalies

Evan Morelli

	0–1	05:48 – Ryan Stevens (12) (Volonnino)
(Sliney, Robitaille) Julien Denicourt (6) – 32:13 (Volonnino)	1–1
(Denicourt) Alec Robitaille (1) – 48:22	2–1

8 min

Penalties

12 min

40

Shots

14

March 9, 2019
7:00 PM

(E6) Massachusetts–Boston

4 – 6
(2–2, 1–1, 1–3)

(E7) Manhattanville

Edward T. Barry Ice Rink – Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 1,109

Bailey MacBurnie

Goalies

Tyler Feaver

Referees:
Chris Shepley
Mike Baker
Linesmen:
David St. Lawrence
Nick Payeur

Stevie Bryant (4) – 07:26	1–0
	1–1	10:03 – Casper Dyrssen (7) (Ferraro, Slade)
	1–2	16:25 – PP – Bryan Platt (4) (Anderson, Walltott)
(Heldt) Jeffrey Skinner (6) – 19:37	2–2
	2–3	22:05 – PP – Matt Lippa (18) (Arfelt, Ferraro)
Chris Peters (9) – 37:26	3–3
(Nachbaur) Chris Peters (10) – 49:41	4–3
	4–4	54:10 – Matt Lippa (19) (McLean, Ferraro)
	4–5	58:56 – Matt Lippa (20) (Knight, Berglund)
	4–6	59:45 – EN – Nigel Slade (5)

10 min

Penalties

8 min

40

Shots

25

March 9, 2019
7:00 PM

(E5) Trinity

1 – 2
(0–0, 0–2, 1–0)

(E8) University of New England

Koeppel Community Center – Hartford, Connecticut
Attendance: 910

Tedy Loughborough

Goalies

Ben Churchfield

Referees:
Eric Doyle
Anthony Kenney
Linesmen:
Mike St. Lawrence
Matt Fitzgibbons

	0–1	26:55 – Ryan Bloom (22) (Fleurent, Seltenreich)
	0–2	39:45 – Tyler Seltenreich (14) (Fleurent, Bloom)
(Feeney) Taggart Corriveau (11) – 49:34	1–2

6 min

Penalties

4 min

44

Shots

30

Quarterfinals

March 16, 2019
7:00 PM

(W1) Wisconsin–Stevens Point

3 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

(W2) St. Norbert

K.B. Willett Ice Arena – Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,850

Connor Ryckman

Goalies

T.J. Black

(Roo, Allemon) Kelly O'Brien (5) – 16:24	1–0
(Zech, O'Brien) Tanner Karty (10) – 23:46	2–0
(McLean, Kiraly) T.J. Roo (7) – 37:57	3–0

8 min

Penalties

9 min

35

Shots

17

March 16, 2019
7:00 PM

(E3) Oswego State

2 – 3
(1–1, 0–2, 1–0)

(E4) Hobart

Campus Center Ice Arena – Oswego, New York
Attendance: 2,140

David Richer

Goalies

Liam Lascelle

Referees:
Matt Bielak
Paul Maciejewski
Linesmen:
Rick Lembo
Anthony Perez

	0–1	14:09 – Lawson Macdougall (9)
(Nenadal, Campbell) Joseph Molinaro (14) – 16:20	1–1
	1–2	21:04 – PP – Ryan Lynch (9) (Denicourt, Toupal)
	1–3	33:29 – SH – Travis Schneider (15)
(Gillespie, Zizek) Travis Broughman (12) – EA – 59:48	2–3

4 min

Penalties

4 min

28

Shots

15

March 16, 2019
7:00 PM

(E1) Geneseo State

8 – 2
(1–1, 4–1, 3–0)

(E7) Manhattanville

Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena – Geneseo, New York
Attendance: 1,518

Devin McDonald

Goalies

Tyler Feaver

Referees:
Jim Visconte
Craig Florkowski
Linesmen:
Ryan Bradshaw
Matt Fox

	0–1	07:05 – Marco Ferraro (9) (Anderson, Feaver)
(Keenan, Ferguson) Andrew Romano (9) – PP – 08:09	1–1
(Romano, Ferguson) David Szmyd (11) – 20:21	2–1
	2–2	20:58 – Matt Lippa (21) (Berglund)
(Romano, Szmyd) Conlan Keenan (22) – 27:11	3–2
(Burnett) Henry Cleghorn (4) – 34:26	4–2
(Miller, Ferguson) Ryan Burnett (5) – 38:17	5–2
(Serpico, Kelley) Dan Bosio (8) – 53:13	6–2
(Cleghorn, Ferguson) Brendan Miller (6) – EN – 56:55	7–2
(Empey) Anthony Marra (13) – 57:29	8–2

10 min

Penalties

10 min

42

Shots

22

March 16, 2019
7:00 PM

(E2) Norwich

2 – 1 (OT)
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

(E8) University of New England

Kreitzberg Arena – Northfield, Vermont
Attendance: 1,923

Tom Aubrun

Goalies

Ben Churchfield

Referees:
Steve Benoit
Eric Doyle
Linesmen:
Rick Urnek
Tom Thibodeau

	0–1	04:07 – Brendan Donohue (9) (Roo, Allemon)
(Swanson, Erickson) Coby Downs (6) – 13:41	1–1
Félix Brassard (11) – 62:46	2–1

0 min

Penalties

4 min

41

Shots

28

Semifinals

March 22, 2019
7:00 PM

(W1) Wisconsin–Stevens Point

5 – 3
(2–1, 2–2, 1–0)

(E4) Hobart

K.B. Willett Ice Arena – Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,678

Connor Ryckman

Goalies

Alex Connal

Referees:
Mike Baker
Mike Elam
Linesmen:
Taylor Vichorek
Eric Thom

(Kiraly, McLean) Luke McElhenie (10) – 00:46	1–0
	1–1	10:14 – Blake Coffey (3)
(Karty, Bittner) Zach Zech (10) – 17:51	2–1
(McLean, Kiraly) Colin Raver (13) – 29:06	3–1
	3–2	33:38 – PP – Travis Schneider (16) (Macnee, Schultz)
	3–3	34:16 – PP – Zach Tyson (7) (Maguyon, Macnee)
(O'Brien, McLean) Tanner Karty (12) – 34:55	4–3
(Duffin) Austin Kelly (8) – EN – 59:00	5–3

4 min

Penalties

2 min

35

Shots

26

March 22, 2019
7:00 PM

(E1) Geneseo State

2 – 4
(0–0, 0–2, 2–2)

(E2) Norwich

K.B. Willett Ice Arena – Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,000

Devin McDonald

Goalies

Tom Aubrun

Referees:
Derek Sylvester
Steve Benoit
Linesmen:
Joseph Guzzardi
Shane Dillon

	0–1	26:30 – PP – Brett Ouderkirk (15) (Borduas, Brassard)
	0–2	33:45 – Coby Downs (7) (Swanson, Dockery)
	0–3	44:17 – PP – Maxime Borduas (8) (Ouderkirk, Downs)
(Empey, Burnett) Henry Cleghorn (5) – 45:59	1–3
(Bosio, Serpico) Carson Kelley (5) – 47:00	2–3
	2–4	59:31 – EN – Dave Robertson (4)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

20

Shots

24

National Championship

March 23, 2019
7:00 PM

(W1) Wisconsin–Stevens Point

3 – 2 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 2–2, 1–0)

(E2) Norwich

K.B. Willett Ice Arena – Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,419

Connor Ryckman

Goalies

Tom Aubrun

Referees:
Mike Elam
Steve Benoit
Linesmen:
Eric Thom
Shane Dillon

(Kiraly, Mackellar) Jordan Fader (7) – 43:31	1–0
(Zech, Beauvais) Colin Raver (14) – 44:34	2–0
	2–1	47:01 – Coby Downs (8) (Chicoine)
	2–2	52:15 – Coby Downs (9) (Williams, Robertson)
(Raver) Steven Quagliata (9) – 75:13	3–2

6 min

Penalties

6 min

45

Shots

28

All-Tournament Team

G: Connor Ryckman (Wisconsin–Stevens Point)
D: Danny Kiraly (Wisconsin–Stevens Point)
D: David Robertson (Norwich)
F: Tanner Karty* (Wisconsin–Stevens Point)
F: Colin Raver (Wisconsin–Stevens Point)
F: Coby Downs (Norwich)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
NEHC	3	4–3	.571	2	1	-
SUNYAC	2	1–2	.333	1	-	-
WIAC	1	3–0	1.000	1	1	1
NCHA	1	1–1	.500	-	-	-
CCC	1	1–1	.500	-	-	-
UCHC	1	1–1	.500	-	-	-
NESCAC	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-
MIAC	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-
MASCAC	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-

References

^ "NCAA Division III men's hockey tournament". USCHO.com. Retrieved September 18, 2019.

"Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 17, 2020.

External links

Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book

[1] "NCAA Division III men's hockey tournament". USCHO.com. Retrieved September 18, 2019.

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Teams	12
Finals site	K.B. Willett Arena Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Champions	Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers (6th title)
Runner-up	Norwich Cadets (6th title game)
Semifinalists	Geneseo State Knights (3rd Frozen Four) Hobart Statesmen (3rd Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Tyler Krueger (1st title)
MOP	Tanner Karty (Wisconsin–Stevens Point)
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