2023–24 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

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The 2022–23 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 27, 2023, and will conclude on March 23, 2024. This was the 51st season of Division III college ice hockey.

Regular season

After the closure of Finlandia University the entire ice hockey program (men's and women's) was transferred to the University of Dubuque.[1]

MCLA restarted its ice hockey program this season, returning to the ice for the first time since 2003.[2]

Little East

Prior to the start of the season, the

Southern Maine and Vermont State Castleton. Because the conference would begin play with six member teams, the Little east would immediately receive an automatic bid for the NCAA tournament.[4]

Season tournaments

Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Buffalo State Tournament October 27–28 4 Salve Regina
Western Massachusetts Invitational October 27–28 4
Westfield State
Worcester City Cup October 27, 29 4 Assumption
Terry Moran Invitational Tournament November 24–25 4
Rivier
Bowdoin/Colby Tournament November 25–26 4 Bowdoin
LayerEight Shootout November 25–26 4
Plattsburgh State
North Country Tournament November 25–26 4
Trine
Utica Thanksgiving Showcase November 25–26 4
Elmira
Skidmore Thanksgiving Invitational November 25–26 4
Brockport State
Superior Showdown December 29–30 4
Wisconsin–Superior
Northfield Savings Bank Tournament December 30–31 4
University of New England
Oswego State Classic December 30–31 4
Stevenson
Codfish Bowl January 5–6 4
Connecticut College
Comfort Inn Complex Winter Classic January 5–6 4
Plattsburgh State
Boston Landing Invitational January 6–7 4 Tufts

Standings

2023–24 Commonwealth Coast Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T OTW OTL SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#12
Curry
†		 18 15 3 0 1 0 0 44 60 32 26 20 5 1 86 53
#14
Endicott
*		 18 12 3 3 2 2 1 40 68 34 27 17 5 5 100 54
University of New England
 18 10 4 4 3 1 2 34 56 37 27 17 6 4 83 54
Salve Regina 18 10 6 2 1 2 1 34 60 44 28 17 9 2 107 64
Wentworth
 18 6 11 1 1 0 1 19 38 61 26 10 15 1 65 90
Nichols
 18 4 10 4 1 2 1 18 36 52 26 6 16 4 52 86
Suffolk
 18 4 13 1 0 1 0 14 39 62 25 5 18 2 55 92
Western New England
 18 2 13 3 0 1 2 12 37 72 25 5 17 3 65 99
Championship: March 2
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champions
2023–24 NCAA Division III Independent ice hockey standings
Overall record
GP W L T GF GA
Albertus Magnus
 25 16 9 0 85 57
Anna Maria 24 14 9 1 83 69
Canton State
 25 8 16 1 65 99
Rivier
 24 10 11 3 72 72
2023–24 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T OTW OTL PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#9
Plymouth State
†*		 21 18 1 2 1 0 56 111 38 27 23 2 2 135 50
Fitchburg State
 21 13 6 2 2 0 40 69 60 27 15 10 2 80 77
Massachusetts–Dartmouth
 21 13 8 0 1 2 40 77 64 27 16 11 0 94 83
Westfield State
 21 9 10 2 1 1 30 67 71 27 13 12 2 89 86
Framingham State 21 8 11 2 1 2 28 61 73 26 8 16 2 66 90
Worcester State
 21 7 14 0 0 1 22 60 85 26 8 18 0 73 104
Salem State 21 6 14 1 0 1 20.5 68 84 25 6 18 1 80 112
MCLA
 21 5 15 1 2 1 15.5 42 80 25 7 17 1 51 91
Championship: March 2
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champions
2023–24 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T OTW OTL SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Augsburg
†		 16 12 3 1 0 0 0 36 52 30 26 15 9 2 74 65
Bethel
 16 11 3 2 3 1 2 33 56 38 27 18 6 3 82 60
St. Scholastica
 16 8 7 1 1 1 1 26 46 43 26 15 10 1 87 68
Saint Mary's
 16 8 7 1 1 0 1 24 38 48 26 10 14 2 64 94
St. Olaf
*		 16 7 7 2 1 0 1 21 50 41 28 14 11 3 90 60
Saint John's
 16 6 9 1 0 2 0 21 42 48 25 9 12 4 62 67
Gustavus Adolphus
 16 6 9 1 1 0 0 18 48 46 25 11 12 2 75 70
Concordia (MN)
 16 5 9 2 1 2 0 18 45 60 25 10 12 3 78 83
Hamline
 16 3 12 1 1 2 0 12 37 60 25 7 16 2 65 85
Championship: March 2
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
2023–24 New England Hockey Conference standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T OW OL PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 Hobart †* 18 16 1 1 0 0 49 106 18 28 25 2 1 152 26
Norwich
 18 11 4 3 0 1 37 56 27 26 14 8 4 77 45
#11
Skidmore
 18 12 5 1 0 0 37 60 35 28 19 7 2 99 55
#10
Elmira
 18 11 6 1 1 1 34 66 49 27 19 7 1 112 68
Babson
 18 12 5 1 3 0 34 57 50 26 14 10 2 79 75
Massachusetts–Boston
 18 7 11 0 0 1 22 45 63 26 9 15 2 67 91
Southern Maine
 18 6 9 3 1 1 21 52 73 27 10 14 3 80 98
Vermont State Castleton 18 4 14 0 1 1 12 43 89 26 7 19 0 68 124
Johnson & Wales
 18 3 14 1 0 1 11 40 85 25 6 17 2 65 111
New England College
 18 2 15 1 0 0 7 28 64 25 4 20 1 38 90
Championship: March 2
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
2023–24 New England Small College Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP RW OTW RL OTL T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#3 Trinity †* 18 15 1 1 0 1 48.5 61 22 25 21 3 1 94 34
Bowdoin 18 8 2 3 1 4 35 46 34 25 14 7 4 68 54
Tufts 18 9 0 3 4 2 34 54 45 25 13 9 3 76 62
Hamilton
 18 10 1 6 0 1 33.5 55 46 25 17 7 1 82 62
Amherst
 18 8 1 8 0 1 27.5 57 55 25 14 10 1 86 73
Connecticut College
 18 6 1 9 2 0 22 42 53 25 9 14 2 64 72
Middlebury 18 4 1 8 2 3 20.5 41 48 26 8 14 4 59 77
Colby 18 4 1 9 0 4 20 41 48 25 9 12 4 68 63
Williams 18 5 1 11 0 1 18.5 47 64 24 9 14 1 58 84
Wesleyan
 18 2 1 13 1 1 10.5 29 58 24 5 18 1 37 71
Championship
: March 3
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
2023–24 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T OTW OTL SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#4
Adrian
†		 18 16 2 0 1 0 0 47 94 34 29 22 6 1 134 53
#5 St. Norbert * 18 15 3 0 3 0 0 42 75 40 28 22 6 0 109 62
Trine
 18 13 5 0 3 1 0 37 70 48 28 20 8 0 108 76
Aurora
 18 12 6 0 1 0 0 35 71 56 28 15 12 1 93 81
MSOE
 18 8 9 1 1 2 1 27 51 48 27 14 11 2 81 67
Lawrence
 18 6 10 2 1 1 0 20 47 58 27 8 17 2 73 98
Marian
 18 5 12 1 1 2 1 18 51 70 27 9 17 1 80 99
Concordia (WI)
 18 6 12 0 2 2 0 18 50 83 27 8 19 0 73 129
Lake Forest
 18 4 14 0 0 4 0 16 49 73 25 7 18 0 75 98
Dubuque
 18 3 15 0 0 1 0 10 26 74 24 3 19 2 35 96
Championship: March 2
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
2023–24 State University of New York Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T OTL PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#7
Geneseo State
†		 16 14 2 0 0 28 73 31 26 21 5 0 112 56
Oswego State
 16 12 4 0 1 25 66 29 26 16 9 1 95 67
#8
Plattsburgh State
 16 12 3 1 0 25 68 37 28 21 5 2 111 60
#13
Cortland State
*		 16 10 5 1 0 21 56 40 28 18 8 2 106 68
Brockport State
 16 5 9 2 1 13 45 57 26 8 14 4 69 95
Potsdam State
 16 5 11 0 0 10 32 61 26 8 17 1 52 92
Fredonia State
 16 4 11 1 1 10 35 56 25 6 18 1 52 85
Buffalo State 16 4 10 2 0 10 39 55 25 9 14 2 71 88
Morrisville State
 16 2 13 1 0 5 29 77 25 5 19 1 54 109
Championship: March 2
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champions
2023–24 United Collegiate Hockey Conference standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OW OL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#2 Utica †* 20 19 0 1 0 0 0 58 114 28 28 23 2 3 132 41
#15
Stevenson
 20 15 4 1 0 1 1 48 75 41 28 21 6 1 107 57
Wilkes
 20 15 5 0 3 0 0 42 79 45 27 18 9 0 100 64
Alvernia
 20 10 9 1 1 0 0 30 61 62 27 13 12 2 85 81
Manhattanville
 20 9 11 0 0 2 0 29 63 70 26 9 17 0 76 100
Chatham
 20 8 12 0 2 2 0 24 53 61 26 11 15 0 74 87
King's
 20 8 12 0 1 0 0 23 48 85 26 9 17 0 61 112
Nazareth
 20 5 13 2 0 2 2 21 60 76 26 6 18 2 56 85
Neumann
 20 7 12 1 1 0 0 21 44 64 24 7 16 1 63 91
Lebanon Valley
 20 6 14 0 1 1 0 18 54 75 25 7 18 0 67 101
Arcadia
 20 3 13 4 0 1 2 16 45 89 25 7 14 4 67 104
Championship
: March 2
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champions
2023–24 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T OTW OTL PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#6 Wisconsin–Stevens Point †* 15 13 2 0 2 0 37 51 35 28 21 5 2 100 66
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 15 10 4 1 1 1 31 42 20 28 17 9 2 82 52
Wisconsin–Stout 15 8 7 0 0 2 26 55 41 29 13 14 2 102 91
Wisconsin–River Falls 15 6 7 2 0 0 21 35 40 29 16 10 3 73 67
Wisconsin–Superior
 15 6 8 1 0 0 20 29 30 27 11 15 1 53 62
Northland 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 13 59 27 1 26 0 33 126
Championship: March 2
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Note: Mini-games are not included in final standings

PairWise Rankings

The PairWise Rankings (PWR) are a statistical tool designed to approximate the process by which the NCAA selection committee decides which teams get at-large bids to the 16-team NCAA tournament. Although the NCAA selection committee does not use the PWR as presented by USCHO, the PWR has been accurate in predicting which teams will make the tournament field.

For Division III men, all teams are included in comparisons starting in the 2013–14 season (formerly, only teams with a Ratings Percentage Index of .500 or above, or teams under consideration, were included). The PWR method compares each team with every other such team, with the winner of each “comparison” earning one PWR point. After all comparisons are made, the points are totaled up and rankings listed accordingly.

With 85 Division III men's teams, the greatest number of PWR points any team could earn is 84, winning the comparison with every other team. Meanwhile, a team that lost all of its comparisons would have no PWR points.

Teams are then ranked by PWR point total, with ties broken by the teams’ RPI ratings, which starting in 2013–14 is weighted for home and road games and includes a quality wins bonus (QWB) for beating teams in the top 20 of the RPI (it also is weighted for home and road).

When it comes to comparing teams, the PWR uses three criteria which are combined to make a comparison: RPI, record against common opponents and head-to-head competition. Starting in 2013–14, the comparison of record against teams under consideration was dropped because all teams are now under comparison.[5]

NCAA Division I Men's Hockey PairWise Rankings[6]
Rank Team PWR RPI Conference
1 Hobart 84 .6546* NEHC
2 Trinity 83 .6065* NESCAC
3
Adrian
 		82 .5971* NCHA
4 Utica 80 .5937* UCHC
4
Plymouth State
 		80 .5825* MASCAC
6 St. Norbert 79 .5812* NCHA
6
Elmira
 		79 .5789 NEHC
8 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 77 .5771* WIAC
9
Geneseo State
 		76 .5771* SUNYAC
10
Curry
 		75 .5718* CCC
11
Skidmore
 		74 .5678 NEHC
12
Plattsburgh State
 		73 .5674* SUNYAC
13
Stevenson
 		72 .5626 UCHC
14
Bethel
 		71 .5626 MIAC
15
Endicott
 		69 .5580 CCC
15
Hamilton
 		69 .5561 NESCAC
17 Tufts 68 .5519 NESCAC
18
Norwich
 		67 .5513 NEHC
19
Cortland State
 		66 .5472* SUNYAC
20
University of New England
 		65 .5465 CCC
21 Salve Regina 63 .5450 CCC
21
Trine
 		63 .5419 NCHA
23 Bowdoin 62 .5409 NESCAC
24
Oswego State
 		60 .5397 SUNYAC
24 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 60 .5397* WIAC
26
Augsburg
 		59 .5399* MIAC
26
Amherst
 		59 .5379 NESCAC
28 Anna Maria 57 .5368 Independent
28
St. Olaf
 		57 .5331* MIAC
30
St. Scholastica
 		55 .5314* MIAC
31
Babson
 		53 .5269 NEHC
31 Wisconsin–River Falls 53 .5238* WIAC
33
Albertus Magnus
 		52 .5237 Independent
34
Wilkes
 		51 .5234 UCHC
35
Aurora
 		50 .5187 NCHA
35
MSOE
 		50 .5152 NCHA
37
Fitchburg State
 		48 .5119 MASCAC
38
Massachusetts–Dartmouth
 		47 .5070 MASCAC
39
Connecticut College
 		46 .5069 NESCAC
40
Saint John's
 		45 .5013 MIAC
41 Middlebury 43 .5003 NESCAC
42 Wisconsin–Stout 42 .5032 WIAC
42
Southern Maine
 		42 .4961 NEHC
44
Massachusetts–Boston
 		41 .4946 NEHC
44 Williams 41 .4940 NESCAC
46
Concordia (MN)
 		40 .4901 MIAC
47
Alvernia
 		38 .4881 UCHC
47
Gustavus Adolphus
 		38 .4869 MIAC
49 Colby 36 .4834 NESCAC
50
Westfield State
 		35 .4803 MASCAC
51
Saint Mary's
 		34 .4759 MIAC
52
Marian
 		33 .4736 NCHA
53
Chatham
 		32 .4718 UCHC
54
Wentworth
 		31 .4716 CCC
55
Wisconsin–Superior
 		30 .4686 WIAC
56
Brockport State
 		29 .4677 SUNYAC
57 Buffalo State 28 .4671 SUNYAC
58
Manhattanville
 		27 .4629 UCHC
59
King's
 		26 .4600 UCHC
60
Hamline
 		25 .4591 MIAC
61
Lawrence
 		24 .4580 NCHA
62
Rivier
 		23 .4567 Independent
63
Concordia (WI)
 		22 .4566 NCHA
64 Framingham State 21 .4562 MASCAC
65
Nazareth
 		20 .4530 UCHC
66
Nichols
 		19 .4504 CCC
67
Wesleyan
 		18 .4492 NESCAC
68
Canton State
 		17 .4461 Independent
69
Johnson & Wales
 		16 .4459 NEHC
70
Neumann
 		15 .4455 UCHC
71
Lake Forest
 		14 .4451 NCHA
72
Potsdam State
 		13 .4416 SUNYAC
73
Worcester State
 		12 .4392 MASCAC
74
Suffolk
 		11 .4390 CCC
75 Vermont State Castleton 10 .4369 NEHC
76
Arcadia
 		9 .4361 UCHC
77
Lebanon Valley
 		8 .4338 UCHC
78
Fredonia State
 		7 .4296 SUNYAC
79
New England College
 		6 .4280 NEHC
80 Salem State 5 .4273 MASCAC
81
MCLA
 		4 .4258 MASCAC
82
Dubuque
 		3 .4218 NCHA
83
Western New England
 		2 .4165 CCC
84
Morrisville State
 		1 .4075 SUNYAC
85
Northland
 		0 .3750 WIAC
*A team's RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating a weak opponent
Note: A team's record is based only on games against other Division III hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament.

2024 NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament
First round
March 9 		Quarterfinals
March 16 		Semifinals
March 21 		National Championship
March 23
            
E2 Trinity (2) 2
E5 Elmira 0
E5 Elmira 5
E8 Endicott 2
E2 Trinity (2) 2
W2 Adrian 1
W1 St. Norbert (3) 5
W4 St. Olaf 2
W1 St. Norbert (3) 3
W2 Adrian 5
W2 Adrian 4
W3 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 0
E2 Trinity (2) 0
E1 Hobart (1) 2
E1 Hobart (1) 4****
E7 Curry 3
E6 Geneseo State 0
E7 Curry 3
E1 Hobart (1) 3
E3 Utica (4) 1
E3 Utica (4) 4
E4 Plymouth State 1
E4 Plymouth State 5
E9 Cortland State 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

See also

References

  1. ^ "University of Dubuque starting men's, women's NCAA D-III hockey programs for 2023-24 season, anticipating transfers from Finlandia for both teams". USCHO. April 15, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Brown, Owen (January 30, 2024). "Old Traditions and a New Legacy: MCLA Hockey Returns to the Ice for First Season in 20 Years". The Online Beacon. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  3. ^ "LEC Announces Men's Ice Hockey as Conference's 22nd Championship Sport". Little East Conference. July 24, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  4. ^ "Division III Legislation - Search Results". NCAA. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  5. ^ "PairWise Rankings explanation". Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  6. ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". Retrieved August 23, 2022.

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