NCAA Division III men’s hockey tournament

2018 tournament

Locations, dates:

• Selection show: March 5, 10:30 a.m. EDT, NCAA.com

• First round: Campus sites, March 10.

• Quarterfinals: Campus sites, March 17.

• Semifinals, finals: Herb Brooks Arena, Lake Placid, N.Y., March 23-24.

Qualifying teams: 12

Format: Four teams receive byes to the quarterfinals. Eight teams play in first-round games to fill the quarterfinal field. All rounds are single elimination.

Bracket: PDF

Automatic qualifiers:

• Pool A: Seven postseason tournament champions — from CCC, MASCAC, MIAC, NEHC, NESCAC, NCHA and SUNYAC

• Pool B: One institution from group of schools in conferences that do not qualify for Pool A consideration (UCHC, WIAC)

• Pool C: Four institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not their conference champions, and the remaining teams in Pool B

2018 bracket

First round

March 10

Quarterfinals

March 17

Semifinals

March 23

Championship

March 24

Nichols

Fitchburg State

TBA, Harrisville, R.I.

Marian

Augsburg

7 p.m. CT, Minneapolis

U. of New England

Colby

7 p.m. ET, Biddeford, Maine

Hobart

Geneseo

7 p.m. ET, Geneva, N.Y.

Salve Regina

Nichols

7 p.m. ET, Kingston, R.I.

Adrian

Wis.-Stevens Point

7 p.m. ET, Adrian, Mich.

St. Norbert

Augsburg

7 p.m. CT, De Pere, Wis.

Colby

Geneseo

7 p.m. ET, Geneseo, N.Y.

Salve Regina

Wis.-Stevens Point

3 p.m. ET, Lake Placid, N.Y.

St. Norbert

Colby

6:30 p.m. ET, Lake Placid, N.Y.

Salve Regina

St. Norbert

7 p.m. ET, Lake Placid, N.Y. (2OT)

NCAA Division III men’s ice hockey committee

• Tom Di Camillo, SUNYAC commissioner

• Jared Phillips, Gustavus Adolphus assistant athletic director

• Craig Russell, Plymouth State coach

• Mike Szkodzinski, Lawrence coach