NCAA Division III men’s hockey tournament

2024 bracket

First round
March 9
Quarterfinals
March 16
Semifinals
March 21
Championship
March 23
Elmira
5
Endicott
2
At Elmira, 7 ET
Adrian
4
Wis.-Stevens Point
0
At Adrian, 7 ET
St. Norbert
5
St. Olaf
2
At St. Norbert, 6 CT
Geneseo
0
Curry
3
At Geneseo, 7 ET
Plymouth State
5
Cortland
2
At Plymouth State, 7 ET
Trinity
2
Elmira
0
At Trinity, 7 ET
Adrian
5
St. Norbert
3
At Adrian, 7 ET
Hobart
4
Curry
3
(4OT) At Hobart, 7 ET
Utica
4
Plymouth State
1
At Utica, 7 ET
Trinity
Adrian
3:30/6 ET, Hartford, Conn.
Hobart
Utica
3:30/6 ET, Hartford, Conn.
7 ET, Hartford, Conn.

2024 tournament

Locations, dates:

Selection show: Monday, March 4, 10 a.m. ET, NCAA.com

First round: Campus sites, March 9

Quarterfinals: Campus sites, March 16

Semifinals, finals: Koeppel Community Center, Hartford, Conn., March 21 and 23

Qualifying teams: 13

Format: The winners of five first-round games advance to play at the three teams that earned byes to the quarterfinals. All rounds are single elimination.

Automatic qualifiers:

Pool A: Nine postseason tournament champions — from CCC, MASCAC, MIAC, NEHC, NESCAC, NCHA, SUNYAC, UCHC and WIAC

Pool C: Four institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not their conference champions and teams from conference that don’t have an automatic qualifier

NCAA Division III men’s ice hockey committee

Katie Boldvich, NEHC commissioner (chair)

Danielle Harris, WIAC commissioner

Tyler Hynes, WIlkes coach

Graham Johnson, Milwaukee School of Engineering coach

Future sites

2025

Championship played at campus site

2026

Championship: Adirondack Bank Center at the Utica Memorial Auditorium, Utica, N.Y.

NCAA champions

Year Champion Runner-up
2023 Hobart Adrian
2022 Adrian Geneseo
2021 No tournament due to COVID-19 coronavirus
2020 No tournament due to COVID-19 coronavirus
2019 Wisconsin-Stevens Point Norwich
2018 St. Norbert Salve Regina
2017 Norwich Trinity
2016 Wisconsin-Stevens Point St. Norbert
2015 Trinity Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2014 St. Norbert Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2013 Wisconsin-Eau Claire Oswego
2012 St. Norbert Oswego
2011 St. Norbert Adrian
2010 Norwich St. Norbert
2009 Neumann Gustavus Adolphus
2008 St. Norbert Plattsburgh
2007 Oswego Middlebury
2006 Middlebury St. Norbert
2005 Middlebury St. Thomas
2004 Middlebury St. Norbert
2003 Norwich Oswego
2002 Wisconsin-Superior Norwich
2001 Plattsburgh Rochester Institute of Technology
2000 Norwich St. Thomas
1999 Middlebury Wisconsin-Superior
1998 Middlebury Wisconsin-Stevens Point
1997 Middlebury Wisconsin-Superior
1996 Middlebury Rochester Institute of Technology
1995 Middlebury Fredonia
1994 Wisconsin-River Falls Wisconsin-Superior
1993 Wisconsin-Stevens Point Wisconsin-River Falls
1992 Plattsburgh Wisconsin-Stevens Point
1991 Wisconsin-Stevens Point Minnesota State
1990 Wisconsin-Stevens Point Plattsburgh
1989 Wisconsin-Stevens Point Rochester Institute of Technology
1988 Wisconsin-River Falls Elmira
1987 *vacant Oswego
1986 Bemidji State *vacant
1985 Rochester Institute of Technology Bemidji State
1984 Babson Union

* Plattsburgh’s participation in the tournament was vacated by the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions