2016–17 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
2016–17 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season | |||||
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![]() The Utica Memorial Arena was the host of the 2017 Frozen Four | |||||
Duration | October 28, 2016– March 25, 2017 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 2017 | ||||
National championship | Utica Memorial Auditorium Utica, New York | ||||
NCAA champion | Norwich Cadets | ||||
Sid Watson Award | Evan Buitenhuis (Hamilton) | ||||
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The 2016–17 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 28, 2016, and concluded on March 25, 2017. This was the 44th season of Division III college ice hockey.
The Commonwealth Coast Conference, the primary league for six of the nine members of ECAC Northeast and one member of the NEHC, began sponsoring men's ice hockey this season.[1] Because seven teams is the minimum requirement for a league to qualify for an automatic bid the new conference would be able to retain the qualifier formerly possessed by ECAC Northeast. The three remaining ECAC Northeast teams (Becker, Johnson & Wales and Suffolk) joined CCC as affiliate members for at least men's ice hockey.
The NCAA also increased the number of participants in the National Tournament to twelve.
Regular season
Season tournaments
Standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Endicott †* | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 91 | 34 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 145 | 59 | |
Nichols | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 62 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 89 | 69 | |
Salve Regina | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 67 | 46 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 88 | 69 | |
Curry | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 70 | 60 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 90 | 87 | |
University of New England | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 88 | 57 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 129 | 88 | |
Johnson & Wales | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 54 | 54 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 82 | 76 | |
Becker | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 84 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 57 | 121 | |
Western New England | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 77 | 26 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 60 | 104 | |
Suffolk | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 72 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 59 | 94 | |
Wentworth | 18 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 58 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 52 | 80 | |
Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |
2016–17 ECAC West standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Utica † | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 57 | 28 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 101 | 75 | |
Manhattanville | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 55 | 43 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 94 | 84 | |
Hobart * | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 60 | 39 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 115 | 69 | |
Nazareth | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 51 | 40 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 69 | 86 | |
Neumann | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 51 | 48 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 118 | 79 | |
Stevenson | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 53 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 69 | 93 | |
Elmira | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 57 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 76 | 96 | |
Lebanon Valley | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 79 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 76 | 123 | |
Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |
2016–17 NCAA Division III Independent ice hockey standings
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Overall record | ||||||
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
Canton State | 25 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 72 | 101 |
Daniel Webster | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 39 | 148 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Plymouth State † | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 80 | 32 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 113 | 62 | |
Salem State * | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 69 | 49 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 88 | 81 | |
Massachusetts–Dartmouth | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 71 | 56 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 98 | 85 | |
Fitchburg State | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 52 | 58 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 76 | 98 | |
Worcester State | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 48 | 53 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 70 | 76 | |
Westfield State | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 56 | 64 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 83 | 77 | |
Framingham State | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 90 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 45 | 132 | |
Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
St. Thomas † | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 65 | 40 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 86 | 66 | |
Augsburg * | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 64 | 35 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 109 | 75 | |
Saint Mary's | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 48 | 46 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 88 | 78 | |
Hamline | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 54 | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 84 | 78 | |
Concordia (MN) | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 47 | 52 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 74 | 79 | |
Saint John's | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 43 | 48 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 61 | 81 | |
St. Olaf | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 39 | 51 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 61 | 81 | |
Gustavus Adolphus | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 31 | 42 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 51 | 71 | |
Bethel | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 65 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 63 | 106 | |
Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
2016–17 New England Hockey Conference standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Division III | ||||||||||||||
Norwich †* | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 80 | 26 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 134 | 54 | |
New England College | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 73 | 37 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 103 | 56 | |
Babson | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 46 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 71 | 54 | |
Castleton | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 55 | 43 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 76 | 70 | |
Skidmore | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 56 | 45 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 68 | 78 | |
Massachusetts–Boston | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 60 | 52 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 98 | 72 | |
Southern Maine | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 56 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 59 | 71 | |
Division II | ||||||||||||||
Saint Anselm | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 48 | 49 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 78 | 66 | |
Saint Michael's | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 71 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 62 | 96 | |
Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Hamilton † | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 50 | 28 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 92 | 54 | |
Colby | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 47 | 36 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 75 | 61 | |
Trinity * | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 65 | 35 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 123 | 58 | |
Williams | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 57 | 49 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 78 | 67 | |
Amherst | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 44 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 73 | 49 | |
Tufts | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 43 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 59 | 60 | |
Wesleyan | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 46 | 49 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 80 | 65 | |
Bowdoin | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 50 | 65 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 79 | 93 | |
Connecticut College | 18 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 56 | 23 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 49 | 74 | |
Middlebury | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 66 | 24 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 44 | 86 | |
Championship: March 5, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
North | ||||||||||||||
St. Norbert * | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 78 | 31 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 109 | 48 | |
St. Scholastica | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 69 | 66 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 84 | 82 | |
Northland | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 69 | 72 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 84 | 96 | |
Lawrence | 20 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 61 | 25 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 59 | 85 | |
Finlandia | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 99 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 30 | 125 | |
South | ||||||||||||||
Adrian † | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 99 | 39 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 130 | 67 | |
Marian | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 64 | 56 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 88 | 79 | |
Lake Forest | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 70 | 57 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 93 | 70 | |
MSOE | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 59 | 56 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 76 | 70 | |
Concordia (WI) | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 56 | 60 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 72 | 74 | |
Aurora | 20 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 79 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 43 | 107 | |
Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Oswego State † | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 77 | 32 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 129 | 55 | |
Plattsburgh State * | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 54 | 51 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 95 | 92 | |
Geneseo State | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 71 | 42 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 125 | 76 | |
Buffalo State | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 45 | 41 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 92 | 63 | |
Fredonia State | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 50 | 49 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 109 | 73 | |
Brockport State | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 59 | 68 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 86 | 100 | |
Cortland State | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 60 | 74 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 94 | 106 | |
Morrisville State | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 63 | 79 | 25 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 88 | 119 | |
Potsdam State | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 74 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 61 | 102 | |
Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Wisconsin–Stevens Point †* | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 35 | 15 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 126 | 72 | |
Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 16 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 103 | 61 | |
Wisconsin–River Falls | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 64 | 61 | |
Wisconsin–Stout | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 76 | 91 | |
Wisconsin–Superior | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 29 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 76 | 105 | |
Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings
2017 NCAA Tournament
First Round March 11 | Quarterfinals March 18 | Semifinals March 24 | National Championship March 25 | ||||||||||||||||
W2 | Adrian | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | Adrian | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Norwich (1) | 5* | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Norwich (1) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E8 | Salem State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Norwich (1) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | Hamilton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | Oswego State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | Hamilton | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Norwich (1) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Trinity | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | St. Norbert | 4* | |||||||||||||||||
W4 | Augsburg | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | St. Norbert | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Trinity | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Hobart | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E7 | Endicott | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E7 | Endicott | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Trinity | 2** | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Trinity | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E6 | Plattsburgh State | 1 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
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