1983 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1983 NCAA Men's Division II Ice Hockey Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college ice hockey. A total of 12 games were played, hosted by the University of Lowell.
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Finals site | |
| Champions | RIT Tigers (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Bemidji State Beavers (1st title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Brian Mason (1st title) |
| MOP | Dave Burkholder, (RIT) |
| Attendance | 12,280 |
RIT, coached by Brian Mason, won the national title with a 4-2 victory in the final game over Bemidji State.
Dave Burkholder, of RIT, was named the Most Outstanding Player and Mike Carr, of the University of Lowell, was the high scorer of the tournament with ten points (4 goals, 6 assists).
Qualifying teams
After the majority of NAIA schools switched to the NCAA the number of western teams vying for a tournament berth ballooned and as a result the Western Regional tournament was restarted. It is not considered as part of the NCAA tournament but is displayed here for reference.
Western Regional Tournament
| Regional Quarterfinals | Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||||||
| Mankato State | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Lake Forest | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Mankato State | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Gustavus Adolphus | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Gustavus Adolphus | 6* | |||||||||||||
| Augsburg | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mankato State | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Bemidji State | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Bemidji State | 5 | |||||||||||||
| St. Olaf | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Bemidji State | 3 | |||||||||||||
| St. Thomas | 2 | |||||||||||||
| St. Thomas | ||||||||||||||
National Tournament Teams
| East Region | West Region | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Team | Record | Last Bid | Seed | Team | Record | Last Bid |
| 1 | Lowell | 26–1–0 | 1982 | 1 | Bemidji State | 28–4–1 | Never |
| 2 | Babson | 21–5–1 | 1982 | 2 | Mankato State | 25–9–1 | 1982 |
| 3 | Norwich | 16–9–0 | Never | 3 | RIT | 20–8–0 | Never |
| 4 | Oswego State | 24–6–1 | 1982 | 4 | Gustavus Adolphus | 20–8–0 | 1982 |
Tournament Bracket
The quarter-finals were two-game total-goals series played at the campus of the higher seed. The semi-finals and finals were single elimination games.
| Quarterfinals March 11–12 |
Semifinals March 17–18 |
National Championship March 19 | ||||||||||
| Babson | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Norwich | 1 | 2* | 3 | |||||||||
| Babson | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bemidji State | 3 | |||||||||||
| Bemidji State | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| Gustavus Adolphus | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bemidji State | 2 | |||||||||||
| RIT | 4 | |||||||||||
| Lowell | 10 | 5 | 15 | |||||||||
| Oswego State | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| Lowell | 1 | Third place | ||||||||||
| RIT | 4 | |||||||||||
| Mankato State | 1 | 6 | 7 | Lowell | 5 | |||||||
| RIT | 6 | 3 | 9 | Babson | 3 | |||||||
All-Tournament Team
- G: Dave Burkholder (RIT)
- D: Mark Burgholzer (RIT)
- D: Tim Road (Bemidji State)
- F: Chris Johnstone (RIT)
- F: Chuck Samar (RIT)
- F: Paul Donato (Babson)
External links
- "NCAA Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 2016-04-14.