1987 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1987 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1986–87 season, the 4th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Plattsburgh State defeating Oswego State 8-3. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Plattsburgh, New York.

1987 NCAA Men's Division III
Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsPlattsburgh State Cardinals (vacated title)
Runner-upOswego State Lakers (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachSteve Hoar (vacated title)
MOPChris Panek, vacated
Attendance17,530

Plattsburgh State's tournament performance and national championship was later vacated due to NCAA violations.[1]

Qualifying teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament. There were no automatic bids, however, conference tournament champions were given preferential consideration. No formal seeding was used while quarterfinal matches were arranged so that the road teams would have the shortest possible travel distances.

East West
SchoolConferenceRecordBerth TypeAppearanceLast BidSchoolConferenceRecordBerth TypeAppearanceLast Bid
Babson ECAC East 19–7–1 At-Large 4th 1986 Bemidji State NCHA 20–10–1 At-Large 3rd 1986
Norwich ECAC East 15–11–1 At-Large 1st Never Concordia (MN) MIAC 17–12–1 Tournament Champion 1st Never
Oswego State ECAC West 22–10–0 At-Large 2nd 1984 St. Cloud State NCHA 23–8–1 Tournament Champion 1st Never
Plattsburgh State ECAC West 30–5–0 Tournament Champion (vacated) 1986
Salem State ECAC East 21–10–1 At-Large 2nd 1985

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the Quarterfinals, teams played a two-game series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals, with tied series decided by a 20-minute mini-game. Mini-game scores are in italics. Beginning with the Semifinals all games became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game. The teams were seeded according to geographic proximity in the quarterfinals so the visiting team would have the shortest feasible distance to travel.

Tournament Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 13–15
Semifinals
March 20
National Championship
March 21
                                 
Plattsburgh State 6 3 2*  
Norwich 2 4 1  
  Plattsburgh State 7  
  Bemidji State 4  
Bemidji State 3 8 -
Concordia (MN) 1 6 -  
  Plattsburgh State 8
  Oswego State 3
Oswego State 3 1 1  
Babson 2 2 0  
  Oswego State 5 Third Place Game
  St. Cloud State 2  
Salem State 8 2 1 Bemidji State 4
St. Cloud State 4 3* 2   St. Cloud State 6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Note: Mini-games in italics

All-Tournament Team

  • G: Craig Barnett (Plattsburgh State-vacated)
  • D: Chris Panek (Plattsburgh State-vacated)
  • D: Peter Wasserman (Oswego State)
  • F: Joey Ferras (Plattsburgh State-vacated)
  • F: Dave Piromalli (Plattsburgh State-vacated)
  • F: Rian Reed (St. Cloud State)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
ECAC East 3 3–3 .500 - - -
NCHA 2 4–4 .500 2 - -
ECAC West 1 2–2 .500 1 1 -
MIAC 1 0–2 .000 - - -

Plattsburgh State's record not included

References

  1. "Plattsburgh Gets Probation". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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