2003 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2003 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2002–03 season, the 20th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Norwich defeating Oswego State in the championship game 2-1. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Norwich, Vermont.

2003 NCAA Men's Division III
Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams9
Finals site
ChampionsNorwich Cadets (2nd title)
Runner-upOswego State Lakers (2nd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMike McShane (2nd title)
MOP,
Attendance12,609

Qualifying teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences with one at-large bid for the best remaining team from each region.

East West
SchoolConferenceRecordBerth TypeAppearanceLast BidSchoolConferenceRecordBerth TypeAppearanceLast Bid
Elmira ECAC West 18–7–2 Tournament Champion 9th 1997 Saint John's MIAC 20–6–1 Tournament Champion 4th 2001
Middlebury NESCAC 21–4–2 At–Large 9th 2002 St. Norbert NCHA 26–1–2 Tournament Champion 5th 2002
Norwich ECAC East 24–3–0 Tournament Champion 6th 2002 Wisconsin–River Falls NCHA 22–6–1 At–Large 9th 2001
Oswego State SUNYAC 23–6–1 Tournament Champion 7th 1998
Trinity NESCAC 19–5–2 Tournament Champion 1st Never
Wentworth ECAC Northeast 21–4–3 Tournament Champion 3rd 2002

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. For the three eastern Quarterfinals the teams were seeded according to their rankings with the top three teams serving as hosts. For the western quarterfinal, the top-ranked team awaited the winner of a play-in game between the lower-ranked teams.

Tournament Bracket

  First Round
March 12
Quarterfinals
March 15
Semifinals
March 21
National Championship
March 22
                                     
  W1 St. Norbert 5  
  W2 Wisconsin–River Falls 2  
W2 Wisconsin–River Falls 2  
W3 Saint John's 0
  St. Norbert 3  
  Norwich 6  
Norwich 6
Trinity 4  
  Norwich 2
  Oswego State 1
Middlebury 5  
Elmira 1  
  Middlebury 0
  Oswego State 6  
Oswego State 4
Wentworth 3  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Record by conference

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
NCHA 2 2–2 .500 1 - -
NESCAC 2 1–2 .333 1 - -
ECAC East 1 3–0 1.000 1 1 1
SUNYAC 1 2–1 .667 1 1 -
ECAC West 1 0–1 .000 - - -
ECAC Northeast 1 0–1 .000 - - -
MIAC 1 0–1 .000 - - -

References

    • "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
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