2004 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2004 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2003–04 season, the 21st such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Middlebury defeating St. Norbert in the championship game 1-0 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Norwich, Vermont.

2004 NCAA Men's Division III
Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams9
Finals site
ChampionsMiddlebury Panthers (6th title)
Runner-upSt. Norbert Green Knights (1st title game)
Semifinalists
  • Norwich Cadets (6th Frozen Four)
  • Plattsburgh State Cardinals (9th Frozen Four)
Winning coachBill Beaney (6th title)
MOP,
Attendance13,490

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
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth TypeAppearanceLast BidSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth TypeAppearanceLast Bid
1 Norwich ECAC East 23–3–0 Tournament Champion 7th 2003 1 St. Norbert NCHA 25–2–2 Tournament Champion 6th 2003
2 Middlebury NESCAC 24–3–0 Tournament Champion 10th 2003 2 Wisconsin–River Falls NCHA 20–5–4 At–Large 10th 2003
3 Plattsburgh State SUNYAC 22–4–3 Tournament Champion 12th 2002 3 St. Thomas MIAC 17–7–3 Tournament Champion 11th 2002
4 Curry ECAC Northeast 24–3–1 At–Large 1st Never
5 Wentworth ECAC Northeast 16–8–4 Tournament Champion 4th 2003
6 Hobart ECAC West 15–7–5 Tournament Champion 1st Never

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 10		 Quarterfinals
March 13		 Semifinals
March 19		 National Championship
March 20
                                     
  W1 St. Norbert 3  
  W2 Wisconsin–River Falls 0  
W2 Wisconsin–River Falls 3*  
W3 St. Thomas 2
  W1 St. Norbert 4  
  E3 Plattsburgh State 1  
E3 Plattsburgh State 5*
E4 Curry 4  
  W1 St. Norbert 0
  E2 Middlebury 1*
E2 Middlebury 9  
E5 Wentworth 1  
  E2 Middlebury 3**
  E1 Norwich 2  
E1 Norwich 9
E6 Hobart 5  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Record by conference
Conference # of Bids Record Win % Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
NCHA 2 3–2 .600 1 1 -
MIAC 2 0–2 .000 - - -
NESCAC 1 3–0 1.000 1 1 1
ECAC East 1 1–1 .500 1 - -
SUNYAC 1 1–1 .500 1 - -
ECAC West 1 0–1 .000 - - -
ECAC Northeast 1 0–1 .000 - - -

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