2007 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2007 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2006–07 season, the 24th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Oswego State defeating Middlebury in the championship game 4-3 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Wessman Arena in Superior, Wisconsin.
| Teams | 10 |
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| Finals site |
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| Champions | Oswego State Lakers (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Middlebury Panthers (9th title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Ed Gosek (1st title) |
| MOP | , |
| Attendance | 12,087 |
Qualifying teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences. One at-large bid was available for the best non-conference champion for each region with one additional at-large bid for the best remaining team regardless of region.
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| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth Type | Appearance | Last Bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth Type | Appearance | Last Bid |
| 1 | Massachusetts–Dartmouth | ECAC Northeast | 25–2–1 | Tournament Champion | 2nd | 2006 | 1 | St. Norbert | NCHA | 24–3–2 | Tournament Champion | 9th | 2006 |
| 2 | Manhattanville | ECAC West | 20–1–5 | Tournament Champion | 3rd | 2006 | 2 | Wisconsin–River Falls | NCHA | 21–5–2 | At–Large | 11th | 2004 |
| 3 | Oswego State | SUNYAC | 20–3–3 | At–Large | 8th | 2003 | 3 | Bethel | MIAC | 17–9–1 | Tournament Champion | 1st | Never |
| 4 | Norwich | ECAC East | 20–7–0 | At–Large | 9th | 2006 | |||||||
| 5 | Babson | ECAC East | 18–9–1 | Tournament Champion | 11th | 1993 | |||||||
| 6 | Middlebury | NESCAC | 17–7–3 | Tournament Champion | 13th | 2006 | |||||||
| 7 | Fredonia State | SUNYAC | 15–9–4 | Tournament Champion | 3rd | 1995 | |||||||
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. The two lowest-seeded eastern teams played a first round game while the remaining five teams received byes into Quarterfinal round. The top-seeded eastern team played the winner of the eastern first round game. For the western quarterfinal, the top-ranked team awaited the winner of a first round game between the lower-ranked teams. The higher-seeded team served as host for each game of the first round and quarterfinals.
Tournament Bracket
| First Round March 7 |
Quarterfinals March 10 |
Semifinals March 17 |
National Championship March 18 | |||||||||||||||
| W1 | St. Norbert | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Bethel | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Wisconsin–River Falls | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Bethel | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | St. Norbert | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Oswego State | 4* | ||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Oswego State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Norwich | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Oswego State | 4* | ||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Middlebury | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Manhattanville | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Babson | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Manhattanville | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Middlebury | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Middlebury | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| E7 | Fredonia State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Massachusetts–Dartmouth | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Middlebury | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Record by conference
| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
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| SUNYAC | 2 | 3–1 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| NCHA | 2 | 1–2 | .333 | 1 | - | - |
| ECAC East | 2 | 0–2 | .000 | - | - | - |
| NESCAC | 1 | 3–1 | .750 | 1 | 1 | - |
| MIAC | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | - | - | - |
| ECAC West | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | - | - |
| ECAC Northeast | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | - | - | - |