2008 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

Collegiate ice hockey tournament
2008 NCAA Division III men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams10
Finals site
ChampionsSt. Norbert Green Knights (1st title)
Runner-upPlattsburgh State Cardinals (4th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachTim Coghlin (1st title)
Attendance15,842

The 2008 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2007–08 season, the 25th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with St. Norbert defeating Plattsburgh State in the championship game 2-0. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York.

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.

EastWest
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth TypeAppearanceLast BidSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth TypeAppearanceLast Bid
1ElmiraECAC West19–3–5Tournament Champion11th20061St. NorbertNCHA24–1–4Tournament Champion10th2007
2Plattsburgh StateSUNYAC23–4–0Tournament Champion13th20042St. ThomasMIAC19–6–2Tournament Champion13th2005
3NorwichECAC East22–6–0Tournament Champion10th20073Wisconsin–StoutNCHA18–8–3At–Large1stNever
4ManhattanvilleECAC West18–6–3At–Large4th2007
5HobartECAC West18–7–2At–Large3rd2006
6Massachusetts–DartmouthECAC Northeast18–8–1Tournament Champion3rd2007
7TrinityNESCAC15–10–2Tournament Champion3rd2005

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 12
Quarterfinals
March 15
Semifinals
March 22
National Championship
March 23
W1St. Norbert2*
W2St. Thomas4W2St. Thomas1
W3Wisconsin–Stout1W1St. Norbert3
E3Norwich0
E3Norwich3
E4Manhattanville0
W1St. Norbert2
E2Plattsburgh State0
E1Elmira6
E6Massachusetts–Dartmouth3E7Trinity1
E7Trinity7E1Elmira1
E2Plattsburgh State6
E2Plattsburgh State5
E5Hobart2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions
ECAC West31–3.2501--
NCHA23–1.750111
SUNYAC12–1.66711-
ECAC East11–1.5001--
NESCAC11–1.500---
MIAC11–1.500---
ECAC Northeast10–1.000---

References

  • "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
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