2001 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

The 2001 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2000–01 season, the 18th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Plattsburgh State defeating RIT in the championship game 6-2. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Rochester, New York.

2001 NCAA Division III men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsPlattsburgh State Cardinals (2nd title)
Runner-upRIT Tigers (5th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachBob Emery (2nd title)
Attendance17,675

Qualifying teams

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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. No formal seeding was used while quarterfinal matches were arranged so that the road teams would have the shortest possible travel distances.

East West
School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid
Lebanon Valley ECAC Northeast 18–7–2 Tournament Champion 1st Never Saint John's MIAC 15–10–4 Tournament Champion 3rd 1997
Middlebury NESCAC 23–2–1 Tournament Champion 7th 2000 Wisconsin–River Falls NCHA 21–8–2 At-Large 8th 1998
New England College ECAC East 20–8–0 Tournament Champion 2nd 1984 Wisconsin–Superior NCHA 27–3–1 Tournament Champion 9th 2000
Plattsburgh State SUNYAC 25–5–0 Tournament Champion 10th 2000
RIT ECAC West 24–0–1 Tournament Champion 11th 2000

Format

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The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the Quarterfinals, teams played a two-game series where the first team to reach 3 points was declared a winner (2 points for winning a game, 1 point each for tying). If both teams ended up with 2 points after the first two games a 20-minute mini-game used to determine a winner. 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.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship
           
RIT 8 10 -
Lebanon Valley 1 2 -
RIT 5
Wisconsin–River Falls 2
Wisconsin–River Falls 8 2 -
New England College 1 1 -
RIT 2
Plattsburgh State 6
Wisconsin–Superior 5 4 -
Saint John's 4 0 -
Wisconsin–Superior 3 Third Place Game
Plattsburgh State 5
Plattsburgh State 3 5 - Wisconsin–River Falls 1
Middlebury 1 2 - Wisconsin–Superior 3

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

Record by conference

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Conference # of Bids Record Win % Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
NCHA 2 5–3–0 .625 2 - -
SUNYAC 1 4–0–0 1.000 1 1 1
ECAC West 1 3–1–0 .750 1 1 -
NESCAC 1 0–2–0 .000 - - -
ECAC East 1 0–2–0 .000 - - -
ECAC Northeast 1 0–2–0 .000 - - -
MIAC 1 0–2–0 .000 - - -

References

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