2013 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

The 2013 NCAA Division Men's III Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2012–13 season, the 30th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Wisconsin–Eau Claire defeating Oswego State in the championship game 5–3. 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.

2013 NCAA Division III men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams11
Finals site
ChampionsWisconsin–Eau Claire Blugolds (1st title)
Runner-upOswego State Lakers (5th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMatt Loen (1st title)
MOPJordan Singer (Wisconsin–Eau Claire)
Attendance11,321

Qualifying teams

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The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of eight different conferences. Three at-large bids were available for the highest-ranked non-conference tournament champions (overall seed in parentheses).

East West
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid
1 Norwich (2) ECAC East 23–3–1 At–Large 14th 2012 1 St. Norbert (1) NCHA 23–5–1 Tournament Champion 14th 2012
2 Utica (4) ECAC West 20–5–1 At–Large 1st Never 2 Adrian (3) MCHA 23–1–3 Tournament Champion 3rd 2011
3 Oswego State SUNYAC 23–4–0 Tournament Champion 12th 2012 3 Wisconsin–Eau Claire NCHA 20–5–2 At–Large 2nd 1989
4 Bowdoin NESCAC 22–3–2 Tournament Champion 5th 2011 4 Saint John's MIAC 16–7–4 Tournament Champion 6th 2005
5 Babson ECAC East 17–6–5 Tournament Champion 13th 2009
6 Wentworth ECAC Northeast 16–8–3 Tournament Champion 6th 2012
7 Massachusetts–Dartmouth MASCAC 12–7–7 Tournament Champion 4th 2008

Format

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The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. The top four ranked teams received byes into the quarterfinal round and were arranged so that were they all to reach the national semifinal the first seed would play the fourth seed and the second seed would play the third seed.

Because the top four ranked teams were split evenly between eastern and western teams these teams were automatically advanced into the Quarterfinal round. The remaining two western teams were placed in the dame First Round game with the winner advancing to play the top western seed. The bottom four eastern teams were arranged as follows; the fourth eastern seed would play the seventh eastern seed with the winner advancing to play the second eastern seed while the fifth eastern seed would play the sixth eastern seed with the winner advancing to play the top eastern seed.

The remaining team, the third eastern seed, received a bye into the quarterfinal to play the second western seed.

In the First Round and Quarterfinals the higher-seeded or ranked team served as host.

Tournament Bracket

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First Round
March 6
Quarterfinals
March 9
Semifinals
March 15
National Championship
March 16
E1 Norwich (2) 4
E5 Babson 6 E5 Babson 0
E6 Wentworth 1 E1 Norwich (2) 3
E3 Oswego State 6
W2 Adrian (3) 2
E3 Oswego State 3
E3 Oswego State 3
W3 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 5
W1 St. Norbert (1) 1
W3 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 4 W3 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 3
W4 Saint John's 2 W3 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 5
E2 Utica (4) 1
E2 Utica (4) 4
E4 Bowdoin 5 E4 Bowdoin 2
E7 Massachusetts–Dartmouth 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

  • G: Brandon Stephenson (Wisconsin–Eau Claire)
  • D: Drew Darwitz (Wisconsin–Eau Claire)
  • D: Bobby Gertsakis (Oswego State)
  • F: Jordan Singer* (Wisconsin–Eau Claire)
  • F: Kurt Weston (Wisconsin–Eau Claire)
  • F: Chris Muise (Oswego State)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

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Conference # of Bids Record Win % Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
NCHA 2 4–1 .800 1 1 1
ECAC East 2 2–2 .500 1 - -
SUNYAC 1 2–1 .667 1 1 -
ECAC West 1 1–1 .500 1 - -
NESCAC 1 1–1 .500 - - -
MIAC 1 0–1 .000 - - -
ECAC Northeast 1 0–1 .000 - - -
MCHA 1 0–1 .000 - - -
MASCAC 1 0–1 .000 - - -

References

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