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Collegiate ice hockey tournament

2017 NCAA Division III men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	12
Finals site	Utica Memorial Auditorium Utica, New York
Champions	Norwich Cadets (4th title)
Runner-up	Trinity Bantams (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Adrian Bulldogs (3rd Frozen Four) St. Norbert Green Knights (11th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Mike McShane (4th title)
MOP	William Pelletier (Norwich)
Attendance	12,000
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The 2017 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2016–17 season, the 34th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Norwich defeating Trinity in the championship game 4-1. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York.

Qualifying teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of eight different conferences. Four at-large bids were available for the highest-ranked non-automatic qualifiers (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 (1)	NEHC	23–1–3	Tournament Champion	17th	2015	1	St. Norbert	NCHA	21–5–1	Tournament Champion	17th	2016
2	Hobart	ECAC West	20–4–4	Tournament Champion	7th	2016	2	Adrian	NCHA	19–6–2	At–Large	7th	2016
3	Trinity	NESCAC	18–6–3	Tournament Champion	6th	2016	3	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	WIAC	21–4–3	At–Large	13th	2016
4	Oswego State	SUNYAC	21–5–1	At–Large	15th	2015	4	Augsburg	MIAC	17–4–6	Tournament Champion	4th	2016
5	Hamilton	NESCAC	19–4–4	At–Large	1st	Never
6	Plattsburgh State	SUNYAC	17–9–1	Tournament Champion	19th	2015
7	Endicott	CCC	23–3–2	Tournament Champion	1st	Never
8	Salem State	MASCAC	15–9–3	Tournament Champion	9th	2016

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination.

Because at least four western teams qualified, the tournament was arranged so that there were two eastern and two western quarterfinal brackets. The top two teams from each region were placed in separate quarterfinal brackets and then arranged so that were all to reach the semifinals the top western seed would play the second eastern seed and vice versa.

Since four western teams and eight eastern teams qualified for the tournament all western teams received byes into the quarterfinal round while all eastern teams began in the First Round. The eastern teams were arranged so that the first seed would play the eighth seed, the second seed would play the seventh seed, the third seed would play the sixth seed and the fourth seed would play the fifth seed.

The winner between the fourth- and fifth-seeded eastern teams would play the victor of the first- and eighth-seeded match while the winner between the third- and sixth-seeded eastern teams would play the victor of the second- and seventh-seeded match.

The western teams were arranged so that the first seeded team would play the fourth seeded team while the second seeded team would play the third seeded team.

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

Tournament Bracket

First Round
March 11

Quarterfinals
March 18

Semifinals
March 24

National Championship
March 25

Adrian

Wisconsin–Stevens Point

Adrian

Norwich (1)

Salem State

Norwich (1)

Hamilton

Oswego State

Hamilton

Norwich (1)

Trinity

St. Norbert

Augsburg

St. Norbert

Trinity

Hobart

Endicott

Endicott

Trinity

2**

Trinity

Plattsburgh State

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

March 11, 2017
7:00 PM

(E1) Norwich

3 – 1
(1–0, 0–0, 2–1)

(E8) Salem State

Kreitzberg Arena – Northfield, Vermont
Attendance: 1,706

Braeden Ostepchuk

Goalies

Jason Pucciarelli

(Smith, Pelletier) Tyler Piacentini (15) – PP – 04:12	1–0
(Lewis, Surowiec) Christian Thompson (3) – 48:36	2–0
(Flaherty, Pichette) Payton Baldillez (4) – 54:04	3–0
	3–1	58:47 – Casey Miller (7) (Cook)

4 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

March 11, 2017
7:00 PM

(E4) Oswego State

1 – 3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

(E5) Hamilton

Campus Center Ice Arena – Oswego, New York
Attendance: 1,836

David Jacobson

Goalies

Evan Buitenhuis

Referees:
Joe Carrusone
Curt Peterson
Linesmen:
Jordan Patarino
Rick Lembo

	0–1	09:30 – Robbie Murden (6)
	0–2	32:54 – PP – Robbie Murden (7) (Morrison, Lamberti)
(Hulshof, Neil) Chris MacMillan (2) – 53:13	1–2
	1–3	58:55 – Jonathan Stickel (3) (Conway, Morrison)

6 min

Penalties

0 min

Shots

March 11, 2017
7:00 PM

(E2) Hobart

3 – 4
(0–1, 3–2, 0–1)

(E7) Endicott

Geneva Recreation Complex – Geneva, New York
Attendance: 355

Frank Oplinger

Goalies

Kevin Aldridge

Referees:
Derek Sylvester
Kasey Terreri
Linesmen:
Matt Terreri
Fraser McIntyre]

	0–1	14:35 – Frankie Spellman (1) (Musil, Horwitz)
	0–2	24:04 – Tommy Besinger (18) (Bleck)
	0–3	32:08 – Jason Kalinowski (13) (Heidkamp)
(Sokol) Nick Bingaman (19) – 24:04	1–3
(Ťoupal, MacDougall) Bo Webster (5) – 37:28	2–3
(Shaw) Tyler Wolf (2) – 38:27	3–3
	3–4	50:50 – Jason Kalinowski (14) (Day, Bleck)

2 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

March 11, 2017
7:00 PM

(E3) Trinity

4 – 1
(2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

(E6) Plattsburgh State

Koeppel Community Sports Center – Hartford, Connecticut
Attendance: 450

Alex Morin

Goalies

Brady Rouleau

Referees:
Joel Dupree
Mike Pleau
Linesmen:
Mike St. Lawrence
David St. Lawrence

(Cole, Whitney) Sean Orlando (16) – PP – 01:16
(Whitney, Johnson) Sean Orlando (17) – 12:46
(Holdaway, Martin) Brandon Cole (7) – 27:14
Brandon Cole (8) – EN – 59:51

Goals

23:31 – Joe Drabin (12) (Owens)

8 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

Quarterfinals

March 18, 2017
7:00 PM

(W2) Adrian

6 – 3
(2–1, 1–2, 3–0)

(W3) Wisconsin–Stevens Point

K.B. Willett Ice Arena – Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,281

Kevin Entmaa

Goalies

Max Milosek
P.J. Bridges

Referees:
Joshua Hatinger
Dave Marcotte
Linesmen:
Joe Oberg
Taylor Vichorek

(Armour, Colatarci) Trevor Boyd (17) – PP – 06:44	1–0
	1–1	07:39 – Logan Fredericks (8) (Karty, Nong-Lambert)
(Brothers, McCloy) Mathew Thompson (5) – PP – 19:41	2–1
(Armour, Boyd) Dino Balsamo (2) – PP – 26:28	3–1
	3–2	34:58 – PP – Tanner Karty (10) (Nong-Lambert, Davis)
	3–3	39:40 – Kyle Sharkey (9) (Cornellier, Barber)
Trevor Boyd (18) – 46:18	4–3
(Brothers, Armour) Cory Dunn (9) – PP – 49:50	5–3
(Dunn) Austin Hervey (8) – EN – 58:13	6–3

16 min

Penalties

21 min

Shots

All-Tournament Team

G: Ty Reichenbach (Norwich)
D: Jake Erickson (Norwich)
D: Joey Colatarci (Adrian)
F: Ryan Cole (Trinity)
F: William Pelletier* (Norwich)
F: Tyler Whitney (Trinity)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
NESCAC	2	4–2	.667	1	1	-
NCHA	2	2–2	.500	2	-	-
SUNYAC	2	0–2	.000	-	-	-
NEHC	1	4–0	1.000	1	1	1
CCC	1	1–1	.500	-	-	-
WIAC	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-
ECAC West	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-
MIAC	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-
MASCAC	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-

References

"Division III Men's Ice Hockey 2017". NCAA. Retrieved February 15, 2020.

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

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