2001 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 2001 men's Division III 8 Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Rochester, New York Plattsburgh State Cardinals 2nd 3rd 7th RIT Tigers 5th 7th Wisconsin–Superior Yellowjackets 8th Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons 6th Bob Emery 2nd not awarded 17,675 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. Qualifying teams 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 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 3/1/1 Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship Third Place Game RIT 8 10 - Lebanon Valley 1 2 - Wisconsin–River Falls 8 2 - New England College 1 1 - Wisconsin–Superior 5 4 - Saint John's 4 0 - Plattsburgh State 3 5 - Middlebury 1 2 - RIT 5 Wisconsin–River Falls 2 Wisconsin–Superior 3 Plattsburgh State 5 RIT 2 Plattsburgh State 6 Wisconsin–River Falls 1 Wisconsin–Superior 3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions NCHA 2 5–3–0 5 3 0 2 - - SUNYAC 1 4–0–0 4 0 0 1 1 1 ECAC West 1 3–1–0 3 1 0 1 1 - NESCAC 1 0–2–0 0 2 0 - - - ECAC East 1 0–2–0 0 2 0 - - - ECAC Northeast 1 0–2–0 0 2 0 - - - MIAC 1 0–2–0 0 2 0 - - - References 50em 2 Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book NCAA http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_ice_hockey_champs_records/2018/D3.pdf 2019-03-04 External links Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book Category:NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament