1994 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 1994 men's Division III 8 Wessman Arena Superior, Wisconsin Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons 2nd 3rd 3rd Wisconsin–Superior 1st 2nd Salem State Vikings 2nd Fredonia State Blue Devils 1st Dean Talafous 1st not awarded 10,448 The 1994 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1993–94 season, the 11th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Wisconsin-River Falls defeating Wisconsin-Superior in the championship game 6-4. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Superior, Wisconsin. The NESCAC allowed its teams to play in national tournament for the first time. However, as part of the conference rule changes, such teams could only play in one postseason tournament. As a result, Williams, who won the ECAC East championship, elected not to play in their conference tournament in the hope that they would receive a bid to the NCAA tournament. Williams would ultimately not be chosen for the tournament. Qualifying teams The following teams qualified for the tournament. There were no automatic bids, however, conference tournament champions were given preferential consideration. 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 Elmira ECAC West 21–5–1 At-Large 7th 1993 St. Thomas MIAC 19–4–4 Tournament Champion 7th 1992 Fredonia State SUNYAC 23–0–3 Tournament Champion 1st Never Wisconsin–River Falls NCHA 17–8–4 At-Large 4th 1993 RIT ECAC West 20–7–1 Tournament Champion 5th 1989 Wisconsin–Stevens Point NCHA 17–7–3 At-Large 7th 1993 Salem State ECAC East 22–4–2 Tournament Champion 5th 1993 Wisconsin–Superior NCHA 21–5–3 Tournament Champion 3rd 1993 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 QuarterfinalsMarch 11–12 SemifinalsMarch 18 National ChampionshipMarch 19 Third Place Game 170 Fredonia State 3 7 - RIT 3 0 - Wisconsin–River Falls 4 4 - Wisconsin–Stevens Point 2 3 - Salem State 6 4 - Elmira 4 4 - Wisconsin–Superior 3 5 - St. Thomas 3 1 - Fredonia State 3 Wisconsin–River Falls 4 Salem State 2 Wisconsin–Superior 3* Wisconsin–River Falls 6 Wisconsin–Superior 4 Fredonia State 7 Salem State 4 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions NCHA 3 6–3–1 6 3 1 2 2 1 ECAC East 1 1–2–1 1 2 1 1 - - ECAC West 2 0–2–2 0 2 2 - - - SUNYAC 1 2–1–1 2 1 1 1 - - MIAC 1 0–1–1 0 1 1 - - - 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 live https://web.archive.org/web/20190306045300/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_ice_hockey_champs_records/2018/D3.pdf 2019-03-06 External links Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book Category:NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament