2003 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 2003 men's Division III 9 Kreitzberg Arena Northfield, Vermont Norwich Cadets 2nd 3rd 5th Oswego State Lakers 2nd 2nd Middlebury Panthers 7th St. Norbert Green Knights 1st Mike McShane 2nd not awarded 12,609 The 2003 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2002–03 season, the 20th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Norwich defeating Oswego State in the championship game 2–1. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Northfield, Vermont, where Norwich University coincidentally hosted the Frozen Four the year they won. 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 from each region. East West Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid 1 Middlebury (2) NESCAC 21–4–2 At–Large 9th 2002 1 St. Norbert (1) NCHA 26–1–2 Tournament Champion 5th 2002 2 Oswego State (3) SUNYAC 23–6–1 Tournament Champion 7th 1998 2 Wisconsin–River Falls NCHA 22–6–1 At–Large 9th 2001 3 Norwich (4) ECAC East 24–3–0 Tournament Champion 6th 2002 3 Saint John's MIAC 20–6–1 Tournament Champion 4th 2001 4 Trinity NESCAC 19–5–2 Tournament Champion 1st Never 5 Wentworth ECAC Northeast 21–4–3 Tournament Champion 3rd 2002 6 Elmira ECAC West 18–7–2 Tournament Champion 9th 1997 Format The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. For the three eastern Quarterfinals, the teams were seeded according to their rankings with the top three teams serving as hosts. For the western quarterfinal, the top-ranked team awaited the winner of a play-in game between the lower-ranked teams. The quarterfinal brackets were arranged so that were all higher-seeded teams to advance, the first overall seed would play the fourth overall seed in the semifinals. Tournament bracket y First RoundMarch 12 QuarterfinalsMarch 15 SemifinalsMarch 21 National ChampionshipMarch 22 150 W2 Wisconsin–River Falls 2 W3 Saint John's 0 W1 St. Norbert (1) 5 W2 Wisconsin–River Falls 2 E3 Norwich (4) 6 E4 Trinity 4 E1 Middlebury (2) 5 E6 Elmira 1 E2 Oswego State (3) 4 E5 Wentworth 3 W1 St. Norbert (1) 3 E3 Norwich (4) 6 E1 Middlebury (2) 0 E2 Oswego State (3) 6 E3 Norwich (4) 2 E2 Oswego State (3) 1 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) First round (W2) Wisconsin–River Falls vs. (W3) Saint John’s Wisconsin–River Falls Saint John's Hunt Arena March 12 2 – 0 1 No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring 14:15 – Nate Hansen (5) 19:36 – en – Marc-André Lalande (5) No scoring Jacque Vezina (31 saves / 31 shots) Rick Gregory (20 saves / 21 shots) Quarterfinals (W1) St. Norbert vs. (W2) Wisconsin–River Falls St. Norbert Wisconsin–River Falls Cornerstone Community Center March 15 5 – 2 1 10:03 – Michael Buchan (17) No scoring 05:43 – Connor Hughes (12) 08:37 – Kelly Wosnack (10) 12:05 – Terry Wilson (5) Aaron Degerness (11) – pp – 00:20 19:43 – en – Brant Kersey (6) Mike Salmela (4) – pp – 08:34 Chancy Colquhoun (16 saves / 18 shots) Jacque Vezina (22 saves / 26 shots) (E3) Norwich vs. (E4) Trinity Norwich Trinity Kreitzberg Arena March 15 5 – 4 1 No scoring Ryan Stevens (20) – 08:08 Joe Ori (17) – 14:39 08:37 – Jon Bokelmann (9) Cameron Finch (13) – 09:08 Steven LaBrie (13) – 17:10 03:01 – pp – Phil Aucoin (15) 06:49 – Matt Schmidt (22) 07:01 – Paul Mattucci (14) 13:54 – Dominick Dawes (5) No scoring Mike Boudreau (17 saves / 21 shots) Randy Hevey (8 saves / 8 shots) Douglas Kisielius (29 saves / 34 shots) (E1) Middlebury vs. (E6) Elmira Middlebury Elmira Kenyon Arena March 15 5 – 1 1 1 07:58 – Patrick Nugent (7) No scoring 17:58 – pp – Kevin Cooper (25) Pierre Rivard (14) – 08:25 00:37 – Patrick Nugent (8) 12:29 – Robert Chisholm (12) 15:51 – pp – Kevin Cooper (26) No scoring Yen-I Chen (27 saves / 28 shots) Greg Fargo (37 saves / 42 shots) (E2) Oswego State vs. (E5) Wentworth Oswego State Wentworth Golden Romney Fieldhouse March 15 4 – 3 1 1 00:51 – Mike Lukajic (31) 10:14 – Brady Crooks (3) Mike Prsa (8) – 02:01 Dave Zelasko (17) – pp – 13:12 14:25 – pp – John Hirliman (19) No scoring 19:08 – Rob Smith (17) Jayden Der (9) – 12:26 Tyson Gajda (31 saves / 34 shots) Jamie Vanek (34 saves / 38 shots) Semifinals (W1) St. Norbert vs. (E3) Norwich St. Norbert Norwich Kreitzberg Arena March 21 6 – 3 2 2 No scoring Lou DiMasi III (7) – pp – 08:24 01:35 – Mike Costley (9) 19:01 – Lenny Rampone (6) Kurtis McLean (25) – sh – 03:46 11:01 – pp – Māris Ziediņš (18) Phil Aucoin (16) – 00:31 Ed Boudreau (16) – 00:58 Aaron Lee (12) – 16:42 Marshall Lee (4) – en – 19:32 Chancy Colquhoun (27 saves / 32 shots) Mike Boudreau (24 saves / 27 shots) (E1) Middlebury vs. (E2) Oswego State Middlebury Oswego State Kreitzberg Arena March 21 0 – 6 1 2 No scoring Mike Lukajic (32) – 16:06 No scoring No scoring No scoring Gary Bowman (15) – 02:50 Mike Lukajic (33) – 09:43 Tim Thomas (3) – 10:35 Gary Bowman (16) – en – 14:12 Paul Perrier (2) – 14:49 Yen-I Chen (30 saves / 34 shots) Marc Scheuer (3 saves / 4 shots) Tyson Gajda (33 saves / 33 shots) National Championship (E2) Oswego State vs. (E3) Norwich Oswego State Norwich Kreitzberg Arena March 22 2 – 1 2 2 No scoring No scoring 18:04 – pp – John Hirliman (19) No scoring No scoring Aaron Lee (13) – 05:50 Toza Crnilovic (4) – 07:01 Tyson Gajda (34 saves / 36 shots) Mike Boudreau (21 saves / 22 shots) Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions NCHA 2 2–2 2 2 1 - - NESCAC 2 1–2 1 2 1 - - ECAC East 1 3–0 3 0 1 1 1 SUNYAC 1 2–1 2 1 1 1 - ECAC West 1 0–1 0 1 - - - ECAC Northeast 1 0–1 0 1 - - - MIAC 1 0–1 0 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 External links Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book Category:NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament Category:College ice hockey tournaments in Vermont Category:March 2003 sports events in the United States Category:2003 in sports in Vermont