2005 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 2005 men's Division III 9 Kenyon Arena Middlebury, Vermont Middlebury Panthers 7th 7th 9th St. Thomas Tommies 2nd 2nd Trinity Bantams 1st New England College Pilgrims 1st Bill Beaney 7th not awarded 11,905 The 2005 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2004–05 season, the 22nd such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Middlebury defeating St. Thomas in the championship game 5-0. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Middlebury, Vermont. 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 Bid1 Manhattanville ECAC West 20–4–1 Tournament Champion 1st Never1 St. Norbert NCHA 24–2–3 Tournament Champion 7th 20042 Middlebury NESCAC 20–4–3 Tournament Champion 11th 20042 Saint John's MIAC 23–2–2 At–Large 5th 20033 Geneseo State SUNYAC 18–6–4 Tournament Champion 2nd 19903 St. Thomas MIAC 17–5–5 Tournament Champion 12th 20044 Trinity NESCAC 20–3–2 At–Large 2nd 20035 Curry ECAC Northeast 19–5–3 Tournament Champion 2nd 20046 New England College ECAC East 17–11–0 Tournament Champion 3rd 2001 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. Tournament bracket First RoundMarch 9 QuarterfinalsMarch 12 SemifinalsMarch 18 National ChampionshipMarch 19 160 W2 Saint John's 1 W3 St. Thomas 4 W1 St. Norbert 2 W3 St. Thomas 3 E3 Geneseo State 0 E4 Trinity 4 E2 Middlebury 6 E5 Curry 0 E1 Manhattanville 2 E6 New England College 4 W3 St. Thomas 4 E4 Trinity 1 E2 Middlebury 5 E6 New England College 2 W3 St. Thomas 0 E2 Middlebury 5 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) First round (W2) Saint John's vs. (W3) Saint John’s Saint John's St. Thomas National Hockey Center March 1 – 4 2 No scoring Dan Krmpotich (19) – 00:52 No scoring Dan Krmpotich (20) – 10:08 16:57 – Mike Hanke (7) Anthony Blumer (13) – 00:24Colin Greenlees (6) – 16:03 Adam Hanna (42 saves / 46 shots) Zach Sikich (30 saves / 31 shots) Quarterfinals (W1) St. Norbert vs. (W3) St. Thomas St. Norbert St. Thomas Cornerstone Community Center March 12 2 – 3 2 No scoring Brandon Wilcox (14) – 14:54 16:58 – pp – Jason Deitsch (15) Ryan Hoehn (10) – 04:31Kevin Rollwagen (7) – 07:17 00:33 – Jason Deitsch (16) No scoring Kyle Jones (21 saves / 24 shots) Zach Sikich (40 saves / 42 shots) (E3) Geneseo State vs. (E4) Trinity Geneseo State Trinity Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena March 12 0 – 4 2 No scoring Thomas Wenstrom (4) – 10:48 No scoring No scoring No scoring Bryan Crabtree (11) – pp – 00:06 Richard Masucci (3) – 16:00 Bryan Crabtree (12) – en – 19:07 Brett Walker (31 saves / 34 shots) Douglas Kisielius (32 saves / 32 shots) (E2) Middlebury vs. (E5) Curry Middlebury Curry Canton Ice House March 12 6 – 0 2 11:37 – Jocko DeCarolis (5) No scoring 11:51 – Eric LaFreniere (5)12:46 – pp – Brett Shirreffs (1)13:44 – pp – Levi Doria (2) No scoring 03:01 – Robert MacIntyre (5)17:06 – Samuel Driver (2) No scoring Ross Cherry (29 saves / 29 shots) Lenny Mosca (27 saves / 31 shots)Michael Ronan (11 saves / 11 shots) Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions NESCAC 2 4–1 4 1 2 1 1 MIAC 2 3–2 3 2 1 1 - ECAC East 1 1–1 1 1 1 - - NCHA 1 0–1 0 1 - - - SUNYAC 1 0–1 0 1 - - - ECAC West 1 0–1 0 1 - - - ECAC Northeast 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 2005 sports events in the United States Category:2005 in sports in Vermont