2004 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

Hockey tournament August 2023 2004 men's Division III 9 Kreitzberg Arena Northfield, Vermont Middlebury Panthers 6th 6th 8th St. Norbert Green Knights 1st 2nd Norwich Cadets 6th Plattsburgh State Cardinals 9th Bill Beaney 6th not awarded 13,490 The 2004 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2003–04 season, the 21st such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Middlebury defeating St. Norbert in the championship game 1-0 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Northfield, 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 Norwich ECAC East 23–3–0 Tournament Champion 7th 20031 St. Norbert NCHA 25–2–2 Tournament Champion 6th 20032 Middlebury NESCAC 24–3–0 Tournament Champion 10th 20032 Wisconsin–River Falls NCHA 20–5–4 At–Large 10th 20033 Plattsburgh State SUNYAC 22–4–3 Tournament Champion 12th 20023 St. Thomas MIAC 17–7–3 Tournament Champion 11th 20024 Curry ECAC Northeast 24–3–1 At–Large 1st Never5 Wentworth ECAC Northeast 16–8–4 Tournament Champion 4th 20036 Hobart ECAC West 15–7–5 Tournament Champion 1st Never 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 y First RoundMarch 10 QuarterfinalsMarch 13 SemifinalsMarch 19 National ChampionshipMarch 20 150 W2 Wisconsin–River Falls 3* W3 St. Thomas 2 W1 St. Norbert 3 W2 Wisconsin–River Falls 0 E3 Plattsburgh State 5* E4 Curry 4 E2 Middlebury 9 E5 Wentworth 1 E1 Norwich 9 E6 Hobart 5 W1 St. Norbert 4 E3 Plattsburgh State 1 E2 Middlebury 3** E1 Norwich 2 W1 St. Norbert 0 E2 Middlebury 1* Note: * denotes overtime period(s) First round (W2) Wisconsin–River Falls vs. (W3) St. Thomas Wisconsin–River Falls St. Thomas Hunt Arena March 10 3 – 2 1 1 10:20 – Aaron Degerness (9) 11:15 – Murphy Dwyer (2) Colin Greenlees (5) – pp – 18:33 No scoring No scoring No scoring Dustin Lick (24) – 16:17 15:12 – Jim Murphy (15) No scoring Andrew Scanlon (31 saves / 33 shots) Zach Sikich (35 saves / 38 shots) Quarterfinals (W1) St. Norbert vs. (W3) Wisconsin–River Falls St. Norbert Wisconsin–River Falls Cornerstone Community Center March 13 3 – 0 1 No scoring No scoring 14:35 – Spencer Carbery (19) No scoring 03:27 – Connor Hughes (10) 18:44 – en – Faron Duthie (16) No scoring Chancy Colquhoun (28 saves / 28 shots) Andy Scanlon (28 saves / 30 shots) (E3) Plattsburgh State vs. (E4) Curry Plattsburgh State Curry Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena March 13 5 – 4 1 1 No scoring No scoring 05:51 – Joe Carpinone (5) 18:17 – pp – Paul Kelly (13) Chad Pillsbury (20) – pp – 14:02 12:33 – pp – Paul Kelly (14) 17:39 – Chad Kemp (13) Brian Doherty (25) – 04:00 Sean Pero (13) – 06:42 Chester Ferreira (10) – 19:42 18:09 – Paul Kelly (15) No scoring Craig Neilson (30 saves / 34 shots) Lenny Mosca (37 saves / 42 shots) (E2) Middlebury vs. (E5) Wentworth Middlebury Wentworth Chip Kenyon '85 Arena March 13 9 – 1 1 00:45 – Evgeny Saidachev (10) 14:59 – Darwin Hunt (7) 16:34 – Kevin Cooper (31) No scoring 13:17 – Adam Foote (14) 18:05 – Kevin Cooper (32) 18:34 – Patrick Nugent (12) No scoring 02:02 – Brian Phinney (12) 12:17 – pp – Kevin Cooper (33) 14:36 – pp – Patrick Nugent (13) Blayne Goodman (9) – pp – 11:03 Marc Scheuer (17 saves / 18 shots) Raj Bhangoo (30 saves / 36 shots) Bryce McFadden (13 saves / 16 shots) (E1) Norwich vs. (E6) Hobart Norwich Hobart Kreitzberg Arena March 13 9 – 5 1 01:36 – Andrew Senesi (2) 03:01 – Chris Fuss (1) 11:10 – pp – Paul Mattucci (15) 14:36 – Mario Chinelli (10) Craig Levey (17) – pp – 16:02 Tyler Dufour (6) – pp – 16:56 Lee Carrier (6) – sh – 19:20 No scoring Conor Bradley (3) – 14:19 03:56 – Kurtis McLean (33) 05:07 – pp – Lou DiMasi (6) 07:36 – Kurtis McLean (34) 12:50 – Kurtis McLean (35) 13:27 – Matt Schmidt (18) Adam Scott (2) – 03:28 Mike Boudreau (27 saves / 32 shots) Adam Lavelle (38 saves / 47 shots) Semifinals (W1) St. Norbert vs. (E3) Plattsburgh State St. Norbert Plattsburgh State Kreitzberg Arena March 19 4 – 1 1 No scoring Justin Rafferty (2) – 18:19 12:18 – Jason Deitsch (19) 16:37 – pp – Connor Hughes (11) No scoring 16:23 – Jon Schultz (5) 19:09 – en – Spencer Carbery (20) No scoring Chancy Colquhoun (22 saves / 23 shots) Craig Neilson (30 saves / 33 shots) (E1) Norwich vs. (E2) Middlebury Norwich Middlebury Kreitzberg Arena March 19 2 – 3 2 2 00:15 – Kurtis McLean (36) 11:22 – Andrew Senesi (3) No scoring John Sales (12) – 15:01 No scoring Kevin Cooper (34) – 14:13 No scoring Levi Doria (8) – 07:17 Kevin Schieve (44 saves / 47 shots) Marc Scheuer (44 saves / 46 shots) National Championship (W1) St. Norbert vs. (E2) Middlebury St. Norbert Middlebury Kreitzberg Arena 2,200 March 20 0 – 1 1 2 No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring Kevin Cooper (35) – 02:58 Chancy Colquhoun (32 saves / 33 shots) Marc Scheuer (29 saves / 29 shots) Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions NCHA 2 3–2 3 2 1 1 - MIAC 2 0–2 0 2 - - - NESCAC 1 3–0 3 0 1 1 1 ECAC East 1 1–1 1 1 1 - - SUNYAC 1 1–1 1 1 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 2004 sports events in the United States Category:2004 in sports in Vermont