2006 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 2006 men's Division III 9 First Arena Elmira, New York Middlebury Panthers 8th 8th 10th St. Norbert Green Knights 2nd 2nd Elmira Soaring Eagles 4th Hobart Statesmen 1st Bill Beaney 8th None not awarded 13,671 The 2006 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2005–06 season, the 23rd such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Middlebury defeating St. Norbert in the championship game 3-0. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the First Arena in Elmira, New York. The tournament was expanded to 10 teams with an additional at-large bid offered to a team judges to be the best who had neither received an automatic bid nor one of the regional at-large bids. Massachusetts–Dartmouth was the first NCAA tournament game for any team from ECAC Northeast. Qualifying teams The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences. One at-large bid was available for the best non-conference champion for each region with one additional at-large bid for the best remaining team regardless of region. East West Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid1 Middlebury NESCAC 23–2–2 Tournament Champion 12th 20051 St. Norbert NCHA 23–4–3 At–Large 8th 20052 Manhattanville ECAC West 20–4–2 At–Large 2nd 20052 Wisconsin–Superior NCHA 17–9–3 Tournament Champion 11th 20023 Norwich ECAC East 22–4–2 Tournament Champion 8th 20043 St. Olaf MIAC 12–9–5 Tournament Champion 1st Never4 Hobart ECAC West 19–7–0 At–Large 2nd 20045 Elmira ECAC West 17–8–2 Tournament Champion 10th 20036 Geneseo State SUNYAC 19–8–2 Tournament Champion 3rd 20057 Massachusetts–Dartmouth ECAC Northeast 24–4–0 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. The two lowest-seeded eastern teams played a first round game while the remaining five teams received byes into Quarterfinal round. The top-seeded eastern team played the winner of the eastern first round game. For the western quarterfinal, the top-ranked team awaited the winner of a first round game between the lower-ranked teams. The higher-seeded team served as host for each game of the first round and quarterfinals. Tournament bracket First RoundMarch 8 QuarterfinalsMarch 11 SemifinalsMarch 18 National ChampionshipMarch 19 170 W2 Wisconsin–Superior 2 W3 St. Olaf 1 E6 Geneseo State 2 E7 Massachusetts–Dartmouth 8 W1 St. Norbert 8 W2 Wisconsin–Superior 2 E3 Norwich 1 E4 Hobart 3 E2 Manhattanville 1 E5 Elmira 2** E1 Middlebury 3 E7 Massachusetts–Dartmouth 1 W1 St. Norbert 5* E4 Hobart 4 E5 Elmira 1 E1 Middlebury 2 W1 St. Norbert 0 E1 Middlebury 3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions ECAC West 3 2–3 2 3 2 - - NCHA 2 3–2 3 2 1 1 - NESCAC 1 3–0 3 0 1 1 1 ECAC Northeast 1 1–1 1 1 - - - MIAC 1 0–1 0 1 - - - ECAC East 1 0–1 0 1 - - - SUNYAC 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