1983–84 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

August 2023 men iii 1983 Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena.jpg 250 Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena was the host of the 1984 Frozen Four November 1983–March 18, 1984 Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Rochester, New York Babson The 1983–84 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began in November 1983 and concluded on March 23 of the following year. This was the 11th season of Division III college ice hockey. This was the first season in which the NCAA held a national tournament for the Division III level. The majority of programs that had been playing at the Division II level came from Division III schools but with the institution of the new championship all of the Division III schools were able to drop down to their normal level. Additionally, with an NCAA-sponsored tournament for Division III schools, most NAIA teams switched to NCAA classification and, with the NAIA Ice Hockey Championship becoming a superfluous tournament, the NAIA ended its sponsorship of ice hockey in 1984.https://sites.google.com/site/naiahistoryandrecords/naia-hockey-championships NAIA history and records 2017-07-07 Because only one Division III tournament existed at the time and it permitted its Division II members to participate in the conference tournament no automatic bids could be offered to conference tournament champions. The NCAA continued to refrain from offering automatic bids until 2000. Regular season Standings 1984 NCAA tournament 1984 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament 2/1 score QuarterfinalsMarch 10–11 SemifinalsMarch 17 National championshipMarch 18 Third-place game Augsburg 8 5* 13 St. Thomas 7 5 12 Babson 4 2** 6 New England College 3 2 5 RIT 13 10 23 Oswego State 2 1 3 Union 4 4 8 Wisconsin-River Falls 0 6 6 Augsburg 2 Babson 7 RIT 4 Union 5**** Babson 8 Union 0 Augsburg 1 RIT 10 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/winter_champs_records/2004/2004_winter_champs_records.pdf NCAA Record Book 2016-04-13 NCAA See also 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season 1983–84 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season References 50em External links NCAA