2000 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 2000 men's Division III 8 Wessman Arena Superior, Wisconsin Norwich Cadets 1st 1st 3rd St. Thomas Tommies 1st 1st Wisconsin–Superior Yellowjackets 7th Plattsburgh State Cardinals 6th Mike McShane 1st not awarded 16,417 The 2000 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1999–00 season, the 17th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Norwich defeating St. Thomas in the championship game 2-1. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Superior, Wisconsin. The NCAA began offering automatic bids to conference tournament champions for the first time. Seven of the eight existing conferences received automatic bids with only the MCHA not included. This was because the MCHA had a Division II program who participated in their conference tournament; both ECAC East and ECAC Northeast had Division II members as well but none of those team participated in their respective conference tournaments. This allowed the results to be certified as Division III. With the NESCAC now sponsoring ice hockey as a sport and holding an individual conference tournament, the conference rules limiting member schools to only one postseason tournament were dropped. Despite being in Division III since 1973, ECAC Northeast received its first entry into the national tournament. 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. No formal seeding was used while quarterfinal matches were arranged so that the road teams would have the shortest possible travel distances. East West School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid Middlebury NESCAC 20–5–1 Tournament Champion 6th 1999 Concordia (MN) MIAC 20–7–2 Tournament Champion 2nd 1987 Norwich ECAC East 25–2–1 Tournament Champion 4th 1999 St. Thomas MIAC 24–3–2 At-Large 9th 1999 Plattsburgh State SUNYAC 25–3–1 Tournament Champion 9th 1999 Wisconsin–Superior NCHA 22–8–1 Tournament Champion 8th 1999 RIT ECAC West 21–5–1 Tournament Champion 10th 1999 Wentworth ECAC Northeast 17–10–1 Tournament Champion 1st Never Format The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the Quarterfinals, teams played a two-game series where the first team to reach 3 points was declared a winner (2 points for winning a game, 1 point each for tying). If both teams ended up with 2 points after the first two games a 20-minute mini-game used to determine a winner. Mini-game scores are in italics. Beginning with the Semifinals all games became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game. The teams were seeded according to geographic proximity in the quarterfinals so the visiting team would have the shortest feasible distance to travel. Bracket 3/1/1 Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship Third Place Game Norwich 4 5 - RIT 1 1 - Wisconsin–Superior 3 4 - Concordia (MN) 2 1 - St. Thomas 6 10 - Wentworth 0 3 - Middlebury 1 4 0 Plattsburgh State 1 4 1 Norwich 5* Wisconsin–Superior 4 St. Thomas 7 Plattsburgh State 1 Norwich 2 St. Thomas 1 Wisconsin–Superior 0 Plattsburgh State 2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions MIAC 2 3–3–0 3 3 0 1 1 - ECAC East 1 4–0–0 4 0 0 1 1 1 NCHA 1 2–2–0 2 2 0 1 - - SUNYAC 1 1–1–2 1 1 2 1 - - NESCAC 1 0–0–2 0 0 2 - - - ECAC West 1 0–2–0 0 2 0 - - - ECAC Northeast 1 0–2–0 0 2 0 - - - 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