2016 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

Collegiate ice hockey tournament August 2023 2016 men's Division III 11 Herb Brooks Arena Lake Placid, New York Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers 5th 9th 9th St. Norbert Green Knights 8th 10th Geneseo State Knights 2nd Massachusetts–Boston Beacons 1st Chris Brooks 1st Eliot Grauer Wisconsin–Stevens Point 12,645 The 2016 NCAA Division Men's III Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2015–16 season, the 33rd such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Wisconsin–Stevens Point defeating St. Norbert in the championship game 5-1. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York. Qualifying teams The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences. Four at-large bids were available for the highest-ranked non-automatic qualifiers (overall seed in parentheses). East West Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid1 Hobart (3) ECAC West 21–4–2 At–Large 6th 20151 Adrian (1) NCHA 24–3–1 Tournament Champion 6th 20152 Geneseo State SUNYAC 18–4–6 Tournament Champion 5th 20142 St. Norbert (2) NCHA 23–3–2 At–Large 16th 20143 Williams NESCAC 18–5–2 At–Large 1st Never3 Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4) WIAC 21–5–2 At–Large 12th 20154 Trinity NESCAC 21–5–1 Tournament Champion 5th 20154 Augsburg MIAC 17–8–2 Tournament Champion 3rd 19985 Massachusetts–Boston NEHC 21–4–3 Tournament Champion 1st Never6 Salem State MASCAC 22–5–0 Tournament Champion 8th 20147 Salve Regina ECAC Northeast 17–10–1 Tournament Champion 1st Never Format The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. The top four overall seeds were arranged so that the first- and fourth-seeded teams would be in the same semifinal bracket while the second- and third-seeded teams would play in the other. Because the third western seed had a higher overall ranking than the second eastern seed the western team was given a bye into quarterfinal round. Because both teams that received byes in one bracket were from the west both were placed in the same quarterfinal bracket to cut down on travel. To further cut down on travel the remaining western team received the final bye and would play the second western seed in the quarterfinals. The top eastern team received a bye into the second round and would play the winner of the match between the fourth- and fifth-seeded eastern teams. For the remaining quarterfinal bracket the second- and seventh-seeded eastern teams would play with the winner advancing to play the victor of the game between the third- and sixth-seeded eastern teams. With the fourth overall seed being placed in the same quarterfinal as the first overall seed, the remaining bracket contained the second eastern seed as the top-ranked team. In the First Round and Quarterfinals the higher-seeded team served as host. Tournament Bracket First RoundMarch 12 QuarterfinalsMarch 15 SemifinalsMarch 25 National ChampionshipMarch 26 180 E2 Geneseo State 7 E7 Salve Regina 1 E3 Williams 7 E6 Salem State 1 E4 Trinity 0 E5 Massachusetts–Boston 4 W1 Adrian (1) 2 W3 Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4) 5 E2 Geneseo State 2 E3 Williams 1 W2 St. Norbert (2) 6 W4 Augsburg 1 E1 Hobart (3) 0 E5 Massachusetts–Boston 2 W3 Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4) 5 E2 Geneseo State 1 W2 St. Norbert (2) 8** E5 Massachusetts–Boston 7 W3 Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4) 5 W2 St. Norbert (2) 1 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Results First round #eeeeee March 12, 2016 7:00 PM (E2) Geneseo State (E7) Salve Regina 7 – 1 (2–0, 3–1, 2–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mgenslv1.m12 Devin McDonald Blake Wojtala 1–02–03–04–04–15–16–17–1 (Marra) Trevor Hills (21) – 00:33 (Marra, Solomon) Trevor Hills (22) – 12:14 (Collins, Hills) Anthony Marra (7) – 20:36 (Hills, Collins) Anthony Marra (8) – PP – 34:38 (Ripple, Condon) Anthony Marra (9) – PP – 39:20 (Ripple, Marra) Arthur Gordon (9) – PP – 54:17 (Ripple) Nate Brown (1) – 59:11 36:48 – PP – Jonathan Felteau (4) (Sousa, Thompson) Craig Florkowski Mike Jones Brian Oliver Rick Lembo Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena – Geneseo, New York 1,417 6 12 29 29 #eeffff March 12, 2016 7:00 PM (E3) Williams (E6) Salem State 7 – 1 (1–0, 4–0, 2–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/msalwil1.m12 Michael Pinios Marcus Zelzer 1–02–03–04–05–05–16–17–1 (Cretella) George Hunkele (9) – 19:27 (Cretella) Joe Welch (3) – 21:30 (Mork, Lata) Colby Cretella (8) – PP – 26:16 (Masucci, Lata) Matthew Werner (1) – 35:38 (Johnson, Italiano) George Hunkele (10) – 39:41 (Doherty, Stickel) C.J. Shugart (7) – 53:12 (Masucci, Hilaire) Alex Hagerty (5) – 56:42 51:19 – Michael Casale (16) (Bettencourt) William McGoldrick Matt Bilack William Kingdon Don Gosselin Lansing Chapman Rink – Williamstown, Massachusetts 1,108 4 27 38 19 #eeeeee March 12, 2016 7:00 PM (E4) Trinity (E5) Massachusetts–Boston 0 – 4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mtrnumb1.m12 Alex Morin Billy Faust 0–10–20–30–4 07:42 – Mike Thomson (3) (Gallagher) 29:25 – Derek Colucci (8) (Sanipass, DeAugustine) 34:20 – Zach Lindsay (8) (Finger, Chuckran) 59:45 – EN – Derek Colucci (9) (DeAugustine) Mike Pleau Doug Race Michael DiPascuale Patrick Woodward Koeppel Community Center – Hartford, Connecticut 240 4 6 37 30 Quarterfinals #eeeeee March 19, 2016 7:00 PM (W1) Adrian (W3) Wisconsin–Stevens Point 2 – 5 (2–1, 0–2, 0–2) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/madrwsp1.m19 Kevin Entmaa Max Milosek 1–01–12–12–22–32–42–5 (Hoy) Taylor McCloy (12) – 03:42 (Dunn, Brothers)Taylor McCloy (13) – PP – 19:10 05:46 – PP – Jonathan Davis (16) (Grauer) 24:36 – PP – Lawrence Cornellier (21) (Barber, Sharkey) 39:49 – Jacob Barber (9) (Harris, Sharkey) 59:12 – EN – Lawrence Cornellier (22) 59:52 – PP – EN – Kyle Sharkey (18) (Milosek) Eric Smevoll Josh Hatinger Jon Haas Mike Verdunck Arrington Ice Arena – Adrian, Michigan 1,050 62 34 42 40 #eeffff March 19, 2016 7:00 PM (E2) Geneseo State (E3) Williams 2 – 1 (2–0, 0–0, 0–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mgenwil1.m19 Devin McDonald Michael Pinios 1–02–02–1 (Burns, Tutton) Arthur Gordon (10) – 10:11 (Tutton, Solomon) Arthur Gordon (11) – 17:57 50:46 – Colby Cretella (9) (Stickel, Mork) Derek Sylvester Andy O'Brien Erik Geller John McJury Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena – Geneseo, New York 2,139 4 8 26 32 #eeeeee March 19, 2016 7:05 PM (W2) St. Norbert (W4) Augsburg 6 – 1 (0–0, 4–1, 2–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/maugsnb1.m19 Tony Kujava Jordyn Kaufer Brandon Jones 0–11–12–13–14–15–16–1 (Cooper) Pijus Rulevičius (14) – 24:54 (Froese, Christensen) Ross Pavek (8) – 25:17 (Campbell, Froese) Riley Christensen (12) – PP – 28:31 (Pavek, Johansson) Riley Christensen (13) – 34:30 (Thompson, Pung) Pijus Rulevičius (15) – PP – 45:30 (Christensen, Froese) Ross Pavek (9) – 46:42 20:39 – Trevor Stewart (9) (Hendrickson) David Marcotte Tony Lancette Jon Parker Joe Oberg Cornerstone Community Center – Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin 1,552 12 36 40 16 #eeffff March 19, 2016 7:30 PM (E1) Hobart (E5) Massachusetts–Boston 0 – 2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mhobumb1.m19 Lino Chimienti Billy Faust 0–10–2 29:00 – Matthew Lemire (15) (Larkin, Bishop) 52:05 – PP – Mike Thomson (4) Joel Dupree Chris Shepley Brian Oliver Rick Lembo Geneva Recreation Complex – Geneva, New York 533 6 6 42 29 Semifinals #eeeeee March 25, 2016 4:00 PM (E2) Geneseo State (W3) Wisconsin–Stevens Point 1 – 5 (0–3, 1–1, 0–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mgenwsp1.m25 Devin McDonald Max Milosek 0–10–20–30–41–41–5 (Tutton) R.J. Burns (8) – SH – 38:42 04:30 – Jonathan Davis (17) (Graves) 08:40 – Tanner Karty (7) (D'Avolio) 15:50 – Andrew Graves (3) (Kalisz, Brooks) 31:44 – Eliot Grauer (11) (Karty) 47:34 – Eliot Grauer (12) Derek Sylvester Tony Lancette John McJury Brian Oliver Herb Brooks Arena – Lake Placid, New York 653 8 10 12 30 #eeffff March 25, 2016 7:30 PM (W2) St. Norbert (E5) Massachusetts–Boston 8 – 7 (2OT) (1–3, 6–0, 0–4, 0–0, 1–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/msnbumb1.m25 Tony Kujava T.J. Black Billy Faust Zachery Andrews 0–10–20–31–32–33–34–35–36–37–37–47–57–67–78–7 Steven Phillips (7) – 19:59 (Cooper, Hill) Blake Thompson (3) – PP – 23:29 Blake Thompson (4) – PP – 28:15 Erik Cooper (13) – 31:54 (Wahlrab) Tyler Andrews (1) – 35:27 (Cooper, Uchyn) Pijus Rulevičius (16) – PP – 39:05 (Nelson, Andrews) Pijus Rulevičius (17) – 39:53 (Phillips) Noah Nelson (8) – 83:49 01:04 – Derek Colucci (10) (DeAugustine) 03:35 – Frankie DeAugustine (16) 06:48 – PP – Matthew Lemire (16) (Daley, DeAugustine) 42:11 – John Bonno (2) (Chuckran) 53:33 – Matthew Lemire (17) (Bonno) 55:42 – PP – Brett Mason (2) (Chuckran, Colucci) 58:42 – Tyler Bishop (11) (DeAugustine, Chuckran) Eric Smevoll Mike Pleau David St. Lawrence Michael St. Lawrence Herb Brooks Arena – Lake Placid, New York 2,282 8 12 51 39 National Championship #eeeeee March 26, 2016 7:00 PM (W2) St. Norbert (E5) Wisconsin–Stevens Point 1 – 5 (1–2, 0–1, 0–2) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/msnbwsp1.m26 Tony Kujava Max Milosek 0–11–11–21–31–41–5 Tanner Froese (7) – PP – 09:25 02:40 – PP – Eliot Grauer (13) (D'Avolio) 18:52 – PP – Alex Brooks (7) (Kalisz, Davis) 38:40 – Kyle Sharkey (19) (Beauvais) 44:44 – PP – Lawrence Cornellier (22) (Sharkey, Barber) 46:38 – Jacob Barber (10) (Sharkey) Derek Sylvester Tony Lancette John McJury Brian Oliver Herb Brooks Arena – Lake Placid, New York 2,304 10 4 22 39 All-Tournament Team G: Max Milosek (Wisconsin–Stevens Point) D: Alex Brooks (Wisconsin–Stevens Point) D: Blake Thompson (St. Norbert) F: Erik Cooper (St. Norbert) F: Frankie DeAugustine (Massachusetts–Boston) F: Eliot Grauer * (Wisconsin–Stevens Point) * Most Outstanding Player(s) Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions NCHA 2 2–2 2 2 1 1 - NESCAC 2 1–2 1 2 - - - WIAC 1 3–0 3 0 1 1 1 SUNYAC 1 2–1 2 1 1 - - NEHC 1 2–1 2 1 1 - - ECAC West 1 0–1 0 1 - - - MIAC 1 0–1 0 1 - - - ECAC Northeast 1 0–1 0 1 - - - MASCAC 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 Category:NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament Category:College ice hockey tournaments in New York (state) Category:Ice hockey competitions in Lake Placid, New York Category:2016 in sports in New York (state) Category:March 2016 sports events in the United States