1987 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 1987 men's Division III 8 Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena Plattsburgh, New York Plattsburgh State Cardinals vacated vacated vacated Oswego State Lakers 1st 1st Bemidji State Beavers 3rd St. Cloud State Huskies 1st Steve Hoar vacated Chris Panek vacated 17,530 The 1987 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1986–87 season, the 4th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Plattsburgh State defeating Oswego State 8–3. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Plattsburgh, New York. Plattsburgh State's tournament performance and national championship were later vacated due to NCAA violations.Plattsburgh Gets Probation https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/30/sports/plattsburgh-gets-probation.html New York Times 6 March 2019 Qualifying teams The following teams qualified for the tournament. There were no automatic bids, however, conference tournament champions were given preferential consideration. 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 Babson ECAC East 19–7–1 At-Large 4th 1986 Bemidji State NCHA 20–10–1 At-Large 3rd 1986 Norwich ECAC East 15–11–1 At-Large 1st Never Concordia (MN) MIAC 17–12–1 Tournament Champion 1st Never Oswego State ECAC West 22–10–0 At-Large 2nd 1984 St. Cloud State NCHA 23–8–1 Tournament Champion 1st Never Plattsburgh State ECAC West 30–5–0 Tournament Champion (vacated) 1986 Salem State ECAC East 21–10–1 At-Large 2nd 1985 Format The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the Quarterfinals, teams played a two-game series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals, with tied series decided by a 20-minute mini-game. 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 QuarterfinalsMarch 13–15 SemifinalsMarch 20 National ChampionshipMarch 21 Third Place Game Plattsburgh State 6 3 2* Norwich 2 4 1 Bemidji State 3 8 - Concordia (MN) 1 6 - Oswego State 3 1 1 Babson 2 2 0 Salem State 8 2 1 St. Cloud State 4 3* 2 Plattsburgh State 7 Bemidji State 4 Oswego State 5 St. Cloud State 2 Plattsburgh State 8 Oswego State 3 Bemidji State 4 St. Cloud State 6 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics All-Tournament Team G: Craig Barnett (Plattsburgh State-vacated) D: Chris Panek (Plattsburgh State-vacated) D: Peter Wasserman (Oswego State) F: Joey Ferras (Plattsburgh State-vacated) F: Dave Piromalli (Plattsburgh State-vacated) F: Rian Reed (St. Cloud State) * Most Outstanding Player(s) Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions ECAC East 3 3–3 3 3 0 - - - NCHA 2 4–4 4 4 2 - - ECAC West 1 2–2 2 2 0 1 1 - MIAC 1 0–2 0 2 0 - - - Plattsburgh State's record not included 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:March 1987 sports events in the United States Category:1987 in sports in New York (state) Category:Sports in Plattsburgh, New York Category:College ice hockey tournaments in New York (state)