NCAA Division III men's hockey tournament
2020 bracket
Note: 2020 tournament canceled because of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
• Printable PDF: NCAA.com bracket
2020 tournament
Note: 2020 tournament canceled because of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Locations, dates:
• Selection show: March 9, 10:30 a.m. EDT, NCAA.com
• First round: Campus sites, March 14
• Quarterfinals: Campus sites, March 21
• Semifinals, finals: HarborCenter, Buffalo, N.Y., March 27-28
Qualifying teams: 12
Format: Eight teams play in first-round games to fill the quarterfinal field. The committee will pair the teams regionally, based on geographic location of all participants and final seeding. Teams located more than 500 miles from one another will only be paired if it is not possible to pair them with opponents located within 500 miles. All rounds are single elimination.
Automatic qualifiers:
• Pool A: Eight postseason tournament champions -- from CCC, MASCAC, MIAC, NEHC, NESCAC, NCHA, SUNYAC and UCHC
• Pool C: Four institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not their conference champions and teams from conference that don't have an automatic qualifier
NCAA Division III men's ice hockey committee
• Tom Di Camillo, SUNYAC commissioner (chair)
• Jared Phillips, Gustavus Adolphus assistant athletic director
• Craig Russell, Plymouth State coach
• Mike Szkodzinski, Lawrence coach
Future sites
2022
• Championship: Herb Brooks Arena, Lake Placid, N.Y., March 25-26
NCAA champions
| Year | Champion | Runner-up |
| 2020 | No tournament due to COVID-19 coronavirus | |
| 2019 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Norwich |
| 2018 | St. Norbert | Salve Regina |
| 2017 | Norwich | Trinity |
| 2016 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | St. Norbert |
| 2015 | Trinity | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 2014 | St. Norbert | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 2013 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | Oswego |
| 2012 | St. Norbert | Oswego |
| 2011 | St. Norbert | Adrian |
| 2010 | Norwich | St. Norbert |
| 2009 | Neumann | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 2008 | St. Norbert | Plattsburgh |
| 2007 | Oswego | Middlebury |
| 2006 | Middlebury | St. Norbert |
| 2005 | Middlebury | St. Thomas |
| 2004 | Middlebury | St. Norbert |
| 2003 | Norwich | Oswego |
| 2002 | Wisconsin-Superior | Norwich |
| 2001 | Plattsburgh | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 2000 | Norwich | St. Thomas |
| 1999 | Middlebury | Wisconsin-Superior |
| 1998 | Middlebury | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 1997 | Middlebury | Wisconsin-Superior |
| 1996 | Middlebury | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 1995 | Middlebury | Fredonia |
| 1994 | Wisconsin-River Falls | Wisconsin-Superior |
| 1993 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Wisconsin-River Falls |
| 1992 | Plattsburgh | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 1991 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Minnesota State |
| 1990 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Plattsburgh |
| 1989 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 1988 | Wisconsin-River Falls | Elmira |
| 1987 | *vacant | Oswego |
| 1986 | Bemidji State | *vacant |
| 1985 | Rochester Institute of Technology | Bemidji State |
| 1984 | Babson | Union |
* Plattsburgh's participation in the tournament was vacated by the NCAA's Committee on Infractions