2016 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

2016 NCAA Division III men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	11
Finals site	Herb Brooks Arena; Lake Placid, New York;
Champions	Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers (5th title)
Runner-up	St. Norbert Green Knights (8th title game)
Semifinalists	Geneseo State Knights (2nd Frozen Four); Massachusetts–Boston Beacons (1st Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Chris Brooks (1st title)
MOP	Eliot Grauer (Wisconsin–Stevens Point)
Attendance	12,645
	← 2015 ; NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournaments; 2017 →;

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 Bid
1	Hobart (3)	ECAC West	21–4–2	At–Large	6th	2015	1	Adrian (1)	NCHA	24–3–1	Tournament Champion	6th	2015
2	Geneseo State	SUNYAC	18–4–6	Tournament Champion	5th	2014	2	St. Norbert (2)	NCHA	23–3–2	At–Large	16th	2014
3	Williams	NESCAC	18–5–2	At–Large	1st	Never	3	Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4)	WIAC	21–5–2	At–Large	12th	2015
4	Trinity	NESCAC	21–5–1	Tournament Champion	5th	2015	4	Augsburg	MIAC	17–8–2	Tournament Champion	3rd	1998
5	Massachusetts–Boston	NEHC	21–4–3	Tournament Champion	1st	Never
6	Salem State	MASCAC	22–5–0	Tournament Champion	8th	2014
7	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 Round
March 12

Quarterfinals
March 15

Semifinals
March 25

National Championship
March 26

W1

Adrian (1)

2

W3

Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4)

5

W3

Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4)

5

E2

Geneseo State

1

E2

Geneseo State

7

E7

Salve Regina

1

E2

Geneseo State

2

E3

Williams

1

E3

Williams

7

E6

Salem State

1

W3

Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4)

5

W2

St. Norbert (2)

1

W2

St. Norbert (2)

6

W4

Augsburg

1

W2

St. Norbert (2)

8**

E5

Massachusetts–Boston

7

E4

Trinity

0

E5

Massachusetts–Boston

4

E1

Hobart (3)

0

E5

Massachusetts–Boston

2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

March 12, 2016
7:00 PM

(E2) Geneseo State

7 – 1
(2–0, 3–1, 2–0)

(E7) Salve Regina

Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena – Geneseo, New York
Attendance: 1,417

Devin McDonald

Goalies

Blake Wojtala

Referees:
Craig Florkowski
Mike Jones
Linesmen:
Brian Oliver
Rick Lembo

(Marra) Trevor Hills (21) – 00:33	1–0
(Marra, Solomon) Trevor Hills (22) – 12:14	2–0
(Collins, Hills) Anthony Marra (7) – 20:36	3–0
(Hills, Collins) Anthony Marra (8) – PP – 34:38	4–0
	4–1	36:48 – PP – Jonathan Felteau (4) (Sousa, Thompson)
(Ripple, Condon) Anthony Marra (9) – PP – 39:20	5–1
(Ripple, Marra) Arthur Gordon (9) – PP – 54:17	6–1
(Ripple) Nate Brown (1) – 59:11	7–1

6 min

Penalties

12 min

29

Shots

29

March 12, 2016
7:00 PM

(E3) Williams

7 – 1
(1–0, 4–0, 2–1)

(E6) Salem State

Lansing Chapman Rink – Williamstown, Massachusetts
Attendance: 1,108

Michael Pinios

Goalies

Marcus Zelzer

Referees:
William McGoldrick
Matt Bilack
Linesmen:
William Kingdon
Don Gosselin

(Cretella) George Hunkele (9) – 19:27	1–0
(Cretella) Joe Welch (3) – 21:30	2–0
(Mork, Lata) Colby Cretella (8) – PP – 26:16	3–0
(Masucci, Lata) Matthew Werner (1) – 35:38	4–0
(Johnson, Italiano) George Hunkele (10) – 39:41	5–0
	5–1	51:19 – Michael Casale (16) (Bettencourt)
(Doherty, Stickel) C.J. Shugart (7) – 53:12	6–1
(Masucci, Hilaire) Alex Hagerty (5) – 56:42	7–1

4 min

Penalties

27 min

38

Shots

19

March 12, 2016
7:00 PM

(E4) Trinity

0 – 4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

(E5) Massachusetts–Boston

Koeppel Community Sports Center – Hartford, Connecticut
Attendance: 240

Alex Morin

Goalies

Billy Faust

	0–1	07:42 – Mike Thomson (3) (Gallagher)
	0–2	29:25 – Derek Colucci (8) (Sanipass, DeAugustine)
	0–3	34:20 – Zach Lindsay (8) (Finger, Chuckran)
	0–4	59:45 – Derek Colucci (9) (DeAugustine)

4 min

Penalties

6 min

37

Shots

30

Quarterfinals

March 19, 2016
7:00 PM

(W1) Adrian

2 – 5
(2–1, 0–2, 0–2)

(W3) Wisconsin–Stevens Point

Arrington Ice Arena – Adrian, Michigan
Attendance: 1,050

Kevin Entmaa

Goalies

Max Milosek

Referees:
Eric Smevoll
Josh Hatinger
Linesmen:
Jon Haas
Mike Verdunck

(Hoy) Taylor McCloy (12) – 03:42	1–0
	1–1	05:46 – PP – Jonathan Davis (16) (Grauer)
(Dunn, Brothers)Taylor McCloy (13) – PP – 19:10	2–1
	2–2	24:36 – PP – Lawrence Cornellier (21) (Barber, Sharkey)
	2–3	39:49 – Jacob Barber (9) (Harris, Sharkey)
	2–4	59:12 – Lawrence Cornellier (22) (unassisted)
	2–5	59:52 – PP – Kyle Sharkey (19) (Milosek)

62 min

Penalties

34 min

42

Shots

40

March 19, 2016
7:00 PM

(E2) Geneseo State

2 – 1
(2–0, 0–0, 0–1)

(E3) Williams

Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena – Geneseo, New York
Attendance: 2,139

Devin McDonald

Goalies

Michael Pinios

Referees:
Derek Sylvester
Andy O'Brien
Linesmen:
Erik Geller
John McJury

(Burns, Tutton) Arthur Gordon (10) – 10:11	1–0
(Tutton, Solomon) Arthur Gordon (11) – 17:57	2–0
	2–1	50:46 – Colby Cretella (9) (Stickel, Mork)

4 min

Penalties

8 min

26

Shots

32

March 19, 2016
7:05 PM

(W2) St. Norbert

6 – 1
(0–0, 4–1, 2–0)

(W4) Augsburg

Cornerstone Community Center – Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,552

Tony Kujava

Goalies

Jordyn Kaufer
Brandon Jones

Referees:
David Marcotte
Tony Lancette
Linesmen:
Jon Parker
Joe Oberg

	0–1	20:39 – Trevor Stewart (9) (Hendrickson)
(Cooper) Pijus Rulevičius (14) – 24:54	1–1
(Froese, Christensen) Ross Pavek (8) – 25:17	2–1
(Campbell, Froese) Riley Christensen (12) – PP – 28:31	3–1
(Pavek, Johansson) Riley Christensen (13) – 34:30	4–1
(Thompson, Pung) Pijus Rulevičius (15) – PP – 45:30	5–1
(Christensen, Froese) Ross Pavek (9) – 46:42	6–1

12 min

Penalties

36 min

40

Shots

16

March 19, 2016
7:30 PM

(E1) Hobart

0 – 2
(0–0, 0–2, 0–0)

(E5) Massachusetts–Boston

Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena – Geneseo, New York
Attendance: 533

Billy Faust

Goalies

Lino Chimienti

Referees:
Joel Dupree
Chris Shepley
Linesmen:
Brian Oliver
Rick Lembo

	0–1	29:00 – Matthew Lemire (15) (Larkin, Bishop)
	0–2	52:05 – PP – Mike Thomson (4) (unassisted)

6 min

Penalties

6 min

42

Shots

29

Semifinals

March 25, 2016
4:00 PM

(E2) Geneseo State

1 – 5
(0–3, 1–1, 0–1)

(W3) Wisconsin–Stevens Point

Herb Brooks Arena – Lake Placid, New York
Attendance: 653

Devin McDonald

Goalies

Max Milosek

Referees:
Derek Sylvester
Tony Lancette
Linesmen:
John McJury
Brian Oliver

	0–1	04:30 – Jonathan Davis (17) (Graves)
	0–2	08:40 – Tanner Karty (7) (D'Avolio)
	0–3	15:50 – Andrew Graves (3) (Kalisz, Brooks)
	0–4	31:44 – Eliot Grauer (11) (Karty)
(Tutton) R.J. Burns (8) – SH – 38:42	1–4
	1–5	47:34 – Eliot Grauer (12) (unassited)

8 min

Penalties

10 min

12

Shots

30

March 25, 2016
7:30 PM

(W2) St. Norbert

8 – 7 (2OT)
(1–3, 6–0, 0–4, 0–0, 1–0)

(E5) Massachusetts–Boston

Herb Brooks Arena – Lake Placid, New York
Attendance: 2,282

Tony Kujava
T.J. Black

Goalies

Billy Faust
Zachery Andrews

Referees:
Eric Smevoll
Mike Pleau
Linesmen:
David St. Lawrence
Michael St. Lawrence

	0–1	01:04 – Derek Colucci (10) (DeAugustine)
	0–2	03:35 – Frankie DeAugustine (16) (unassisted)
	0–3	06:48 – PP – Matthew Lemire (16) (Daley, DeAugustine)
(unassisted) Steven Phillips (7) – 19:59	1–3
(Cooper, Hill) Blake Thompson (3) – PP – 23:29	2–3
(unassisted) Blake Thompson (4) – PP – 28:15	3–3
(unassisted) Erik Cooper (13) – 31:54	4–3
(Wahlrab) Tyler Andrews (1) – 35:27	5–3
(Cooper, Uchyn) Pijus Rulevičius (16) – PP – 39:05	6–3
(Nelson, Andrews) Pijus Rulevičius (17) – 49:53	7–3
	7–4	42:11 – John Bonno (2) (Chuckran)
	7–5	53:33 – Matthew Lemire (17) (Bonno)
	7–6	55:42 – PP – Brett Mason (2) (Chuckran, Colucci)
	7–7	58:42 – Tyler Bishop (11) (DeAugustine, Chuckran)
(Phillips) Noah Nelson – 83:49	8–7

8 min

Penalties

12 min

51

Shots

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 Bids	Record	Win %	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
NCHA	2	2–2	.500	1	1	-
NESCAC	2	1–2	.333	-	-	-
WIAC	1	3–0	1.000	1	1	1
SUNYAC	1	2–1	.667	1	-	-
NEHC	1	2–1	.667	1	-	-
ECAC West	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-
MIAC	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-
ECAC Northeast	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-
MASCAC	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-

References

"Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

External links

Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book

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