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NCAA staff | March 24, 2024

Hobart wins 2024 NCAA DIII men's ice hockey championship

Hobart wins the 2024 DIII men's ice hockey championship

Hobart men's ice hockey program won the 2024 NCAA Division III championship for the second consecutive year. The Statesmen defeated Trinity (CT), 2-0, at the Koeppel Community Sports Center in Hartford, Connecticut. 

Hobart finished the season with an overall record of 28-2-1. 

2024 NCAA DIII men's ice hockey championship bracket

Take a look at the tournament layout in the bracket below:

DIII men's ice hockey final bracket

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2024 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey championship schedule

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First-round games | March 9

Quarterfinal games | March 16

Semifinals | March 21

Championship game | March 23

2024 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey championship selections

The following conferences and teams received automatic qualification to the 2024 DIII men's hockey tournament:

Commonwealth Coast Conference Endicott (17-5-5)
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Plymouth St.(23-2-2)
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference St. Olaf (14-11-3)
New England Hockey Conference Hobart (25-2-1)
New England Small College Athletic Conference Trinity (Connecticut) (23-3-1)
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association St. Norbert (22-6-0)
State University of New York Athletic Conference Cortland (18-8-2)
United Collegiate Hockey Conference Utica (23-2-3)
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wisconsin-Stevens Point (21-5-1)

Adrian (22-6-1), Curry (20-5-1), Elmira (19-7-1) and SUNY-Geneseo (21-5-0) enter the field as the four at-large selections.

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Division III men's ice hockey championship history

Hobart is the defending national champion after defeating Trinity 2-0 in the 2024 championship game.

Here is the complete championship history of the DIII men's ice hockey tournament:

Year Champion Coach Score Runner-Up Host or Site
2023 Hobart (29-2) Mark Taylor 3-2 (OT) Adrian Beverly, MA
2022 Adrian (31-1) Adam Krug 5-2 SUNY Geneseo Lake Placid, N.Y.
2021 Canceled due to COVID-19 -- -- -- --
2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 -- -- -- --
2019 Wisconsin-Stevens Point (29-0-2) Tyler Krueger 3-2 (OT) Norwich Stevens Point, WI
2018 St. Norbert (27-4-1) Tim Coghlin 3-2 (2ot) Salve Regina Lake Placid, N.Y.
2017 Norwich (27-1-3) Mike McShane 4-1 Trinity (Conn.) Utica, N.Y.
2016 Wisconsin-Stevens Point (23-5-2)  Chris Brooks 5-1 St. Norbert Lake Placid, N.Y.
2015 Trinity (Conn.) (25-3-1) Matthew Greason 5-2 Wis.-Stevens Point Minneapolis
2014 St. Norbert (28-3-1) Tim Coghlin 3-1 Wis.-Stevens Point Lewiston, Maine
2013 Wisconsin-Eau Claire (24-5-2) Matt Loen 5-3 Oswego State Lake Placid, N.Y.
2012 St. Norbert (21-5-5) Tim Coghlin 4-1 Oswego State Lake Placid, N.Y.
2011 St. Norbert (25-4-1) Tim Coghlin 4-3 Adrian Minneapolis
2010 Norwich (26-1-4) Mike McShane 2-1 (ot) St. Norbert Lake Placid, N.Y.
2009 Neumann (21-9-2) Dominick Dawes 4-1 Gustavus Adolphus Lake Placid, N.Y.
2008 St. Norbert (27-1-4) Tim Coghlin 2-0 Plattsburgh State Lake Placid, N.Y.
2007 Oswego State (23-3-3) Ed Gosek 4-3 (ot) Middlebury Wisconsin-Superior
2006 Middlebury (26-2-2) Bill Beaney 3-0 St. Norbert Elmira
2005 Middlebury (23-4-3) Bill Beaney 5-0 St. Thomas (Minn.) Middlebury
2004 Middlebury (27-3) Bill Beaney 1-0 (ot) St. Norbert Norwich
2003 Norwich (27-3) Mike McShane 2-1 Oswego State Norwich
2002 Wisconsin-Superior (24-5-5) Dan Stauber 3-2 (ot) Norwich Middlebury
2001 Plattsburgh State (29-5) Bob Emery 6-2 Rochester Institue Rochester Institute
2000 Norwich (29-2-1) Mike McShane 2-1 St. Thomas (Minn.) Wisconsin-Superior
1999 Middlebury (21-5-1) Bill Beaney 5-0 Wisconsin-Superior Norwich
1998 Middlebury (24-2-2) Bill Beaney 2-1 Wisconsin-Stevens Point Plattsburgh State
1997 Middlebury (22-3-2) Bill Beaney 3-2 Wisconsin-Superior Middlebury
1996 Middlebury (26-2-0) Bill Beaney 3-2 Rochester Institue Wisconsin-River Falls
1995 Middlebury (23-2-2) Bill Beaney 1-0 Fredonia State Middlebury
1994 Wisconsin-River Falls (21-8-4) Dean Talafous 6-4 Wisconsin-Superior Wisconsin-Superior
1993 Wisconsin-Stevens Point (25-5-2) Joe Baldarotta 4-3 (ot) Wisconsin-River Falls Maplewood, Minn.
1992 Plattsburgh State (32-2-2) Bob Emery 7-3 Wisconsin-Stevens Point Plattsburgh State
1991 Wisconsin-Stevens Point (27-9) Mark Mazzoleni 6-2 Minnesota State-Mankato Elmira
1990 Wisconsin-Stevens Point (28-4-6) Mark Mazzoleni 10-1, 3-6, 1-0 Plattsburgh State Wisconsin-Stevens Point
1989 Wisconsin-Stevens Point (34-5-2) Mark Mazzoleni 3-3, 3-2 Rochester Institue Rochester Institute
1988 Wisconsin-River Falls (31-6-1) Rick Kozuback 7-1, 3-5, 3-0 Elmira Elmira
1987 #Plattsburgh State (34-6) Steve Hoar 8-3 Oswego State Plattsburgh State
1986 Bemidji State (25-9-1) R.H. Peters 8-5 #Plattsburgh State Bemidji State
1985 Rochester Institute (26-6) Bruce Delventhal 5-1 Bemidji State Union (N.Y.)
1984 Babson (27-5-1) Rob Riley 8-0 Union (N.Y.) Rochester Institute

#Participation in the tournament vacated by the krikya18.committee on Infractions.

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