1999–2000 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

The 1999–2000 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 22, 1999 and concluded on March 18 of the following year. This was the 27th season of Division III college ice hockey.

Conference and rule changes

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The NCAA began offering automatic bids for conference tournament champions for the first time. Partly due to this development, ECAC East split into two conferences when the NESCAC began sponsoring ice hockey as a sport and the 9 existing programs left ECAC East to form the new league. Each team in the ECAC East and NESCAC played one another in one game that counted in their respective conference standings.

Because the NESCAC now sponsored ice hockey as a varsity sport, the conference dropped the policy that allowed member schools to play in only one postseason tournament. Member teams could now play in both the conference tournament and the national tournament.

Despite the dissolution of the Division II Tournament, five eastern teams continued to compete as Division II programs. After the regular season, they held an ECAC Division II Tournament rather than compete in their respective conference tournaments.

Minnesota–Crookston joined the MCHA, despite being a Division II program, and met conference guidelines by not offering scholarships to any players.[1]

Regular season

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Season tournaments

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Standings

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Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Norwich †* 17 16 0 1 33 108 31 32 29 2 1 188 64
Salem State 17 8 7 2 18 69 68 27 15 9 3 117 90
Massachusetts–Boston 17 7 10 0 14 61 62 25 13 12 0 97 87
Southern Maine 17 6 10 1 13 43 76 26 11 13 2 77 110
New England College 17 5 9 3 13 77 71 26 11 12 3 135 106
Saint Anselm ~ 17 5 11 1 11 46 70 26 12 13 1 102 93
MCLA 17 3 14 0 6 35 109 25 7 17 1 60 136
Skidmore 17 2 14 1 5 39 80 23 3 18 2 56 107
Babson 17 1 15 1 3 39 77 25 7 17 1 74 100
Championship: March 4, 2000
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
~ indicates Division II Tournament champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Division III
Wentworth †* 13 11 1 1 23 88 30 30 17 12 1 148 111
Fitchburg State 13 10 1 2 22 63 29 28 18 6 4 126 80
Tufts 13 9 3 1 19 56 34 24 13 10 1 99 89
Massachusetts–Dartmouth 13 8 3 2 18 81 43 26 15 9 2 132 93
Lebanon Valley 13 8 4 1 17 49 34 24 17 6 1 138 60
Johnson & Wales 13 7 6 0 14 59 49 26 14 12 0 119 103
Western New England 13 7 6 0 14 62 53 25 11 12 2 120 112
Salve Regina 13 6 6 1 13 50 54 23 9 13 1 90 138
Plymouth State 13 5 6 2 12 40 63 20 6 12 2 61 69
Worcester State 13 4 8 1 9 40 63 24 11 12 1 84 101
Framingham State 13 3 8 2 8 37 51 25 6 16 3 71 111
Suffolk 13 3 9 1 7 49 81 20 4 15 1 65 130
Curry 13 3 10 0 6 38 82 23 4 18 1 58 156
Nichols 13 0 13 0 0 22 103 21 0 21 0 44 173
Division II
Saint Michael's 17 12 5 0 24 108 53 26 12 14 0 129 117
New Hampshire College 17 11 5 1 23 100 61 25 15 9 1 143 93
Assumption 17 5 11 1 11 71 91 27 8 18 1 105 162
Stonehill 16‡ 5 10 1 11 57 73 21 6 14 1 73 101
Division III Championship: March 4, 2000
Division II Championship: March 4, 2000
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champions
~ indicates Division II Tournament champion
a game between Plymouth State and Stonehill was suspended due to a power outage and never played.
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
RIT †* 6 5 1 0 10 43 12 29 21 7 1 148 84
Elmira 6 5 1 0 10 38 16 27 21 6 0 141 71
Manhattanville 6 1 5 0 2 19 36 26 8 17 1 108 121
Hobart 6 1 5 0 2 13 49 26 6 19 1 79 136
Championship: March 4, 2000
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champions
Overall record
GP W L T GF GA
Neumann 21 6 13 2
Scranton 7 0 7 0
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota–Crookston †* 10 10 0 0 1.000 62 13 18 15 3 0 88 43
Marian 14 12 2 0 .857 92 32 27 15 12 0 135 93
MSOE 14 8 6 0 .571 55 52 27 13 12 2 97 102
Northland 16 2 13 1 .156 52 89 23 3 19 1 78 133
Lawrence 14 1 12 1 .107 21 96 21 1 19 1 23 129
Championship: February 26, 2000
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champions
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pts GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Thomas 16 14 1 1 29 101 45 33 27 4 2 182 89
Concordia (MN) * 16 13 12 1 27 74 32 31 20 9 2 123 76
Augsburg 16 8 5 3 19 65 49 27 10 13 4 90 88
Saint John's 16 7 6 3 17 64 61 27 12 12 3 105 99
St. Olaf 16 6 8 2 14 51 58 25 11 12 2 96 94
Bethel 16 6 9 1 13 71 68 25 10 14 1 108 117
Saint Mary's 16 4 11 1 9 49 69 25 9 14 2 88 101
Gustavus Adolphus 16 5 9 2 12 45 73 25 7 16 2 76 113
Hamline 16 1 13 2 4 31 96 25 5 17 3 71 139
Championship: March 5, 2000
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Middlebury †* 17 14 2 1 29 82 35 28 20 5 3 118 61
Colby 17 14 3 0 28 66 41 26 16 9 1 94 80
Bowdoin 17 12 3 2 26 82 44 24 17 5 2 116 67
Williams 17 12 3 2 26 74 45 27 17 7 3 107 74
Amherst 17 11 4 2 24 68 43 24 15 6 3 89 58
Hamilton 17 11 5 1 23 86 55 26 15 8 3 116 86
Wesleyan 17 5 9 3 13 41 68 25 9 11 5 83 102
Trinity 17 6 11 0 12 60 67 23 9 14 0 87 85
Connecticut College 17 3 11 3 9 40 74 24 6 14 4 77 105
Championship: March 4, 2000
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pts GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 14 12 2 0 24 60 30 31 23 7 1 144 80
St. Norbert 14 10 3 1 21 66 30 29 22 5 2 147 64
Wisconsin–Superior * 14 10 4 0 20 53 41 35 24 10 1 129 88
Wisconsin–River Falls 14 8 4 2 18 46 40 29 16 9 4 91 81
Lake Forest 14 7 7 0 14 51 54 26 15 11 0 110 94
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 14 5 9 0 10 53 59 27 9 17 1 97 112
Wisconsin–Stout 14 1 12 1 3 27 66 27 5 21 1 62 113
St. Scholastica 14 1 13 0 2 26 62 27 6 21 0 71 115
Championship: March 4, 2000
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Plattsburgh State †* 14 13 0 1 27 95 42 33 26 4 3 190 99
Potsdam State 14 10 4 0 20 63 44 29 15 13 1 121 117
Fredonia State 14 8 4 2 18 52 47 27 11 13 3 83 99
Oswego State 14 6 6 2 14 50 45 29 15 11 3 118 99
Brockport State 14 5 8 1 11 61 67 27 7 17 3 99 133
Geneseo State 14 4 9 1 9 59 69 29 8 18 3 104 142
Cortland State 14 3 8 3 9 38 57 24 9 12 3 70 88
Buffalo State 14 1 11 2 4 42 89 24 7 13 4 101 116
Championship: March 6, 2000
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champions

Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings

2000 NCAA tournament

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Quarterfinals
March 10–11
Semifinals
March 17
National championship
March 18
           
Norwich 4 5 -
RIT 1 1 -
Norwich 5*
Wisconsin–Superior 4
Wisconsin–Superior 3 4 -
Concordia 2 1 -
Norwich 2
St. Thomas 1
St. Thomas 6 10 -
Wentworth 0 3 -
St. Thomas 7 Third-place game
Plattsburgh State 1
Middlebury 1 4 0 Wisconsin–Superior 0
Plattsburgh State 1 4 1 Plattsburgh State 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NCHA Men's History". NCHA. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
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