1991 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

1991 NCAA Division III men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsWisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers (3rd title)
Runner-upMankato State (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMark Mazzoleni (3rd title)
Attendance16,701

The 1991 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1990–91 season, the 8th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Wisconsin-Stevens Point defeating Mankato State in the championship game 6-2. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Elmira, New York.

The NCAA stopped awarding the Tournament Most Outstanding Player with this tournament. The next tournament MOP would be awarded in 2009.

Qualifying teams

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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, 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 17–7–0 At-Large 8th 1990 Gustavus Adolphus MIAC 17–5–2 Tournament Champion 2nd 1990
Elmira ECAC West 26–3–0 Tournament Champion 4th 1990 Lake Forest Independent 18–4–1 At-Large 1st Never
Mercyhurst ECAC West 18–11–1 At-Large 1st Never Mankato State NCHA 21–5–6 At-Large 4th 1990
Oswego State ECAC West 14–11–1 At-Large 5th 1989 Wisconsin–Stevens Point NCHA 23–9–0 Tournament Champion 4th 1990

Format

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In 1991, the tournament returned to the format it had used from 1984-1987. The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the Quarterfinals, two-game series where the first team to reach 3 points was declared a winner (2 points for winning a game, 1 point each for tying). If both teams ended up with 2 points after the first two games a 20-minute mini-game used to determine a winner. 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

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Quarterfinals
March 8–10
Semifinals
March 15
National championship
March 16
           
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 9 6 -
Lake Forest 1 3 -
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 5
Babson 2
Babson 4 10 -
Oswego State 1 4 -
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 6
Mankato State 2
Mercyhurst 5 6 1
Elmira 4 7 2*
Elmira 3 Third-place game
Mankato State 7
Mankato State 4 7 - Babson 3
Gustavus Adolphus 4 2 - Elmira 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Note: Mini-games in italics

Record by conference

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Conference # of Bids Record Win % Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
ECAC West 3 2–6–0 .250 1 - -
NCHA 2 6–1–1 .813 2 2 1
ECAC East 1 3–1–0 .750 1 - -
MIAC 1 0–1–1 .250 - - -
Independent 1 0–2–0 .000 - - -

References

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