2011 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

2011 NCAA Division III men's
ice hockey tournament

Teams	11
Finals site	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions	St. Norbert Green Knights (2nd title)
Runner-up	Adrian Bulldogs (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Norwich Cadets (9th Frozen Four) Oswego State Lakers (5th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Tim Coghlin (2nd title)
MOP	B. J. O'Brien (St. Norbert)
Attendance	11,592

The 2011 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2010–11 season, the 28th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with St. Norbert defeating Adrian in the championship game 4-3. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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-conference tournament champions (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	Oswego State (2)	SUNYAC	22–4–0	At–Large	10th	2010	1	St. Norbert (1)	NCHA	22–4–1	Tournament Champion	12th	2010
2	Plattsburgh State (4)	SUNYAC	20–7–1	Tournament Champion	16th	2010	2	Adrian (3)	MCHA	23–3–1	Tournament Champion	2nd	2010
3	Norwich	ECAC East	20–5–3	Tournament Champion	12th	2010	3	Wisconsin–Superior	NCHA	16–12–1	At–Large	13th	2009
4	Bowdoin	NESCAC	18–7–1	Tournament Champion	4th	2010	4	Hamline	MIAC	16–6–5	Tournament Champion	1st	Never
5	Elmira	ECAC West	17–6–4	At–Large	14th	2010
6	Neumann	ECAC West	14–8–5	At–Large	2nd	2009
7	Curry	ECAC Northeast	16–8–3	Tournament Champion	4th	2010

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. The top four ranked teams received byes into the quarterfinal round and were arranged so that were they all to reach the national semifinal, the first overall seed would play the fourth seed while the second seed would play the third seed.

The two lowest-seeded western teams were placed in the same first round match with the winner advancing to play the top western seed which was also the first overall seed. The eastern teams were arranged so that if the third seed were to win it would advance to play the fourth overall seed, if the fourth eastern seed were to win it would play the third overall seed and if the fifth eastern seed were to win it would advance to play the second overall seed.

Because the third overall seed was a western team, the fourth eastern seed was advanced to quarterfinal round so that it would have time to travel. This caused the third eastern team to play the seventh eastern seed and the fifth eastern seed to play the sixth eastern seed in the first round. In the First Round and Quarterfinals the higher-seeded team served as host.

Tournament Bracket

First Round March 9

Quarterfinals March 12

Semifinals March 25

National Championship March 26

E1

Oswego State (2)

7

E5

Bowdoin

2

E5

Bowdoin

5

E6

Neumann

1

E1

Oswego State (2)

3

W2

Adrian (3)

5

W2

Adrian (3)

5

E4

Elmira

3

W2

Adrian (3)

3

W1

St. Norbert (1)

4

W1

St. Norbert (1)

4

W3

Wisconsin–Superior

2

W4

Hamline

0

W4

Hamline

3*

W1

St. Norbert (1)

3

E3

Norwich

2

E2

Plattsburgh State (4)

2

E3

Norwich

5

E3

Norwich

3*

E7

Curry

1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

All-Tournament Team

• G: B. J. O'Brien* (St. Norbert)
• D: Jeremy Klaver (Adrian)
• D: Nick Tabisz (St. Norbert)
• F: Cody Keffer (St. Norbert)
• F: Andrew Mather (Oswego State)
• F: Shawn Skelly (Adrian)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
NCHA	2	3–1	.750	1	1	1
SUNYAC	2	1–2	.333	1	-	-
ECAC West	2	0–2	.000	-	-	-
MCHA	1	2–1	.667	1	1	-
ECAC East	1	2–1	.667	1	-	-
MIAC	1	1–1	.500	-	-	-
NESCAC	1	1–1	.500	-	-	-
ECAC Northeast	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