The 2007 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2006–07 season, the 24th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Oswego State defeating Middlebury in the championship game 4-3 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Wessman Arena in Superior, Wisconsin.
Qualifying teams The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences. One at-large bid was available for the best non-conference champion for each region with one additional at-large bid for the best remaining team regardless of region.
East West Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid1 Massachusetts–Dartmouth ECAC Northeast 25–2–1 Tournament Champion 2nd 20061 St. Norbert NCHA 24–3–2 Tournament Champion 9th 20062 Manhattanville ECAC West 20–1–5 Tournament Champion 3rd 20062 Wisconsin–River Falls NCHA 21–5–2 At–Large 11th 20043 Oswego State SUNYAC 20–3–3 At–Large 8th 20033 Bethel MIAC 17–9–1 Tournament Champion 1st Never4 Norwich ECAC East 20–7–0 At–Large 9th 20065 Babson ECAC East 18–9–1 Tournament Champion 11th 19936 Middlebury NESCAC 17–7–3 Tournament Champion 13th 20067 Fredonia State SUNYAC 15–9–4 Tournament Champion 3rd 1995
Format The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. For the three eastern Quarterfinals the teams were seeded according to their rankings. The two lowest-seeded eastern teams played a first round game while the remaining five teams received byes into Quarterfinal round. The top-seeded eastern team played the winner of the eastern first round game. For the western quarterfinal, the top-ranked team awaited the winner of a first round game between the lower-ranked teams. The higher-seeded team served as host for each game of the first round and quarterfinals.
Tournament Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions SUNYAC 2 3–1 1 1 1 NCHA 2 1–2 1 - - ECAC East 2 0–2 - - - NESCAC 1 3–1 1 1 - MIAC 1 1–1 - - - ECAC West 1 1–1 1 - - ECAC Northeast 1 0–1 - - -
References
External links Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book