1997–98 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

1997–98 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
1997–98 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
Duration	October 1997–; March 21, 1998
NCAA tournament	1998
National championship	Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena; Plattsburgh, New York
NCAA champion	Middlebury
Sid Watson Award	Mark Spence; (Middlebury)
List of NCAA Division III men's ice hockey seasons
← 1996–97	1998–99 →

The 1997–98 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began in October 1997 and concluded on March 21 of the following year. This was the 25th season of Division III college ice hockey.

Quinnipiac and Fairfield began the season as members of ECAC North/South/Central, however, because the teams were preparing to be founding members of the MAAC's ice hockey conference the following year they had begun to offer athletic scholarships. Conference rules strictly forbade any athletic scholarships and both schools (in December and February respectively) were ruled ineligible to play in the conference postseason.^[1] Additionally, all games played by Fairfield and Quinnipiac would not be counted in the conference standings. Sacred Heart was also excluded from ECAC tournament play for similar reasons. Though the three teams were officially members of ECAC North/South/Central, they are sometimes considered as independents for this season as a result of not playing any conference games.

Regular season[edit]

Season tournaments[edit]

Tournament	Dates	Teams	Champion
Blue Devil Invitational	October 24–25	4	Mercyhurst
Pepsi Invitational	October 31–November 1	4	Potsdam State
RIT Tournament	October 31–November 1	4	RIT
Pane Webber Face Off Classic	November 7–8	4	Fitchburg State
Holy Cross Tournament	November 28–29	4
Ben McCabe Tournament	November 29–30	4
Syracuse Invitational	December 27–28	4	Minnesota–Duluth
Codfish Bowl	December 29–30	4	Massachusetts–Boston
Cardinal Classic	January 2–3	4	Plattsburgh State
Colby Tournament	January 3–4	4	RIT
Middlebury Tournament	January 3–4	4	Middlebury
Hamot Hockey Classic	January 9–10	4	Mercyhurst

Standings[edit]

1997–98 ECAC East standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Middlebury †	19	16	1	2	34	108	23	28	24	2	2	152	42
Williams	19	16	2	1	33	75	36	24	18	5	1
Holy Cross	19	13	4	2	28	69	41	26	16	8	2	97	58
Connecticut College	19	11	5	3	25	81	63	27	14	10	3	107	92
Hamilton *	19	11	5	3	25	83	55	27	16	8	3
Bowdoin	19	11	6	2	24	73	57	25	13	10	2
Salem State	19	11	6	2	24	65	59	27	15	10	2
Colby	19	10	6	3	23	61	51	24	13	8	3
Connecticut	19	10	8	1	21	66	57	27	13	13	1	86	96
Babson	19	9	8	2	20	56	54	25	14	9	2	81	69
Norwich	19	9	8	2	20	85	58	27	13	12	2
Trinity	19	9	8	2	20	71	72	24	11	11	2
Amherst	19	8	10	1	17	69	65	23	10	12	1
Saint Anselm	19	8	11	0	16	74	81	24	11	13	0	91	97
Southern Maine	19	5	13	1	11	58	111	24	6	17	1	78	141
Massachusetts–Boston	19	5	14	0	10	61	81	24	7	17	0	83	99
Wesleyan	19	4	13	2	10	50	92	23	6	15	2	69	111
New England College	19	3	13	3	9	59	101	24	6	15	3
American International	19	3	15	1	7	51	90	24	5	18	1
MCLA	19	1	17	1	3	61	119	25	4	20	1
Championship: March 7, 1998 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1997–98 ECAC North/South/Central standings v t e
	Division							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Central Division
Saint Michael's ~	14	12	2	0	24	98	48	27	20	7	0	171	91
Massachusetts–Dartmouth *	14	11	3	0	22			27	22	5	0
Bentley	14	10	4	0	20	106	51	26	16	10	0	158	107
New Hampshire College	14	9	5	0	18	76	68	24	14	9	1	111	103
Assumption	14	7	7	0	14			24	11	13	0
Tufts	14	5	9	0	10			23	9	13	1
Stonehill	14	1	12	1	3			21	1	19	1
Suffolk	14	0	13	1	1			25	5	19	1
North Division
Fitchburg State ~†	16	14	1	1	29			27	21	5	1
Johnson & Wales	16	12	4	0	24	85	58	19	12	7	0	91	76
Worcester State	16	11	5	0	22			25	13	12	0
Plymouth State	16	9	6	1	19	74	61	26	11	14	1	104	126
Framingham State	16	9	7	0	18			24	12	12	0
Curry	16	7	9	0	14			25	11	13	1
Nichols	16	7	9	0	14	83	76	20	7	12	1	90	105
Roger Williams	16	2	14	0	4
Salve Regina	16	0	16	0	0			17	0	17	0
South Division
Wentworth ~	8	7	1	0	14	26	11	27	17	10	0	102	86
Skidmore	8	5	2	1	11			23	8	12	3
Iona	8	4	3	1	9			25	4	20	1
Villanova	8	2	6	0	4
Western New England	8	1	7	0	2			17	7	10	0
Fairfield ^	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	12	12	0
Quinnipiac ^	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	19	3	1	166	52
Sacred Heart ^	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	13	12	0	95	135
Championship: March 11, 1998 ~ indicates division regular season champions † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Fairfield and Quinnipiac were ruled ineligible for postseason play and their divisional games were not counted in conference standings as a result of both schools offering athletic scholarships. Sacred Heart was excluded for similar reasons.

1997–98 ECAC West standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Niagara †*	10	8	1	1	17	50	24	27	14	10	3	106	80
RIT	10	7	1	2	16	64	23	29	20	4	5	163	82
Mercyhurst	10	4	5	1	9	35	36	27	17	9	1	123	79
Canisius	10	4	5	1	9	34	48	26	11	11	4	117	115
Elmira	10	4	6	0	8	29	37	25	14	11	0	105	93
Hobart	10	0	9	1	1	18	62	24	9	14	1	80	116
Championship: March 7, 1998 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions

1997–98 NCAA Division III Independent ice hockey standings v t e
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Lawrence	10	7	3	0
Scranton	24	16	8	0

1997–98 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
St. Thomas †	16	12	3	1	25	94	41	29	20	7	2
Augsburg †*	16	12	3	1	25	95	51	33	21	8	4	157	115
Saint John's	16	12	4	0	24	95	48	27	17	10	0
Gustavus Adolphus	16	11	4	1	23	86	45	27	13	12	2	123	106
Saint Mary's	16	9	7	0	18	74	48	25	14	11	0	112	80
Concordia (MN)	16	7	8	1	15	58	61	25	10	14	1	87	105
St. Olaf	16	4	12	0	8	54	70	25	5	18	2
Bethel	16	3	13	0	6	45	83	25	8	17	0
Hamline	16	0	16	0	0	23	165	25	1	24	0
Championship: March 7, 1998 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1997–98 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
St. Norbert †*	20	17	3	0	34	114	45	33	27	6	0	187	63
Wisconsin–River Falls	20	14	5	1	29	79	50	31	22	8	1	124	77
Bemidji State	20	14	6	0	28	107	64	34	22	10	2	168	110
Wisconsin–Stevens Point	20	14	6	0	28	70	52	34	23	11	0	114	82
Wisconsin–Superior	20	14	6	0	28	91	49	29	18	10	1	125	80
Wisconsin–Eau Claire	20	6	14	0	12	81	105	26	10	16	0	113	122
Lake Forest	20	5	13	2	12	56	94	27	7	18	2	83	124
Wisconsin–Stout	20	3	16	1	7	68	110	27	7	19	1	98	141
St. Scholastica	20	1	19	0	2	34	132	27	3	23	1	62	173
Championship: March 7, 1998 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Bemidji State was ineligible for Division III tournaments

1997–98 State University of New York Athletic Conference ice hockey standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Oswego State †	14	11	2	1	23	74	33	31	16	13	2	138	117
Geneseo State	14	9	3	2	20	53	44	27	17	7	3
Plattsburgh State *	14	9	4	1	19	79	42	35	26	8	1	193	99
Potsdam State	14	8	4	2	18	74	47	28	15	10	3
Brockport State	14	7	6	1	14	53	60	28	11	14	3	116	133
Fredonia State	14	5	9	0	10	46	55	28	10	15	3
Buffalo State	14	2	9	3	7	35	72	24	3	18	3
Cortland State	14	0	14	0	0	24	85	23	3	20	0
Championship: March 7, 1998 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions

Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings

1998 NCAA Tournament[edit]

Quarterfinals March 14–15				Semifinals March 21		National championship March 22

Middlebury	5	6	-

Oswego State	1	3	-
				Middlebury	5

				Augsburg	2
Augsburg	3	4	-

Wisconsin–River Falls	2	3	-
						Middlebury	2

						Wisconsin–Stevens Point	1
Plattsburgh State	6	2	2

RIT	3	3	0
				Plattsburgh State	2	Third-place game

				Wisconsin–Stevens Point	8
St. Norbert	3	1	0			Augsburg	5

Wisconsin–Stevens Point	1	2	2			Plattsburgh State	9

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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References[edit]

^ "Fairfield Ruled Ineligible for Postseason Play in ECAC". USCHO.com. February 13, 1998. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
^ "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved September 19, 2019.

External links[edit]

[1] "Fairfield Ruled Ineligible for Postseason Play in ECAC". USCHO.com. February 13, 1998. Retrieved June 13, 2013.

[2] "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved September 19, 2019.

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