The 1990 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1989–90 season, the 7th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Wisconsin-Stevens Point defeating Plattsburgh State in the championship series 1-0 in the deciding minigame. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Qualifying teams 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 while quarter and semifinal matches were arranged so that the road teams would have the shortest possible travel distances. Because the semifinal series were played at home team venues the NCAA elected to select an equal amount of eastern and western teams.
East West School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid Babson ECAC East 18–3–4 At-Large 7th 1989 Gustavus Adolphus MIAC 20–5–4 Tournament Champion 1st Never Elmira ECAC West 23–7–1 Tournament Champion 3rd 1988 Mankato State NCHA 14–13–6 At-Large 3rd 1986 Geneseo State ECAC West 23–9–0 At-Large 1st Never St. Thomas MIAC 19–7–0 At-Large 5th 1988 Plattsburgh State ECAC West 20–8–1 At-Large 2nd 1988 Wisconsin–Stevens Point NCHA 25–3–4 Tournament Champion 3rd 1989
Format The tournament featured three rounds of play. Starting in 1988, each round of the tournament consisted of a 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. The teams were seeded according to geographic proximity in the quarterfinals so the visiting team would have the shortest feasible distance to travel.
Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions ECAC West 3 3–3–4 1 1 - NCHA 2 4–2–4 2 1 1 MIAC 2 0–2–2 - - - ECAC East 1 0–0–4 1 - -
References
External links Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book