The 2004 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2003–04 season, the 21st such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Middlebury defeating St. Norbert in the championship game 1-0 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Northfield, Vermont.

Qualifying teams The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences with one at-large bid for the best remaining team from each region.

East West Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid1 Norwich ECAC East 23–3–0 Tournament Champion 7th 20031 St. Norbert NCHA 25–2–2 Tournament Champion 6th 20032 Middlebury NESCAC 24–3–0 Tournament Champion 10th 20032 Wisconsin–River Falls NCHA 20–5–4 At–Large 10th 20033 Plattsburgh State SUNYAC 22–4–3 Tournament Champion 12th 20023 St. Thomas MIAC 17–7–3 Tournament Champion 11th 20024 Curry ECAC Northeast 24–3–1 At–Large 1st Never5 Wentworth ECAC Northeast 16–8–4 Tournament Champion 4th 20036 Hobart ECAC West 15–7–5 Tournament Champion 1st Never

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 with the top three teams serving as hosts. For the western quarterfinal, the top-ranked team awaited the winner of a play-in game between the lower-ranked teams.

Tournament bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(W2) Wisconsin–River Falls vs. (W3) St. Thomas

Quarterfinals

(W1) St. Norbert vs. (W3) Wisconsin–River Falls

(E3) Plattsburgh State vs. (E4) Curry

(E2) Middlebury vs. (E5) Wentworth

(E1) Norwich vs. (E6) Hobart

Semifinals

(W1) St. Norbert vs. (E3) Plattsburgh State

(E1) Norwich vs. (E2) Middlebury

National Championship

(W1) St. Norbert vs. (E2) Middlebury

Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions NCHA 2 3–2 1 1 - MIAC 2 0–2 - - - NESCAC 1 3–0 1 1 1 ECAC East 1 1–1 1 - - SUNYAC 1 1–1 1 - - ECAC West 1 0–1 - - - ECAC Northeast 1 0–1 - - -

References

External links Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book