The 2005 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2004–05 season, the 22nd such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Middlebury defeating St. Thomas in the championship game 5-0. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Middlebury, 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 Manhattanville ECAC West 20–4–1 Tournament Champion 1st Never1 St. Norbert NCHA 24–2–3 Tournament Champion 7th 20042 Middlebury NESCAC 20–4–3 Tournament Champion 11th 20042 Saint John's MIAC 23–2–2 At–Large 5th 20033 Geneseo State SUNYAC 18–6–4 Tournament Champion 2nd 19903 St. Thomas MIAC 17–5–5 Tournament Champion 12th 20044 Trinity NESCAC 20–3–2 At–Large 2nd 20035 Curry ECAC Northeast 19–5–3 Tournament Champion 2nd 20046 New England College ECAC East 17–11–0 Tournament Champion 3rd 2001

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) Saint John's vs. (W3) Saint John’s

Quarterfinals

(W1) St. Norbert vs. (W3) St. Thomas

(E3) Geneseo State vs. (E4) Trinity

(E2) Middlebury vs. (E5) Curry

Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions NESCAC 2 4–1 2 1 1 MIAC 2 3–2 1 1 - ECAC East 1 1–1 1 - - NCHA 1 0–1 - - - SUNYAC 1 0–1 - - - ECAC West 1 0–1 - - - ECAC Northeast 1 0–1 - - -

References

External links Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book