The 2008 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2007–08 season, the 25th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with St. Norbert defeating Plattsburgh State in the championship game 2-0. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York.
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 Elmira ECAC West 19–3–5 Tournament Champion 11th 20061 St. Norbert NCHA 24–1–4 Tournament Champion 10th 20072 Plattsburgh State SUNYAC 23–4–0 Tournament Champion 13th 20042 St. Thomas MIAC 19–6–2 Tournament Champion 13th 20053 Norwich ECAC East 22–6–0 Tournament Champion 10th 20073 Wisconsin–Stout NCHA 18–8–3 At–Large 1st Never4 Manhattanville ECAC West 18–6–3 At–Large 4th 20075 Hobart ECAC West 18–7–2 At–Large 3rd 20066 Massachusetts–Dartmouth ECAC Northeast 18–8–1 Tournament Champion 3rd 20077 Trinity NESCAC 15–10–2 Tournament Champion 3rd 2005
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 ECAC West 3 1–3 1 - - NCHA 2 3–1 1 1 1 SUNYAC 1 2–1 1 1 - ECAC East 1 1–1 1 - - NESCAC 1 1–1 - - - MIAC 1 1–1 - - - ECAC Northeast 1 0–1 - - -
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