History Though the MIAC has been playing ice hockey since the 1920s, the league did not play a conference tournament until 1986. The championship served as a capstone for the MIAC season and was used as a final argument for a bid to the Division III NCAA Tournament. Despite not possessing an automatic bid the MIAC tournament champion was selected for the National Tournament each year. For the first four seasons the tournament had all rounds played as two-game total-goal series but changed to single-elimination for all round beginning with the 1990 tournament. Five years later the format was again changed, this time to a two-game point system where the first team to three points would win; one point was awarded for a tie and two points for a win. If the two teams were tied after two games than a 20-minute mini-game was played to determine the winner. By NCAA regulations mini-games were not counted in the standings and were only used to determine which team advanced. In 2000 the MIAC was among the conferences to receive the first automatic bids into the D-III championship, formalizing a practice that had already been in place. The 2021 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
1986
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 15–1–02 Bethel 11–5–03 Saint John's 8–7–14 Gustavus Adolphus 8–8–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1987
SeedSchoolConference record1 Concordia (MN) 12–4–02 Saint Mary's 11–5–03 St. Thomas 10–6–04 Saint John's 9–7–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1988
SeedSchoolConference record1 Saint Mary's 13–2–12 St. Thomas 13–3–03 Gustavus Adolphus 11–5–04 St. Olaf 7–8–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1989
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 13–3–02 Saint Mary's 11–5–03 Gustavus Adolphus 10–6–04 Augsburg 8–7–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1990
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 14–2–02 Gustavus Adolphus 11–3–23 Concordia (MN) 10–4–24 Saint Mary's 8–8–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1991
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 13–1–22 Gustavus Adolphus 11–3–23 Saint Mary's 9–6–14 St. Olaf 9–6–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1992
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 12–3–12 Saint Mary's 10–2–43 Gustavus Adolphus 10–3–34 St. Olaf 8–6–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1993
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 13–2–12 Gustavus Adolphus 13–2–13 Saint Mary's 12–4–04 Augsburg 8–8–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1994
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 11–2–32 Saint John's 11–4–13 Saint Mary's 11–4–14 Augsburg 9–6–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1995
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 12–3–12 Saint Mary's 11–4–13 Gustavus Adolphus 11–4–14 Augsburg 10–4–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
1996
SeedSchoolConference record1 Saint John's 11–1–42 Gustavus Adolphus 12–3–13 St. Thomas 11–3–24 Saint Mary's 10–3–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
1997
SeedSchoolConference record1 Saint John's 14–2–02 St. Thomas 13–3–03 Gustavus Adolphus 11–5–04 Saint Mary's 10–5–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
1998
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 12–3–12 Augsburg 12–3–13 Saint John's 12–4–04 Gustavus Adolphus 11–4–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
1999
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 11–4–12 Saint John's 10–4–23 Concordia (MN) 9–5–24 Augsburg 8–5–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
2000
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 14–1–12 Concordia (MN) 13–2–13 Augsburg 18–5–34 Saint John's 7–6–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
2001
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 11–3–22 Concordia (MN) 11–4–13 Saint John's 10–4–24 Bethel 9–6–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
2002
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 13–3–02 Gustavus Adolphus 9–3–43 Augsburg 10–5–14 Saint John's 9–5–25 Concordia (MN) 9–6–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2003
SeedSchoolConference record1 Saint John's 13–2–12 St. Thomas 10–5–13 Augsburg 10–6–04 Gustavus Adolphus 8–7–15 Concordia (MN) 7–7–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2004
SeedSchoolConference record1 Saint John's 15–1–02 St. Thomas 13–2–13 Gustavus Adolphus 9–5–24 Saint Mary's 8–7–15 St. Olaf 7–6–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2005
SeedSchoolConference record1 Saint John's 14–1–12 St. Thomas 12–3–13 Bethel 10–6–04 St. Olaf 8–4–45 Gustavus Adolphus 7–8–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2006
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 13–2–12 Saint John's 11–3–23 St. Olaf 8–5–34 Bethel 8–6–25 Gustavus Adolphus 9–7–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2007
SeedSchoolConference record1 Bethel 12–3–12 St. Thomas 12–4–03 Augsburg 9–3–44 St. Olaf 9–5–25 Gustavus Adolphus 9–6–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2008
SeedSchoolConference record1 Hamline 11–3–22 St. Thomas 11–4–13 Bethel 11–4–14 Gustavus Adolphus 10–6–05 Saint John's 8–6–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2009
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Olaf 12–1–32 Gustavus Adolphus 10–6–03 St. Thomas 9–5–24 Hamline 9–7–05 Augsburg 8–7–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2010
SeedSchoolConference record1 Gustavus Adolphus 12–2–22 Hamline 11–3–23 St. Thomas 8–6–24 Augsburg 8–7–15 St. Olaf 6–6–4
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2011
SeedSchoolConference record1 Hamline 9–3–42 St. Thomas 9–5–23 Concordia (MN) 7–5–44 Gustavus Adolphus 8–6–25 Augsburg 8–6–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2012
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 13–2–12 Gustavus Adolphus 8–5–33 Saint John's 9–7–04 St. Olaf 7–6–35 Hamline 7–8–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2013
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 10–5–12 Saint John's 9–4–33 Concordia (MN) 10–6–04 Gustavus Adolphus 9–5–25 St. Olaf 9–7–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2014
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 13–1–22 Gustavus Adolphus 12–3–13 Saint John's 10–6–04 St. Olaf 9–4–35 Concordia (MN) 6–6–4
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2015
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 10–3–3–12 Saint Mary's 9–5–2–23 Concordia (MN) 8–5–3–14 Augsburg 9–7–0–05 Hamline 7–6–3–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)The semifinal between Saint Mary's and Concordia was rescheduled from February 28 to March 1
2016
SeedSchoolConference record1 Augsburg 11–3–2–12 St. Thomas 10–3–3–13 Saint John's 10–4–2–14 Concordia (MN) 8–7–1–15 Hamline 8–6–2–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2017
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 11–3–2–12 Augsburg 9–2–5–13 Saint Mary's 9–6–1–04 Hamline 7–5–4–15 Concordia (MN) 7–7–2–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2018
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Thomas 11–4–1–02 Saint John's 11–5–0–03 Augsburg 10–6–0–04 Gustavus Adolphus 9–7–0–05 Concordia (MN) 7–8–1–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2019
SeedSchoolConference record1 Augsburg 13–1–2–02 Saint John's 9–4–3–23 St. Thomas 8–3–5–24 Concordia (MN) 9–5–2–25 Saint Mary's 7–7–2–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2020
SeedSchoolConference record1 Saint John's 9–3–4–22 Concordia (MN) 10–5–1–13 Augsburg 9–6–1–14 St. Thomas 9–6–1–05 Gustavus Adolphus 7–7–2–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2022 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Augsburg 14–2–0–06 Saint Mary's 5–7–0–02 Concordia (MN) 10–4–2–17 St. Olaf 5–8–1–13 Saint John's 9–4–1–08 Hamline 1–10–3–14 St. Scholastica 7–6–1–19 Gustavus Adolphus 0–9–3–15 Bethel 7–8–1–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First Round
(2) Hamline vs. (3) Gustavus Adolphus
Quarterfinals
(1) Augsburg vs. (9) Gustavus Adolphus
(4) St. Scholastica vs. (5) Bethel
(2) Concordia (MN) vs. (7) St. Olaf
(3) Saint John's vs. (6) St. Mary's
Semifinals
(1) Augsburg vs. (5) Bethel
(3) Saint John's vs. (7) St. Olaf
Finals
(1) Augsburg vs. (5) Bethel
2023
SeedSchoolConference record1 St. Scholastica 13–1–2–2–0–12 Augsburg 10–5–1–1–1–03 Saint John's 9–5–2–1–0–14 Concordia (MN) 9–6–1–2–0–05 St. Olaf 7–8–1–0–1–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2024 SeedSchoolConference record1 Augsburg 12–3–1–0–0–02 Bethel 11–3–2–3–1–23 St. Scholastica 8–7–1–1–1–14 Saint Mary's 8–7–1–1–0–15 St. Olaf 7–7–2–1–0–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2025 SeedSchoolConference record1 Gustavus Adolphus 10–4–2–2–1–22 Bethel 9–5–2–3–1–23 St. Olaf 8–7–1–0–0–14 Saint John's 8–7–1–0–1–05 Concordia (MN) 7–6–3–1–0–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2026 SeedSchoolConference record1 Saint John's 10–3–3–1–1–22 Saint Mary's 10–5–1–0–1–13 Gustavus Adolphus 12–4–0–4–1–04 Bethel 9–7–0–0–3–05 St. Olaf 8–6–2–1–1–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Championships SchoolChampionships 12 6 6 6 3 2 2 2 1
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