The 2016–17 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 28, 2016, and concluded on March 25, 2017. This was the 44th season of Division III college ice hockey.
The Commonwealth Coast Conference, the primary league for six of the nine members of ECAC Northeast and one member of the NEHC, began sponsoring men's ice hockey this season. Because seven teams is the minimum requirement for a league to qualify for an automatic bid the new conference would be able to retain the qualifier formerly possessed by ECAC Northeast. The three remaining ECAC Northeast teams (Becker, Johnson & Wales and Suffolk) joined CCC as affiliate members for at least men's ice hockey.
The NCAA also increased the number of participants in the National Tournament to twelve.
Regular season Season tournaments
Standings
Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings
Player stats
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM Sophomore University of New England 26 18 35 53 30 Sophomore Endicott 30 18 31 49 36 Senior Geneseo State 27 19 29 48 14 Senior Norwich 23 18 28 46 11 Senior University of New England 25 20 25 45 16 Senior Oswego State 28 19 26 45 2 Senior Neumann 25 26 18 44 12 Senior Wisconsin–Stevens Point 29 24 19 43 43 Freshman University of New England 26 20 23 43 4 Senior Oswego State 28 13 28 41 22
Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA Junior St. Norbert 21 1241 17 3 1 27 6 .939 1.31 Senior Norwich 17 885 11 1 3 24 3 .937 1.63 Sophomore Babson 15 830 8 5 1 24 2 .943 1.73 Senior Geneseo State 11 511 6 2 0 15 2 .935 1.76 Junior Trinity 29 1763 19 7 3 52 3 .934 1.77 Junior Hamilton 26 1582 17 5 4 47 2 .941 1.78 Junior Norwich 18 986 16 0 0 30 2 .924 1.83 Senior Oswego State 14 750 9 3 1 23 2 .914 1.84 Freshman Wisconsin–River Falls 22 1297 10 9 2 41 3 .924 1.90 Senior Buffalo State 25 1458 17 7 1 48 3 .927 1.98 Senior New England College 26 1544 18 8 0 51 5 .941 1.98
2017 NCAA Tournament
Awards NCAA Award RecipientSid Watson Award Evan Buitenhuis, HamiltonEdward Jeremiah Award Mike McShane (Norwich)Tournament Most Outstanding Player William Pelletier, Norwich East First Team Position West First Team Evan Buitenhuis, Hamilton G T.J. Black, St. Norbert Stephen Johnson, Oswego State D Cory Dunn, Adrian Cody Smith, Norwich D Rory Vesel, Augsburg Stephen Collins, Geneseo State F Lawrence Cornellier, Wisconsin–Stevens Point Brady Fleurent, University of New England F Jack Lewis, Lake Forest Colin Larkin, Massachusetts–Boston F Patrick Moore, Wisconsin–Eau Claire East Second Team Position West Second Team Brett Kilar, New England College G Benjamin Myers, St. Thomas Tyler Bishop, Massachusetts–Boston D Sean Campbell, St. Norbert Logan Day, Endicott D Mitch Hall, Hamline Dominik Gabaj, Nazareth F Trevor Boyd, Adrian Jory Mullin, Neumann F Nate Flynn, Augsburg William Pelletier, Norwich F Thomas Williams, St. Thomas East Third Team Position Mike DeLaVergne, Buffalo State G Carl Belizario, Hobart D Ayrton Valente, Plattsburgh State D Tommy Besinger, Endicott F Trevor Fleurent, University of New England F Kenny Neil, Oswego State F
See also 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season 2016–17 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season
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