The 2022–23 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 19, 2022, and concluded on March 25, 2023. This was the 50th season of Division III college ice hockey.

Regular season Alvernia played its inaugural season this year, doing so as a member of the UCHC.

Season tournaments Tournament Dates Teams Champion Western Massachusetts Invitational October 28–29 4 Franklin Pierce Worcester City Cup October 28, 30 4 Nichols Castleton Invitational November 25–26 4 Saint Anselm Utica Thanksgiving Showcase November 25–26 4 Trine, Utica Bowdoin/Colby Tournament November 26–27 4 Bowdoin North Country Tournament November 26–27 4 Hamilton, Stonehill PAL Stovepipe November 26–27 4 New England College Skidmore Invitational November 26–27 4 Skidmore Codfish Bowl December 29–30 4 Massachusetts–Boston Superior Showdown December 29–30 4 Marian Northfield Bank Tournament December 30–31 4 Curry Oswego State Classic December 30–31 4 Adrian Middlebury Classic December 31–January 1 4 Manhattanville Cardinal Classic January 6–7 4 Oswego State Boston Landing Invitational January 7–8 4 Nichols

Standings

Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings

PairWise Rankings The PairWise Rankings (PWR) are a statistical tool designed to approximate the process by which the NCAA selection committee decides which teams get at-large bids to the 16-team NCAA tournament. Although the NCAA selection committee does not use the PWR as presented by USCHO, the PWR has been accurate in predicting which teams will make the tournament field.

For Division III men, all teams are included in comparisons starting in the 2013–14 season (formerly, only teams with a Ratings Percentage Index of .500 or above, or teams under consideration, were included). The PWR method compares each team with every other such team, with the winner of each “comparison” earning one PWR point. After all comparisons are made, the points are totaled up and rankings listed accordingly.

With 84 Division III men's teams, the greatest number of PWR points any team could earn is 83, winning the comparison with every other team. Meanwhile, a team that lost all of its comparisons would have no PWR points.

Teams are then ranked by PWR point total, with ties broken by the teams’ RPI ratings, which starting in 2013–14 is weighted for home and road games and includes a quality wins bonus (QWB) for beating teams in the top 20 of the RPI (it also is weighted for home and road).

When it comes to comparing teams, the PWR uses three criteria which are combined to make a comparison: RPI, record against common opponents and head-to-head competition. Starting in 2013–14, the comparison of record against teams under consideration was dropped because all teams are now under comparison.

+ NCAA Division I Men's Hockey PairWise Rankings Rank Team PWR RPI Conference 1 83 .6319* CCC 2 81 .6304* UCHC 2 81 .6252* NEHC 4 80 .6036* CCC 4 80 .6011 NCHA 6 78 .5884* SUNYAC 7 77 .5863 CCC 8 76 .5861* WIAC 9 75 .5513 MASCAC 10 74 .5785* NEHC 11 73 .5620 WIAC 12 72 .5571 SUNYAC 13 71 .5533* NEHC 14 69 .5497* NCHA 15 68 .5496 SUNYAC 15 68 .5492 NESCAC 17 67 .5457* NCHA 18 66 .5480* NCHA 19 65 .5460 MIAC 20 64 .5446* CCC 21 63 .5437 NESCAC 22 62 .5413 UCHC 22 62 .5409* NEHC 24 60 .5620 WIAC 25 59 .5437 NESCAC 26 58 .5406 MIAC 27 57 .5341 UCHC 27 57 .5292 Independent 29 54 .5260 WIAC 29 54 .5237 NESCAC 31 53 .5226 SUNYAC 31 53 .5213 NCHA 33 51 .5186 MIAC 34 50 .5237 NESCAC 35 48 .5168 NESCAC 35 48 .5152 UCHC 35 48 .5141 NEHC 38 46 .5078 UCHC 39 45 .5061 SUNYAC 40 44 .5057 MIAC 41 43 .5024 UCHC 42 42 .5023 MIAC 43 41 .4939 Independent 44 40 .4930 NCHA 45 39 .4916 MIAC 46 37 .4916 WIAC 47 36 .4916 NESCAC 47 36 .4916 MIAC 49 35 .4866 NCHA 50 34 .4856 NEHC 51 33 .4828 NESCAC 52 31 .4837 MASCAC 52 31 .4822 MASCAC 54 30 .4776 MIAC 55 29 .4719 CCC 56 28 .4712 NEHC 56 28 .4647 Independent 58 26 .4624 CCC 59 25 .4610 MASCAC 60 24 .4603 SUNYAC 61 23 .4589 CCC 61 23 .4588 SUNYAC 63 21 .4581 NEHC 64 20 .4579 SUNYAC 65 19 .4557 UCHC 66 18 .4540 NESCAC 67 17 .4484 CCC 68 16 .4433 MASCAC 69 15 .4416 UCHC 70 14 .4329 NEHC 71 13 .4324 UCHC 72 12 .4308 NCHA 73 11 .4304 WIAC 74 10 .4302 MIAC 75 9 .4289 SUNYAC 76 8 .4240 UCHC 77 7 .4224 NCHA 78 6 .4140 NESCAC 79 5 .4138 UCHC 80 4 .4129 MASCAC 81 2 .4104 Independent 81 2 .4064 MASCAC 82 1 .4017 NCHA 82 1 .3995 NEHC *A team's RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating a weak opponent Note: A team's record is based only on games against other Division III hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament.

2023 NCAA Tournament

Player stats

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM Senior Adrian 31 29 28 57 14 Junior St. Scholastica 27 21 29 50 16 Senior Adrian 30 21 27 48 71 Junior St. Scholastica 26 19 22 41 6 Junior St. Scholastica 26 13 28 41 14 Sophomore Stevenson 27 23 17 40 12 Sophomore Hobart 27 21 18 39 12 Senior Plymouth State 25 15 24 39 2 Senior Nazareth 28 10 28 38 8 Sophomore University of New England 29 15 22 37 10 Senior Curry 29 15 22 37 10 Senior Adrian 25 13 24 37 10 Graduate Utica 28 12 25 37 4 Senior University of New England 29 10 27 37 42 Senior Utica 29 5 32 37 10

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 Freshman Hobart 20 1159 18 2 0 20 7 .955 1.04 Sophomore Endicott 14 843 11 3 0 18 4 .947 1.28 Freshman Plattsburgh State 18 1004 12 5 0 23 3 .946 1.38 Freshman Hobart 11 595 9 0 2 14 2 .932 1.41 Freshman Trinity 19 1151 13 5 1 27 5 .934 1.41 Senior Norwich 22 1326 16 6 0 33 3 .944 1.49 Freshman Wisconsin–Superior 19 1072 12 3 2 27 6 .941 1.51 Senior Endicott 14 834 12 0 2 22 2 .938 1.58 Senior Wisconsin–Stevens Point 17 1055 11 4 1 28 2 .935 1.59 Sophomore Geneseo State 10 363 4 1 1 10 2 .938 1.65

See also 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season 2022–23 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season

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