The 2023–24 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 27, 2023, and concluded on March 23, 2024. This was the 51st season of Division III college ice hockey.

Regular season After the closure of Finlandia University the entire ice hockey program (men's and women's) was transferred to the University of Dubuque.

MCLA restarted its ice hockey program this season, returning to the ice for the first time since 2003.

Little East Prior to the start of the season, the Little East Conference announced that it would begin sponsoring ice hockey for the first time. The conference projected to begin play in the 2025–26 season and would coincide with the return of Keene State's ice hockey program. The other five Little East members who already fielded teams were Massachusetts–Boston, Massachusetts–Dartmouth, Plymouth State, Southern Maine and Vermont State Castleton. Because the conference would begin play with six member teams, the Little east would immediately receive an automatic bid for the NCAA tournament.

Season tournaments Tournament Dates Teams Champion Buffalo State Tournament October 27–28 4 Salve Regina Western Massachusetts Invitational October 27–28 4 Westfield State Worcester City Cup October 27, 29 4 Assumption Terry Moran Invitational Tournament November 24–25 4 Rivier Bowdoin/Colby Tournament November 25–26 4 Bowdoin LayerEight Shootout November 25–26 4 Plattsburgh State North Country Tournament November 25–26 4 Trine Utica Thanksgiving Showcase November 25–26 4 Elmira Skidmore Thanksgiving Invitational November 25–26 4 Brockport State Superior Showdown December 29–30 4 Wisconsin–Superior Northfield Savings Bank Tournament December 30–31 4 University of New England Oswego State Classic December 30–31 4 Stevenson Codfish Bowl January 5–6 4 Connecticut College Comfort Inn Complex Winter Classic January 5–6 4 Plattsburgh State Boston Landing Invitational January 6–7 4 Tufts

Standings

Note: Mini-games 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 85 Division III men's teams, the greatest number of PWR points any team could earn is 84, 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 84 .6546* NEHC 2 83 .6065* NESCAC 3 82 .5971* NCHA 4 80 .5937* UCHC 4 80 .5825* MASCAC 6 79 .5812* NCHA 6 79 .5789 NEHC 8 77 .5771* WIAC 9 76 .5771* SUNYAC 10 75 .5718* CCC 11 74 .5678 NEHC 12 73 .5674* SUNYAC 13 72 .5626 UCHC 14 71 .5626 MIAC 15 69 .5580 CCC 15 69 .5561 NESCAC 17 68 .5519 NESCAC 18 67 .5513 NEHC 19 66 .5472* SUNYAC 20 65 .5465 CCC 21 63 .5450 CCC 21 63 .5419 NCHA 23 62 .5409 NESCAC 24 60 .5397 SUNYAC 24 60 .5397* WIAC 26 59 .5399* MIAC 26 59 .5379 NESCAC 28 57 .5368 Independent 28 57 .5331* MIAC 30 55 .5314* MIAC 31 53 .5269 NEHC 31 53 .5238* WIAC 33 52 .5237 Independent 34 51 .5234 UCHC 35 50 .5187 NCHA 35 50 .5152 NCHA 37 48 .5119 MASCAC 38 47 .5070 MASCAC 39 46 .5069 NESCAC 40 45 .5013 MIAC 41 43 .5003 NESCAC 42 42 .5032 WIAC 42 42 .4961 NEHC 44 41 .4946 NEHC 44 41 .4940 NESCAC 46 40 .4901 MIAC 47 38 .4881 UCHC 47 38 .4869 MIAC 49 36 .4834 NESCAC 50 35 .4803 MASCAC 51 34 .4759 MIAC 52 33 .4736 NCHA 53 32 .4718 UCHC 54 31 .4716 CCC 55 30 .4686 WIAC 56 29 .4677 SUNYAC 57 28 .4671 SUNYAC 58 27 .4629 UCHC 59 26 .4600 UCHC 60 25 .4591 MIAC 61 24 .4580 NCHA 62 23 .4567 Independent 63 22 .4566 NCHA 64 21 .4562 MASCAC 65 20 .4530 UCHC 66 19 .4504 CCC 67 18 .4492 NESCAC 68 17 .4461 Independent 69 16 .4459 NEHC 70 15 .4455 UCHC 71 14 .4451 NCHA 72 13 .4416 SUNYAC 73 12 .4392 MASCAC 74 11 .4390 CCC 75 10 .4369 NEHC 76 9 .4361 UCHC 77 8 .4338 UCHC 78 7 .4296 SUNYAC 79 6 .4280 NEHC 80 5 .4273 MASCAC 81 4 .4258 MASCAC 82 3 .4218 NCHA 83 2 .4165 CCC 84 1 .4075 SUNYAC 85 0 .3750 WIAC *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.

2024 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 Sophomore Plymouth State 27 27 31 58 16 Junior Assumption 32 23 25 48 22 Senior Adrian 32 16 32 48 24 Sophomore Hobart 31 20 25 45 16 Senior St. Norbert 29 20 24 44 4 Junior St. Norbert 29 17 27 44 8 Senior Oswego State 26 22 20 42 10 Senior Adrian 28 18 22 40 19 Senior Oswego State 26 17 23 40 12 Senior Elmira 28 13 26 39 36 Senior Adrian 32 11 28 39 20

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 Sophomore Hobart 10 596 9 1 0 9 6 .947 0.91 Sophomore Hobart 20 1280 18 1 1 20 7 .962 0.94 Junior Utica 10 528 9 0 0 10 2 .951 1.14 Sophomore Trinity 30 1768 25 4 1 35 7 .946 1.19 Freshman Norwich 11 617 7 1 2 15 2 .940 1.46 Sophomore Utica 21 1262 15 3 3 33 3 .941 1.57 Freshman Curry 21 1247 15 4 0 33 4 .949 1.59 Freshman Norwich 15 891 7 6 2 24 1 .943 1.62 Freshman Geneseo State 12 654 9 2 0 19 2 .944 1.74 Senior Skidmore 27 1537 19 5 2 45 4 .938 1.76

Awards NCAA Award RecipientSid Watson Award Devon Bobak, TrinityEdward Jeremiah Award Mark Taylor, HobartTournament Most Outstanding Player Austin Mourar, Hobart East First Team Position West First Team Devon Bobak, Trinity G Samuel Vyletelka, Augsburg Danny Magnuson, Skidmore D Connor Kalthoff, St. Olaf Brian Scoville, Utica D Jaden Shields, Adrian Shane Bull, Oswego State F Liam Fraser, St. Norbert Tanner Hartman, Hobart F Zachary Heintz, Adrian Will Redick, Plymouth State F Adam Stacho, St. Norbert East Second Team Position West Second Team Ty Outen, Stevenson G Dershahn Stewart, Adrian Ned Blanchard, Trinity D Dayton Deics, St. Norbert Alex Wilkins, Geneseo D Mick Heneghan, Wisconsin–Stevens Point Ignat Belov, Hobart F Fletcher Anderson, Wisconsin–Stevens Point Artem Buzoverya, Chatham F Tyler Kostelecky, Bethel Andrew Kurapov, Endicott F Mathew Rehding, Adrian East Third Team Position Tate Brandon, Skidmore G Cole Jungwirth, Wilkes D James Philpott, Hamilton D Tyler Flack, Oswego State F Liam McCanney, Stevenson F Bennett Stockdale, Plattsburgh State F

See also 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season 2023–24 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season

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