2022–23 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
| 2022–23 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season | |||||
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| Duration | October 19, 2022– March 25, 2023 |
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| NCAA tournament | 2023 | ||||
| National championship | Raymond J. Bourque Arena Beverly, Massachusetts |
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| NCAA champion | Hobart | ||||
| Sid Watson Award | Matus Spodniak (Adrian) |
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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.
Contents
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
Template:2022–23 Commonwealth Coast Conference ice hockey standings (men) Template:2022–23 Division III Independent ice hockey standings (men) Template:2022–23 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings (men) Template:2022–23 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings (men) Template:2022–23 New England Hockey Conference standings (men) Template:2022–23 New England Small College Athletic Conference ice hockey standings (men) Template:2022–23 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association standings (men) Template:2022–23 State University of New York Athletic Conference ice hockey standings Template:2022–23 United Collegiate Hockey Conference standings (men) Template:2022–23 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings (men) 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.[1]
| Rank | Team | PWR | RPI | Conference |
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| 1 | Endicott | 83 | .6319* | CCC |
| 2 | Utica | 81 | .6304* | UCHC |
| 2 | Hobart | 81 | .6252* | NEHC |
| 4 | Curry | 80 | .6036* | CCC |
| 4 | Adrian | 80 | .6011 | NCHA |
| 6 | Plattsburgh State | 78 | .5884* | SUNYAC |
| 7 | University of New England | 77 | .5863 | CCC |
| 8 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 76 | .5861* | WIAC |
| 9 | Plymouth State | 75 | .5513 | MASCAC |
| 10 | Norwich | 74 | .5785* | NEHC |
| 11 | Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 73 | .5620 | WIAC |
| 12 | Oswego State | 72 | .5571 | SUNYAC |
| 13 | Babson | 71 | .5533* | NEHC |
| 14 | St. Norbert | 69 | .5497* | NCHA |
| 15 | Geneseo State | 68 | .5496 | SUNYAC |
| 15 | Wesleyan | 68 | .5492 | NESCAC |
| 17 | Aurora | 67 | .5457* | NCHA |
| 18 | Trine | 66 | .5480* | NCHA |
| 19 | Augsburg | 65 | .5460 | MIAC |
| 20 | Salve Regina | 64 | .5446* | CCC |
| 21 | Trinity | 63 | .5437 | NESCAC |
| 22 | Nazareth | 62 | .5413 | UCHC |
| 22 | Skidmore | 62 | .5409* | NEHC |
| 24 | Wisconsin–Stout | 60 | .5620 | WIAC |
| 25 | Amherst | 59 | .5437 | NESCAC |
| 26 | St. Scholastica | 58 | .5406 | MIAC |
| 27 | Stevenson | 57 | .5341 | UCHC |
| 27 | Albertus Magnus | 57 | .5292 | Independent |
| 29 | Wisconsin–Superior | 54 | .5260 | WIAC |
| 29 | Hamilton | 54 | .5237 | NESCAC |
| 31 | Cortland State | 53 | .5226 | SUNYAC |
| 31 | MSOE | 53 | .5213 | NCHA |
| 33 | Saint John's | 51 | .5186 | MIAC |
| 34 | Bowdoin | 50 | .5237 | NESCAC |
| 35 | Colby | 48 | .5168 | NESCAC |
| 35 | Manhattanville | 48 | .5152 | UCHC |
| 35 | Elmira | 48 | .5141 | NEHC |
| 38 | Chatham | 46 | .5078 | UCHC |
| 39 | Buffalo State | 45 | .5061 | SUNYAC |
| 40 | St. Olaf | 44 | .5057 | MIAC |
| 41 | Wilkes | 43 | .5024 | UCHC |
| 42 | Concordia (MN) | 42 | .5023 | MIAC |
| 43 | Canton State | 41 | .4939 | Independent |
| 44 | Lake Forest | 40 | .4930 | NCHA |
| 45 | Hamline | 39 | .4916 | MIAC |
| 46 | Wisconsin–River Falls | 37 | .4916 | WIAC |
| 47 | Tufts | 36 | .4916 | NESCAC |
| 47 | Bethel | 36 | .4916 | MIAC |
| 49 | Marian | 35 | .4866 | NCHA |
| 50 | Massachusetts–Boston | 34 | .4856 | NEHC |
| 51 | Williams | 33 | .4828 | NESCAC |
| 52 | Worcester State | 31 | .4837 | MASCAC |
| 52 | Fitchburg State | 31 | .4822 | MASCAC |
| 54 | Saint Mary's | 30 | .4776 | MIAC |
| 55 | Western New England | 29 | .4719 | CCC |
| 56 | New England College | 28 | .4712 | NEHC |
| 56 | Anna Maria | 28 | .4647 | Independent |
| 58 | Nichols | 26 | .4624 | CCC |
| 59 | Westfield State | 25 | .4610 | MASCAC |
| 60 | Morrisville State | 24 | .4603 | SUNYAC |
| 61 | Wentworth | 23 | .4589 | CCC |
| 61 | Brockport State | 23 | .4588 | SUNYAC |
| 63 | Castleton | 21 | .4581 | NEHC |
| 64 | Fredonia State | 20 | .4579 | SUNYAC |
| 65 | Alvernia | 19 | .4557 | UCHC |
| 66 | Middlebury | 18 | .4540 | NESCAC |
| 67 | Suffolk | 17 | .4484 | CCC |
| 68 | Massachusetts–Dartmouth | 16 | .4433 | MASCAC |
| 69 | Arcadia | 15 | .4416 | UCHC |
| 70 | Southern Maine | 14 | .4329 | NEHC |
| 71 | King's | 13 | .4324 | UCHC |
| 72 | Lawrence | 12 | .4308 | NCHA |
| 73 | Northland | 11 | .4304 | WIAC |
| 74 | Gustavus Adolphus | 10 | .4302 | MIAC |
| 75 | Potsdam State | 9 | .4289 | SUNYAC |
| 76 | Neumann | 8 | .4240 | UCHC |
| 77 | Concordia (WI) | 7 | .4224 | NCHA |
| 78 | Connecticut College | 6 | .4140 | NESCAC |
| 79 | Lebanon Valley | 5 | .4138 | UCHC |
| 80 | Salem State | 4 | .4129 | MASCAC |
| 81 | Rivier | 2 | .4104 | Independent |
| 81 | Framingham State | 2 | .4064 | MASCAC |
| 82 | Finlandia | 1 | .4017 | NCHA |
| 82 | Johnson & Wales | 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. |
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2023 NCAA Tournament
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2023 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament
