1995–96 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
American college ice hockey season
1995–96 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season | |||||
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Duration | October 1995– March 16, 1996 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1996 | ||||
National championship | W.H. Hunt Arena River Falls, Wisconsin | ||||
NCAA champion | Middlebury | ||||
Sid Watson Award | Ian Smith (Middlebury) | ||||
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The 1995–96 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began in October 1995 and concluded on March 16 of the following year. This was the 23rd season of Division III college ice hockey.
Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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Buffalo State Tournament | October 27–28 | 4 | |
Ira S. Wilson Tournament | November 3–4 | 4 | Buffalo State |
Potsdam Classic | November 3–4 | 4 | Potsdam State |
RIT Tournament | November 3–4 | 4 | RIT |
Cardinal Classic | November 24–25 | 4 | Army |
Bowdoin Invitational | November 25–26 | 4 | Saint Anselm |
Spurrier Invitational | November 25–26 | 4 | Connecticut College |
Codfish Bowl | December 28–29 | 4 | Babson |
Colby Classic | January 5–6 | 4 | Colby |
Middlebury Tournament | January 6–7 | 4 | Middlebury |
PAL Tournament | January 12–13 | 4 | Fitchburg State |
Standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Middlebury † | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 111 | 35 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 46 | |
Colby | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 0 | |||||
Bowdoin | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | |||||
Babson | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 79 | 66 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 108 | 88 | |
Salem State | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | |||||
Amherst * | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0 | |||||
Connecticut College | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 92 | 69 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 118 | 90 | |
Hamilton | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | |||||
Williams | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 1 | |||||
Connecticut | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 91 | 67 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 134 | 86 | |
Holy Cross | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 71 | 74 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 108 | 96 | |
Norwich | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 113 | 119 | |||
Trinity | 19 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | |||||
Massachusetts–Boston | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 81 | 115 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 111 | 134 | |
American International | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 2 | |||||
New England College | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | |||||
Saint Anselm | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 77 | 91 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 95 | 115 | |
North Adams State | 19 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | |||||
Southern Maine | 19 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 116 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 70 | 155 | |
Wesleyan | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 140 | 24 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 64 | 163 | |
Championship: March 5, 1996 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1995–96 ECAC North/South/Central standings
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Division | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Central Division | ||||||||||||||
Massachusetts–Dartmouth ~† | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Bentley | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 105 | 58 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 171 | 121 | |
Tufts | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | |||||
Saint Michael's | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 82 | 54 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 120 | 91 | |
Assumption | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | |||||
Stonehill | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | |||||
New Hampshire College | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 63 | 74 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 100 | 119 | |
Suffolk | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 0 | |||||
North Division | ||||||||||||||
Fitchburg State ~* | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | |||||
Roger Williams | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | |||||
Framingham State | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 1 | |||||
Nichols | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 68 | 59 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 84 | 81 | |
Plymouth State | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 1 | |||||
Western New England | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | |||||
Worcester State | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | |||||
Curry | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 0 | |||||
South Division | ||||||||||||||
Skidmore ~ | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | |||||
Fairfield | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 4 | |||||
Sacred Heart | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 59 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 106 | 100 | |
Quinnipiac | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 46 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 89 | 97 | |
Iona | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 1 | |||||
Villanova | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
Wentworth | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 88 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 43 | 126 | |
Championship: March 6, 1996 ~ indicates division regular season champions † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1995–96 ECAC West standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
RIT †* | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 44 | 30 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 182 | 96 | |
Canisius † | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 28 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 143 | 76 | |
Mercyhurst | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 48 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 182 | 76 | |
Elmira | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 116 | 121 | |
Hobart | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 59 | 24 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 62 | 151 | |
Championship: March 2, 1996 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |
1995–96 NCAA Division III Independent ice hockey standings
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Overall record | ||||||
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
Lawrence | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
Scranton | 25 | 8 | 16 | 1 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Saint John's †* | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 80 | 47 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 134 | 105 | |
Gustavus Adolphus | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 96 | 55 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 129 | 90 | |
St. Thomas | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 109 | 49 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 172 | 106 | |
Saint Mary's | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 92 | 49 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 127 | 99 | |
Augsburg | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 90 | 78 | 25 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 122 | 153 | |
St. Olaf | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 53 | 74 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 76 | 109 | |
Bethel | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 61 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 71 | 100 | |
Concordia (MN) | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 106 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 80 | 165 | |
Hamline | 16 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 132 | 24 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 72 | 194 | |
Championship: March 2, 1996 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Wisconsin–River Falls †* | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 64 | 36 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 117 | 55 | |
Bemidji State | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 87 | 71 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 123 | 104 | |
Wisconsin–Superior | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 91 | 59 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 155 | 113 | |
St. Norbert | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 87 | 74 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 113 | 100 | |
Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 60 | 80 | 27 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 85 | 114 | |
Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 59 | 76 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 84 | 99 | |
Lake Forest | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 56 | 65 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 67 | 90 | |
St. Scholastica | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 46 | 90 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 56 | 115 | |
Championship: March 2, 1996 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Plattsburgh State † | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 100 | 44 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 170 | 93 | |
Potsdam State * | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 67 | 41 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 140 | 104 | |
Oswego State | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 80 | 42 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 142 | 101 | |
Fredonia State | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 60 | 56 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 125 | 110 | |
Cortland State | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 59 | 66 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 101 | 95 | |
Geneseo State | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 56 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 71 | 88 | |
Buffalo State | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 89 | 25 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 68 | 164 | |
Brockport State | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 88 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 80 | 151 | |
Championship: March 2, 1996 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |
Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings
1996 NCAA Tournament
Quarterfinals March 8–9 | Semifinals March 15 | National Championship March 16 | ||||||||||||||
Middlebury | 2 | 5 | - | |||||||||||||
Colby | 1 | 1 | - | |||||||||||||
Middlebury | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Superior | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Superior | 6 | 7 | - | |||||||||||||
Saint John's | 5 | 2 | - | |||||||||||||
Middlebury | 3 | |||||||||||||||
RIT | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–River Falls | 7 | 7 | - | |||||||||||||
Bowdoin | 1 | 3 | - | |||||||||||||
Wisconsin–River Falls | 1 | Third Place Game | ||||||||||||||
RIT | 2 | |||||||||||||||
RIT | 6 | 5 | - | Wisconsin–Superior | 2 | |||||||||||
Potsdam State | 3 | 3 | - | Wisconsin–River Falls | 8 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
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See also
References
- ^ "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved September 19, 2019.