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| 1990–91NCAADivision III men's ice hockey season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | October 1990– March 16, 1991 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 1991 | ||||
| National championship | Murray Athletic Center Elmira, New York | ||||
| NCAA champion | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | ||||
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The1990–91 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began in October 1990 and concluded on March 16, 1991. This was the 18th season ofDivision III college ice hockey.
| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Tournament | 4 | Middlebury | |
| Brockport Invitational | November 2–3 | 4 | Brockport State |
| Cardinal Classic | November 2–3 | 4 | Plattsburgh State |
| Geneseo Tournament | November 2–3 | 4 | Geneseo State |
| RIT Tournament | November 2–3 | 4 | RIT |
| Northeast-10 Invitational | November 10–11 | 4 | Assumption |
| McCabe Tournament | November 30–December 1 | 4 | Trinity |
| Union Invitational | November 30–December 1 | 4 | Elmira |
| Crusader Classic | December 1–2 | 4 | Connecticut |
| Elmira Tournament | 4 | Salem State | |
| Middlebury Tournament | 4 | Middlebury | |
| Codfish Bowl | December 28–29 | 4 | Salem State |
| Duracell Challenge | January 2–3 | 4 | |
| Salem State Tournament | January 4–5 | 4 | Salem State |
| Spurrier Invitational | January 18–19 | 4 | Wesleyan |
| SUNYAC Tournament | February 22–23 | 4 | Oswego State |
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Middlebury †* | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 119 | 56 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 144 | 67 | |
| Massachusetts–Boston | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | .738 | 107 | 88 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 128 | 110 | |
| Salem State | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .738 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Babson | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 85 | 53 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 117 | 72 | |
| Connecticut | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .684 | 103 | 84 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 163 | 115 | |
| American International | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | .591 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 2 | |||||
| Williams | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | .579 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| Bowdoin | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | .429 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 2 | |||||
| Colby | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | .421 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | |||||
| Norwich | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | .318 | 82 | 93 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 108 | 107 | |
| Saint Anselm | 25 | 6 | 18 | 1 | .260 | 82 | 133 | 26 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 84 | 135 | |
| New England College | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | .250 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 1 | |||||
| Holy Cross | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | .190 | 67 | 113 | 28 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 111 | 145 | |
| North Adams State | 20 | 1 | 17 | 2 | .100 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 2 | |||||
| Championship: March 5, 1991 †indicates conference regular season champion *indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| North Division | ||||||||||||||
| Fitchburg State †~ | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 120 | 41 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 161 | 87 | |
| Southeastern Massachusetts | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .850 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Suffolk | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .833 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Plymouth State | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .639 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | |||||
| Tufts | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .600 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Assumption | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | .595 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | |||||
| New Hampshire College | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | .571 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | |||||
| Southern Maine | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .500 | 74 | 78 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 89 | 102 | |
| Curry | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | .477 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | |||||
| Framingham State | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | .405 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 1 | |||||
| Saint Michael's | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | .350 | 64 | 85 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 68 | 101 | |
| Stonehill | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | .231 | 28 | 6 | 22 | 0 | |||||
| Worcester State | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .219 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 3 | |||||
| Nichols | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | .158 | 73 | 131 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 86 | 151 | |
| South Division | ||||||||||||||
| Iona † | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .833 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Trinity ~* | 20 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .794 | 76 | 37 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 106 | 77 | |
| Skidmore | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | .636 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | |||||
| Amherst | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | |||||
| Roger Williams | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .563 | |||||||||
| Western New England | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .545 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Fairfield | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | .542 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | |||||
| Connecticut College | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 76 | 66 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 102 | 99 | |
| Wesleyan | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | .409 | 96 | 102 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 98 | 118 | |
| St. John's | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | .406 | |||||||||
| Bentley | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | .396 | 109 | 120 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 113 | 123 | |
| Quinnipiac | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | .182 | 65 | 123 | 24 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 70 | 149 | |
| Scranton | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | .088 | 21 | 2 | 18 | 1 | |||||
| Villanova | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .063 | |||||||||
| Championship: March 9, 1991 †indicates division regular season champions ~indicates division tournament champions *indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Elmira †* | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 200 | 64 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 237 | 96 | |
| Geneseo State | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .833 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Mercyhurst | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 126 | 51 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 183 | 119 | |
| Union | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | .761 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Plattsburgh State ^ | 25 | 18 | 7 | 0 | .720 | 162 | 107 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 176 | 117 | |
| RIT | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 139 | 80 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 164 | 110 | |
| Fredonia State | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | .604 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Oswego State | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | .537 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 149 | 137 | |||
| Cortland State | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | .457 | |||||||||
| Hamilton | 23 | 8 | 13 | 2 | .391 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 2 | |||||
| Hobart | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | .385 | 116 | 134 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 116 | 134 | |
| Canisius | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | .333 | 85 | 124 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 96 | 137 | |
| Brockport State | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | .273 | 97 | 146 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 114 | 150 | |
| Potsdam State | 24 | 4 | 20 | 0 | .167 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 0 | |||||
| Binghamton | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .143 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | |||||
| St. Bonaventure | 24 | 1 | 21 | 2 | .083 | 29 | 2 | 25 | 2 | |||||
| Championship: March 4, 1991 †indicates conference regular season champion *indicates conference tournament champions ^Plattsburgh State was ineligible for tournament play in 1991 after being put on probation by the NCAA due to rules violations | ||||||||||||||
| Overall record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
| Lake Forest | 25 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 114 | 65 |
| Lawrence | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| St. Norbert | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 94 | 143 |
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| St. Thomas † | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 91 | 33 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 138 | 85 | |
| Gustavus Adolphus * | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 98 | 55 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 155 | 92 | |
| Saint Mary's | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 80 | 59 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 125 | 108 | |
| St. Olaf | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 94 | 64 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 144 | 95 | |
| Concordia (MN) | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 90 | 73 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 141 | 118 | |
| Saint John's | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 66 | 56 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 104 | 82 | |
| Augsburg | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 49 | 62 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 83 | 113 | |
| Hamline | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 104 | 25 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 81 | 189 | |
| Bethel | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 0 | |||||
| Championship: March 2, 1991 †indicates conference regular season champion *indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Bemidji State † | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 130 | 79 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 161 | 95 | |
| Mankato State † | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 122 | 64 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 175 | 103 | |
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point * | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 129 | 70 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 192 | 98 | |
| Wisconsin–Superior | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 26 | 121 | 102 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 163 | 120 | |
| Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 100 | 121 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 123 | 127 | |
| Wisconsin–River Falls | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 69 | 102 | 27 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 73 | 115 | |
| St. Scholastica | 24 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 188 | 30 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 70 | 239 | |
| Championship: March 2, 1991 †indicates conference regular season champion *indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings
| Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Semifinals March 15 | National championship March 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 9 | 6 | - | |||||||||||||
| Lake Forest | 1 | 3 | - | |||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Babson | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Babson | 4 | 10 | - | |||||||||||||
| Oswego State | 1 | 4 | - | |||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Mankato State | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Mercyhurst | 5 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Elmira | 4 | 7 | 2* | |||||||||||||
| Elmira | 3 | Third-place game | ||||||||||||||
| Mankato State | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Mankato State | 4 | 7 | - | Babson | 3 | |||||||||||
| Gustavus Adolphus | 4 | 2 | - | Elmira | 2 | |||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)