2018–19 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
| 2018–19 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season | |||||
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| Duration | October 13, 2018– March 23, 2019 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 2019 | ||||
| National championship | K.B. Willett Arena Stevens Point, Wisconsin | ||||
| NCAA champion | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | ||||
| Sid Watson Award | Devin McDonald (Geneseo State) | ||||
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The 2018–19 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 13, 2018, and concluded on March 23, 2019. This was the 46th season of Division III college ice hockey.
Regular season
Season tournaments
Standings
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Salve Regina † | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 75 | 43 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 99 | 71 | |
| Curry | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 81 | 47 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 110 | 70 | |
| University of New England * | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 81 | 37 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 137 | 64 | |
| Nichols | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 57 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 78 | 74 | |
| Endicott | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 83 | 62 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 130 | 84 | |
| Wentworth | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 57 | 75 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 81 | 111 | |
| Western New England | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 89 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 61 | 113 | |
| Becker | 17 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 96 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 43 | 133 | |
| Championship: March 2, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions | ||||||||||||||
| Overall record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
| Anna Maria | 24 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 50 | 102 |
| Bryn Athyn | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 64 | 89 |
| Canton State | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 78 | 80 |
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Plymouth State †* | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 74 | 49 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 108 | 72 | |
| Westfield State | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 55 | 49 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 88 | 77 | |
| Massachusetts–Dartmouth | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 67 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 94 | 68 | |
| Worcester State | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 57 | 55 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 85 | 80 | |
| Fitchburg State | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 58 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 91 | 70 | |
| Salem State | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 50 | 70 | 28 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 68 | 104 | |
| Framingham State | 18 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 88 | 25 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 51 | 118 | |
| Championship: March 2, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Augsburg †* | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 63 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 109 | 61 | |
| Saint John's | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 51 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 77 | 62 | |
| St. Thomas | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 51 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 85 | 66 | |
| Concordia (MN) | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 54 | 40 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 83 | 74 | |
| Saint Mary's | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 48 | 49 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 74 | 89 | |
| Hamline | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 35 | 64 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 52 | 96 | |
| Bethel | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 32 | 51 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 47 | 101 | |
| Gustavus Adolphus | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 38 | 42 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 53 | 62 | |
| St. Olaf | 16 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 56 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 45 | 83 | |
| Championship: March 2, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | |||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Massachusetts–Boston † | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 72 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 103 | 57 | |
| Norwich * | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 62 | 30 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 102 | 52 | |
| Babson | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 67 | 51 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 95 | 73 | |
| Hobart | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 75 | 41 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 121 | 67 | |
| New England College | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 55 | 41 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 92 | 52 | |
| Skidmore | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 56 | 51 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 77 | 72 | |
| Suffolk | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 47 | 75 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 68 | 90 | |
| Southern Maine | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 38 | 70 | 26 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 58 | 102 | |
| Castleton | 18 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 77 | 25 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 54 | 98 | |
| Johnson & Wales | 18 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 77 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 53 | 101 | |
| Championship: March 2, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Trinity †* | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 56 | 30 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 91 | 48 | |
| Wesleyan † | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 56 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 83 | 48 | |
| Amherst | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 55 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 74 | 52 | |
| Hamilton | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 53 | 52 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 70 | 72 | |
| Williams | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 51 | 41 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 73 | 60 | |
| Colby | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 50 | 45 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 64 | 65 | |
| Middlebury | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 51 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 60 | 71 | |
| Tufts | 18 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 50 | 25 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 47 | 70 | |
| Bowdoin | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 69 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 59 | 95 | |
| Connecticut College | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 68 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 53 | 79 | |
| Championship: March 3, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| North | ||||||||||||||
| St. Norbert †* | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 83 | 31 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 131 | 53 | |
| Marian | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 38 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 63 | 59 | |
| Northland | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 59 | 55 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 80 | 93 | |
| Finlandia | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 41 | 58 | 27 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 56 | 97 | |
| St. Scholastica | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 54 | 71 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 76 | 87 | |
| Lawrence | 18 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 76 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 47 | 95 | |
| South | ||||||||||||||
| Adrian | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 64 | 47 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 103 | 73 | |
| Lake Forest | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 57 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 69 | |
| Aurora | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 50 | 50 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 76 | 79 | |
| MSOE | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 51 | 52 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 72 | 84 | |
| Trine | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 59 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 64 | 70 | |
| Concordia (WI) | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 47 | 62 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 69 | 86 | |
| Championship: March 2, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Geneseo State †* | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 69 | 19 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 142 | 38 | |
| Oswego State | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 60 | 31 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 107 | 57 | |
| Plattsburgh State | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 50 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 70 | 65 | |
| Buffalo State | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 49 | 60 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 82 | 93 | |
| Fredonia State | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 45 | 51 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 77 | 74 | |
| Brockport State | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 45 | 40 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 77 | 53 | |
| Potsdam State | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 45 | 59 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 75 | 88 | |
| Cortland State | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 66 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 50 | 83 | |
| Morrisville State | 16 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 70 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 57 | 108 | |
| Championship: March 2, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Utica † | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 85 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 119 | 55 | |
| Elmira | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 76 | 55 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 96 | 89 | |
| Manhattanville * | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 78 | 54 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 125 | 97 | |
| Wilkes | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 64 | 51 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 96 | 76 | |
| Nazareth | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 54 | 45 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 82 | 68 | |
| Lebanon Valley | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 67 | 77 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 87 | 114 | |
| Neumann | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 62 | 59 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 77 | 89 | |
| Stevenson | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 53 | 56 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 61 | 73 | |
| Chatham | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 46 | 84 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 65 | 108 | |
| King's | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 99 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 30 | 133 | |
| Championship: March 3, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions | |||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point †* | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 46 | |
| Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 87 | 54 | |
| Wisconsin–Superior | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 69 | 77 | |
| Wisconsin–River Falls | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 72 | 72 | |
| Wisconsin–Stout | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 81 | 71 | |
| Championship: March 2, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings
Player stats
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Romano | Junior | Geneseo State | 29 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 2 |
| Conlan Keenan | Junior | Geneseo State | 27 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 2 |
| Matt Lippa | Senior | Manhattanville | 32 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 12 |
| Brady Fleurent | Senior | University of New England | 30 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 12 |
| Sascha Figi | Sophomore | Fitchburg State | 26 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 14 |
| Gregg Burmaster | Senior | Utica | 29 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 4 |
| Ryan Bloom | Junior | University of New England | 29 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 2 |
| Daniel Kucerovy | Senior | Endicott | 26 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 30 |
| Nick DiNicola | Senior | Fitchburg State | 26 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 58 |
| Josh Bowes | Senior | Endicott | 26 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 18 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin McDonald | Junior | Geneseo State | 27 | 1624 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 12 | .940 | 1.22 |
| Connor Ryckman | Sophomore | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 28 | 1630 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 3 | .933 | 1.44 |
| Teddy Loughborough | Junior | Trinity | 18 | 1071 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 4 | .940 | 1.57 |
| Tim Sestak | Junior | Wesleyan | 21 | 1290 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 7 | .950 | 1.58 |
| Michael Cullen | Sophomore | Amherst | 15 | 927 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 1 | .935 | 1.62 |
| Liam Lascelle | Freshman | Hobart | 15 | 876 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 4 | .935 | 1.64 |
| T.J. Black | Senior | St. Norbert | 29 | 1729 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 6 | .927 | 1.70 |
| Tom Aubrun | Junior | Norwich | 28 | 1588 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 6 | .929 | 1.70 |
| Gianluca Baggetta | Junior | Utica | 22 | 1265 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 3 | .941 | 1.76 |
| Jonah Capriotti | Freshman | Trinity | 11 | 663 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 2 | .925 | 1.81 |
2019 NCAA Tournament
| First Round March 9 | Quarterfinals March 16 | Semifinals March 22 | National Championship March 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | St. Norbert | 4* | W2 | St. Norbert | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| W3 | Augsburg | 3 | W1 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| E4 | Hobart | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Oswego State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Hobart | 2 | E4 | Hobart | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| E9 | Plymouth State | 1 | W1 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 3* | ||||||||||||||
| E2 | Norwich | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Geneseo State | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Massachusetts–Boston | 4 | E7 | Manhattanville | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| E7 | Manhattanville | 6 | E1 | Geneseo State | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| E2 | Norwich | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Norwich | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Trinity | 1 | E8 | University of New England | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| E8 | University of New England | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Awards
NCAA
| Award | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| Sid Watson Award | Devin McDonald, Geneseo State | |
| Edward Jeremiah Award | Tyler Krueger, Wisconsin–Stevens Point | |
| Tournament Most Outstanding Player | Tanner Karty, Wisconsin–Stevens Point | |
| East First Team | Position | West First Team |
| Devin McDonald, Geneseo State | G | Connor Ryckman, Wisconsin–Stevens Point |
| Oscar Arfelt, Manhattanville | D | Luke Davison, St. Norbert |
| Duggie Lagrone, Geneseo State | D | Cory Dunn, Adrian |
| Brady Fleurent, University of New England | F | Riley Christensen, St. Norbert |
| Conlan Keenan, Geneseo State | F | Tanner Karty, Wisconsin–Stevens Point |
| Matt Lippa, Manhattanville | F | Alex Rodriguez, Augsburg |
| East Second Team | Position | West Second Team |
| Tim Sestak, Wesleyan | G | Hunter Vorva, Marian |
| Nick Albano, Massachusetts–Boston | D | Braden Hellems, Adrian |
| Phil Johansson, Amherst | D | John O'Connor, Augsburg |
| Connor Powell, Elmira | F | Tyler Bossert, Concordia (MN) |
| Nolan Redler, Massachusetts–Boston | F | Eddie Matsushima, Wisconsin–River Falls |
| Andrew Romano, Geneseo State | F | Roman Uchyn, St. Norbert |
| East Third Team | Position | |
| Tom Aubrun, Norwich | G | |
| Michael Grande, Trinity | D | |
| Max Novick, Oswego State | D | |
| Ryan Bloom, University of New England | F | |
| Sascha Figi, Fitchburg State | F | |
| Walker Harris, Wesleyan | F | |