# 2016–17 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

The 2016–17 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 28, 2016, and concluded on March 25, 2017. This was the 44th season of Division III college ice hockey.
The Commonwealth Coast Conference, the primary league for six of the nine members of ECAC Northeast and one member of the NEHC, began sponsoring men's ice hockey this season. Because seven teams is the minimum requirement for a league to qualify for an automatic bid the new conference would be able to retain the qualifier formerly possessed by ECAC Northeast. The three remaining ECAC Northeast teams (Becker, Johnson & Wales and Suffolk) joined CCC as affiliate members for at least men's ice hockey.
The NCAA also increased the number of participants in the National Tournament to twelve.

## Regular season
### Standings

2016–17 Commonwealth Coast Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Endicott †* | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 91 | 34 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 145 | 59 |
| Nichols | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 62 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 89 | 69 |
| Salve Regina | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 67 | 46 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 88 | 69 |
| Curry | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 70 | 60 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 90 | 87 |
| University of New England | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 88 | 57 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 129 | 88 |
| Johnson & Wales | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 54 | 54 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 82 | 76 |
| Becker | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 84 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 57 | 121 |
| Western New England | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 77 | 26 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 60 | 104 |
| Suffolk | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 72 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 59 | 94 |
| Wentworth | 18 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 58 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 52 | 80 |
| Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||
2016–17 ECAC West standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Utica † | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 57 | 28 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 101 | 75 |
| Manhattanville | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 55 | 43 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 94 | 84 |
| Hobart * | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 60 | 39 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 115 | 69 |
| Nazareth | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 51 | 40 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 69 | 86 |
| Neumann | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 51 | 48 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 118 | 79 |
| Stevenson | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 53 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 69 | 93 |
| Elmira | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 57 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 76 | 96 |
| Lebanon Valley | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 79 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 76 | 123 |
| Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||
2016–17 NCAA Division III Independent ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Canton State | 25 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 72 | 101 |
| Daniel Webster | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 39 | 148 |
2016–17 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Plymouth State † | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 80 | 32 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 113 | 62 |
| Salem State * | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 69 | 49 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 88 | 81 |
| Massachusetts–Dartmouth | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 71 | 56 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 98 | 85 |
| Fitchburg State | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 52 | 58 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 76 | 98 |
| Worcester State | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 48 | 53 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 70 | 76 |
| Westfield State | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 56 | 64 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 83 | 77 |
| Framingham State | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 90 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 45 | 132 |
| Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||
2016–17 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| St. Thomas † | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 65 | 40 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 86 | 66 |
| Augsburg * | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 64 | 35 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 109 | 75 |
| Saint Mary's | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 48 | 46 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 88 | 78 |
| Hamline | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 54 | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 84 | 78 |
| Concordia (MN) | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 47 | 52 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 74 | 79 |
| Saint John's | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 43 | 48 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 61 | 81 |
| St. Olaf | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 39 | 51 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 61 | 81 |
| Gustavus Adolphus | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 31 | 42 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 51 | 71 |
| Bethel | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 65 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 63 | 106 |
| Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ||||||||||||||||
2016–17 New England Hockey Conference standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Division III |||||||||||||||
| Norwich †* | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 80 | 26 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 134 | 54 |
| New England College | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 73 | 37 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 103 | 56 |
| Babson | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 46 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 71 | 54 |
| Castleton | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 55 | 43 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 76 | 70 |
| Skidmore | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 56 | 45 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 68 | 78 |
| Massachusetts–Boston | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 60 | 52 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 98 | 72 |
| Southern Maine | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 56 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 59 | 71 |
| Division II |||||||||||||||
| Saint Anselm | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 48 | 49 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 78 | 66 |
| Saint Michael's | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 71 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 62 | 96 |
| Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2016–17 New England Small College Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Hamilton † | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 50 | 28 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 92 | 54 |
| Colby | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 47 | 36 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 75 | 61 |
| Trinity * | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 65 | 35 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 123 | 58 |
| Williams | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 57 | 49 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 78 | 67 |
| Amherst | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 44 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 73 | 49 |
| Tufts | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 43 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 59 | 60 |
| Wesleyan | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 46 | 49 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 80 | 65 |
| Bowdoin | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 50 | 65 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 79 | 93 |
| Connecticut College | 18 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 56 | 23 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 49 | 74 |
| Middlebury | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 66 | 24 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 44 | 86 |
| Championship: March 5, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2016–17 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| North |||||||||||||||
| St. Norbert * | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 78 | 31 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 109 | 48 |
| St. Scholastica | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 69 | 66 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 84 | 82 |
| Northland | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 69 | 72 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 84 | 96 |
| Lawrence | 20 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 61 | 25 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 59 | 85 |
| Finlandia | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 99 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 30 | 125 |
| South |||||||||||||||
| Adrian † | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 99 | 39 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 130 | 67 |
| Marian | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 64 | 56 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 88 | 79 |
| Lake Forest | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 70 | 57 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 93 | 70 |
| MSOE | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 59 | 56 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 76 | 70 |
| Concordia (WI) | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 56 | 60 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 72 | 74 |
| Aurora | 20 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 79 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 43 | 107 |
| Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2016–17 State University of New York Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Oswego State † | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 77 | 32 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 129 | 55 |
| Plattsburgh State * | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 54 | 51 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 95 | 92 |
| Geneseo State | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 71 | 42 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 125 | 76 |
| Buffalo State | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 45 | 41 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 92 | 63 |
| Fredonia State | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 50 | 49 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 109 | 73 |
| Brockport State | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 59 | 68 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 86 | 100 |
| Cortland State | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 60 | 74 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 94 | 106 |
| Morrisville State | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 63 | 79 | 25 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 88 | 119 |
| Potsdam State | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 74 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 61 | 102 |
| Championship: March 4, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||
2016–17 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point †* | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 35 | 15 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 126 | 72 |
| Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 16 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 103 | 61 |
| Wisconsin–River Falls | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 64 | 61 |
| Wisconsin–Stout | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 76 | 91 |
| Wisconsin–Superior | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 29 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 76 | 105 |
| Championship: March 4, 2017 † 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 |
| Brady Fleurent | Sophomore | University of New England | 26 | 18 | 35 | 53 | 30 |
| Tommy Besinger | Sophomore | Endicott | 30 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 36 |
| Stephen Collins | Senior | Geneseo State | 27 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 14 |
| William Pelletier | Senior | Norwich | 23 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 11 |
| Trevor Fleurent | Senior | University of New England | 25 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 16 |
| Ken Neil | Senior | Oswego State | 28 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 2 |
| Jory Mullin | Senior | Neumann | 25 | 26 | 18 | 44 | 12 |
| Lawrence Cornellier | Senior | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 29 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 43 |
| Ryan Bloom | Freshman | University of New England | 26 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 4 |
| Shawn Hulshof | Senior | Oswego State | 28 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 22 |

### 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 |
| Matt Pompa | Sophomore | Babson | 15 | 830 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 2 | .943 | 1.73 |
| Evan Buitenhuis | Redshirt | Hamilton | 26 | 1582 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 2 | .941 | 1.78 |
| Brett Kilar | Senior | New England College | 26 | 1544 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 51 | 5 | .941 | 1.98 |
| Anthony Pupplo | Freshman | Neumann | 17 | 923 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 1 | .941 | 2.02 |
| T.J. Black | Junior | St. Norbert | 21 | 1241 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 6 | .939 | 1.31 |
| Kevin Aldridge | Junior | Endicott | 27 | 1655 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 4 | .938 | 1.99 |
| Ty Reichenbach | Senior | Norwich | 17 | 885 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 3 | .937 | 1.63 |
| Nik Nugnes | Junior | Tufts | 16 | 875 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 2 | .936 | 2.06 |
| Matt Leon | Senior | Geneseo State | 11 | 511 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | .935 | 1.76 |
| Alex Morin | Junior | Trinity | 29 | 1763 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 3 | .934 | 1.77 |

## 2017 NCAA Tournament

| First Round March 11 | First Round March 11 | First Round March 11 | Quarterfinals March 18 | Quarterfinals March 18 | Quarterfinals March 18 | Semifinals March 24 | Semifinals March 24 | Semifinals March 24 | | National Championship March 25 | National Championship March 25 | National Championship March 25 |
| | | | W2 | Adrian | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | W3 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | W2 | Adrian | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | E1 | Norwich (1) | 5* | | | | |
| E1 | Norwich (1) | 3 | | | | | | | E1 | Norwich (1) | 5* | |
| E8 | Salem State | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E8 | Salem State | 1 | E1 | Norwich (1) | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E5 | Hamilton | 2 | | | | | | | |
| E4 | Oswego State | 1 | E5 | Hamilton | 2 | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Hamilton | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Hamilton | 3 | | | | | | | | E1 | Norwich (1) | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | E3 | Trinity | 1 |
| | | | W1 | St. Norbert | 4* | | | | | | | |
| | | | W4 | Augsburg | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | W1 | St. Norbert | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | E3 | Trinity | 3 | | | | |
| E2 | Hobart | 3 | | | | | | | E3 | Trinity | 3 | |
| E7 | Endicott | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Endicott | 4 | E7 | Endicott | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E3 | Trinity | 2** | | | | | | | |
| E3 | Trinity | 4 | E3 | Trinity | 2** | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Plattsburgh State | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)