# 2008–09 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

The 2008–09 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 17, 2008, and concluded on March 21 of the following year. This was the 36th season of Division III college ice hockey.

## Regular season
### Standings

2008–09 ECAC East 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 † | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 73 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 85 | 55 |
| Castleton State | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 61 | 49 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 82 | 64 |
| Salem State | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 58 | 55 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 87 | 73 |
| New England College | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 51 | 51 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 91 | 69 |
| Southern Maine | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 63 | 65 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 84 | 85 |
| Skidmore | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 54 | 53 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 80 | 74 |
| Babson * | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 66 | 55 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 90 | 80 |
| Massachusetts–Boston | 19 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 48 | 76 | 28 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 85 | 100 |
| Division II |||||||||||||||
| Saint Anselm | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 56 | 78 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 79 | 106 |
| Saint Michael's ~ | 19 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 88 | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 74 | 113 |
| ECAC East Championship: March 7, 2009 Northeast-10 Championship: March 7, 2009 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ~ indicates Northeast-10 Tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2008–09 ECAC Northeast 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 |||||||||||||||
| Nichols †* | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 89 | 36 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 128 | 69 |
| Curry | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 99 | 39 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 134 | 70 |
| Wentworth | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 94 | 44 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 134 | 74 |
| Massachusetts–Dartmouth | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 58 | 34 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 77 | 58 |
| Fitchburg State | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 62 | 47 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 77 |
| Becker | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 51 | 55 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 67 | 92 |
| Johnson & Wales | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 58 | 60 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 74 | 106 |
| Westfield State | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 70 | 59 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 106 | 87 |
| Suffolk | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 53 | 60 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 64 | 92 |
| Plymouth State | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 55 | 56 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 75 | 92 |
| Worcester State | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 61 | 81 | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 81 | 112 |
| Western New England | 17 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 74 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 43 | 125 |
| Salve Regina | 17 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 63 | 86 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 70 | 110 |
| Framingham State | 17 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 97 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 58 | 156 |
| Division II |||||||||||||||
| Southern New Hampshire | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 65 | 71 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 91 | 100 |
| Stonehill | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 65 | 61 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 88 | 87 |
| Assumption | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 54 | 77 | 26 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 74 | 111 |
| Franklin Pierce | 17 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 49 | 78 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 64 | 115 |
| ECAC Northeast Championship: March 7, 2009 Northeast-10 Championship: March 7, 2009 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions ~ indicates Northeast-10 Tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2008–09 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 |
| Elmira † | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 63 | 33 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 112 | 63 |
| Manhattanville | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 53 | 35 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 91 | 50 |
| Hobart | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 58 | 33 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 121 | 68 |
| Neumann * | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 70 | 52 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 134 | 94 |
| Utica | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 54 | 56 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 101 | 82 |
| Lebanon Valley | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 114 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 44 | 175 |
| Championship: March 7, 2009 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||
2008–09 Midwest 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 |
| Adrian †* | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 127 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 189 | 63 |
| Lawrence | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 64 | 37 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 81 | 68 |
| MSOE | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 70 | 49 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 86 | 80 |
| Marian | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 65 | 53 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 92 | 85 |
| Finlandia | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 69 | 51 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 78 | 80 |
| Minnesota–Crookston | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 51 | 99 | 27 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 65 | 132 |
| Concordia (WI) | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 51 | 109 | 27 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 64 | 145 |
| Northland | 20 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 97 | 27 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 31 | 159 |
| Championship: March 1, 2009 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||
2008–09 Minnesota 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 |
| St. Olaf † | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 66 | 39 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 100 | 72 |
| Gustavus Adolphus * | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 58 | 36 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 112 | 80 |
| St. Thomas | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 66 | 49 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 92 | 82 |
| Hamline | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 71 | 54 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 113 | 85 |
| Augsburg | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 73 | 64 | 26 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 98 | 107 |
| Bethel | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 49 | 61 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 73 | 88 |
| Saint John's | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 47 | 50 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 74 | 81 |
| Saint Mary's | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 93 | 25 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 60 | 150 |
| Concordia (MN) | 16 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 65 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 62 | 96 |
| Championship: March 4, 2009 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2008–09 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 |
| Amherst †* | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 72 | 30 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 98 | 41 |
| Middlebury | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 91 | 47 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 119 | 69 |
| Williams | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 61 | 54 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 72 | 74 |
| Trinity | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 67 | 46 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 90 | 62 |
| Connecticut College | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 57 | 48 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 75 | 65 |
| Bowdoin | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 63 | 60 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 87 | 72 |
| Hamilton | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 54 | 60 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 67 | 84 |
| Tufts | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 46 | 70 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 71 | 83 |
| Wesleyan | 19 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 40 | 68 | 23 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 43 | 81 |
| Colby | 19 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 69 | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 56 | 78 |
| Championship: March 7, 2009 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2008–09 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 |
| Wisconsin–Superior † | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 52 | 29 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 128 | 61 |
| Wisconsin–Stout * | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 49 | 35 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 127 | 81 |
| St. Scholastica | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 45 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 102 | 85 |
| St. Norbert | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 46 | 33 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 109 | 62 |
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 44 | 48 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 105 | 79 |
| Wisconsin–River Falls | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 38 | 48 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 69 | 77 |
| Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 43 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 85 | 70 |
| Lake Forest | 14 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 67 | 27 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 57 | 113 |
| Championship: March 7, 2009 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2008–09 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 |
| Plattsburgh State †* | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 81 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 135 | 54 |
| Oswego State | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 66 | 39 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 116 | 74 |
| Geneseo State | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 54 | 60 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 83 | 89 |
| Brockport State | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 55 | 61 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 95 | 90 |
| Potsdam State | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 58 | 61 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 104 | 103 |
| Buffalo State | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 65 | 63 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 107 | 87 |
| Cortland State | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 52 | 67 | 25 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 90 | 104 |
| Fredonia State | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 47 | 56 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 61 | 81 |
| Morrisville State | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 84 | 25 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 70 | 123 |
| Championship: March 7, 2009 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||
Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings

## 2009 NCAA Tournament

| First Round March 11 | First Round March 11 | First Round March 11 | Quarterfinals March 14 | Quarterfinals March 14 | Quarterfinals March 14 | Semifinals March 20 | Semifinals March 20 | Semifinals March 20 | | National Championship March 21 | National Championship March 21 | National Championship March 21 |
| | | | E1 | Plattsburgh State | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E5 | Neumann | 5* | | | | | | | |
| E4 | Elmira | 1 | E5 | Neumann | 5* | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Neumann | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Neumann | 2 | | | | E5 | Neumann | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | E3 | Hobart | 0 | | | | |
| E2 | Amherst | 4 | | | | | | | E3 | Hobart | 0 | |
| E7 | Babson | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Babson | 1 | E2 | Amherst | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E3 | Hobart | 2* | | | | | | | |
| E3 | Hobart | 3 | E3 | Hobart | 2* | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Nichols | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Nichols | 0 | | | | | | | | E5 | Neumann | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | W4 | Gustavus Adolphus | 1 |
| | | | W1 | Wisconsin–Superior | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | W4 | Gustavus Adolphus | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | W4 | Gustavus Adolphus | 3* | | | | |
| | | | | | | W2 | Wisconsin–Stout | 2 | | | | |
| | | | W2 | Wisconsin–Stout | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | W3 | St. Scholastica | 1 | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)