# 2018–19 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

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
### Standings

2018–19 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 |
| 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 |||||||||||||||
2018–19 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 |
| Anna Maria | 24 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 50 | 102 |
| Bryn Athyn | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 64 | 89 |
| Canton State | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 78 | 80 |
2018–19 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 | 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 |||||||||||||||
2018–19 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 |
| 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 ||||||||||||||||
2018–19 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 |
| 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 |||||||||||||||
2018–19 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 |
| 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 |||||||||||||||
2018–19 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 †* | 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 |||||||||||||||
2018–19 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 |
| 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 |||||||||||||||
2018–19 United Collegiate Hockey Conference 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 |
| 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 ||||||||||||||||
2018–19 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 | 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 |
| Tim Sestak | Junior | Wesleyan | 21 | 1290 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 7 | .950 | 1.58 |
| Oscar Svensson | Sophomore | Wisconsin–Superior | 13 | 648 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 1 | .949 | 1.85 |
| Kyle Martin | Freshman | Franklin Pierce | 11 | 555 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | .943 | 2.05 |
| Gianluca Baggetta | Junior | Utica | 22 | 1265 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 3 | .941 | 1.76 |
| Devin McDonald | Junior | Geneseo State | 27 | 1624 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 12 | .940 | 1.22 |
| Teddy Loughborough | Junior | Trinity | 18 | 1071 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 4 | .940 | 1.57 |
| Andrew Lindgren | Junior | Saint John's | 21 | 1277 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 3 | .939 | 1.93 |
| Brian McGrath | Sophomore | Fitchburg State | 23 | 1378 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 52 | 1 | .938 | 2.26 |
| Hunter Vorva | Junior | Marian | 26 | 1533 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 47 | 3 | .937 | 1.84 |
| Sean Kuhn | Sophomore | Nazareth | 18 | 1051 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 1 | .936 | 2.17 |

## 2019 NCAA Tournament

| First Round March 9 | First Round March 9 | First Round March 9 | Quarterfinals March 16 | Quarterfinals March 16 | Quarterfinals March 16 | Semifinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | National Championship March 23 | National Championship March 23 | 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)