# 2003–04 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

The 2003–04 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 18, 2003 and concluded on March 20, 2004. This was the 31st season of Division III college ice hockey.

## Regular season
### Standings

2003–04 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 †* | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 96 | 41 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 146 | 60 |
| New England College | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 82 | 42 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 148 | 60 |
| Babson | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 76 | 76 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 138 | 91 |
| Salem State | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 66 | 75 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 105 | 96 |
| Southern Maine | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 57 | 93 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 98 | 126 |
| Skidmore | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 42 | 72 | 26 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 66 | 101 |
| Massachusetts–Boston | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 113 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 56 | 155 |
| Division II |||||||||||||||
| Saint Anselm | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 86 | 42 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 137 | 71 |
| Saint Michael's ~ | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 51 | 116 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 110 | 153 |
| ECAC East Championship: March 7, 2004 Northeast-10 Championship: March 6, 2004 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ~ indicates Northeast-10 Tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2003–04 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 |||||||||||||||
| Curry † | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 141 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 202 | 72 |
| Lebanon Valley | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 87 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 113 | 68 |
| Wentworth * | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 73 | 35 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 112 | 84 |
| Framingham State | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 51 | 37 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 72 | 75 |
| Massachusetts–Dartmouth | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 75 | 53 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 130 | 109 |
| Fitchburg State | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 48 | 50 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 67 | 98 |
| Suffolk | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 47 | 62 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 70 | 84 |
| Salve Regina | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 62 | 51 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 79 | 96 |
| Nichols | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 82 | 23 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 55 | 107 |
| Western New England | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 53 | 65 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 80 | 92 |
| Plymouth State | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 54 | 72 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 81 | 103 |
| Worcester State | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 70 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 48 | 100 |
| Johnson & Wales | 16 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 95 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 57 | 190 |
| Division II |||||||||||||||
| Stonehill | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 56 | 61 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 71 | 84 |
| Southern New Hampshire | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 45 | 50 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 87 | 96 |
| Assumption | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 70 | 72 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 99 | 113 |
| Franklin Pierce | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 109 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 74 | 155 |
| ECAC Northeast Championship: March 7, 2004 Northeast-10 Championship: March 6, 2004 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions ~ indicates Northeast-10 Tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2003–04 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 |
| Hobart †* | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 38 | 31 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 109 | 99 |
| Manhattanville | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 42 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 98 | 52 |
| RIT | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 57 | 51 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 118 | 77 |
| Utica | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 120 | 85 |
| Elmira | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 45 | 42 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 117 | 98 |
| Neumann | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 79 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 74 | 143 |
| Championship: March 6, 2004 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||
2003–04 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 |
| Castleton State | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 177 |
| Finlandia | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 33 |
| Scranton | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
2003–04 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 |
| Marian † | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 76 | 26 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 101 | 61 |
| Minnesota–Crookston * | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 71 | 48 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 104 | 96 |
| MSOE | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 60 | 54 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 75 | 115 |
| Lawrence | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 43 | 66 | 28 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 98 | 140 |
| Northland | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 100 | 26 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 72 | 179 |
| Championship: February 29, 2004 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||
2003–04 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 |
| Saint John's † | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 63 | 22 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 120 | 50 |
| St. Thomas * | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 72 | 36 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 106 | 79 |
| Gustavus Adolphus | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 57 | 40 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 86 | 73 |
| Saint Mary's | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 56 | 45 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 94 | 80 |
| St. Olaf | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 55 | 53 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 88 | 89 |
| Augsburg | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 41 | 60 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 69 | 98 |
| Concordia (MN) | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 41 | 64 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 66 | 111 |
| Bethel | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 61 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 73 | 102 |
| Hamline | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 75 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 55 | 117 |
| Championship: March 7, 2004 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2003–04 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 |
| Middlebury †* | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 94 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 152 | 48 |
| Trinity | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 84 | 45 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 115 | 67 |
| Bowdoin | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 90 | 51 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 119 | 66 |
| Colby | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 69 | 44 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 113 | 66 |
| Williams | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 73 | 54 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 89 | 74 |
| Hamilton | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 77 | 45 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 110 | 75 |
| Wesleyan | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 48 | 61 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 65 | 72 |
| Amherst | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 54 | 64 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 83 | 82 |
| Tufts | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 106 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 88 | 131 |
| Connecticut College | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 88 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 73 | 108 |
| Championship: March 7, 2004 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2003–04 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 |
| St. Norbert †* | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 79 | 35 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 175 | 55 |
| Wisconsin–River Falls | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 54 | 34 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 108 | 61 |
| Wisconsin–Superior | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 58 | 41 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 119 | 72 |
| Lake Forest | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 44 | 34 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 116 | 63 |
| Wisconsin–Stout | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 83 | 85 |
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 57 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 92 | 96 |
| Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 41 | 53 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 90 | 85 |
| St. Scholastica | 14 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 59 | 27 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 56 | 116 |
| Championship: March 6, 2004 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2003–04 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 †* | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 77 | 27 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 142 | 78 |
| Potsdam State | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 65 | 43 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 113 | 113 |
| Oswego State | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 66 | 33 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 146 | 90 |
| Geneseo State | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 53 | 45 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 104 | 86 |
| Fredonia State | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 42 | 41 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 101 | 92 |
| Cortland State | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 52 | 77 | 27 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 111 | 143 |
| Buffalo State | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 72 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 79 | 119 |
| Brockport State | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 88 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 66 | 142 |
| Championship: March 6, 2004 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||
Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings

## 2004 NCAA Tournament

| First Round March 10 | First Round March 10 | First Round March 10 | Quarterfinals March 13 | Quarterfinals March 13 | Quarterfinals March 13 | Semifinals March 19 | Semifinals March 19 | Semifinals March 19 | National Championship March 20 | National Championship March 20 | National Championship March 20 |
| | | | W1 | St. Norbert | 3 | | | | | | |
| W2 | Wisconsin–River Falls | 3* | W2 | Wisconsin–River Falls | 0 | | | | | | |
| W3 | St. Thomas | 2 | | | | St. Norbert | St. Norbert | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | Plattsburgh State | Plattsburgh State | 1 | | | |
| | | | Plattsburgh State | Plattsburgh State | 5* | | | | | | |
| | | | Curry | Curry | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | St. Norbert | St. Norbert | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | Middlebury | Middlebury | 1* |
| | | | Middlebury | Middlebury | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | Wentworth | Wentworth | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Middlebury | Middlebury | 3** | | | |
| | | | | | | Norwich | Norwich | 2 | | | |
| | | | Norwich | Norwich | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | Hobart | Hobart | 5 | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)