# 1990–91 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

The 1990–91 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began in October 1990 and concluded on March 16, 1991. This was the 18th season of Division III college ice hockey.

## Regular season
### Season tournaments

| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
| Northeastern Tournament | | 4 | Middlebury |
| Brockport Invitational | November 2–3 | 4 | Brockport State |
| Cardinal Classic | November 2–3 | 4 | Plattsburgh State |
| Geneseo Tournament | November 2–3 | 4 | Geneseo State |
| RIT Tournament | November 2–3 | 4 | RIT |
| Northeast-10 Invitational | November 10–11 | 4 | Assumption |
| McCabe Tournament | November 30–December 1 | 4 | Trinity |
| Union Invitational | November 30–December 1 | 4 | Elmira |
| Crusader Classic | December 1–2 | 4 | Connecticut |
| Elmira Tournament | | 4 | Salem State |
| Middlebury Tournament | | 4 | Middlebury |
| Codfish Bowl | December 28–29 | 4 | Salem State |
| Duracell Challenge | January 2–3 | 4 | |
| Salem State Tournament | January 4–5 | 4 | Salem State |
| Spurrier Invitational | January 18–19 | 4 | Wesleyan |
| SUNYAC Tournament | February 22–23 | 4 | Oswego State |

### Standings

1990–91 ECAC East standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Middlebury †* | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 119 | 56 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 144 | 67 |
| Massachusetts–Boston | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | .738 | 107 | 88 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 128 | 110 |
| Salem State | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .738 | | | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | | |
| Babson | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 85 | 53 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 117 | 72 |
| Connecticut | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .684 | 103 | 84 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 163 | 115 |
| American International | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | .591 | | | 29 | 16 | 11 | 2 | | |
| Williams | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | .579 | | | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | | |
| Bowdoin | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | .429 | | | 25 | 11 | 12 | 2 | | |
| Colby | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | .421 | | | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | | |
| Norwich | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | .318 | 82 | 93 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 108 | 107 |
| Saint Anselm | 25 | 6 | 18 | 1 | .260 | 82 | 133 | 26 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 84 | 135 |
| New England College | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | .250 | | | 23 | 8 | 14 | 1 | | |
| Holy Cross | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | .190 | 67 | 113 | 28 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 111 | 145 |
| North Adams State | 20 | 1 | 17 | 2 | .100 | | | 25 | 3 | 20 | 2 | | |
| Championship: March 5, 1991 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1990–91 ECAC North/South standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| North Division |||||||||||||||
| Fitchburg State †~ | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 120 | 41 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 161 | 87 |
| Southeastern Massachusetts | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .850 | | | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | | |
| Suffolk | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .833 | | | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0 | | |
| Plymouth State | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .639 | | | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | | |
| Tufts | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .600 | | | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | | |
| Assumption | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | .595 | | | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | | |
| New Hampshire College | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | .571 | | | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | | |
| Southern Maine | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .500 | 74 | 78 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 89 | 102 |
| Curry | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | .477 | | | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | | |
| Framingham State | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | .405 | | | 23 | 8 | 14 | 1 | | |
| Saint Michael's | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | .350 | 64 | 85 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 68 | 101 |
| Stonehill | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | .231 | | | 28 | 6 | 22 | 0 | | |
| Worcester State | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .219 | | | 21 | 3 | 15 | 3 | | |
| Nichols | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | .158 | 73 | 131 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 86 | 151 |
| South Division |||||||||||||||
| Iona † | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .833 | | | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | | |
| Trinity ~* | 20 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .794 | 76 | 37 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 106 | 77 |
| Skidmore | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | .636 | | | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | | |
| Amherst | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | | | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | | |
| Roger Williams | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .563 | | | | | | | | |
| Western New England | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .545 | | | 23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | | |
| Fairfield | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | .542 | | | 25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | | |
| Connecticut College | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 76 | 66 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 102 | 99 |
| Wesleyan | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | .409 | 96 | 102 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 98 | 118 |
| St. John's | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | .406 | | | | | | | | |
| Bentley | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | .396 | 109 | 120 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 113 | 123 |
| Quinnipiac | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | .182 | 65 | 123 | 24 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 70 | 149 |
| Scranton | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | .088 | | | 21 | 2 | 18 | 1 | | |
| Villanova | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .063 | | | | | | | | |
| Championship: March 9, 1991 † indicates division regular season champions ~ indicates division tournament champions * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1990–91 ECAC West standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Elmira †* | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 200 | 64 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 237 | 96 |
| Geneseo State | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .833 | | | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | | |
| Mercyhurst | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 126 | 51 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 183 | 119 |
| Union | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | .761 | | | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | | |
| Plattsburgh State ^ | 25 | 18 | 7 | 0 | .720 | 162 | 107 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 176 | 117 |
| RIT | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 139 | 80 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 164 | 110 |
| Fredonia State | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | .604 | | | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | | |
| Oswego State | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | .537 | | | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 149 | 137 |
| Cortland State | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | .457 | | | | | | | | |
| Hamilton | 23 | 8 | 13 | 2 | .391 | | | 23 | 8 | 13 | 2 | | |
| Hobart | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | .385 | 116 | 134 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 116 | 134 |
| Canisius | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | .333 | 85 | 124 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 96 | 137 |
| Brockport State | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | .273 | 97 | 146 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 114 | 150 |
| Potsdam State | 24 | 4 | 20 | 0 | .167 | | | 25 | 5 | 20 | 0 | | |
| Binghamton | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .143 | | | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | | |
| St. Bonaventure | 24 | 1 | 21 | 2 | .083 | | | 29 | 2 | 25 | 2 | | |
| Championship: March 4, 1991 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions ^ Plattsburgh State was ineligible for tournament play in 1991 after being put on probation by the NCAA due to rules violations |||||||||||||||
1990–91 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 |
| Lake Forest | 25 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 114 | 65 |
| Lawrence | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | |
| St. Norbert | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 94 | 143 |
1990–91 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. Thomas † | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 91 | 33 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 138 | 85 |
| Gustavus Adolphus * | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 98 | 55 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 155 | 92 |
| Saint Mary's | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 80 | 59 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 125 | 108 |
| St. Olaf | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 94 | 64 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 144 | 95 |
| Concordia (MN) | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 90 | 73 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 141 | 118 |
| Saint John's | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 66 | 56 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 104 | 82 |
| Augsburg | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 49 | 62 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 83 | 113 |
| Hamline | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 104 | 25 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 81 | 189 |
| Bethel | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | | | 24 | 2 | 22 | 0 | | |
| Championship: March 2, 1991 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1990–91 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 |
| Bemidji State † | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 130 | 79 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 161 | 95 |
| Mankato State † | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 122 | 64 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 175 | 103 |
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point * | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 129 | 70 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 192 | 98 |
| Wisconsin–Superior | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 26 | 121 | 102 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 163 | 120 |
| Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 100 | 121 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 123 | 127 |
| Wisconsin–River Falls | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 69 | 102 | 27 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 73 | 115 |
| St. Scholastica | 24 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 188 | 30 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 70 | 239 |
| Championship: March 2, 1991 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings

## 1991 NCAA Tournament

| Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Semifinals March 15 | Semifinals March 15 | Semifinals March 15 | National championship March 16 | National championship March 16 | National championship March 16 |
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 9 | 6 | - | | | | | | |
| Lake Forest | Lake Forest | 1 | 3 | - | | | | | | |
| Lake Forest | Lake Forest | 1 | 3 | - | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | Babson | Babson | 2 | | | |
| Babson | Babson | 4 | 10 | - | Babson | Babson | 2 | | | |
| Oswego State | Oswego State | 1 | 4 | - | | | | | | |
| Oswego State | Oswego State | 1 | 4 | - | | | | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | Mankato State | Mankato State | 2 |
| Mercyhurst | Mercyhurst | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | Mankato State | Mankato State | 2 |
| Elmira | Elmira | 4 | 7 | 2* | | | |
| Elmira | Elmira | 4 | 7 | 2* | Elmira | Elmira | 3 | Third-place game | Third-place game | Third-place game |
| | | | | | Mankato State | Mankato State | 7 |
| Mankato State | Mankato State | 4 | 7 | - | Mankato State | Mankato State | 7 | Babson | Babson | 3 |
| Gustavus Adolphus | Gustavus Adolphus | 4 | 2 | - | | | | Elmira | Elmira | 2 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)