# 2017–18 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

The 2017–18 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 21, 2017, and concluded on March 24, 2018. This was the 45th season of Division III college ice hockey.
The two Division II schools, (Saint Anselm and Saint Michael's) that had played in the New England Hockey Conference for years, formally left the league and began playing a full Northeast-10 Conference schedule.
As had been announced in 2016, seven members of ECAC West, the last remaining ECAC conference at the Division III level, left to form the United Collegiate Hockey Conference along with two new men's programs. The remaining school, Hobart, joined the NEHC.

## Regular season
### Standings

2017–18 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 † | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 80 | 33 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 123 | 61 |
| Endicott | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 94 | 45 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 138 | 65 |
| University of New England | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 92 | 69 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 141 | 99 |
| Curry | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 67 | 60 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 102 | 80 |
| Nichols * | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 57 | 51 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 110 | 84 |
| Wentworth | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 51 | 54 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 68 | 90 |
| Suffolk | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 49 | 62 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 69 | 89 |
| Western New England | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 69 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 69 | 95 |
| Johnson & Wales | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 43 | 77 | 25 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 55 | 103 |
| Becker | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 96 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 64 | 120 |
| Championship: March 3, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||
2017–18 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 |
| Bryn Athyn | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 67 | 74 |
| Canton State | 25 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 59 | 81 |
2017–18 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 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 88 | 39 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 110 | 56 |
| Fitchburg State * | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 82 | 53 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 119 | 78 |
| Worcester State | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 62 | 51 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 86 | 69 |
| Massachusetts–Dartmouth | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 76 | 74 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 116 | 112 |
| Westfield State | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 62 | 85 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 85 | 111 |
| Salem State | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 50 | 47 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 79 | 84 |
| Framingham State | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 101 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 47 | 130 |
| Championship: March 3, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||
2017–18 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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 52 | 40 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 81 | 62 |
| Saint John's | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 58 | 36 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 86 | 60 |
| Augsburg * | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 64 | 41 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 103 | 72 |
| Gustavus Adolphus | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 46 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 69 | 66 |
| Concordia (MN) | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 50 | 57 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 71 | 83 |
| Saint Mary's | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 42 | 53 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 70 | 87 |
| St. Olaf | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 42 | 48 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 67 | 78 |
| Hamline | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 49 | 60 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 74 | 89 |
| Bethel | 16 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 66 | 25 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 44 | 108 |
| Championship: March 3, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ||||||||||||||||
2017–18 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 |
| Norwich † | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 60 | 36 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 90 | 57 |
| Hobart * | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 74 | 34 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 109 | 55 |
| Babson | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 67 | 44 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 85 | 66 |
| Massachusetts–Boston | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 74 | 53 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 121 | 77 |
| New England College | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 55 | 55 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 85 | 73 |
| Skidmore | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 64 | 26 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 48 | 91 |
| Southern Maine | 18 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 64 | 26 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 37 | 97 |
| Castleton | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 80 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 61 | 96 |
| Championship: March 3, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2017–18 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 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 56 | 31 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 87 | 48 |
| Connecticut College | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 52 | 42 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 61 | 70 |
| Amherst | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 49 | 41 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 63 | 60 |
| Hamilton | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 44 | 36 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 69 | 42 |
| Wesleyan | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 50 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 77 | 63 |
| Colby * | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 57 | 43 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 101 | 72 |
| Williams | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 48 | 45 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 75 | 70 |
| Tufts | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 50 | 25 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 49 | 78 |
| Bowdoin | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 40 | 65 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 52 | 77 |
| Middlebury | 18 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 53 | 24 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 33 | 75 |
| Championship: March 4, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2017–18 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 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 86 | 29 | 32 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 126 | 47 |
| Marian | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 62 | 42 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 93 | 57 |
| St. Scholastica | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 48 | 52 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 79 | 72 |
| Lawrence | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 51 | 59 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 72 | 90 |
| Northland | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 46 | 55 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 66 | 75 |
| Finlandia | 18 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 92 | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 34 | 117 |
| South |||||||||||||||
| Adrian † | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 92 | 26 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 131 | 54 |
| Concordia (WI) | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 54 | 45 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 82 | 69 |
| Lake Forest | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 55 | 38 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 86 | 72 |
| MSOE | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 38 | 45 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 58 | 66 |
| Aurora | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 41 | 67 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 56 | 95 |
| Trine | 18 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 84 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 54 | 96 |
| Championship: March 3, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
2017–18 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 | 59 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 90 | 45 |
| Geneseo State * | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 60 | 31 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 125 | 60 |
| Buffalo State | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 54 | 37 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 100 | 62 |
| Plattsburgh State | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 48 | 52 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 86 | 78 |
| Fredonia State | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 51 | 51 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 91 | 89 |
| Potsdam State | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 36 | 53 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 71 | 81 |
| Cortland State | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 40 | 49 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 67 | 72 |
| Brockport State | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 39 | 53 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 74 | 81 |
| Morrisville State | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 74 | 25 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 61 | 104 |
| Championship: March 3, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||
2017–18 United Collegiate 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 |
| Utica †* | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 79 | 34 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 133 | 55 |
| Stevenson | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 50 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 78 | 71 |
| Lebanon Valley | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 64 | 47 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 80 | 81 |
| Manhattanville | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 67 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 93 | 68 |
| Elmira | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 57 | 45 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 94 | 85 |
| Neumann | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 54 | 52 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 78 | 100 |
| Nazareth | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 46 | 41 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 66 | 69 |
| Chatham | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 83 | 25 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 36 | 125 |
| King's | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 91 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 47 | 134 |
| Championship: March 3, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||
2017–18 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 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 16 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 109 | 59 |
| Wisconsin–Eau Claire * | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 95 | 65 |
| Wisconsin–Stout | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 64 | 90 |
| Wisconsin–Superior | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 69 | 86 |
| Wisconsin–River Falls | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 72 | 85 |
| Championship: March 3, 2018 † 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 | Junior | University of New England | 27 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 6 |
| Nick Ford | Sophomore | Elmira | 28 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 6 |
| Tanner Karty | Junior | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 30 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 12 |
| Ryan Bloom | Sophomore | University of New England | 29 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 6 |
| Nick DiNicola | Junior | Fitchburg State | 27 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 30 |
| Colin Larkin | Senior | Massachusetts–Boston | 27 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 12 |
| Jory Ruiz | Junior | Massachusetts–Dartmouth | 27 | 27 | 18 | 45 | 12 |
| Jack Billings | Sophomore | Salve Regina | 30 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 6 |
| Scott Cuthrell | Senior | Nichols | 30 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 16 |
| Connor Powell | Junior | Elmira | 28 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 10 |

### 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 |
| Chris Amsden | Junior | Gustavus Adolphus | 18 | 1085 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 2 | .926 | 2.21 |
| Gennaro Anzevino | Sophomore | Elmira | 17 | 966 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 0 | .910 | 2.79 |
| Matt Arnold | Junior | Finlandia | 10 | 451 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | .864 | 5.86 |
| Mac Berglove | Freshman | Saint John's | 11 | 562 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 1 | .924 | 2.35 |
| T.J. Black | Junior | St. Norbert | 32 | 1833 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 4 | .940 | 1.44 |
| Eric Bogart | Junior | Fredonia State | 13 | 649 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 4 | .894 | 3.42 |
| Josh Boyko | Freshman | Aurora | 19 | 1089 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 67 | 1 | .888 | 3.69 |
| Colin Brennan | Junior | Nichols | 23 | 1280 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 63 | 2 | .904 | 2.95 |
| Brandon Brown | Freshman | Post | 22 | 1191 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 95 | 0 | .899 | 4.78 |
| Evan Buitenhuis | Redshirt | Hamilton | 14 | 797 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 4 | .954 | 1.28 |

## 2018 NCAA Tournament

| First Round March 10 | First Round March 10 | First Round March 10 | Quarterfinals March 17 | Quarterfinals March 17 | Quarterfinals March 17 | Semifinals March 23 | Semifinals March 23 | Semifinals March 23 | | National Championship March 24 | National Championship March 24 | National Championship March 24 |
| | | | W2 | Adrian | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | W3 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | W3 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | E1 | Salve Regina | 3 | | | | |
| E4 | Nichols | 3 | | | | | | | E1 | Salve Regina | 3 | | | | |
| E5 | Fitchburg State | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Fitchburg State | 1 | E1 | Salve Regina | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E4 | Nichols | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | E1 | Salve Regina | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | W1 | St. Norbert (1) | 3** |
| W4 | Augsburg | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | W1 | St. Norbert (1) | 3** |
| W5 | Marian | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| W5 | Marian | 1 | W1 | St. Norbert (1) | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | W4 | Augsburg | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | W1 | St. Norbert (1) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | E7 | Colby | 3 | | | | |
| E2 | University of New England | 2 | | | | | | | E7 | Colby | 3 | | | | |
| E7 | Colby | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Colby | 4 | E7 | Colby | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E6 | Geneseo State | 1 | | | | | | | |
| E3 | Hobart | 2 | E6 | Geneseo State | 1 | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Geneseo State | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Source: