1999 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1999 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was a tournament to determine the Division III national champion in men's ice hockey.  This was the 16th time a national championship tournament at the Division III level had been held, in the 26th overall season of Division III hockey.
== Format ==
Eight teams qualify for the tournament. In the quarterfinal round, the teams played two game series to determine which school advanced. If the series was tied, teams played a 20 minute mini-game to determine who advances. The teams were seeded according to geographic proximity in the quarterfinals, so the visiting team would have the shortest feasible distance to travel. The quarterfinals were held at campus sites on March 12 and 13. The semifinal and final rounds were held March 19 and 20 at Kreitzberg Arena of Norwich University, in Northfield, Vermont.
== Bids ==
The following teams qualified for the tournament. There were no automatic bids, however, conference tournament champions were given preferential consideration. No formal seeding was used, while quarterfinal matches were arranged so that the road teams would have the shortest possible travel distances. There was no official limit to how many schools could come from each region. This year, the East received five bids, and the West received three.
=== At-Large Bids ===
==== East ====
* Amherst Lord Jeffs ECAC East (1st appearance)
** (19-3-0)
* Middlebury Panthers - ECAC East (5th appearance)
** (18-4-1)
* Norwich Cadets - ECAC East (3rd appearance)
** ECAC East Tournament Champions (25-1-1)
* Plattsburgh Cardinals - SUNYAC (11th appearance; 8th not including vacated appearances)
** SUNYAC Tournament Champions (23-4-2)
* RIT Tigers - ECAC West (8th appearance)
** ECAC West Tournament Champions (25-1-2)
==== West ====
* St. Norbert Green Knights - NCHA (3rd appearance)
** NCHA Tournament Champions (24-4-3)
* St. Thomas Tommies - MIAC (8th appearance)
** MIAC Tournament Champions (16-11-2)
* Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets - NCHA (7th appearance)
** (20-7-2)
== Misc. ==
* Four of the eight schools who earned bids appeared in the previous NCAA tournament.
* This is the 5th of 13 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for Middlebury.
* This is the 4th of 7 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for RIT.
* This is the 3rd of 6 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for Plattsburgh.
* This is the 1st of 4 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for UW-Superior.
* Pairings were determined strictly off of geography for the quarterfinal matches. However, the likely seedings would have likely been as follows;
** East:
*** 1. Norwich
*** 2. RIT
*** 3. Plattsburgh
*** 4. Amherst
*** 5. Middlebury
** West:
*** 1. St. Norbert
*** 2. UW-Superior
*** 3. St. Thomas
== Results ==
=== Quarterfinals ===
Held at campus sites
-Kreitzberg Arena- Northfield, VT-Slinto S. Wessman Arena- Superior, WI-Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena- Henrietta, NY-Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena- Ashwaubenon, WI*MINIGAME*
=== Semifinals ===
Hosted by Norwich University: -Kreitzberg Arena- Northfield, VT
=== Third Place ===
Hosted by Norwich University: -Kreitzberg Arena- Northfield, VT
=== Championship ===
Hosted by Norwich University: -Kreitzberg Arena- Northfield, VT
== Bracket ==
== Tournament Notes ==
* Middlebury wins the program's fifth national title and becomes the first hockey program to win five consecutive championships (UWSP is next win 3 consecutive).
** With the victory, Middlebury surpasses UW-Stevens Point with five national titles, alone at the top, for the most in Division III history.
* UW-Superior finishes as National Runner-Up for the third time in program history, falling to 0-3 in national title games.
** This marked the program's sixth trip to the Frozen Four.
* Middlebury vs. UW-Superior becomes just the second national title game rematch of all time. (Plattsburgh vs. UW-Stevens Point, in 1992, was the first, coincidentally, two years after the initial matchup)
* Norwich earns a Third Place finish on home ice, the highest mark in school history, in just the program's 2nd trip to the Frozen Four, and 3rd overall NCAA appearance.
* RIT finishes in Fourth Place for the first time in school history, and clinches the program's sixth Frozen Four berth.
* No All-Tournament Team or Tournament MVP was named.
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