2017-18 NESCAC Men's Season

This is the 2017-18 New England Small College Athletic Conference Men's hockey season.
==Membership Changes==
*none, but Amherst College had announced that it was abandoning its unofficial nickname the "Lord Jeffs".  The nickname had become a source of division within the campus community as Lord Jefferson Amherst was a British general who openly supported giving the Native American poplulation blankets infested with smallpox during the French and Indian War. The school had played without a nickname for the 2016-17 academic year.  The school's teams were announced as being renamed on April 3, 2017 to the Amherst Mammoths.
==Membership==
Team 	Location 	Arena
Amherst Mammoths 	Amherst, Massachusetts 	Orr Rink
Bowdoin Polar Bears 	Brunswick, Maine 	Sidney J. Watson Arena
Colby Mules 	Waterville, Maine 	Alfond Rink
Connecticut College Camels	New London, Connecticut 	Dayton Arena
Hamilton Continentals 	Clinton, New York 	Russell Sage Rink
Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury, Vermont 	Chip Kenyon '85 Arena
Trinity Bantams 	Hartford, Connecticut 	Koeppel Community Sports Center
Tufts Jumbos 	Medford, Massachusetts 	Malden Valley Forum
Wesleyan Cardinals 	Middletown, Connecticut 	Spurrier-Snyder Rink
Williams Ephs 	Williamstown, Massachusetts	Lansing Chapman Rink
==Standings==
New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
Team 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
Trinity Bantams 	18 	14 	3 	1 	56 	31 	29 	27 	19 	6 	2 	87 	48
Connecticut College Camels 	18 	9 	5 	4 	52 	42 	22 	25 	10 	11 	4 	61 	70
Amherst Mammoths 	18 	8 	5 	5 	49 	41 	21 	25 	11 	9 	5 	63 	60
Hamilton Continentals 	18 	9 	6 	3 	44 	36 	21 	25 	15 	7 	3 	69 	42
Wesleyan Cardinals 	18 	8 	6 	4 	50 	41 	20 	26 	13 	8 	5 	77 	63
Colby Mules 	18 	9 	7 	2 	57 	43 	20 	30 	17 	11 	2 	101 	72
Williams Ephs 	18 	9 	8 	1 	48 	45 	19 	26 	14 	11 	1 	75 	70
Tufts Jumbos 	18 	4 	11 	3 	33 	50 	11 	25 	5 	16 	4 	49 	78
Bowdoin Polar Bears 	18 	5 	13 	0 	40 	65 	10 	24 	8 	16 	0 	52 	77
Middlebury Panthers 	18 	2 	13 	3 	15 	53 	7 	24 	4 	17 	3 	33 	75
Note: Amherst finished ahead of Hamilton by winning season series 1-0-1; Wesleyan finished ahead of Colby by winnning season series 1-0-1
==Conference Tournament==
===Format===
The tournament is single elimination format. The top 8 teams qualify for the tournament. The quarterfinal round matches up 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5. The teams are re-seeded for the semifinals with the top seed playing the bottom seed and the other two teams pairing off. The semifinal winners meet for the conference championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===Quarterfinals===
*Trinity Bantams defeated Tufts Jumbos 2-0
*Williams Ephs defeated Connecticut College Camels 4-2
*Colby Mules defeated Amherst Mammoths 5-1
*Wesleyan Cardinals defeated Hamilton Continentals 2-1
===Semifinals===
* Colby Mules defeated Wesleyan Cardinals 5-1
*Trinity Bantams defeated Williams Ephs 5-2
===Final===
* Colby Mules defeated Trinity Bantams 4-1
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