2023 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

The 2023 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2022–23 season, the 38th such tournament in NCAA history. Hobart defeated defending champion Adrian 3–2 in overtime to win the program's first National Championship.
==Qualifying teams==
Twelve teams qualified for the tournament in the following ways: (Pool A) eight teams received bids as a result of being conference tournament champions from conferences that possessed an automatic bid, (Pool C) four additional teams received at-large bids based upon their records.
East	East 	East 	East 	East 	East 	East 	West	West 	West 	West 	West 	West 	West
Seed	School 	Conference	Record	Berth Type 	Appearance	Last Bid	Seed	School 	Conference	Record	Berth Type 	Appearance	Last Bid
1 	Utica (1) 	UCHC 	25–2–1	Tournament Champion	4th 	2022 	1 	Adrian (4) 	NCHA 	23–4–2	Tournament Champion	11th 	2022
2 	Endicott (2) 	CCC 	22–2–2	Tournament Champion	2nd 	2017 	2 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	WIAC 	19–5–4	At–Large 	16th 	2019
3 	Hobart (3) 	NEHC 	26–2–0	Tournament Champion	11th 	2022 	3 	Augsburg 	MIAC 	16–9–2	Tournament Champion	8th 	2022
4 	Curry 	CCC 	21–5–1	At-Large 	5th 	2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Plattsburgh State 	SUNYAC 	20–5–2	Tournament Champion	20th 	2017 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Plymouth State 	MASCAC 	23–3–1	Tournament Champion	6th 	2022 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	University of New England	CCC 	19–6–2	At-Large 	4th 	2022 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Norwich 	NEHC 	19–6–2	At-Large 	20th 	2020 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Bowdoin 	NESCAC 	14–9–3	Tournament Champion	7th 	2014 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Format==
The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were single-game elimination.
The top four rated teams received byes into the quarterfinal round and were arranged so that if they were to advance to the semifinals, the first seed would play the fourth seed and the second seed would play the third seed. Because there were three western teams and only one received a bye into the quarterfinals, all three were placed into the same bracket. Of the nine eastern teams, the six that did not receive byes were arranged so that the fourth eastern seed played the ninth eastern seed with the winner advancing to play the third eastern seed; the fifth eastern seed played the eighth eastern seed with the winner advancing to play the second eastern seed; and the sixth eastern seed played the seventh eastern seed with the winner advancing to play the first eastern seed. The higher-seeded team played host in all first round and quarterfinal matches.
==Bracket==
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==All-Tournament Team==
*G: Damon Beaver* (Hobart)
*D: Austin Mourar (Hobart)
*D: Jaden Shields (Adrian)
*F: Luke Aquaro (Hobart)
*F: Wil Crane (Hobart)
*F: Ty Enns (Adrian)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
==Record by conference==
Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Quarterfinals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
CCC 	3 	4–3 	 	3 	2 	- 	-
NEHC 	2 	4–1 	 	2 	1 	1 	1
MASCAC 	1 	0–1 	 	- 	- 	- 	-
MIAC 	1 	0–1 	 	- 	- 	- 	-
NCHA 	1 	2–1 	 	1 	1 	1 	-
NESCAC 	1 	0–1 	 	- 	- 	- 	-
SUNYAC 	1 	0–1 	 	- 	- 	- 	-
UCHC 	1 	0–1 	 	1 	- 	- 	-
WIAC 	1 	1–1 	 	1 	- 	- 	-
==References==
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==External links==
*2023 Division III Bracket
 
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