The 2002–03 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 18, 2002, and concluded on March 22 of the following year. This was the 30th season of Division III college ice hockey.

The NCAA changed the national tournament format to have all rounds be Single elimination. As a result, the mini-game was eliminated from the Championship.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Standings

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Division III
Norwich †* 19 16 3 0 32 129 50 30 27 3 0 191 73
New England College 19 15 4 0 30 104 55 26 20 6 0 138 76
Babson 19 10 6 3 23 83 72 27 17 7 3 143 93
Salem State 19 9 7 3 21 85 79 27 15 9 3 127 103
Skidmore 19 6 12 1 13 48 75 25 7 17 1 66 103
MCLA 19 3 14 2 8 64 107 23 5 15 3 88 125
Southern Maine 19 3 14 2 8 50 101 25 6 17 2 86 135
Massachusetts–Boston 19 0 18 1 1 33 153 24 0 22 2 43 183
Division II
Saint Anselm 19 5 12 2 12 53 92 26 9 14 3 78 108
Saint Michael's ~ 19 5 12 2 12 71 108 26 11 13 2 117 130
Division III Championship: March 8, 2003
Division II Championship: March 8, 2003
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
~ indicates Division II Tournament champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Division III
Wentworth †* 16 13 1 2 28 101 26 29 21 5 3 153 58
Lebanon Valley 16 14 2 0 28 91 31 27 20 6 1 137 66
Curry 16 13 3 0 26 98 43 27 18 9 0 150 97
Fitchburg State 16 12 3 1 25 97 60 26 16 8 2 107 86
Johnson & Wales 16 11 4 1 23 67 52 26 14 11 1 131 116
Massachusetts–Dartmouth 16 9 6 1 19 67 52 25 15 7 3 103 82
Salve Regina 16 8 7 1 17 68 57 25 11 13 1 94 99
Worcester State 16 7 7 2 16 58 68 25 8 14 3 84 121
Suffolk 16 6 9 1 13 62 67 21 9 10 2 84 91
Plymouth State 16 3 9 4 10 54 86 22 5 12 5 75 120
Western New England 16 4 11 1 9 50 77 23 5 16 2 68 107
Nichols 16 3 13 0 6 41 102 23 4 17 2 70 138
Framingham State 16 2 14 0 4 35 118 24 3 20 1 52 179
Division II
Southern New Hampshire 16 7 7 2 16 66 52 26 12 11 3 110 88
Stonehill 16 8 8 0 16 78 69 24 11 13 0 111 103
Assumption 16 7 8 1 15 68 58 27 11 15 1 114 110
Franklin Pierce 16 0 15 1 1 35 123 23 0 22 1 45 184
Division III Championship: March 8, 2003
Division II Championship: March 8, 2003
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champions
~ indicates Division II Tournament champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
RIT 10 8 1 1 17 66 31 25 19 4 2 154 72
Manhattanville 10 7 3 0 14 46 31 26 18 6 2 108 64
Elmira * 10 6 3 1 13 64 39 28 18 8 2 154 104
Hobart 10 4 5 1 9 42 43 26 14 10 2 97 84
Utica 10 3 6 1 7 39 43 25 11 13 1 84 96
Neumann 10 0 10 0 0 13 83 24 1 22 1 48 173
Championship: March 8, 2003
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champions
Overall record
GP W L T GF GA
Finlandia 10 1 8 1 34 54
Scranton 3 0 3 0 10 23
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota–Crookston †* 16 10 3 3 23 89 48 25 18 4 3 129 75
Marian 16 10 4 2 22 75 33 27 14 11 2 104 80
Lawrence 16 10 6 0 20 72 67 27 12 15 0 97 113
MSOE 16 4 10 2 10 47 77 28 7 18 3 76 129
Northland 16 2 13 1 5 33 91 24 3 19 2 53 144
Championship: February 23, 2003
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champions
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pts GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Saint John's †* 16 13 2 1 27 76 47 28 20 7 1 116 89
St. Thomas 16 10 5 1 21 58 31 27 16 9 2 97 59
Augsburg 16 10 6 0 20 64 56 26 17 9 0 114 92
Gustavus Adolphus 16 8 7 1 17 67 40 27 14 12 1 114 75
Concordia (MN) 16 7 7 2 16 55 62 26 13 11 2 92 103
Hamline 16 7 7 2 16 55 70 25 9 13 3 76 106
St. Olaf 16 6 9 1 13 59 57 25 10 13 2 90 85
Saint Mary's 16 5 11 0 10 50 67 25 11 13 1 98 94
Bethel 16 2 14 0 4 30 84 24 3 21 0 49 136
Championship: March 1, 2003
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Middlebury 19 16 1 2 34 99 33 29 22 5 2 135 63
Trinity * 19 15 3 1 31 93 43 27 19 6 2 119 73
Colby 19 14 4 1 29 88 48 25 18 6 1 125 60
Bowdoin 19 11 3 5 27 86 55 24 13 6 5 116 74
Hamilton 19 10 7 2 22 93 57 26 14 10 2 122 75
Amherst 19 7 8 4 18 70 76 25 7 13 5 78 116
Williams 19 8 9 2 18 89 64 25 8 15 2 104 96
Tufts 19 7 10 2 16 78 85 22 7 11 4 87 100
Wesleyan 19 7 11 1 15 49 75 23 7 13 3 56 93
Connecticut College 19 3 12 4 10 50 87 24 5 15 4 65 105
Championship: March 9, 2003
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pts GF GA GP W L T GF GA
St. Norbert †* 14 12 1 1 25 67 28 31 27 2 2 164 66
Wisconsin–Superior 14 11 2 1 23 63 26 29 21 6 2 129 65
Wisconsin–River Falls 14 11 2 1 23 78 26 31 23 7 1 164 63
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 14 8 6 0 16 54 44 29 15 12 2 109 89
Lake Forest 14 6 7 1 15 44 46 27 13 9 5 100 77
St. Scholastica 14 2 11 1 5 27 77 26 5 20 1 68 138
Wisconsin–Stout 14 2 12 0 4 33 71 27 6 21 0 66 133
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 14 1 12 1 3 33 81 25 1 22 2 57 153
Championship: March 1, 2003
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Oswego State †* 14 10 3 1 21 77 31 33 25 7 1 171 81
Fredonia State 14 10 4 0 20 43 25 26 14 12 0 76 57
Plattsburgh State 14 9 4 1 19 77 35 32 20 9 3 158 92
Potsdam State 14 7 6 1 15 45 45 29 14 13 2 100 95
Geneseo State 14 7 6 1 15 37 39 25 9 13 3 79 89
Cortland State 14 3 9 2 8 40 69 27 5 18 4 80 140
Brockport State 14 3 9 2 8 29 66 25 9 14 2 72 103
Buffalo State 14 3 11 0 6 43 79 25 6 18 1 78 123
Championship: March 9, 2003
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champions

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
Brian Yingling Senior Lebanon Valley 27 36 29 65 36
Sean Pero Sophomore Curry 25 23 35 58 67
Brian Doherty Sophomore Curry 27 24 32 56 44
Don Patrick Senior Oswego State 33 15 41 56 4
Alex Marinkovich Junior Wentworth 28 25 28 53 52
Rob Pascale Junior Stonehill 24 27 25 52 8
Manu Mau'u Sophomore Johnson & Wales 25 23 28 51 73
Mike Lukajic Junior Oswego State 33 33 17 50 14
Travis Banga Junior New England College 25 29 21 50 42
Nick Cote Junior MCLA 23 33 16 49 22

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
Jamie Vanek Senior Wentworth 17 973 13 2 1 27 4 .941 1.66
Cody Brown Sophomore Lake Forest 16 949 9 5 2 39 1 .932 2.46
Zachary Sikich Sophomore St. Thomas 25 724 8 4 1 23 4 .930 1.90
Mike Boudreau Freshman Norwich 10 455 6 0 0 14 1 .929 1.84
Dan Meneghin Freshman Wisconsin–River Falls 14 839 13 1 0 24 2 .927 1.72
J.D. Hadiaris Senior Colby 15 839 10 3 1 22 6 .925 1.57
Jacque Vezina Senior Wisconsin–River Falls 17 1022 10 6 1 34 4 .923 1.99
Jay Chrapala Freshman Manhattanville 20 1110 13 5 1 41 1 .922 2.22
Tyson Gajda Junior Oswego State 25 1419 20 5 0 53 4 .922 2.24
Raj Bhangoo Junior Wentworth 13 707 7 3 2 28 2 .922 2.38

2003 NCAA Tournament

First Round
March 12
Quarterfinals
March 15
Semifinals
March 21
National Championship
March 22
W1 St. Norbert 5
W2 Wisconsin–River Falls 2 W2 Wisconsin–River Falls 2
W3 Saint John's 0 St. Norbert 3
Norwich 6
Norwich 6
Trinity 4
Norwich 2
Oswego State 1
Middlebury 5
Elmira 1
Middlebury 0
Oswego State 6
Oswego State 4
Wentworth 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
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