| | School |
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| Babson | | Bemidji State | | Elmira | | Minnesota State | | Plattsburgh State | | RIT | | St. Thomas | | Union |
FormatThe tournament featured three rounds of play. In the Quarterfinals, teams played a two-game series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals, with tied series decided by a 20-minute mini-game. Mini-game scores are in italics. Beginning with the Semifinals all games became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game. Tournament Bracket{{8TeamBracket-NCAA11 with 3rd | RD1=Quarterfinals
| RD2=Semifinals
| RD3=National Championship
| RD4=Third Place Game | RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=Minnesota State | RD1-score01-1=6 | RD1-score01-2=1 | RD1-score01-mini=2 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=St. Thomas | RD1-score02-1=5 | RD1-score02-2=6 | RD1-score02-mini=0 | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=Plattsburgh State | RD1-score03-1=7 | RD1-score03-2=5 | RD1-score03-mini=3 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=Babson | RD1-score04-1=5 | RD1-score04-2=8 | RD1-score04-mini=1 | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=Bemidji State | RD1-score05-1=4 | RD1-score05-2=3 | RD1-score05-mini=3 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=Elmira | RD1-score06-1=2 | RD1-score06-2=5 | RD1-score06-mini=0 | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=RIT | RD1-score07-1=4 | RD1-score07-2=8 | RD1-score07-mini=- | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=Union | RD1-score08-1=1 | RD1-score08-2=7 | RD1-score08-mini=- | RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=Minnesota State | RD2-score01=5 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=Plattsburgh State | RD2-score02=7 | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=Bemidji State | RD2-score03=4*** | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=RIT | RD2-score04=3 | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=Plattsburgh State | RD3-score01=5 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=Bemidji State | RD3-score02=8 | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=Minnesota State | RD4-score01=0 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=RIT | RD4-score02=6
}}Note: * denotes overtime period(s)All-Tournament Team- G: Jim Martin (Bemidji State)
- D: Chris Panek (Plattsburgh State)
- D: Dale Rivington (RIT)
- F: Mike Alexander (Bemidji State)
- F: Tim Lescarbeau (Bemidji State)
- F: Todd Lescarbeau (Bemidji State)
- Most Outstanding Player
References1. ^{{cite web |title=Plattsburgh Gets Probation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/30/sports/plattsburgh-gets-probation.html |website=New York Times |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=6 March 2019}}
{{refbegin|2}}- {{cite web |title=Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book |work=NCAA |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_ice_hockey_champs_records/2018/D3.pdf |accessdate=2019-03-04| archiveurl= | archivedate= | deadurl= no}}
{{refend}}External links- Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book
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