The 2024–25 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on November 1, 2024, and concluded on March 30, 2025. This was the 52nd season of Division III college ice hockey.

Regular season Realignment With Misericordia adding ice hockey as a varsity sport, the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC) had six conference members sponsoring varsity ice hockey (the minimum number required for an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament). As a result, MAC, who had been sponsoring ice hockey since 2017, was able to finally form an independent conference for the first time. Five of the six member teams had been in the UCHC and all announced that they would be leaving in 2024. Shortly thereafter, two additional teams (Neumann and Wilkes) announced that they would leave the UCHC and join MAC as affiliate members.

The loss of seven teams would have left the UCHC with just four active programs. However, before the departure of Neumann and Wilkes, the UCHC was able to secure two new members as both Brockport State and Geneseo State announced their intention to leave SUNYAC for the UCHC. This allowed the UCHC to retain its automatic bid for the tournament and reduced the number of at-large bids by one.

Four previously independent teams joined conferences this season with Anna Maria and Rivier joining MASCAC, Albertus Magnus joining NEHC and Canton State joining SUNYAC.

Rebranding For its 40th anniversary, the Commonwealth Coast Conference changed its name to the Conference of New England (CNE). Prior to the change in name, Salve Regina had announced that it would be leaving the Commonwealth Coast Conference for New England Hockey Conference in 2024. Similarly, Johnson & Wales had announced their plan to leave NEHC and join CCC as a full member for the 2024–25 season almost two years earlier.

Closing Due to a financial shortfall, Northland College had begun the academic year by attempting to reorganize the school. Along with a fundraising effort from more than 1,000 donors, the college cut several programs as well as a significant number of staff. This also led to a reduction in the student body which, although would further reduce operating costs, also decreased the incoming revenue. Despite the drastic measures, by February the board of trustees had come to realize that there was no viable path forward for the school. They voted unanimously to close the college following the conclusion of the academic year, shuttering the school which had been in operation since 1892. A few days later, Northland played its final men's ice hockey games, losing in the WIAC quarterfinals. Afterwards, in a similar situation to what happened to Finlandia University two years earlier, Beloit College announced that they would be adding men's and women's ice hockey for 2025 and invited all staff and players from Northland to transfer over.

Season tournaments Tournament Dates Teams Champion Buffalo State Tournament November 1–2 4 Saint Anselm Key City Classic November 1–2 4 Aurora Western Massachusetts Invitational November 1–2 4 Westfield State Worcester City Cup November 1, 3 4 Anna Maria LayerEight Shootout November 29–30 4 Middlebury Superior Showdown November 29–30 4 St. Scholastica Terry Moran Invitational Tournament November 29–30 4 Vermont State Castleton Utica Thanksgiving Showcase November 29–30 4 Utica Bowdoin/Colby Tournament November 30–December 1 4 Colby North Country Tournament November 30–December 1 4 Tufts Skidmore Thanksgiving Invitational November 30–December 1 4 Lake Forest Codfish Bowl January 3–4 4 Wisconsin–Superior Northfield Savings Bank Tournament January 3–4 4 Hamilton Oswego State Classic January 3–4 4 Oswego State Tampa College Hockey Invitational January 3–4 4 MSOE Boston Landing Invitational January 4–5 4 Salem State Plattsburgh Winter Classic January 11–12 4 University of New England

Standings

Note: Mini-games are not included in standings

NCAA Percentage Index The NCAA Percentage Index (NPI) are a statistical tool designed to approximate the process by which the NCAA selection committee decides which teams get at-large bids to the 13-team NCAA tournament.

The NCAA committee began using the NPI for Division III ice hockey in 2024–25, having previously used a similar metric called the PairWise Rankings (PWR). The PWR remained in use for the Division I level.

The NCAA Percentage Index is the tool used to select teams for the national collegiate ice hockey tournament for Men's and Women's Division III. Only results from games between Division III teams are used. The contribution of each individual game is weighted by a factor of 1.1 for a road win or home loss and 0.9 for a home win or road loss. Factors involved are 1) the team's weighted winning percentage; 2) the weighted average percentage of the team's opponents NPI;

A team's record is based only on games against other Division III hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament.

+ NCAA Division I Men's Hockey PairWise Rankings Rank Team Conference 1 62.361* 51.532 CNE 2 62.120* 49.621 NEHC 3 59.628 51.108 NCHA 4 59.582* 51.108 UCHC 5 58.961* 52.172 NCHA 6 58.879 50.807 UCHC 7 57.961* 51.263 NCHA 8 57.258 51.758 CNE 9 57.070 50.758 NESCAC 10 56.308 50.324 NCHA 11 56.100* 50.324 WIAC 12 55.684 51.164 CNE 13 55.345 51.387 NESCAC 14 55.291* 49.977 SUNYAC 15 55.257* 50.142 WIAC 16 54.747* 50.354 SUNYAC 17 53.862 48.233 MASCAC 18 53.703 48.248 MAC 19 53.699 52.039 NCHA 20 53.513 48.691 MAC 21 53.158 48.037 MASCAC 22 53.150 50.928 NESCAC 23 53.092 51.424 NEHC 24 52.703 50.497 WIAC 25 52.629 50.717 NEHC 26 52.547 47.618 MASCAC 27 52.185 50.459 MIAC 28 52.165 49.572 SUNYAC 29 52.115 51.166 CNE 30 51.970 47.007 MAC 31 51.964 48.643 MIAC 32 51.683 50.151 MIAC 33 51.619 51.445 NESCAC 34 51.323 50.011 NEHC 35 51.210 49.374 SUNYAC 36 51.114 50.964 NESCAC 37 51.084 50.816 NEHC 38 50.829 50.719 WIAC 39 50.804 50.860 WIAC 40 50.626 51.771 NCHA 41 50.287 49.622 MIAC 42 50.258 51.774 NESCAC 43 50.241 50.011 MIAC 44 49.977 50.686 NEHC 45 49.924 52.599 UCHC 46 49.904 51.140 NEHC 47 49.685 52.848 UCHC 48 49.333 52.179 NCHA 49 49.316 47.810 MASCAC 50 49.280 51.089 NEHC 51 49.152 51.775 NESCAC 52 49.121 50.120 MIAC 53 49.097 51.736 NESCAC 54 48.977 50.961 CNE 55 48.946 49.121 MIAC 56 48.767 52.909 UCHC 57 48.627 51.810 NESCAC 58 48.334 52.494 NCHA 59 48.229 51.310 NEHC 60 48.063 51.428 CNE 61 48.009 48.256 MAC 62 47.877 47.317 Independent 63 47.535 47.937 MASCAC 64 47.368 47.872 MAC 65 47.360 51.731 NESCAC 66 47.003 52.308 CNE 67 46.897 52.135 NCHA 68 46.810 51.272 MIAC 69 46.642 47.624 MASCAC 70 46.285# 48.620 SUNYAC 71 46.213 50.261 MIAC 72 46.030 47.916 MAC 73 45.807# 50.587 SUNYAC 74 45.735 47.359 MASCAC 75 45.593 52.054 UCHC 76 45.455 49.130 SUNYAC 77 44.711# 51.387 NEHC 78 44.471# 51.305 CNE 79 44.103# 50.660 NEHC 80 43.682 48.127 MASCAC 81 42.892# 52.460 NCHA 82 42.737 48.915 MAC 83 42.074 48.965 MAC 84 41.669 48.200 MASCAC 85 40.151# 48.280 MASCAC 86 38.649# 51.681 WIAC 87 38.057# 49.272 SUNYAC * A team's RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating a weak opponent. # A team's RPI has been adjusted to remove positive effect from losing to a strong opponent. Note: A team's record is based only on games against other Division III hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament.

2025 NCAA Tournament

Player stats

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM Junior Aurora 30 13 39 52 20 Sophomore St. Norbert 31 17 34 51 14 Freshman Aurora 28 31 13 44 26 Senior St. Norbert 31 21 23 44 14 Junior Salem State 26 16 25 41 6 Senior Saint Anselm 30 20 20 40 21 Junior Hobart 31 18 22 40 12 Sophomore Adrian 29 13 27 40 36 Graduate Cortland State 26 16 23 39 8 Freshman Oswego State 28 11 27 38 20

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 Junior Hobart 13 784 12 0 1 11 7 .956 0.84 Junior Hobart 18 1107 17 1 0 21 5 .952 1.14 Senior Hamilton 22 1306 17 4 1 32 5 .940 1.47 Sophomore Curry 28 1633 24 4 0 40 7 .945 1.47 Senior Trine 12 608 8 2 0 16 3 .915 1.58 Sophomore Wisconsin–Superior 13 675 8 2 0 19 1 .933 1.69 Sophomore Wisconsin–Superior 10 571 6 2 2 17 1 .943 1.79 Freshman Trine 11 848 6 3 1 16 1 .925 1.80 Sophomore King's 11 597 6 3 1 18 2 .945 1.81 Freshman University of New England 14 788 9 3 1 24 3 .926 1.83

Awards NCAA Award RecipientSid Watson Award Shane Soderwall, CurryEdward Jeremiah Award Peter Roundy, CurryTournament Most Outstanding Player Kahlil Fontana, Hobart East First Team Position West First Team Shane Soderwall, Curry G Jacob Mucitelli, Aurora Austin Mourar, Hobart D Connor Kalthoff, St. Olaf James Philpott, Hamilton D Juliano Santalucia, Aurora Nate Berke, Cortland State F Hassan Aki, Aurora Tanner Daniels, Hobart F Fletcher Anderson, Wisconsin–Stevens Point Luke Tchor, Hamilton F Logan Dombrowsky, St. Norbert East Second Team Position West Second Team Damon Beaver, Hobart G Hunter Garvey, St. Norbert Cole Jungwith, Wilkes D Dayton Deics, St. Norbert Jack Karlsson, Stevenson D Wyatt Wurst, St. Scholastica Luke Aquaro, Hobart F Tyler Braccini, Bethel Nick Cyprian, Chatham F Liam Fraser, St. Norbert Eelis Laaksonen, Curry F Landry Schmuck, Aurora Peter Morgan, Geneseo State F East Third Team Position Charlie Archer, Hamilton G Sean Melso, Geneseo State D Kevin Weaver-Vitale, Plattsburgh State D Ryan Burke, Oswego State F Landyn Greatorex, Salem State F Dominic Murphy, University of New England F

See also 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season 2024–25 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season

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