Division II/III Conference Playoff Summary: ECAC EAST: NOTE: Middlebury (1st in the regular season), Colby (2nd) and Bowdoin (3rd), elected not to participate in the ECAC playoffs due to academic restrictions that prohibit more than one post-season appearance. All passed in favor of the NCAA Division III Tournament. QuarterFinals: #1 Salem State 7, #8 Holy Cross 2 #2 Babson 7, #7 UConn 5 #3 Amherst 4, #6 Williams 3 #5 Hamilton 9, #4 CT College 3 SemiFinals: Hamilton 9, Salem State 3 Amherst 3, Babson 2 (ot) Finals: Amherst 5, Hamilton 4 (ot) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ECAC WEST: SemiFinals: #1 RIT 10, #4 Elmira 6 #2 Canisius 6, #3 Mercyhurst 2 Finals: RIT 3, Canisius 2 (ot) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- SUNYAC: SemiFinals (2 game series with a minigame, if necessary): #1 Plattsburgh 7, #4 Fredonia 3 Plattsburgh 2, Fredonia 2 (Plattsburgh wins series) #3 Oswego 7, #2 Potsdam 3 Potsdam 5, Oswego 4 Minigame - Potsdam 1, Oswego 0 (ot) (Potsdam wins series): Finals (2 game series with a minigame, if necessary) Potsdam 4, Plattsburgh 4 Potsdam 3, Plattbsurgh 3 Minigame - Potsdam 1, Plattsburgh 0 (Potsdam wins series) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- NCHA: QuarterFinals(2 game series with a minigame, if necessary): #1 UW-River Falls (bye) #2 Bemidji (bye) #3 UW-Superior 2, #6 UW-Stevens Point 2 UW-Superior 6, UW-Stevens Point 5 (UW-Superior wins series) #4 St. Norbert 5, #5 UW-Eau Claire 3 St. Norbert 8, UW-Eau Claire 3 (St. Norbert wins series) SemiFinals(2 game series with a minigame, if necessary): Bemidji 6, UW-Superior 1 UW-Superior 3, Bemigji 1 Minigame - UW-Superior 1, Bemidji 0 (UW-Superior wins series) UW-River Falls 3, St. Norbert 1 UW-River Falls 3, St. Norbert 1 (UW-River Falls wins series) Finals: (2 game series with a minigame, if necessary): UW-River Falls 2, UW-Superior 1 UW-River Falls 3, UW-Superior 3 (UW-River Falls wins series) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- MIAC: SemiFinals(2 game series with a minigame, if necessary): #1 St. John?s 4, #4 St. Mary?s 2 St. John?s 6, St. Mary?s 2 (St. John?s wins series) #3 St. Thomas 4, #2 Gustavus Adolphus 2 St. Thomas 4, Gustavus 2 (St. Thomas wins series) Finals(2 game series with a minigame, if necessary): St. Thomas 6, St. John?s 2 St. John?s 8, St. Thomas 0 Minigame - St. John?s 2, St. Thomas 0 (St. John?s wins series) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- NCAA Division III Pairings: March 8 & 9 QuarterFinals(2 game series with a minigame, if necessary): Colby (19-4) at Middlebury (22-4) Potsdam (18-8-2) at RIT (21-5-1) St. John?s (17-8-4) at UW-Superior (18-9-4) Bowdoin (18-5-1) at UW-River Falls (23-4-2) March 15 SemiFinals: Colby/Middlebury winner vs. St. John?s/UW-Superior winner Potsdam/RIT winner vs. Bowdoin/UW-River Falls winner March16 Consolation: SemiFinals losers Finals: SemiFinals winners NCAA Division II Pairings: Finals(2 game series with a minigame, if necessary): Bemidji (16-7-4) at Alabama-Huntsville (20-0-3) Chris Lerch US College Hockey Magazine HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.