2011–12 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

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{{Infobox NCAA ice hockey season

| gender = men

| division = iii

| year = 2011

| image = HerbBrooksArena.jpg

| image_size = 250

| caption = Herb Brooks Arena was the host of the 2012 Frozen Four

| duration = October 21, 2011–
March 17, 2012

| champ_stad = Herb Brooks Arena

| champ_city = Lake Placid, New York

| champ = St. Norbert

| sid_watson = Jonathan LaRose

| sid_watson_team = Amherst

}}

The 2011–12 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 21, 2011, and concluded on March 17, 2012. This was the 39th season of Division III college ice hockey.

ECAC East and the NESCAC ended the arrangement where all games between conference members were counted for their conference standings.

Regular season

=Season tournaments=

=Standings=

{{2011–12 ECAC East standings (men)}}

{{2011–12 ECAC Northeast standings}}

{{2011–12 ECAC West standings (men)}}

{{2011–12 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings (men)}}

{{2011–12 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association standings}}

{{2011–12 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings (men)}}

{{2011–12 New England Small College Athletic Conference ice hockey standings (men)}}

{{2011–12 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association standings (men)}}

{{2011–12 State University of New York Athletic Conference ice hockey standings}}

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

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width: 9em;" | Player

! style="width: 7em;" | Class

! style="width: 11em;" | Team

! style="width: 4em;" | GP

! style="width: 4em;" | G

! style="width: 4em;" | A

! style="width: 4em;" | Pts

! style="width: 4em;" | PIM

{{sortname|Jeremiah|Ketts}}SeniorJohnson & Wales2620335344
{{sortname|Jordan|Keizer}}JuniorMSOE3023224520
{{sortname|Lou|Educate}}FreshmanNichols2727154266
{{sortname|Pier-Olivier|Cotnoir}}JuniorNorwich2921214221
{{sortname|Zach|Graham|dab=ice hockey}}JuniorAdrian2615274237
{{sortname|Jon|Whitlaw}}JuniorOswego State3019224110
{{sortname|Nick|Lazorko}}SophomoreCastleton2623174035
{{sortname|Mike|Owens|dab=ice hockey}}SeniorUMass-Dartmouth2723174018
{{sortname|Daniel|Bell|dab=ice hockey}}JuniorCastleton2718224010
{{sortname|Johan|Ryd}}SeniorSt.Norbert3115254010

=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

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width: 9em;" | Player

! style="width: 7em;" | Class

! style="width: 11em;" | Team

! style="width: 4em;" | GP

! style="width: 5em;" | Min

! style="width: 4em;" | W

! style="width: 4em;" | L

! style="width: 4em;" | T

! style="width: 4em;" | GA

! style="width: 4em;" | SO

! style="width: 4em;" | SV%

! style="width: 4em;" | GAA

{{sortname|Johnathan|LaRose
} || Senior || Amherst || 22 || 1319 || 19 || 2 || 1 || 34 || 5 || .943 || 1.55

|-

|{{sortname|Chris|Czarnota}} || Sophomore || Norwich || 11 || 580 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 11 || 3 || .940 || 1.14

|-

|{{sortname|David|Jacobson|dab=ice hockey, born 1990}} || Freshman || St. Norbert || 25 || 1449 || 19 || 2 || 3 || 37 || 4 || .936 || 1.53

|-

|{{sortname|Chris|Neamonitis}} || Sophomore || Concordia || 17 || 884 || 6 || 6 || 3 || 31 || 1 || .934 || 2.10

|-

|{{sortname|Bobby|Bowden|dab=ice hockey}} || Sophomore || Assumption || 15 || 825 || 9 || 4 || 1 || 43 || 0 || .934 || 3.13

|-

|{{sortname|Andrew|Hare}} || Junior || Oswego State || 27 || 1578 || 21 || 4 || 2 || 46 || 4 || .931 || 1.75

|-

|{{sortname|Scott|Shackell}} || Freshman || Adrian || 18 || 985 || 13 || 3 || 1 || 34 || 2 || .931 || 2.07

|-

|{{sortname|Richard|Nerland}} || Senior || Bowdoin || 11 || 565 || 6 || 1 || 1 || 17 || 2 || .929 || 1.81

|-

|{{sortname|Ryan|Purdy}} || Senior || Geneseo State || 22 || 1359 || 10 || 8 || 4 || 57 || 0 || .929 || 2.52

|-

|{{sortname|Mathieu|Cadieux}} || Sophomore || Plattsburgh State || 24 || 1384 || 16 || 5 || 3 || 44 || 3 || .928 || 1.85

|-

|}

2012 NCAA Tournament

{{Main|2012 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament}}

{{11TeamBracket-NCAA

| RD1=First Round
March 7

| RD2=Quarterfinals
March 10

| RD3=Semifinals
March 16

| RD4=National Championship
March 17

|team-width=170

| RD1-seed1=E6

| RD1-team1=Plymouth State

| RD1-score1=1

| RD1-seed2=E7

| RD1-team2=Wentworth

| RD1-score2=3

| RD1-seed3=W1

| RD1-team3=St. Norbert

| RD1-score3=3

| RD1-seed4=W4

| RD1-team4=St. Thomas

| RD1-score4=1

| RD1-seed5=W2

| RD1-team5=Gustavus Adolphus

| RD1-score5=3

| RD1-seed6=W3

| RD1-team6=MSOE

| RD1-score6=1

| RD2-seed1=E1

| RD2-team1=Norwich (1)

| RD2-score1=3

| RD2-seed2=E7

| RD2-team2=Wentworth

| RD2-score2=0

| RD2-seed3=W1

| RD2-team3=St. Norbert

| RD2-score3=4

| RD2-seed4=W2

| RD2-team4=Gustavus Adolphus

| RD2-score4=1

| RD2-seed5=E2

| RD2-team5=Oswego State (2)

| RD2-score5=5

| RD2-seed6=E5

| RD2-team6=Elmira

| RD2-score6=0

| RD2-seed7=E3

| RD2-team7=Amherst (3)

| RD2-score7=3

| RD2-seed8=E4

| RD2-team8=Plattsburgh State (4)

| RD2-score8=1

| RD3-seed1=E1

| RD3-team1=Norwich (1)

| RD3-score1=1

| RD3-seed2=W1

| RD3-team2=St. Norbert

| RD3-score2=4

| RD3-seed3=E2

| RD3-team3=Oswego State (2)

| RD3-score3=2*

| RD3-seed4=E3

| RD3-team4=Amherst (3)

| RD3-score4=1

| RD4-seed1=W1

| RD4-team1=St. Norbert

| RD4-score1=4

| RD4-seed2=E2

| RD4-team2=Oswego State (2)

| RD4-score2=1

}}

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

{{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=September 19, 2019}}

See also

References

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