NCAA Division III men’s hockey tournament

2026 bracket

2026 tournament

Locations, dates:

• Selection show: Monday, March 9, TBA, NCAA.com
• First round: Campus sites, March 14
• Quarterfinals: Campus sites, March 21
• Semifinals, final: Adirondack Bank Center at the Utica Memorial Auditorium, Utica, N.Y., March 26 and 28

Qualifying teams: 14

Format: The winners of six first-round games advance to the quarterfinals along with two teams that earn byes to the quarterfinals. All rounds are single elimination.

Automatic qualifiers: Ten postseason champions — from CNE, MASCAC, MAC, MIAC, NEHC, NESCAC, NCHA, SUNYAC, UCHC and WIAC

NCAA Division III men’s ice hockey committee

• Tyler Hynes, Wilkes coach (chair)
• Tristan Durgin, New England sports information director
• Danielle Harris, WIAC commissioner
• Tyler Walsh, Gustavus Adolphus coach

Future sites

2027

Championship played at campus site

2028

• Championship: Bob Suter’s Legacy20 Arena, Middleton, Wis.

NCAA champions

* Plattsburgh’s participation in the tournament was vacated by the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions