{"id":26330,"date":"2004-03-14T14:22:15","date_gmt":"2004-03-14T20:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2004\/03\/14\/norwich-to-host-diii-mens-ncaa-championship\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:55:38","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:55:38","slug":"norwich-to-host-diii-mens-ncaa-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2004\/03\/14\/norwich-to-host-diii-mens-ncaa-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwich to Host D-III Men’s NCAA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"
For the second straight year, Norwich will be the host institution for the NCAA Division III men’s ice hockey championship.<\/p>\n
The semifinal games will be played Friday, March 19, at Kreitzberg Arena.<\/p>\n
Top-ranked St. Norbert (26-2-2) will face Plattsburgh (23-4-3) in the 3:30 p.m. game, while defending champions Norwich (24-3) will face arch-rival Middlebury (25-3) at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n
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Norwich’s Kreitzberg Arena will host the D-III men’s championship for a second straight year.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Norwich was chosen because “they were the highest remaining seed that met the site selection criteria,” according to Chris Schneider, NCAA assistant director of championships. The NCAA men’s D-III hockey championships manual states that “the highest seeded team that meets all site selection criteria will be selected as the host institution, provided geographic proximity is maintained.”<\/p>\n
Middlebury has announced that it will host the women’s D-III championship, but no official word from the NCAA had been released at the time of the men’s announcment.<\/p>\n
The championship game will be Saturday night at 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
This will be the third time that Norwich has hosted, and the first time that any institution has hosted the Divsion III men’s championship in back-to-back years.<\/p>\n
Last year, Norwich knocked off Oswego, 2-1, in the championship game. Norwich also hosted in 1999, when Middlebury defeated Wisconsin-Superior, 5-0, to win the title.<\/p>\n