The 2016–17 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 28, 2016, and concluded on March 25, 2017. This was the 44th season of

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college ice hockey. The

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, the primary league for six of the nine members of ECAC Northeast and one member of the NEHC, began sponsoring men's ice hockey this season. Because seven teams is the minimum requirement for a league to qualify for an automatic bid the new conference would be able to retain the qualifier formerly possessed by ECAC Northeast. The three remaining ECAC Northeast teams (

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, Johnson & Wales and

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) joined CCC as affiliate members for at least men's ice hockey. The NCAA also increased the number of participants in the National Tournament to twelve.

Regular season

Season tournaments

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''

Leading goaltenders

''GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% =

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; GAA = Goals against average''

2017 NCAA Tournament

References

External links

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