1983 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

1983 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams	8
Finals Site	UMass Lowell Lowell, Massachusetts
Champions	RIT (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Frozen Four)
Runner-Up	Bemidji State (1st title game, 1st Frozen Four)
Semifinalists	UMass Lowell (5th Frozen Four) Babson (1st Frozen Four)
Winning Coach	Brian Mason (1st title)
MOP	Dave Burkholder (RIT)
Attendance	12,280

The 1983 NCAA Men's Division II Ice Hockey Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. A total of 12 games were played, hosted by UMass Lowell.

RIT, coached by Brian Mason, won the national title with a 4-2 victory in the final game over Bemidji State.

Dave Burkholder, of RIT, was named the Most Outstanding Player and Mike Carr, of UMass Lowell, was the high scorer of the tournament with ten points (4 goals, 6 assists).

Qualifying teams

Team
Babson
Bemidji State
Gustavus Adolphus
Minnesota State
Norwich
Oswego State
RIT
UMass Lowell

Tournament Bracket

The quarter-finals were two-game total-goals series played at the campus of the higher seed. The semi-finals and finals were single elimination games.

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals				Final
	Babson	3	1	4
	Norwich	1	2*	3
							Babson	1
							Bemidji State	3
	Bemidji State	6	2	8
	Gustavus Adolphus	3	3	6
											Bemidji State	2
										RIT	4
	UMass Lowell	10	5	15
	Oswego State	2	3	5
							UMass Lowell	1		Third place
							RIT	4
	RIT	6	3	9							Babson	3
	Minnesota State	1	6	7							UMass Lowell	5

All-Tournament Team

• G: Dave Burkholder (RIT)
• D: Mark Burgholzer (RIT)
• D: Tim Road (Bemidji State)
• F: Chris Johnstone (RIT)
• F: Chuck Samar (RIT)
• F: Paul Donato (Babson)

External links

• "NCAA Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 2016-04-14.