1980 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
| Champions | North Dakota Fighting Sioux (3rd title) |
|---|---|
| Runner-up | Northern Michigan Wildcats (1st title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Gino Gasparini (1st title) |
| MOP | Doug Smail (North Dakota) |
The 1980 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the
Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island
.
Qualifying teams
The NCAA gave four teams automatic bids into the tournament. The two
tournament champion
as well.
| East | West | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Cornell | ECAC Hockey | 16–13–0 | Tournament champion
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7th | 1973 | 1 | North Dakota
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WCHA | 29–8–1 | Tournament co-champion
|
8th | 1979 |
| 2 | Dartmouth | ECAC Hockey | 18–10–1 | Tournament finalist
|
4th | 1979 | 2 | Minnesota | WCHA | 26–14–0 | Tournament co-champion
|
9th | 1979 |
| At-Large | |||||||||||||
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | |||||||
| A | Northern Michigan | CCHA | 32–5–1 | Tournament champion
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1st | Never | |||||||
Format
The four automatic qualifiers were seeded according to pre-tournament finish. The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA co-champion that finished highest in the regular season was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. Because an at-large bid was offered to a western school they were placed in a first-round game with the second western seed to determine the final semifinalist. The first-round game was played at the home venue of the second seed while all succeeding games were played at the Providence Civic Center. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.
Tournament bracket
| First round March 22 | Semifinals March 27–28 | National championship March 29 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Cornell | 4 | ||||||||||||
| A | Northern Michigan | 5 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||
| A | Northern Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||
| A | Northern Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | North Dakota | 5 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | North Dakota | 4 | Third-place game | |||||||||||
| E2 | Dartmouth | 1 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Cornell | 4 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Dartmouth | 8 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
(W2) Minnesota vs. (A) Northern Michigan
| March 22 | Minnesota | 3 – 4 | Northern Michigan | Williams Arena | ||||
Semifinal
(W1) North Dakota vs. (E2) Dartmouth
| March 27 | North Dakota | 4 – 1 | Dartmouth | Providence Civic Center
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(E1) Cornell vs. (A) Northern Michigan
| March 28 | Cornell | 4 – 5 | Northern Michigan | Providence Civic Center
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Recap | |||
| (Gallant, Gibson) Brock Tredway - 03:27 | First period | 07:53 - Walt Kyle (Pyle) | ||||||
| (Habib, Cole) Greg Reid - 07:17 (Tobin, Geiger) Jeff Baikie - 13:38 |
Second period | 02:13 - Tom Laidlaw (unassisted) 05:58 - Bill Joyce (Bozek) | ||||||
| (Roeszler, Gibson) Roy Kerling - 19:55 | Third period | 10:52 - Bill Joyce (Mielke, Laidlaw) 17:43 - GW - Don Waddell (Mielke, Tascoff) | ||||||
| ( 30 saves / 35 shots ) Darren Eliot | Goalie stats | Steve Weeks ( 23 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
Third-place game
(E1) Cornell vs. (E2) Dartmouth
| March 29 | Cornell | 4 – 8 | Dartmouth | Providence Civic Center
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Recap | |||
| (Gibson, Gallant) Roy Kerling - SH - 09:40 (Kerling, Berk) John Olds - PP - 15:33 |
First period | 06:58 - Tom Cross (unassisted) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:01 - Joe Jangro (C. Wilson, Bettencourt) 01:38 - Chip Bettencourt (R. Wilson, C. Wilson) 05:56 - Barry Ryan (unassisted) 09:46 - Joe Jangro (unassisted) 17:36 - Ross Brownridge (Donnelly, Murphy) | ||||||
| (Gallant, Kerling) Brock Tredway - PP - 15:56 (Roeszler, Gallant) Roy Kerling - PP - 18:41 |
Third period | 10:09 - Barry Ryan (Murphy, Brownridge) 19:36 - Carey Wilson (Bettencourt, Gaudet) | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 40 shots ) Brian Hayward | Goalie stats | Bob Gaudet ( 33 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
National Championship
(W1) North Dakota vs. (A) Northern Michigan
| March 29 | North Dakota | 5 – 2 | Northern Michigan | Providence Civic Center
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| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | UND | Doug Smail | Sykes and Taylor | 9:43 | 1–0 UND |
| UND | Doug Smail | Sykes and Dunn | 12:48 | 2–0 UND | |
| 2nd | UND | Doug Smail – GW | Sykes | 23:12 | 3–0 UND |
| 3rd | UND | Phil Sykes | unassisted | 48:42 | 4–0 UND |
| NMU | Bill Joyce | Waddell and Laidlaw | 54:29 | 4–1 UND | |
| NMU | Terry Houck | Hanson and Pyle | 55:20 | 4–2 UND | |
| UND | Doug Smail | Sykes and Burggraf | 58:21 | 5–2 UND | |
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All-Tournament team
- G: Steve Weeks (Northern Michigan)
- D: Marc Chorney (North Dakota)
- D: Tom Laidlaw (Northern Michigan)
- F: Roy Kerling (Cornell)
- F: Doug Smail* (North Dakota)
- F: Phil Sykes (North Dakota)
*
Most Outstanding Player(s)[3]
References
- ^ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2013.