1978–79 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
1978–79 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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![]() The Olympia Stadium served as the host for the 1979 Frozen Four | |||||
Duration | October 1978– March 24, 1979 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1979 | ||||
National championship | Olympia Stadium Detroit, Michigan | ||||
NCAA champion | Minnesota | ||||
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The 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1978 and concluded with the 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 24, 1979 at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. This was the 32nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 85th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
Regular season[]
Season tournaments[]
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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North Country Thanksgiving Festival | November 24–25 | 4 | Clarkson |
December 7–13 | 3 | Alberta | |
December 15–16 | 4 | Colgate | |
December 28–29 | 4 | Cornell | |
December 28–30 | 3 | Soviet Traktor | |
December 28–30 | 4 | Bowling Green | |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 28–30 | 4 | St. Lawrence |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Michigan Tech |
Auld Lang Syne Classic | December 30–31 | 4 | Dartmouth |
January 5–6 | 4 | New Hampshire | |
Beanpot | February 5, 12 | 4 | Boston University |
Standings[]
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Minnesota† | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 80 | 43 | 44 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 239 | 147 | |
Wisconsin | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 73 | 50 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 215 | 172 | |
Michigan | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 75 | 36 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 132 | 210 | |
Michigan State | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 46 | 77 | 36 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 140 | 192 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Bowling Green†* | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 142 | 54 | 45 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 179 | 113 | |
Ohio State | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 126 | 101 | 40 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 218 | 170 | |
Northern Michigan | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 109 | 93 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 168 | 126 | |
Lake Superior State | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 118 | 112 | 36 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 164 | 181 | |
Saint Louis | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 104 | 137 | 35 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 174 | 189 | |
Western Michigan | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 116 | 142 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 171 | 182 | |
Ferris State‡ | 24 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 87 | 163 | 34 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 155 | 217 | |
Championship: Bowling Green † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ‡ Ferris State was still considered a member of the NAIA |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Boston University† | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .783 | 101 | 76 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 138 | 106 | |
New Hampshire* | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | .740 | 151 | 103 | 35 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 203 | 148 | |
Cornell | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | .727 | 129 | 88 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 166 | 114 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | .659 | 104 | 78 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 144 | 102 | |
Clarkson | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .591 | 135 | 106 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 184 | 136 | |
Providence | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | .583 | 105 | 102 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 134 | 123 | |
Yale | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | .568 | 105 | 91 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 129 | 125 | |
Vermont | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | .524 | 97 | 98 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 122 | 141 | |
Northeastern | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .500 | 94 | 107 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 112 | 129 | |
Brown | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 86 | 89 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 105 | 108 | |
Boston College | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | .455 | 106 | 112 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 167 | 141 | |
Colgate | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | .350 | 97 | 124 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 166 | 144 | |
Rensselaer | 25 | 8 | 16 | 1 | .340 | 124 | 136 | 28 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 141 | 145 | |
Harvard | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | .250 | 86 | 109 | 26 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 108 | 131 | |
St. Lawrence | 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | .229 | 81 | 132 | 31 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 118 | 162 | |
Princeton | 21 | 2 | 15 | 4 | .190 | 71 | 119 | 26 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 95 | 138 | |
Championship: New Hampshire † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 31 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 157 | 139 | |
Miami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 37 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 257 | 145 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
North Dakota†* | 32 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 168 | 110 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 245 | 144 | |
Minnesota* | 32 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 41 | 177 | 116 | 44 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 239 | 147 | |
Minnesota-Duluth | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 176 | 141 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 213 | 170 | |
Wisconsin | 32 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 164 | 138 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 215 | 172 | |
Notre Dame | 32 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 35 | 161 | 153 | 38 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 184 | 196 | |
Denver | 32 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 147 | 174 | 43 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 188 | 217 | |
Michigan Tech | 32 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 29 | 152 | 141 | 38 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 182 | 165 | |
Colorado College | 32 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 24 | 144 | 185 | 38 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 165 | 218 | |
Michigan State | 32 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 122 | 180 | 36 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 140 | 192 | |
Michigan | 32 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 117 | 190 | 36 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 132 | 210 | |
Championship: Minnesota, North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1979 NCAA Tournament[]
First Round March 18 | Semifinals March 22–23 | National Championship March 24 | ||||||||||||
E1 | New Hampshire | 3 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota | 4 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota | 6 | ||||||||||||
A | Bowling Green | 3 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota | 4 | ||||||||||||
W1 | North Dakota | 3 | ||||||||||||
W1 | North Dakota | 4 | Third Place Game | |||||||||||
E2 | Dartmouth | 2 | ||||||||||||
E1 | New Hampshire | 3 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Dartmouth | 7 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats[]
Scoring leaders[]
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Mark Johnson | Junior | Wisconsin | 40 | 41 | 49 | 90 | 34 |
George McPhee | Freshman | Bowling Green | 43 | 40 | 48 | 88 | 58 |
Senior | Colorado College | 36 | 32 | 52 | 84 | 26 | |
Mark Wells | Senior | Bowling Green | 45 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 30 |
Mark Taylor | Junior | North Dakota | 42 | 24 | 59 | 83 | 28 |
Kevin Maxwell | Freshman | North Dakota | 42 | 31 | 51 | 82 | 79 |
John Markell | Senior | Bowling Green | 42 | 31 | 49 | 80 | 96 |
Mark Pavelich | Junior | Minnesota–Duluth | 37 | 31 | 48 | 79 | 52 |
Steve Christoff | Junior | Minnesota | 43 | 38 | 39 | 77 | 50 |
Junior | Ohio State | 39 | 32 | 44 | 76 | 55 |
Leading goaltenders[]
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Sophomore | Bowling Green | 39 | 2307 | 32 | - | - | 92 | - | .914 | 2.39 | |
Bob Iwabuchi | Freshman | North Dakota | 22 | 1274 | - | - | - | 61 | 1 | .907 | 2.74 |
Freshman | Miami | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.82 | |
Bob Gaudet | Sophomore | Dartmouth | 23 | 1385 | - | - | - | 70 | 2 | .896 | 3.03 |
Freshman | Clarkson | 14 | 706 | - | - | - | 38 | 0 | .893 | 3.23 | |
Steve Janaszak | Senior | Minnesota | 41 | 2428 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 131 | 1 | .895 | 3.23 |
Steve Weeks | Junior | Northern Michigan | 25 | 1437 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 82 | 0 | .902 | 3.42 |
Jim Craig | Junior | Boston University | 19 | 1009 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 1 | - | 3.57 |
Junior | North Dakota | 10 | 561 | - | - | - | 34 | 0 | .881 | 3.66 | |
Sophomore | New Hampshire | 31 | 1431 | 21 | - | - | 89 | 0 | .892 | 3.73 |
Awards[]
ECAC[]
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WCHA[]
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". CCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^ "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ a b "1978-79 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
External links[]
- 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
- 1978–79 in American ice hockey by league