1979–80 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
1979–80 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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![]() The Providence Civic Center served as the host for the 1980 Frozen Four | |||||
Duration | October 1979– March 29, 1980 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1980 | ||||
National championship | Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island | ||||
NCAA champion | North Dakota | ||||
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The 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1979 and concluded with the 1980 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 29, 1980 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. This was the 33rd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 86th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
Regular season[]
Season tournaments[]
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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November 9–10 | 4 | St. Lawrence | |
North Country Thanksgiving Festival | November 22–24 | 4 | Clarkson |
December 27–29 | 4 | Providence | |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 28–29 | 4 | Michigan Tech |
December 28–29 | 4 | Boston College | |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 28–30 | 4 | Western Michigan |
Auld Lang Syne Classic | December 30–31 | 4 | Vermont |
January 4–5 | 4 | Boston University | |
Beanpot | February 4, 11 | 4 | Northeastern |
Standings[]
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Minnesota† | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 72 | 55 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 263 | 179 | |
Michigan | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 55 | 46 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 205 | 167 | |
Michigan State | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 51 | 76 | 38 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 158 | 227 | |
Wisconsin | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 59 | 60 | 36 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 172 | 182 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Northern Michigan†* | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 113 | 63 | 41 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 239 | 128 | |
Ohio State | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 111 | 70 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 192 | 123 | |
Ferris State | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 108 | 94 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 214 | 156 | |
Bowling Green | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 87 | 90 | 38 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 161 | 174 | |
Western Michigan | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 95 | 119 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 196 | 182 | |
Lake Superior State | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 140 | 34 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 158 | 201 | |
Championship: Northern Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
East Region | ||||||||||||||
Boston College† | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .841 | 124 | 75 | 33 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 184 | 120 | |
Providence | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | .739 | 104 | 82 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 148 | 123 | |
Maine | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .477 | 90 | 112 | 32 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 129 | 144 | |
New Hampshire | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | .375 | 97 | 117 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 120 | 133 | |
Boston University | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | .364 | 99 | 99 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 128 | 131 | |
Northeastern | 21 | 5 | 16 | 0 | .238 | 77 | 120 | 27 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 103 | 149 | |
West Region | ||||||||||||||
Vermont | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | .696 | 98 | 81 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 156 | 135 | |
Clarkson | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .667 | 141 | 98 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 205 | 151 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | .636 | 114 | 84 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 133 | 112 | |
Colgate | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .500 | 78 | 75 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 139 | 118 | |
St. Lawrence | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .143 | 54 | 113 | 32 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 97 | 178 | |
Ivy Region | ||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | .705 | 132 | 97 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 151 | 125 | |
Cornell* | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .500 | 109 | 108 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 150 | 146 | |
Brown | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | .455 | 78 | 81 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 91 | 113 | |
Princeton | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 81 | 93 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 96 | 111 | |
Harvard | 21 | 7 | 11 | 3 | .405 | 83 | 91 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 102 | 122 | |
Yale | 21 | 5 | 14 | 3 | .295 | 96 | 118 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 112 | 135 | |
Championship: Cornell † 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 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 150 | 167 | |
Miami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 210 | 140 | |
US International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 34 | 24 | 8 | 2 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
North Dakota†* | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | .768 | 147 | 89 | 40 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 217 | 119 | |
Minnesota* | 32 | 18 | 14 | 0 | .563 | 173 | 155 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 263 | 179 | |
Colorado College | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | .550 | 154 | 164 | 39 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 200 | 208 | |
Michigan | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | .538 | 131 | 118 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 205 | 167 | |
Notre Dame | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | .482 | 150 | 146 | 39 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 202 | 199 | |
Minnesota-Duluth | 32 | 15 | 17 | 0 | .469 | 166 | 181 | 38 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 191 | 207 | |
Michigan Tech | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | .464 | 141 | 120 | 38 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 181 | 160 | |
Michigan State | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | .429 | 118 | 167 | 38 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 158 | 227 | |
Wisconsin | 30 | 12 | 18 | 0 | .400 | 146 | 146 | 36 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 172 | 182 | |
Denver | 26 | 8 | 17 | 1 | .327 | 95 | 135 | 36 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 141 | 169 | |
Championship: Minnesota, North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1980 NCAA Tournament[]
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)
Player stats[]
Scoring leaders[]
[5] 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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Bill Joyce | Senior | Northern Michigan | 40 | 41 | 55 | 96 | 40 |
Mark Taylor | Senior | North Dakota | 40 | 33 | 59 | 92 | 28 |
Steve Bozek | Sophomore | Northern Michigan | 41 | 42 | 47 | 89 | 32 |
Doug Smail | Junior | North Dakota | 40 | 43 | 44 | 87 | 70 |
Murray Eaves | Sophomore | Michigan | 33 | 36 | 49 | 85 | 34 |
Tim Harrer | Senior | Minnesota | 41 | 53 | 29 | 82 | 50 |
Senior | Michigan | 38 | 37 | 39 | 76 | 28 | |
Freshman | Michigan | 38 | 31 | 45 | 76 | 16 | |
Aaron Broten | Freshman | Minnesota | 41 | 25 | 47 | 72 | 8 |
Greg Meredith | Senior | Notre Dame | 40 | 40 | 31 | 71 | 14 |
Leading goaltenders[]
[5] 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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Darren Jensen | Freshman | North Dakota | 15 | 890 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 1 | .923 | 2.24 |
Steve Weeks | Senior | Northern Michigan | 36 | 2133 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 105 | 1 | .910 | 2.95 |
Senior | Ohio State | 24 | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 3.27 | |
Sophomore | Miami | - | 1269 | - | - | - | 70 | 0 | .899 | 3.31 | |
Junior | Vermont | 25 | 1492 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 87 | - | .883 | 3.50 | |
Sophomore | Providence | 22 | 1265 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 75 | 0 | .886 | 3.56 | |
Bob Iwabuchi | Sophomore | North Dakota | 20 | 1157 | 14 | - | - | 70 | 0 | .876 | 3.63 |
Sophomore | Clarkson | 12 | 610 | - | - | - | 37 | 0 | .873 | 3.64 | |
Mark Holden | Senior | Brown | 26 | 1508 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 93 | 0 | .895 | 3.70 |
Freshman | Michigan Tech | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | .894 | 3.72 | |
Mike Blake | Junior | Ohio State | 15 | 775 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 0 | - | 3.72 |
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 "1979-80 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[]
- 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
- 1979–80 in American ice hockey by league