| 1980–81 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season | |||||
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| Duration | November 1980– March 1981 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 1981 | ||||
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The 1980–81 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began in November 1980 and concluded on March of the following year. This was the 8th season of Division III college ice hockey.
Regular season
Standings
| 1980–81 ECAC 3 standings | ||||||||||||||
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| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Bentley †* | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 109 | 41 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 57 | |
| Southeastern Massachusetts | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Iona | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Wesleyan | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 92 | 47 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 108 | 78 | |
| Hobart | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 80 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 117 | 72 | |
| Fitchburg State | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .722 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Upsala | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Canisius | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 42 | 20 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 132 | 110 | |
| Fairfield | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .643 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Massachusetts–Boston | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 138 | 74 | |||
| Amherst | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Plymouth State | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .611 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Assumption | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Worcester State | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| Connecticut College | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .467 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Suffolk | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .462 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Stonehill | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .441 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | |||||
| Trinity | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 78 | 76 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 88 | 104 | |
| New Hampshire College | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .278 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| Nichols | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .278 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 82 | 123 | |||
| St. John's | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 1 | |||||
| Gordon | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Quinnipiac | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .133 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 93 | 133 | |||
| Ramapo | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .100 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | |||||
| Clark | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |||||
| Lehigh | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Championship: March , 1981 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
| 1980–81 NCAA Division III Independent ice hockey standings | ||||||
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| Overall record | ||||||
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
| Curry | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Western New England | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | ||