1980 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

Collegiate ice hockey tournament

1980 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	5
Finals site	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Champions	North Dakota Fighting Sioux (3rd title)
Runner-up	Northern Michigan Wildcats (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Dartmouth Big Green (4th Frozen Four) Cornell Big Red (7th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Gino Gasparini (1st title)
MOP	Doug Smail (North Dakota)
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The 1980 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 33rd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 22 and 29, 1980, and concluded with North Dakota defeating Northern Michigan 5–2. The first-round game was held at the home team venue while all succeeding games were played at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

Qualifying teams

The NCAA gave four teams automatic bids into the tournament. The two ECAC teams that reached the ECAC tournament final received bids as did the two WCHA co-champions. The NCAA also had the ability to add up to 4 additional teams as it saw fit and chose to include the CCHA 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	7th	1973	1	North Dakota	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	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

Cornell

Northern Michigan

Minnesota

Northern Michigan

Northern Michigan

North Dakota

Third-place game

Dartmouth

Cornell

Dartmouth

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

(E1) Cornell vs. (A) Northern Michigan

March 28	Cornell		4 – 5	Northern Michigan	Providence Civic Center	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	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

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	UND	Doug Smail	Sykes and Taylor	9:43	1–0 UND
1st	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

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
Northern Michigan	5	5	12	22
North Dakota	13	20	12	45

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
NMU	Steve Weeks	40	5
UND	Darren Jensen	20	2

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)

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.

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NCAA Division I men's ice hockey champions

1948: Michigan
1949: Boston College
1950: Colorado College
1951: Michigan
1952: Michigan
1953: Michigan
1954: RPI
1955: Michigan
1956: Michigan
1957: Colorado College
1958: Denver
1959: North Dakota
1960: Denver
1961: Denver
1962: Michigan Tech
1963: North Dakota
1964: Michigan
1965: Michigan Tech
1966: Michigan State
1967: Cornell
1968: Denver
1969: Denver
1970: Cornell
1971: Boston University
1972: Boston University
1973: Wisconsin
1974: Minnesota
1975: Michigan Tech
1976: Minnesota
1977: Wisconsin
1978: Boston University
1979: Minnesota
1980: North Dakota
1981: Wisconsin
1982: North Dakota
1983: Wisconsin
1984: Bowling Green
1985: RPI
1986: Michigan State
1987: North Dakota
1988: Lake Superior State
1989: Harvard
1990: Wisconsin
1991: Northern Michigan
1992: Lake Superior State
1993: Maine
1994: Lake Superior State
1995: Boston University
1996: Michigan
1997: North Dakota
1998: Michigan
1999: Maine
2000: North Dakota
2001: Boston College
2002: Minnesota
2003: Minnesota
2004: Denver
2005: Denver
2006: Wisconsin
2007: Michigan State
2008: Boston College
2009: Boston University
2010: Boston College
2011: Minnesota–Duluth
2012: Boston College
2013: Yale
2014: Union
2015: Providence
2016: North Dakota
2017: Denver
2018: Minnesota–Duluth
2019: Minnesota Duluth
2020: No tournament
2021: UMass
2022: Denver
2023: Quinnipiac
2024: Denver

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