1980 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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

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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

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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

(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
	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

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]

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References