1980 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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.

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

March 22 March 27–28 March 29

| RD1-seed1=W2 | RD1-team1=Minnesota | RD1-score1=3 | RD1-seed2=A | RD1-team2=Northern Michigan | RD1-score2=4

| RD2-seed1=E1 | RD2-team1=Cornell | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2=A | RD2-team2=Northern Michigan | RD2-score2=5 | RD2-seed3=W1 | RD2-team3=North Dakota | RD2-score3=4 | RD2-seed4=E2 | RD2-team4=Dartmouth | RD2-score4=1

| RD3-seed1=A | RD3-team1=Northern Michigan | RD3-score1=2 | RD3-seed2=W1 | RD3-team2=North Dakota | RD3-score2=5

| RD3b-seed1=E1 | RD3b-team1=Cornell | RD3b-score1=4 | RD3b-seed2=E2 | RD3b-team2=Dartmouth | RD3b-score2=8 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(W2) Minnesota vs. (A) Northern Michigan

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Semifinal

(W1) North Dakota vs. (E2) Dartmouth

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(E1) Cornell vs. (A) Northern Michigan

|1-1-1 = (Gallant, Gibson) Brock Tredway - 03:27 |1-1-2 = 07:53 - Walt Kyle (Pyle) |1-2-1 = (Habib, Cole) Greg Reid - 07:17 (Tobin, Geiger) Jeff Baikie - 13:38 |1-2-2 = 02:13 - Tom Laidlaw (unassisted) 05:58 - Bill Joyce (Bozek) |1-3-1 = (Roeszler, Gibson) Roy Kerling - 19:55 |1-3-2 = 10:52 - Bill Joyce (Mielke, Laidlaw) 17:43 - GW - Don Waddell (Mielke, Tascoff) |goalie1-1 = ( 30 saves / 35 shots ) Darren Eliot |goalie1-2 = Steve Weeks ( 23 saves / 27 shots )}}

Third-place game

(E1) Cornell vs. (E2) Dartmouth

|1-1-1 = (Gibson, Gallant) Roy Kerling - SH - 09:40 (Kerling, Berk) John Olds - PP - 15:33 |1-1-2 = 06:58 - Tom Cross (unassisted) |1-2-2 = 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) |1-3-1 = (Gallant, Kerling) Brock Tredway - PP - 15:56 (Roeszler, Gallant) Roy Kerling - PP - 18:41 |1-3-2 = 10:09 - Barry Ryan (Murphy, Brownridge) 19:36 - Carey Wilson (Bettencourt, Gaudet) |goalie1-1 = ( 32 saves / 40 shots ) Brian Hayward |goalie1-2 = Bob Gaudet ( 33 saves / 37 shots )}}

National Championship

(W1) North Dakota vs. (A) Northern Michigan

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[[List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey All-Tournament Teams|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

References

1. "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives.
2. "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives.
3. "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives.
4. "NCAA Frozen Four Records". NCAA.org.