1980 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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.

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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.

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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)

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First Round

March 22, 1980 7:30 pm

(W2) Minnesota

3–4 (0–2, 2–1, 1–1)

(A) Northern Michigan

Williams Arena Attendance: 7,606

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	Paul Butters	Goalies	Steve Weeks
	0 – 1 02:42 – Bill Joyce (Mielke, Tascoff) 0 – 2 10:22 – Steve Bozek (Mielke) (Larson, Harrer) Aaron Broten – PP – 33:33 1 – 2 (Erickson, Meadows) Steve Griffith – 36:25 2 – 2 2 – 3 37:26 – PP – Steve Bozek (Joyce, Ikkala) (Erickson) Keven Hartzell – 41:40 3 – 3 3 – 4 42:09 – GW – Steve Bozek (unassisted)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	24

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Semifinals

March 27, 1980 7:30 pm

(W1) North Dakota

4–1 (0–1, 0–0, 4–0)

(E2) Dartmouth

Providence Civic Center Attendance: 5,119

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	Bob Iwabuchi	Goalies	Bob Gaudet	Referees: Duane Markus Steve Darling Linesman: Charles Holden
	0 – 1 13:08 – Mark Bedard (Ryan, Flanigan) (Taylor, Volcan) Phil Sykes – 51:16 1 – 1 (Martens, Chadwick) Dusty Carroll – GW – 52:23 2 – 1 (Myers, Volcan) Rick Zaparniuk – 54:53 3 – 1 (unassisted) Phil Sykes – 56:16 4 – 1
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	20

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March 28, 1980 7:30 pm

(E1) Cornell

4–5 (1–1, 2–2, 1–2)

(A) Northern Michigan

Providence Civic Center Attendance: 5,237

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	Darren Eliot	Goalies	Steve Weeks	Referees: John Ricci Charles Holden
	(Gallant, Gibson) Brock Tredway – 03:27 1 – 0 1 – 1 07:53 – Walt Kyle (Pyle) 1 – 2 22:13 – Tom Laidlaw (unassisted) 1 – 3 25:58 – Bill Joyce (Bozek) (Habib, Cole) Greg Reid – 27:17 2 – 3 (Tobin, Geiger) Jeff Baikie – 33:38 3 – 3 3 – 4 50:52 – Bill Joyce (Mielke, Laidlaw) 3 – 5 57:43 – GW – Don Waddell (Mielke, Tascoff) (Roeszler, Gibson) Roy Kerling – EA – 59:55 4 – 5
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	35

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Third Place Game

March 29, 1980 2:00 pm

(E1) Cornell

4–8 (2–1, 0–5, 2–2)

(E2) Dartmouth

Providence Civic Center Attendance: 3,943

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	Brian Hayward	Goalies	Bob Gaudet	Referees: Duane Markus Charles Holden Linesman: John Ricci
	0 – 1 06:58 – Tom Cross (unassisted) (Gibson, Gallant) Roy Kerling – SH – 09:40 1 – 1 (Kerling, Berk) John Olds – PP – 15:33 2 – 1 2 – 2 21:01 – Joe Jangro (C. Wilson, Bettencourt) 2 – 3 21:38 – Chip Bettencourt (R. Wilson, C. Wilson) 2 – 4 25:56 – Barry Ryan (unassisted) 2 – 5 29:46 – GW – Joe Jangro (unassisted) 2 – 6 37:36 – Ross Brownridge (Donnelly, Murphy) 2 – 7 50:09 – Barry Ryan (Murphy, Brownridge) (Gallant, Kerling) Brock Tredway – PP – 55:56 3 – 7 (Roeszler, Gallant) Roy Kerling – PP – 58:41 4 – 7 4 – 8 59:36 – Carey Wilson (Bettencourt, Gaudet)
	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	37	Shots	40

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National Championship

March 29, 1980 7:30 pm

(W1) North Dakota

5–2 (2–0, 1–0, 2–2)

(A) Northern Michigan

Providence Civic Center Attendance: 6,056

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				Referees: John Ricci Steve Darling Linesman: Duane Markus

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Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	UND	Doug Smail – PP	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
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	UND	Doug Smail	Holding	0:58	2:00
	UND	Brad Cox	Hooking	5:47	2:00
	NMU	Mike Mielke	Roughing	8:56	2:00
	NMU	Greg Tignanelli	Roughing	11:59	2:00
	UND	Dean Dachyshyn	Roughing	11:59	2:00
	UND	Paul Chadwick	Slashing	16:49	2:00
	NMU	Bill Joyce	Slashing	16:49	2:00
	NMU	Bill Joyce	High-sticking	19:16	2:00
2nd	NMU	Keith Hanson	High-sticking	22:45	2:00
	UND	Frank Burggraf	Slashing	22:45	2:00
	UND	Brad Cox	Hooking	24:17	2:00
	NMU	Jeff Tascoff	Elbowing	24:17	2:00
	UND	Rick Myers	Roughing	30:39	2:00
	NMU	Terry Houck	Elbowing	33:15	2:00
	NMU	Mike Mielke	Roughing	35:14	2:00
	UND	Frank Burggraf	Elbowing	35:14	2:00
	UND	Paul Chadwick	Elbowing	38:11	2:00
3rd	UND	Marc Chorney	High-sticking	52:26	2:00

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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

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• 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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