1979–80 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season
1979–80 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season | |||||
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Duration | November 1979– March 15, 1980 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1980 | ||||
National championship | Murray Athletic Center Elmira, New York | ||||
NCAA champion | Mankato State | ||||
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The 1979–80 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season began in November 1979 and concluded on March 15 of the following year. This was the 16th season of second-tier college ice hockey.
Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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Elmira Invitational | November 9–10 | 4 | St. Lawrence |
Oswego Classic | November 16–17 | 4 | Merrimack |
Merrimack Thanksgiving Tournament | November 23–24 | 4 | Merrimack |
Union Tournament | December 21–22 | 4 | Holy Cross |
Codfish Bowl | December 28–29 | 4 | Lowell |
Blue-Gold Tournament | January 4–5 | 4 | Merrimack |
Salem State Tournament | January 4–5 | 4 | Saint Anselm |
Crusader Classic | January 5–6 | 4 | Holy Cross |
Down East Classic | January 10–11 | 4 | |
Teapot Tournament | January 7, 14 | 4 |
Standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
East Region | ||||||||||||||
Bowdoin † | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .833 | 99 | 47 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | |||
Lowell | 23 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .826 | 183 | 76 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 212 | 107 | |
Salem State | 25 | 19 | 6 | 0 | .760 | 104 | 72 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 0 | |||
Holy Cross | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 120 | 70 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 182 | 100 | |
Babson | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | .667 | 78 | 63 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 95 | 80 | |
Merrimack * | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | .625 | 156 | 89 | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 225 | 146 | |
New Haven | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .600 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | |||||
Colby | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .600 | 89 | 63 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | |||
American International | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | .500 | 104 | 102 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | |||
Connecticut | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .474 | 90 | 95 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 115 | 109 | |
New England College | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 105 | 111 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | |||
Saint Anselm | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | .286 | 115 | 138 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 130 | 142 | |
Bridgewater State | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 71 | 100 | |||||||
Bryant | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .111 | 96 | 147 | |||||||
Framingham State | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | .059 | 53 | 136 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | |||
Boston State | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | .000 | 51 | 209 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 0 | |||
West Region | ||||||||||||||
Elmira † | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .881 | 139 | 62 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 236 | 102 | |
Plattsburgh State | 25 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .760 | 143 | 94 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 161 | 122 | |
Oswego State * | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | .696 | 148 | 104 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 245 | 146 | |
Middlebury | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | .658 | 78 | 66 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 105 | 85 | |
Westfield State | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .600 | 117 | 113 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 0 | |||
Army | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | .596 | 149 | 88 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 205 | 141 | |
North Adams State | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | .550 | 101 | 90 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | |||
Geneseo State | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .529 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | |||||
Union | 27 | 12 | 14 | 1 | .463 | 92 | 114 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | |||
Williams | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 91 | 105 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | |||
Norwich | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 103 | 117 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 138 | 127 | |
Buffalo | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | .300 | 81 | 97 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | |||
Hamilton | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .263 | 79 | 115 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | |||
Cortland State | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | 55 | 122 | |||||||
Brockport State | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .200 | 55 | 87 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 108 | 109 | |
Potsdam State | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0 | .118 | 57 | 99 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | |||
Championships: March 8, 1980 † indicates division regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |
1979–80 NCAA Division II Independent ice hockey standings
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Overall record | ||||||
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
Alaska–Anchorage | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 19 |
Alaska–Fairbanks | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | ||
Illinois-Chicago | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | ||
Lake Forest | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 142 | 114 |
Mankato State | 40 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 291 | 144 |
St. Cloud State | 29 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 152 | 118 |
1979–80 NYCHA standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Elmira † | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 99 | 44 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 236 | 102 | |
Oswego State | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 94 | 52 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 245 | 146 | |
Plattsburgh State | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 92 | 61 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 161 | 122 | |
Brockport State | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 52 | 80 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 108 | 109 | |
Buffalo | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
Cortland State | ||||||||||||||
Geneseo State | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||
Potsdam State | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||
† indicates conference regular season champions |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Augsburg † | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | |||||
Concordia (MN) | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | |||||
St. Thomas | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | |||||
Gustavus Adolphus | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 0 | |||||
Hamline | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 15 | |||||||||
Saint John's | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 0 | |||||
St. Olaf | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 17 | 2 | |||||
Saint Mary's | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 0 | |||||
Bethel | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 0 | |||||
† indicates conference regular season champion |
1980 NCAA tournament
Semifinals March 13–14 | National championship March 15 | ||||||||
W1 | Mankato State | 8 | |||||||
E2 | Lowell | 1 | |||||||
W1 | Mankato State | 5 | |||||||
E3 | Elmira | 2 | |||||||
E1 | Merrimack | 1 | |||||||
E3 | Elmira | 4 | Third-place game | ||||||
E1 | Merrimack | 7 | |||||||
E2 | Lowell | 8 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
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1980 NHL Entry Draft
Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
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6 | 108 | Mark Kumpel | Lowell | ECAC 2 | Quebec Nordiques |
† incoming freshman
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