1980–81 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season
1980–81 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season | |||||
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Duration | November 1980– March 14, 1981 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1981 | ||||
National championship | Merrimack Athletics Complex North Andover, Massachusetts | ||||
NCAA champion | Lowell | ||||
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The 1980–81 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season began in November 1980 and concluded on March 14 of the following year. This was the 17th season of second-tier college ice hockey.
Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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North Country Thanksgiving Festival | November 27–29 | 4 | Clarkson |
Merrimack Tournament | November 28–29 | 4 | Plattsburgh State |
Crusader Classic | December 6–7 | 4 | Holy Cross |
Union Holiday Tournament | December 19–20 | 4 | Oswego State |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 28–30 | 4 | Maine |
Codfish Bowl | 4 | Westfield State | |
Auld Lang Syne Classic | December 30–31 | 4 | Dartmouth |
Down East Classic | January 8–9 | 4 | Maine |
Teapot Tournament | January 5, 11 | 4 |
Standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
East Region | ||||||||||||||
Lowell †* | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 125 | 72 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 188 | 123 | |
Merrimack | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | .739 | 141 | 90 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 191 | 174 | |
Salem State | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | .717 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 1 | |||||
New England College | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | |||||
Colby | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | |||||
Bowdoin | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | |||||
Babson | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | .550 | 85 | 79 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 111 | 87 | |
Holy Cross | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .500 | 133 | 109 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 186 | 171 | |
American International | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .500 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | |||||
Saint Anselm | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | .375 | 91 | 111 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 104 | 142 | |
New Haven | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | .286 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 0 | |||||
Bridgewater State | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||
Framingham State | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .091 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | |||||
Boston State | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .067 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | |||||
Connecticut | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .063 | 49 | 83 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 79 | 104 | |
West Region | ||||||||||||||
Oswego State † | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .886 | 136 | 73 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 205 | 97 | |
Plattsburgh State * | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .818 | 131 | 84 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 206 | 124 | |
Elmira | 25 | 18 | 7 | 0 | .720 | 132 | 81 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 161 | 110 | |
Williams | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .719 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | |||||
Norwich | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .630 | 126 | 94 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 165 | 141 | |
Westfield State | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .575 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | |||||
North Adams State | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .575 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | |||||
RIT | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 62 | 63 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 108 | 80 | |
Potsdam State | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | |||||
Brockport State | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | .405 | 99 | 109 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 122 | 120 | |
Hamilton | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | .395 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 3 | |||||
Buffalo | 21 | 7 | 12 | 0 | .368 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | |||||
Geneseo State | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .278 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 0 | |||||
Middlebury | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | .250 | 57 | 78 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 77 | 96 | |
Union | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | .231 | 28 | 6 | 21 | 1 | |||||
Cortland State | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .067 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | |||||
Championships: March 7, 1981 † indicates division regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |
1980–81 NCAA Division II Independent ice hockey standings
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Overall record | ||||||
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
Alaska–Anchorage | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 126 | 104 |
Alaska–Fairbanks | 24 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - |
Illinois-Chicago | 26 | 9 | 17 | 0 | ||
Lake Forest | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 128 | 135 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Mankato State † | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 78 | 64 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 227 | 151 | |
Bemidji State | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 63 | 39 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 195 | 89 | |
St. Cloud State | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .577 | 54 | 48 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 169 | 110 | |
Wisconsin–Superior | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .500 | 64 | 61 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 162 | 164 | |
Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | .324 | 58 | 84 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 104 | 123 | |
Wisconsin–River Falls | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 41 | 61 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 127 | 151 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
1980–81 NYCHA standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Oswego State † | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 88 | 45 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 205 | 97 | |
Plattsburgh State | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 93 | 59 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 206 | 124 | |
Elmira | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 82 | 43 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 161 | 110 | |
Brockport State | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 70 | 75 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 122 | 120 | |
Buffalo | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | ||||||||||
Cortland State | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geneseo State | 25 | 8 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
Potsdam State | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||
Note: Buffalo 4-5-2 in league as of 2/9, Geneseo 4-9-0 as of 2/22. † indicates conference regular season champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Augsburg † | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 0 | |||||
Concordia (MN) † | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 1 | |||||
Gustavus Adolphus | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | |||||
St. Thomas | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 0 | |||||
Saint Mary's | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 0 | |||||
St. Olaf | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 30 | 13 | 16 | 1 | |||||
Hamline | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||
Bethel | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 23 | 1 | |||||
Saint John's | 16 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 22 | 2 | |||||
† indicates conference regular season champion |
1981 NCAA tournament
Semifinals March 12–13 | National championship March 14 | ||||||||
W1 | Concordia | 4 | |||||||
E2 | Plattsburgh State | 10 | |||||||
E2 | Plattsburgh State | 4 | |||||||
E1 | Lowell | 5 | |||||||
E1 | Lowell | 8* | |||||||
W2 | Mankato State | 7 | Third-place game | ||||||
W1 | Concordia | 7 | |||||||
W2 | Mankato State | 9 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
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See also
References
- ^ "NCAA Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 13, 2016.