1980 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

1980 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams	5
Finals Site	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Champions	North Dakota (3rd title, 6th title game, 8th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up	Northern Michigan (1st title game, 2nd Frozen Four)
Semifinalists	Dartmouth (4th Frozen Four) Cornell (7th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach	Gino Gasparini (1st title)
MOP	Doug Smail (North Dakota)
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1979  1981 →

The 1980 NCAA Division I Ice Tournament involved in playing for single-elimination play to determine the national championship of NCAA Division I. the tournament began on March 22, 1980. The semifinals were on March 27-28,1980. The National Championship was on March 29, 1980. A total of 4 games were played in Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island, and one game was in Minneapolis, Minnesota. North Dakota won their third national championship over Northern Michigan.

Teams

• North Dakota
• Northern Michigan
• Minnesota
• Cornell
• Dartmouth

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	2	Minnesota	3
	3	Northern Michigan	4
						1	Cornell	4
						3	Northern Michigan	5
											3	Northern Michigan	2
											1	North Dakota	5
						1	North Dakota	4
						2	Dartmouth	1

Consolation Game Dartmouth 8, Cornell 4

All-Tournament Team^[1]

• 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)^[2]

References

1. "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
2. "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

External links

• http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/6History/ncaa_80.htm