1979 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

1979 NCAA Men's Division I
Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams 5
Finals Site
Champions Minnesota Golden Gophers (3rd title)
Runner-Up North Dakota Fighting Sioux (5th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Herb Brooks (3rd title)
MOP Steve Janaszak Minnesota
Attendance 13,859

The 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 32nd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 24, 1979, and concluded with Minnesota defeating North Dakota 4-3. The first round game was held at the home team venue while all succeeding games were played at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan.

Qualifying teams[1]

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.

East West
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 New Hampshire ECAC Hockey 22–8–3 Tournament champion 2nd 1977 1 North Dakota WCHA 29–10–1 Tournament co-champion 7th 1968
2 Dartmouth ECAC Hockey 18–8–2 Tournament finalist 3rd 1949 2 Minnesota WCHA 29–11–1 Tournament co-champion 8th 1976
At-Large
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
A Bowling Green CCHA 37–5–2 Tournament champion 3rd 1978

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 Olympia in Detroit, Michigan. 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[2]

  First Round
March 18		     Semifinals
March 22–23		     National Championship
March 24
                           
        E1 New Hampshire 3  
  W2 Minnesota 6     W2 Minnesota 4    
  A Bowling Green 3         W2 Minnesota 4
      W1 North Dakota 3
      W1 North Dakota 4    
      E2 Dartmouth 2   Third Place Game
  E1 New Hampshire 3
  E2 Dartmouth 7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First Round

(W2) Minnesota vs. (A) Bowling Green

Semifinal

(E1) New Hampshire vs. (W2) Minnesota

(W1) North Dakota vs. (E2) Dartmouth

Third Place Game

(E1) New Hampshire vs. (E2) Dartmouth

National Championship

(W1) North Dakota vs. (W2) Minnesota

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st MIN Steve Christoff Verchota 4:11 1–0 MIN
MIN John Meredith Strobel and Ulseth 8:05 2–0 MIN
UND Bill Himmelright – PP Taylor and Maxwell 17:10 2–1 MIN
MIN Joe Baker Micheletti and Broten 19:22 3–1 MIN
2nd UND Kevin Maxwell Eades and Taylor 18:02 3–2 MIN
3rd MIN Neal Broten – GW Christoff and Larson 2:48 4–2 MIN
UND Marc Chorney Burggraf and Taylor 9:56 4–3 MIN

All-Tournament Team[4]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[5]

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ "2008-09 Media Guide" (PDF). Minnesota Golden Gophers. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  4. ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  5. ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

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