1980 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1980 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 21st conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 7 and March 15, 1980. All games were played at home team campus sites, including each of the two regional final series. By winning the regional tournaments, both Minnesota and North Dakota were invited to participate in the 1980 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Though not official designations, Minnesota is considered as the East Regional Champion† and North Dakota as the West Regional Champion‡.

Format

The top eight teams in the WCHA, according to their final conference standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8. In the first round the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. After the first round the remaining teams were reseeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to their final conference standings and advanced to the second round. In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds competed in an additional two-game, total goal series with the winners of each being declared as co-conference champions.

Conference Standings[5]

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
North Dakota†*282161.76814789403181217119
Minnesota*3218140.5631731554126150236179
Colorado College3016131.5501541643921171200208
Michigan2613112.5381311183823132205167
Notre Dame2813141.4821501463918201202199
Minnesota-Duluth3215170.4691661813817210191207
Michigan Tech2812142.4641411203818182181160
Michigan State2812160.4291181673814240158227
Wisconsin3012180.4001461463615201172182
Denver268171.327951353613221141169
Championship: Minnesota, North Dakota
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Bracket[6]

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  First Round
March 7-8		 Second Round
March 14-15
                                 
1 North Dakota 8 5  
8 Michigan State 1 3 1 North Dakota 10 7
5 Notre Dame 4 4
  2 Minnesota 7 6
7 Michigan Tech 2 3  
  3 Colorado College 4 7
6 Minnesota-Duluth 3 6 2 Minnesota 5 8
3 Colorado College 3 1
  4 Michigan 3 4
5 Notre Dame 8 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First Round

(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Michigan State

North Dakota won series 13–4

(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Michigan Tech

Minnesota won series 13–5

(3) Colorado College vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth

Colorado College won series 11–9

(4) Michigan vs. (5) Notre Dame

Notre Dame won series 11–7

Second Round

(1) North Dakota vs. (5) Notre Dame

North Dakota won series 17–8

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Colorado College

Minnesota won series 13–4

Tournament awards

None

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Minnesota Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. ↑ "North Dakota Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. ↑ "Brad Buetow Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. ↑ "John "Gino" Gasparini Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  5. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  6. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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