1979 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 1979 men's Division I 5 Olympia Stadium Detroit, Michigan Minnesota Golden Gophers 3rd 7th 8th North Dakota Fighting Sioux 5th 7th Dartmouth Big Green 3rd New Hampshire Wildcats 2nd Herb Brooks 3rd Steve Janaszak Minnesota 13,859 The 1979 NCAA Division I men's 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 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 SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 New Hampshire ECAC Hockey 22–8–3 Tournament champion 2nd 19771 North Dakota WCHA 29–10–1 Tournament co-champion 7th 19682 Dartmouth ECAC Hockey 18–8–2 Tournament finalist 3rd 19492 Minnesota WCHA 29–11–1 Tournament co-champion 8th 1976 At-LargeSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidA Bowling Green CCHA 37–5–2 Tournament champion 3rd 1978 NCAA Division 1 Tournament http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html College Hockey Historical Archives 2013-06-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145059/http://augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html 2014-02-02 live 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. Bracket NCAA Tournament http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 yes First RoundMarch 18 SemifinalsMarch 22–23 National ChampionshipMarch 24 Third Place Game W2 Minnesota 6 A Bowling Green 3 E1 New Hampshire 3 W2 Minnesota 4 W1 North Dakota 4 E2 Dartmouth 2 W2 Minnesota 4 W1 North Dakota 3 E1 New Hampshire 3 E2 Dartmouth 7 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Results First Round #f0f0f0 March 18, 1979 7:30 pm (W2) Minnesota (A) Bowling Green 6–3 (3–0, 2–2, 1–1) https://www.newspapers.com/image/892617394/?clipping_id=196614674 Steve Janaszak Wally Charko 1 – 02 – 03 – 03 – 13 – 24 – 25 – 26 – 26 – 3 (McClanahan, Micheletti) Tim Harrer – 06:36(Micheletti, McClanahan) Steve Christoff – 09:11(Micheletti, Harrer) Steve Christoff – 16:16(Ramsey, Broten) Don Micheletti – GW PP – 35:26(B. Larson, Teal) Eric Strobel – 37:07(Micheletti, Ramsey) Tim Harrer – PP – 40:27 24:59 – PP – Bruce Newton (Morrow, Dawe)33:46 – Steve Dawe (Douglass)46:44 – Mike Cotter (Crowther, Guertin) Dino Baniccia Dewey Marcus Williams Arena 7,940 10 12 30 39 Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 22, 1979 7:30 pm (E1) New Hampshire (W2) Minnesota 3–4 (1–3, 1–0, 1–1) https://www.newspapers.com/image/1126518881/?clipping_id=196616007 Greg Moffett Steve Janaszak 0 – 10 – 21 – 21 – 32 – 32 – 43 – 4 (Gould) Bobby Francis – PP – 06:34(Francis) Ralph Cox – 38:36(McPherson, Crowder) Terry Flanagan – PP – 57:33 00:35 – Steve Christoff (Broten, Greeder)02:10 – Eric Strobel (B. Baker, Ulseth)13:48 – PP – Eric Strobel (B. Larson, Ramsey)41:53 – GW – Eric Strobel (Greeder) Olympia Stadium 2,743 14 18 40 32 #e0e0e0 March 23, 1979 7:30 pm (W1) North Dakota (E2) Dartmouth 4–2 (1–1, 2–0, 1–1) https://www.newspapers.com/image/1126518915/?clipping_id=194253100 Bob Iwabuchi Bob Gaudet 0 – 11 – 12 – 13 – 14 – 14 – 2 (Taylor, Burggraf) Howard Walker – SH – 14:55(Chorney, Stone) Erwin Martens – 29:18(Eades, Walker) Mark Taylor – GW – 39:21(Maxwell, Taylor) Cary Eades – PP – 47:38 12:39 – Chip Bettencourt (Hughes, Brownridge)54:57 – PP – Dennis Murphy (Hughes, Brownridge) Medo Martinello Jim Quinn Olympia Stadium 4,105 20 10 32 25 Third Place Game #e0e0e0 March 24, 1979 4:00 pm (E1) New Hampshire (E2) Dartmouth 3–7 (2–1, 1–3, 0–3) https://www.newspapers.com/image/835532133/?clipping_id=196623694 Greg Moffett Bob Gaudet 1 – 01 – 12 – 13 – 13 – 23 – 33 – 43 – 53 – 63 – 7 (Francis, Yantzi) Ralph Cox – 01:27(Francis, Yantzi) Ralph Cox – 10:46(McPherson, Holt) Bruce Crowder – 24:05 04:18 – Rick Mellum (Sosnowski, Higgins)26:02 – PP – Mark Culhane (Brownridge, Jangro)29:41 – PP – Mark Culhane (Mellum, Hughes)33:51 – GW PP – Chip Bettencourt (Murphy)42:43 – Buddy Teevens (Ryerson)53:02 – Dennis Hughes (Culhane, Higgins)54:35 – Mark Bodard (Sosnowski, McLaughlin) Olympia Stadium 14 10 30 36 National Championship #d0d0d0 March 24, 1979 8:00 pm (W1) North Dakota (W2) Minnesota 3–4 (1–3, 1–0, 1–1) https://www.newspapers.com/image/1126519050/?clipping_id=196624093 Medo Martinello John Ricci Dennis Parish Olympia Stadium 7,011 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MINSteve ChristoffVerchota 4:11 1–0 MIN MINJohn MeredithStrobel and Ulseth 8:05 2–0 MIN UNDBill Himmelright – PPTaylor and Maxwell 17:10 2–1 MIN MINBill BakerMicheletti and Broten 19:22 3–1 MIN 2nd UNDKevin MaxwellEades and Taylor 38:02 3–2 MIN 3rd MINNeal Broten – GWChristoff and Larson 42:48 4–2 MIN UNDMarc ChorneyBurggraf and Taylor 49:56 4–3 MIN Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MINRob McClanahanHigh-sticking 1:53 2:00 MINMike RamseyHigh-sticking 5:18 2:00 MINDon MichelettiHooking 9:50 2:00 UNDMark TaylorElbowing 10:50 2:00 MINRob McClanahanHigh-sticking 15:23 2:00 UNDDave ChristianHigh-sticking 15:23 2:00 MINTim HarrerHooking 16:04 2:00 UNDMarc ChorneyHooking 17:20 2:00 2nd UNDCharles BurggrafHooking 20:25 2:00 UNDCary EadesSlashing 23:33 2:00 UNDDoug SmailCharging 38:50 2:00 3rd UNDHoward WalkerInterference 47:40 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Minnesota 16 8 11 35 North Dakota 9 11 8 28 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice MIN Steve Janaszak 25 3 UND Bill Stankoven 13 3 20:00 UND Bob Iwabuchi 17 1 All-Tournament team G: Steve Janaszak* (Minnesota) D: Mike Ramsey (Minnesota) D: Howard Walker (North Dakota) F: Steve Christoff (Minnesota) F: Eric Strobel (Minnesota) F: Mark Taylor (North Dakota) * Most Outstanding Player(s)NCAA Division I Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archives 2013-07-17 NCAA Frozen Four Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf NCAA.org 2013-06-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20120817163005/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf 2012-08-17 live References 50em 50em NCAA Division 1 Tournament College Hockey historical Archive http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html 2013-07-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145059/http://augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html 2014-02-02 live NCAA Division 1 Awards College Hockey historical Archive http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_awd.html 2013-07-03 Herb Brooks Year-by-Year Coaching Record USCHO.com http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,263/herb-brooks/ 2013-07-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20130525224445/http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,263/herb-brooks/ 2013-05-25 live Attendance Records and Sites NCAA.org http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2003/attendanceRecords.pdf 2013-07-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20120817162202/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2003/attendanceRecords.pdf 2012-08-17 live Tournament Category:NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Category:1970s in Minneapolis Category:Ice hockey competitions in Detroit Category:Ice hockey competitions in Minneapolis Category:College ice hockey tournaments in Minnesota