1977–78 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season

August 2023 men ii 1977 250 November 1977–March 18, 1978 Springfield, Massachusetts Merrimack The 1977–78 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season began in November 1977 and concluded on March 18 of the following year. This was the 14th season of second-tier college ice hockey. The NCAA instituted a Division II national championship beginning with this season. Bowdoin was one of the two ECAC 2 tournament champions, however, because Bowdoin College barred its teams from participating in national tournaments at the timeBowdoin College Men’s Hockey History http://athletics.bowdoin.edu/records/mhhistory.pdf Bowdoin Polar Bears November 28, 2018 November 29, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181129013211/http://athletics.bowdoin.edu/records/mhhistory.pdf dead runner-up Merrimack was selected instead. Due to the number of independent programs and the lack of any conference tournament for western teams, the NCAA also began holding a playoff series for western teams to help determine which schools would receive bids. Despite already being part of ECAC 2, all SUNYAC schools, as well as a few other upstate New York schools formed the New York Collegiate Hockey Association (NYCHA). Because all teams were still members of ECAC 2 and the larger conference began holding two tournaments, doubling the number of participants beginning with this season, no NYCHA tournament was ever held.Plattsburgh Ice Hockey Year-by-Year Results https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/plattsburgh.internetconsult.com/documents/2018/7/24/year_by_year_results.pdf Plattsburgh Cardinals September 7, 2019 June 24, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220624095712/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/plattsburgh.internetconsult.com/documents/2018/7/24/year_by_year_results.pdf dead Regular season Season tournaments Tournament Dates Teams Champion Merrimack Thanksgiving Tournament November 25–26 4 Merrimack Codfish Bowl December 28–29 4 Salem State Williams Tournament December 29–30 4 Oswego State Salem State Tournament January 4–5 4 Lowell Merrimack Christmas Tournament January 6–7 4 Merrimack Standings 1978 NCAA tournament 1978 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament SemifinalsMarch 16–17 National championshipMarch 18 Third-place game W1 Mankato State 1 E2 Merrimack 6 E1 Elmira 1 W2 Lake Forest 4 E2 Merrimack 12 W2 Lake Forest 2 W1 Mankato State 5 E1 Elmira 3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/winter_champs_records/2004/2004_winter_champs_records.pdf NCAA Record Book 2016-04-13 NCAA Drafted players 1978 NHL Amateur Draft Round Pick Player College Conference NHL team 9 153 Craig MacTavish Lowell ECAC 2 Boston Bruins 18 230 Bob Magnuson 1 Merrimack ECAC 2 Montreal Canadiens † incoming freshman 1978 NHL Amateur Draft https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1978a.html Hockey DB October 25, 2023 See also 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season 1977–78 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season References External links NCAA