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The 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1980 and concluded with the 1981 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 28, 1981 at the Duluth Arena in
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. This was the 34th
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in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 87th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team. For the first time the
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was conferred after the conclusion of the regular season. After the season four teams from the
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left to join the CCHA. As a result of dividing the four
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schools that had previously been in the WCHA the Big Ten stopped declaring a conference ice hockey champion until the formation of a separate conference in 2013–14.


Regular season


Season tournaments


Standings


1981 NCAA Tournament

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


Player stats


Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season. ''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes''


Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in
goals against average Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on s ...
at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes. ''GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% =
Save percentage Save percentage (often known by such symbols as SV%, SVS%, SVP, PCT) is a statistic in various goal-scoring sports that track saves as a statistic. In ice hockey and lacrosse, it is a statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal ...
; GAA = Goals against average''


Awards


NCAA


CCHA


ECAC


WCHA


See also

*
1980–81 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season The 1980–81 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season began in November 1980 and concluded on March 14 of the following year. This was the 17th season of second-tier college ice hockey. Regular season Season tournaments Standings 1981 N ...
* 1980–81 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season


References


External links


College Hockey Historical Archives1980–81 NCAA Standings
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