The 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1979 and concluded with the
1980 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 29, 1980 at the
Providence Civic Center in
Providence, Rhode Island
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. This was the 33rd
season
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in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 86th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
Season Outlook
Pre-season poll
The top teams in the nation voted on by coaches before the start of the season. The poll was compiled by radio station
WMPL.
Regular season
Season tournaments
Standings
Final regular season polls
The final top 10 teams as ranked by coaches (WMPL) before the conference tournament finals.
1980 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 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
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; GAA = Goals against average''
Awards
NCAA
CCHA
ECAC
WCHA
1980 NHL Entry Draft
† incoming freshman
‡ Blaisdell had already left school during the season.
See also
*
1979–80 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season
*
1979–80 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
References
External links
College Hockey Historical Archives1979–80 NCAA Standings
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NCAA
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