1979 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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

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

Results First Round

Semifinals

Third Place Game

National Championship

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)

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