The 1980 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 21st conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 7 and March 15, 1980. All games were played at home team campus sites, including each of the two regional final series. By winning the regional tournaments, both Minnesota and North Dakota were invited to participate in the 1980 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Though not official designations, Minnesota is considered as the East Regional Champion† and North Dakota as the West Regional Champion‡.

Format

The top eight teams in the WCHA, according to their final conference standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8. In the first round the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. After the first round the remaining teams were reseeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to their final conference standings and advanced to the second round. In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds competed in an additional two-game, total goal series with the winners of each being declared as co-conference champions.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

1979–80 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
North Dakota†*282161.76814789403181217119
Minnesota*3218140.5631731554126150263179
Colorado College3016131.5501541643921171200208
Michigan2613112.5381311183823132205167
Notre Dame2813141.4821501463918201202199
Minnesota-Duluth3215170.4691661813817210191207
Michigan Tech2812142.4641411203818182181160
Michigan State2812160.4291181673814240158227
Wisconsin3012180.4001461463615201172182
Denver268171.327951353613221141169
Championship: Minnesota, North Dakota
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

[6] Teams are reseeded after the first round

First Round
March 7–8 		Second Round
March 14–15
        
1 North Dakota 8 5
8 Michigan State 1 3
1 North Dakota 10 7
5 Notre Dame 4 4
2 Minnesota 7 6
7 Michigan Tech 2 3
3 Colorado College 4 7
6 Minnesota-Duluth 3 6
2 Minnesota 5 8
3 Colorado College 3 1
4 Michigan 3 4
5 Notre Dame 8 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Michigan State

March 7 North Dakota 8 – 1 Michigan State Winter Sports Center
March 8 North Dakota 5 – 3 Michigan State Winter Sports Center
North Dakota won series 13–4

(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Michigan Tech

March 7 Minnesota 7 – 2 Michigan Tech Williams Arena
March 8 Minnesota 6 – 3 Michigan Tech Williams Arena
Minnesota won series 13–5

(3) Colorado College vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth

March 7 Colorado College 4 – 3 Minnesota-Duluth Broadmoor World Arena
March 8 Colorado College 7 – 6 Minnesota-Duluth Broadmoor World Arena
Colorado College won series 11–9

(4) Michigan vs. (5) Notre Dame

March 7 Michigan 3 – 8 Notre Dame Yost Ice Arena
March 8 Michigan 4 – 3 Notre Dame Yost Ice Arena
Notre Dame won series 11–7

Second round

(1) North Dakota vs. (5) Notre Dame

March 14 North Dakota 10 – 4 Notre Dame Winter Sports Center
March 15 North Dakota 7 – 4 Notre Dame Winter Sports Center
North Dakota won series 17–8

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Colorado College

March 14 Minnesota 5 – 3 Colorado College Williams Arena
March 15 Minnesota 8 – 1 Colorado College Williams Arena
Minnesota won series 13–4

Tournament awards

None

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Minnesota Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "North Dakota Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Brad Buetow Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ "John "Gino" Gasparini Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  6. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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