1977–78 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season
1977–78 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season | |||||
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Duration | November 1977– March 18, 1978 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1978 | ||||
National championship | Springfield, Massachusetts | ||||
NCAA champion | Merrimack | ||||
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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 time[1] 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, doubled the number of participants beginning with this season, no NYCHA tournament was ever held.[2]
Regular season
[edit]Season tournaments
[edit]Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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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
[edit]Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
East Region | ||||||||||||||
Bowdoin †* | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .794 | 116 | 61 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | |||
Merrimack | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .786 | 120 | 71 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 173 | 114 | |
Lowell | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .750 | 120 | 76 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 130 | 84 | |
Salem State | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | .708 | 108 | 84 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 0 | |||
Holy Cross | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .667 | 99 | 75 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 132 | 93 | |
American International | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .643 | 113 | 102 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | |||
Maine | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | .526 | 99 | 64 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 129 | 99 | |
Saint Anselm | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .500 | 113 | 98 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 130 | 124 | |
Colby | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | .432 | 79 | 77 | |||||||
Connecticut | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .417 | 94 | 99 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 109 | 100 | |
Bryant | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 | .342 | 99 | 129 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | |||
New Haven | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | .341 | 79 | 115 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 1 | |||
Babson | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | .225 | 67 | 100 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | |||
Boston State | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | 74 | 127 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | |||
New England College | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .219 | 64 | 99 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 2 | |||
Bridgewater State | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | .167 | 61 | 113 | 27 | 7 | 20 | 0 | |||
West Region | ||||||||||||||
Plattsburgh State † | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 129 | 60 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 157 | 79 | |
Elmira * | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 165 | 76 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 235 | 102 | |
Middlebury | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 83 | 55 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 112 | 73 | |
Oswego State | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | .667 | 143 | 90 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 163 | 105 | |
Norwich | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .591 | 114 | 95 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 121 | 106 | |
Hamilton | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | .579 | 95 | 81 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | |||
Army | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .553 | 96 | 90 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 130 | 129 | |
Buffalo | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .545 | 110 | 93 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | |||
Geneseo State | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | .522 | 140 | 137 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 0 | |||
Massachusetts | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .425 | 75 | 86 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 75 | 86 | |
Williams | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | .412 | 76 | 85 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | |||
North Adams State | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .400 | 65 | 63 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | |||
Potsdam State | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .267 | 60 | 95 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | |||
Cortland State | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | 69 | 139 | |||||||
Union | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | 22 | 87 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 1 | |||
Brockport State | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .071 | 42 | 124 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 65 | 166 | |
Championships: March 16, 1978 † indicates division regular season champions * indicates conference tournament champions |
Overall record | ||||||
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GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
Alaska–Fairbanks | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
Chicago State | ||||||
Hillsdale | ||||||
Illinois-Chicago | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | ||
Lake Forest | 28 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 207 | 98 |
Mankato State | 34 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 170 | 154 |
Oberlin | ||||||
St. Cloud State | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 137 | 126 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Plattsburgh State † | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 104 | 46 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 157 | 79 | |
Elmira | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 109 | 38 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 235 | 102 | |
Oswego State | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 91 | 48 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 163 | 105 | |
Brockport State | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 124 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 65 | 166 | |
Buffalo | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
Cortland State | ||||||||||||||
Geneseo State | 26 | 15 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
Potsdam State | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||
As of 2/22: 1. Plattsburgh 11-1-0-22 91:40, 2. Elmira 10-2-0-20 85:33, 3. Oswego 9-3-0-18 85:38, 4. Buffalo 7-5-0-14 55:54, 5. Cortland 4-7-0-8 55:83, 6. Geneseo 4-7-0-8 44:57, 7. Potsdam 1-10-0-2 38:77, 8. Brockport 1-12-0-2 40:111 † indicates conference regular season champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Augsburg † | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 0 | |||||
Gustavus Adolphus | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 0 | |||||
Saint John's | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | |||||
St. Thomas | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | |||||
Hamline | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0 | |||||
Concordia (MN) | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0 | |||||
Saint Mary's | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 0 | |||||
St. Olaf | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 0 | |||||
† indicates conference regular season champion |
1978 NCAA tournament
[edit]Semifinals March 16–17 | National championship March 18 | ||||||||
W1 | Mankato State | 1 | |||||||
E2 | Merrimack | 6 | |||||||
E2 | Merrimack | 12 | |||||||
W2 | Lake Forest | 2 | |||||||
E1 | Elmira | 1 | |||||||
W2 | Lake Forest | 4 | Third-place game | ||||||
W1 | Mankato State | 5 | |||||||
E1 | Elmira | 3 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1978 NHL Amateur Draft
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
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9 | 153 | Craig MacTavish | Lowell | ECAC 2 | Boston Bruins |
18 | 230 | Bob Magnuson | Merrimack | ECAC 2 | Montreal Canadiens |
† incoming freshman
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Bowdoin College Men's Hockey History" (PDF). Bowdoin Polar Bears. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ^ "Plattsburgh Ice Hockey Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Plattsburgh Cardinals. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ "NCAA Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- ^ "1978 NHL Amateur Draft". Hockey DB. Retrieved October 25, 2023.