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1979 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 1979 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 20th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 6 and March 11, 1979. 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 1979 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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Bracket[edit]

^[6] Teams are reseeded after the first round

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round[edit]

(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Colorado College[edit]

(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Michigan Tech[edit]

(3) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (6) Denver[edit]

(4) Wisconsin vs. (5) Notre Dame[edit]

Second round[edit]

(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Wisconsin[edit]

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Minnesota-Duluth[edit]

Tournament awards[edit]

None

See also[edit]

• Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• WCHA.com
• 1978–79 WCHA Standings
• 1978–79 NCAA Standings
• 2013–14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide
• 2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide^{[permanent dead link]}
• 2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
• 2012–13 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Media Guide
• 2013–14 North Dakota Hockey Media Guide
• 2008–09 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Media Guide; History Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
• 2003–04 Wisconsin Badgers Media Guide