The 1981 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 34th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 19 and 27, 1981, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Minnesota 6-3. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues while all succeeding games were played at the Duluth Arena in Duluth, Minnesota.
1981 was the first year that the tournament guaranteed 8 teams to be selected for the championship as opposed the policy put in place in 1977 that gave the selection committee the ability to choose up to 4 additional teams at its discretion (two was the maximum the committee ever choose).
The NCAA permitted 8 teams to qualify for the tournament, four from each region (East and West). From the east the ECAC tournament champion and the regular season champions from the two ECAC divisions that did not contain the ECAC champion received automatic bids into the tournament with a fourth at-large bid going to one eastern team. From the west the two WCHA tournament co-champions and the CCHA tournament champion received automatic bids with a fourth at-large bid going to one western team.
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking. In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Duluth Arena and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game.
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The 1981 NCAA Division I men s ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1980 81 NCAA Division I men s ice hockey season the 34th such tournament in NCAA history It was held between March 19 and 27 1981 and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Minnesota 6 3 All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues while all succeeding games were played at the Duluth Arena in Duluth Minnesota 1981 NCAA Division I men s ice hockey tournamentTeams8Finals siteDuluth ArenaDuluth MinnesotaChampionsWisconsin Badgers 3rd title Runner upMinnesota Golden Gophers 8th title game SemifinalistsMichigan Tech Huskies 10th Frozen Four Northern Michigan Wildcats 2nd Frozen Four Winning coachBob Johnson 3rd title MOPMarc Behrend Wisconsin 1980 NCAA Division I men s ice hockey tournaments 1982 1981 was the first year that the tournament guaranteed 8 teams to be selected for the championship as opposed the policy put in place in 1977 that gave the selection committee the ability to choose up to 4 additional teams at its discretion two was the maximum the committee ever choose Contents 1 Qualifying teams 2 Format 3 Tournament bracket 3 1 Quarterfinals 3 1 1 E1 Clarkson vs W4 Wisconsin 3 1 2 E2 Providence vs W3 Michigan Tech 3 1 3 W1 Minnesota vs E4 Colgate 3 1 4 W2 Northern Michigan vs E3 Cornell 3 2 Semifinal 3 2 1 W1 Minnesota vs W3 Michigan Tech 3 2 2 W2 Northern Michigan vs W4 Wisconsin 3 3 Third place game 3 3 1 W2 Northern Michigan vs W3 Michigan Tech 3 4 National Championship 3 4 1 W1 Minnesota vs W4 Wisconsin 4 All Tournament Team 5 ReferencesQualifying teams editThe NCAA permitted 8 teams to qualify for the tournament four from each region East and West From the east the ECAC tournament champion and the regular season champions from the two ECAC divisions that did not contain the ECAC champion received automatic bids into the tournament with a fourth at large bid going to one eastern team From the west the two WCHA tournament co champions and the CCHA tournament champion received automatic bids with a fourth at large bid going to one western team East WestSeed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid1 Clarkson ECAC Hockey 26 6 3 Division champion 7th 1970 1 Minnesota WCHA 30 11 0 Tournament co champion 10th 19802 Providence ECAC Hockey 17 13 1 Tournament champion 3rd 1978 2 Northern Michigan CCHA 26 11 3 Tournament champion 2nd 19803 Cornell ECAC Hockey 18 10 1 Division champion 8th 1980 3 Michigan Tech WCHA 26 13 1 Tournament co champion 10th 19764 Colgate ECAC Hockey 21 10 2 At large bid 1st Never 4 Wisconsin WCHA 24 14 0 At large bid 6th 1978 1 Format editThe tournament featured three rounds of play The two odd number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even number ranked teams of the other region The teams were then seeded according to their ranking In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Duluth Arena and all series became Single game eliminations The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game Tournament bracket edit 2 QuarterfinalsMarch 19 21SemifinalsMarch 25 26National championshipMarch 27 E1Clarkson268W4Wisconsin369W4Wisconsin5W2Northern Michigan1W2Northern Michigan7310E3Cornell347W4Wisconsin6W1Minnesota3W1Minnesota9514E4Colgate448W1Minnesota7Third place gameW3Michigan Tech2E2Providence358W2Northern Michigan2W3Michigan Tech7613W3Michigan Tech5Note denotes overtime period s Quarterfinals edit E1 Clarkson vs W4 Wisconsin edit March 20 Clarkson 2 3 Wisconsin Walker ArenaMarch 21 Clarkson 6 6 Wisconsin Walker ArenaWisconsin won series 9 8 E2 Providence vs W3 Michigan Tech edit March 20 Providence 3 7 Michigan Tech Schneider ArenaMarch 21 Providence 5 6 Michigan Tech Schneider ArenaMichigan Tech won series 13 8 W1 Minnesota vs E4 Colgate edit March 20 Minnesota 9 4 Colgate Williams ArenaMarch 21 Minnesota 5 4 Colgate Williams ArenaMinnesota won series 14 8 W2 Northern Michigan vs E3 Cornell edit March 20 Northern Michigan 7 3 Cornell Lakeview ArenaMarch 21 Northern Michigan 3 4 Cornell Lakeview ArenaNorthern Michigan won series 10 7 Semifinal edit W1 Minnesota vs W3 Michigan Tech edit March 26 Minnesota 7 2 Michigan Tech Duluth Arena W2 Northern Michigan vs W4 Wisconsin edit March 27 Northern Michigan 1 5 Wisconsin Duluth Arena Third place game edit W2 Northern Michigan vs W3 Michigan Tech edit March 28 Northern Michigan 2 5 Michigan Tech Duluth Arena National Championship edit W1 Minnesota vs W4 Wisconsin edit March 28 3 Minnesota 3 6 Wisconsin Duluth Arena Scoring summaryPeriod Team Goal Assist s Time Score1st WIS Dan Gorowsky Newberry and Vincent 9 24 1 0 WISWIS John Newberry PP Vincent and Welsh 14 49 2 0 WISWIS Ed Lebler Ethier 19 49 3 0 WIS2nd WIS Ted Pearson GW Lebler and Newberry 29 23 4 0 WISMIN Butsy Erickson Ulseth and Knoke 32 37 4 1 WISWIS John Newberry PP S Lecy and Vincent 34 27 5 1 WIS3rd MIN Mike Knoke PP Jensen and A Broten 40 10 5 2 WISMIN Butsy Erickson PP Hartzell and A Broten 56 09 5 3 WISWIS Ed Lebler EN Driver 58 40 6 3 WISPenalty summaryPeriod Team Player Penalty Time PIM1st WIS John Newberry Roughing 0 28 2 00MIN Dave Jensen Roughing 0 28 2 00WIS Bruce Driver Hooking 4 14 2 00WIS Pat Ethier Interference 9 35 2 00WIS Brian Mullen Charging 10 11 2 00MIN Neal Broten Cross Checking 10 11 2 00WIS Jay McFarlane Charging 11 58 2 00MIN Paul Butters Interference 14 15 2 002nd WIS Theran Welsh Holding 25 48 2 00WIS Pete Johnson Hooking 30 31 2 00MIN Scott Bjugstad High Sticking 32 51 2 00MIN Mike Meadows Roughing 35 28 2 00MIN Bob Bergloff Roughing 36 00 2 00WIS Pat Ethier Elbowing 38 15 2 003rd WIS Ted Pearson Hooking 45 21 2 00WIS Todd Lecy Interference 55 06 2 00Shots by periodTeam 1 2 3 TWisconsin 11 14 17 42Minnesota 8 10 15 33 GoaltendersTeam Name Saves Goals against Time on iceWIS Marc Behrend 30 3MIN Paul Butters 33 5MIN Jim Jetland 3 0All Tournament Team editG Marc Behrend Wisconsin D Mike Knoke Minnesota D Tim Watters Michigan Tech F Steve Bozek Northern Michigan F Aaron Broten Minnesota F John Newbery Wisconsin Most Outstanding Player s 4 5 References edit NCAA Division 1 Tournament College Hockey Historical Archives Archived from the original on July 4 2009 Retrieved June 19 2013 NCAA Tournament College Hockey Historical Archives Retrieved May 19 2013 1981 Championship Boxscore PDF Wisconsin Badgers Retrieved April 19 2018 NCAA Division I Awards College Hockey Historical Archives Retrieved July 17 2013 NCAA Frozen Four Records PDF NCAA org Archived PDF from the original on May 16 2012 Retrieved June 19 2013 Official 2008 NCAA Men s and Women s Ice Hockey Records Book PDF Indianapolis National Collegiate Athletic Association pp 54 58 ISSN 1089 0092 Retrieved 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