1978–79 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
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The 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1978 and concluded with the 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 24, 1979 at the
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in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 85th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.


Regular season


Season tournaments


Standings


1979 NCAA Tournament

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


Player stats


Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season. ''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes''


Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in
goals against average Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on s ...
at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes. ''GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% =
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; GAA = Goals against average''


Awards


NCAA


CCHA


ECAC


WCHA


See also

*
1978–79 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season The 1978–79 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season began in November 1978 and concluded on March 17 of the following year. This was the 15th season of second-tier college ice hockey. Regular season Season tournaments Standings 1979 N ...
* 1978–79 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season


References


External links


College Hockey Historical Archives1978–79 NCAA Standings
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