# 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

The 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1981 and concluded with the 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 27, 1982 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. This was the 35th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 88th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

## Season Outlook
### Pre-season poll

The top teams in the nation voted on by coaches before the start of the season. The poll was compiled by radio station WMPL.
WMPL Poll :
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Wisconsin |
| 2 | Minnesota |
| 3 | North Dakota |
| 4 | Michigan |
| 5 | Providence |
| 6 | Minnesota Duluth |
| 7 | Northern Michigan |
| 8 | Denver |
| 9 | Clarkson |
| 10 | Notre Dame |

## Regular season
### Season tournaments

| Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
| Empire Cup | November 13–14 | 4 | Clarkson |
| North Country Thanksgiving Festival | November 26–28 | 3 | Clarkson |
| Great Lakes Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Notre Dame |
| I Love New York Tournament | December 29–30 | 4 | Clarkson |
| Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 29–30 | 4 | St. Lawrence |
| Auld Lang Syne Classic | December 30–31 | 4 | Dartmouth |
| Jeno Holiday Tournament | December 31–January 2 | 4 | Lake Superior State |
| Beanpot | February 1, 8 | 4 | Boston University |

### Standings

1981–82 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Bowling Green† | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 164 | 105 | 42 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 235 | 163 |
| Michigan State* | 32 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 43 | 138 | 94 | 42 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 184 | 123 |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 129 | 120 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 195 | 165 |
| Notre Dame | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 139 | 130 | 40 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 199 | 168 |
| Michigan | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 32 | 93 | 101 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 130 | 131 |
| Ferris State | 30 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 117 | 133 | 36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 144 | 158 |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 112 | 110 | 39 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 165 | 150 |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 106 | 127 | 36 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 141 | 171 |
| Western Michigan | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 23 | 129 | 150 | 34 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 141 | 164 |
| Ohio State | 28 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 107 | 132 | 34 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 158 | 150 |
| Miami | 28 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 100 | 132 | 36 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 163 | 153 |
| Championship: Michigan State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||
1981–82 ECAC Hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| East Region |||||||||||||||
| Northeastern* | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | .690 | 125 | 89 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 212 | 140 |
| New Hampshire | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .682 | 116 | 91 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 176 | 159 |
| Boston College | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 85 | 79 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 131 | 105 |
| Providence | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 119 | 80 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 162 | 114 |
| Boston University | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | .477 | 102 | 91 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 133 | 102 |
| Maine | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .143 | 67 | 155 | 29 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 113 | 189 |
| West Region |||||||||||||||
| Clarkson† | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .775 | 106 | 63 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 185 | 108 |
| St. Lawrence | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | .595 | 88 | 74 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 152 | 116 |
| Colgate | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .575 | 96 | 77 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 177 | 109 |
| Vermont | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | .409 | 95 | 115 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 133 | 153 |
| Rensselaer | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | .350 | 76 | 96 | 29 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 110 | 135 |
| Ivy Region |||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .571 | 106 | 85 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 126 | 109 |
| Yale | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | .548 | 77 | 76 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 113 | 93 |
| Cornell | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .477 | 92 | 80 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 107 | 91 |
| Princeton | 21 | 7 | 12 | 2 | .381 | 81 | 103 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 105 | 124 |
| Dartmouth | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | .310 | 85 | 119 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 113 | 140 |
| Brown | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | .286 | 75 | 121 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 100 | 155 |
| Independent |||||||||||||||
| Army^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 260 | 171 |
| Championship: Northeastern † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Army had been accepted into ECAC Hockey but had not begun a conference schedule |||||||||||||||
1981–82 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 142 | 170 |
| Illinois-Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 31 | 7 | 24 | 0 | | |
| Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 29 | 12 | 17 | 0 | | |
| Northern Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 94 | 148 |
| US International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 30 | 18 | 12 | 0 | | |
1981–82 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| North Dakota† | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 119 | 81 | 47 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 218 | 143 |
| Wisconsin* | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 126 | 80 | 47 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 255 | 126 |
| Minnesota | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 103 | 102 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 153 | 125 |
| Denver | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 119 | 132 | 43 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 233 | 197 |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 26 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 114 | 141 | 40 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 192 | 201 |
| Colorado College | 26 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 105 | 150 | 36 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 152 | 196 |
| Championship: Wisconsin † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||

### Final regular season polls

The final top 10 teams as ranked by coaches (WMPL) before the conference tournament finals.
WMPL Coaches Poll :
| Ranking | Team |
| 1 | North Dakota |
| 2 | Clarkson |
| 3 | Wisconsin |
| 4 | Bowling Green State |
| 5 | Michigan State |
| 6 | New Hampshire |
| 7 | Michigan Tech |
| 8 | Minnesota |
| 9 | Northeastern |
| 10 | Denver |

## 1982 NCAA Tournament

| Quarterfinals March 19–21 | Quarterfinals March 19–21 | Quarterfinals March 19–21 | Quarterfinals March 19–21 | Quarterfinals March 19–21 | Semifinals March 25–26 | Semifinals March 25–26 | Semifinals March 25–26 | National championship March 27 | National championship March 27 | National championship March 27 |
| E1 | Northeastern | 2 | 3*** | 5 | | | | | | |
| W4 | Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | |
| W4 | Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 4 | E1 | Northeastern | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | W2 | North Dakota | 6 | | | |
| W2 | North Dakota | 5 | 2 | 7 | W2 | North Dakota | 6 | | | |
| E3 | Clarkson | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Clarkson | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | W2 | North Dakota | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | W1 | Wisconsin | 2 |
| W1 | Wisconsin | 6 | 4 | 10 | | | | | | | W1 | Wisconsin | 2 |
| E4 | Harvard | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | |
| E4 | Harvard | 1 | 3 | 4 | W1 | Wisconsin | 5 | Third-place game | Third-place game | Third-place game |
| | | | | | E2 | New Hampshire | 0 |
| E2 | New Hampshire | 3 | 6 | 9 | E2 | New Hampshire | 0 | E1 | Northeastern | 10 |
| W3 | Michigan State | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | E2 | New Hampshire | 4 |
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
| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ed Beers | Senior | Denver | 42 | 50 | 34 | 84 | 59 |
| Donald Fraser | Junior | Denver | 43 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 40 |
| Brian Hills | Junior | Bowling Green | 41 | 34 | 47 | 81 | 41 |
| George McPhee | Senior | Bowling Green | 40 | 28 | 52 | 80 | 57 |
| Ed Collazzo | Sophomore | Army | 34 | 37 | 37 | 74 | 23 |
| Scott Carlton | Senior | Minnesota−Duluth | 40 | 30 | 44 | 74 | 23 |
| Newell Brown | Sophomore | Michigan State | 42 | 22 | 51 | 73 | 66 |
| Jim Knowlton | Junior | Army | 32 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 47 |
| Mark Hamway | Junior | Michigan State | 41 | 34 | 31 | 65 | 37 |
| Gregg Moore | Junior | Minnesota−Duluth | 40 | 31 | 34 | 65 | 10 |
| John Newberry | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 39 | 28 | 27 | 65 | 42 |

### Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average 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% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Marc Behrend | Junior | Wisconsin | 25 | 1502 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 2 | .908 | 2.60 |
| Terry Kleisinger | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 22 | 1337 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 59 | 4 | .910 | 2.65 |
| Jon Casey | Sophomore | North Dakota | 18 | 1038 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 1 | .908 | 2.77 |
| Ron Scott | Sophomore | Michigan State | 39 | 2298 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 109 | 2 | .901 | 2.85 |
| Don Sylvestri | Sophomore | Clarkson | 30 | 1782 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 87 | 2 | .881 | 2.93 |
| Darren Jensen | Junior | North Dakota | 16 | 910 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 0 | .892 | 2.96 |
| Bill Switaj | Junior | Boston College | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | .890 | 2.97 |
| James Jetland | Senior | Minnesota | 12 | 636 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 0 | .899 | 3.02 |
| Peter Mason | Senior | Michigan | 16 | 714 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 1 | .928 | 3.03 |
| Brian Hayward | Senior | Cornell | 22 | 1249 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 66 | 0 | .915 | 3.17 |
| Gray Weicker | Junior | St. Lawrence | 20 | 1134 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 60 | 1 | .903 | 3.17 |

## 1982 NHL Entry Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
| 1 | 21 | Patrick Flatley | Wisconsin | WCHA | New York Islanders |
| 2 | 26 | Mike Anderson $^†$ | Minnesota | WCHA | Buffalo Sabres |
| 2 | 29 | Dave Reierson $^†$ | Michigan Tech | CCHA | Calgary Flames |
| 2 | 32 | Kent Carlson | St. Lawrence | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 2 | 33 | David Maley $^†$ | Wisconsin | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
| 2 | 40 | Scott Sandelin $^†$ | North Dakota | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
| 3 | 51 | Jim Laing | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Calgary Flames |
| 3 | 56 | Kevin Dineen | Denver | WCHA | Hartford Whalers |
| 3 | 57 | Corey Millen $^†$ | Minnesota | WCHA | New York Rangers |
| 3 | 59 | Wally Chapman $^†$ | Minnesota | WCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
| 3 | 61 | Scott Harlow $^†$ | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 4 | 69 | John DeVoe $^†$ | Notre Dame | CCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
| 4 | 70 | Bill Watson $^†$ | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 4 | 74 | Tom Martin $^†$ | Denver | WCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
| 4 | 75 | Dave Ellett $^†$ | Bowling Green | CCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
| 4 | 78 | Chris Jensen $^†$ | North Dakota | WCHA | New York Rangers |
| 4 | 79 | Jeff Hamilton $^†$ | Providence | ECAC Hockey | Buffalo Sabres |
| 5 | 91 | Brad Beck $^†$ | Michigan State | CCHA | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 5 | 96 | Tim Mishler $^†$ | North Dakota | WCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
| 5 | 100 | Bob Logan $^†$ | Yale | ECAC Hockey | Buffalo Sabres |
| 5 | 101 | Marty Wiitala $^†$ | Wisconsin | WCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
| 5 | 103 | Kevin Houle | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 6 | 111 | Jeff Parker $^†$ | Michigan State | CCHA | Buffalo Sabres |
| 6 | 117 | Ernie Vargas $^†$ | Wisconsin | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
| 6 | 120 | Tony Granato $^†$ | Wisconsin | WCHA | New York Rangers |
| 6 | 122 | Todd Carlile $^†$ | Michigan | CCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
| 6 | 123 | Bob Sweeney $^†$ | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Boston Bruins |
| 6 | 124 | Mike Dark $^†$ | Rensselaer | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 7 | 128 | Greg Hudas $^†$ | Notre Dame | CCHA | Detroit Red Wings |
| 7 | 129 | Dominic Campedelli $^†$ | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 7 | 130 | Jim Johannson $^†$ | Wisconsin | WCHA | Hartford Whalers |
| 7 | 133 | Jay Ness $^†$ | North Dakota | WCHA | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 7 | 138 | Derek Ray $^†$ | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Winnipeg Jets |
| 7 | 147 | John Tiano $^†$ | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | New York Islanders |
| 8 | 150 | Steve Smith | St. Lawrence | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 8 | 151 | Mickey Krampotich $^†$ | North Dakota | WCHA | Whalers |
| 8 | 155 | Chris Delaney | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | St. Louis Blues |
| 8 | 158 | Newell Brown | Michigan State | CCHA | Vancouver Canucks |
| 8 | 159 | Guy Gosselin $^†$ | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
| 8 | 160 | Brian Glynn $^†$ | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | New York Rangers |
| 8 | 164 | Paul Miller $^†$ | Minnesota | WCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
| 8 | 167 | Dean Clark $^†$ | Ferris State | CCHA | Edmonton Oilers |
| 8 | 168 | Todd Okerlund $^†$ | Minnesota | WCHA | New York Islanders |
| 9 | 170 | Gary Cullen | Cornell | ECAC Hockey | Detroit Red Wings |
| 9 | 176 | Matt Christensen $^†$ | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | St. Louis Blues |
| 9 | 177 | Ted Pearson | Wisconsin | WCHA | Calgary Flames |
| 9 | 180 | Tom Ward $^†$ | Minnesota | WCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
| 9 | 183 | Kelly Miller | Michigan State | CCHA | New York Rangers |
| 9 | 185 | Pat Micheletti $^†$ | Minnesota | WCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
| 9 | 187 | Brian Williams $^†$ | North Dakota | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
| 10 | 195 | John Franzosa $^†$ | Brown | ECAC Hockey | Los Angeles Kings |
| 10 | 197 | John Shumski | Rensselaer | ECAC Hockey | St. Louis Blues |
| 10 | 203 | Tom Allen | Michigan Tech | CCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 10 | 204 | Bob Lowes $^†$ | Michigan State | CCHA | New York Rangers |
| 10 | 208 | Bob Emery $^†$ | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 10 | 209 | Grant Dion $^†$ | Denver | WCHA | Edmonton Oilers |
| 10 | 210 | Eric Faust $^†$ | Wisconsin | WCHA | New York Islanders |
| 11 | 211 | Scott Fusco | Harvard | ECAC Hockey | New Jersey Devils |
| 11 | 213 | Tim Loven $^†$ | North Dakota | WCHA | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 11 | 216 | Ray Shero | St. Lawrence | ECAC Hockey | Los Angeles Kings |
| 11 | 219 | Richard Erdall | Minnesota | WCHA | Calgary Flames |
| 11 | 222 | Bob Shaw $^†$ | Northern Michigan | CCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
| 11 | 225 | Andy Otto $^†$ | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
| 11 | 226 | Jim Plankers $^†$ | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | Buffalo Sabres |
| 11 | 227 | Scott Knutson $^†$ | Minnesota | WCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
| 11 | 229 | Darren Acheson $^†$ | Yale | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 11 | 231 | Pat Goff $^†$ | Michigan | CCHA | New York Islanders |
| 12 | 232 | Dan Dorion $^†$ | Western Michigan | CCHA | New Jersey Devils |
| 12 | 239 | Pete Smith | Maine | ECAC Hockey | St. Louis Blues |
| 12 | 245 | Mark Vichorek $^†$ | Lake Superior State | CCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 12 | 246 | Dwayne Robinson | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
| 12 | 249 | Bruno Campese | Northern Michigan | CCHA | Boston Bruins |
| 12 | 250 | Bill Brauer $^†$ | Michigan | CCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
† incoming freshman