# 1980–81 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season

The 1980–81 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey team represented Yale University in the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team is coached by Tim Taylor, his fifth season behind the bench at Yale. The Bulldogs play their home games at Ingalls Rink on the campus of Yale University, competing in the ECAC.
The Bulldogs posted a regular season record of 13 wins, 12 losses, and 1 tie. Despite finishing 2nd in the Ivy Region of the ECAC Conference, Yale didn't qualify for the postseason.

## Offseason

Five Senior Bulldogs graduated in May: Captain Gary Lawerence – F, Keith Allain – G, Steve Harrington – D, Wally Row – F, and Gavin Thurston – F
On June 11, forward Bob Brooke was drafted 75th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.
Senior defensemen Doug Tingey was named Captain for the 1980–81 season.

## 1980–81 Roster
### Departures from 1979–1980 team

* Gary Lawerence, F – Graduation
* Keith Allain, G – Graduation
* Steve Harrington, D – Graduation
* Wally Row, F – Graduation
* Gavin Thurston, F – Graduation

### Coaches

| Name | Position | Seasons Coaching at Yale University | Alma Mater |
| Tim Taylor | Head Coach | 5 | Harvard University (1963) |
| Bob Richardson | Assistant coach | 2 | Providence College (1975) |
| Ben Smith | Assistant coach | 4 | Harvard University (1968) |

### Staff

| Name | Position | Seasons Staffing at Yale University |
| Edward Maturo | Equipment Manager | 3 |
| Christopher Carosa | Student manager | 2 |

## Standings

1980–81 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 |||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .659 | 85 | 72 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 126 | 100 |
| Maine | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .571 | 101 | 93 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 197 | 147 |
| Northeastern | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .571 | 118 | 104 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 140 | 139 |
| Providence* | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | .568 | 106 | 90 | 33 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 165 | 143 |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .563 | 128 | 100 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 166 | 129 |
| Boston University | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | .455 | 87 | 88 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 115 | 116 |
| West Region |||||||||||||||
| Clarkson† | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 119 | 65 | 37 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 202 | 119 |
| Colgate | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | .625 | 99 | 84 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 194 | 150 |
| Rensselaer | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 98 | 83 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 158 | 118 |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | .432 | 77 | 87 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 137 | 126 |
| Vermont | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | .227 | 81 | 114 | 34 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 136 | 173 |
| Ivy Region |||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | .568 | 95 | 79 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 144 | 110 |
| Yale | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | .548 | 96 | 101 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 127 | 137 |
| Princeton | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 78 | 99 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 93 | 111 |
| Harvard | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | .405 | 79 | 98 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 103 | 119 |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | .364 | 87 | 115 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 100 | 138 |
| Brown | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | .159 | 67 | 125 | 26 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 83 | 144 |
| Independent |||||||||||||||
| Army^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 230 | 160 |
| Championship: Providence † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Army had been accepted into ECAC Hockey but had not begun a conference schedule |||||||||||||||

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent$^#$ | Site | Result | Record |
| Exhibition ||||||
| December 31 | Vasby-Sweden* | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | W 4–3 | 2–5–0 (1–2–0) |
| Regular Season ||||||
| November 25 | vs. Merrimack* | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | W 12–3 | 1–0–0 (0-0-0) |
| November 30 | at Colgate | Starr Arena • Hamilton, New York | L 3–8 | 1–1–0 (0–1–0) |
| December 6 | St. Lawrence | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | L 2–3 $^{OT}$ | 1–2–0 (0–2–0) |
| December 10 | at Boston University | Walter Brown Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | L 3–5 | 1–3–0 (0–3–0) |
| December 13 | at Princeton | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | W 5–2 | 2–3–0 (1–3–0) |
| December 28 | at Wisconsin* | Dane County Coliseum • Madison, Wisconsin | L 5–10 | 2–4–0 (1–3–0) |
| December 29 | at Wisconsin* | Dane County Coliseum • Madison, Wisconsin | L 1–12 | 2–5–0 (1–3–0) |
| January 2 | vs. Toronto* | New Haven Coliseum • New Haven, Connecticut (Yale Invitational) | L 3–6 | 2–6–0 (1–3–0) |
| January 3 | vs. Vermont* | New Haven Coliseum • New Haven, Connecticut (Yale Invitational) | W 7–2 | 3–6–0 (1–3–0) |
| January 6 | Clarkson | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | L 5–6 | 3–7–0 (1–4–0) |
| January 10 | Brown | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | W 8–6 | 4–7–0 (2–4–0) |
| January 17 | at Vermont | Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vermont | W 7–4 | 5–7–0 (3–4–0) |
| January 20 | at Boston College | McHugh Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | L 1–6 | 5–8–0 (3–5–0) |
| January 24 | at Dartmouth | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | W 5–4 $^{OT}$ | 6–8–0 (4–5–0) |
| January 27 | RPI | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | W 4–3 | 7–8–0 (5–5–0) |
| January 30 | Cornell | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | W 7–3 | 8–8–0 (6–5–0) |
| January 31 | Princeton | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | W 4–3 $^{OT}$ | 9–8–0 (7–5–0) |
| February 6 | at Maine | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | L 4–5 $^{OT}$ | 9–9–0 (7–6–0) |
| February 7 | at New Hampshire | Snively Arena • Durham, New Hampshire | L 2–12 | 9–10–0 (7–7–0) |
| February 14 | at Harvard | Bright Hockey Center • Allston, Massachusetts | L 2–6 | 9–11–0 (7–8–0) |
| February 17 | Northeastern | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | W 7–5 | 10–9–0 (8–8–0) |
| February 21 | Harvard | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | T 5–5 $^{OT}$ | 10–9–1 (8–8–1) |
| February 24 | at Brown | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island | W 6–4 | 11–9–1 (9–8–1) |
| February 27 | at Providence | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | W 4–3 | 12–9–1 (10–8–1) |
| March 4 | Dartmouth | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | W 10–3 | 13–9–1 (11–8–1) |
| March 7 | at Cornell | Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York | L 1–5 | 13–12–1 (11–9–1) |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. ||||||

## Statistics

| Player | POS | Age | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Bob Brooke | F | 19 | 27 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 59 |
| Joe Gagliardi | F | | 27 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 32 |
| Dan Poliziani | F | 21 | 26 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 14 |
| Dan Brugman | F | | 27 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 18 |
| Jim Murphy | F | | 27 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 18 |
| Ed Kilroy | F | | 27 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 56 |
| Mark Crerar | F | | 27 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 8 |
| Jim Steiner | F | | 27 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 16 |
| Paul Castraberti | F | | 14 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 |
| Bill Nichols | D | 19 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 |
| David Williams | F | | 27 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 14 |
| Matt Bohan | F | | 27 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 |
| John Meehan | D | 22 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
| Bill Thurston | D | | 27 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| Blair Wheeler | D | | 25 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 50 |
| Dave Tewksbury | D | | 27 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| George Minowada | F | | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Doug Tingey | D | | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| John Weber | D | | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Matt Baab | D | | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ted Lowe | G | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Tortorella | G | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Shaw | G | | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Rodrigues | G | | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Team | | 27 | 127 | 215 | 342 | 410 |