1979 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 32nd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 24, 1979, and concluded with Minnesota defeating North Dakota 4-3. The first round game was held at the home team venue while all succeeding games were played at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan.
==Qualifying teams==
The NCAA gave four teams automatic bids into the tournament. The two ECAC teams that reached the ECAC tournament final received bids as did the two WCHA co-champions. The NCAA also had the ability to add up to 4 additional teams as it saw fit and chose to include the CCHA tournament champion as well.
East	East 	East 	East 	East 	East 	East 	West 	West 	West 	West 	West 	West 	West
Seed	School 	Conference 	Record	Berth type 	Appearance	Last bid	Seed 	School 	Conference	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance	Last bid
1 	New Hampshire	ECAC Hockey	22–8–3	Tournament champion	2nd 	1977 	1 	North Dakota 	WCHA 	29–10–1 	Tournament co-champion	7th 	1968
2 	Dartmouth 	ECAC Hockey	18–8–2	Tournament finalist	3rd 	1949 	2 	Minnesota 	WCHA 	29–11–1 	Tournament co-champion	8th 	1976
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	At-Large	At-Large 	At-Large 	At-Large	At-Large 	At-Large 	At-Large
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Seed 	School 	Conference	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance	Last bid
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	A 	Bowling Green	CCHA 	37–5–2 	Tournament champion 	3rd 	1978
==Format==
The four automatic qualifiers were seeded according to pre-tournament finish. The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA co-champion that finished highest in the regular season was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. Because an at-large bid was offered to a western school they were placed in a first round game with the second western seed to determine the final semifinalist. The first round game was played at the home venue of the second seed while all succeeding games were played at the Olympia in Detroit, Michigan. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.
==Tournament Bracket==
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
===First Round===
====(W2) Minnesota vs. (A) Bowling Green====
===Semifinal===
====(E1) New Hampshire vs. (W2) Minnesota====
====(W1) North Dakota vs. (E2) Dartmouth====
===Third Place Game===
====(E1) New Hampshire vs. (E2) Dartmouth====
===National Championship===
====(W1) North Dakota vs. (W2) Minnesota====
==All-Tournament Team==
*G: Steve Janaszak* (Minnesota)
*D: Mike Ramsey (Minnesota)
*D: Howard Walker (North Dakota)
*F: Steve Christoff (Minnesota)
*F: Eric Strobel (Minnesota)
*F: Mark Taylor (North Dakota)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
==See also==
*1979 Frozen Four
==References==
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