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1983–84 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season

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The 1983–84 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season began in November 1983 and concluded on March 18 of the following year. This was the 20th season of second-tier college ice hockey.

The majority of programs that had been playing at the Division II level came from Division III schools but continued to play at a higher level because the NCAA did not hold a National Division III Tournament. That changed for the 1983–84 season and with the institution of the new championship all of the Division III schools dropped down to their normal level. This left scant few teams at the Division II level and when it became apparent that the NCAA could not hold a national tournament for so few programs they decided to shutter the D-II championship after the 1984 playoff.

As a swan song for the Division II level, Bemidji State produced only the second undefeated championship season in NCAA history (the other being Cornell in 1970).

Regular season

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Season tournaments

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Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Geneseo Tournament November 4–5 4 Westfield State
Oswego Tournament November 4–5 4 Guelph
RIT Tournament November 4–5 4 Wilfrid Laurier
Granite State Invitational November 12–13 4 New England College
Merrimack Thanksgiving Tournament November 19–20 4 New England College
Williams Invitational November 25–26 4 Connecticut
Cardinal Classic December 2–3 4 RIT
Crusader Classic December 10–11 4
Codfish Bowl December 28–30 4 Massachusetts–Boston
Salem State Tournament January 4–5 4
Blue-Gold Tournament January 6–7 4 Merrimack

Standings

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Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
East Region
Babson * 19 16 3 1 .825 33 27 5 1 184 77
Bowdoin 16 12 3 1 .781 26 19 6 1
New England College 24 16 6 2 .708 27 16 8 3
Norwich 21 14 7 0 .667 124 76 26 17 9 0 153 96
Merrimack 20 10 10 0 .500 93 86 32 13 19 0 125 154
Williams 17 8 8 1 .500 22 10 11 1
Salem State 24 10 11 3 .479 31 13 15 3
Colby 16 7 8 1 .469 21 7 13 1
Holy Cross 20 8 10 2 .450 28 10 15 3 115 132
Massachusetts–Boston 16 7 9 0 .438 65 82 27 16 11 0 151 123
Connecticut 20 7 13 0 .350 72 103 28 13 15 0 129 129
Middlebury 17 5 11 1 .324 47 68 23 10 12 1 85 85
Saint Anselm 19 6 13 0 .316 27 12 15 0 130 142
Westfield State 16 4 12 0 .250 25 11 14 0
American International 17 3 14 0 .176 26 10 16 0
West Region
RIT †* 24 22 2 0 .917 35 29 6 0 248 74
Oswego State 21 17 4 0 .810 32 21 11 0 189 138
Union 19 13 5 1 .711 31 19 11 1
Elmira 25 17 8 0 .680 26 17 8 1 127 77
North Adams State 25 15 8 2 .640 29 18 9 2
Potsdam State 25 14 10 1 .580 29 15 13 1
Plattsburgh State 25 14 11 0 .560 131 89 34 16 18 0 158 134
Hamilton 19 9 10 0 .474 24 9 15 0
Brockport State 21 8 12 1 .405 23 9 13 1 107 118
Geneseo State 23 9 14 0 .391 30 12 18 0
Buffalo 22 7 15 0 .318 24 7 16 1
Cortland State 21 6 15 0 .286 25 9 16 0
Canisius 19 2 16 1 .132 27 5 21 1 104 190
Hobart 18 2 16 0 .111 21 3 17 1
Championships: March 5, 1984
indicates division regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champions
Overall record
GP W L T GF GA
Alaska–Anchorage 30 23 6 1 151 92
Alaska–Fairbanks 29 22 7 0 - -
Lake Forest 25 13 11 1 128 112
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 23 2 21 0 - -
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pts GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Gustavus Adolphus 16 13 2 1 27 101 58 29 16 12 1 157 141
St. Thomas 16 13 3 0 26 101 61 31 19 10 2
Augsburg 16 10 6 0 20 94 63 35 21 13 1 200 161
Hamline 16 8 7 1 17 82 82 29 12 15 2
Bethel 16 6 10 0 12 67 72 26 11 14 1 115 127
Saint John's 16 6 10 0 12 66 81 27 10 17 0 120 152
St. Olaf 16 6 10 0 12 62 80 28 10 18 0 106 139
Saint Mary's 16 5 10 1 11 53 75 27 7 18 2 87 134
Concordia (MN) 16 3 12 1 7 69 113 26 4 21 1 106 190
indicates conference regular season champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pts GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Bemidji State 18 18 0 0 36 119 42 31 31 0 0 210 71
Wisconsin–River Falls 16 11 5 0 22 89 50 32 21 10 1 203 127
Mankato State 18 11 7 0 22 93 74 30 16 14 0 148 125
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 16 8 8 0 16 78 81 29 17 12 0 149 127
St. Cloud State 18 8 10 0 16 79 89 28 11 17 0 128 136
St. Scholastica 18 4 14 0 8 80 118 28 8 20 0 131 175
Wisconsin–Superior 16 0 16 0 0 32 112 30 9 21 0 94 167
indicates conference regular season champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pts GF GA GP W L T GF GA
RIT 18 17 1 0 34 147 30 35 29 6 0 248 74
Elmira 18 15 3 0 30 101 44 26 17 8 1 127 77
Oswego State 18 15 3 0 30 124 63 32 21 11 0 189 138
Brockport State 18 7 10 1 15 83 93 23 9 13 1 107 118
Canisius 18 2 15 1 5 59 126 27 5 21 1 104 190
Hobart 18 2 16 0 4 55 138 22 3 18 1 76 171
Buffalo 24 7 16 1
Cortland State
Geneseo State 30 12 18 0
Potsdam State 29 15 13 1
As of 2/3: 1. RIT 12-1-0, 2. Oswego 10-1-0, 3. Potsdam 9-5-0, 4. Elmira 8-2-0, 5. Buffalo 6-5-0, 6. Brockport 3-6-1, 7. Geneseo 3-6-0, 8. Cortland 2-8-0, 9. Hobart 1-10-0, 10. Canisius 0-10-0

indicates conference regular season champion

1984 NCAA Tournament

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Semifinals
March 10–12
National Championship
March 17–18
          
Bemidji State 9 4 13
Alaska–Fairbanks 6 2 8
Bemidji State 6 8 14
Merrimack 3 1 4
Merrimack 4 5 9
New Hampshire College 3 4 7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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1984 NHL Entry Draft

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Round Pick Player College Conference NHL team
8 155 Jim Vesey Merrimack ECAC 2 St. Louis Blues
12 230 Mark Ziliotto Merrimack ECAC 2 Pittsburgh Penguins
12 231 Chris Kiene Merrimack ECAC 2 New Jersey Devils

† incoming freshman
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  2. ^ "1984 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey DB. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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