1983–84 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
1983–84 NCAA men's ice hockey season | |||||
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Duration | October 1983– March 24, 1984 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1984 | ||||
National championship | 1980 Olympic Arena Lake Placid, New York | ||||
NCAA champion | Bowling Green | ||||
Hobey Baker Award | Tom Kurvers (Minnesota–Duluth) | ||||
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The 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1983 and concluded with the 1984 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 24, 1984 at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York. This was the 37th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 89th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
Notre Dame demoted their program to club status for this season but returned to the Division I ranks the following year.
Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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Battle Creek Tournament | October 14–15 | 4 | Western Michigan |
RIT Invitational | November 4–5 | 4 | Wilfrid Laurier |
Empire Cup | November 25–26 | 4 | Rensselaer |
Minnesota–Duluth Holiday Classic | December 28–30 | 4 | Boston College |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Michigan State |
KeyBank Tournament | December 29–30 | 4 | Bowling Green |
Syracuse Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Colgate |
Auld Lang Syne Classic | December 30–31 | 4 | New Hampshire |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 30–31 | 4 | Rensselaer |
First Interstate Classic | January 5–8 | 8 | North Dakota |
Phoenix Mutual Classic | January 6–7 | 4 | Colgate |
Beanpot | February 6, 13 | 4 | Northeastern |
Standings
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Bowling Green† | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .821 | 146 | 95 | 44 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 228 | 146 | |
Ohio State | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | .700 | 155 | 96 | 41 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 212 | 133 | |
Michigan State* | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | .700 | 162 | 90 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 241 | 129 | |
Northern Michigan | 30 | 16 | 14 | 0 | .533 | 126 | 118 | 40 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 155 | 161 | |
Western Michigan | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | .482 | 125 | 114 | 42 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 187 | 168 | |
Michigan Tech | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0 | .467 | 123 | 128 | 41 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 160 | 167 | |
Ferris State | 30 | 13 | 15 | 2 | .467 | 128 | 138 | 41 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 184 | 184 | |
Lake Superior State | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | .417 | 103 | 127 | 40 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 152 | 176 | |
Michigan | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | .383 | 105 | 148 | 37 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 134 | 179 | |
Miami | 30 | 10 | 20 | 0 | .333 | 116 | 156 | 37 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 149 | 188 | |
Illinois-Chicago | 28 | 5 | 22 | 1 | .196 | 83 | 162 | 35 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 106 | 221 | |
Championship: Michigan State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
East Region | ||||||||||||||
Boston College | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 88 | 72 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 175 | 141 | |
Boston University | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 75 | 63 | 40 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 167 | 120 | |
New Hampshire | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 94 | 73 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 169 | 139 | |
Providence | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | .619 | 84 | 78 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 143 | 122 | |
Northeastern | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .500 | 104 | 97 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 144 | 124 | |
Maine | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | .333 | 75 | 109 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 130 | 161 | |
West Region | ||||||||||||||
Rensselaer†* | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 117 | 53 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 218 | 113 | |
Clarkson | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 97 | 63 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 156 | 110 | |
Colgate | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .525 | 83 | 89 | 35 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 171 | 149 | |
St. Lawrence | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .500 | 108 | 80 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 175 | 126 | |
Vermont | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | .325 | 89 | 97 | 29 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 127 | 132 | |
Ivy Region | ||||||||||||||
Harvard | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .524 | 68 | 61 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 84 | 90 | |
Yale | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .500 | 76 | 73 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 91 | 92 | |
Cornell | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 83 | 94 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 106 | 113 | |
Brown | 21 | 5 | 15 | 1 | .262 | 59 | 109 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 70 | 135 | |
Princeton | 21 | 5 | 15 | 1 | .262 | 81 | 103 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 101 | 126 | |
Dartmouth | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .143 | 58 | 119 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 71 | 148 | |
Independent | ||||||||||||||
Army^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 241 | 104 | |
Lowell^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 138 | 164 | |
Championship: Rensselaer † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Both Army and Lowell had been accepted into ECAC Hockey but had not begun a conference schedule |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 26 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 109 | 131 | |
Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0 | |||
Northern Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 27 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 172 | 97 | |
US International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 36 | 4 | 31 | 1 | |||
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Minnesota-Duluth†* | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 138 | 85 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 216 | 140 | |
North Dakota | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 117 | 82 | 45 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 204 | 145 | |
Minnesota | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 106 | 97 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 190 | 154 | |
Wisconsin | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 105 | 107 | 39 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 182 | 168 | |
Denver | 26 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 119 | 152 | 39 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 182 | 203 | |
Colorado College | 26 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 77 | 139 | 35 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 109 | 168 | |
Championship: Minnesota-Duluth † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1984 NCAA Tournament
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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 |
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Paul Pooley | Senior | Ohio State | 42 | 32 | 64 | 96 | 38 |
Dan Dorion | Sophomore | Western Michigan | 42 | 41 | 50 | 91 | 42 |
Bill Watson | Sophomore | Minnesota−Duluth | 40 | 35 | 51 | 86 | 12 |
Adam Oates | Sophomore | Rensselaer | 38 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 15 |
Mike Symes | Junior | Army | 32 | 38 | 45 | 82 | - |
Perry Pooley | Senior | Ohio State | 41 | 39 | 40 | 79 | 28 |
Tom Kurvers | Senior | Minnesota−Duluth | 43 | 18 | 58 | 76 | 46 |
John Carter | Sophomore | Rensselaer | 38 | 35 | 39 | 74 | 52 |
Biff Shea | Junior | Army | 34 | 29 | 45 | 74 | - |
Greg Adams | Sophomore | Northern Arizona | 26 | 44 | 29 | 73 | 24 |
Randy Merrifield | Senior | Ferris State | 41 | 20 | 53 | 73 | 14 |
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 |
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Norm Foster | Freshman | Michigan State | 32 | 1815 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 83 | 1 | .898 | 2.74 |
Bob Essensa | Freshman | Michigan State | 17 | 946 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 2 | .891 | 2.79 |
John Dougan | Junior | Ohio State | 27 | 1495 | 18 | - | - | 71 | - | .897 | 2.85 |
Gary Kruzich | Freshman | Bowling Green | 28 | - | 21 | 5 | 2 | - | - | .896 | 2.87 |
Brian Jopling | Freshman | Rensselaer | 15 | 457 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | .882 | 2.89 |
Mike Schwalb | Freshman | Yale | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .899 | 2.91 |
Cleon Daskalakis | Senior | Boston University | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .911 | 2.92 |
Daren Puppa | Freshman | Rensselaer | 32 | 1816 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 0 | .900 | 2.94 |
Ron Benton | Senior | Alaska−Anchorage | - | 973 | 13 | - | - | 48 | 1 | .897 | 2.96 |
Rick Kosti | Freshman | Minnesota−Duluth | 38 | 2347 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 119 | 0 | .898 | 3.04 |
Awards
NCAA
CCHA
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WCHA
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See Also
References
- ^ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". CCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^ "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ a b "1983-84 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.