1979 NAIA ice hockey championship

{{Short description|none}}

{{Infobox tournament

| name = 1979 NAIA Ice Hockey Championship

| sport = ice hockey

| year = 1979

| image =

| caption =

| location = St. Paul, Minnesota

| start_date = February 23, 1979

| end_date = February 25, 1979

| established =

| administrator =

| tournament_format =

| host =

| venues = St. Paul Civic Center

| teams = 8

| purse =

| champion = Bemidji State

| runner-up1 = Concordia (Moorhead)

| runner-up2 =

| matches =

| points =

| tries =

| goals =

| attendance =

| noaverage = 1

| mvp =

| top_scorer =

| top_try_scorer =

| stat1_label = Winning coach

| stat1 = Bob Peters

| stat2_label =

| stat2 =

| previous = 1978

| next = 1980

}}

The 1979 NAIA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination bracket to determine the national champion of men's NAIA college ice hockey. The 1979 tournament was the 12th men's ice hockey tournament to be sponsored by the NAIA.{{cite web | url=http://history.vintagemnhockey.com/page/show/815020-bemidji-state-university-beavers-1947-present- | title=BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY BEAVERS (1947-PRESENT)| publisher=Vintage Minnesota Hockey |accessdate=2017-07-07}} The tournament began on February 23, 1979 and ended with the championship game on February 25, 1979.{{cite web | url=https://sites.google.com/site/naiahistoryandrecords/naia-hockey-championships | title=NAIA history and records| publisher= |accessdate=2017-07-07}}

Bracket

St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

{{8TeamBracket-with third

| RD1=First Round
February 23

| RD2=Semifinals
February 24

| RD3=National Championship
February 25

| score-width=25

| team-width=150

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1=Bemidji State

| RD1-score1=17

| RD1-seed2=8

| RD1-team2=St. Francis (Maine)

| RD1-score2=1

| RD1-seed3=4

| RD1-team3=Wisconsin-River Falls

| RD1-score3=4*

| RD1-seed4=5

| RD1-team4=Gustavus Adolphus

| RD1-score4=3

| RD1-seed5=2

| RD1-team5=Augsburg

| RD1-score5=3

| RD1-seed6=7

| RD1-team6=Concordia (Moorhead)

| RD1-score6=5

| RD1-seed7=3

| RD1-team7=St. Scholastica

| RD1-score7=6

| RD1-seed8=6

| RD1-team8=Wisconsin-Superior

| RD1-score8=4

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1=Bemidji State

| RD2-score1=7

| RD2-seed2=4

| RD2-team2=Wisconsin-River Falls

| RD2-score2=5

| RD2-seed3=3

| RD2-team3=St. Scholastica

| RD2-score3=3

| RD2-seed4=7

| RD2-team4=Concordia (Moorhead)

| RD2-score4=6

| RD3-seed1=1

| RD3-team1=Bemidji State

| RD3-score1=5

| RD3-seed2=7

| RD3-team2=Concordia-Moorhead

| RD3-score2=1

| RD3-seed3=3

| RD3-team3=St. Scholastica

| RD3-score3=4

| RD3-seed4=4

| RD3-team4=Wisconsin-River Falls

| RD3-score4=2

}}

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

References