1979 NAIA ice hockey championship
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{{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
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060621235604/http://naia.cstv.com/genrel/090905aai.html NAIA ice hockey]
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