1981–82 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

The 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1981 and concluded with the 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 27, 1982 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. This was the 35th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 88th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Season Outlook

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Pre-season poll

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The top teams in the nation voted on by coaches before the start of the season. The poll was compiled by radio station WMPL.

WMPL Poll
Rank Team
1 Wisconsin
2 Minnesota
3 North Dakota
4 Michigan
5 Providence
6 Minnesota Duluth
7 Northern Michigan
8 Denver
9 Clarkson
10 Notre Dame

Regular season

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Season tournaments

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Tournament Dates Teams Champion
Empire Cup November 13–14 4 Clarkson
North Country Thanksgiving Festival November 26–28 3 Clarkson
Great Lakes Invitational December 29–30 4 Notre Dame
I Love New York Tournament December 29–30 4 Clarkson
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 29–30 4 St. Lawrence
Auld Lang Syne Classic December 30–31 4 Dartmouth
Jeno Holiday Tournament December 31–January 2 4 Lake Superior State
Beanpot February 1, 8 4 Boston University

Standings

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Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Bowling Green 28 20 7 1 41 164 105 42 27 13 2 235 163
Michigan State* 32 21 10 1 43 138 94 42 26 14 2 184 123
Michigan Tech 28 16 11 1 33 129 120 40 23 14 3 195 165
Notre Dame 30 15 13 2 32 139 130 40 23 15 2 199 168
Michigan 30 14 12 4 32 93 101 38 18 15 5 130 131
Ferris State 30 13 15 2 28 117 133 36 15 18 3 144 158
Lake Superior State 28 11 15 2 24 112 110 39 19 17 3 165 150
Northern Michigan 28 12 16 0 24 106 127 36 15 21 0 141 171
Western Michigan 30 11 18 1 23 129 150 34 14 19 1 141 164
Ohio State 28 10 17 1 21 107 132 34 16 17 1 158 150
Miami 28 9 18 1 19 100 132 36 16 19 1 163 153
Championship: Michigan State
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
East Region
Northeastern* 21 14 6 1 .690 125 89 36 25 9 2 212 140
New Hampshire 22 15 7 0 .682 116 91 36 22 14 0 176 159
Boston College 21 13 8 0 .619 85 79 30 19 11 0 131 105
Providence 21 13 8 0 .619 119 80 33 20 12 1 162 114
Boston University 22 9 10 3 .477 102 91 28 14 11 3 133 102
Maine 21 3 18 0 .143 67 155 29 8 21 0 113 189
West Region
Clarkson 20 15 4 1 .775 106 63 35 26 8 1 185 108
St. Lawrence 21 12 8 1 .595 88 74 31 19 11 1 152 116
Colgate 20 11 8 1 .575 96 77 30 19 10 1 177 109
Vermont 22 8 12 2 .409 95 115 29 11 16 2 133 153
Rensselaer 20 6 12 2 .350 76 96 29 9 18 2 110 135
Ivy Region
Harvard 21 11 8 2 .571 106 85 30 13 15 2 126 109
Yale 21 11 9 1 .548 77 76 26 15 10 1 113 93
Cornell 22 10 11 1 .477 92 80 26 12 13 1 107 91
Princeton 21 7 12 2 .381 81 103 26 9 14 3 105 124
Dartmouth 21 6 14 1 .310 85 119 26 10 15 1 113 140
Brown 21 6 15 0 .286 75 121 26 8 18 0 100 155
Independent
Army^ - - - - - - - 36 25 11 0 260 171
Championship: Northeastern
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ Army had been accepted into ECAC Hockey but had not begun a conference schedule
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Air Force 0 0 0 0 - - - 28 12 15 1 142 170
Illinois-Chicago 0 0 0 0 - - - 31 7 24 0
Kent State 0 0 0 0 - - - 29 12 17 0
Northern Arizona 0 0 0 0 - - - 24 6 18 0 94 148
US International 0 0 0 0 - - - 30 18 12 0
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
North Dakota 26 19 7 0 38 119 81 47 35 12 0 218 143
Wisconsin* 26 18 7 1 37 126 80 47 35 11 1 255 126
Minnesota 26 13 11 2 28 103 102 36 22 12 2 153 125
Denver 26 9 15 2 20 119 132 43 21 19 3 233 197
Minnesota-Duluth 26 9 16 1 19 114 141 40 16 21 3 192 201
Colorado College 26 6 18 2 14 105 150 36 11 23 2 152 196
Championship: Wisconsin
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Final regular season polls

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The final top 10 teams as ranked by coaches (WMPL) before the conference tournament finals.

WMPL Coaches Poll
Ranking Team
1 North Dakota
2 Clarkson
3 Wisconsin
4 Bowling Green State
5 Michigan State
6 New Hampshire
7 Michigan Tech
8 Minnesota
9 Northeastern
10 Denver

1982 NCAA Tournament

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Quarterfinals
March 19–21
Semifinals
March 25–26
National championship
March 27
           
E1 Northeastern 2 3*** 5
W4 Bowling Green 2 2 4
E1 Northeastern 2
W2 North Dakota 6
W2 North Dakota 5 2 7
E3 Clarkson 1 1 2
W2 North Dakota 5
W1 Wisconsin 2
W1 Wisconsin 6 4 10
E4 Harvard 1 3 4
W1 Wisconsin 5 Third-place game
E2 New Hampshire 0
E2 New Hampshire 3 6 9 E1 Northeastern 10
W3 Michigan State 2 2 4 E2 New Hampshire 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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Player stats

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Scoring leaders

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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
Ed Beers Senior Denver 42 50 34 84 59
Donald Fraser Junior Denver 43 26 57 83 40
Brian Hills Junior Bowling Green 41 34 47 81 41
George McPhee Senior Bowling Green 40 28 52 80 57
Ed Collazzo Sophomore Army 34 37 37 74 23
Scott Carlton Senior Minnesota−Duluth 40 30 44 74 23
Newell Brown Sophomore Michigan State 42 22 51 73 66
Jim Knowlton Junior Army 32 26 41 67 47
Mark Hamway Junior Michigan State 41 34 31 65 37
Gregg Moore Junior Minnesota−Duluth 40 31 34 65 10
John Newberry Sophomore Wisconsin 39 28 27 65 42

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Leading goaltenders

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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
Marc Behrend Junior Wisconsin 25 1502 21 3 1 65 2 .908 2.60
Terry Kleisinger Sophomore Wisconsin 22 1337 14 8 0 59 4 .910 2.65
Jon Casey Sophomore North Dakota 18 1038 15 3 0 48 1 .908 2.77
Ron Scott Sophomore Michigan State 39 2298 24 13 1 109 2 .901 2.85
Don Sylvestri Sophomore Clarkson 30 1782 22 6 1 87 2 .881 2.93
Darren Jensen Junior North Dakota 16 910 10 6 0 45 0 .892 2.96
Bill Switaj Junior Boston College 12 - - - - - 1 .890 2.97
James Jetland Senior Minnesota 12 636 7 4 1 32 0 .899 3.02
Peter Mason Senior Michigan 16 714 8 4 1 36 1 .928 3.03
Brian Hayward Senior Cornell 22 1249 11 10 1 66 0 .915 3.17
Gray Weicker Junior St. Lawrence 20 1134 12 4 1 60 1 .903 3.17

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Awards

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Round Pick Player College Conference NHL team
1 21 Patrick Flatley Wisconsin WCHA New York Islanders
2 26 Mike Anderson Minnesota WCHA Buffalo Sabres
2 29 Dave Reierson Michigan Tech CCHA Calgary Flames
2 32 Kent Carlson St. Lawrence ECAC Hockey Montreal Canadiens
2 33 David Maley Wisconsin WCHA Montreal Canadiens
2 40 Scott Sandelin North Dakota WCHA Montreal Canadiens
3 51 Jim Laing Clarkson ECAC Hockey Calgary Flames
3 56 Kevin Dineen Denver WCHA Hartford Whalers
3 57 Corey Millen Minnesota WCHA New York Rangers
3 59 Wally Chapman Minnesota WCHA Minnesota North Stars
3 61 Scott Harlow Boston College ECAC Hockey Montreal Canadiens
4 69 John DeVoe Notre Dame CCHA Montreal Canadiens
4 70 Bill Watson Minnesota–Duluth WCHA Chicago Black Hawks
4 74 Tom Martin Denver WCHA Winnipeg Jets
4 75 Dave Ellett Bowling Green CCHA Winnipeg Jets
4 78 Chris Jensen North Dakota WCHA New York Rangers
4 79 Jeff Hamilton Providence ECAC Hockey Buffalo Sabres
5 91 Brad Beck Michigan State CCHA Chicago Black Hawks
5 96 Tim Mishler North Dakota WCHA Winnipeg Jets
5 100 Bob Logan Yale ECAC Hockey Buffalo Sabres
5 101 Marty Wiitala Wisconsin WCHA Minnesota North Stars
5 103 Kevin Houle Boston College ECAC Hockey Montreal Canadiens
6 111 Jeff Parker Michigan State CCHA Buffalo Sabres
6 117 Ernie Vargas Wisconsin WCHA Montreal Canadiens
6 120 Tony Granato Wisconsin WCHA New York Rangers
6 122 Todd Carlile Michigan CCHA Minnesota North Stars
6 123 Bob Sweeney Boston College ECAC Hockey Boston Bruins
6 124 Mike Dark Rensselaer ECAC Hockey Montreal Canadiens
7 128 Greg Hudas Notre Dame CCHA Detroit Red Wings
7 129 Dominic Campedelli Boston College ECAC Hockey Montreal Canadiens
7 130 Jim Johannson Wisconsin WCHA Hartford Whalers
7 133 Jay Ness North Dakota WCHA Chicago Black Hawks
7 138 Derek Ray Clarkson ECAC Hockey Winnipeg Jets
7 147 John Tiano Boston University ECAC Hockey New York Islanders
8 150 Steve Smith St. Lawrence ECAC Hockey Montreal Canadiens
8 151 Mickey Krampotich North Dakota WCHA Whalers
8 155 Chris Delaney Boston College ECAC Hockey St. Louis Blues
8 158 Newell Brown Michigan State CCHA Vancouver Canucks
8 159 Guy Gosselin Minnesota–Duluth WCHA Winnipeg Jets
8 160 Brian Glynn Minnesota–Duluth WCHA New York Rangers
8 164 Paul Miller Minnesota WCHA Minnesota North Stars
8 167 Dean Clark Ferris State CCHA Edmonton Oilers
8 168 Todd Okerlund Minnesota WCHA New York Islanders
9 170 Gary Cullen Cornell ECAC Hockey Detroit Red Wings
9 176 Matt Christensen Minnesota–Duluth WCHA St. Louis Blues
9 177 Ted Pearson Wisconsin WCHA Calgary Flames
9 180 Tom Ward Minnesota WCHA Winnipeg Jets
9 183 Kelly Miller Michigan State CCHA New York Rangers
9 185 Pat Micheletti Minnesota WCHA Minnesota North Stars
9 187 Brian Williams North Dakota WCHA Montreal Canadiens
10 195 John Franzosa Brown ECAC Hockey Los Angeles Kings
10 197 John Shumski Rensselaer ECAC Hockey St. Louis Blues
10 203 Tom Allen Michigan Tech CCHA Philadelphia Flyers
10 204 Bob Lowes Michigan State CCHA New York Rangers
10 208 Bob Emery Boston College ECAC Hockey Montreal Canadiens
10 209 Grant Dion Denver WCHA Edmonton Oilers
10 210 Eric Faust Wisconsin WCHA New York Islanders
11 211 Scott Fusco Harvard ECAC Hockey New Jersey Devils
11 213 Tim Loven North Dakota WCHA Toronto Maple Leafs
11 216 Ray Shero St. Lawrence ECAC Hockey Los Angeles Kings
11 219 Richard Erdall Minnesota WCHA Calgary Flames
11 222 Bob Shaw Northern Michigan CCHA Winnipeg Jets
11 225 Andy Otto Clarkson ECAC Hockey New York Rangers
11 226 Jim Plankers Minnesota–Duluth WCHA Buffalo Sabres
11 227 Scott Knutson Minnesota WCHA Minnesota North Stars
11 229 Darren Acheson Yale ECAC Hockey Montreal Canadiens
11 231 Pat Goff Michigan CCHA New York Islanders
12 232 Dan Dorion Western Michigan CCHA New Jersey Devils
12 239 Pete Smith Maine ECAC Hockey St. Louis Blues
12 245 Mark Vichorek Lake Superior State CCHA Philadelphia Flyers
12 246 Dwayne Robinson New Hampshire ECAC Hockey New York Rangers
12 249 Bruno Campese Northern Michigan CCHA Boston Bruins
12 250 Bill Brauer Michigan CCHA Montreal Canadiens

† incoming freshman
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". CCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  5. ^ a b "1981-82 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  7. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  8. ^ "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  9. ^ "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  10. ^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  11. ^ "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  12. ^ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  13. ^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  14. ^ "1982 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey DB. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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