1983–84 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
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 90th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
1983–84 NCAA Division I 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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Notre Dame demoted their program to club status for this season but returned to the Division I ranks the following year.
Season Outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 10 teams as ranked by coaches. The coaches' poll was compiled by radio station WMPL before the start of the season.
After the season started, the media ranked the top 10 teams. The media's poll was compiled by the College Hockey Statistics Bureau (CHSB) and released by radio station WDOM.
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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 |
Final regular season polls
The final top 10 teams as ranked by coaches (WMPL) before the conference tournament finals.
The final media poll (CHSB/WDOM) was released after the conference tournament finals.
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1984 NCAA Tournament
Quarterfinals March 16–18 | Semifinals March 22–23 | National championship March 24 | ||||||||||||||
E1 | Rensselaer | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
W4 | North Dakota | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||||
W4 | North Dakota | 1 | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 2* | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Clarkson | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 4 | ||||||||||||||
W3 | Bowling Green | 5**** | ||||||||||||||
W1 | Michigan State | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Boston College | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Michigan State | 1 | Third-place game | |||||||||||||
W3 | Bowling Green | 2 | ||||||||||||||
E2 | Boston University | 6 | 1 | 7 | W1 | Michigan State | 5 | |||||||||
W3 | Bowling Green | 3 | 5*** | 8 | W4 | North Dakota | 6* |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
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 | 35 | 1972 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 96 | 1 | .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
ECAC
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WCHA
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1984 NHL Entry Draft
Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
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1 | 13 | David Quinn † | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | Minnesota North Stars |
3 | 46 | Ken Hodge Jr. † | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Minnesota North Stars |
4 | 74 | Paul Ysebaert † | Bowling Green | CCHA | New Jersey Devils |
5 | 92 | Scott Paluch † | Bowling Green | CCHA | St. Louis Blues |
5 | 98 | Clark Donatelli † | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
7 | 127 | Tom Ryan † | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | Pittsburgh Penguins |
9 | 173 | John Devereaux † | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Hartford Whalers |
9 | 182 | Ville Kentala † | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
10 | 190 | Mike Peluso † | Alaska–Anchorage | Independent | New Jersey Devils |
10 | 192 | David Buckley † | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Toronto Maple Leafs |
10 | 193 | Brent Regan | Bowling Green | CCHA | Hartford Whalers |
10 | 198 | Ed Lowney | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | Vancouver Canucks |
10 | 204 | Daryn Fersovich | Bowling Green | CCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
† incoming freshman
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See also
References
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- "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
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