1977–78 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

The Providence Civic Center served as the host for the 1978 Frozen Four

Duration

October 1977–
March 25, 1978

NCAA tournament

1978

National championship

Providence Civic Center
Providence, Rhode Island

NCAA champion

Boston University

NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
← 1976–77	1978–79 →

The 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1977 and concluded with the 1978 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 25, 1978 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. This was the 31st season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 84th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Regular season

Standings^[1]^[2]^[3]

1977–78 Big Ten standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Wisconsin†	12	8	3	1	17	59	44	43	28	12	3	214	149
Michigan	12	6	5	1	13	65	59	36	15	20	1	169	192
Minnesota	12	6	6	0	12	48	41	38	22	14	2	171	150
Michigan State	12	2	8	2	6	42	70	36	7	27	2	130	201
† indicates conference regular season champion

1977–78 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Bowling Green†*	18	15	3	0	30	96	42	39	31	8	0	196	108
Saint Louis	20	10	10	0	20	73	71	40	21	17	2	134	99
Northern Michigan	20	8	10	2	18	77	84	34	19	12	3	150	129
Ohio State	20	9	11	0	18	73	89	35	16	18	1	144	154
Lake Superior State	18	7	10	1	15	73	101	32	18	13	1	144	148
Western Michigan	20	7	12	1	15	83	88	33	15	17	1	175	140
Championship: Bowling Green † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1977–78 ECAC Hockey standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Boston University†	22	21	1	0	.955	135	85	32	30	2	0	199	126
Cornell	22	16	5	1	.750	161	79	27	20	6	1	195	100
Clarkson	23	16	7	0	.696	139	109	30	19	11	0	174	145
Rensselaer	21	13	8	0	.619	100	83	29	19	9	1	162	117
Boston College*	23	14	9	0	.609	117	116	34	24	10	0	186	147
Brown	23	13	9	1	.587	101	78	29	14	14	1	117	102
Providence	23	12	9	2	.565	116	95	34	17	15	2	172	146
New Hampshire	25	14	11	0	.560	154	124	30	18	12	0	197	150
Yale	26	12	13	1	.481	92	114	26	12	13	1	92	114
Harvard	23	10	13	0	.435	87	112	26	12	14	0	99	122
Dartmouth	23	9	14	0	.391	97	114	26	11	15	0	107	129
Vermont	23	9	14	0	.391	94	108	31	15	16	0	139	137
St. Lawrence	22	8	14	0	.364	91	124	30	12	18	0	124	152
Princeton	21	7	13	1	.357	83	89	25	9	14	2	102	102
Northeastern	24	7	16	1	.313	131	128	28	10	17	1	155	142
Pennsylvania	21	5	14	2	.286	82	123	26	7	17	2	98	145
Colgate	25	4	20	1	.180	81	180	28	5	22	1	91	187
Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1977–78 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Air Force	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	28	9	17	0	121	144
Army	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	26	13	12	1	130	129

1977–78 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Denver†	32	27	5	0	54	192	112	40	33	6	1	235	140
Wisconsin*	32	21	9	2	44	127	113	43	28	12	3	214	149
Michigan Tech	32	21	11	0	42	150	123	40	25	14	1	184	157
Minnesota	32	18	13	1	37	143	134	38	22	14	2	171	150
Colorado College*	32	13	19	0	26	162	172	41	18	22	1	212	218
North Dakota	32	13	19	0	26	146	167	38	15	22	1	172	192
Minnesota-Duluth	32	12	19	1	25	135	155	37	14	22	1	155	182
Notre Dame	32	12	19	1	25	117	147	38	12	24	2	137	186
Michigan	32	12	19	1	25	149	175	36	15	20	1	169	192
Michigan State	32	7	23	2	16	119	182	36	7	27	2	130	201
Championship: Wisconsin, Colorado College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1978 NCAA Tournament^[4]

Main article: 1978 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

First Round
March 18–19

Semifinals
March 23–24

National Championship
March 25

Boston College

Colorado College

Bowling Green

Bowling Green

Boston College

Boston University

Wisconsin

Providence

Boston University

Third Place Game

Boston University

Wisconsin

Bowling Green

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Player stats

Scoring leaders^[5]

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
Eaves, MikeMike Eaves	Senior	Wisconsin	43	31	58	89	16
Johnson, MarkMark Johnson	Sophomore	Wisconsin	42	48	38	86	24
Nethery, LanceLance Nethery	Junior	Cornell	26	23	60	83	12
Berry, DougDoug Berry	Junior	Denver	40	36	46	82	36
Whyte, GregGreg Whyte	Freshman	Colorado College	41	28	54	82	42
Delich, DaveDave Delich	Junior	Colorado College	41	27	53	80	20
Cox, RalphRalph Cox	Junior	New Hampshire	30	31	39	70	44
Schnarr, PerryPerry Schnarr	Sophomore	Denver	37	35	33	68	35
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	Junior	Boston College	34	34	34	68	12
Warner, JimJim Warner	Senior	Colorado College	38	27	41	68	50

Leading goaltenders^[5]

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
Stankiewicz, BrianBrian Stankiewicz	Freshman	Bowling Green	30	1718	-	-	-	74	2	.907	2.58
Glanville, ErnieErnie Glanville	Senior	Denver	17	1084	15	1	1	45	2	.908	2.67
Napier, SteveSteve Napier	Sophomore	Cornell	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	.899	3.19
Weeks, SteveSteve Weeks	Sophomore	Northern Michigan	19	1015	10	5	2	56	1	.901	3.31
Holden, MarkMark Holden	Sophomore	Brown	10	590	4	6	0	33	1	-	3.36
Baretta, JulianJulian Baretta	Junior	Wisconsin	33	1976	20	10	3	114	0	.893	3.46
Rockwell, JohnJohn Rockwell	Junior	Michigan Tech	21	1235	-	-	-	72	1	.903	3.49
O'Connell, BrianBrian O'Connell	Senior	St. Louis	39	2364	-	-	-	139	2	-	3.53
Craig, JimJim Craig	Sophomore	Boston University	16	967	16	0	0	60	0	-	3.72
Skidmore, PaulPaul Skidmore	Sophomore	Boston College	25	1417	18	7	0	88	2	-	3.73

Awards

NCAA

Award^[6]		Recipient
Spencer Penrose Award (Coach of the Year)		Jack Parker, Boston University
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament		Jack O'Callahan, Boston University

AHCA All-American Teams^[7]
East Team	Position	West Team
Mike Laycock, Brown	G	Ernie Glanville, Denver
Bill Blackwood, Clarkson	D	Curt Giles, Minnesota-Duluth
Peter Shier, Cornell	D	Ken Morrow, Bowling Green
Ralph Cox, New Hampshire	F	Doug Berry, Denver
Joe Mullen, Boston College	F	Mike Eaves, Wisconsin
Lance Nethery, Cornell	F	Mark Johnson, Wisconsin

CCHA

Awards^[8]		Recipient
Player of the Year		John Markell, Bowling Green
		Don Waddell, Northern Michigan
Coach of the Year		Ron Mason, Bowling Green

All-CCHA Teams^[9]
First Team	Position	Second Team
Brian Stankiewicz, Bowling Green	G	Brian O'Connell, St. Louis
Ken Morrow, Bowling Green	D	Doug Butler, St. Louis
Don Waddell, Northern Michigan	D	Kent Jackson, St. Louis
John Markell, Bowling Green	F	Bernie Saunders, Western Michigan
Gary Murphy, St. Louis	F	Paul Cappuccio, Western Michigan
Bill Joyce, Northern Michigan	F	Byron Shutt, Bowling Green

ECAC

Award^[10]		Recipient
Player of the Year		Lance Nethery, Cornell
Rookie of the Year		Mark Fidler, Boston University
Most Outstanding Player in Tournament		Joe Mullen, Boston College

All-ECAC Hockey Teams^[11]
First Team	Position	Second Team
Mike Laycock, Brown	G	Ian Harrison, Rensselaer
Peter Shier, Cornell	D	Bill Blackwood, Clarkson
Jack O'Callahan, Boston University	D	Jack Hughes, Harvard
	D	Dick Lamby, Boston University
Lance Nethery, Cornell	F	Dave Silk, Boston University
Joe Mullen, Boston College	F	Marty McNally, Clarkson
Ralph Cox, New Hampshire	F	Kevin Zappia, Clarkson

WCHA

Award^[12]		Recipient
Most Valuable Player		Mike Eaves, Wisconsin
Rookie of the Year		Greg Whyte, Colorado College
Coach of the Year		Marshall Johnston, Denver

All-WCHA Teams^[13]
First Team	Position	Second Team
Ernie Glanville, Denver	G	Julian Baretta, Wisconsin
Curt Giles, Minnesota-Duluth	D	Greg Woods, Denver
Bill Himmelright, North Dakota	D	Lex Hudson, Denver
Doug Berry, Denver	F	Greg Whyte, Colorado College
Mark Johnson, Wisconsin	F	Steve Christoff, Minnesota
Mike Eaves, Wisconsin	F	Dave Delich, Colorado College
	F	Perry Schnarr, Denver

References

↑ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". CCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
↑ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). 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.
1 2 "1977-78 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.

External links

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1977–78 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

Regular season

Standings[1][2][3]

1978 NCAA Tournament[4]

Player stats

Scoring leaders[5]

Leading goaltenders[5]

Awards

NCAA

CCHA

ECAC

WCHA

References

External links

Standings^[1]^[2]^[3]

1978 NCAA Tournament^[4]

Scoring leaders^[5]

Leading goaltenders^[5]